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“S’s of Spring Break” seminar addresses dangers of upcoming break, provides tips to stay safe Lisa Marchand | Head News Editor

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runk. Fun. Vacation. Cannabis. “Girls Gone Wild.” Mardi Gras beads.

These are the words students used to describe their idea of spring break at a spring break safety seminar last week.

With the weeklong vacation fast approaching, talks of spring break plans swirl around campus, and four university employees wanted to catch the attention of students first.

“The S’s of Spring Break: Sex, Sun, Strangers and Shots” focused on how students can stay safe during their mid-semester get-away. Whether they’re staying put or heading to popular spring break destinations like Panama City Beach, Fla., or South Padre Island, Texas, the seminar covered all the bases.

“We know that whether or not actual drinking behaviors or sexual behaviors or sexual assaults or theft … happens around spring break more, it’s something that people are thinking about more,” said Erika Beseler-Thompson, assistant director of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention.

Beseler-Thompson kicked off the event by talking about a popular spring break ingredient: alcohol.

She explained standard drink sizes to the students and how it affects people of different heights, weights, genders and tolerance levels.

“How many of you have heard tolerance as a good thing?” Beseler-Thompson asked the room. “As in, ‘I can totally hold my liquor.’”

Several students tentatively raised their hands.

She went on to explain that although a person’s tolerance level may be different from another’s, alcohol is eliminated from everyone’s blood stream at the same rate. People simply feel the effects of alcohol differently.

Nothing sobers a person up except for one thing — time, she said. Not coffee, exercise, food or a shower, as many of the students suggested.

To prevent overdrinking and the potential for harm, the alcohol and drug abuse prevention advocate explained the varying stages of blood alcohol content.

“Death can occur at lower concentrations and tolerance can provide (what seems to be) normality at higher concentrations,” her presentation said.

The higher the BAC, the less control one has over their

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Erika Beseler-Thompson talks with a room full of students about how to stay safe on Spring Break, particularly if alcohol is involved.

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body. Beseler-Thompson said the first thing to be affected is a person’s judgment, followed by speech and motor skills.

When students are in an unfamiliar environment and are under the influence of alcohol, risk of injury may increase.

She discouraged risky drinking styles, like playing drinking games, taking shots, drinking with strangers and drinking underage. These activities may lead to alcohol overdose, but can be prevented if students keep track of how many drinks they consume and where they fall on a BAC chart.

To see a BAC chart and for additional information, visit ndsu.edu/alcoholinfo.

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Every student was offered a sucker, which they were prompted to open and enjoy. Then Deborah Nelson, a family nurse practitioner at Student Health Services, told everyone to find a neighbor and share their sucker.

A wave of laughter crept through the crowd of students.

Nelson may have caused a good laugh, but her subject was serious — sexually transmitted diseases. She said that one in two sexually active people will contract an STD by the time they’re 25 years old.

What really caused a stir was what Nelson showed

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next. A sexual exposure chart displayed how many other partners a person is exposed to when they have sex with someone who has had the same number of partners as them.

If someone has sex with nine people (who have each had sex with nine people,) they are exposed to 511 other partners.

Several students murmured a hushed “Wow” and chatted amongst themselves.

Nelson then showed two more charts that explained the number of STD cases throughout the United States, including chlamydia and gonorrhea. She said that for the students traveling below the Mason-Dixon line for spring break should heed caution.

A popular destination for NDSU spring breakers is Panama City Beach. In 2012, the state of Florida had between 2,307 and 2,511 cases of gonorrhea per 100,000 people.

That is between 2.3 and 2.5 percent of people, compared to between 2 and 2.3 percent in North Dakota.

For those who are heading south of the border to places like Cancun, Mexico, Nelson said the chances increase even more.

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This year’s Innovation Week keynote speaker, Andre Taylor, spoke about defining innovation in three ways: dialogue, realization and influence.

Awards Ceremony Caps Innovation Week

ABC News’ “expert on entrepreneurship” gives keynote address Benjamin Norman Staff Writer

The campus-wide celebration of innovation ended March 6 in the Memorial Union’s Great Plains Ballroom.

Innovation Week ‘14 ended its festivities with a ceremony that witnessed international speaker Andre Taylor give the keynote speech. A total of $24,500 was presented to innovative students.

Innovation Week, celebrating its fifth year at NDSU, hosted educational assemblies and activities, including the third-annual Innovation Challenge. The competition brought in 20 teams that had ideas ranging from curing neuroblastoma to scanning employee’s hands to make sure they washed their hands after using the restroom. The teams were grouped into one of three different tracks: production, service or goods and services focused on corn.

The top three teams in each track received monetary winnings; first place received $5,000, second place, $1,000 and third place, $500. The people’s choice

award, worth $5,000, was also presented to the public’s favorite team. NDSU President Dean Bresciani and Provost J. Bruce Rafert helped present awards.

The evening’s biggest winner, NewCure, consisted of Shuang Zhou, a graduate student studying pharmaceutical sciences. She worked on a project designed to terminate neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous tissue found primarily in infants and children.

Zhou’s research focused on terminating cancerous stem cells.

Kim Lucier, an education services coordinator at the NDSU research and technology park, has watched the event blossom throughout the years. “(Innovation Week) started out with just informational, educational seminars,” Lucier said. “I think we are just really excited to grow the innovative culture around and throughout NDSU and involve as many students from every piece of the campus as we can. We want all colleges to be involved.”

Rafert added: “I am thankful (for) everyone who helped us offer Innovation Week ’14 this year. Each and every one of you has played a role making this the best Innovation Week and Innovation Challenge ever.”

Taylor, founder and CEO of Taylor Insight Worldwide LLC, has been in the entrepreneurial spotlight for more than 30 years.

He also commented on the excitement of In-

novation Week ’14, but warned the prospective audience to be brave in the real world.

“Everyone’s excited about this opportunity,” Taylor said. “There is great fanfare about Innovation Week; it is very exciting to see it happen, but when you go out into the real world and you suggest something — in a world where everyone has a bias to move in a different direction — (your suggestion) may not be received the same way. So you have to have courage.”

Although justifiably credited with bringing our world forward, Taylor also warned of believing technology as the sole contributors to innovation.

“Technology gets a lot of attention with innovation,” Taylor said. “Although a lot of times it is the human intervention, it is the human design, it’s the human perspective that enables an innovation to move forward.”

To be an innovator, Taylor said, one must adhere to the recipe of success, which includes the ingredients of vision, inclination and determination.

