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Celebrating North Dakota’s High Education NDSU Student Government and Gov. Burgum address higher education
Mason Wenzel addresses aspects of the university in which he takes pride.
Phoebe Ellis
Head News Editor
Higher education day began with Mason Wenzel, student body president, and Katie Mastel, student body vice president, addressing some updates about North Dakota State. One of student government initiatives made known were the integration of online courses into tuition, going into effect fall 2018. Wenzel expressed that this is a cost effective and transparent way of making online courses more avail-
able to students. Wenzel also highlighted some education enrichment options that will soon be made available, like practice exams for graduate school and cost effective studying options. Additionally, Microsoft Office certifications are being offered free of charge to prepare people for the workforce. He also expressed his excitement of completing one of his goals of cost-free textbooks available in some classes. Mastel then brought up some monetary points, such as grants received and money saved.
Then a virtual campus tour highlighted buildings across campus of NDSU pride, such as Churchill Hall after its renovation, Cath-
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to renovate and improve the building in the future. Mark Hagerott, the Chancellor of North Dakota University Systems, spoke
“Competition is going to change the face of higher education.” - Gov. Burgum erine Carter Hall, which is currently being built, A. Glenn Hill Center and Dunbar hall. Dunbar Hall was the outcast here, as the university is aware of its deteriorating condition and hopes
about some summer programs for students in Wahpeton and the Department of Homeland Security working with NDUS to defend campuses. Gov. Burgum then took
the stage. He expressed faith in the NDUS to reach its highest potential, but advised that it may be harder than anticipated. “Competition is going to change the face of higher education,” Burgum said. The governor instructed senators and student governors that attended the event, that they must understand the economics of higher education to make it a worthwhile investment for universities and students. Burgum spoke at length about business decisions, like using online classes to make schedules afford-
able and flexible, or what it means to allow high school students to take up to a year of college courses for free. He also spoke about doing more to make individual universities reliable for students and faculty alike, and that flexibility would lead to success, to embrace technology. Before his closing remark Burgum stated, “We do not believe North Dakota can reach its highest potential unless we have an absolutely outstanding system of higher education.”
Presenting Complex Idea, Briefly NDSU students prepare to compete in the Three Minute Thesis competition Skylar Berthold Staff Writer
North Dakota State graduate students are facing their fear as they participate in what is known as the annual Three Minute Thesis competition. The competition is hosted by the College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies. The students’ primary objective is to explain their research under a strict time limit while implementing everyday language for the ordinary listener. Although numerous students say the competition
can be quite anxiety inducing, there are incentives for competing. The winner of each round receives $250 and then competes in the final round, with a possibility of leaving the competition with $1,000. Besides cash prizes, the hours of preparation for the event aids students with an advantage during job searches. This is particularly true in situations where human resources personnel require short presentations. Overall, the competition makes students more marketable. There is the benefit of acquiring communication skills as well. “Graduates
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will work with people from a variety of fields, who may have expertise in engineering, chemistry or sociology. They all need to work together in a productive way,” says Brandy Randall, event organizer and associate dean of the College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies. The 2016-2017 winner of the competition, Taybeth Anajafi Marzijarani is an example of a success story. Her presentation was titled, “Targeted Drug Delivery in Pancreatic Cancer,” which focused on research of chemotherapy delivery that targeted cancer cells.
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After the competition, Marzijarani competed at the regional Three Minute Thesis competition in Seattle, Washington. Later, she graduated with a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences and is now a method development and scientist for Eurofins Bioanalytical Services in Missouri. She owes her success to the competition and its ability to prepare her for the workforce. Yet another example of a competitor who has nothing but positive things to say about the competition is Breanne Steffan, a doctoral student in microbiological sciences who will be one of
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the competitors in the 20172018 event. Steffan is researching interaction of the Aspergillus fumigatus mold and the host’s immune response. The student is particularly interested in how the mold contributes to childhood respiratory diseases such as asthma and cystic fibrosis. “A big problem in today’s society is the lack of trust and understanding by the general public about the current research being done,” Steffan said.“The competition helps bridge that gap between research at NDSU and the F-M community.”
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There are numerous graduate students who are preparing to compete in the fourth annual competition. The event is sponsored by Sanford Health and is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 22. Preliminary rounds are set for the morning, with finals taking place in the afternoon in the Memorial Union. In conjunction with the competition, the NDSU Graduate Showcase will take place in the Great Plains Ballroom. Both events are free and open to the public.
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‘Bitter Tears’ After Boarding School Denise K. Lajimodiere speaks about Native boarding schools Dan Ukkelberg Co-News Editor
The ‘Bitter Tears’ speech was given in the Memorial Union noon Wednesday. The name of the speech was created after Denise K. Lajimodiere saw sap rolling down a tree — a tree that had roots entangled into the bodies of the children in the unmarked graves at a Native American boarding school. Lajimodiere’s presentation came with many quotes from people that endured the boarding school and those that worked with them. Many people recalled what was done to them years ago. “They gave me the number 76. I was number 76. All my clothes, underwear, socks, dresses had the number 76,” said Ann Grandbois Plante of Marty Boarding School in South Dakota. Years later, some of these people tattooed those numbers on their arms. Lajimodiere said the United States does not have many records on these boarding schools. She said we do not know how many boarding schools there are and we do not know how many boarding school survivors there are. “Most of them lived in and around the reservation,” Lajimodiere said. “They
were not allowed to go home for nine months, and parents were not allowed to come visit.” Later in the presentation, Lajimodiere described different types of punishment the children would endure, such as the gauntlet, the dungeons under the floor and the broomstick — where they made them kneel on a broomstick with their nose touching the wall. “Three girls ran away, but got caught. The matrons and schoolteachers lined up, even the superintendent of the school, and the girls had to walk between them. They all took a whack at them with a belt as they went through. We called it the gauntlet. They made all us girls watch,” according to an anonymous girl from Wahpeton, North Dakota. These boarding schools had religious education despite them being federally funded. “They forced Christianity. You didn’t have a choice. If you didn’t go to church, you didn’t eat,” Lajimodiere said. “Everyone I inter- Denise K. Lajimodiere is an assistant professor at NDSU. viewed was sexually molest- come back crying. pened to them there. ed by priests and nuns, and if Lajimodiere said that “Someone said that, ‘All not by them, by older boys.” boarding school trauma is you do is talk about the negOne of the people that one of the best-kept secrets ative. You don’t talk about she interviewed said the lit- among Native American anything good at boarding tle boys in his dorm would people because they do not schools.’ Well, honest to be taken by the dorm work- want to talk about what hap- God, in 10 years I have not ers at night and they would
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heard a whole lot of good at the boarding schools,” Lajimodiere said. Lajimodiere said the boarding school survivors and their families are working toward healing. There
is a lot of intergenerational trauma and a lot of historical trauma that they have to work through.
