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Vehicle Sought in
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Proposed Riverfront Renovation to Add to Downtown Charm Development would include more visitor friendly accommodations, attractions
Autopsy shows NDSU student did not die from mutilation, drug or alcohol overdose
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BY BENJAMIN NORMAN
Head News Editor
From left: Tanielle Klubben, Kurtis Karn, Jen Regimbal and Kate Nelson strategize with audience members on how to best present oneself to employers.
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Recruiters Offer Ideas in New Panel Series Career Conversation discusses do’s and don’ts for prospective workers Benjamin Norman Head News Editor
Students are updating resumes and researching prospective businesses before Tuesday and Wednesday’s Career Fair. The North Dakota State Career Center hosts the two-day fair. To prepare students for the event and their careers in general, the center launched a panel series aiming to better students for life after college. Career Conversations kicked off its monthly event in the Century Theater with discussion between students and job fair recruiters. The panel members, Tenielle Klubben, Kurtis Karn and Jen Regimbal, offered their thought process toward the upcoming fair.
From left: Moorhead Police Lt. Tory Jacobson, Moorhead Police Chief David Ebinger, Fargo Police Chief David Todd and Moorhead Police Lt. Brad Penas wait for Monday’s press conference to begin.
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The 2001 Riverfront Development Master Plan wants to develop more enhancements to the project in 2015. The update to the plan “incorporates the current needs of our community as it relates to greater flood protection as well as energized downtown development environment,” the City of Fargo executive summary for the Riverfront design said. An update is said to be needed because some of the goals from the 2001 update have been accomplished or need to be modified to meet current needs of the community. These include additional flood protection and to add to the thriving development of downtown Fargo. The plan states in several areas that there is a strong desire to create more pedestrian accessibility and interest in other areas near downtown to include the riverfront development, which would also create a more unified Fargo-Moorhead area. Riverfront spaces would be developed in ways that both protect from seasonal flooding and enhance the beauty and enjoyability for the community. The plan will ultimately make a more usable parkway trail that connects both sides DOWNTOWN | PAGE 3
Successfully dressing
One of the first impressions a possible employer will garner from a student is his or her dress, Karn, a talent acquisition manager at Discovery Benefits, said. “If you want to be taken as a professional, dress like one,” he said. Regimbal, a senior majoring in management, earned an internship at Target from last year’s Career Fair. She said though “business professional” is a clichéd term, it’s one to adhere to. “As long as you look at yourself and you know you’ve got your Sunday best … it might sound stuffy, but it’s what comes off best,” she said. Klubben, a human resources coordinator at Vision Bank, said while “you don’t have to go out and splurge on something expensive to wear” business attire will be seen positively.
Refining and researching
With more than 300 employers recruiting at the fair, the panel agreed it is fine to not have everything planned out. However, Karn said, “Every single company you talk to is a Google away.” While a student does not need to know everything about a company, Karn said he would expect him or her to know “the bare bones.” Regimbal went last year with a list of companies she wanted to talk to. She tailored some of her resumes specifically for them. The panel agreed it was acceptable to have generic resumes, too. The Career Fair is for applying as well as exploring.
A screenshot shows the car of interest: a dark-colored, four-door vehicle. The full video can be seen at ndsuspectrum.com.
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Thomas Bearson was a freshman studying nursing at North Dakota State.
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olice asked the public Monday to help identify a car of interest in the Thomas Bearson case. Moorhead Police Lt. Brad Penas said surveillance video showed a dark-colored, four-door vehicle near the parking lot where Bearson’s body was discovered. The North Dakota State student was last seen alive reportedly 3:40 a.m. Sept. 20 near the NDSU campus. The video shows the car 16 hours later, Penas said. It enters the parking lot of an unoccupied business just northeast of Larry’s RV. Bearson’s body was discovered in the RV parking lot Sept. 23. While plates could not be read from the footage, the car did have a distinguishable brake light in the rear window. Moorhead Police Chief David Ebinger said it is not known how, or if, the driver of the car is related
to the case.
The car of interest leaves a parking lot near where Bearson’s body was discovered.
Lt. Tory Jacobson said investigators are limited in what information they can share.
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Monday’s press conference was the first time this year police officers officially addressed the homicide case. Ebinger said the purpose of the press conference was to “recap” what has happened. Few details were disclosed, with Ebinger defining the officers’ words as “circumspect.” Officials did, however, confirm Bearson’s toxicology report did not show drugs or alcohol, nor was his body mutilated, as some conspiracies suggested. Penas added, “We have no information that Thomas Bearson was working as a confidential informant for any law enforcement agency.” Besides that, officials at the press conference reiterated to media questions they could not BEARSON | PAGE 2
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Karn said he remembers a student tell him at a job fair that he once ziplined in Brazil. Karn does not remember the student’s name, but the memory remains vivid. He said find what makes you stand out. “You know yourself better than anybody, and so you’re really out there selling yourself,” Karn said. With the high traffic of potential employers, distinctions are key, as is displaying sincere interest. Regimbal suggested rehearsing an
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The parking fiasco on North Dakota State’s campus may be coming less stressful for students. More parking spaces are expected to be open for students near Thordarson Hall after May 2015 graduation. Director of NDSU Facilities Management Michael Ellingson said Foss Architecture conducted a study over a year ago to see what the costs would be to renovate the building. “The cost was over $1.7 million (and) the insured value is actually less than that,” Ellingson said. The North Dakota state agency was stationed in Thordarson Hall but moved to a different facility in south Fargo, knowing that it would cost a lot more to renovate the building than to just demolish it. “It’s not in the best interest of the state to spend more money to renovate a building than it’s worth, so the plan is to demolish the building,” Ellingson said. “Since we have parking needs on the south side of campus (T Lot), the plan is (to) remove the building and expand T Lot.” Thordarson Hall is on the south side of 12th Ave., across from the Music Education Building. The State Board of Higher Ed needs to approve the project before anything continues.
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Hispanic American Indian or Latino Two or more races or Alaska Native 2.9% or African 1.9% Black 5.4% American Alone 1.8% White
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Diversity in North Dakota More Than What Meets the Eye
Hulgaard said he became more aware of diversity after an accident left him with a broken neck. He had just graduated high school. Hulgaard has been paralyzed from the neck down ever since. “I’m not your average Norwegian-Lutheran guy anymore,” he said. Today, Hulgaard runs FRC, an incorporation that helps integrate those with disabilities into the workforce. He said 19 percent of the nation’s population has a disability, be it mental or physical. And while the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 made it illegal to infringe on the civil rights of people with disabilities, Hulgaard said, “In practice, that’s a whole other matter.” Just because a law prohibits does not mean the culture necessarily changes, he said. “That bias is really alive and well,” Hulgaard said.
Sexual orientation, able-bodiedness, race just a sample of demographics Benjamin Norman Head News Editor
North Dakota is predominantly white and Christian. Wintertime in Fargo is also cold. In town on a snowy Tuesday, a panel discussed not only the obvious makeup of the state but also the colorful, lesser noticed tapestry of North Dakota — a patchwork that’s both seen and unseen. “So often do we think of diversity in North Dakota, and we get looks like, ‘Oh, what is that? North Dakota’s diverse?” Nate Bailley, a North Dakota State graduate assistant emceeing the event, said. “Really, I think it requires some more in-depth discussion.” A director, teacher and student led the discussion in the Memorial Union Hidatsa room.
