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TRAffic fatalities DOWN IN 2014 STORY BY BENJAMIN NORMAN & GRAPHIC BY EMILY BEAMAN
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s gas prices continue to drop nationwide, an unsettling correlation appears, research conducted by a South Dakota State professor highlights. Guangqing Chi, a sociologist at SDSU, told National Public Radio that a hypothetical $2 drop in gas prices equates to an additional 9,000 traffic deaths nationwide. Chi associated more drivers on the road to the increase in fatalities. Gas prices have dropped nationwide over the last six months by an average $1.50. While some states saw increases in traffic-related fatalities in 2014, levels were not consistent across the board. Traffic-related deaths across the region continued to drop last year.
In Minnesota, the number of deaths decreased to a projected 370 road fatalities. This number, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said, would be the lowest such figure since 1944. The last time fatalities were at these levels, America was rationing gas amounts and speed limits were reduced to 35 mph because of WWII. In North Dakota, numbers, while not as drastic, dropped as well. In the state, 137 driving fatalities were reported, the North Dakota Highway Patrol reported. As gas prices remain low, Chi also found higher-risk drivers, such as teenagers and young adults, remain on the road. This demographic is often impacted the most
by high gas prices, so they do not drive as frequently. When these young, less experienced drivers stay off the road, Chi said, the roads become safer for everyone. Car crashes are the leading cause of death for 15 to 20 year olds in America. The best safety precaution drivers can use, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is the seatbelt. North Dakota State athletics promotes the “Buckle-Up Campaign,” which encourages students to use seatbelts. Before gas prices plummeted in the latter-half of the 2014, the NHTSA reported record-low figures for fatalities in 2013.
The Drop: GasStudents Prices Helping Consumers, Hurting ND Oil enjoying the relief, the Bakken feels anything but STORY BY BENJAMIN NORMAN & GRAPHIC BY EMILY BEAMAN
Bison fans who traveled through America’s Heartland to Frisco a few weekends ago saw prices as low as $1.50 per gallon in Oklahoma City. This week, prices are dimes higher in Fargo, where GasBuddy’s daily survey of 73 gas outlets found the city’s average price for retail gas at $1.79 per gallon. Gas prices in Fargo and across the nation continue to fall, delighting drivers and money-tight college students. “I am ecstatic to see prices drop,” Lisa Hochhalter, a sophomore, said. She said she enjoys having the extra money in her pocket “for fun or for school.” Prices may continue dropping until oil companies cut back on production, Gasbuddy analyzer Patrick DeHaan said in a release. $30 per oil barrel is the unofficial figure in which producers begin cutting back, DeHaan said. The U.S. average for an oil barrel fell below $50 shortly after the New Year, where it has remained. Oil commodities ceased its free fall last week, DeHaan said, perhaps signifying oil prices have bottomed out. Prices would jump back up if producers slow production rates, but oil, as Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal told USA Today earlier this month, will never break $100 per barrel again. In late May, prices hovered at $100 per barrel. The dramatic crash is not as welcomed in either OPEC countries or in western North Dakota. With a state economy that doubled in size and brought in tens of billions of dollars just from oil-related taxes, the crash is hurting Bakken drillers. Oil rigs have started to stall, and some
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companies on the outskirts of the Bakken are in dire straits. The American Eagle Energy Corp ceased operations earlier this month, Reuters reported. Chris Faulkner, a chief executive of Breitling Energy, told the New York Times it is too perilous to drill where oil is not apparent. Expenses and costs are too high for gambles in today’s economy. “If you are not in the middle of the sweet spot in the Bakken there is no way you are now going to risk 10 or 11 million dollars on a well,” Faulkner said. State Senator Tim Flakoll said North Dakota needs to proceed with continued caution. “We have done our best to have a budget that does not yo-yo up and down,” Flakoll said. While conditions are not as rosy in years past for oil, Flakoll said he and fellow legislators “worry regardless of the economic conditions.” As for which is better for North Dakotans in general, Flakoll said there is not a clear victor. “People love lower prices at the pump,” Flakoll said, “but they also like the investments we make (from oil-generated revenues).” Though the crash is hurting North Dakota oil, Hochhalter said she does not feel much sympathy for the business. “I’m sure there will come a time that prices will shoot back up,” Hochhalter said. “I don’t think the oil companies are hurting that much.”
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Yet another facet possibly affected by the crash is the future of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Along with environmental concerns, those against the transcontinental oil line argue the economic feasibility of Keystone is put in question with low prices. Proponents of Keystone argue the pipeline is needed more than ever as an incentive for oil companies to continue delivering oil reliably through the U.S. Republican-controlled Congress has made it clear it will push through a bill to approve Keystone XL next session, despite the president’s veto threats.
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From left: Scott Park, president and CEO of Doosan Infracore Bobcat Holdings Co., Ltd., President Bresciani, Rich Goldsbury, president of Doosan and Bobcat Company, North America and Oceania stand for a picture after announcing the largest single scholarship in NDSU history.
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NDSU STEM Students Receive $4.5 Million in Scholarship Money Doosan and Bobcat, with ND match, provide largest endowment in NDSU history Benjamin Norman Head News Editor
The single largest scholarship endowment in North Dakota State history is set to start next fall. Doosan and Bobcat Co. will donate $3 million to qualifying students studying science, technology, engineering and math majors. The state of North Dakota will match $1.5 million in funds toward the scholarships. Approximately $180,000 will be given out per year, a press release said. “It is nice to see the community caring
and getting involved with the students at NDSU,” said Paige Craigmile, an NDSU student majoring in microbiology. “Especially such well-known companies like Doosan and Bobcat.” About 20 students can receive an ongoing scholarship starting this fall. “The very gracious gift from Doosan and Bobcat literally will result in a level of endowed student scholarships never before experienced,” NDSU President Dean Bresciani said at last Thursday’s press conference. Bresciani said the gift from Doosan and Bobcat is powerful illustration of the benefit NDSU brings to the region. Doosan and Bobcat has been in partnership with NDSU since 2005, giving many gifts to STEM education in North Dakota.
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Needs of American Indian Students the Focus of Memorandum
North Dakota State and Sisseton Wahpeton College recently partnered to better address the needs of American Indian students. Representatives from both institutions met Friday, signing a memorandum of understanding. The document stems from a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Tribal Colleges and Universities Program to assist American Indians chasing science, technology, engineering and math majors, a press release said. The memo, the press release said, details fave major objectives including: helping transfer students between colleges, creating a faculty exchange program, collaborating with intercollegiate research, fostering cultural education and making an agreement to help SWC students more easily transfer to NDSU.
ND Gay Marriage Ruling Awaits Supreme Court
North Dakota’s ruling on the state’s gay marriage ban has been shelved as the Supreme Court determines the fate of other states’ bans. The Supreme Court will decide on the constitutionality of the 14 states that do not allow same-sex marriages. U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson
issued a hold on the ban’s challenge Tuesday. In June, seven same-sex couples filed a case to overturn the constitutional ban. Two questions will be addressed when the Supreme Court decides on the bans: whether marriages can happen and whether states must recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages. The Forum said in an article the North Dakota case has remained inactive since closing arguments occurred in September.