Battle of the Cents-es NDSU helps one of their own Ryan Nix
Contributing Writer
The College of Engineering will face off with the College of Health Professions to see who can raise the most amount of coins for this year’s Battle of the Cents-es. The two colleges will be raising money from Feb. 12 to 16 for Tyler Robertson who was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2017. The money is going to be collected in the Memorial
Union, Sudro Hall and the engineering complex from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Friday. This is the first time Madison Brenamen, president of the Health Professions Ambassadors, will be running Battle of the Cents-es. Brenamen is organizing this event with Charles Olson who is the president of the Engineering Ambassadors. Brenamen said Thursday that Tyler Robertson’s name “popped up” when
the committee was looking around for candidates. He attended fall classes at NDSU in 2016, but ended up “taking the spring off” according to Brenamen. It was during this hiatus that he went in for a regular checkup at the optometrist, according to his Robertson’s caring bridge page. The optometrist found “that his optic nerve was swollen, so they sent him to the emergency room, and when he was there they did a (neurological) exam and an MRI. They found a large
tumor that was pushing up against his optic nerve,” Brenamen explained. They sent Tyler Robertson to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where according to Brenamen: “They removed the tumor and found that it was the size of a grapefruit and diagnosed him as having a Glioblastoma, which is a treatable but not curable form of brain cancer.” The money is raised for Robertson’s cause by having the two colleges, Engineering and Health
Professions, compete to see which can raise the most amount of coins. Brenamen said, “It’s always a good competition between the colleges.” Brenamen explained each college will have their own jug. The coins that are donated to a college’s jug are counted as a positive and paper money donated to the college’s jug is counted as a negative toward the other college. The college with the most “positive money” at the end wins. All the proceeds go toward Tyler Robertson’s
cause. Brenamen said they “already have a lot planned” and that her and the committee running the event are “really excited.” Last year’s goal was $5,000, but this year they haven’t set an exact goal. Brenamen said their goal is, “Just to do better than last year.” Brenamen said that Robertson “was very excited and honored that we were doing this for him.”
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Unlimited Learning With Cengage
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Educational service company offers students affordable, practical resource
Woman sexually assaulted by Uber driver
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Cengage Learning introduces Cengage Unlimited, a new option for students to access course materials through a digital subscription service. The new service allows students to access “more than 22,000 e-books and digital learning products across 675 courses and 70 disciplines.” The new subscription service for students will be introduced in the fall 2018 semester, with a cost of $119 for a semester or $179 for the entire year. Cengage Unlimited gives students “total and ondemand access” to all the digital-learning resources, e-books, online homework and study tools that Cengage has to offer, all in one place.
How it works
Students join by signing up for a subscription and submitting a one-time payment for a semester — or
if you choose — for a year. No matter how many Cengage resources or product one uses, the price always remains the same for the semester or year. The subscription allows students to explore over 20,000 textbooks and course materials in the Cengage library, while also having access to online homework, study tools and educational resources. If you are using the digital and online platforms, you can choose to receive a print rental at no cost, aside from a shipping fee. When your subscription expires with Cengage Unlimited, you can still access up to six stored e-books in a digital locker and access those for up to a year.
Why sign up
“(Cengage Unlimited) will be offering a new way for students to purchase materials for their courses next fall,” said Martin Livingood, NDSU’s local representative with Cengage Learning. “It will save students a great
deal of money.” Cengage Learning declares its unlimited service as the first-of-its-kind subscription service for student access to course materials. They hope that Cengage Unlimited will prove itself to be the best option for students, especially for those that spend $500 per year or more on course materials, believing that “all students deserve quality learning resources they can afford.” According to Cengage, 72 percent of students put off purchasing course materials until the course started and 45 percent decided not to register for a course because of the cost. When students did enroll, 38 percent of students earned a poor grade and 20 percent failed a course because they could not afford the materials. The service launches in summer 2018, and students can sign up now to receive notices and get early access at Cengage Unlimited.
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“Fargo Police are investigating an alleged case of sexual assault, after a local woman says an Uber driver forcefully grabbed her hand in attempts to her to touch his genitals,” the Forum reported. The Uber was called for her routine trip home after work as a bartender. The driver repeatedly tried to force her hand toward his groin. The driver is not currently driving for Uber while the incident is being investigated. A formal complaint was also made to the Fargo Police Department the morning after the incident. The victim is not seeking criminal charges against the driver “but wanted the incident documented,” the Forum reported.
Sandy’s Donuts expands
Sandy’s Donuts and Coffee Shop plans to open their third store. “The bakery will soon stop serving breakfast and lunch at both of its current locations to allow it to make more doughnuts,” WDAY reported. Sandy’s Donuts makes around 13,000 doughnuts every night, and the ending
of meals at the two locations will allow them to keep up the pace and gear up for the third store. By not serving meals, Sandy’s is able to open up more space for production and equipment for making doughnuts, as well as staying focused on the doughnuts. They are “hoping someone else steps up to the plate and opens up a restaurant that will fill any void” they left by not serving breakfast and lunch, WDAY reported.
North Dakota blue laws
A group against North Dakota’s Sunday business restrictions is changing tactics to repeal the blue laws. “The group will shift from collecting signatures for an initiated measure to pushing for reintroduction of a bill next year to remove the so-called blue laws that ban retail shopping before noon on Sundays,” the Bismarck Tribune reported. About 5,000 signatures were collected and the group needed about 13,450 signatures to bring the bill to a vote. Last year the measure was defeated in the Senate.
Mall of America renovate transit station
The Mall of America transit station has received enough funding to start renovating the station after the Super Bowl.
“About 2.65 million people annually board and depart from Metro Transit’s light-rail trains or buses at the Mall of America Station, the metro area’s busiest transit hub,” the Star Tribune reported. The station is located below one of the mall’s parking ramps and was last renovated in 2004 when the light-rail was introduced. Renovating will cost about $25 million and was proposed by Metro Transit years ago, but funding wasn’t received until last year’s legislative session. The station is expected to be finished by summer 2019.
Backpacker parasite
Some backpackers have been affected by a stomach bug that causes diarrhea. Giardia parasites are responsible for the most common gastric diseases in the world and “mimic human cell functions to break apart cells in the gut and feed inside,” BBC News reported. The natural bacteria found in the gut join in and feed on the same nutrients as the parasites. Around 500,000 cases are diagnosed yearly, and the parasite is usually picked up from eating contaminated food or drinking infected water. Symptoms can last weeks or months if it’s untreated. The parasite is able to cut through mucus layers in the gut to access the nutrients within the mucus.