Nate Bailley helps emcee the Community Engagement Forum. On Tuesday, a panel shared thoughts and ideas about diversity.
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An inner diversity
Other invisible diversities are present in North Dakota, panelists and attendants of the Community Engagement Forum discussed. Kara Gravely-Stack, the NDSU director of Multicultural Programs, said the LGBT community is a diverse group of people still fighting for equity. She referenced ND Senate Bill 2279, which was expected to be voted on Wednesday. SB2279 would make it illegal in North Dakota to discriminate against LGBT people applying for work or housing. “It breaks my heart when I hear of students who are attending classes and we have protections for students who are LGBT, but they are fired from their jobs just across the street because their gay or are perceived to be gay,” Gravely-Stack said. Molly Secor-Turner, a panelist and an assistant professor of nursing at NDSU, said the LGBT community should not fight for equality but equity, too. “Equality on paper is one thing, and even – I’m not sure equality is necessarily the thing to strive for,” she said. Secor-Turner, a North Dakota native, said she is amazed at how diverse her state is and continues to be. And as North Dakota’s rising population continues to bring in more diverse backgrounds to the state, Secor-Turner said a basic human understanding remains vital. She said she tells her kids, “On the inside, we all look the same.”
Not just a race
BEARSON | FROM FRONT compromise case-sensitive material. They did not disclose nearly any information regarding the recently released medical autopsy obtained by the Moorhead PD. Moorhead Police Lt. Tory Jacobson said he wished “we could tell way more” to the public, but he said officers fear information released could hamper the investigation. “The case is getting very extensive,” he said after the press conference, noting all parties involved are “waist-deep” in their case.
Investigating as a team
Jacobson said the investigation has not become a cold case, citing the recently received autopsy. Other than F-M police, he said, other groups have been assisting. “The FBI has been working with us ever since the beginning of this investigation,” Penas said. Penas restated the case’s status: When Bearson’s body was discovered, police said the cause of death was not visibly obvious. Jacobson said Bearson died from homicidal violence, but could not elaborate
From left: Molly Secor-Turner, Caitlin Johnson and Nate Hulgaard answer questions posed by audience members regarding diversity.
people.” “It felt like I was kind of getting looked through,” Samper said of her experience at first. She said she has since been able to move past the barriers.
Diversity in ability
Nate Hulgaard, a panelist and the executive director of Freedom Resource Center, is a male Norwegian Lutheran. further on what that meant. The white Nike Air Jordan left tennis shoe and cell phone sought remain missing.
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With a no suspects or motives, the officers noted how hard this case been for all involved. “The Bearson case is a difficult case, in which all agencies involved have expended a vast amount of time and resources,” Todd said, adding the strain impacts the officers’ jobs and lives. Todd said working with families of the victims affects everyone. He said officers help with the “roller-coaster of emotions” families and officers themselves feel. Penas said Bearson’s family has not seen the final autopsy report. He said he thinks they have an understanding to what happened to their son, but not a specific cause. The unsolved questions “drives” officers, Todd said, noting the high importance of bringing the killers to justice. “(We’re) keeping this case on the front burner of the stove,” Todd said.
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In Halstad, Minn., Hulgaard’s hometown, this “tiny little cocoon of culture” is the norm. His class of 23 students had two Catholics. “That was our diversity,” he said. “We (also) had the migrant workers that would come and hoe the weeds out of the beet fields in the summer, and we didn’t have anything to do with those people. They weren’t open to it.”
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When thinking of diversity, panel members said skin color often first comes to mind. Caitlin Johnson said that’s oversimplifying matters. Johnson, a panelist and doctoral student with the NDSU Department of Multicultural Programs, said, “There is no clear-cut answer” to defining diversity. “Even though,” she added, “some people may want to believe race is the primary reason why you might have diversity in a room, it’s so much more than that.” Johnson, a Native American of the Chippewa tribe, said she “was always told I was a diverse student, just because of my race.” She said she didn’t realize this racial diversity at home on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, N.D. She said she noticed it when she left to further her education at NDSU. Freshman Joei Samper said she noticed it when she left her home, too. The NDSU softball player from California graduated with 1,000 people in a very diverse school. Samper, who identifies as Mexican-Columbian, said in Fargo she “noticed how it was literally nothing but white
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Plight for Pot: North Dakota Residents Plea for Medical Marijuana 47 percent support the legalization of medical marijuana in North Dakota Camille Forlano Staff Writer
Parents of children with debilitating and terminal medical conditions shared an emotional testimony on Feb. 4 in support of legislation that would make North Dakota the 24th state to legalize medical marijuana. Parents gave testimonies to the House Human Services Committee stating that their wish is not to make their kids high, according to a Fargo Forum article, but to make their children’s quality of life better. North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said the bill, known as
House Bill 1430, raises numerous concerns about regulation and public safety and is far from ready to be enacted. Rep. Pamela Anderson, D-Fargo, who introduced the bill, offered amendments Wednesday that would reduce the cannabis possession limit from 2.5 ounces to 2 ounces, clarify that smoking pot is a nonmedical use and delay the law’s effective date to June 30, 2016. The bill would allow patients and caregivers to possess a certain amount of cannabis or products like cannabis oils, beverages, vapors and pills, for medical use. Anderson said she introduced the bill at the request of a Fargo constituent who suffers from pain and neuropathy. She felt medical marijuana
“(Rep. Pamela) Anderson said she introduced the bill at the request of a Fargo constituent who suffers from pain and neuropathy. She felt medical marijuana was a better alternative than oxycodone and morphine.”
president of the North Dakota chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said the bill is unnecessary because the active ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol in marijuana — or THC — is already available in the prescription drug Dronabinol, which has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration according to the Forum article. However, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement, the academy does support the “rigorous scientific
was a better alternative than oxycodone and morphine. Anderson also noted that neighboring Montana and Minnesota are among the 23 states that have legalized medical marijuana. In states where medical cannabis is legal, children suffering from seizures, movement disorders and anxiety caused by epilepsy have seen symptoms reduced dramatically, as seen in recent CNN documentaries by CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta. Dr. Joan Connell, a Bismarck pediatrician and
research regarding the use of cannabinoids for the relief of symptoms not currently ameliorated by existing legal drug formulations,” meaning that what is currently on the market may not be the best choice for what North Dakota parents are looking for. Many question why even create a synthetic version of something that is already grown naturally. Dronabinol is a synthetic version of THC, which gives the high but marijuana also contains cannabidiol — CBD — which delivers the nonpsychoactive pain relief, according to the National Cancer Institute website, that many patients are seeking. A poll conducted in North Dakota shows a plurality of 47 percent of poll respondents support the legalization of medical
marijuana, with 41 percent opposed, according to a poll commissioned by Forum Communications Co. and conducted by the University of North Dakota College of Business and Public Administration. Currently marijuana is a Schedule 1 narcotic. According to the DEA meaning, it currently has no medical use and a high potential for abuse. Other schedule 1 drugs include heroin and LSD while cocaine, meth and fentanyl are all schedule 2 with a high potential for abuse but less potential than Schedule 1. Fentanyl has been the culprit in a recent Grand Forks overdose case, similar to cases across the country, while marijuana has yet to claim a victim. The committee took no immediate action on the bill.