Obama Prioritizes Economy in State of the Union With an approval rating at an 18-month high, Pres. Barack Obama delivered, between applause, the State of the Union on Tuesday night. Citing the struggles of the 21st century thus far, Obama, whose approval rating rose to 50 percent in a recent Washington Post poll, called upon America for a “turn of the page.” “It begins with our economy,” he said. He cited a fast-growing economy, low unemployment, further independence from foreign oil and higher graduation rates within the first minutes of the speech. Practical strategies, not partisanship, were preached by Obama. The president’s party was defeated across the boards in last year’s midterm elections, and threats of stalemate between Republican-controlled Congress and the White House have already flared.
The new STEM building is set to be done in the Spring of 2016 and will have Doosan’s logo on the south side along with a piece of Bobcat equipment on display outside. Through their years in partnership, Doosan and Bobcat has also been the anchor tenant at the NDSU Technology Incubator, which is a large part of NDSU Research and Technology Park. Doosan and Bobcat has founded engineering and product testing facilities, all of which incorporates 15,000 square feet of floor space for many Bobcat employees, along with technology labs and testing areas. “I’m excited to see the new STEM building after completion and see what can all be done there,” Craigmile said. “I also think the scholarship will bring a lot of opportunity for students to focus and their studies and not have to worry so much about
finances.” Statistics show a continually growing demand for gradates with STEM degrees state and nationwide. This state-of-the-art facility is hoped to better educate and prepare students for their future careers, in addition with Doosan and Bobcat’s scholarship fund making it possible for students to graduate from NDSU. Rich Goldsbury, President of Doosan and Bobcat Co. added NDSU students can impact global development and production of equipment with their collaborative work with Doosan and Bobcat. Gov. Jack Dalrymple led the creation of the fund and said having a scholarship fund for STEM education supports the state’s ongoing work to create and fill good-paying jobs that will help grow the state’s economy.
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UND Pilot Study on Rape Causes Stir Researchers find troubling statistics; study pool consisted of less than 100 people Camille Forlano Staff Writer
A recent pilot study led by the University of North Dakota discovered, if there were not any consequences, a third of the male respondents would rape a woman — as long as the act was not called “rape.” The study has drawn controversy, however, because of its small, exclusive study pool. Its findings have been reported by local and national media, some of which initially identified the
study pool as UND students. The pool consisted of 86 male juniors of an unknown school. The survey size was ultimately whittled down to 72 responders. Of the 72, the majority was white and all men identified as heterosexual with previous sexual experiences. Of the pool, 49 did not endorse any form of sexual assault, 13 endorsed using force to obtain intercourse while denying intention of rape. Ten endorsed both rape and the use of force. The study found that 31.7 percent of the men said they would force a woman to have sexual intercourse while only 13.6 percent said they would rape a woman. Margin of error increases with less participants in a
“I think colleges and schools should focus more on teaching about consent than rape because consent is what it is about; if there is no consent then it shouldn’t happen.” — Erin Daly, woman and gender studies major study resulting in numerous people calling foul on the recent research. Researcher and former NDSU student Sarah Edwards of UND’s Department Counseling Psychology and Community Services, UND doctoral student Kathryn Bradshaw and NDSU professor Verlin Hinsz have been collecting data since the mid-2000s. Edwards told The Grand Forks Herald she believes this study is representative of any college campus and that the study was meant as
a pilot study. Edwards hopes to survey a larger number of men from across the country in the future to have a more representative population coming from different economic, racial and cultural backgrounds. Critics of the study argue that anyone would commit any crime if they could get away with it. Edwards said she agrees that conducting research to see if people are willing to commit other crimes if they could get away with it would
be interesting but that is not the purpose of her research. She said she wants people to be aware that there is a group of men who do not consider their own actions rape though their actions would qualify for any legal definition of sexual assault or rape. NDSU statistics professor Rhonda Magel said in an email the study does show that there is a problem with the mindset of the group researched despite the number of participants being so low. “I think this study does say something and the sample size looks reasonable for this being a pilot study,” Magel wrote. “Again, as long as it is reported what the sample population is (white male heterosexuals in a certain age group who
have had sexual experience), you could say that over 20% of this population thinks that it is OK to use force or rape.” NDSU Women and Gender Studies major Erin Daly believes that the conversation needs to be shifted away from rape and toward mutual consent. “I think colleges and schools should focus more on teaching about consent than rape because consent is what it is about; if there is no consent then it shouldn’t happen” Daly said. The study shows that people that didn’t see their acts of sexual aggression as rape won’t benefit from current college programs on sex education because they don’t see themselves as rapists.
NDSU Students Get Free Tickets At All Campus Events A student ID or collecting ticket in advance is how to get concert events free of charge Pace Maier
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North Dakota State students can now enjoy a majority of concerts and theatre events free of charge. NDSU student government recently partnered up with the Division of Performing Arts
to subsidize ticket costs for band and choir events at Reineke Arts Center. If a student wants to get ahold of their free ticket it has to be in advance at the box office or with their student IDs at the door, but the Box Office and Performance Facilities Manager is trying to get an online option working. “Students on our campus are accustomed to have free entry to most events,” said Bill Law, assistant director of Performing Arts. “This was a little different and kept students from attending concerts and plays
“Kudos to the NDSU Student Government for their proactive use of student fees to improve the experience of all students here at NDSU.” — Bill Law, assistant director of Performing Arts especially, some of the more exotic things like opera.” Former NDSU Student Government Vice President Jace Beehler, who was also a member of the Music Student Council on campus, originally came up with the idea of giving students free tickets, and then previous student government
members were able to pass the agreement. Law said that one of the reasons Beehler wanted to make this change was because he wanted his friends to come watch him play a lead role in an opera, but his friends said they didn’t come due to the ticket charge they would have to
pay. “During an early fall (2013) meeting, I presented a report of the funds generated by student tickets (which were part of our production budgets) to Robbie Lauf,” Law said in an email. “Once we determined that the amount was not prohibitive, (Lauf) quickly agreed that the Student Government could subsidize these lost funds up to an agreed cap and per ticket amountdone!” Law said that since the agreement, student attendance at the Performing Arts events has increased
tremendously. The agreement has been in place for the last two years on the NDSU campus, and 1,400 students have attended Performing Arts events in the last semester. More than 1,000 NDSU students came to the production of Sweeney Todd put on by the NDSU Theatre, which was the 2014 big hit event. “Kudos to the NDSU Student Government for their proactive use of student fees to improve the experience of all students here at NDSU,” Law said.
Diederich Resigns After Serving Two Terms As President of State Higher Education Student Government thanks Kirsten Diederich for her time Pace Maier
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The president of State Board of Higher Education, Kirsten Diederich recently resigned on Jan. 14 due to perceived tensions within the relationship between the North Dakota University
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Following the 2015 legislative session, NDSU Student Body President Sarah Russell’s focus will shift to transitioning new leadership into student government.