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After a rough start, Thundar 2.0 pulled through with third place. plow it, avoid the obstacle in there along with a moving Miranda Stambler obstacle that gets introduced Features Editor at some point,” Vetter From Jan. 25 to 28, shared. the Eighth Annual ION A couple of years ago the Autonomous Snowplow snowplow had started as a Competition took place in senior design project. Since St. Paul, Minnesota. Four then, Bison Robotics has kept NDSU students a part of it as a project and continued Bison Robotics entered to improve the electronics together as Team Thundar and programming for further 2.0 and placed third out of competitions. eight teams. “This year we just Abdullah Almosalami, worked on programming it a sophomore majoring in and making it better,” Vetter electrical engineering and explained. computer science, was This led them to be more the project leader. He was reliable in their plowing for accompanied by three this competition. of his other teammates: “Once Saturday and Andrew Vetter, a sophomore Sunday came around, majoring in computer it was very reliable. It engineering, Rachel Jones, plowed consistently, I’d a sophomore majoring in say. Whereas other teams electrical engineering, and they had various issues and Miguel Jara, senior majoring so they were maybe not as in mechanical engineering. consistent, and it was also The competition was for a larger snowplow — so it an autonomous snowplow, made it easier to move more meaning the snowplow must snow at once,” Vetter said. be pre-programmed to plow Team Thundar 2.0 got without a human controlling off to a bad start, with many the course. Team Thundar teammates relaying their 2.0 had multiple different frustration and difficulties strategies for different in the beginning of the courses and obstacles to competition. try and accurately make it “We had a lot of doubt, through the course. and the morale was super The snowplow low. In fact, we almost competition includes decided on not going. But a final presentation we did, and while our first where the teammates two days of competition explain the mechanical were really rough, we gave design, electronics, it absolutely everything logic and programming we could, played it smart, safety features, and the and with a bit of luck, we commercialization ideas of actually got something how they plan to sell the out of the whole thing,” machine. There is also an Almosalami said. inspection day to make sure “Friday night we had a it is legal for competition, to bad connection cable that which every competitor has took two hours to find that access to the competition’s that was the problem, then rulebook online. another two hours to fix The next day consists of since it was a custom cable,” the single “I” part, which is Jones explained. “Although when the team must “plow overall, the competition was a single 10-meter strip of fun to go from the struggles snow with an obstacle in at the beginning to winning there and you’re supposed third place at the end.” to avoid the obstacle,” Vetter Since Team Thundar 2.0 explained. won third place, they took The final day is triple “I” home a bronze snow globe and advances the course to and $2,000 to make further “three single lines – right improvements toward the next to each other – you snowplow.
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When discussing the They look forward to took place in the competition there’s also many different cash prize, Vetter shared, furthering the snowplow and this year. “There’s still a ways to improve,” Vetter “We want to rewire the improving any problems that lot of room for growing — shared. electronics. We want to possibly change up the drivetrain. We also want to — there’s a lot of programming improvements that we want to do.” Why become involved in a snowplow competition, you may ask? “I’m super passionate about robotics, and working on a robot like Thundar teaches you the essentials of all robots in general,” Almosalami shared. “I’m interested in programming and applying the stuff I learn and learning more about what makes stuff autonomous,” Vetter said. When asked about the future of Team Thundar 2.0 and whether the snowplow will be seen again in action, Vetter said, “There’s some stuff that worked well and there’s some stuff that didn’t, ANDREW VETTER | THE SPECTRUM Showing of Bison pride by spray-painting green and yellow ND symbols. so we learned from that.”
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Ways Your Phone Can Be an Escape Five apps that can help with stressful days and mental health Amanda Wagar Contributing Writer
Bad days: we’ve all had them. What starts as a simple irritation can grow into an overwhelming amount of stress, which in turn can cause further complications in our lives. For someone with mental illness, the presence or lack of stress can be a major component of how their day will go. Fortunately, with the help of our smartphones, we are only a few clicks away from apps that can help relieve stress and reduce anxiety to provide for a healthier life. A general search for mental health apps can turn up a surprising number of apps, and it can be hard to know which ones may be the right ones for you. Thankfully, Pinterest lists can serve as great guides to finding the perfect combination of apps to help you lead a stress-free life.
1. Happify
Happify is an app that is focused on emotional health and well-being and makes use of what the developers describe as “positive psychology, mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy.” This app is used to help boost the happiness of its users, reduce anxiety and relieve stress. Happify’s philosophy revolves around the idea that
emotional well-being and happiness can be measured by figuring out where the individual’s happiness level is currently at, and from there they can work to improve it through the features the app provides. Happify includes stress relieving games, community support and tracks that are specialized for your needs.
2. SuperBetter
Like Happify, SuperBetter brings a positive mindset front and center in an app where your challenge (whether it’s anxiety, depression, stress, etc.) becomes a part of your journey to a better state of mental well-being. In SuperBetter, bad habits become “bad guys,” and you can find Allies to help you along the way while gaining skills through games and activities that you can translate into your everyday life. SuperBetter encourages its users to accomplish their goals while increasing their personal resilience.
3. Headspace
If you are new to meditation, Headspace is a great guide for how to get started. Headspace provides a space that allows for its users to relieve stress and become more focused through the simple process of meditation. This app breaks down what can be seen as a complex subject into bite-sized lessons for individuals with
a busy schedule. Headspace’s meditation tracks range from multiple topics, from stress to sleep, and provide exercises in case a user needs help while having a panic attack.
4. Pacifica
Pacifica is an app that provides tools to help reduce anxiety and release stress in our daily lives. Features include guided self-help plans, mood tracking, relaxation techniques, a welcoming community and a way to view your progress over time. Grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy, Pacifica offers a day by day plan for the future in order to help cope with your stress and anxiety.
5. Dancing Line
This is a different app than the rest on this list. Dancing Line is a game focused on music and rhythm in which you guide your cube through the map with only the guidance of the beat of the background music. True to its nature, the easiest way to play this game is with headphones on, which creates an altogether different experience. It’s like shutting yourself off from the world, which, when days get stressful, this app is a miracle. Dancing Line goes to prove that almost any app Apps can help with those days you want to focus on your mindfulness. can be a “mental health” app when that tool can help provide stress relief.
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Easy Snacks For a Busy healthy herd College Student In between class snacks can be healthier with little difficulty these are some different options We all know it isn’t always easy when it comes to eating healthy snacks in college. With such busy schedules, it can be hard to find time to plan what you are going to eat for the day, resulting in grabbing a bag of chips or candy bar. As it turns out, eating healthy can be a lot easier than you think, and just as delicious. Eating right can help maximize your energy and boost endorphins to make you an overall happier person. Along with choosing healthy snacks, it is just as important to make sure you get enough water. Bring a water bottle with you wherever you go and fill it up every chance you get. Water is one of the best ways to detox. Here are some healthy snack ideas for you to munch on.
1. Rice cake with almond butter
Switching out peanut butter for almond butter can be a great alternative. It has slightly less fat and is lower in sodium. Almond butter also contains more fiber, vi-
tamins and minerals. Almond butter pairs great with rice cakes, especially the caramel flavor. If you have a sweet tooth, this is a great way to satisfy your craving. Rice cakes are also cheap, low in calories and fat-free.
2. Carrot chips with hummus
For a savory option, try carrot chips with hummus. Carrot chips are great because they have an extra crunch and are great for dipping. Hummus is a dip that originated in the Middle East, usually made from smashed chickpeas, olive oil, garlic and lemon. Hummus comes in a variety of flavors, such as roasted pepper or even taco.
3. RX bars
An RX bar is a whole food protein bar. Displayed on the front of the package is literally every ingredient the bar contains. For example, the mixed berry flavor contains three egg whites, six almonds, four cashews and two dates.
