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Hope for the Homeless Downtown Fargo creates idea for day shelter for the homeless Skylar Berthold Staff Writer
The number of homeless people in North Dakota has rapidly increased over the last year. Fargo is among the list of cities looking to make impactful outreaches to this cause and is currently looking to implement a new “day camp” for homeless youth and adults.
Just how serious is the problem?
According to data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as of 2014, North Dakota has seen a 200 percent jump in homelessness — the most significant increase of any state. There are now 2,069 homeless people in the state of over 750,000. That number continues to grow. “A lot of these guys still come here for jobs,” Jeannie Messall, director of the Missouri Valley Coalition for Homeless People, said. Messall added that while North Dakota holds an abundance of jobs, many people cannot afford to live in the state. Often, they end up stuck as they do not have the funding to return to wherever they are originally from. “Volunteers counted 331 ‘unsheltered’ homeless people during a ‘point in time,” April Fairfield, executive director of the North Dakota Coalition for Homeless People, said. This amount is an increase of 216 unsheltered homeless as of January 2016. Numerous cities across the state are in the process of implementing housing
North Dakota has seen a 200 percent increase in homelessness — the most significant increase in any state. options for the homeless population. Fargo is one such city.
What is being done in Fargo?
The Downtown InFocus master plan approved by city commissioners serves as a blueprint for what includes developing a homeless “day center.” The idea of creating such a center has been a goal by local leaders for decades and has also played a significant role in turning this idea into reality. One such leader is Jan Eliassen, who said her vision for the center isn’t
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necessarily a luxurious setting. Instead, she envisions a facility where anyone who needs a place to go during the day — which is also the time of day when emergency shelters close to guests — can get inside, enjoy coffee or tea, take a nap or shower, browse the internet or store some of their belongings. The director of Fargo’s Gladys Ray Shelter says she has learned that homeless people typically follow a schedule throughout their day to keep themselves occupied. For example, they might go to the Salvation Army for breakfast, spend
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time at the public library and later attend a church or different homeless shelter for dinner. “I always say that homelessness is a full-time job just trying to get from one place to another because FargoMoorhead is so spread out,” Eliassen added. A day center could potentially address such a problem by providing services in one place. The facility could also become a tool in the work to end homelessness in the area.
How impactful will the center be?
Eliassen estimates that
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a day center could serve as many different things to many different people. One person might need a place to warm up, while another might need academic or professional guidance. It is also believed by project leaders that a day center “makes sense” for downtown. Eliassen said she’d like to believe locals will realize that keeping the neighborhood diverse will require “people from all walks of life to be there.” The project could potentially save money as homeless people will likely have fewer criminal citations and
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arrests if they have a definite place to go during the day. Cody Schuler, executive director of the Fargo-Moorhead Coalition for Homeless Persons, said it’s hard to know for sure how receptive the community will be to a day center. Regardless, he is positive that its creation will address problems that come up with homelessness in downtown Fargo. “It may look like it’s just about meeting immediate needs, but overall, it’s part of a critical strategy that we have to reduce and to end homelessness in a meaningful way,” he said.
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Majority of National Park Service Advisory Resign Resignations started after frustration engaging with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke
Advisory councils in the Rocky Mountains have not met for a year.
Dan Ukkelberg Co-News Editor
Nine out of the 12 National Park System Advisory Board members resigned Monday, Jan. 15. They quit because they were frustrated with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke after he failed to meet with them once over the last year. The board is required to meet two times a year, but have not since President Trump took office a
year ago. The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, which consists of the Park Service staff and staff alumni, strongly criticized Zinke’s actions, saying it is discourteous and disrespectful. Because a majority of the National Park System Advisory board left without notice, there are currently no government officials to designate national or historical landmarks. Tony Knowles, the chairman of the board, wrote the secretary saying
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that the nine members that are resigning “have stood by waiting for the chance to meet and continue the partnership … as prescribed by law.” All of the board members terms were to expire in May. Knowles went on to write, “We understand the complexity of transition but our requests to engage have been ignored and the matter on which we wanted to brief the new department team are clearly not part of its agenda. I wish the National Park
System and Service well and will always be dedicated to their success.” Many advisory boards have been operating as normal. Others have been at a stand still because the department has not approved their new charters, which is legally required because of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Two of the Bureau of Land Managements (BLM) 38 local advisory councils for the Rocky Mountains had meetings scheduled
Thursday, Jan. 18, but they were postponed because their charters were not up to date. Scott Braden, a member of the Rocky Mountain RAC, said not being able to meet for a year is concerning to him. “Secretary Zinke has said that local input is important for BLM to consider, and yet these councils, which provide just such input, have been slide-lined,” Braden said. Zinke has disbanded the Wildlife and Hunting Heri-
tage Conservation Council and the Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Science. The former was replaced by the Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council. This council will emphasize the promotion of hunting and fishing access on public lands. Zinke says that repairing the national park system is one of his top priorities. He has not nominated a new National Park Service director.
Vo te r Affid av it s U nde r S pot l ig h t State attempts to lift federal injunction and eliminate affidavits Quinn Garrick Staff Writer
This week the state of North Dakota asked a federal judge to lift an injunction, enacted in August 2016, that prevented the state from enacting its voter identification law that did not include the affidavit option, a previous option available to voters to prove their eligibility. The North Dakota Legislature passed a measure in 2013 that effectively eliminated the affidavit option for voters who didn’t provide a valid ID. In 2015, however, the measure was challenged by members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in federal court, who argued the laws were unconstitutional and discriminatory toward specific populations of voters, particularly
Native Americans. In August 2016, the federal judge granted a preliminary injunction, later ordering North Dakota to offer affidavits. The actions by the judge happened just a few short months before the 2016 election, forcing the state to reevaluate the electoral system for November. Until the judge reverses the injunction, Deputy Secretary of State Jim Silrum said North Dakota will continue to offer voter affidavits. Judge Daniel Hovland, when he issued the decision in 2016, stated, “It is undisputed that the more severe conditions in which Native Americans live translates to disproportionate burdens when it comes to complying with the new voter ID laws.” The order also reaffirmed that “tribal government is-
sued identification cards” could be used at polling places. In a 2016 complaint, arguments of the new law claimed that it “maintains North Dakota’s restrictive voter ID requirements,” and significantly affects Native American populations. The argument claims that “with no fail-safe mechanism,” the law will impose heavy burdens on specific communities and disenfranchise voters across the state. On Tuesday, Jan. 16, the state filed a memo to the U.S. District Court of North Dakota and argued, “Thousands of unverifiable votes will likely be cast in future elections as long as North Dakota is forced to use voter’s affidavits in conjunction with its choice to remove registration as an impediment to voting.”