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Leading the Herd: Sarah Russell Student Body President faces final challenge with 2015 legislative session Erica Nitschke Spectrum Staff
Sarah Russell and Hilary Haugeberg ran from student organizations to Greek Life houses, meeting as many new faces as possible in just two, short weeks. “We didn’t eat for a long time when we were campaigning,” Haugeberg said. The “2014 Student Body Election Code” opened campaigning for student offices only two weeks before election day. For candidates, March 26 to April 9 was somewhat chaotic. Haugeberg, now student body vice president, said from looking at her running mate then, no one would have known the stress they were under. “She was still so levelheaded and still so calm and so friendly and just had that professional face on,” Haugeberg said. “I would say that’s just who she is in general. She always puts people before herself. She’s never fake. She’s always really true to who she is.”
“…really anything that will directly and positively impact our students is what we’re striving for.” - Sarah Russell, student body president Though she’s back to a normal eating and sleeping schedule, life hasn’t slowed down much for the student body president. Since taking office in late April, Russell has split her time between meetings, the office and the classroom. Russell, a junior industrial engineering student, meets with President Dean Bresciani’s cabinet, her own executive team and reports to student senate weekly. She spends 20-30 hours a week in the student government office while still maintaining a 15-credit course load. “She’s very intelligent academically,” her younger brother Michael Russell said, “so she can kind of, like, pull it off without having to put a ton of study time in because she just picks it up quickly.” She’s up by 7:30 a.m. and in the office or a meeting by 8:30 a.m. each day. She blocks off specific times for answering emails, finishing homework and consulting with Haugeberg daily. She tries to be in bed before midnight. This discipline has been important for maintaining the balance between being a student and the student body president. “Sometimes in class I’ll feel guilty because I won’t be responding to an email that I know I should be responding to
immediately,” Sarah Russell said, “but at the same time I know that I need to be focusing on my schoolwork.” As she heads into a new semester, she and her executive team face their biggest challenge yet — the 2015 legislative session. Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s 2015-2017 budget did not include funding for the three big capital projects NDSU requested and student government spent much of their legislative campaign focusing on — building a new Dunbar Hall and additions to Sudro Hall and the engineering complex. In an email, Sarah Russell said they were “pleased with the inclusion of increased needs and merit-based scholarships” but were “disappointed there was no funding for on-campus academic buildings.” Throughout the session, she will be in Bismarck two to three times a month, meeting with representatives and testifying in front of Congress for bills related to NDSU. “…really anything that will directly and positively impact our students is what we’re striving for,” Sarah Russell said. Once the session ends, she and her team won’t have long before they are transitioning new leadership into the office. Whether it’s student senate, faculty
senate, student organizations, administrators both new and old or the executive team, both Sarah Russell and Haugeberg said their biggest success so far has been the strong relationships they have built. “I just have such an incredible team,” Sarah Russell said. “… There’s been so much support internally as well as externally that whatever challenges we’ve had they really haven’t seemed too bad because we’ve just had so many people working together on them.” Regardless of context, she is composed and warm, quick to offer a handshake or a smile. Michael Russell said his sister is “always pretty professional, actually.” “I’d say her wardrobe is probably the only thing that changes,” Haugeberg said. “She usually doesn’t go to the mall in professional dress clothes.” Staying true to herself has been important, Michael Russell said. “She always, actually, does like a check with me,” he said. “She’s like, ‘This hasn’t changed me, has it?’… She’s always making sure that doesn’t happen.” Even from those first days campaigning, Haugeberg said she never expected Sarah Russell would be changed by the position. “I would say that Sarah is true to who she is inside of the office, outside of the office, in the classroom, whether she’s at home with her family,” Haugeberg said. “Sarah is still Sarah.”
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The remains of the Marquis de Morès’s beef empire can be found in Chimney Park in Medora, a historic little spot backdropped against a spread of badlands to the north. De Morès came to western Dakota Territory in 1883, founding the town of Medora that spring, where he launched an entrepreneurial empire over the next couple of years. A French aristocrat who married into a wealthy banking family, he was able to fund such ventures as beef ranching, a stagecoach line, sheep ranching and shipping salmon from the West Coast. The wily entrepreneur also pondered such enterprises as pottery and cabbage farming in the Medora area. His time in the badlands was marked by numerous assassination attempts by locals,
a murder charge for which he was tried and acquitted three times and implicitly challenging a young Theodore Roosevelt to a duel. An anti-Semite to his core, the Marquis claimed he was the victim of “a Jewish plot” for the failure of his beef empire and his persecution in French politics. He closed his operations in Medora in 1889, and was assassinated by native tribesmen in North Africa seven years later. The sprawling workhouse that was once his packing plant burned in 1907, and all that remains is a boiler, a rail spur, remnants of the ice houses and the yellow brick chimney, all ghosts of an empire that died not long after it was born.
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FARGO FINDS|Violet Vintage STORY & PHOTOS BY AMBER ZOLONDEK
It is often I find that Fargo-Moorhead has hidden treasures everywhere. Whether it be art, restaurants, people or stores, the FargoMoorhead area is promising and filled aplenty with opportunities for all beings. One cloudy Saturday, a friend and I decided to venture out of our comfort zones and explore a different part of downtown. We ended up stumbling upon Violet Vintage, a vintage boutique located on Main and Eighth Street. After walking in, we were welcomed with the smell of lavender, the sounds of soft classical music and a peppy, bright sounding voice greeting us from behind a dressing room curtain. It was Pam Kinslow, the owner and founder of Violet Vintage, a sparkly and gracious soul that I never had the pleasure of meeting until that moment. It was like breathing in the familiar smell of nostalgia
and long-lost treasures of relatives and idols past. The walls were filled with furs, sequins, lace and treasures alike. After asking how long she had been in this location, Pam just laughed and mentioned the fact that she and her boutique have been around for a while but her official sign was just being affixed above her storefront window. After peeking around and seeing the gowns upon pencil suits and pillbox hats, I had to ask to come back and seek more of Pam’s knowledge of vintage buying and fashion. “I wanted to offer just a little different outlet … just take another look at what else is available, that might not be off of the current clothing racks,” Kinslow explained in our interview. Named after Pam’s Grandmother, Violet Vintage features a plethora of gowns, vintage shape wear and delicates, accessories and
Violet Vintage, a name inspired by Pam’s grandmother, specializes in vintage gowns, accessories and jewelry from the 1920s to the 1970s.
other pieces in unbelievable condition. On top of that, Pam features vintage finds from the 1920s up until the late ‘70s. “I’m more about mixing vintage in,” Kinslow added. One of Pam’s friends, Laura Concetta is featured in Violet Vintage as well. A combination of recycled pieces and textured materials and colors, Concetta’s designs are bohemian mixed with funk. Laura’s creations also feature jewelry, hats, lamps and even dolls. “I feel that it would be mixing like a vintage piece with some of your contemporary fashions in your wardrobe in your own closet,” when explaining Concetta’s style. While vintage can be a daunting genre of fashion for beginners, Kinslow makes it fun with her warm environment of a boutique and endless ideas. With over 20 years of experience
in corporate and boutique retail, Pam opening her own shop was a dream many people aspire to achieve. “You could just pick up a fun piece and mix it in with what you wear,” says Kinslow on styling Violet Vintage finds with current and contemporary fashion. While shopping at malls and large retailers can be fun, searching through the smaller boutiques and vintage finds that were once considered modern is more rewarding for yourself, your closet and your community. Shops such as Violet Vintage feature the hidden side to fashion and a whatonce-was feel to the clothing industry. You can visit Pam at Violet Vintage from 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays and 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at 1 1/2 Eighth St. S., Fargo.