These are a great source of protein to snack on right before the gym for an extra boost of energy. Knowing what is inside your granola/ protein bars is very important because a lot of them have a ton of extra added sugar.
4. Mixed nuts
Easy and filling. Grabbing a bag of mixed nuts to snack on between classes is a great option. Almonds, pistachios and cashews are usually the best options. They are the lowest-calorie options, but also have healthy fats. Make sure you are buying raw or dry roasted nuts. These are the healthiest option because they do not have a ton of extra salt and sugar.
5. Almond smoothie
milk
This smoothie is very filling and tasty. Substitute cow’s milk for almond milk because it has 50 percent fewer calories than regular milk. It is also free of cholesterol and saturated fats. Add frozen berries and organic orange juice and,
Getting healthy can help students live a happier lifestyle. if you like your smoothies thick, add Greek yogurt or more ice. Another way to get nutritional benefits out of your smoothie is to add flaxseeds or chia seeds.
6. Lettuce sandwich wrap
This easy switch can help you cut carbs and lower your sugar and caloric intakes. Simply buy a head of lettuce next time you go grocery shopping; peel off
the big pieces of lettuce and stuff them with your favorite sandwich ingredients. It’s the same concept as Jimmy John’s “un-which” style. I often take a cheese stick, wrap turkey around it and then wrap my piece of lettuce around it, and there you have it, a low-carb snack or lunch.
7. Chicken salad with whole grain crackers
Take a serving of canned chicken, shred the chicken,
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then dump in a bowl. After this, add a whole avocado to give it a creamy base; if needed, I also add a little mayo sometimes. Mix all the ingredients together and it’s ready to go. If you want to add a little crunch, chop up some celery or add some cashews. Whole grain crackers are a great healthy substitute for regular crackers. They offer more nutritional benefits and less salt.
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Plains Art Museum: Winter Art Exhibition Plains Art Museum showcases their finest this winter, featuring ‘Mark Applebaum: Picturing Music’ Brittany Hofmann Staff Writer
On Saturday, Feb. 3, Fargo’s Plains Art Museum hosted an art exhibition to showcase one of their five new exhibits that launched in the month of January, “Mark Applebaum: Picturing Music.” This night was about Stanford University’s “Mad Scientist of Music” and his unique take on music composition. Plains Art Museum director and CEO, Andrew J. Maus, opened the night by saying, “I feel like we’re living in a time when visual art, music and even education are being treated
and indeterminacy of music. The determinacy of music is the idea that traditional compositions are structured and there is no room for improvisation. To explain the determinacy of music, Applebaum gave the example of Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 7” and said, “The viola player’s like, ‘I’m going to take a solo on that one.’ That doesn’t happen in a lot of traditions.” Applebaum didn’t want to be confined to tradition, thus bringing him to composing his own music in his own way, even creating his own version of sign language to be inserted into his sheet music for his performers to read.
“It is our natural behavior to improvise in life, and we do a lot of spontaneous things.” - Mark Applebaum, professor of music composition, Stanford University as commodities. And I also feel like we’re living in a time when many musicians and some visual artists, alike, are turning their backs on innovation to embrace popularity.” This is simply not the case for Applebaum. “It is our natural behavior to improvise in life, and we do a lot of spontaneous things,” he remarked. Applebaum created labyrinthine-like works of signs and symbols that can be played by musicians at their own discretion. His work is truly his own and was put forth into the world for other artists like him. The professor of composition is known around the world for his ingenious notation and realization of music. The thing that makes Applebaum special is that he has resurrected the art of creating his scores graphically, which can be viewed as pieces of art or can be used as functional music. The Stanford professor began the program by discussing the determinacy
Mark Applebaum of Stanford University talked about his uncommon way of composing music.
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The exhibition was done in collaboration with Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Department of Music. Individuals from the department were selected to perform Applebaum’s work in the showcase, a feat that requires absolute talent as the professor warned that memorization of his compositions were not easy. The students’ interpretation was performed effortlessly. Applebaum is unlike any other modern composer because he does not rely on standardized notation, but rather has created a language of his own — a language that combines visual art and music. Applebaum’s “Picturing Music” will be featured until June 9. The Plains Art Museum will be hosting another exhibit of Applebaum’s “The Metaphysics of Music,” from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1, which will feature the improvisational BRITTANY HOFMANN | THE SPECTRUM BRITTANY HOFMANN | THE SPECTRUM interpretations of the FargoStudents from MSUM’s music department performing one of When finished with the performance, the artwork produced the Moorhead symphony. Applebaum’s graphically composed pieces. image of Applebaum’s unique sheet music.
Shadow of the Colossus is being Rereleased Originally available in 2006, relaunched Feb. 6 for PS4 Nathan Wetrosky Staff Writer
If anyone remembers (because I did not), “Shadow of the Colossus” already came out once in 2006. Now in 2018 “Shadow of the Colossus” developed by JAPAN Studio/Bluepoint Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. comes out, again, tomorrow February 6 for the PlayStation 4. Releasing a game twice is obviously redundant but there are reasons to do so. Some of the reasons I can think of off the top of my head are using nostalgia from a game’s success to get more money from players or because graphics technology has improved. I hope this upgraded “Shadow of the Colossus” is only being made because of better graphics. I know
that is not true because a company must make a profit, but it is nice to think that was the main reason for remastering this game. Remastering a game does not mean reimagining or changing the story or the main mechanics that made the game great. Remastering is just an upgrade of graphics, sounds and general life improvements to a game. “Shadow of the Colossus” for those of you who do not know (I didn’t before I researched for this article) is a game about finding 16 massive stone creatures called Colossi spread out across the Forbidden Land and killing them, so you can harness their power to revive your girlfriend. You accomplish this feat with only Wader, his trusty horse Agro, a bow and a sword. I cannot name a single game that I have played that does not feature in between
boss enemies. In “Shadow of Colossus,” having no extra enemies to fight is not a bad thing. Having nothing else to fight beside the Colossi leaves the player to enjoy the sights and sounds of the epic rolling landscape as Wader and Agro traverse the Forbidden Land. The earlier rendition of the game had this great scenery but not to this grandeur. One of the wonderful mechanics of “Shadow of the Colossus” that I find interesting is how the game lets you think before acting. Each Colossi you meet will have a unique way of defeating it. Before going in to fight a Colossi, you will have time to watch how it moves and acts, so you can plan your attacks SONY | PHOTO COURTESY accordingly. “Shadow of the Remastered ‘Shadow of the Colossus’ is poised for relaunch Feb. 6. Colossus” has a great story to fight this does not take is beautifully tragic. This widely enjoyed by players and a beautiful landscape away from the games game has been out for 12 new and old. to explore. Even though it playability. It is well crafted, years but now that it has is devoid of other enemies and the overarching quest been updated it can be more
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Bill Brunton: The Winding Path from Ethnographer to Luthier How an unfinished violin and a flamenco teacher inspired an NDSU professor to hand-build guitars
After battling arthritis in his thumb and struggling to play with short fingers, Brunton developed a shorter guitar perfect for him to play.