“As an innovator, you are always disruptive; you are always agitated,” Taylor said, but he warned of flying solo. “You can innovate alone, but you do need other folks with you — to participate with you — to really make this happen. Teaming up is crucial.”

The ceremony included NDSU catering

and music provided by the School of Music’s Saxophone Quartet. The program was emceed by Mike Krueger, founder and president of the Money Farm, a grain marketing advisory service based in Fargo. Krueger added humorous anecdotes throughout the ceremony, including the innovating childhood story in which he and his brother created a “rocket” by filling a beer can with gasoline and igniting it, which did not sit well with his grandparents.

“It’s okay to fail at innovation, as long as you survive,” Krueger said.

Award Winners Service-track Award

Aqua Motion International

Product-track Award NewCure

Corn-track Award Hum-Healthy-Plus

People’s Choice Award NewCure

Tragic Fire Results in Community Outreach Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser to help retired NDSU officer Jim Brun Adam Farhat Staff Writer

On Jan. 8, retired police officer Jim Brun was struck by tragedy.

Nearly everything he owned was lost in a house fire, including his television, stereo and a number of irreplaceable photos and books.

Members of the university police have been in the process of organizing a spaghetti feed. All proceeds raised will go to Brun.

Brun was a police officer for 20 years, applying his expertise of the trade for the Fargo-Moorhead area as well as the NDSU community. He retired from duty in May 2013.

“He was the go-to guy,” NDSU police officer Chris Potter said. “Jim could answer any question you had about NDSU. He knew everybody.”

Lieutenant Gregory Stone added: “Jim was dedicated to the students, faculty and staff at NDSU. He came to work enthusiastic everyday and put the needs of NDSU above his own.”

Retired NDSU police officer Jim Brun lost his home in a fire Jan. 8. A spaghetti feed will take place Friday at the Alumni Center to raise funds for Brun and his family.

Although the tragedy is fresh and the repercussions of the incident still profound, optimism is high.

“Since the fire, trying to achieve a normal life has been at the forefront,” Brun said. “I miss the big things, but (what is) hardest to adjust to is the loss of everyday things you take for granted like your toothbrush or your razor and even your favorite coffee mug.”

“As time goes on, though, you realize that the things lost were just things you can get back.”

Brun has focused on restoring his life, which the spaghetti feed may have the potential to do.

“The spaghetti feed is a great opportunity for the NDSU, as well as (the) Fargo community to rally around one of its own,” Potter said, “and all you have to do is have spaghetti for dinner.”

The dinner will be hosted Friday at the Alumni Center on campus by NDSU catering. Spaghetti sauce, garlic bread, lemonade and a cash bar for those who are 21 or older

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will be available at the event.

The dinner is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Other donations will also be accepted there as well as the NDSU police station. All proceeds go to Brun and his family.

“The spaghetti feed proves that there are people out there who care and will do what is needed to help you out,” Brun said. “It does make it a little easier knowing they are there. Life will get better and go on.”

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The nurse practitioner suggested that protection and limiting partners is key.

She also said that everyone should get tested for STDs, especially after having unprotected sex.

Students can get an STD screening for $10 at Student Health Services at 701-2317331.

Sun Nelson also educated students on the dangers of sun and tanning bed exposure. She asked the audience how many people had used a tanning bed in the past.

Nearly a majority of the room raised their hands.

She called them brave for being the ones to admit it.

“I think they’ll be outlawed in 15 years, because they’re so dangerous,” Nelson said. “But spring break, some kids will go to warm spots, they haven’t been in the sun, they’re going to burn, and it’s a risk for cancer.”

In fact, one in five Americans will develop skin cancer at some point in their life.

Some students use tanning beds in preparation for their vacation to get a “base tan,” but Nelson said tanning beds are far more dangerous. She said that if a person uses a tanning bed six times in one year, their risk for skin cancer increases by 73 percent.

The risk for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, increases by 75 percent if a person uses a tanning bed before they are 35.

What Nelson suggested

is that students on vacation should cover up, apply sunscreen at least 30 minutes prior to sun exposure, examine their skin and see a doctor every year.

For more information visit skincancer.org or cdc. gov.

Strangers Although Sara Dodd’s section was called “Strangers,” sexual predators are often not strangers at all.

The assistant director of NDSU’s Sexual Assault and Prevention Advocacy prefaced her presentation with the fact that most men and women are non-violent.

However, violent offenders do exist, and students may be at a higher risk for violence during spring break and the weeks after.

“For a long time, prevention efforts have just focused on women, and we want to shift that for it to be everybody, men and women,” Dodd said.

She said what causes sexual violence is not alcohol, drugs or a person’s environment — it is the predator.

Dodd told students to keep an eye out for what the FBI calls the “nice guy.”

She repeated that not all offenders are male, but that the majority of them are.

The nice guy is wellliked and popular, attractive and confident, but manipulative and self-serving. They may attempt to flatter a victim, get close to them and then make sexual advances.

If the other person does not consent, they become a victim of sexual assault.

When alcohol is a factor, predators may push drinks on their victim to get them to the most vulnerable state possible, Dodd said.

She suggested that students, both men and women, trust their instincts, stay with their friends and intervene safely if a situation does occur.

“It’s everybody’s responsibility to make sure sexual assault doesn’t happen to their friends, to anyone in our community,” Dodd said.

Dodd is available at 701730-6149.

Safety NDSU police officer Chris Potter wrapped up the presentation with more general safety facts for students to keep in mind.

He said that spring break destinations are hotbeds for crime. In fact, the Panama City Beach police department has upped their patrol for the spring break season.

PCB’s daily newspaper The News Herald reported March 5 that PCBPD is expecting an influx of at least 400,000 students within the next three weeks. Police officers are working 12-hour shifts and patrolling the beaches on ATVs. Potter said that hotels during spring break are a particular hot spot for crime.

Students should choose a room above the first floor and always lock their doors to prevent theft or assault.

Potter also said springbreakers need to familiarize themselves with local alcohol ordinances in the United States and international destinations.

CORRECTION from Mar. 6 In the March 6 article titled “Bison Beeper offers students safe trips home,” it was stated that university police and security office director Ray Boyer said the group is one way to ensure safety. However, Boyer is not endorsing this program as a way to ensure safety.

The statistics presented represented the total number of DUI arrests by NDSU police officers, not specifically on campus. Additionally, one of the six student DUI arrests was not on campus.

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The North Dakota University System is dealing with the fallout of a suspicious access on one of the university system’s servers, which houses current and former student, staff and faculty information.