The state argued that because of North Dakota’s status as the only state without voter registration, the voter affidavits were “incompatible” with the system because there are no means of verification for the affidavits. The state’s memo also recognized the Legislature’s changes that would set aside ballots for voters without an ID until they could produce one. With the new changes, a voter can use a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck or a governmentissued check or document in lieu of their ID. The state recognized that IDs will be accepted of those issued by the Department of Transportation and tribal governments, including options for “special circumstances.”
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The state of North Dakota asked a federal judge to lift an injunction that prevented the state from enacting its voter identification law that didn’t include the affidavit option.
U m er g e n c y o n Ca m p us New app allows people to stay in contact in the event of an emergency Phoebe Ellis
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One in four college students will end up in the emergency room during their college career, and their parents worry. Umergency was partially founded by Gail Schenbaum, who created the app as a quick way for parents and their college students to stay in contact and ensure safety. All the emergency tools are on their cellphones. The app came to creation after Schenbaum experienced her daughter going through a dorm accident while they were
separated by a few thousand miles. She received a phone call from her daughter while she was on her way to the hospital. Her daughter told her she was alright and the paramedic told her that there may be an amputation, then they hung up the phone. This experience brought to Schenbaum’s attention a few things: she didn’t know who to call, what hospital her daughter was at or whether she had to make any medical decisions for her daughter. Once her daughter was out of surgery she realized something else — there must be plenty of parents who have gone through similar experiences.
Schenbaum surveyed 200 parents and 200 college students and asked if they ran into similar problems and if they wished they had any way to handle medical emergencies when they were miles apart. Almost all of them wanted something that could give them the ability to communicate with the important people in their lives in the event something bad happened. And thus Umergency was created. The app provides completely secure access to a person’s insurance card, emergency contacts, local resources and a digital medical consent form. It’s completely encrypted to provide safety to sensitive documents.
Although the app is free for students, it costs the parents a small fee of $7.99 a year or $19.99 for all of the student’s college career. In exchange, everybody has a little more peace of mind. In the event of something bad happening, a person can contact a list of emergency contacts at the touch of a button. They can also press an “I am safe” button to notify your list of people. The app hopes to provide parents and students the ability to handle difficult situations a little bit more easily because sometimes unfortunate things happen.
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In A Nutshell Amanda Johnson Staff Writer
Ice rink opens downtown
“Downtown on Ice, is officially open and ready to welcome all ages to enjoy the rink, warming house and fire pit amenities” reported Valley News Live. Downtown on Ice is located in the parking lot of the northeast intersection of Broadway and Main Avenue. It’s open through Feb. 28, as weather permits. Downtown on Ice is open 4 to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 12 to 8 p.m. on weekends. If temperatures reach -10
degrees or colder, or if wind chills are greater than -30, then warming house will close earlier than scheduled in the evenings.
as a tenured professor of civil and environmental engineering. Rusch will keep her position as VP of research until a replacement is appointed.
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North Dakota Blue Alert
Thursday, Jan. 18, cellphones in the region received a blue alert with a message to check their local broadcasting station for more information. “A blue alert is activated when a suspect is at large after killing or seriously injuring a law enforcement officer, or when an officer has been abducted or is missing” reported WDAY. The alert was issued for Ulises John Carlo Villalobos Alvarado who tried to run
Kelly Rusch, North Dakota State vice president for research and creative activity, resigned on Wednesday, Jan 17. “Word of Rusch’s departure came on the same day she received a critical appraisal of her performance from a review committee that drew upon comments from faculty and staff” reported the Forum. Rusch is seeking opportunities outside of NDSU and will not take a position
over a police officer. People were notified in Fargo because “it doesn’t take long for someone to travel from Bismarck to Fargo” and there is no reason to believe he is in Fargo WDAY reported. Villalobos Alvarado is not in custody and was last seen wearing a black T-shirt and jeans. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 and should not approach him.
Amazon not coming to Minnesota
Amazon narrowed down their list of potential cities for their second headquarters to 20 locations. “The finalists are concentrated among cities in the U.S. East and Midwest.
Toronto made the list as well, keeping the company’s international options open” reported the Twin Cities Pioneer Press. Chicago, Columbus and Indianapolis are still contenders from the Midwest. Minnesota’s proposal did not include tax breaks out of what the state offers currently for developments. The Twin Cities Pioneer Press reported, “Amazon also made it very clear that it wanted tax breaks, grants and any other incentives.”
BBC News reported “the Black Death, can be largely ascribed to human fleas and body lice.” The universities of Oslo and Ferrara simulated disease outbreaks in cities using three models for how the disease was spread by rats, airborne transmission and fleas and lice that live on humans and clothes. “In seven out of the nine cities studied, the human parasite model was a much better match for the pattern of the outbreak. It mirrored how quickly it spread and how many people it affected” reported BBC News. In some countries of Asia, Africa and the Americas the plague is still an endemic due to reservoirs of infected rodents.
Bubonic plague not spread by rats
Rats have been blamed in the past for spreading the plague during outbreaks in the 14th – 19th Century in Europe.