A 60’s-themed dress paired with a black, velvet cocktail bag and vintage seal shawl is one of the many ensembles Pam has at the ready at Violet Vintage.
Owner and founder of Violet Vintage Pam Kinslow shows off a funky number in her store located in downtown Fargo.
Pam dons a skirt from friend/local designer Laura Concetta, featuring a diverse mixture of textures, colors and materials.
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Beating the Media Horse Producers create sequel after sequel for the sake of money grabbing Caleb Werness Opinion Editor
A well done work of media, whether it be in television or in film, will no doubt create a desire for more. This creates a problem when media corporations attempt to cash in on as many sequels and spinoffs as they can. By doing so, audiences are given series, which are stretched far thinner than they should have been. Rather than striving for quality, networks and producers seem only concerned with striving for quantity. There is a value to giving people what they want, yet a certain discretionary reasoning should be used. Hollywood likes to know what they are producing has a fan base because it is a safer investment. It makes sense since some of these films are usually multimillion-dollar productions. But in stringing along several sequels it takes away a unique value from the original.
Being a child of the ‘90s, Toy Story still has a certain place in my heart. I went to see Toy Story 3 in theaters with my little brother when it was released and it brought back a lot of good memories. The film ended well and should have been put to rest, but because it did so well, another installment was announced. The story could have easily been over but, for the sake of money, it is again being resurrected. I don’t want to come off as a hipster-like sequel hater because I am truthfully not. I just get disappointed when I see corporations follow the words of Bo Burnham and beat the dead horse until it finally stops spitting out money. Some sequels and spinoffs offer great additions, while
they wanted to and did not want to create watered down and stretched content. In an industry so heavily focused on profits, I find this commendable. And then there are shows like Supernatural who get renewed for an 11th season when it could have easily ended gracefully long ago. The Fast and Furious is also putting out yet another movie this year. In my opinion, the intent of a sequel or a continuation in a series should never be for profit. It should only happen because there are further or new aspects of the story to explore. It is not a bad thing when a series or film
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others fall most definitely short of the original’s brilliance. This is why I respect the show Breaking Bad. Despite having exceptional ratings and a devoted audience, the show only aired for five seasons. Five seasons is nothing to look away from but it is not an aged tenure. The producers of the show decided to end it because they had accomplished what
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franchise runs dry. Just e n j o y it for what it was and move on. I, for one, would prefer not to see another mess like the Transformer series.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR A Response to “Millennials Have Become the New Hippies” justice
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Senior majoring in English
This letter is in response to an opinion article published in the 11 December issue of The Spectrum, “Millennials Have Become the New Hippies.” While the article in question attempts to make a very, very broad claim in 500 words, this response will briefly address three issues raised: marijuana, “just abort the baby,” and “poor life style choices.” The article claims that the push for
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each individual. To label it a problem of
in conservative philosophies, so it’s no
Millennials is absurd and misogynistic.
wonder the article makes a comparison with
convictions are given to African Americans,
Finally, people just make “poor lifestyle
hippies. “Millennials Have Become the New
and the “War on Drugs” (largely fueled by
choices.” Many people “syphon from the
Hippies” attempts to deal with an evolving
marijuana) has since Reagan’s 1980s over
government” not because they keep making
society by harkening back to the mythical
quadrupled our prison population, giving
poor choices but because they are poor. Few
“good ol’ days.”
us the second highest per capita prison
people choose to be poor.
population in the world. (We’re only behind
People since Plato have attempted to
Not everyone has the privilege to attend a
label the problems of society on the younger
university or even a decent high school. Not
generations. On the article’s concluding
In addition, “If you [meaning females]
everyone has parents who support them from
idea, “We need to forge our own paths using
have sex without protection and get
day one. In our society, it’s not as simple as
those who came before as a guideline,” I
pregnant, [you] just abort the baby.” First,
“work harder” and you’ll succeed.
have two concluding thoughts of my own
Seychelles, a country of 90,000 people.)
this statement lopsidedly targets females as
This idea is a discursive construction
by Millennials’ desire to skip work and
sole agents of sexual misconduct. Second,
our culture has perpetuated, probably
First, that’s an obvious, humorous
get stoned. However, the legalization of
these decisions are decisions that women
rooted in Enlightenment-era humanism.
paradox. Second, I say screw that. The guys
marijuana is a movement tied to people
do not take lightly. Decisions like these are
Ever hear the phrase, “Pull yourself up by
(only males) before us messed up a lot, so
of all ages; Millennials do not make up
always enmeshed within individual contexts.
your bootstraps?” Yeah — that’s literally,
let’s not look bright-eyed at old institutions.
65% nor 55% of the voting populations in
Would this be a healthy pregnancy for
physically impossible to do.
Let’s truly “forge our own path” by thinking
Colorado and Washington DC, respectively.
me? Would I be able to support a family?
These problems and many of the
The systemic problems of our criminal
These decisions are strictly the business of
others raised in the article are rooted
the legalization of marijuana is motivated
from that.
critically outside our privilege and voting accordingly.
Missouri Mishap Leaves Family in Shambles Are guns as dangerous as the people who own them? Amber Zolondek Staff Writer
A Missouri infant is dead because of a fatal shot to the head by .22 caliber magnum revolver from his 5-year-old brother, USA Today reports. A headline I thought I would never read, I find myself not jumping to the “anti-gun” arguments but rather wondering what a different solution may be to owning guns in this country. Allow me to rephrase this so it becomes crystal clear. A baby is deceased because its brother unknowingly picked up a gun and
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concealed with the proper permits. Guns are meant to protect and hunt, it’s one of our amendments in the Constitution, “The right to bear arms,” for those who need a refresher. However, if they are going to destroy and hurt our children and be kept on a shelf accessible by toddlers, should you even be trusted with one? My friends think I’m crazy because I’ve asked around for concealed weapon permits and what guns they would recommend. Why would a 20-year-old want a gun to sling around? Solely for the purpose of protection and because I will soon be a single female living alone in a larger city than Fargo, and I would rather protect myself than struggle to survive an attack. However, just because I want to properly store a gun amongst my belongings for a sole purpose doesn’t mean it’s going to be thrown on a shelf or tucked away in a
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closet. Did these Missouri parents properly take care of their firearms or parent their children? Absolutely not. Do they deserve to own a powerful, handheld weapon like a .22 caliber magnum revolver? Why would they? Their secondborn is no longer around because of their inability to be adults and be responsible. According to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention, there are over 32,000 firearm deaths per year. Perhaps this number could be lowered by implementing stricter laws in states like Missouri that appear to have lenient regulations. Although guns are a personal right and they should be taken care of as such a thing, accidents do happen. An incident such as this one in Missouri, however, is not an “oops.” It’s a travesty, an unfortunate mishap to this poor family on behalf of their inability to take care of their children and their firearms.