NDUS Chancellor Larry Skogen issued a release that said they do not believe personal information was lifted off the server, but the system is still taking precautions to ensure everyone affected was notified of the intrusion.

“There is no evidence that the intruder accessed the personal information or even knew it was there,” NDUS spokeswoman Linda Donlin said. “The (internal forensics) team feels the criminal was simply using the power of our server as a launching pad to attack others, possibly for something like a phishing scheme.”

She said the analysis is being confirmed by the external federal forensics agency.

Phishing schemes are used by criminals to steal money or information from users by gaining access to their computers. University system officials said a forensics team investigating the intrusion believes the culprit is located overseas.

“Records of more than 290,000 current and former students and about 780 faculty and staff resided on the server. No credit card or bank account information was contained in the records,” the system’s state-

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The personal information on the server included names and social security numbers.

NDUS released information Wednesday regarding the breach, almost one month after Core Technology Services, the information technology arm of the system, detected the suspicious activity on the server.

“The suspicious activity was discovered on Feb. 7, and the server was immediately locked down,” the NDUS statement said.

But why did the university system not send out information on the threat until March?

“The first priority was to get the server locked down and to ensure that all other data on the system was secure,” Donlin said. “Then the (forensics) team did a thorough forensic analysis to ascertain the nature and scope of the breach.”

“We wanted to ensure we had the correct information and knew how many people could possibly be impacted,” she added. “That helped determine how best to reach them and what steps we needed to take to respond to their needs.”

The university system said it implemented measures to prevent a similar breach from taking place.

“NDUS removed all access to the affected server and revalidated each individual user, initiated more stringent intrusion detection measures and developed a taskforce to address how we access data even more securely,” the system’s statement said.

NDSU student government Executive Commissioner of Governmental Relations and Intercollegiate Affairs Robert Kringler said the news was a surprise to their body.

“We are watching this

very closely and trying to learn as much as possible on what, how and why it happened,” Kringler said.

“It is extremely concerning to learn that our private student information was compromised and perhaps more concerning that it wasn’t noticed for several months,” he added.

So far NDSU’s student government has not taken formal action to address the breach, but Kringler said he is in contact with other student leaders and university system officials.

Putting out the fire After the breach, the system had to establish a strategy to disseminate the information to the hundreds of thousands affected.

On March 3, NDUS decided it would make an announcement about the breach two days later.

Donlin said the system sent out an email to all students, faculty and staff to inform them of the breach on Wednesday. A news release was issued shortly thereafter.

“From a public relations standpoint, our goal is to be as transparent and responsive as possible,” Donlin said. “A core team of (Information Technology), (Public Relations), Student Affairs and legal was formed and worked through the issue — mostly in the past days.”

Chancellor Skogen and NDUS Deputy Chief Information Officer Darin King also held a news conference to address the breach.

The system also set up a website with the news release and a list of frequently asked questions with answers. There was also a call center set up to address this issue.

To see a full list of FAQs visit: http://ndus.edu/data/.

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Hannah Passolt, a senior majoring in zoology, works in the Wet Ecosystem Research Group lab on campus conducting advanced and original research with nanoparticles.

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As spring and graduation approach, many students are trying to find ways to expand their resume.

For Hannah Passolt, a senior majoring in zoology, growing plants and studying soil and water means producing experience for her resume and future career.

Passolt works in the Wet Ecosystem Research Group lab in Stevens Hall and also partners with plant sciences in order to further research in the field of science that she is passionate about.

“I love working with plants…I (am) totally fascinated by the concept of ecology,”

Passolt said. “Plants are sort of the foundation for evolution and the world.”

Before beginning her work at the WERG lab, Passolt’s love for the natural world has resonated in her previous jobs. She worked in a florist shop in downtown Fargo for a period of time, as well as a summer camp where it was her responsibility to teach campers about the environment and ecosystems.

Since starting in the lab as a volunteer in the fall of 2011, Passolt’s enthusiasm for research and the environment allowed her to move her way up toward a paid undergraduate lab position.

“Through the last couple of years I’ve stuck around and gained a reputable reputation—I hope,” Passolt chuckled. “I had no idea that asking my advisor for a volunteer opportunity would get me to the spot where I am now.”

Growing and identifying plants, as well as analyzing and preparing soil, have been some of the projects that Passolt has been involved in over the last few years. The latest undergraduate research project that she be-

gan conducting last summer involves studying zinc nanoparticles in various selections of wheat.

“That project was presented to me as a product of my volunteering when I started in the lab…I was kind of intimidated because I had no idea what nanoparticles were,” Passolt said. “But I decided to do that because it’s a great opportunity.”

This project has been groundbreaking for Passolt, because the type of research is still incredibly new.

“It was really interesting to be able to work on a project as an undergraduate and work on brand-new science—it’s largely unknown,” Passolt said. “To be able to be on the leading-edge of (this research) is really exciting.”

Although her love for the environment and for science seemed to have developed over time, she mentioned that the work that she has been doing would not have been possible without her advisors Donna Jacob, research assistant professor of biological sciences; and Marinus Otte, professor of plant sciences; as well as Mohamed Mergoum,

professor of plant sciences and collaborator of plant sciences.

“They are just so brilliant, and they always have new ideas and new challenges,” Passolt said. “A lot of the professors here do a really good job of teaching in a way that is applicable to the real world.”

The funding for her project is largely attributed to the North Dakota IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence program of the NIH National Center for Research Resources and also plant sciences.

“Without their funding, none of my research would be possible,” Passolt said.

As Passolt prepares for graduation in May, her unparalleled experience working in the WERG lab has been budding into something that she will be able to carry on into graduate school and potentially her future career.

“I want to be someplace where I can pass on what I’ve learned in the lab and my education,” Passolt said. “I want to have people understand the importance of conservation and preservation of the natural world.”

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lot 2029 In the month on March, many of us are thinking of only two things: spring break and spring. It seems it is time for winter to take pity on us strong Fargo souls and give us a little bit of warmth; however, it doesn’t happen that way.

For those of us who do not get to have an early spring to escape our chills, a great way to brighten up is by going to Lot 2029.

This women’s clothing store is located conveniently in downtown Fargo, as I again wanted to showcase a wonderful privately owned company in town.

Lot 2029 started in Bismarck, which soon became popular and spread to Fargo last spring. They company is currently making plans to build their third store in Sioux Falls.

The store targets women in a large demographic focusing on fashion lovers between 15 to 35 years of age; however, anyone can find something interesting in the store. Its price ranges are competitive and very reasonable with a fast movement of merchandise each week.