Laura Ellen Brandjord A&E Editor
If you think an ethnographer turned luthier seems like an impossible career path, buckle up. I’m about to introduce you to someone who will prove you wrong. Allow me to introduce you to retired NDSU anthropology professor Bill Brunton. Brunton is a happily retired ethnographer who possesses a penchant for filling his time by quietly handcrafting exquisite classical guitars. As one might imagine, this transformation took many years and the path was anything but straight. The more I talked with Brunton, however, the more clear the path became, albeit with a few surprising twists remaining in the story’s topography. It all started with a violin. Unfinished and collecting dust, it was Brunton’s only connection to his paternal grandfather. As a child, Brunton developed the habit of taking it out and inspecting it with awe. “I had this somewhat magical notion that this came from somebody’s hands and a vague idea that it was my grandfather. I was intrigued by the violin itself as a little boy because it was fashioned by somebody’s hands. In my little boy understanding of the world, everything
came from a factory, but this came from somebody’s hands and I couldn’t figure out how anybody could do that. So it was there as kind of a symbol of what people can do.” The violin was eventually varnished by his father and now holds council in Brunton’s luthiery shop. The third stall of Brunton’s garage serves as his luthiery, which he keeps humidified and heated at as constant a level as he can manage. He explains that the humidity under which each guitar is made is important. “Someone on the west coast should never buy one of my guitars unless I make it in the summer when it’s more humid; same thing with someone in the southwest where it is drier. I’d probably work on that in the summer when the humidity is closer to what it will be living in,” Brunton explained. Brunton witnessed the importance of this while taking flamenco lessons in Hawaii. Brunton and his then wife attended the University of Hawaii for a semester of their college careers. It was during this time that a poster for the lessons caught Brunton’s curious eye. Venturing to a music store and purchasing a cheap Japanese acoustic guitar for the purpose, he set off to further his guitar skills. The Englishman who taught Brunton used a crude handmade guitar that despite
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“Here’s the thing, a guitar is a constellation of features. All of which are critical if any one of them would be screwed up badly enough.”- Bill Brunton managed to cobble it back together well enough so that it was playable. “It got me thinking; if he could make this horrible looking guitar playable, maybe I can do it too.” Brunton made a promise to himself that he would build a guitar by hand after he finished his Ph.D. And that is exactly what he did. Hidden away in a downstairs closet, Brunton never shows it to anyone but admits it technically plays. It’s only been uphill from there, as he believes he was overall quite happy with the end product by his 12th or 14th. The entire journey of guitar making has been one of discovery for Brunton.
variegated ebony to great success. Through experimenting with different brace options, Brunton has also begun to develop his own “lattice bracing” technique of intersecting fan braces. He has also started adding an open “port” in the top side of his guitars as he discovered it added to the magnification and sweetness of the guitars’ sound. Below is an insight into our conversation. I found the longer we talked, the more useful advice I was picking up on that applied to my life. I am sure others will too. Laura Ellen Brandjord (LEB): What area or group was your focus
during your career as an anthropologist? Bill Brunton (BB): I focused on Native Americans of an area of North America called “The Plateau.” I worked mainly with a tribe called the Kootenai which were a language isolate ... The Kootenai speak Kootenai around any of these other tribes, and no one knows what they are saying, and they take great pride in that. They consider themselves different from everyone else and there is a certain secrecy around their culture, so it was a great honor to be allowed to work with them. LEB: When did you come to NDSU? I know you retired in 2001, but you were there for a while before that. BB: 1969. I was the first anthropologist. I came when NDSU was called NDSC or something and was known as the ag college or the land grant college. But when I came in 1969, there was a change underway. They were becoming a university, and they were adding other fields such as anthropology. LEB: Do you consider yourself a curator of an art form in a sense by still hand-building guitars? BB: Well, once you ask the question I can say yes, but do I stop and think of myself that way? No. As a luthier and as an anthropologist I
consider myself a part of a lineage. My ancestors, not my literal ancestors, have left the world and me a body of work and a body of knowledge and perspectives that I have to understand and discover. A Brunton guitar is based off of certain Elliot classical guitar things, which is based off of the Hauser discoveries, which were based off of the Torres Spanish-style guitars. LEB: If you had to narrow it down to one critical point in the guitar making process that if you mess up on you can no longer continue, what would it be? BB: Here’s the thing — a guitar is a constellation of features. All of which are critical if any one of them would be screwed up badly enough. There are lots of things that can happen, so I don’t think there is necessarily one point where you would decide not to continue. I once had a guitar I made where the sides cracked when I was bending them ... I went back to the shop and ended up coming up with a technique I now use on all of my guitars. So, it is an accumulative thing, but not just one thing. And that is true of anything in life. Anything that doesn’t completely stop the process is an opportunity for discovery and gaining knowledge.
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Local NDSU Student to Write for Buzzfeed Local business major leaves behind her town to write for a prestigious news outlet this state and many others like it.” “So where did you learn about politics and gain the experience necessary
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Local student Jennifer Coffee has been assigned a writing position for Buzzfeed, with incentives to run the CNN Twitter page in the near future. Coffee has told me that other than being totally surprised she is also, “shook.” Coffee, who is a business major and is, according to her, dating her dog, has no experience with journalism except for the occasional comment on The Spectrum’s Facebook posts, but that still didn’t stop Buzzfeed from reaching out. According to a Buzzfeed release, “She is exactly what we are looking for.” Coffee, who is in the process of moving to Los Angeles and has over the past week learned that The Mamas and the Papas are the best band ever and has bought an In-N-Out T-shirt, told me that her future career is exciting, and she can’t wait to awaken the “stupid masses of people that inhabit
CNN exclusively when I am at home.” Coffee told me she wasn’t one hundred percent sure if MSNBC was still printing papers, but would
“Well, I subscribed to Vox 10 months ago and have learned a lot since then; I also share a lot of articles on my Facebook and watch CNN exclusively when I am at home.” - Jennifer Coffee to contribute to such a great publication such as Buzzfeed?” I asked her when we sat down.
subscribe to their newspaper in the future if so. This change in career paths, although stark, does
“I have been writing emotionally charged Facebook posts since I was in high school. I have been exposing the marginalization of minority groups on my social media for years. There is nothing to writing, besides being cool, like yourself, for instance, having a nice smile and having hundreds of social media followers to push my content down the throats of the masses.” – Jennifer Coffee “Well, I subscribed to Vox 10 months ago and have learned a lot since then; I also share a lot of articles on my Facebook and watch
not concern Coffee too much. “I have been writing emotionally charged Facebook posts since I was
Jennifer Coffee discussed her move to Los Angeles. in high school. I have been exposing the marginalization of minority groups on my social media for years. There is nothing to writing, besides being cool, like yourself, for instance, having a nice smile and having hundreds of social media followers to push my content down the throats of the masses.” Coffee, who told me her ratios on all social media platforms are at least one to two, told me she has worked hard for her following.