Nationwide Debate on Marijuana comes to NDSU travelling around the country, campus to campus, talking about marijuana. Steve Hager, former editor in chief of “High Times Magazine,” is one of the leaders of the prolegalization front. His fellow debater, retired DEA Agent Bob Stutman, is one of the most outspoken opposer on the issue. Hager cited the many uses of hemp products and the renewable nature of the source as a reasons for legalization.
He also mentioned that the first American Flag was made out of hemp. He went on to talk about how many families who have children with epilepsy have been moving to Colorado saying, “Marijuana is the safest therapeutic drug.” Hager, a Woodstock alumnus, also mentioned that consuming marijuana is a part of the counter-culture with which he identifies. “We are good people... its a part of our religion...” he said.
Stutman presented his side with studies from Harvard, Northwestern and Federal research studies. Noting multiple times that, “Marijuana is winning the politics, but losing the science.” “Most people want it (marijuana) legal because it is their intoxicant of choice,” Stutman said. He also went on to say that the level of younger users, ages 12 to 18, in Colorado have increased. “When a person starts
using cannabis under the age of 18, they are more likely to become addicted.” Stuman said. “... You know who those people are.” Hager cited that many laws in America are continually filling prisons. “When I was growing up, there were 200,000 people in all jails and prisons, today there are over 2 million.” Hager said. “... Marijuana is not killing people, the laws are.” Stutman and Hager both agreed drug use should be
considered a public health issue. They also agreed the prison population is too large. “A stupid policy is throwing people in jail for using drugs... it needs to be treated as a public health problem,” Stutman said. They also agreed that children should not consume cannabis. This event was brought to NDSU by Campus Attractions Issues & Ideas committee.
DOWNTOWN | FROM FRONT of the river. Broadway. A multi-block riverfront Some of these renewal is intended to development possibilities link the series of potential include housing, hotels, a building projects. The convention or events center, multi-use development a performance arts hall, a would stretch from the Mid- new city hall, parking ramps America steel site to the as well as various shops and civic plaza development restaurants. then back to downtown near Also throughout the
proposal is the desire to incorporate more public art displays throughout the riverfront area and the possibility for year-round use. The overall take away from the development ideas is that there is a want to add more public space for the community, including
concerts or a more accessible and visible Farmer’s Market. The remaining developments would be an estimated cost of $240 million, which doesn’t include the cost of diversion authority-led projects. Since 2009, $82 million has already been spent on the project, which reduced
sandbag requirements by approximately four million sandbags. Bethany Kiedrowski, North Dakota State student and Fargo bar employee, believes the renovations will help the bar she works at because it will bring a larger number of people to the area.
“The bar can get really slow some nights, and it’s really hard when I’m still a student and that’s my primary source of income,” Kiedrowski said. “More business downtown means more attraction, more business for the bar, for me and more money in my pocket.”
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be the good, not the ugly, at the fair,” Nelson said. Following Career Conversations will shift gears, focusing specifically on majors. The Blue Key sponsored panels will be hosted as follows:
Recruitment panelists share their thought process when evaluating resumes.
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Steve Hager and Bob Stutman filled the Festival Concert Hall with around 150 people Tuesday night. The duo has been
“elevator speech”: a 60 – 90-second overview a student can pitch to a recruiter. Klubben said she expects a general introduction, what a student is looking for from the business and work history, if applicable. However, she said it all starts with a handshake. It can all end abruptly, too. Karn offered two
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Kate Nelson, a career specialist at the Career Center, said NDSU offers both practice and opportunity for students to focus on their futures. “Our goal is so you can
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Florence, “Firenze” in Italian, is the capital of the region of Tuscany and one of the world’s major art capitals. This, along with the food, fashion and history, brought me to study this historical city. With only three credits left to obtain in my college career, I wasn’t up to the idea of taking a single class throughout a whole semester. Since my sophomore year, I’ve always considered studying abroad,
so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity. I began researching and found the perfect program. From there, I applied for a three-week stint in the heart of the Renaissance. On Jan. 4, I began my 19-hour journey to the place I would take my final classes as a senior. Upon arrival, I was brought to my new apartment away from apartment in the city center. I then realized what I was getting myself into. I had been overseas before, but never by myself — and never for longer than a couple of days. This was exciting and
overwhelming, and the jetlag highlighted both of those emotions. After a good night’s sleep, my brain was back to functioning the way it should, and my roommate and I were able to explore the city. The program I worked through had a tour of the city set up for us on the first day. We learned how the streets were situated, strolled past famous sites and shops, ate delicious food and got acquainted with the city. We learned that you can walk basically anywhere in the city in five to 20 minutes. We were told where “David” towered over
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Take County Highway 25 west from Interstate 29 and you’ll find Reynolds, a city that is only one of a few of its kind in North Dakota. Reynolds, N.D., is found on the boundary of Traill and Grand Forks counties, sitting right on top of the county line. The city, founded in 1880 by a Civil War surgeon, is largely an agricultural community with soybeans, sugar beets and other crops all grown in the area. Founder Henry A. Reynolds, a temperance advocate, set a stipulation into the city’s abstract of title, “… that no ardent spirits or intoxicating liquors should be given, distributed or vended on this property, or else the property should revert to the original grantors.” Since the early 20th century, Reynolds has enjoyed a fairly steady population and today is home to about 310 residents. There are six other cities in North Dakota that sit atop county lines, including nearby
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Grandin, which straddles Cass and Traill counties. It’s a position on the map that does come with its hassles, as county regulations can vary greatly just by stepping across the street. When Steve Hunt, deputy sheriff of Traill County, ran unopposed for Traill County sheriff last fall, he had to move his family five blocks south to be able to run for office. A North Dakota law mandates county sheriffs reside in the jurisdictions they serve, creating an interesting obstacle when Hunt considered running for county sheriff. As a city straddling two counties, the unique placement of Reynolds, N.D., is something most people probably never ponder. Its citizens, however, let all those passing through know just where they are with signs on both ends of town touting a message of local pride: “Welcome to Reynolds, ‘united’ but divided by two counties.”