Right when stepping into the store, shoppers are consumed by the thrilling atmosphere and colorful surroundings. Their clothing and accessories are all unique and trendy.

Lot 2029, a new fashion store downtown, offers a spring-like atmosphere for trendy shoppers.

While shopping around, I felt relaxed and comfortable with the store’s kind and sensitive staff that happily let me roam around.

They enjoy catering to their customers needs by providing great service and having seasonal drinks for the shopper’s delight.

The best way Lot 2029 promotes itself is by its faithful dedication to social media.

Having photo shoots with models in Fargo and keeping the public up to date with its merchandise daily helps keep them on everyone’s mind.

Lot 2029 has a Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, which everyone should follow to see the sales and deals they have going on.

Staff members are even building up an on-

line store for those of us who have a hard time finding the free time to shop.

Lot 2029 is a great addition to our downtown Fargo retail sector. With their bright, trendy merchandise and excellent service, they are most definitely worth the stop. Keep looking good NDSU!

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Austin Kettelhut’s Spring Break Nightmare Student shares his story and stresses safety Connor Dunn Features Editor

Austin Kettlehut thought he was going to have the time of his life with some friends in Panama City Beach last spring break.

Now, the fifth year senior is just thankful to be alive.

Kettlehut, like many NDSU students and college students nationwide, believed that spring break is the time to get away from the daily grind of classes and winter and to throw away all the cares in the world. That’s exactly how the trip started for he and his friends.

“We got to Panama City Beach pretty late Sunday, but we still partied a bit that night,” Kettlehut said. “The next day was pretty nasty outside, so we invited a few people over to our condo to drink.”

After the weather cleared up, Kettlehut and his intoxicated crew decided to head out to a bar, which is where the night turned sour.

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Austin Kettlehut was brutally beaten during his trip to Panama City Beach last spring break.

“I don’t remember where the bar was and I definitely don’t remember leaving it, but I was by myself when I left,” Kettlehut said. “What I’ve been told is that I got split up with my friends and that was the last they saw me. I couldn’t find anyone so I walked out.”

Heading into a lesserpopulated part of Panama City Beach and the opposite direction of his condo, an inebriated Kettlehut aimlessly walked into some serious trouble completely alone.

“The only thing I remember is waking up on the parking lot with blood on the ground not really knowing what happened,” Kettlehut said. “I was really sore and everything was pretty fuzzy. People were standing around me and I remember one girl asking, ‘Should we call the cops?’ and I tried to say, ‘Yes, please call the cops.’”

According a man passing by about 100-200 yards from the scene, Kettlehut was suddenly surrounded by seven or eight white males

and a few seconds later left completely alone lying on the concrete of the parking lot choking up blood.

“Without him, I could have easily been dead,” Kettlehut said of the man who made the life-saving decision to roll the helpless victim on his side.

Ironically, Kettlehut’s dad lives down in Panama during the winter and was twenty minutes away from his struggling son.

“The cops told me there was just a few broken teeth, but it shouldn’t be too bad,”

Kettlehut said. “But when my dad got there, he said it was definitely worse than that.”

Kettlehut and his dad arrived at a nearby hospital at 4 a.m. with a hairline fracture in his chin and another fracture near his left ear.

None of his teeth were broken, but Kettlehut still wears braces to straighten things out.

After several hours in surgery, Kettlehut had his jaw wired shut, something he would have to live with for six weeks, and a couple

screws placed in different places of his head to keep everything together.

Panama City Beach is now a hotspot for college students, but not everyone is enjoying themselves in this city and many other spring break destinations around the world.

“The locals, especially the gangs, do not like tourists,” said Kettlehut. “They didn’t steal anything from me, like my wallet, keys, iPhone, nothing, which says to me that they just wanted to beat somebody up and I was their perfect target.”

If Kettlehut could do that week all over again, he would have done things much differently and he has advice for all of those students that are leaving for spring break.

“Be smart. Stay with your friends. It got out of hand quick. All it takes is getting split up and your foreign to the area. Don’t get overly intoxicated. I like to party and have a good time, but there’s a right way to do that and a wrong way to do that,” Kettlehut said.

Kettelhut says he will use the incident in Panama City Beach as a lesson, and he will bring a new sense of responsibility and safety during his upcoming vacation to South Padre during this year’s spring break.

The Guide to a Safe Spring Break Take a break from class, not common sense Connor Dunn Features Editor

Spring break is a time for fun, relaxation, and an escape from classes and the neverending North Dakota winter, but it is definitely not a break from common sense. Unlike the meticulous preparations that some undertake with travel plans and accommodations, the majority of students usually overlook the one thing that is most important: safety.

No matter if the destination is a beach, foreign country, or even a service trip, it is essential that students keep in mind some important tips to stay safe and have a memorable spring break vacation.

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Monitor alcoholic intake If alcohol needs to be part of the spring break experience, be even more cautious than usual because this is not just NDSU and the usual buddies anymore. Always plan ahead for any expected situation that could come up.

Being miles upon miles away from home with many different people that probably should not be entirely trusted, it is vital to always be aware of people and surroundings.

If staying alert and aware means setting a drinking limit, then keep track of the drinks and adhere to that limit.

Ensure that at least one person in the group is sober and willing to be the designated driver. Never drink and drive. Use common sense and know personal limitations.

hot sun all day. Although catching some rays can have some benefits, such as the alwaysdesired tan skin, excessive and unprotected exposure to the sun can have some serious negative consequences.

Premature aging, changes in skin texture and skin cancer are just some of those harmful effects the sun has on unprotected skin.

One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, and each year, there are more new cases of skin cancer than cancers of the breast, prostate, lung and colon combined.

A simple, yet effective way to combat the UV radiation is sunscreen with a sun protection factor of 15 or higher. Reapply the sunscreen every two hours and consider wearing a hat or sunglasses to ensure safety of the face and eyes.

Avoid overexposure from the sun After experiencing one of the coldest winters on record for North Dakota, it might be extremely tempting to lie around in the

Do not fall prey to predators College students are usually most vulnerable during spring break and predators know this fact. Studies have shown that there is an

increase in sexual assaults during and in the weeks following spring break. People who commit sexual violence are not typically strangers to the victim.

To combat these individuals, who usually first come on as “nice guys” and then they find a way to take advantage of the situation, trust that gut feeling. If there are red flags popping up all over this guy, such as a violent nature or inappropriate behavior, stay away and avoid the situation.

Do not let the guard down, please do not follow the “you only live once” motto to a T, and again, know personal limitations.