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Women’s March in Fargo reached over 600 participants to fight for equality
Marchers held signs they made to show what they were fighting for. anyone, everyone sitting on There were multiple “Pete go home.” anything’ and then there’s those seats are male, white signs made for the march Although Planned anti-protestors saying, Miranda Stambler and gray haired,” Dakane that showed what individual Parenthood and many ‘It’s not worth the time; do Features Editor said. marchers were fighting for. Pro-Choice activists were something constructive’ On Jan. 20, over 600 The march represented people of all genders, everyone, not just women, races, beliefs and ages with Rebel Marie, who “One year ago, we were ordinary voters. Today we’re activists. One year ago joined together for the 2018 identifies as transgender, as Women’s March around the one of the speakers. Through we were waiting to be represented — today we represent. One year ago we Fargo Civic Center. attending the women’s spoke. Today we demand.” - Dina Zavala-Petherbridge, Planned Parenthood Before the march clinic, Pride Collective and began, people made signs Tri-State Transgender’s volunteer and gathered for a rally in supporters grew in numbers. the basement of the Civic To make a change, Marie Center. Due to there being a said, “I need you to capacity of only 600 people, volunteer; we need you to many waited outside and volunteer.” in the halls for the march. Ruth Buffalo, North One sign read, “Girls just involved, they encouraged but in a way I think this is During the rally, there were Dakota Human Rights want to have fun-damental Pro-Lifers to join. Susan constructive. It’s an act of eight speakers to encourage Coalition and City of human rights.” Another Henderson, an NDSU solidarity saying, ‘We’re all marchers to get involved Fargo Native American being held by children alumna, explained her here for different issues.’ beyond the march. Commission, said, “Today read, “Next generation of beliefs of pro-choice and Like not everyone here “It’s so easy for us to be is special because we are Feminists.” From “We’re the meaning of her sign that agrees with each other, but inspired today and then go honoring women, women only getting started” to said “All Lives Matter.” we can find enough common home and forget, but it takes who have come before us “more feminism less “Because I don’t want it ground; I think that’s kind of all of us,” Nicole Watkins, and the women who will bullsh**,” “I will not be just to be that only women’s symbolic for the country as a silent” to “Nasty Women lives matter, only black lives whole,” Eckberg shared. raise great men,” the signs matter — everybody’s life NDSU student and varied in topic from having matters, the rich, the poor,” president of Women’s “It’s important to keep the conversation going to do with feminism, support Henderson said. Activist Organization, continually.” - Machaela Schreiber of LGBT+ rights, President Marchers were excited to Liv Oland expressed the Trump, the government, etc. explain why they believe a importance of a women’s A common theme women’s march is important march. “I think it’s important amongst the marchers was and how it will make a for people to unite and feel “resist and persist.” People difference. empowered together. It’s family consultant of Family carry our future generations chanted and made signs to AJ Eckberg shared his not very often, especially in Voices of North Dakota, said forward.” show that one should not frustrations on how people the Fargo community, that during her speech. Sara Watson Curry, only resist but also persist view protests as doing you’re surrounded by people Lindsey Pouliot, a Moorhead City Council for their rights. nothing when he sees it as who have — the same views speaker for the NDSU member, shared that more The Women’s March bringing a light to problems as you — like passion about College Democrats said, “A women are becoming focused a lot on women, that people do not discuss women’s equality, so I think year ago, women marched educated on how to run and but it also brought light on every continent — to fight for what they believe to equality for everyone. prove that we would not be in. “2018 is already shaping Many chants heard were, “You can’t quiet us.” - Jazzy Lara overlooked.” up to being the year of the “Immigrants are welcome Hamida Dakane, who women,” Curry said. here;” “Racism has got to won the 2018 Fargo Human North Dakota House go” and “The people united, Relations Award, focused on Rep. Kathy Hogan wrapped we’ll never be divided.” the importance of voting. “If up the rally by explaining During the march, Pete regularly. “It’s frustrating it’s incredibly important to you are here and you’re in how now is the time for Tefft, well-known for his because — I talk to a lot of have this reminder that we’re college and you want to see strong women to stand up. beliefs of white supremacy, friends and acquaintances here and we’re resisting,” the future change — I want “We are the people. This showed up, resulting in who they’re like, ‘Well Oland said. to challenge you to go to the government belongs to the the crowd chanting “White what are you doing? You’re Rachael Michaud, a capital … I went there, and people in this room,” Hogan supremacy has to go,” which just out there walking participant in the march what I saw, no offense to said. eventually transitioned into around? That doesn’t do said, “I feel like women’s
Marchers held signs they made to show what they were fighting for.
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voices get shut down a lot, and I think that it’s important to have some platforms where we all feel like we’re really having a voice and really making a powerful difference.” Jazzy Lara, a marcher, expressed how frustrated she is that women are still fighting for “basic human rights.” “They’re going to try and make us stay quiet no matter what we’re fighting for, but the fact that there’s going to be so many people here shows that it’s never going to be quiet,” Lara shared. Greg Johnson explained how he’s been to multiple protests in his life because he thinks that it gets people talking and starting to make a change. “I think everyone’s rights are important and the current climate has seen a lot of losses for women’s rights in the past probably three years, so I’d like to see that turned around,” Johnson expressed. “The Women’s March last year was like the largest march ever in the U.S., all seven continents. That shows people that we are unhappy … I mean Hilary won the popular vote, and I think it goes to show that this is not what the people voted for, and yet this is our president,” marcher Haley Von Wald, said. As the march went on, “Show me what democracy looks like; this is what democracy looks like,” echoed throughout downtown Fargo as people honked in support and held their signs high.
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How to Look Stylish Everyday
Tips on how to boost your outfits with minimal work Ryley Berzinski Contributing Writer
We all have those days where getting up and putting together a stylish outfit seems like a lot of work, so we end up laying in bed longer and just throwing on sweats and a T-shirt. I believe that dressing well will raise your confidence and help you to have a more successful day if you love the way you look. I have a couple tips and tricks to help you out on those days when you need a style boost.
The front tuck
One way to escalate your outfit is to simply tuck in the front of your shirt into your jeans or trousers. This is great because it can help to give your outfit more shape and extenuate your waistline. It can take a casual outfit and make it look chic and smart.
Add a belt
When trying to vamp up your outfit adding a belt makes for a great accessory. They can go along with the first tip of front tucking your shirt. I personally like bright colored or pattern belts because they can make a simple jeans and T-shirt outfit look fun and unique. Another belt style that is very popular right now is a chain belt. These give off an early 2000s vibe and are great for going out or when you feel like being a little more dressed up. Another thing you can do with a belt is securing it around the smaller part of your waist when you are wearing something oversized or flowy. This helps give you shape in a very flattering way.
Cuff your sleeves/ pants
This may be one of my favorite tricks, and it only takes seconds. Simply cuff the end of your sleeves to help your outfit go from frumpy to trendy. There are tons of different videos on YouTube showing tutorials of different ways to cuff your sleeves that could be worth your while to check out. Once you have your cuff, add some fun bracelets. Cuffing your sleeves gives you a perfect opportunity to showcase bracelets by showing your wrists. Another simple cuff you can do is with your pants. If you like to have your pants to end right at the ankle, this is the way to do it. It also allows for your shoe to make a bigger statement in your outfit. If you are feeling daring, add some fun socks to show off.
Roll your T-shirt sleeves
On a lazy day one of my favorite outfits is a vintage T-shirt and leggings. One way to elevate this look is to simply roll the sleeves of the shirt. You can either roll it once or roll the sleeve all the way up to give it a tank top vibe. If you want to take this look to the next level, layer a white T-shirt under the T-shirt you chose to wear that day, then roll both of the sleeves together so you can see the layer.
Always add one accessory
Adding one accessory, whether it’s a necklace or ring can go a long way. This makes your outfit more interesting and also looks like you put a little more effort in while getting ready. I always keep my go-to jewelry lying by the sink so when I get ready in the morning it is hard to forget to slip it on. A jewelry trend, right now, is anything rose gold. It gives your outfits the perfect feminine touch. Adding a belt can make for a more flattering outfit.
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The Bumpy Road of Mental Illness College Students help explain the difficulties of living with mental illness
Mental illness has a lot of ups and downs with bumps along the way.