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Every year, the same concept is thrown around for Valentine’s Day: flowers, chocolate, a nice dinner and possibly drinks. Not that there is anything wrong with gestures like these, but what about switching things up? SHANNALEE, a trendy, local boutique found on Broadway across from the Fargo Theatre, is a hotspot for fantastic gifts for both him and her this Valentine’s Day. Upon walking in, you’ll be greeted by the warm, comforting smell of soy candles and Shanna Lee herself. While you may be looking for gifts for your hot date Saturday night, I urge you to look around for yourself as well. However, one of the first pieces that caught my eye was Kate Spade. SHANNALEE is the only boutique in the state to independently carry the brand. From handbags, to wallets, to leather goods, SHANNALEE carries an impressive variety of Spade’s collection. Next up is one for either your guy or gal; SHANNALEE has released a unisex fragrance called SHANNALEE TWO. Designed and packaged
by SHANNALEE independently, this scent is not overpowering and is easily meshed fragrance for both him and her. Jenna McKay, SHANNALEE’s assistant manager, reflects on the making of TWO: “It was really fun to go through the process of designing the bottle, the packaging, as well as the scent,” she said. As someone who has shopped for guys before, it can be difficult knowing what may be a good match for your beau. However, silk ties and bow ties from Ted Baker are a sure winner. Lee’s husband is what inspired her to carry them in her boutique. SHANNALEE never sells one that looks alike, so they are all unique – just like the man in your life. If you’re like me, I buy myself a treat every Valentine’s Day. Whether it’s a pedicure, a massage or a new handbag – I consider myself worth it. Kriss Lecōcq fro White Line has released these beautiful canvas pillows with the phrase “You’re Beautiful” printed on the front. It also allows for creative and customized
messages to be written on the back. McKay jokes, “Who wouldn’t want a pillow that says you’re beautiful?” Lastly, a sure winner in my eyes for the special man in your life is toiletries. However, these are not your average, everyday essentials. SHANNALEE carries the Jack Black line of Face Buff, Beard Lube, Turbo Wash and many other favorites. Don’t get this confused with the School of Rock funny man, Black’s name of the line, according to the company’s bio, was “… coined before the popularity of the comic actor, embodied the comfort and approachability of a good friend.” While there were many more gifts I could have featured, I wanted to focus on classics that make Lee’s boutique different from the others. You will be able to find unique, quality pieces that your sweetie will love you for getting and will be sure to switch things up this Valentine’s Day. For more featured gifts and goodies at SHANNALEE, head to addcreamandsugar.com.
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Pursue Your Passion Finding something you love doing will enrich your life Caleb Werness Opinion Editor
We as humans have a finite amount of time to experience a life of infinite possibilities. With life comes a series of everyday responsibilities: making a living, paying for needs and contributing to society. In having only a select amount of time, it is important to use it to do something you love. Find something you are passionate about, a hobby or trade, and do it.
Pursuing a passion can make the day-today grind more enjoyable. I share Parks and Recreation star Nick Offerman’s view on the phrase “TGIF.” TGIF is an acronym for “Thank God it’s Friday.” This is meant to exuberantly celebrate the fact you won’t have to go to work for the next two days. This implies five of your seven days of the week are not enjoyable so you look forward to two of the seven days. I am no mathematician, but trading five days of misery for a mere two days of pleasure does not seem like a balanced equation. Having something you are passionate about makes life less dreary. It has been said if you find a job doing something you love, you will never work a day in your life. I feel that is likely a truth
because that profession is not actually hiring. Many of us may not find the “dream job,” but having a job that incorporates something you love is important. I love to write, so naturally, I am looking to do something in the future that involves writing. This is why I decided to write for the newspaper. This outlet allows me to incorporate something I love doing in my day-to-day life. A few years ago, my grandpa passed away. I did not really know him until the end of his life. I know he died with many regrets. He got into a profession that was the safe option instead of pursuing the career he loved. He died wishing he had gone about his life differently. I do not want to make the same mistake he did. At the end of the day, we have to answer
not to the people around us but to ourselves. It is vital to not let fear or obstacles keep you from what you love doing. So many people within our generation have proven you can make a life out of the unconventional (i.e. bloggers and YouTubers). Life is hard work, having outlets to relieve stress and have fun will keep you sane amongst the craziness. Life is full of possibilities, take some time to find the handful of thing you love to do and do them. The options are nearly endless. Tying something you are passionate about into your everyday life, either through work or hobby, will make life more exciting. Passion is the difference between living and merely existing.
50 Shades of Grey Sparks Erotic Discussion BDSM novel-turnedmovie provides an interesting look at equality Amber Zolondek Staff Writer
It’s 2015, and sadly, we are still struggling to understand feminism and equality as being one topic. But what about when it comes to sadomasochism and the soon-to-be released 50 Shades of Grey discussion? Some are having a real hard time (no pun intended) understanding that while this is filed under a “romance” genre, it’s graphic and not meant for the faint of heart. The argument bubbles up though when Anastasia, the lead female character, is the one being “disciplined” for lack of better terms. BDSM is a form of sexual subjection that can be practiced on either gender. Fifty Shades of Grey has angered many feminists saying the film is too submissive and violent toward the female gender.
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However, I cannot help myself to think that if the roles were switched, we would not be hearing anything but praise and empowerment speeches for the controversial movie. As often as we have this conversation, why is it that we as a society feel it is our business to discuss and judge what people do behind closed doors with their chosen partner(s)? Even as someone who is choosing not to read the books or watch the films, I cannot bring myself to judge or look down on someone who may want to explore that option of erotica. Like my personal life, I like opinions of others out of my decisions. Now with the release that the remaining two books in the trilogy are also being produced as films, critics and protesters alike are having a coronary that “mommy porn” is not only a thing attainable in book stores but in motion picture. Touching base on my previous thought, what if Ana was the business mogul that discovered an interest in Christian, created a contract in agreement for his and her relationship and practiced BDSM on the young, soon-to-be college graduate?
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We’d be hearing snaps and catcalls for days. “Get it, girl,” “You show him who’s boss” and others — I’m sure you could fill in the blanks. While it may be mostly women who are being threatened by such a controversial topic, men alike are getting worked up from the Grey discussion and Ana’s treatment in the film. It has been compared to “soft porn” and has been also described as fan fiction for those who enjoyed the relationships between characters of Twilight and its series. All the while people are complaining there may be a hidden agenda; it is out of pure creative release that author E.L. James has produced this. While bondage and discipline become a discovered trend in the bedroom, critics and other opposers will continue to contest the act and publicity of it. Bottom line: Whether you are a fan of the series or not, it’s none of your business as to what people enjoy in the bedroom, written form or film erotica. Some consider it art while others have their strong opinions about it, and that’s okay. But like those who practice it: Keep it private and to yourself.