“My grandmother followed me, and I didn’t follow her back.” Coffee admits that it was a “coldbitch” move. We will make sure to keep you all updated about the news with Coffee, who will be leaving behind her semester and picking up her roots by Saturday of this week. She noted to me that she looks forward to her new life, and left me with this, “I am truly happy to offer my talent to Buzzfeed, my
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dream job and ultimate goal. They have more credibility than most newspapers at this point in history and Trump has never said that their content is fake news because no one needs reminding of that.” Well, Coffee, we at The Spectrum are amazed by you. We for sure aren’t good enough to write for Buzzfeed.
Hollywood’s Tiresome Virtue Signaling Hollywood elites continue to virtue signal as Grammys hit all-time low in ratings Ezra Gray
Contributing Writer
As I’m sure many of you are aware, the upper crust celebrities of Hollywood patted themselves on the back for the umpteenth time this year with the prestigious Grammy Awards. As anyone who has paid any attention to these asinine and pointless ceremonies knows, there was no shortage of risk-free virtue signaling and insignificant political statements made by the leftist entertainers. Celebrities who frequent these overblown and meaningless awards shows always virtue signal in
order to win some brownie points with the public and their Hollywood buddies. The Grammys this year even contained a video of the former presidential candidate and professional finger-pointer Hillary Clinton reading excerpts from “Fire and Fury,” a book that attempts to paint President Trump as some sort of mentally-impaired brute and has since been thoroughly debunked as a factless hit piece. Oh, but that wasn’t all. Along with tired and overdone “Drumpf, amiright?” jokes, celebrity millionaires such as Logic, Bono and Camila Cabelo spent their time on stage
spouting out some hippiedippie diatribe advocating for open borders and world peace. Of course, none of these airheads have actually housed or fed any third
don’t they just donate a large chunk of their album and concert earnings to some charities? Even the #MeToo movement that was touted as an integral part of the award ceremonies was undermined
Celebrities who frequent these overblown and meaningless awards shows always virtue signal in order to win some brownie points with the public and their Hollywood buddies. world migrants in their sprawling mansions and properties. I mean, if they’re that concerned about impoverished Haitians, why
completely when only one woman actually won a Grammy at the event. So much for the importance of female empowerment in
Hollywood. So not only are these rich, shallow-minded entertainers advocating for policies that most people grow out of in middle school, but they also shot themselves in the foot by only giving one woman a Grammy after weeks of feminist virtue signaling. Hollywood and its selfcongratulating millionaires need to realize how ineffectual and downright annoying these constant political and ideological statements are. Most people do not want to have to endure half-baked political rhetoric from their favorite entertainers, which inevitably ends up alienating and annoying swaths of their
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fan base. This was demonstrated when this year’s Grammy Swards was the least viewed Grammys since 2009. So, no offense Cardi B, I know you want to feel like some sort of important intellectual; but I’d rather take foreign policy advice from Thomas Sowell, not a former stripper who dropped out of school. People don’t buy your albums to hear your opinions on border security, so please stick to rap music and leave the political jargon to Washington.
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Undocumented Spotify’s ‘Wrap’ Immigrants to Vote? is Killin’ My Vibe Let’s listen freely my friends
Some communities allow illegal immigrants to vote and practice law in US
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Grant Gloe Staff Writer
Spotify’s “Wrapped” feature is an amazing idea that makes me never want to use Spotify. As many of you experienced not too long ago, Spotify tracks all of the music you listen to like my dentist tallying how often I floss. The difference — I can’t willingly and happily lie to WIKICOMMONS | PHOTO COURTESY Spotify. Spotify knows too Spotify, you’ve really done it this time. much. It would be fine if they kept it to themselves, It can put us in awe of the Fighters as one of my artists, but last year they came out wide world we humans have I will stand by that. It’s that with “Your 2017 Wrapped,” built for ourselves or just one song or musician that which presented your top- make us grateful for our can turn me into Dennis Reynolds yelling, “This doesn’t represent me,” that gives me a cold sweat in the I don’t need people knowing just how well I know night. I don’t need people knowing just how well I the lyrics to “Jar of Hearts.” know the lyrics to “Jar of Hearts.” There’s nothing but shame at the end of the tunnel. five artists and songs. This, tiny slice of it. Katy Perry’s Music is one of the truest of course, leads everyone “California Gurls” does forms of freedom we have to ask, “Hey Grant, do you absolutely none of these in this world. I’m sure a lot want to use your piercing things, but it makes me feel of us would really like to blue eyes to see what your good inside. The point here listen to it without worrying top five are?” No, I do is that we all listen to music about people asking why not, and this is why you we are not proud of in the we listened to “All Star” by shouldn’t be asking. slightest. Music that doesn’t Smash Mouth for more time Now, we all enjoy music represent the rest of tastes than we spent in class last from time to time. It can — our guilty pleasures. year. So please, just relax be just what we need after Now three or four of and listen this year and only a long day or what gets us the artists or songs listed look at someone’s “2018 hyped to face a new one. are probably fine. If I see Wrapped” if they offer. It can lift us to the stars or Don Mclean’s “American bring us down to Earth. Pie” pop up in songs or Foo
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A few months ago, a vote took place to begin allowing illegal immigrants to vote in municipal elections. This vote took place in the city council of College Park, Maryland. This is a dividing issue among residents that made the vote challenging for some. This case is an example of the continuation of the entire nation’s debate on illegal immigration. According to the Washington Post, allowing undocumented immigrants to vote came months after Trump began his crackdown on illegal immigration. Activists and city council members responded to Trump by sending a message. They wanted to send a message to anyone in the area, regardless of immigration status. The message they desire to send is to provide support for non-citizens by showing that their voice matters. Furthermore, prominent members of the community have gotten involved in the matter. “Even if it weren’t for the national context, it would be important for us to vote in support of noncitizens status. We…should experiment in inclusivity wherever we possibly can,” said Andrew Fellows. Fellows is a former mayor of the College Park community.
Dissenting voters
Not everyone jumped on the bandwagon. Rick Hudson, College Park resident, said, “I came here to have a civil discourse, and I was called a Nazi.” Emily Weant, another resident, also dissented from the vote. She believes that by allowing non-citizens to vote on things that pertain to matters on U.S. soil, it would negate the efforts of those who became naturalized citizens.She said that it is “a slap in the face to citizens, especially Latino immigrants who have earned their citizenship.” However, Patrick Wojahn, current mayor of College Park, cast a tie-
believe that those who disagree with granting noncitizens the right to vote are xenophobic or racist. He said, “I have been serving them for many years now, and I know they are not that type of people.”
My take on this
Allowing non-citizens to vote on U.S. matters, why would anyone become a citizen or a permanent resident? Furthermore, I’m concerned that with this leading to a slippery slope. My concern is also due to has that a couple of states are allowing undocumented immigrants to practice American law.
Not everyone jumped on the bandwagon. Rick Hudson, College Park resident, said, “I came here to have a civil discourse, and I was called a Nazi.” breaking vote over two city council measures pertaining to non-citizens being allowed to vote. He said, “To me, expanding access to the right to vote in our city is something that expands our community voice, not contracts it.” In contrast to Wojahn, Fazlul Kabir abstained from the vote. Kabir, a naturalized American citizen, understands where people on both sides of the issue are coming from. However, he does not
New York and California have recently been allowing undocumented immigrants to practice law on American soil. If one can vote and practice law in a country where they’re not citizens, why bother becoming a citizen? And if people come here illegally to come practice law here, wouldn’t it make sense for us to go to their country to do the same?Our political system may be out of whack if things keep progressing in this matter.