Amanda Wagar Contributing Writer
For many students, living with a mental illness can be a cause for hopelessness, but students living in the FargoMoorhead area have adopted the presence of their mental illness as a challenge issued by life they must rise to face. Studies have found that 26 percent of Americans 18 and older live with a diagnosable mental illness, and for half of them, it started at the age of 14. MSUM student Abby Reitan described living with a mental illness as “like driving on a gravel road; on some days you are able to enjoy the scenery and the bumpy ride for what it is, and on others you are terrified that the car is going too fast and you may end up in a ditch.” For many students like Reitan, they must be prepared to cope with their mental illness when they end up in the “ditch” as she described. This challenge of staying in control, so to speak, can be a difficult one in cases where classes may require a presentation in front of the class, which can spark
feelings of anxiety. NDSU student Chelsea Cleveland discussed some of the challenges of being a student with anxiety that can make some tasks difficult, such as making friends and creating relationships with her professors or asking for help when needed. However, Cleveland explained that NDSU has been more accommodating to her needs than other organizations she has encountered. “We are very fortunate to have disability services at our school,” Cleveland said. She noted that her professors have often been able to work around her anxiety while still allowing her to receive the education she needs to prepare herself for a future career. Alongside Disability Services, NDSU Counseling Center provides several workshops, classes and personal counseling services to NDSU students, including a three week anxiety toolbox workshop that focuses on developing skills and methods to cope with anxiety. The Counseling Center’s web page also includes several links for self-help that students can browse from the comfort of their own laptop with additional information on anxiety,
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depression and eating disorders. When asked about advice for other students with mental illness, Reitan explained that having supportive friends who are able to validate her experience is important to her. According to Reitan, “The one thing that helps me tremendously is people telling me things even though I may have heard it a million times. I find that it is something I need to hear.” Reitan also said having a supportive network of friends is essential in her experience with anxiety and depression because it is “a vicious and self-destructive cycle that I put myself through monthly.” Overall, Cleveland and Reitan agree that often, living with mental illness includes forcing yourself to do things even when you have little to no energy or motivation, and that by doing so, it can be rewarding in the end. At the end of the day, mental illness isn’t an excuse, but rather something you tackle day after day and survive, and surviving is the greatest accomplishment of all.
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‘The Blues Brothers’: A Musical You Didn’t Know You Were Watching Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi may play the lead roles in this classic film, but the music is the real star Laura Ellen Brandjord A&E Editor
It’s hard to believe there is a movie Dan Aykroyd or John Belushi starred in where they were not the main attraction, let alone two. To be fair, most are first drawn to the “The Blues Brothers” and “Blues Brothers 2000” because of these actors. However, the reason these films are cult classics has more to do with the music than even the comedians’ winning brand of comedy. Set in Chicago, the first movie opens with Elwood Blues (Aykroyd) picking up his brother “Joliet” Jake Blues (Belushi) from the Joliet Correctional Center. After visiting the nun that raised them (“the penguin”) and discovering the orphanage was in dire need of $5,000 to remain open, the Blues brothers try to think up a plan. After an enlightening sermon sung by the one and only James Brown, the brothers decide to re-form their band to raise the money as a “mission from God.” Along the way, they dodge police, enrage neo-Nazis and bump into plenty of big names in blues.
It becomes very apparent when watching these movies that they were built from the music up. The movie really shines with how flawlessly they integrate superstars of blues into the story. We don’t just see Ray Charles pop out of nowhere to sing “Shake A Tail Feather.” Instead, he is given the roll of a music storeowner. He only performs when the band visits him and inquires about a keyboard he has for sale. To prove the keyboard still has “action left in its keys,” he performs his song along with the Blues Brothers Band. Of course there is a flash mob dance sequence and choreographed band moves. However, how flawlessly these stars are integrated into the plot of each movie prevents you from even registering it as a musical. What other stars contributed their pipes to “The Blues Brothers” you ask? John Lee Hooker plays the part of a street performer as he jams his hit “Boom Boom.” Aretha Franklin plays the role of tough-as-nails diner owner and fictional wife of Matt “Guitar”
Murphy. Franklin delivers an explosive performance of “Think” to voice her feelings about her husband leaving her for the band. And there are too many more to list all here. In the sequel “The Blues Brothers 2000,” Elwood is again trying to get the band back together. However, this time it’s without Jake. (Belushi died before the sequel could be filmed.) To help fill the void Jake left, Elwood brings in Mighty Mack (John Goodman), an orphan named Buster (J. Evan Bonifant) and Police Chief Cabel Chambers (Joe Morton). This time, the band is still dodging police and convincing Aretha Franklin to let Matt Murphy join the band, but is headed for Louisiana. In the swamps of New Orleans awaits a high-paying musical contest hosted by witch Queen Mousette. Gracing movie theaters and television sets FLICKR | PHOTO COURTESY everywhere in 1998, “Blues Brothers 2000” updated its Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi star in the cult classic ‘The Blues Brothers.’ star-studded cast with blues big names as B.B. King, full of great music that create memorable laughs. If it isn’t rocker (and Fargo native) Junior Wells, Wilson Pickett a memorable soundtrack. currently on your watchlist, Jonny Lang and band Blues and Koko Taylor making Beyond that, director John it should be. Traveler. appearances. Landis managed to create Old blues standbys are “The Blues Brothers” and a film full of flawlessly still included, with such “Blues Brothers 2000” are integrated characters and
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‘The Last Jedi’ Dissection Part 2: Attack of the Nerd The discussion continues on how Disney let fans down with ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’
I feel that the movies are being ruined by poorly written characters, scripts and plot.