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Seeing Celebrities Out in Public: Do You Say Hi? Running into local newscaster features first brush with fame Jack Dura
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L a s t weekend in Minneapolis, I ran into Robin Huebner. Don’t know her? Well, let me introduce you. Robin Huebner is a longtime newscaster for the Fargo-Moorhead region, currently in place as the 5 p.m. anchor for WDAY’s News at 5. For years, I’ve seen and heard her deliver the evening news and am now reading her stories in The Forum’s “Robin Huebner Reports.” And last Saturday evening, I informally met her for the first time. Picture it! Minneapolis,
a brown winter’s eve! A skywalk at the Nicollet Mall! Two writers and a photographer are making their way to a bar and grill for dinner. Suddenly, a woman and her child swoop in from the left, suitcases and bags in hand. One of the writers notices the pair’s leader right away. “I know that face!” his mind says. Throwing caution to the wind, he greets the lady much to her unexpectedness, and they exchange a couple pleasantries. That woman was Robin Huebner, and that excited writer was me. It lasted no more than 12 seconds, but it was a chance meeting between two Fargoans hundreds of miles from home, which led me to an afterthought: Is it
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woman who in 1987 defied the opportunity to meet Don Rickles (“Toy Story’s” Mr. Potato Head for this generation’s recognition) in a Hollywood hotel lobby. “Let them go about their
business. They’re normal people too, ya know, Jack,” my mother said. But I ignored my mother’s heed and greeted Robin Huebner anyway. After all, we share a similar field, we were not in a very populated space and goshdarnit, I love her work. So there ya go. I had to greet. Further afterthoughts led me to the revelation that Robin Huebner was the first celebrity (of any degree) whom I’d ever met. Sure, I’ve interviewed a Dixie Chick via cell phone, asked Shania Twain to invite me onstage and shared a knowing stare with Mike Morken (another Fargo newscaster) across a Hornbacher’s parking lot. But Robin Huebner was the first I’ve ever met. And I have to say, like all celebrities I’ve seen in real life (mostly singers in
concert), she was smaller than I expected. But of course, I’m 6-foot-3, so nearly everyone’s smaller than me. She looked and acted the same as she always did on TV (professional and friendly) and seemed fine to share a greeting in passing with a kid from Fargo. In retrospect, I hope I made a pleasant impression on my favorite newscaster, even though I didn’t tell her my name. Despite this one positive interaction (for me, at least), I don’t think I’ll be greeting any other celebrities of any degree in public in the near future. I’ll just casually gaze in their direction until our eyes lock, like mine and Mike Morken’s, in a stare that says, “I know exactly who you are, but please, go about your day.”
Why I Find Valentine’s Day To Be Pointless A special day shouldn’t be needed to celebrate love Caleb Werness Opinion Editor
Note: This column serves to address v a r i o u s issues of pretty much any nature. These issues may be ones that are frustrating, annoying or even humorous. Reader attention is advised. First things first, I am not a cynic of “love.” I
appreciate romance and the celebration of romance as much as anybody. I just want to address Valentine’s Day from an objectively subjective view. I feel the idea and notion of Valentine’s Day is a rather unnecessary one. When did such a value for one special day of “love” become a thing? I think overall, the concept is kind of silly in nature. What makes the fourteenth day of February anymore special than any other day of the year? I know people on both
ends of the relationship spectrum who are getting stressed or depressed over this Saturday. The friend who is in a relationship is frantically scrambling to manage getting everything done for the week while planning a special evening. On the other hand, my single friend is bummed they do not have a “special someone” to spend the day with. The way I see it, people romantically love you — or do not — every other day of the year, so why get worked up?
This may sound like a callous statement, but I feel there is an objective truth to it. I have a had a girlfriend on Valentine’s Day, and I have been single on Valentine’s Day. Being in a relationship didn’t change how I felt about my girlfriend, and being single didn’t make me any less of a person. From a marketing standpoint, though, this holiday is brilliant. Valentine’s Day, for most couples, bring an essential
obligation to do something and stigma if they don’t. I don’t see why everyday can’t have a special value to it for couples.
Hearts and candies are fun, but it shouldn’t be required to show affection for someone you care about on a “special” day.
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Moorhead’s Junkyard Brewing Company offers up its “Deaf Guy” brew for a BeethovenFest happy hour this Thursday at the brewery.
Brews News: Happy Hour With ‘Deaf Guy’ Junkyard Brewing Company adds to BeethovenFest with imperial altbier Callie Bowen
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Beethoven-themed festivities are brewing in more ways than one in FargoMoorhead during the month of February. The first annual WinterArts Festival aims to bring people together through anything and everything Beethoven, from music and theater to a scavenger hunt and trivia. Moorhead’s Junkyard Brewing Company is joining in the festivities with its specialty
Beethoven brew “Deaf Guy.” As an imperial altbier, “Deaf Guy” is an even darker version of the traditional alt style. Aaron Juhnke, president of Junkyard Brewing Company, explained the concept of an altbier. “Alt is a take on a European brewing style,” he said. “An alt means old in German, and it was the old way of making beer in Germany before pilsners got really popular … alt beers are usually kinda malty, a little bit darker-amber colored, really clean, drinkable, even though they’re darker.” The brewery, which opened last August, aimed to create their own version of the European-style brew. “We’re just gonna make an imperial version of that and just up everything … a little more hops, a little more malt,” Juhnke
said. “It’ll just be a higher alcohol percentage … (We’re) trying to keep it real drinkable still … with just more flavor overall.” Juhnke and the other brewers decided to name the beer after the famously deaf composer that inspired the month-long arts and culture festival. “We did play off of a popular name of a beer called ‘Dead Guy’ ... so we thought this was kind of a funny name,” he said. While enjoying the brew, attendees can get low with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra Tuba Quartet, who will be entertaining the crowds with some W of Beethoven’s best tunes in the taproom during the 5-7 p.m. happy hour. Beer enthusiasts will also be able to check out Junkyard’s newest addition: a professionally-built stainless steel brewing system that will allow them to double
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Let down your hair this weekend with events covering the canvas of arts and entertainment in Fargo. From new Beethoven-themed beer to an erotic art show opening, the next four nights are wide open for fun in Fargo, where all of these events will be painting the town red.
Thursday: BeethovenFest Happy Hour featuring “Deaf Guy” brew
Weekly happy hours in the communitywide BeethovenFest culture festival continue with the second of four at Wurst Bier Hall at 630 First Ave. N. This week’s happy hour features the first of the three area brewing companies’ concoctions of a Beethoven-themed brew, “Deaf Guy,” by Moorhead’s Junkyard Brewing. Bolstered by the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony’s tuba quartet, this hour will be happy indeed as it stretches from 5-7 p.m. Check out contributing writer Callie Bowen’s Brews News column on the article above for more info on “Deaf Guy.”
Friday: Red Raven’s Erotic Art Show
The Red Raven Espresso Parlor’s Erotic Art Show turns 10 in a showcase celebration of sexuality and human nature that opens at
7 p.m. Friday. Local artist submissions of erotic-themed art cover the gauntlet of art mediums, all on display until Feb. 28, when results from a best-in-show voting contest will be read aloud. The Red Raven reminds potential visitors that “the idea of eroticism in general (has) a loose definition which does not always translate to nudity.” A donation of $5 is suggested at the door, located at 916 Main Ave.
Saturday: FMCT’s “Boeing Boeing”
Head on down to The Stage at Island Park Saturday for the last 7:30 p.m. show of the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre’s production of “Boeing Boeing.” The planet’s most performed French play throws one man, his three flight attendant fiancees and a fast aircraft into a juggling act of a romantic farce.
The Stage is at 333 Fourth St. S., and tickets are just $12 for students. Call 701235-6778.