Spring break is a perfect time to have fun and forget about the stress of college, but keep safety in mind and use basic common sense. Use the buddy system, keep all valuables close, lock the hotel door, and buckle up. All of these strategies are just some of the additional things to keep in mind during the whole year, but pay extra attention to all of them while enjoying a safe, memorable spring break.

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The Elder Scrolls is a massive multi-player online role-playing game that is home to a number of fictional races and cultures.

Elder Scrolls Online Beta Breakdown

A review and look at upcomming MMO Caleb Werness Spectrum Staff

Bethesda Softworks and ZeniMax Online Studios set about to create a game that would break the mold of massive multiplayer online role-playing games or MMORPG. In doing so, their approach featured something that had not been successfully done before: taking a popular single-player series and creating an MMORPG from it.

The result is the Elder Scrolls Online, set for release on April 4, 2014, for PC and for PlayStation and Xbox in June 2014.

The Elder Scrolls Online is birthed out of the Elder Scrolls universe, which is responsible for the award-winning games Skyrim and Oblivion. Though the ESO is set 1,000 years before the events that took place in Skyrim.

The last beta test was held over the weekend of February 28 through March 2. This was the third beta test I have participated in, and I will say it gets better every time.

The Elder Scrolls series is known and praised for its high level of customization.

The race and development system of ESO

keeps with that philosophy. Players are allowed to choose from nine of the ten races featured in previous games and are given full cosmetics customization. The Imperial race is available as a pre-order bonus.

Each race has its own set of own unique perks and crafting styles. What I liked most about exploring the ESO beta was the numerous opportunities given to players allowing them to create and play an experience unique to them.

I came in with a lot of initial skepticism — having played both Skyrim and Oblivion for countless hours. I was uneasy as to how a single-player game could be mashed into an MMORPG and still maintain the values that made the Elder Scroll series so good.

Coming out of the gate, ESO looks visually impressive. Even the paltry medium settings on my little laptop displayed a visually appealing and aesthetic world.

In keeping with the tradition of the Elder Scrolls series, the ESO has a number of talented voice actors including Malcom McDowell, Alfred Molina and Mass Effect’s FemShep: Jennifer Hale. Having non-playable characters voiced by talented actors and actresses offered an engaging experience versus reading endless boxes of text.

What the ESO looks to do is create a game where friends and strangers alike can quest together, go on adventures and take

Jazz Lab Breaks Onto Downtown Scene Jack Dura

Staff Writer

On Tuesday night, the students of associate professor of trumpet Dr. Jeremy Brekke’s Jazz Lab will have the chance to play in a classic club setting. Performing at Studio 222 in downtown Fargo, these students will get to showcase their wide range of sounds and skills in the perfect atmosphere.

“I like to take my students and give them that — play in that venue instead of Festival Concert Hall, give them a little more club feel,” Dr. Brekke said.

Almost 20 students comprise this jazz concert, with a wide array of instruments.

Five saxophones appear here, ranging from alto to tenor to baritone. Four trumpets join in, doubling on flugelhorn as well. There are also four trombones, one of whom is worth noting.

“Actually in our trombone section, we do have a French horn player,” Dr. Brekke said.

“She’s a French horn major, but she’s music ed. She wants to learn more about the jazz side, and that’s about the only outlet she has, so she just plays the trombone parts.”

These instruments and a five-piece rhythm section (piano, bass, guitar, etc.) complete the Jazz Lab band, and their roster for Tuesday night takes them down some eclectic roads. From jazz to blues to Latin, the sounds offered up with this concert are full of many flavors. “(The songs are) not really linked at all… but you just basically go from one tune to the next just to give it a different style,” Dr.

Brekke said, “like a slow ballad and then we’ll go on to a Latin piece and then we’ll go on to a blues shuffle, mostly to just change it up so it’s not all the same.”

Choosing this repertoire was a joint decision by Dr. Brekke and his band, as the seven pieces selected for this concert were sampled by the students by way of sightreading and narrowed down by simply asking “Which one would you rather…?” Dr. Brekke admires the entire set list lined up for this concert, but does point to one as a real winner.

“Probably the funnest one (the band) like(s) to play is probably the biggest crowdpleaser is called ‘Sing, Sang, Sung’ by Gordon Goodwin,” Dr. Brekke said, “and it follows the ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’ by Louie Prima — the drum solo-feel that they used to dance to, so they have a lot of fun doing that one.”

Not just the performers are gleaning some fun from this concert, however. NDSU community members and area residents are all encouraged to attend. The chance to see these jazz students present the fruit of their labor is an aural reward in itself, but so is the atmosphere of the entire event.

“It’s a great, cool, little venue to see the group in ‘cause it’s kinda like you’re in a club,” Dr. Brekke said.

The Jazz Lab concert is at 7:30 p.m. on Mar. 11 at Studio 222 in downtown Fargo.

Tickets are $5 for adults, $2 for seniors and students and free for NDSU students with Bison I.D.

down enemies as a team. I was offered assistance more than once from a player passing by while fighting an enemy.

For my beta experience, I spent the majority of it alone. I wanted to see how this game held up as devout Skyrim fan. Enjoyably enough, I spent hours going around fighting enemies, collecting crafting materials and just exploring. The game, while being designed as an MMORPG, also plays enjoyably as a single-player game. Albeit, it is getting a little boring going from quest to quest by yourself, but the option is there.

For me personally, one of the greatest attributes in the ESO is the crafting system. There are many different traits that modify crafting and many different options to explore. Crafting is split up into five subgroups.

The woodworking crafting system allows the construction of staves and bows.

Cloth making lets players create robes as well as light and medium armor. The blacksmithing crafting system is where players can forge weapons and heavy armor. Each race has a unique style of craft look. With practice, a player can learn many different types of styles allowing a grand selection of customizable options.

The enchanting and alchemy crafting systems from Skyrim are both present though slightly different. The crafting in ESO is en-

joyable and has the attributes similar to other MMORPGs but also has the unique flair known in the Elder Scrolls series.

My only concern at the moment is with combat. Left-clicking the mouse unleashes a quick attack, while holding and releasing it uses a heavy attack. Right click serves as block. While fighting groups of enemies, I noticed that the game would not always pick up my commands.

Sometimes it wouldn’t register when I tried to follow up a light attack with a heavy attack.

Overall, I was impressed with the ESO. Developers have stated numerous times how they want the player to be in control and not kept within the confines of a class system. If you start out as a mage and wanted to switch to a heavy armored bruiser, that isn’t a problem.