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Billion-Dollar Divorce Settlement Not Enough For One Ex-Wife Oil tycoon Harold Hamm shells out $975M to ex-wife, who rejects, accepts then appeals the money STORY BY JACK DURA & CARTOON BY CHRISTIAN ANHELUK For one ex-wife, it appears money truly can buy happiness. Sue Ann Arnall, the exwife of oil tycoon Harold Hamm, has been at the forefront of a very public divorce that is one of the priciest in legal history. Billions of dollars circle the bowl, or at least Arnall thinks so, after she initially rejected the check worth nearly $1 billion that was personally written to her by Hamm, the CEO of Continental Resources. Hamm, a big developer of the Bakken Formation in western North Dakota, wrote his ex-wife a check for $974,790,317.77 on Jan. 5. The Oklahoma court system determined this was the balance that represented the entire amount owed to Arnall by Hamm. But Arnall didn’t think so. Or did she? At any rate, she banked the billion dollars a few days later after rejecting the money, but the hungry hippo is out for more with an appeal to her divorce case. “I will not dismiss my appeal and do not feel that my right to appeal should be denied because I have accepted, in the interim, a small portion of the estate that we built over more than two decades,” Arnall said in
a statement. Puh-leez. She got her money, along with two houses, a ranch and God knows what else. The appalling behavior and greed of this woman is mind-boggling. Back in November, old Harold Hamm was willing to ante up and pay the billion dollars to settle the divorce brouhaha. But Arnall wasn’t. She’s been a wishy-washy flip-flopper since this settlement was decided, and her decision to press forward in her divorce appeal is almost laughable. Does she really think she can get more after cashing everything that’s owed to her? Sorry, Sue Ann. It’s a done deal. Once you cashed that check, you sealed your fate. You’re a billionaire, dammit! I’ve also gotta say, I’m in Hamm’s corner on all of this, just because he’s playing ball with the court system and with an ex-wife who clearly is out for all she can steal. Here she is claiming she’s owed closer to half of the $18 billion she believes Hamm is worth, after already cashing a behemoth check she rejected the first time. If Arnall really believes she’s owed more than the $975 million the Oklahoma
court system says she is, she wouldn’t have done what she’s done. She’s shot herself in the foot for her appeal, that’s for certain, since, in the eyes of the court, she’s accepted its ruling by accepting Hamm’s check. And honestly, how much money and property does a person need? Unless she’s planning a massive donation to charity, I see no reason why Hamm should send more money his ex-wife’s way. She’s got enough to last her to the end of her days and then some, so this appeal for more money is just greed rearing its ugly head. On top of all this, I applaud Harold Hamm for his cooperation with the Oklahoma court system in this pricey divorce. He’s taken the high road by paying up exactly what was determined to be owed to his ex-wife. Sue Ann Arnall, on the other hand, should pull her appeal and disappear into obscurity. She is only giving herself a greedy, indecisive image and dragging out a divorce that’s going on two years. Initially, Arnall should have followed a simple phrase that anyone in her shoes would heed.
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outdoor track facility. There’s a quick and sporty $42.3 million dollars. Those were all “private funds,” or at least that is how these massive outlays are presented to the public. But, come on; what does that mean? Those dollars could not or would not have been better spent on buildings with educational rather than athletic objectives? And, if not, what does that say about how far afield we have gotten, private funders and bureaucrats both? This is a complicated and emotionally charged issue. There are compelling arguments from both sides. But what galls me most is that the student, facing everhigher tuition and fees while incurring crippling loan debt, is silently and forcibly expected to fund a big chunk of the operating costs of the athletic departments. It is a dirty little secret that few students are aware
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departments, I was stunned and a little pissed off. This begs the question: Why do universities exist? NDSU is a “land-grant” university and has been from day one. A land-grant school promotes “Teaching, Research and Public Service.” How does this morph into “athletic-grant?” We have buildings that are a hair away from being condemned and could cause dangerous toxic chemical events in the middle of the campus, yet there are no funds to remedy that. The aforementioned library is old and outdated. But there is a $32 million dollar monument to basketball being constructed on campus. A $2 million dollar bubble was recently raised over the $500,000 turf of old Dacotah Field where the nearby $5.5 million dollar Ellig Track building squats glumly (who designed that anyway?). Up the street is the $2.3 million dollar
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I am very happy for our stout lads’ victorious ways in the gridiron wars. They are all no doubt paragons of virtue and virility and above average. They have shone the bright light of athletic exuberance upon us through their winning ways. Accentuated with televised masculine versions of “The View,” aka “GameDay,” Fargoans were twice treated to a tremendous thrill and honor. In this day and age of marketing, “branding” North Dakota State’s Bison through athletic prowess could not have been better timed. With the resurgence of North Dakota oil extraction (“We’re No. 2!”), elevated hipster-doofus levels and football success, Fargo has surmounted a pinnacle Sioux Falls can only dream of. Now the bad news. That is, if you are one of the many students who don’t go to, don’t care about, don’t associate with and would rather not pay the way for NDSU athletic departments.
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of and is barely mentioned on university pages, listed only as “student-athlete travel costs and training supplies.” Meanwhile, students are chided for not supporting the football team by failing to fill the 4,000-odd seats in the Fargodome. Well, maybe that in itself is barometer enough to register that not everyone cares about football specifically or athletics in general and certainly not enough to fund the departments and their hefty administrative costs. Maybe the student
should not be forced to underwrite activities they don’t care about or require as they matriculate NDSU. Perhaps it is time that the private funders point a million or so dollars every once in a while at the library, academic structure or union — which most students actually use — benefiting the overall university experience instead of gilding the athletic departments and their millions in salaries. Five grand goes a long way for a college student. That’s a lot of ramen noodles.
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Speaking with Comedy’s queen of mean Lisa Lampanelli comes back to Fargo for Saturday night show BY CALLIE BOWEN & PHOTO COURTESY OF DAN DION
Comedian Lisa Lampanelli is returning to the Fargo Theatre with her new standup routine, and I had the opportunity to speak with her. Unfortunately, it did not go as smoothly as planned. F o r t u n a t e l y, Lampanelli was sympathetic to my plight once I realized the horrendous mistake I had made.
Callie Bowen: Okay, so this is really embarrassing, but I did not press record like I thought I did.
Lisa Lampanelli, the “Queen of Mean,” performs in Fargo for the second time this Saturday night.
Lisa Lampanelli: Oh, honey, come on now… come on. Now you have to mention (in) the story what a douchebag you were for not pressing record, and that I’m so nice that I let you do it over again. The following is round two of the interview, straight from the horse’s mouth, a second time.
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laugh at himself, which is a good thing. And also, Trump showed a lot of guts, uh, putting me on the “Celebrity Apprentice” after I roasted him on TV because, kind of, that was pretty good for him.
CB: Who would your dream roast be?