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After “The Last Jedi” hit theaters Dec. 14, 2017, opinions have been mixed with regard to Disney’s direction of Star Wars and how the new movies are being handled and cared for. I feel that the movies are being ruined by poorly written characters, scripts and plot. I now give you part two of my list of what went wrong a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away after watching TLJ twice. First up on my list is Captain Phasma’s super short screen time. Captain Phasma is played by Gwendoline Christie who also plays Brienne of Tarth in “Game of Thrones.” Like many people after “The Force Awakens,” I wanted to see Captain Phasma be awesome in the next movie. Instead, I was completely disappointed. Using the mathematics skills and practices bestowed upon me by this university’s finest math classes, I have added up all the time that Captain Phasma spends on screen. It comes out to less than two minutes and forty seconds between both movies. This lack of screen time for a character who had a whole backstory seems completely wasted. Captain Phasma was meant to be in the new movies as a badass female character, but she ends up doing nothing to affect any of the main characters or the plot itself. Nothing stands out to me
when I think about Captain Phasma. The only thing she has ever done in the movies that was important is lower the shields of Starkiller Base to let her opponents blow it up. What wasted potential. Rey is a Mary Sue. There I said it, and it feels good. A “Mary Sue” is an idealized and seemingly perfect fictional character. Often, this character is recognized as an author insert or wish fulfillment. They can usually perform better at tasks than what should be possible given their amount of training or experience. (Thank you Google for that well-said definition.) Daisy Ridley is a good actress and seems like a good person, but Rey is too overpowered and good at everything to make her interesting to me. She doesn’t seem to have any flaws or things that stand in her way. She just walks around, and everything works out for her. You could say it is plot armor and something that many movies use, but there is no give and take in Rey’s situation. If you do not believe me or want to believe me, here is your proof. Rey flies the Millennium Falcon without ever piloting a starship, and she shows the ability to have excellent combat skills and can do complex maneuvers while flying through a Star Destroyer. She’s able to fix the hyperdrive on the Millennium Falcon without ever having worked on a hyperdrive or ever having seen one before. Han Solo almost immediately wants
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her to be part of his smuggler crew because of her fighting skills. She beats Kylo Ren in a lightsaber duel after he has been training for years. She goes to see Luke, but doesn’t learn anything apart from what the force is. I could go on, but I think I have made my point. In the article before this one, I mentioned Poe Dameron and Vice Admiral Holdo’s tense relationship. I want to explore what Poe did and why it is understandable given the circumstances. First things first, Vice Admiral Holdo did a terrible job informing anyone of what her plan to save the Resistance was. Poe asked her twice on separate occasions what the plan was and she told him off. After not getting any results, Poe had concluded that “Vice Admiral” Holdo was not fit for command and takes matters into his own hands. He recruits Rose and Finn to go find a hacker on the planet Canto Bight who can help stop the First Order from tracking the Resistance’s ships. They are, in the end, successful but are almost immediately betrayed by the discount hacker they found in the Canto Bight prison. Most people blame Poe for getting most of the surviving Resistance members killed because of his plan. My argument against that is he acted with the information he had because Vice Admiral Holdo withheld “need to know information” from one of her higher ranking officers. After TFA (“The Force
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Awakens”) everyone was stoked for Supreme Leader Snoke. He was dark, evil and powerful with the force. It was exciting to speculate about where Snoke came from and how he became so powerful with the force. However, Disney had other plans for Snoke. Disney, after nearly two years of covering up Snoke’s identity and being rather shifty about it, has Kylo Ren kill him rather easily in TLJ. Just like a lot of other things in this movie, it was quite disappointing, especially to see an allpowerful character like Snoke die so easily. Snoke’s death was good character development for Kylo Ren because Snoke was holding him back. However, it makes no sense why Disney would make Snoke up to be this all-powerful baddy and not do anything with him. I draw similarities from Captain Plasma’s screen time to Snoke’s. Not enough time was spent with either of them to make me care about them or for their deaths to seem fitting. If you have read the part one article about TLJ and have now gotten to this point, you may have noticed that most of my problems with the movie are with the characters. You may also have noticed that most of the characters I am disappointed with are of the female variety. There are some that argue that, “There are not enough powerful prominent women in Star Wars.” To that, I call BS. If anyone would take the time to consider the lore of each
movie, TV show and maybe a book or two in the Star Wars universe, you would understand why I call BS. Here are my examples: Mon Mothma (leader of the Rebel Alliance and eventual founder of the New Republic) Asajj Ventress (assassin for Count Dooku) Ahsoka Tano (Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice) Shaak Ti (Jedi Master) Padme Amidala (former queen of Naboo, senator and mother of both Luke and Leia) Leia Organa (one of the youngest senators ever and eventually becomes a general of the Rebel Alliance). Those are just for starters. Powerful women have always been in Star Wars and it may seem like I do not like that. False, I am cool with powerful women. The only problem is if you are going to write a backstory and script for a character, make it good. Most of the female characters of TLJ are written in a way that makes them as powerful and badass as they possibly can be. It doesn’t work. Like I said for Rey, you must give a character flaws and obstacles that prevent them from progressing. You cannot give a character complete perfection and expect them to be interesting unless you are doing it in a comical fashion. That is what this movie is to me — one big comic strip. The General Leia/Mary Poppins scene sums up the entire movie — a joke. The last thing I would like to attack the movie
for is a small one, but angered me all the same. The humor is forced (no pun intended). Almost every tense scene that was really getting me into the moment was utterly ruined by some joke that someone says. This disregards the whole atmosphere of what is going on around them. The only case where I think this worked, is the very beginning of the movie when the First Order is attacking the Resistance base. Poe stalls General Hux by pretending he cannot hear him. After that, the movie goes to bantha poodoo. What I enjoy about the original trilogy, and even some parts of the prequels (not Jar Jar), is that the humor is subtle and organic. The situations cause the humor, not the characters themselves. In TLJ, many of the main characters make wisecracks and jokes while their friends are dying around them. Not okay. The humor deescalates nearly every situation because it does not fit. This concludes my problems with ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” To everyone who got this far and read both articles, I appreciate that you read them and possibly considered my points. It feels good to have gotten all of this off my chest. I will now return to doing video game articles like I was meant to. May the force be with you. Have a good day.
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Local Freshman Goes Crazy at Involvement Expo After signing up for over 30 clubs and organizations he learns he doesn’t want to participate in any time for a change. That is when he signed up for 35 clubs and organizations, including but not limited to: The Spectrum, Student Government (God knows why), Unicycle and Juggling club, Bison Robotics, Sirloin and Saddle and several others that have chosen to Erik Jonasson II go unnamed. Floss admitted Opinion Editor to me that he didn’t even North Dakota State vote this year, but now he is freshman and recent signed up for both College bachelor, David Floss is Democrats and College and even currently trying to decide if Republicans accidentally got involved he will actually go to any of the clubs he signed up at the with the Libertarian group who he mistakenly thought involvement expo. Floss, who signed up to was a book club. “I lost control.” Floss write for The Spectrum as admitted to me that at the well, told me in an exclusive beginning of the year he had interview that he honestly just did it all on impulse. He hoped to be more involved, has since chosen not to write but had decided to focus on for The Spectrum over fear school more at the time. Several bison days of inadequacy. Floss, who had been (skipping every class) and talking about marriage with getting drunk on Tuesdays his now ex-girlfriend told later, Floss has decided to me it was the happiest three make more friends. “It is a great way to David Floss speaks out about joining new organizations. months of his life but it was meet people, or so I’ve seen in movies.” Floss also told me that after the involvement expo he rushed “I lost control.” - David Floss every fraternity and even Floss also told me that after the involvement expo questioned the policies at Delta. he rushed every fraternity and even questioned the Kappa “I am going to be the policies at Kappa Delta. most involved bastard on he was wondering if I would Bison Catholic get together. Floss’s experience is this campus.” After telling join him to Mass on Saturday not uncommon. Every year night; it would be his first me that, Floss told me that
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hundreds of people sign up for The Spectrum, but only the strangest and in some cases the smelliest (looking at you Zach) make it. Find something you are passionate about and then never stop doing it. But until then, do you want to write for The Spectrum?