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NFL Offseason 2018 Guide With the Super Bowl over, the fun begins Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor
The NFL season has officially ended for 2017. Congratulations to the New England Patriots or Philadelphia Eagles on winning the Super Bowl. Excuse the doubling on the winners, this is getting written on Friday before the game, so all the bases are covered. But now the offseason begins, and all the chaos that comes with it. So, with a long 213 days until the next season kicks off, here are some predictions on what will happen in the 2018 offseason.
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Wrestling
North Dakota State wrestling fell to Iowa State 21-20 after the Cyclones won the final five matches in a Big 12 Conference dual Friday, Feb. 2. NDSU jumped out early with 125-pounder Paul Bianchi, who collected his sixth pin of the season at 4:39 over Sinjin Briggs. Cam Skora, 133 pounds, followed with his 10th fall of the season, 19-4 at 6:29 over Markus Simmons. The Bison jumped out to a 20-3 after 141-pounder McGwire Midkiff won via forfeit. No. 9-ranked
With the No. 1 pick, the Cleveland Browns select…
Josh Allen, quarterback, Wyoming. With a bunch of quarterbacks floating together on draft stock, Allen fits the bill as a Browns quarterback. Allen comes out of the Senior Bowl with good marks and gives the organization the opportunity to right the wrongs of two years ago. Allen has drawn many comparisons to Carson Wentz, with similar size and arm strength. He also comes with a few of the similar question marks associated with Wentz. Coming out of Wyoming, he did not take on the most
157-pounder Clay Ream posted an 8-2 decision over Chase Straw. Iowa State would come back and eventually take the victory. Brady Jennings recorded a 7-2 decision over No. 19-ranked 165-pounder Andrew Fogarty. Danny Bush defeated Dylan Urbach by the score of 12-9 at 174. Sam Colbray won 5-3 with a sudden victory-1 overtime win over Cordell Eaton at 197.
Men’s track and field
NDSU track and field opened competition at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational in Nebraska and the Bison Open on Friday. Steffan Stroh was the top finisher for the Bison men in the weight throw at
difficult of opponents in the Mountain West. He also struggled completing passes, with a 56.1 percent mark in his career. With Allen off the board, the New York Giants take a quarterback, likely in the form of Josh Rosen or Sam Darnold, to learn behind Eli Manning for a year. Indianapolis follows by taking defensive end Bradley Chubb from North Carolina State. That leaves Cleveland back on the clock with Saquon Barkley, perhaps the most explosive offensive weapon in the draft on the board. But the Browns trade down, giving up a chance at the Penn State running back because …
Le’Veon Bell leaves Pittsburgh
Nebraska, posting a throw of 63-08.25 (19.41 meters) for fifth place. Jacob McBride recorded a personal-best of 61-07.00 (18.77m), ranking ninth all-time at NDSU. Charlie Voller won the 300m at the Bison Open in Fargo, with a time of 35.50 seconds. Matt Neururer scored a career-best 5,279 points in the heptathlon after the second day in Nebraska. Neururer posted a personal-best time of 8.78 seconds in the 60m hurdles, cleared 15-03.75 (4.67m) in the pole vault and ran the top-time of 2:43.31 in the 1,000m. Neururer finished seventh in the meet, but ranks fifth in NDSU history in the heptathlon. Jonah Warwick placed
second at Nebraska, finishing with a season-best 1:51.44 in the 800m. Competing unattached at the Bison Open in Fargo, JT Butler ran a 60m personalbest 6.86, finishing first. Alex Brosseau finished second with a season-best 7.00. Payton Otterdahl passed the NDSU indoor shot put record, throwing 64-0.25 (19.56m) for first place. NDSU alum Alex Koppy captured the Bison Open heptathlon title with a score of 4,131 points.
And to really stick it to the Steelers, he heads to division rival Browns. Somehow, the Steelers can’t come to terms with Bell, and he hits the market. Cleveland, with their $111.6 million in cap space, make him an offer he can’t refuse. With a steady backfield, Cleveland turns the tables, wins 10 games and makes the playoffs one year after winning nothing.
The Minnesota Vikings quarterback situation
With Case Keenum, Sam Bradford and Teddy Bridgewater all coming off
Women’s track and field
Amanda Levin won the pentathlon title at the Bison open Friday. Levin totaled 3,720 points for the second-
the books, the Vikings need to tidy up the situation. Currently, Kyle Sloter is the only quarterback on the roster. In a perfect world, Keenum signs a two-year contract, Bridgewater a oneyear deal, leaving Bradford the odd man out. There is just not enough information on Keenum and Bridgewater to know if they can consistently provide starter numbers. Keenum has the edge currently, but it is still hard to shake that “journeyman” label. Bridgewater’s knee is a huge question mark as well. The wrinkle into the equation is Kirk Cousins. The former Washington quarterback is out of a job now that Alex Smith was
traded to the Redskins, but there are a number of other places for him to go.
best pentathlon score of her career. Levin is ranked fifth all-time in the pentathlon at NDSU. She recorded personal-bests in the 60m hurdles (9.21 seconds) and shot put, throwing 39-05.75 (12.03m), improving by more than one foot. Alyssa Lind won the 300m with a time of 41.52. In Nebraska, Maddy Nilles was the top Bison finisher in the weight throw, throwing 62-10.00 (19.15m) for fifth place. On Saturday, Alexis Woods ran an indoor personal-best in the 200m at Nebraska, running a 24.50 to move to seventh all-time at NDSU in the event. Katie Bye ran a personalbest 2:12.33 in the 800m,
ranking her second in the Summit League this season. Katie Bostrom won the 800m with a personal-best 2:15.24 at the Bison Open Saturday. Kylee Bergantine recorded a season-best in the triple jump with a 37-04.50 (11.39m) for second place. Alyssa Lind was the runner-up in the 200m in 26.62. Ashley Perez took second in the 3,000m with a personal-best time of 9:58.97. Rachel Lee cleared 1107.75 (3.55m) for runner-up honors in the pole vault. Ansley Schug was third in the 60m hurdles, running 9.09 in the prelims and 9.12 in the final. Peyton Frolek ran 58.78 in the 400m to take fourth place.
Cousins lands in Denver
John Elway finally finds his replacement to Peyton Manning. Add to that, would anyone pass up a chance to have a receiving duo of Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders? As Von Miller said, “Cousins would put us over the edge.” While Cousins makes a big improvement to the Broncos, it may not be enough to push them to a Super Bowl victory. The AFC is still stacked, and even if Tom Brady does decide to retire. He isn’t going to though.