LL: My two biggest heroes — people think you want to roast people you don’t like. That would be the hardest thing in the world because when you’re roasting someone you have to look as if you don’t mean it, which we never mean what we say. That’s why roasting is an honor. So basically, you want to roast your heroes. Now I know this will never happen, because they’re both way beyond this, but Don Rickles and Howard Stern are my two heroes. They’re fearless and they’re fierce and they just tell the truth, so those are the guys I would love to roast. Okay, that’s your angle. When I was a reporter, I would have killed to have a chance to do that.
Editor’s Choice: Entertainment Inside and Outdoors Live entertainment, art shows and extreme bike race make the most of winter Jack Dura
A&E Editor
Finding fun in the heart of January can be difficult, especially coming off a holiday break in the area. Nevertheless, FargoMoorhead keeps the calendar fairly full these next few weeks, with events inside, outdoors and at all times.
Thursday: Post-Traumatic Funk Syndrome
The homegrown horn band of F-M has the lounge at the Hotel Donaldson for its 8 p.m. show Thursday. Covering hits songs by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire, James Brown and the Blues Brothers, Post-Traumatic Funk Syndrome rocks and rolls with the sounds of the classic rock era. Guitar, bass, keyboard and drums are all there, including six horns and the soaring lead vocals of Sarah Morken. What better a way to warm up your winter night than PTFS at the HoDo?
Friday: Rourke Art Museum exhibitions
Moorhead’s visual art mainstay, the Rourke Art Museum, saw the end of one show last weekend, but ongoing exhibitions are still available for everyone’s eyes. “Art For Sacred Spaces,” “Transformations: The Art of Mask” and pieces from the museum’s permanent collection are available for viewing from 1-5 p.m. Friday or by special
“Fargo-Moorhead keeps the calendar fairly full these next few weeks, with events inside, outdoors and at all times.” appointment. The Rourke has its new winter hours in place, and these and other information are accessible at therourke.org.
Saturday: Lisa Lampanelli
Comedy’s Queen of Mean takes on the police society of Fargo in Lisa Lampanelli’s tour stop at the Fargo Theatre. The Rolling Stone journalist-turned-comedienne has roasted the likes of Larry the Cable Guy, Pamela Anderson and Gene Simmons on Comedy Central and has shocked and awed audiences all over with her brand of insult comedy. For full coverage on Lampanelli’s visit to Fargo, check out staff writer Callie Bowen’s Q&A with the comic featured above.
Sunday: B-B-BRRR Winter Classic Bike Race/Ride
Extreme conditions take to the trail Sunday afternoon as the fifth annual B-BBRRR Winter Classic Bike Race/Ride kicks off at 1:30 p.m. Across terrain ranging from paved paths to frozen prairie to the Red River itself, this ride is one to take just to say you did. In the middle of January, in North Dakota and through snow ice and cold, the B-B-BRRR race is extreme to the core, and sponsored by Great Northern Bicycle, Co. in downtown Fargo. Registration is available online at gncycles.com, and beware, bicyclists: Last year there was a ground blizzard on race day.
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The 12-member dance studio TU Dance takes the stage at MSUM’s Hansen Theatre this Saturday night.
TU Dance Takes Ballet to Unique Level St. Paul dance studio slated for MSUM’s Lossett Performing Arts Series STORY BY JACK DURA & PHOTOS COURTESY OF TU DANCE
Lose the pink tutu stereotype of ballet, and see for yourself what this art is all about in TU Dance’s Moorhead performance this weekend. The St. Paul, Minn., dance studio lined up in Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Cheryl Nelson Lossett Performing Arts Studio brings its blend of classical ballet, urban movement, modern dance and other styles to the school’s Hansen Theatre. Led by spousal duo Uri Sands and Toni PierceSands, TU Dance was handpicked by the Lossett arts series’s managing
director, Rebecca SundetSchoenwald, after she saw a performance last year. “I think the audiences for contemporary ballet and modern dance are growing in the community,” she said. “I thought this would be interesting to people who have seen James Sewell, and to anybody who is interested in dance.” James Sewell Ballet, based out of Minneapolis has performed several times as part of this performing arts series, including a world premiere production put on last March. Sewell’s studio has also brought balance and
mobility exercises into area assisted living homes during previous visits, which is another reason SundetSchoenwald admires their work. TU Dance is a different entree than James Sewell, taking another vastly different approach to ballet, shedding stereotypes and barriers for its audiences. Their performances have been enough to garner awards ranging from Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” to the Joyce Award for new contemporary art to the prestigious Inaugural Princess Grace Award, a prize furthering the legacy
of Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, who aided emerging artists in extending their craft. Sands and Pierce-Sands are both veterans of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the black modern dance company based out of New York City. “They were with that company, so we’re talking very high-level dance here,” Sundet-Schoenwald said, adding that the performance she saw was fresh, creative and stipulated with short movements rather than longer works. Interesting, lighthearted and even humorous
choreography also pepper TU Dance’s performances, which are something for everyone, SundetSchoenwald said. While last spring’s “Inferno” world premiere by James Sewell Ballet was not a family-friendlyN event (being rated “R” for adult content), TU Dance W showcases styles of dance and choreography that areS accessible for all. “I don’t think there’s any one demographic,” SundetSchoenwald said of the expected audience. “I think everybody would really, really enjoy this.”
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Video Game Outlook for 2015 Looks Promising Pick it up in a week as it is set to launch Jan. 27.
A preview of some upcoming titles gamers must have
“The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt”
Caleb Werness Spectrum Staff
With every year the power of technology increases. This fact has continued to make video games an ever-improving style of media. Brilliant graphics coupled with riveting stories give players a worthwhile experience. This year will see some games that should be well anticipated. Here is my look at some of the best games to debut in 2015:
“The Order: 1886”
Take a Victorian setting, implement a twist on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round table and lastly, season it with hunting of some big bad monsters, and you get “The Order: 1886.” From what I have seen and read about this game it seems to have a strong vibe of originality to it. The game stems out of an adaption of Thomas Mallory’s “Morte D’Arthur” and creates an alternate world. “The Order” was born from the original knight of the round table and is dedicated to rooting out evil in any form. What I love about this game is the idea of taking something so
“No Man’s Sky” hits the shelves later this year, though no release date has been issued as of yet.
familiar but creating a new take for it. The players take control of Sir Galahad, one of the Order’s leaders. From there it is up to the player to dispose of monsters with the help of some impressive steampunk-styled weapons. “The Order: 1886” looks like it has well harnessed the visual capabilities of the PlayStation 4 and should be a worthy play. This game hits stores in a month on Feb. 20.
“No Man’s Sky”
You can’t take the sky from me. “No Man’s Sky” proves this and then some. In this game, players take the role of a space explorer
and get their very own ship. After that they will be able to explore unique planets and terrains and also battle hostile enemies. From there, the sky and space and beyond is the limit. What makes this game so incredible is how everything, the planets and the environments on the planets, are all procedurally generated. This means everything gets designed as you explore the game. In creating the game this way, developers of “No Man’s Sky” said there are a possible 18 quintillion possible planets. I cannot even fathom that. “No Man’s Sky” is
artistic and beautiful, and there is a strong tranquility to it. I am eager to see what unique adventures await in this immense universe of a game. No specific date has been set yet, so expect it towards the end of this year.