As an MMORPG, the ESO holds many attributes and qualities of the Elder Scrolls series. It is not just World of Warcraft with an Elder Scrolls mask. I am looking forward to meeting up with friends and exploring all of Tamriel. Whether you’re a Nord, Redguard, Orc, Khajiit, Dunmer, Altmer, Bosmer, Breton, Imperial or Argonian, there is something for everyone in the massive world of the Elder Scrolls Online.

Imagery Abounds in University Band Concert Jack Dura

Staff Writer

For their first concert of 2014, the University Band showcased its 83 student musicians with a rundown of arrangements that brought boundless images to mind. Five pieces from composers such as William Latham, Steven Bryant and Ralph Vaughan Williams were included in this lineup, and it all proved to be wonderful with the instruments on hand to present these musical works.

Starting all of this off was Latham’s “Court Festival,” which broke down into four sections. The piratical “Intrada” set the stage for the pieces to follow, which included the stately “Pavan,” a piece in which the woodwinds and brass played off each other quite constructively.

It was “‘The Horses’ Branle” that offered the most imagery in “Court Festival,” though. A feisty piccolo against some bold brass weaved a tale of a Conestoga wagon sailing across the plains towards a brighter future. This optimistic spirit in “Branle” ended Latham’s work on the highest of notes and served as a smart opener.

Clifton Williams’ “Dramatic Essay” was where the aural imagery really laid in this concert. With featured performer/faculty member Dr. Jeremy Brekke leading the charge on trumpet, the band had someone to follow as their sounds took them across the world and through many scenes.

Brekke’s pretty and piercing trumpet backed by the sweeping collaborations of

the band took the audience to many places: to a pleasant solitude on the Great Plains, to a king’s arrival at court, to a lazy Sunday afternoon drive, to a sleepy Sicilian village in late-afternoon, to a toy factory’s assembly line in full production mode, to a daring maritime rescue and to the ultimate life-anddeath struggle between good and evil.

This plethora of musical visions was succeeded by Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Sea Songs,” an arrangement that brought out sunny images of suburban life. A housewife revels in having the mansion to herself while cleaning it from top to bottom with her anthropomorphic mice friends.

That kind of imagery was present all around in this concert as audience members could construct whatever scenes and stories they wanted from the band’s offering. The penultimate piece “Dusk” by Bryant was another imagery-heavy arrangement, dipping into the sentiments of sunset and looking back on a job well done.

This tone poem provided a sense of retrospection that could collude well with any situation of finality, like a graduation, a retirement or even an amicable divorce. However, “Dusk” also held sparks of potential for the future, implying that there’s always hope for the future, and that the sun will indeed come out tomorrow.

The student musicians of the University Band are to be congratulated on their abilities to deliver all of this aural wonder in a collaborative and composed manner. Gradu-

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Faculty Brass Quintet to Perform Free Concert Beckworth Recital Hall to host performance Wednesday Steven Strom A&E Editor

Founded in 2008, the NDSU Faculty Brass Quintet originally existed to promote and recruit the campus’ school of music.

It still does, but after four years it’s likely that the group involved cares more about it than just as a tool for NDSU recruitment.

Currently, those members

are Dr. Jeremy Brekke and Kyle Norris on trumpet, Erik Vigesaa on the French horn, Dr. Kyle Mack on trombone and Doug Neill playing the tuba.

The group has recently played at several high schools in the hopes of attracting attention and potential musicians to the NDSU division, including Underwood, Battle Lake and Moorhead High Schools in Minnesota. They’ve also stopped by several institutions here in in North Dakota, such as Fargo South and even NDSU itself at the Beckwith Recital Hall.

Speaking of which, the group will be playing at 5

p.m. Wednesday at that very same hall within the Music Education Building (attached to Minard).

Admission to the show is free and open to the public — not just NDSU students.

You can gather more information by emailing the fine arts program at ndsu.fine. arts@ndsu.edu, or by calling 701-231-7969.

If you are on the fence about checking out the performance, you can look up, download and listen to several of their performances from the Battle Lake concert online. Just go to bit. ly/1igLxvs and check under “Listen” for the download links.

The five brass players have been performing for nearly six years.

The available tracks include “Carmen Suite for Quintet,” “Sonata for Piccolo Trumpet,” “In the Hall of the Mountain King,” “Piece en forme de Habanera” and “Amazing Grace.”

Upcoming repetoires,

SCEA President and CEO Leaves Sony Jack Tretton will not renew contract later this month Steven Strom A&E Editor

Jack Tretton has officially stepped down as the CEO and president of Sony Computer Entertainment America.

“Working at SCEA for the past 19 years has been the most rewarding experience of my career,” Tretton said. “Although I will deeply miss the talented team at SCEA and the passion demonstrated every day by our fans, I’m very excited about starting the next chapter of my career.”

Tretton and Sony mutually decided not to renew his contract, which ends

on March 31. He will be replaced with now-former executive vice president and COO of Sony Network Entertainment International, Shawn Layden.

The soon-to-be-former CEO helped see each PlayStation console out the door, including the PlayStation 4’s journey into the lofty position it’s reached today.

He was the man onstage at Sony’s 2013 E3 press conference. This is considered to be the turning point of the PlayStation 4’s public perception.

It was he that delivered the speech in which Sony’s latest console announced that it would be $100 cheaper than its competitor, the Xbox One, and feature none of the restrictive “digital rights management” systems so many players maligned.

Microsoft would eventually

backpedal on those “features” before launch, which some attribute in part to Sony’s response.

“I want to thank the employees, partners and customers for their tireless commitment to the PlayStation brand,” Tretton’s statement continued “and, of course, to our fans who have pushed us to new heights of innovation and entertainment over the past two decades. I leave PlayStation in a position of considerable strength and the future will only get brighter for PlayStation Nation.”

As far as business executives go, Tretton has largely been considered an amicable, likeable face for Sony.

He is, somewhat comically, known for his refusal to wear ties with suit jackets and literally “dropped the mic” during an interview

with GameTrailers after the aforementioned E3 conference.

Actually, he sort of tossed it over his shoulder, but the message was clear.

Sony is in the midst of many cost-cutting strategies, spinning off its less profitable divisions into their own companies, selling them off and laying off a number of employees. The PlayStation branch is currently very successful, but it’s just one of many, mostly less praiseworthy, brands at the Japanese company.

It’s currently unclear if Tretton’s departure had anything to do with Sony’s financial straits or something else entirely. This development is certainly an unexpected turn of events for such a recognized and successful member of the games industry.

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according to the NDSU performing arts website, include Eugene Bozza’s “Sontatine” and Ludwig Maurer’s “Three Pieces.”