Sunday: High Plains Reader Bartenders Battle
The 2nd Annual HPR Bartenders Battle takes to south Fargo Sunday night for an 8-person “mixology competition” featuring the winners of the newspaper’s Cocktail Showdown in December. From establishments across Fargo-Moorhead — The Boiler Room to The Beefsteak Club, Mezzaluna to Monte’s — the Bartenders Battle pits the eight mixologists in fiveminute challenges to craft a prime cocktail. This is for those 21 and over and features a speakeasy theme, so prepare thy threads. Tickets are available at bartendersbattle.com for the 7 p.m. event at 2525 Ninth Ave. S.
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Jazz Up Your Valentine’s Day Weekend at NDSU Jazz Festival Concert features world-class guest artists, regional high school bands with NDSU Jazz Ensemble Laura Otterness
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Whether a seasoned jazz lover or new to the world of jazz music, start off the three-day weekend this Saturday by attending the 33rd Annual Jazz Festival Concert. The Jazz Festival Concert features regional high school jazz ensembles, along with guest adjudicators and the NDSU Jazz Ensemble. Guest artists will provide a series of clinics to jazz students in the Fargo-Moorhead area, in addition to critiquing the bands in performance. Orville Eidem, former NDSU director of bands, started the Jazz Festival
Concert 33 years ago. He passed away in 2010. “The festival is primarily an educational opportunity for the area’s up-and-coming young jazz musicians to interact and learn from professional jazz musicians,� associate jazz professor Kyle Mack said, “but we also have a number of fans who just love jazz attending yearly.� A mix of high schools and middle schools from the state are attending, including students from Fargo, West Fargo and Minot and even a Manitoba middle school. The event features Greg Gatien on saxophone and Dean McNeill, a trumpet player and composer. They will act as clinicians and will critique the bands that play on Saturday. After, the festival will end with the NDSU Jazz Ensemble performing with
the past six years. McNeill is a full professor at the University of Saskatchewan. He has received a Special Recognition Award from the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival and won the 2012 Western Canadian Music Award for Classical CompositionN of the Year. McNeill directs the SaskatoonW Jazz Orchestra and the University of Saskatchewan Jazz S Ensemble. Mack said the guest artists will be teaching master classes at 11 a.m. Saturday and all are welcome to attend. McNeill and Gatien will also appear in a combo concert at 8 p.m. Friday at Studio 222 in downtown Fargo. This concert is also free for students. The Jazz Festival Concert can also be viewed live online at 7 p.m. Saturday on
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Gatien and McNeill. Gatien is at Brandon University’s School of Music as a full-time jazz appointment. He teaches saxophone, jazz history
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livestream.com. “We hope to expose our students of all areas to a high quality jazz event that will make for fun listening and hopefully encourage and energize them,� Mack said. “Jazz is a very spontaneous art form with every performance being different due to the input of improvisation. Anything can happen!�
Bricks of Books: Examining ‘In Crypt: On New Worlds Re-Ordered’ Plains Art Museum installation explores relationship between art and architecture Linda Norland Staff Writer
It looms, clinging to the sides of the Ruth and Seymour Landfield Atrium inside the Plains Art Museum. This massive creation greets visitors, who realize as they move closer that the entire sculpture is made of books. Phone books. Titled “In Crypt: On
New Worlds Re-Ordered,� the installation is made from old phone books that have been torn, ripped, stacked, dripped on, glued and otherwise altered. A large white rectangle stands out, looking a bit like a window. This is probably no illusion, as the creator of this unique exhibit is none other than Stephen Wischer, an associate professor of architecture at North Dakota State. As to his ideas on the relationship between art and architecture, Wischer said they have close ties. “For me, art and architecture are the same,� Wischer said. “Both come
from the same tradition and were not always considered separate. Both affect our experience and both are capable of pointing beyond themselves by connecting to larger cultural grounds.� From a distance, the books look quite a lot like bricks, stacked one upon on the other in the same fashion. This is no coincidence. Wischer said both books and bricks “are two fundamental units of western civilization.� He compared books to temples as well. “Traditionally, both were containers and transmitters of knowledge,� he said. “But today phone books and buildings don’t typically
function this way anymore. I wanted to show what things have been and what they have become, the similarities and differences.� But books offer a degree of flexibility, bending here and there. This gives the whole ensemble a more fluid appearance. White and yellow phone books are grouped to create patches, and many of them have been altered nearly to the point of destruction. Even blood is incorporated into the mix. “I try to build up tensions,� Wixcher said. “This happens at the level of materiality (the layered paper along with the blood)
combined with various names and written phrases, which reference things past and present simultaneously. Like a ruin, I suppose.� In total, the entire process took about a year with a couple of weeks for the installation. But Wischer said he was inspired evenN before “by memories that extend beyondW the individual.� Like most art, the S exhibit can be interpreted in many ways. The audience prescribes meaning to the piece, seeing their own messages instead of being told them. “I think an artwork should make the viewer the
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Kelly Thompson: ‘New Paintings’ Premier at ecce gallery Grand Forks artist presents new landscape and still life work Tessa Beck
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Modernist landscapes, banal sensuality, iconic utilitarianism. If there is one obvious truth within Kelly Thompson’s newest collection for ecce gallery, it is that it challenges the norm and pairs contradictions with ease. Thompson, a Grand Forks-based artist, received his degree from the University of North Dakota in advertising and public relations. As a self-taught
painter, Thompson has been producing work his entire life. He has been included in a variety of group and solo exhibitions both regionally and nationally throughout the course of his career. Thompson’s latest collection, “New Paintings� appears to be representative of his career as a whole. An obvious consistency formulates between architectural landscapes and minimalistic still-lifes. The graphic elements relate back to his work as a designer. Thompson’s goals with logo design are to edit down to minimal components in order to produce elegant, balanced, bold compositions, which are the same principles he ties into his painting.
“I’m not a detailist — I’m a compositionist ‌ I like things that are balanced and sturdy because I think that gives the viewer a sense of calm,â€? Thompson said. There is playfulness to the modernism juxtaposed within the banality of the rural landscapes. “The landscape is a very safe subject for collectors, especially new collectors. That’s where a lot of people begin their collections,â€? Thompson said. “I’m a little bit bored with the traditionalism that’s widespread in landscape, so I put a more modern, bold spin on it.â€? In contrast to the structural landscapes, the singular object pieces highlight items produced
solely for utilitarian purposes. Springs, faucet handles and other commonly overlooked items gain new appreciation after its design is viewed in a fundamental, iconic way. Thompson finds his still-life subject matter by searching in flea markets and antique stores. Specifically, the show features a piece depicting a padlock he found in his grandfather’s toolbox. Thompson replaced the original lock name with the word “luck,� in order to bring ironclad good fortune to whoever owns the painting. Regardless of whether the subject matter is landscape or still life focused, sensuality and
human form are underlying motifs. Lines and structural forms play on contrasts between curvy and bulbous to rigid and tense. Although somewhat subtle, it is not coincidental. Another mainstay in Thompson’s work is the mid-N century, pop art references W he pulls inspiration from. “If Thiebaud, Hopper and Warhol had a child it’dS be me ... I think elements of all of them are in my work,� Thompson said. Wayne Thiebaud and Andy Warhol’s objects and Edward Hopper’s architectural scenes and story-telling ability all show up in subtle nuances within the collection. Heavy modernist
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North Dakota State softball is looking to win its fourth regular season Summit League championship in a row this season.