“Dying Light”
I think our generation is more prepared to handle a zombie apocalypse than any other disaster. For some reason, zombies have made a home in our pop culture. “Dying Light” capitalizes on this phenomenon in an exceptional fashion. “Dying Light” is a firstperson adventure game set in a world filled with zombies. The player is given
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a largely open world that can be explored through a fastpaced, free running system. The zombies don’t act overly aggressive during the day, but there is a catch. When the sun sets, the lifeless walkers become feral predators. The player has to think fast, run fast or die. Since the transformation takes place at night the player has to carefully manage time. This may mean having to pick between objectives and face the consequences later. This game looks intense and should be a must-have for thrill seekers and postapocalyptic enthusiasts.
Most people may be scared of monsters, but monsters are scared of witchers. The notorious witcher, Geralt of Rivia, returns to battle the forces of evil with ferocious style once again. Wild Hunt will take place in an enormous world. The game’s creators have stated the setting in this game is 30 times larger than both games before. GameSpot weighed it in as being 20 percent larger than the world in “The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.” That is big. Such a vast world is open to all different kinds of conflicts and exploring opportunities. “Wild Hunt” continues after the events of the previous game, “Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings,” having Geralt seek his own personal quest. Yet a dark army only known as the “Wild Hunt” is leaving ruins in their wake. Geralt is somehow tied to stopping this monstrosity, and he must find out how. The combat system looks to be familiar but with solid improvements and additions. The scope of this game is massive, and the narrative looks to be equally exciting. You can take up the sword in May when this game hits North America.
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Carlin Dupree (13) shows his offensive explosion while Dexter Werner (far right) made his own plays on the defensive side in NDSU’s 61-48 home win against Western Illinois last Friday.
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Bison Win 20th Home Game in a Row Over Leathernecks Alexander leads NDSU to conference victory Colton Pool Sports Editor
Lawrence Alexander had a chance to throw down a slam dunk on Western Illinois on a fast-break play to further North Dakota State’s lead. Instead, the 6-foot-3 senior point guard went for the easy layup, going for the sure thing. The Bison defeating the Leathernecks Friday night at Scheels Arena was a sure thing from the very beginning. NDSU had a double-digit lead 11 minutes into the game and never looked back on the way to a 61-48
victory. “I was just trying to see what the defender was going to do,” Alexander said. “I was going to go up and hammer it, but I saw him and just decided to take the layup.” NDSU’s lone senior said he can still dunk, though true freshman Paul Miller jokingly said he may be too old by now. It was all smiles for the Bison (12-6, 4-1 Summit League) after the strong win. NDSU is on a roll lately, having won 20 home games in a row in front of a consistently supportive fan base, despite changing home venues from last season. “We have such a home-court advantage,” Miller said. “It all starts with (the fans).” At this home contest, the Bison limited WIU’s starters to a collective 11 points. “We want to make this our home,”Bison head coach Dave Richman said. “It’s a great streak and a lot of it is having kids with pride. There’s been a lot of blood, sweat and
tears here.” Alexander led his squad as he has done all season, recording 17 points off of 6 of 15 shots, as well as seven rebounds and an assist. Defensive specialist Kory Brown chalked up 11 points while Miller tallied 10. “We’re sitting in a great place,” Richman said. “But at the same time, everyone has to continue to get better.” NDSU got off to a hot start with a 20-9 run that was capped off by a cashed 3-pointer from Bison center Chris Kading. “Our mindset coming out of the gates is throwing the first punch,” Alexander said. “And then we just keep continuing to throw punches and see how the game goes.” J.C. Fuller came off the bench and powered the Leathernecks (7-10, 2-4) with 21 points on 9-for-18 shooting and grabbing seven rebounds. Dalan Ancrum also came off the bench and racked up 16 points.
But no other Leatherneck scored more than six points and only three other players even scored. “We just kind of follow along with the game plan, and we continue to win at home,” Alexander said. “Scheels (Arena) is our new place, and we don’t have much to call our own, so we’ve got to protect it.” In order to keep NDSU’s success up, Richman said he plans on giving his team more rest from practice and shootarounds to keep his main seven players within his rotation fresh. Though he has played more minutes than anyone else on his team, Alexander hopes to keep his legs fresh enough to eventually connect on a dunk in his last collegiate season. “I’ve still got a little bounce in these legs,” Alexander said with a smile. “I’ll show you one game.”
Bison Topple Mastodons, Maintain Second in Summit League Becken scores a career high with 21 points Pace Maier
Spectrum Staff
It was a career day for one North Dakota State player and a poor shooting performance by the opponent, as the Bison beat Summit League foe Fort Wayne 81-60 Saturday at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse. Kahla Becken scored a career-high 21 points on 7-for-10 shooting in 37 minutes. She has now scored 10 or more points in her last two games. “I think the confidence is just growing,” Becken said. The Mastodons shot an embarrassing 8.7 percent from the 3-point line in front of a crowd of 686 fans. IPFW leading scorer
“When she’s having a rough game, we all know that we need to step up.” — Kahla Becken, on leading scorer Brook LeMar Haley Seibert had 18 points. “I thought our length and our ability to scramble and keep them off balance (worked),” NDSU head coach Maren Walseth said about her team’s defensive outing. It was a sloppy game as both teams combined for 44 turnovers, but that didn’t stop the Bison (8-10, 4-2 Summit League) from shooting 43.8 percent from 3-point range. As NDSU was down 16-15 with 8 minutes, 14 seconds left in the first half, Taylor Thunstedt, who had 15 points on 4 of 6 shots and Becken nailed back-to-back three-pointers to put the Bison ahead. Brooke LeMar has been the workhorse
throughout this season and was the leading scorer, but finished with a below-average 14 points and five rebounds. “When she’s having a rough game, we all know that we need to step up,” Becken said of LeMar’s 3-for-13 shooting effort. Marena Whittle scored nine points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Holly Johnson had eight points and six rebounds. NDSU outrebounded IPFW 47-39. Going into halftime, the Bison were 4028 and never looked back during the second half. NDSU had a 20-point lead in the second half, going up 53-33 with 13:10 left, but the Mastodons (7-11, 1-4) clawed back into the
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game with 7:53 left and got to within 11. And then the Bison quickly turned the score back to a 16-point lead with 7 minutes left in the game. The Bison shot 48 percent from the floor and went 75 percent from the free-throw line, making 24 of 32 shots from the charity stripe. In the first six Summit League games for the Bison, they are in second place and half of a game behind first place. The Mastodons are tied for last place in the conference. “I just wanted our kids to play hard, and obviously a 21 point win is very exciting, but that wasn’t the goal,” Walseth said. “The goal was to come out, throw the first punch, be the aggressors and play hard, and I’m very happy about that.” NDSU will take flight next as they play their next Summit League game on the road at 7 p.m. Thursday against Omaha in Sapp Fieldhouse.
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Bison Buck Off the Broncos FILE PHOTO | THE SPECTRUM
NDSU wrestling defeated Boise State 30-12 Sunday at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse.