Finally, if you have some event for the quintet to perform at personally, they are

available for gig requests.

Just call Dr. Jeremy Brekke at 701-231-7929 (the same number as the fine arts department), or email him at Jeremy.brekke@ndsu.edu.

BAND from page 6 ate student conductors Bradley Miedema and Nicholaus Meyers can take a bow for their efforts as well. The next University Band concert will be in late April, and until then, the student musi-

cians can bask in the satisfaction that this concert was a beautiful success.

The University Band concert was Mar. 3 in Festival Concert Hall.

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Will Fargo’s Bike Share Be Beneficial?

Is the new program worth the wait?

Caleb Werness Opinion Editor

During the fall, discussions of the Bike Share program and its possible implementation were made better known to the student body. Not once, but twice the proposal of the Bike Share program ran into problems, and it was not able to come to fruition.

But, like the old saying goes, the third time’s the charm.

Pending the results of Sunday night’s student government vote, NDSU may soon be seeing Bike Share racks with bikes available for students to rent. All that is needed to rent a bike for 30 minutes is a student ID. The best part about having the funding come from secondary sources is that the expenses of the Bike Share program will not

come out of stupus, it will be advantageous for dent fees. Rentquickly getting to class and ing a bike will such. not cost NDSU What makes the students anyBike Share program thing. special is how it proFrom there, the vides a simple and bike can be taken out convenient method for on a leisurely ride or getting around cameven as a means to get to pus quickly without class. a hassle. A student However, to make sure can use a bike just by bikes are returned within swiping their student the 30-minute window ID, and it is theirs there is a late fee that for the next 30 gets charged if the bike minutes. Whenis not returned on time. ever students are Though, it is important finished, they can to note, a bike can be return it to any of docked at 29 minutes and the bike racks and renewed for another 30-min- MATAYA ARMSTRONG | THE SPECTRUM be on their merry way. ute interval.

The Bike Share is a When I was a freshman, I remember way for students to get around effectively wishing I was able to bring my bike from and quickly without having to use a car or home, but I did not have the space to store the busing system. it. With multiple bike racks up around camThe only downside to the program is that

Internet Disconnection Problems with dorm Wi-Fi Keelia Moeller

Contributing Writer

It is worrisome enough balancing a college education with a full-time job, while striving to maintain some kind of a normal social life and staying in touch with loved ones.

But when the wireless connections on campus continually fail, perhaps cancelling out of a vital online test unexpectedly and going down for extended periods of time, there emerges yet another form of stress.

The Wi-Fi connections on campus are inexcusably faulty, and Ethernet cables are not reliable substitutes.

Wi-Fi networks such as “eduroam” or “NDSU Secure” are supposed to be the most reliable sources of Internet on campus.

Unfortunately, these connections will stop working on a regular basis, sometimes hours or days at a time.

The IT department in the Quentin Burdick Building informed me that these problems exist most frequently on MacBook Pros, because this software version is highly incompatible with the existing Wi-Fi programs. According to the OS X Daily, 70 percent of college freshmen are entering universities with MacBook Pros.

Looking at this statistic, one would think that NDSU would wish to make wireless networks at least mildly compatible with these incredibly common computers.

Sadly, the Ethernet ports cannot even be trusted as backup plans, seeing as the majority of dorm ports on campus do not actually function correctly. There are four Ethernet ports provided in my dorm room. On a good day, one of them will work for roughly an hour or two at a time.

It is bad enough to have faulty Wi-Fi, but when I cannot even rely on a cable I just purchased to provide me with stable Internet connection, it serves as a roadblock for not only my homework, but my social life as well.

There should be maintenance teams each year checking the dorm rooms for faulty Ethernet connections, as these portals are essential to ensuring a successful, less stressful education.

While I understand the technical difficulties NDSU must face, I do not believe stable Internet connection is too much to ask for.

The Wi-Fi networks are simply unreliable. They should be repaired in order to fix frequent disconnections, or at least reduce them, and the Ethernet ports within each dorm room should be tested and repaired often. This will allow for a less stressful education, and thus, more satisfied students.

Keelia is a freshman majoring in English education.

living in Fargo, acceptable biking weather during the school year lasts for only about three and a half months. There are also days in which it rains. I can say from first-hand experience it is not all too pleasant of a time.

If this program were being funded through student fees it would not be a wise decision. For the reason being, students would not have the opportunity to get their use and money out of the program.

However, the Bike Share program is being supported through alternative funding so student fees will not increase. All in all, the program offers a wide range of convenience and gives the opportunity to make use of an easy access form of greener transportation.

Everyone is a winner.

I look forward to being able to skip the bus and take a leisurely bike ride to class.

Keep your fingers crossed that all the technicalities work out and campus will see Bike Share racks sprouting up soon for students to take advantage of.

Caleb is a sophomore majoring in English.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Preserving This Landscape for Future Generations For the past 25 years, I have had the great pleasure of calling North Dakota my home. I have always been proud of my roots and am so glad that I chose to stay and build my life here.

However, our state has come to a crossroads; a place where we have big decisions to make that will shape the future of our landscape for coming generations.

The development we have seen in recent years has brought great attention to our state and has strengthened our economy to rival any other in the country. We continue to have increased job growth, low unemployment and business opportunities never before experienced in this state.

I was recently reading an article about why so many young professionals are choosing to make their homes here in North Dakota, finding stable careers and financial security to raise their families. These are all fantastic traits of the state and I’m proud of them.

However, many of us continue to stay here for quality of life reasons and others choose to visit for those same reasons.

Those of us who’ve long enjoyed this prairie state know how valuable and precious our lakes, grasslands and natural resources are and how much we love to hunt, fish and simply enjoy the great outdoors. My fear is that the push for development continues to outweigh those priceless resources.

Not only will we see great future detriment to the outdoor heritage we love, I am afraid that we already have.

For all of these reasons, I am proud to support the Clean Water, Wildlife and Parks measure. The development in Western North Dakota has created unprecedented budget growth. Seven months into the current biennium, our revenue has already exceeded forecasts by $150 million.

It is high time we use this financial opportunity to make serious investments into conserving our landscape for future generations, before it is too late. Not only will these funds be used to protect our natural resources and outdoor heritage, they will allow us to protect our clean water sources, provide natural flood controls and provide further recreational opportunities with parks and trails.

These are all needs that we can agree upon. We must balance this valuable economic growth with preserving our everdeteriorating landscape. The future of North Dakota, as we know it, depends on it.