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South Dakota Powerhouses Beat WBB Bison drop two games against the top teams in the Summit Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor
On paper, the last week for the North Dakota State women’s basketball team was always going to be tough. In a Summit League that is definitively split into top and bottom tiers, taking on the two South Dakota schools while sitting 1-2 in the standings is a tough week. In reality, it is even tougher. The Bison took a pair of losses, the first at home to South Dakota State, 8564. Three days later, NDSU dropped an 80-54 contest at South Dakota. On Thursday, the Jackrabbits hopped out to a fast start. The tone was set just 10 seconds in when Alexis Alexander drained a three for the Jacks’ first bucket of the night. After just 10 minutes of play, the SDSU lead stood at 21-10. The Bison were just 5-12 shooting in the opening quarter. NDSU was plagued in the second quarter with turnovers. The Bison coughed the ball up seven times in the second 10 minutes. The Jacks were happy to oblige, growing the lead to 33-12 nearing the midpoint of the quarter. NDSU would muster up a small comeback, with sophomore Sarah Jacobson hitting a pair of threes split by a three off of Macey
Kvilvang. With the momentum hanging with the Bison, SDSU quickly squashed the comeback attempt early in the second half. Alexis hit another early three as the Jacks scored the half’s first six points. SDSU didn’t take their foot off the gas in the third. After the first bucket of the fourth, the lead was at 30. The Bison chipped some of the gap back, but it was too little too late. Jacobson led the Bison with 16 points on the night. NDSU was outrebounded 39-25, including 15-6 on the offensive glass. The test was much the same in Vermilion. This time, NDSU kept it close early, but were aided by a cold start from the hosts. After five minutes of basketball, there were just nine points between the two teams. After 10 minutes, four Bison had a field goal and the Coyotes held a slim 12-9 lead. The action heated up in the second. Michelle Giaslerova tied the game up for the Bison with a 3-pointer early in the stanza. Bison sophomore Autumn Ogden gave NDSU the lead with a layup on the next possession. Chloe Lamb gave the Coyotes the lead back with a 3-pointer, but USD could not pull away. The gap sat between two and five points as the sides swapped baskets. The Bison regained the lead midway through the quarter as Rylee Nudell hit back-to-back 3-pointers. But Lamb answered with a
trey of her own on the next Coyotes possession. That kicked off three minutes of scoreless action before USD hit a late layup and went into the break with a three-point cushion. NDSU got one last lead out of the break, with Marina Fernandez getting the lay in. But after that, it was all Coyotes. USD then had three straight threes to push the lead out to eight. A 10-0 run followed, and, despite an old-fashioned 3-point play from Nudell to end the quarter, the Coyotes had a 59-46 lead heading into the final 10 minutes. USD continued to pour it on in the fourth, shooting 57.7 in the second half from the field and 75 percent from behind the arc. The Bison could not respond and hit just eight shots from the field in the final 20 minutes. Nudell was the only Bison to reach double-digits in points on the evening with 18. She also led the team with six rebounds. The result kept South Dakota undefeated in Summit League play, one game ahead of SDSU. Meanwhile the Bison fall to 1-8 in the Summit, rooted to the bottom of the standings alongside Fort Wayne and a half game behind Omaha. NDSU close out the season with four of their last five games at home, starting Thursday against Oral Roberts.
Sophomore Sarah Jacobson led the Bison with 16 points on the night.
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Roaring Comeback Falls Short Against South Dakota Bison cut a 20-point deficit to two, but could not top Coyotes Thomas Evanella Staff Writer
After a furious second half comeback, the North Dakota State Bison men’s basketball team came up a few baskets shy of victory, losing to South Dakota by a score of 76-72. NDSU trailed by 20 points at halftime and rallied to come within two, but the Coyotes ultimately prevailed. NDSU opened the contest with a 5-3 advantage off of Paul Miller’s slashing layup and free throw. The lead proved to be the only point at which the Bison would be ahead in the game. Less than five minutes later, the Bison trailed by 11 when Matt Mooney sunk three
free throws at the 12:57 mark of the first half. While two layups from Deng Geu and a basket from Cameron Hunter brought the deficit back down to five points, a 19-6 Coyotes extended run saw their lead balloon to 18 points. USD scored the last four points of the half and took a 44-24 lead to the locker room. “You can’t spot anybody a 20-point lead, and that’s what we did,” head coach Dave Richman stated afterward. The first half was marked by ineffective shooting for the Bison. The Bison missed their first 11 attempts from beyond the arc. It was not until Tyson Ward hit a corner three with 1:46 left in the half that NDSU made their
first triple of the afternoon. Overall, the Herd shot 1127 from the field in the first half. NDSU emerged an inspired team to begin the second half. Miller and A.J. Jacobson hit two 3-pointers to spark an 8-2 run, which closed the gap to 14 points. The two sides traded baskets thereafter, but it was the Bison holding the edge, cutting the deficit to 10 on Geu’s two makes from the line. Still needing to improve their presence under the basket, Dylan Miller checked in for Rocky Kreuser at the midpoint of the half. Miller had an immediate impact, flying down the baseline for a pair of dunks on consecutive
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Paul Miller scored 21 second half points but took blame for the loss afterward.
plays, assisted by Ward on both. Both jams rallied the 3,722 fans in attendance to find their voice, and the SHAC was the loudest it had been all season. The Bison sliced the lead below double-digits on back-to-back treys from Hunter and Miller with over six minutes remaining. NDSU proceeded to score 15 points in a stretch of less than five minutes to trail by only three with 1:44 left to play. Miller capped the stretch the way he began it — with an electrifying triple. NDSU had a golden opportunity to take the lead they had long fought for when Mooney missed a three on the ensuing possession. Sophomore Tyler Peterson grabbed the offensive board and then hit a pair from the stripe to bring the Coyotes’ lead back up to five. Even then, the Bison were not done. On the next trip down the court, USD sprung a double team trap on Miller, but he was able to kick it to Jacobson, who nailed a wide-open three. Peterson struck again though for the Coyotes, answering Jacobson’s three with one of his own and driving the dagger into NDSU with 20 seconds remaining. “USD is a very good team, and they become an BRITTANY HOFMANN | THE SPECTRUM even better team when you make mistakes. They do Dave Richman says the light is coming on for Deng Geu, who what good teams do — they fought for 12 points on Saturday. make you pay,” Richman some encouraging things, with Denver at No. 4 in the explained. The Coyotes but there’s 40 minutes standings. Four of NDSU’s punished NDSU for their on the clock,” Richman final five conference games mistakes, primarily the 17 commented. are away from home. turnovers that became 18 Miller echoed that, “As much as the loss points. USD also turned 14 adding that he is confident hurts, there’s about 29 days offensive rebounds into 14 the Bison can turn the until we need to be where points. tides. “If we bring it for all we need to be, and that’s the Richman and Miller both 40 minutes, we’re in my whole goal now,” Richman shared the sentiment that opinion the scariest team said. the Bison have to begin to in the Summit League, and The next opportunity to play a complete game in we’ll start to show that from move in the right direction order to win. “We can sit here on out,” he said. will come next Thursday at here and talk about how we Now 4-5, the Bison are Oral Roberts. played in the second half, tied on conference record and certainly there were
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