The Dyson Dishwasher of the Future We’re not in the tech business; we’re in the people giving us money business
Grant Gloe Staff Writer
Coming soon to a late night commercial near you: the Dyson Dishwasher. Here at Dyson, we have a singular goal: minimalist designs that maximize profits. Our vacuums have balls; our fans work bladeless and our hand dryers are worthless. Today, we bring our best and brightest, newest, lightest, stupify-est, most expensive, cost-effective, intuitive innovation of this century and, may I be so bold, the next century as well. I bring to you: the Dyson
your home is a UPS or sells fried chicken, you should not be dealing in boxes. So two-thousand-late-teen. These days the spheres are where it’s at. One big ball of a washer to glide like a beautiful bald eagle into that hole in your counter that used to completely cover the dead bugs and dust. Next, we asked ourselves, “What does every other dishwasher find to be the most effective means of
Unless your home is a UPS or sells fried chicken, you should not be dealing in boxes. doing its job?” The answer was simple: water. Therefore, the Dyson Dishwasher™ will function without any water whatsoever. Instead, we shall
The Dyson Dishwasher™ will function without any water whatsoever. Dishwasher. Now, just what sets us apart from every other dishwasher? Well first off, the box is out of date. Unless
builds and dissipates the air through a steady and quiet stream that kind of blows the crumbs around. A Purell bottle attached to a window motor will then give your plates a healthy spritz. All leaps forward require one foot rooted in the past. Only once we embrace change may we take that second step. In this case, we hear your pleas. “It’s pretty weak,” “My mouth tastes like rubbing alcohol and
implement our air multiplier technology, which channels air into an insulated motor cage and out around the edges of the sphere until pressure
shampoo” and “You don’t work here please leave.” Well, I implore you to leave behind whatever you think technology means. We at Dyson use revolutionary synergistic solutions that will rocket all of those who think everyday items are too mundane, yet not mundane enough, into the 21st century. A bridge between old and new that safely passes over common sense. And most important of all: don’t forget to shell out the extra five hundred bucks.
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A Look at Star Trek’s Economic Utopia Star Trek may be a neat place to live Mark Simonson Staff Writer
Sources have stated that some people have been confirmed to return for another Star Trek movie in the future. Chris Pine has signed a contract to return as Captain Kirk, and Zachary Quinto has signed on to reprise his role as Spock (it’s only logical). Chris Hemsworth, known for his role as Thor, is planned to return as Captain Kirk’s father. However, in a twist, it’s been rumored that there is a possibility that Quentin Tarantino may direct the next Star Trek movie. It’s been
With the invention of the replicator, there is no system of currency in Star Trek. This means that there is no need to barter, buy or sell things. With that in mind, there’s no use of starting a new business because there’s no motive in making a profit. As the replicator can make just about anything, people would not bother going somewhere to pay for something when they can make something out of thin air for free. Hence, the notion of working for a living is entirely non-existent. And so there’s no need to keep track of things like inflation, unemployment rate or other economic indicators that we
In his book Trekonomics, it mentions a postscarcity economy, where goods can become readily accessible with minimal need for human labor. said that Tarantino has had an idea that he felt would be good for the next Star Trek film and has been working with J.J. Abrams, who has produced that last three installments of Star Trek. This brought recollections of this book called Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek by Manu Saadia, a nearly life-long fan of science fiction, especially of Star Trek. Saadia has studied history of science as well as economic history in Chicago, Illinois and in Paris, France. In his book Trekonomics, Saadia mentions a postscarcity economy, where goods can become readily accessible with minimal need for human labor. This is made possible, thanks to the invention of the replicator in Star Trek.
in the United States and other parts of the world apparently need to keep track of. However, we see that in Star Trek, they still have some form of government, a chain of command, tasks to achieve and a common good to strive for. In the book, Saadia writes,“In short, everyone in the Federation seems very busy and hard at work, yet nobody gets paid. It sounds like a rotten deal.” But two paragraphs earlier, he writes, “It is almost a paradox to state it this way, but in a society where nothing is scarce and consequently where work is no longer a pre-requisite for survival, finding good reasons to work becomes paramount, the defining existential question that everyone has to ask themselves. Why work at
Thinking most likely about not getting paid but living the life of luxury. all if it’s not necessary? Because learning, making, and sharing is what makes life in the Federation worth living. Work, no longer a necessary burden, is the glue that holds the Federation together. It is the social bond and the social contract that impart substance and significance to life. Work, its life-affirming power, is why aliens and artificial life-forms are so eager to join the Federation.” This makes Star Trek
seem almost like a utopian society because who
people around the world aren’t always disconnected
“In short, everyone in the Federation seems very busy and hard at work, yet nobody gets paid. It sounds like a rotten deal.” - Manu Saadia wouldn’t want to live in a world where third-world countries are not always in miserable conditions, where
from each other while they check their cell phone every two seconds and many other modern-day complaints?
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That’d be fantastic. Sign me up right now. It’d be interesting to see what Tarantino’s interpretation of Star Trek turns out. I didn’t grow up very big on science fiction phenomena like Star Wars and Star Trek, but the next Star Trek movie should be a fun one when it comes out. Live long and prosper.
‘Star-Spangled Banner’ Declared Racist California NAACP aims to get rid of the national anthem Mark Simonson Staff Writer
The California chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has been moving to get rid of the U.S. national anthem. Alice Huffman, the president of the chapter, told a CBS station that, “This song is wrong. It should have never been there, and just like we didn’t have it until 1931, it won’t kill us if it goes away.” The main point of her believing “The StarSpangled Banner” is racist is a lyric in the third verse that says, “Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution ... No refuge could save the hireling and slave ... From the terror of light, or the gloom of the grave.” In referring to that lyric, she concluded that, “It’s racist. It doesn’t represent our community. It’s antiblack people.” This issue could be an outflow from the issue of the kneeling and protesting during the national anthem started by Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick and Huffman believe that the intentions behind it were misconstrued by turning it into debating whether it’s disrespectful to the flag and our troops. Huffman responded to the debate by stating, “The real intentions got overlooked, and it’s becoming something that divides us, and I’m looking for a way to bring us back together.”
Is the national anthem racist? Of course, not everyone buys into this. A veteran by the name of John Cox said, “It won’t solve any problem.” Another veteran by the name of Sydney Lugo mentioned, “I believe it is a slap across the face. Whether there’s some kind of flaw in the context of what this is, I don’t see it that way. I have to stick to our traditions and our values and what we represent.” British historian Robin Blackburn believes the words “the hireling and slave” refer to the thousands of slaves that were freed by the British and ordered by them to battle in
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the Revolutionary War against their slave-owners in America. However, Congress eventually allowed them to serve on the American side during the war. Five thousand free blacks and slaves served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. In 1778, several slaves who served in the war were granted their freedom in multiple states. American forces in the Revolutionary War included both blacks and whites. Mark Clague, professor of musicology at the University of Michigan and founder of the Star Spangled
Music Foundation, believes the national anthem “in no way glorifies or celebrates slavery.” During an interview for The New York Times, Clague noted that the national anthem isn’t about slavery. He said the lyric in question that mentions slaves was actually about the British manipulating black Americans to switch sides by promising freedom. Clague noted that the term “freemen” referenced in the fourth verse of “The Star-Spangled Banner” encompassed both whites and blacks. One could be concerned about ridding this country
of the national anthem, as it has essentially been held sacred since most of us were born. I, for one, am concerned about the divisiveness regarding this issue and what it potentially could lead to. Clague noted that when Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Spangled Banner” in 1814 it wasn’t describing what America looked like at that time, but what he had envisioned the “unified force” the United States would become afterward. When asked toward the end of the interview what he felt was the most important part of the national anthem,
Clague explained, “For me, it’s the punctuation that ends the part we sing. After ‘land of the free,’ we have a question mark, not an exclamation point. Is the flag and what it represents still there? Are we winning the battle for freedom that this country was founded on? That’s where Colin Kaepernick has started a productive conversation. If there are people who don’t feel the song represents them, we need to pay attention to that. But if we just reject the song as racist, or declare that it isn’t our anthem anymore, we don’t fix the problem.”