NDSU beats non-conference opponent 30-12 over the weekend Pace Maier
Spectrum Staff
The North Dakota State wrestling team put a beat-down on Boise State Sunday, winning the nonconference dual 30-12 at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse. Mitch Bengtson and Hayden Zillmer had pins at the 141- and 184-pound weight classes to help the
Bison get above the .500 mark on the year with a 4-3 record. “I think we wrestled well,” Bison head coach Roger Kish said. “We wrestled hard, and it’s nice to be at home.” Redshirt Clay Ream started the dual off with a forfeit win, but the Broncos came back and tied the dual up at 6-6 as 157-pound Steven Hernandez beat redshirt sophomore Steven Keogh 11-5 and 165-pound Chris Castillo recorded a 7-3 win over NDSU redshirt freshman Grant Nehring.
“I feel like we came out a little slow, and I came out a little slow, too. But I could feel the match came my way.” — Hayden Zillmer Bison senior Kurtis Julson gave his team the 9-6 lead with a 3-2 decision in the 174-pound weight class over BSU’s Austin Dewey. And then Zillmer recorded his second-straight pin against Xavier Callejas in the first period to give the Bison a 15-6 cushion. “I feel like we came out a little slow, and I came
out a little slow, too,” No. 9-ranked Zillmer said. “But I could feel the match came my way.” Zillmer is 23-4 and holds an undefeated 7-0 record in duals. The Broncos (2-4) made a late comeback with Cody Dixon earning a 9-4 decision at 197 pounds over Bison redshirt freshman Tommy
Petersen. Bison senior Evan Knutson then had a 4-0 win over Gaberiel Gonzalez at 285 pounds. Josh Rodriguez collected a forfeit to put NDSU up 24-9. Knutson is 17-7 on the year and 5-2 in dual matches, while Rodriguez has won six-straight matches to improve his record to 11-5 and 6-1 in duals. The Broncos hung around late when Michael Cook beat sophomore Hunter Weber 4-2 in the 133-pound weight class. But redshirt freshman teammate
Mitch Bengtson finished off the dual with his eighth pin of the season over Boise State’s Jared Jonshoy. Bengtson’s record this season is 16-9 and 4-3 in duals. “It is good to get a couple home wins and get these guys back on track and ready for conference coming up,” Kish said of moving forward in the season. NDSU will take Cal Poly to the mat 7 p.m. Friday at the BBF. The Bison’s opponent is 1-10 in dual meets this season.
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THE SPECTRUM | NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY | THURSDAY, JAN. 22, 2015
BISON ROUNDUP Taylor Kurth
Contributing Writer
Men’s basketball
North Dakota State men’s basketball rode a four-game winning streak Wednesday, Jan. 14, when it stopped in Vermillion, S.D., to take on South Dakota. However, the Coyotes were too focused to care and beat the Bison 71-67. NDSU dropped its first loss in Summit League play after winning its first three contests. The Coyotes simply made more winning plays down the stretch to hold NDSU at bay.
Despite starting the game on an 8-0 run, the Bison (12-6, 4-1 Summit League) found themselves trailing at the half 30-26. The Bison put themselves in position to win as they were ahead 6362 with two minutes to play, but the Coyotes outscored NDSU 9-4 the rest of the way. Lawrence Alexander led the team in scoring for the 11th time this year with 20 points, a game high. Kory Brown pitched in 15 points and Carlin Dupree added 12. USD’s leading scorer was Casey Kasperbauer, who buried four 3-pointers. The Bison out-rebounded the Coyotes 25-23. They
outshot the Coyotes 44 percent to 38. They also dominated scoring in the paint 38-24.
Women’s basketball
The South Dakota Coyotes crushed North Dakota State 84-69 on Thursday, Jan.15, in Vermillion, S.D. Raeshel Contreras led a balanced scoring attack for the Coyotes. She finished with 17 points and was one of six Coyotes to finish in double figures. Brooke LeMar crossed the 1,000 career point threshold with a game-high 23 points as she played all 40 minutes of the game.
Holly Johnson had her second straight doubledouble with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Kahla Becken played a good all-around game. She had 13 points, with eight of them coming from the free throw line. She also had six rebounds and four assists. The Bison cut the deficit to nine on an 8-2 run with 3 minutes, 49 seconds left in the game. The score was 7263 after a Marena Whittle 3-point play. But that was as the Bison would come to getting back, as USD only allowed two more points the rest of the way. The Coyotes bullied the Bison on the boards,
besting them 44 rebounds to 35. They also dominated in the paint, with a 40-26 advantage. USD shot 49 percent from the field and 32 percent from behind the arc.
Wrestling
NDSU wrestling knocked off Northern Colorado 23-13 on Friday. Hayden Zillmer, who was ranked ninth, recorded his fifth pin of the year and improved to 22-4 on the year. The Bison (3-3, 1-0 Western Wrestling Conference) started out 11-3, winning three out of their first four matches. Josh Rodriguez won a major
decision 15-4 over No. 12-ranked Trey Andrews. He upped his record to 10-5 on the year and 5-1 in duals. Northern Colorado tried to keep it close, as it pulled to within one, cutting the lead to 11-10. Kurtis Julson won his match 8-4 over Josh VanTine to give the Bison a comfy 14-10 lead. NDSU outscored the Bears 11-3 the rest of the way. Evan Knutson grabbed a clutch takedown with less than 10 seconds in his match to earn a 3-1 decision over Brian Macchione. Knutson moves to 16-7 overall and 4-2 in duals.
Bison Bring Home Handful of First Place Finishes in Bison Classic Throwers pace NDSU men’s track and field team to dominant day Joel Sipper
Contributing Writer
Home-field advantage has been key for North Dakota State athletics’ success, and Saturday it was no different for the NDSU men’s track and field team. The Bison dominated the throwing events on their own home turf at the Shelly Ellig Track and Field Complex
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during the Bison Classic. NDSU took the top five sports in men’s shot put with sophomore Alex Renner leading the way with a throw of 57 feet, 3 inches that was just six inches from his personal record. “Our goal is to set the standard,” NDSU men’s throw coach Justin St. Clair said. “Set a pace, set the energy to say, ‘Hey guys this is what we’ve started on. Make sure we keep it going.’” NDSU also had a strong showing in the weight throw, taking four of the six top places. Conrad Schwarzkopf
had a career day, claiming second place in the weight throw with a personal best toss of 59 feet, 11.75 inches. The sophomore’s performance earned him eighth place in NDSU’s weight throw record books. “I knew it was a good one when you see it in the air,” Schwarzkopf said. “And you just kind of have that feeling as soon as you let it go that it’s going to go.” Jonah Warwick earned first place in the 600-meter race with a time of 1 minute, 21.87 seconds. The redshirt freshman was just shy of making the top 10 all-time
best times in Bison history. NDSU’s Matt Neururer finished third in the event in 1:22.88. Junior Brock Larson came out victorious in the pole vault event by clearing 15 feet, 7 inches to earn first place. In an exciting race to the end, Brendan Skime bested South Dakota State’s Brendan Sage in the mile race by a hundredth of a second at a time of 4 minutes, 19.24 seconds to claim first. The next meet for the Bison will be this Saturday at the SDSU’s Jim Emmerich Alummi Invitaional.
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