Four-Peat Determined Bison have strong leadership coming back from last year’s squad Pace Maier
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Nine of the 17 softball players on the North Dakota State softball team are from the sunshine state of California. The team is returning its top five hitters from last season and a pitcher who was crowned the 2014 Summit League Most Valuable Player. “We have a deep team,” co-head coach, Jamie Trachsel said. “We have some young players who’ve added to a lot of experience. Finding the combination and the team chemistry and the roles are going to be very important heading into the season.” This is not to mention the team has won the Summit League regular season title the last three years in a row and was selected to win again this season. NDSU head coach Darren Mueller said it’s just a poll, and he will not let his players get caught up in the media predictions. “I showed it to them, I ripped it in half and told them it really doesn’t mean anything,” Mueller said. The players clearly listened to their head coach. Last weekend, the team competed in
the Ramada-University of Northern Iowa Classic and left Cedar Falls, Iowa, with a 4-1 record. “Our ultimate goal is to win the conference championship tournament, so that’s what we are shooting for,” senior infielder Amanda Grable said about her team before the season started. Grable has started every single game during her collegiate career with the Bison and has hit a total of 29 home runs between her freshman and junior years. She started all 160 in her first three seasons with NDSU and this year she has started the team’s first five contests. “She’s definitely a very strong player for us,” Mueller said. Last season, Grable had a batting average of .323, which was her highest average with the Bison. The team calls the stud infielder Bazinga, given to her by Jeff Schwartz, who is director of media relations for the NDSU softball team. “We were playing around with some (names) my freshman year,” Grable said. “He was trying to call me the hammer, didn’t like that one, and then he called me Betty and I wasn’t into that one either, and then he was asking me one day if I like ‘The Big Bang Theory’ and I do, so it just kind of stuck.” Grable is one of the many players from
California on the Bison roster, but she doesn’t plan on leaving after she hangs up her softball jersey. “I love the community out here,” Grable said. “I’m probably going to stay. I hate the weather, but I love the community. I love Fargo, and part of it is I love the brick buildings. People always laugh; we don’t have much of them in California.” Her teammate Krista Menke has 588 strikeouts in 95 games through her career with NDSU. Through five games this season, she already has 41 strikeouts and a 3-0 record. “You feel confident heading (into) the season having her,” Trachsel said. Trachsel said the team has to become better at starting a game stronger this season, and with Menke’s 0.97 ERA, she has helped her team get off to the fast start they wanted. “Being good to great and knowing and learning how to win are two different things, and they’ve learned how to win (and) to take it to another level,” Trachsel said. “We’re going to challenge that aspect of it, which is consistency and starting strong as well as finishing strong.” Five true freshmen are on the depth chart and none of them are from North Dakota or Minnesota. “We’ve added power, we’ve added speed and pinch runners,” Trachsel said. Mueller has been with the Bison for 14
years, and this season he is trying to coach his team to a conference championship fourpeat, but he said he has no intentions of leaving the program. He’s only had two losing seasons with NDSU, his last coming in 2006. “Right now I’m just focused on this year,” Mueller said. “We have a great program and a lot of great players ,and they are great young ladies so it’s a lot of fun coaching these kids. Although this year is different, Mueller said the goal is the same. “I think every year is different, but our players just buy into what we are talking about, the culture and the things we are expecting out of them,” Mueller said about his coaching philosophy. Grable has spent plenty of her life learning from Mueller and she said he knows when to laugh and when it’s time to get ready for work. “He’s so funny,” Grable said. “He knows when to be serious, but I mean, he will walk by if we are ever at the dinning center having a team dinner with the recruits and he’ll crack an egg on their head. It’s hard-boiled, but you kind of freak out for a second. “He’s a total kidster, but he’s totally serious and knows what he’s talking about. He knows the game so much.”
Bison Basketball Needs to Stay On Top of Game Summit League is close enough to turn standings upside-down Colton Pool Sports Editor
Starting today, North Dakota State men’s basketball will start its most important stretch of the season. As of right now, NDSU (17-7, 9-2 Summit League) has five conference games to go and sits on top of the Summit League standings. But that could change extremely quickly. Of those five remaining games, two of them are at Scheels Arena, where the Bison have been undefeated. In fact, NDSU is on a 23-game home win streak. Those two games will be against Fort Wayne (6-5, 13-11) and Indiana-Purdue of Indianapolis (4-6, 8-16). The game
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against IUPUI, in theory, should be a win considering the Bison beat the Jaguars at their home in overtime earlier this year, and they’re doing sub-par in the conference anyway. IPFW, on the other hand, will be a different story. The preseason favorites to win the conference — the Mastodons — didn’t start the season well but got back on a winning track, including a 77-71 victory over NDSU. And this won’t even be the pivotal moment in NDSU’s regular season. After the Bison take on a tough Denver team on Thursday, NDSU heads to Brookings, S.D., for a matchup between Summit League titans. As of now, South Dakota State (9-3, 18-8) is second in the conference, but that would change with a home victory over the Bison. The Jackrabbits have four players averaging double-digit scoring, including Cody Larson and Deondre Parks who both have 15.2 points a contest. This game could be the physical matchup the Bison haven’t needed. With only two
legitimate big men in the main rotation, NDSU is going to desperately need solid minutes from Chris Kading and Dexter Werner because Lawrence Alexander won’t be able to make eight 3-pointers every night. Kading, who is the better defender of the two Bison posts, will be depended on the most to slow down Larson. But the kicker here is that NDSU has a little bit of wiggle room to drop a game or two. Let’s say NDSU goes 2-3 in this remaining stretch, which will mean a 11-5 conference record. That will most likely mean losses to Denver, IPFW and SDSU, but that also means a win over Oral Roberts, who sits third in the conference standings. The final regular season game for the Bison will be a nail-biter if they go on this losing skid, but this is all assuming the worst. And don’t forget NDSU beat ORU earlier this year. In my mind, NDSU really needs a No. 1 or 2 seed to make life easier. In one of those spots, NDSU would start the Summit League
TEAM W L CONF HOME ROAD
NDSU 17 SDSU 18 ORU 13 IPFW 13 USD 11 Denver 10 IUPUI 8 WIU 8 UNO 8
7 9-2 8 9-3 11 6-4 11 6-5 14 5-6 13 4-6 16 4-6 13 3-7 15 2-9
12-0 11-0 8-1 9-4 5-4 9-4 4-6 8-4 6-4
4-6 5-7 4-9 4-7 6-7 1-9 4-10 0-9 2-11
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tournament against the bottom-dwellers of the conference like Western Illinois or Omaha. A No. 3 seed or worse puts NDSU in the cluster of the Summit League and makes the championship path much rockier. A win over SDSU, however, puts the Bison in fairly good position to win the regular season conference title for a second year in a row. But if NDSU falls, let the chaos begin.