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Bison Women Chalk Up First Summit Win NDSU defense shuts down Fort Wayne
Tyrah Spencer and the Bison got their first win in five Summit League games Saturday.
Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor
The North Dakota State women’s basketball team took their first win of the conference season, beating Fort Wayne 72-56 Saturday. After a three-game road trip, the Bison returned home and committed to the defensive side of the game. With a struggling Mastodons team visiting, the Bison did just that. Just three minutes in, Sarah Jacobson picked
Payton Fallis’ pocket and hit Marina Fernandez in transition, who laid it in for the Bison. That made the score just 4-2, but after Fort Wayne tied the game at four, NDSU led the rest of the way. A 9-0 run was punctuated by Taylor Thunstedt knocking down a 3-pointer. While the Bison put points up on the board, the Mastodons struggled to do so. Starting in the end the first, Fort Wayne missed nine straight three-point attempts.
NDSU set off extending the gap, pushing hard down low. Macey Kvilvang connected on the oldfashioned 3-point play to make the score 26-14. In the second quarter, the Bison outscored the Mastodons 13-5. Fort Wayne shot a poor 23.1 percent from the floor in the first 20 minutes of play. The Bison continued their efficiency in the third quarter, led by the play of Sarah Jacobson. The sophomore scored seven of the Bison’s first nine points
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in the half. It was all part of an afternoon in which she led the Bison with 19 points, four assists and three steals. “I just think it was a defensive team effort that led to easy offense,” Jacobson said. “We just made the easy open pass, which resulted in some baskets.” Inside the second half, Reilly Jacobson got on a roll. She collected 10 of her 16 points in the third quarter. Twelve of her total came inside the paint, where NDSU held a 32-10 advantage.
“Being able to protect the paint, that is something we have talked about with our defensive urgency, and I thought both the guards and the post did that,” head coach Maren Walseth said. The Bison dominated the glass as well. NDSU held a 40-27 edge on rebounds. The Bison were led by Autumn Ogden, making her first start of her career, and Kvilvang, who each recorded seven. Fort Wayne was held to just 30.2 percent shooting on the afternoon, underlining the defensive performance
from the home side. Walseth was pleased with her team’s performance. “I think that was our most complete defensive effort in conference play.” NDSU improves to 8-11 on the season and to 1-4 in the Summit League. Fort Wayne drops to 4-16 (1-6 SL). The Bison look to keep the good feelings rolling with a trip to Omaha on Tuesday. The Mavericks sit at the bottom of the Summit League, still looking for their first conference win.
Michael Regan Introduced as Soccer Coach Former Indiana assistant takes the helm of the Bison Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor
North Dakota State introduced Michael Regan as the new women’s soccer coach. Regan, a former Indiana assistant coach, will take the helm after the resignation of former coach Mark Cook in November. It is the second collegiate head-coaching job for Regan, 33, but this one came a little more orthodox than the first. Following his time as a player at North Iowa Area Community College, he took over from his former coach Colin Murphy, who was a lawyer by day. “He got busy with his practice so we reversed roles,” Regan said. “That’s where I started my journey, and it’s where it was meant to be.” So, at age 20, he took the helm for the Trojans. Over the course of five years, he complied a 74-17-6 record. Following his time at North Iowa, Regan became an assistant at Drake. In 2015, he helped the Bulldogs to a Missouri Val-
ley championship and the coaching staff was named MVC Coaching Staff of the Year. While at Drake, Regan caught sight of what was happening with the growing program in Fargo. “I think from my time at Drake, I always knew from afar this place had high standards,” Regan said. “One, the institution was growing and athletically it was growing. I went to Indiana and the Bison footprint continued to grow. When I got here, I was taken aback by the vision.” Regan has spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Indiana. The Hosiers went 13-18-8 in those two seasons in a very tough Big Ten Conference. Regan inherits a team that lost only a pair of seniors from last season. This Michael Regan (right) and NDSU Athletic Director Matt Larson youthful squad is something conference. that he would like to devel- uct, Regan outlined his phi- pinned back defensively. op. losophy. “I am a coach that While no official possession “One thing I am very pas- wants the ball; I want to pos- stat is kept, NDSU rarely sionate about is developing sess the ball more than the dominated possession. players, individually, collec- opposition,” Regan said. “I This led to the Bison’s tively, in our lines. And it is want my team to play out struggles to put the ball in a great time to do that in the of the back, but good teams the net. NDSU was shut out spring and then get after it in know how to adjust.” in nine of 19 games last seathe fall.” Last season, the Bison son, including the first sevAs for the on-field prod- often found themselves en. When Summit League
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hold up a Bison soccer scarf after Regan’s introductory press play came around, the Bison found the back of the net more regularly, leading to a trip to the Summit League final. When asked how to get a more consistent flow of goals, Regan noted, “It comes down to this time of year, whether there was
lack of confidence in front of goal, you got to put that right.” The Bison’s 2018 schedule has not been officially released as of yet, but games usually start around mid to late August.
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Men’s Basketball Stumbles Against Fort Wayne Bison squander 15-point lead, slip below .500 in conference
NDSU currently sits fifth in the Summit League with a 2-3 record after falling at Fort Wayne.
Thomas Evanella Staff Writer
Despite leading with less than three minutes to play, the North Dakota State men’s basketball team fell to Indiana Purdue-Fort Wayne this past Saturday, 92-88. Paul Miller and A.J. Jacobson both scored 21 points, but the Bison could not hold
tage to 15, their high-water mark of the night. The Bison took the locker room with a 51-40 lead, thanks to shooting 66.7 percent from the field and 53.3 percent from three. The second half was virtually a carbon copy of the first, but it was the Mastodons who turned the tables on NDSU. Fort Wayne went to work on the Bison’s
The Bison have struggled this season in games in which they have conceded 80 or more points. NDSU is 0-6 in such games. By comparison, in the 2016-17 campaign, the Herd were 4-2 when allowing 80 plus points. off the Mastodons’ torrid second half. NDSU and Fort Wayne exchanged leads early in the first half, but Miller scored on three consecutive possessions to put the Bison in front. Ensuing 3-pointers from Jacobson, Jared Samuelson and Dylan Miller saw the Herd’s lead quickly grow to 13. The Mastodons briefly cut the lead down to single digits, but the Bison answered with timely baskets. Fort Wayne scored on two straight possessions, but NDSU responded with a Tyson Ward dunk and a Rocky Kreuser’s trey. Shortly thereafter, NDSU’s two seniors connected from beyond the arc to bring the Bison’s advan-
11-point lead quickly and had the game tied by the 9:18 mark. Guards Kason Harrell and Bryson Scott combined to score 25 of the Mastodons’ 32 points in the comeback effort, knotting the game at 72. IPFW ripped off a 10-0 run shortly thereafter, taking advantage of the Bison’s cold shooting and foul trouble. NDSU missed six shots and quickly saw the Mastodons race past them. Fort Wayne scored eight of their 10 points from the charity stripe. A four-point lead ultimately became a six-point deficit. The run spanned 3:17, and it was not until half of a minute remained that the Bison hit another shot, a triple from Jacobson. The Fargo
native sunk two free throws on the next possession to give NDSU one last chance down two with 23 seconds to play. Harrell turned the ball over for Fort Wayne, but Cameron Hunter’s corner three for the win was off the mark. It was ultimately too little to late for NDSU, who shot a meager 12 for 32 in the second half. Meanwhile, the Mastodons connected at a clip of 54.5 percent from the field and on 3-pointers. Scott’s 31 points led all scorers, and Harrell was not far behind with 26. Sixteen second-half fouls doomed the Bison, who sent Fort Wayne to the line 25 times in the last 20 minutes. The Mastodons capitalized, sinking 22 of their attempts from the line. The loss drops NDSU to 10-10 overall and 2-3 in Summit League play. It marks the first occasion since Jan. 9, 2016 that the Bison have dipped to a losing record in conference action. Losers in three of their last four games, the Herd are presently fifth in the Summit League, trailing South Dakota State, South Dakota, Fort Wayne and Oral Roberts. The Bison have struggled this season in games in which they have conceded 80 or more points. NDSU is 0-6 in such games. By comparison, in the 2016-17 campaign, the Herd were 4-2 when allowing 80 plus points. NDSU returns to the Scheels Center Thursday to face the 7-15 University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks.
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A.J. Jacobson had 21 points, but it was not enough for the Bison to hold on against Fort Wayne.
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THE SPECTRUM | NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY | MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018
BISON ROUNDUP Cody Tusler Staff Writer
Women’s track and field
The North Dakota State women’s track and field participated in the Jim Emmerich Invitational hosted by South Dakota State Saturday, Jan. 20. Maddy Nilles threw a personal-best weight throw of 66-08.00 (20.32m) to win the event. Nilles is ranked No. 2 in school history and improved her mark by more than one foot. She now stands in the top 15 in the NCAA this year. Piper Jensen won both the long jump with a 1940.25 (5.90m) jump and the triple jump with a 38-07.50 (11.77m) jump. Jensen has won the long jump and triple jump in three consecutive
meets, making her 6-for-6 on first-place finishes this year. Alexis Woods won the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.24 seconds. Daejha Moss cleared 5-05.00 (1.65m) to win the high jump. Bailey Retzlaff won the shot put, throwing 5100.25 (15.55m). Unattached Shelby Gunnells took third, Courtney Pasiowitz was fourth and Maggie Schwarzkopf finished fifth. Pasiowitz was the runner-up in the weight throw with a distance of 60-01.75 (18.33m). Gabby Grommesh placed fifth in both the 60m and 200m. She clocked 7.78 seconds in the 60m prelims and ran an indoor-best 25.52 in the 200m. The Bison will compete next at the Jack Johnson Classic hosted by the University of Minnesota Jan.
26-27.
Men’s track and field
The North Dakota State men’s track and field also participated in the Jim Emmerich Invitational hosted by South Dakota State Saturday, Jan. 20. Alex Talley threw a personal-best in the weight throw with a distance of 6308.25 (1.41m), improving by more than three feet. The throw ties Talley for No. 5 on the NDSU all-time list. Competing unattached, Payton Otterdahl won the weight throw and shot put. He registered marks of 66-07.25 (20.30m) in the weight throw and 62-06.00 (19.05m) in the shot put. Alex Renner was the shotput runner-up at 61-10.25 (18.85m). Talley placed third in the shot put at 5706.25 (17.53m). Jonah Warwick ran the
second-fastest indoor 800m of his career Saturday, finishing in 1:51.59 for second place. Byrne Curl (1:53.13) and Tim Heikkila (1:54.51) both posted indoor personalbests, with Curl finsihing fourth overall. Warwick, Jacob Richter, Curl and Landon Jochim teamed up to finish third in the 4x400m relay in 3:16.25. Camron Roehl ran a personal-best 4:11.57 in the mile for third place. Only All-American Jake Leingang has run a faster mile for NDSU in the past five years. Elliott Stone registered a personal-best of 4:13.48 for fourth place. The Bison will compete next at the Jack Johnson Classic hosted by the University of Minnesota Jan. 26-27.
Wrestling
NDSU wrestling lost the
final five bouts and eight of 10 against No. 22-ranked Wyoming, as the Cowboys won 32-6 in a Big 12 Conference dual Saturday, Jan. 20. Paul Bianchi (125 pounds) jumped out early to an 8-1 lead and won with a 13-5 major decision over Drake Foster. Bianchi improved to 19-9 overall and 7-5 in duals. From there, Wyoming won three straight, starting with No. 5-ranked 133-pounder Montorie Bridges’s 12-4 major decision over Cam Sykora, topranked 141-pounder Bryce Meredith’s 18-3 tech fall over Nico Colunga and No. 19 149-pounder Sam Turner’s 6-3 decision over Kyle Gliva. NDSU No. 14-ranked 157-pounder Clay Ream stopped the run with a win over No. 12 Archie Colgan
4-3. Ream improved to 16-3 overall and 10-1 in duals. He is now 3-3 against ranked opponents. NDSU 165-pounder Andrew Fogarty dropped a 2-0 decision to Wyoming’s Branson Ashworth in a battle of nationally-ranked wrestlers. The Cowboys would get more points on a Chaz Polson tech fall at 184 over Cole Witzig, and 197-pounder Dewey Krueger’s pin over Cordell Eaton, while 174-pounder Kyle Pope rallied for an 1110 win over Charley Popp and Sam Eagan took a 3-2 decision at heavyweight over Dan Stibral. NDSU (5-7, 0-5 Big 12) is scheduled to wrestle at No. 24 Purdue 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, and at Northern Illinois 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28.
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