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THE SPECTRUM | SPORTS | THURSDAY, FEB. 12, 2015
Alexander Ties Career High, Sets School Record as Bison Crush Coyotes NDSU maintains lead of Summit League with convincing win Andrew Rieckhoff Contributing Writer
North Dakota State senior guard Lawrence Alexander started off with the first 15 points for North Dakota State and never slowed down as he helped propel the Bison to a 71-47 victory over South Dakota Saturday at Scheels Arena. Alexander converted on his first six attempts from the field, while the rest of the Bison offense struggled to start, missing their first eight shots. Chris Kading was the first Bison to get on the scoreboard other than
Alexander when he scored on a layup with 7 minutes, 31 seconds remaining. “He’s everything to us right now,” NDSU head coach Dave Richman said of Alexander. “ ... Young players, they look up to him.” The NDSU offense really seemed to feed off the success of Alexander and started to pull away from USD. “When he gets going, that draws so much attention that just leaves all us other guys open,” freshmen guard Paul Miller said. NDSU finished the first half strong with a 10-2 run converting on eight of its final 10 possessions, including three makes from 3-point range from Miller. NDSU entered halftime with
a commanding 35-20 lead. The second half was more of the same, as NDSU converted on 7 of 8 3-pointers (87.5 percent) including two from Carlin Dupree, who had only converted on three of his previous 14 chances from deep. The Bison stretched the lead to as much as 32 points with four minutes left before some of the subs entered the game for both teams. NDSU finished the game shooting 27 of 54 from the field (50 percent) and 14 of 22 from deep (63.6 percent). They held the Coyotes to 19for-47 (40.4 percent) from the field and a messy 2-for11 (18.2 percent) from three throughout the contest. Alexander finished the game with 31 points, tying
a career high for the point guard. He also set a new school record for most 3-pointers in a single game with eight triples. “It’s a comfortable feeling for sure” Richman with a smile. “It’s nice to have Lawrence, who’s not afraid to take a shot and not afraid of the moment.” NDSU improved to 17-7 overall and 9-2 in the Summit League to maintain first place. USD fell to 11-14 overall and 5-6 in conference play. Next up for the Bison will be a matchup at the University of Denver on Feb. 12. The last time the two teams met, the Bison pulled off a 61-54 overtime victory, which was the start of their current four-game winning streak.
Lawrence Alexander cashed eight 3-pointers in NDSU’s win over South Dakota on Saturday, a new school record. Alexander scored NDSU’s first 15 points.
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Brooke LeMar (4) had a solid outing this past week against Western Illinois and the University of South Dakota, but both games were chalked up as losses for the Bison.
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Second Half Rally Comes Up Short as Bison Fall to Coyotes Andrew Rieckhoff Contributing Writer
North Dakota State fell behind early in a Summit League contest against the top team in the league, South Dakota. The Bison rallied from a 16-point halftime deficit to give USD a run for its money. However, the Bison fell short against the Coyotes,
who ended up winning 8379. NDSU senior guard Brooke LeMar led the Bison in scoring with 27 points, including a 20-point second half. Senior forward Liz Keena also added a careerhigh 22 points and went 9-for-11 (81 percent) from the field. Freshmen guard Taylor Thunsted was strong from deep, going 3-for-6 from the 3-point line and adding 13 points. In the first half, the Coyotes pulled away in part by converting 11 Bison turnovers into 15 points.
The Coyotes also had contributions from the whole team, as nine players scored in the first half. Raeshel Contreras led all scorers with 15 as the Coyotes headed into the break with a 16-point lead and all of the momentum. Out of the halftime break came a whole new Bison basketball team. They cut the lead down to 12 just five minutes into the second half, and by the time there were ten minutes left, the Coyotes led by six. “We picked up our intensity and got stops,”
LeMar said. “We just really played for each other.” LeMar’s words showed on the court as the Bison were able to force 11 turnovers by USD and outscoring in the paint 1814. The biggest advantage, however, was the Bison making strides to get back into the game on the fast break. NDSU outscored the Coyotes 8-0 on the fast break. While the Bison were able to fight back to make it a single-possession deficit with just two minutes left
in the contest, they were never able to complete the comeback and take the lead. The Coyotes executed well enough down the stretch to hold on and secure a fourpoint victory. While the Bison were not able to come away with the victory, there were some positives to take away from the game. NDSU head coach Maren Walseth learned a lot about her team. “They’re still sponges, and I’ve learned that they still want it,” Walseth said. “Every timeout I had five sets of eyes on me (asking)
‘OK, what are we doing?’” Walseth also believes her team got better and can learn a lot from this game. “I think it gives us great film to watch,” she said. “We are going to be in this situation again, so we have to have confidence in ourselves to hang in there and execute.” With the loss, NDSU drops to 9-14 overall and 5-6 in Summit League action. Next, the Bison head to Tulsa, Okla., for a midweek battle with Oral Roberts.
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THE SPECTRUM | NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY | THURSDAY, FEB. 12, 2015
Grant Nehring gains control of his opponent on his way to a 10-1 major decision win.
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Bison Wallop Wolverines Veterans pull off statement wins on senior night Taylor Kurth Staff Writer
The No. 24-ranked North Dakota State Bison defeated Utah Valley University 24-13 Saturday night in another Western Wrestling Conference dual at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse. No. 15 Evan Knutson, at 285 pounds, and 184-pound No. 9 Hayden Zillmer played big parts in the Bison win. Nonetheless, it was the middle of the lineup that sparked the comeback. Knutson recorded a pin and Zillmer posted a tech fall. After three matches, NDSU (8-3, 4-0 WWC) found itself down 7-3. But the Bison had enough, and they rallied. NDSU head coach Roger Kish knew that sometimes it is better to win ugly than
lose beautifully. “Tonight wasn’t a very pretty match,” Kish said. “A lot of our guys did a nice job.” Redshirt freshman Grant Nehring was the ignition, as he spawned a 21-6 run. He dominated his 157-pound dual and won 10-1 by major decision. He improved to 6-10 overall and 3-3 in duals. Nehring could only thank his coach after the match. “I feel like we’re picking up momentum,” Nehring said. “I think the biggest success is because of my coach, Roger Kish.’ After losing four straight matches, redshirt sophomore Steven Keogh moved up a class to 165 pounds. The move paid off against the Wolverines (2-8, 1-3), as he snapped his losing skid and recorded a 1-0 victory over UVU’s Dalton Harmon. The two went back and forth for three periods. However, Keogh escaped the jaws of a tie with less than 15 seconds
left. The escape garnered him the sole point of the match. He now sits at 7-14 overall. Two seniors were honored for senior night and both were victorious. Kurtis Julson recorded an 8-2 win over the Wolverines’ Ethan Smith at 174 pounds. Julson moves to 14-9 overall and 6-5 in duals. Knutson recorded his third pin of the year with less than 15 seconds left in the match. He improves to 21-7 overall and 9-2 in duals. Zillmer throttled Ross Taylor in the 184 class. He posted a 22-7 tech fall. Zillmer is now an astonishing 27-4 overall and 11-0 in duals. Mitch Bengston posted a 10-5 decision over Matthew Ontiveros at 141 pounds for the Bison’s other win of the evening. Quotes are courtesy of GoBison.com.
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