Kyle Oversen Representative, District 42 Grand Forks

Fixing the Bad Roommate Situation

A simple exam can solve everyone’s bad roommate problems Connor Dunn Spectrum Staff

NDSU has a great plan in place assuring every freshman that he or she will have an on-campus dorm for the first year, but unfortunately, there is a flaw in that plan. Unless incoming freshman decide to room with a familiar acquaintance, freshmen has abso-

lutely no control over who their roommate is going to be.

There is always going to be differences between two roommates, but there are some extreme differences that, for some, cannot be overcome. With such an array of backgrounds, experiences and personalities, chances are a significant group of freshmen are not happy with their roommate assignments.

Imagine getting a roommate that has no organization, clothes everywhere, tracks dirt and mud in the room, and you cannot stand having one eyelash out of place. Your roommate loves to have people over all day and night, and you want is some peace and quiet to work on homework or sleep. Anything in

the room is free to share according to your roommate, while you think that is straightup theft.

This list of dissimilarities could go on seemingly forever, but a good amount of them can be avoided with communication.

However, that solution does not diminish the fact that freshmen are supposed to trust this random person enough to live with them and be completely vulnerable to anything while sleeping.

The solution to this dilemma is simple, and many other colleges are already doing it. A short entry exam must be given to every incoming freshman that is going to live in the dorms. To make sure every student completes it, Residence Life could make it a

requirement before a student is given a housing assignment.

The test, which does not have to take longer than ten minutes, should have simple questions, such as “On a scale of 1 being very early and 10 being very late, when do you usually like to go to sleep?” or “On a scale of 1 being antisocial and 10 being very sociable, how welcoming are you with people in your room?”

Incoming freshmen with the same interests, personalities and lifestyles can be matched up with this effortless entrance exam and the fear of getting a bad roommate can be a thing of the past at NDSU. Connor is a freshman majoring in psychology.

Ignorance to Current Events Rampant in Today’s Youth Have we created a generation that turns their backs?

Amber Zolondek Staff Writer

Painting 120 comes on Tuesdays and Thursdays late in the afternoon. But the last few weeks has been a little more focused on other topics, like the current situation in Venezuela, for instance.

While our instructor, Professor Bromley, is a cultured, worldly type of being, the reason for the class’ peaked interest is because

of a particular international student from Venezuela. Her family is still living there, but she continues to meet with fellow Venezuelans in the Fargo-Moorhead area to discuss what they can do as a community here to benefit their home country.

While the situation just above the equator may be dire and violent, what struck me as alarming was the lack of students and even adults who know nothing about what is happening in Venezuela.

For those unaware, the current state of Venezuela’s economy is dismal. On Feb. 2, students protested peacefully. They were protesting the country’s high crime rate and lack of basic rights such as freedom of speech and media. The protests took a violent turn as the National Guard used batons, tear gas and riot shields to repress the protests.

There are news stories up on YouTube and blogs covering what is going on, and yet, it seems like no one has the energy or sympathy to even do basic research on a current event that is so revolutionary and subversive.

Although it is being said that media is very limited and controlled as to what is published and printed, basic information is available to the public as to what the problem is, who the leaders are, why there is a protest and what exactly is so corrupt about the current circumstances.

The problem seems to repeat itself almost daily as I watch friends and colleagues choose Pinterest and Tumblr over picking up a newspaper or logging onto a news site that may enlighten them on a global subject.

Bringing up the subject only results in frustration and confusion when whomever I am

speaking with has no idea what I am talking about. While I certainly do some mindless web surfing on my off time, I try to keep myself updated in order to keep myself out of the dark in current events.

Perhaps the issue is that our focus is somewhere else. Comical memes, fabricated stories, images of outfits, DIY projects and recipes have captured our attention over real-life events. With that said, we have a generation who has turned its back. Until it is our country, our families being affected, our homes that are destroyed, it will never become a tangible issue for us, and there in lies the problem.

Amber is a sophomore majoring in public relations and advertising. Check out her blog at http://addcreamandsugar.blogspot. com.

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O r g a n i c foods are thought to be healthier and organic farming is said to be better for the environment, but it may actually do more harm than conventional farming.

Many people believe buying organic foods means they are avoiding pesticides. But organic farms can use natural pesticides such as rotenone and copper sulfate — these natural pesticides aren’t any safer or any less toxic when compared to synthetic ones.

“There are plenty of naturally occurring things that are bad for us — after all, anthrax and botulinum toxin(s) are 100 percent natural,” said Christie Wilcox, Ph.D. student in cellular and molecular biology at University of Hawaii in her article “The Ecological

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Case Against Organics.”

Some organic pesticides are linked to causing certain diseases, and whether it’s synthetic or organic, pesticides are designed to kill.

Fertilizing organic crops can be harmful, too. A study by researchers from BenGurion University of the Negev found that organic matter can lead to higher groundwater pollution rates when compared with liquid fertilization techniques.

Although going organic sounds like it’d be nicer for the environment, Wilcox said organic farms are “only about 80 percent productive as conventional ones.”

Organic farming also requires more land for animals to produce natural fertilizers

and more than 35 percent of Earth’s ice-free land has already been cleared for agriculture purposes.

If the world went to only organic farming, the number of people suffering from hunger and malnutrition would jump by 1.3 billion, and that’s assuming usage of the same amount of land we farm now said Wilcox in another article, “The Truth About Organic Farming.”

Although organic farming may have its benefits, it’s important to take into consideration the cons that are associated with it, too.

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Wrestling Claims First NCAA West Regional Championship NDSU sends three individuals to tournament Pace Maier

Contributing Writer

History was made inside the UCCU Center at Utah Valley University on Saturday as the North Dakota State wrestling team won its first NCAA West Regional championship.

While hoisting up the team title, the Bison also collected three individual titles. Bison senior Steven Monk, sophomore Hayden Zillmer and junior Evan Knutson won their weight classes and helped the team beat defending champion Wyoming, 74-66.

Monk was crowned as the West Regional’s Most Outstanding Wrestler for the Bison and head coach Roger Kish was awarded with Coach of the Year for the second season in a row.

At 165 pounds, Monk prevailed in both matches by fall, first by pinning Air Force junior Jesse Stafford in the first period in

the semifinals and then in the championship match, he pinned Wyoming junior Dakota Friesth with four minutes, 28 seconds left on the clock. With the title win, Monk now has three Western Regional titles in his pocket.

Zillmer registered a

pair of decisions at 174 pounds to make his first NCAA Championship appearance on March 20-22 in Oklahoma City, Okla. In the semifinals, Zillmer beat Utah Valley senior Monte Schmalhaus, 5-1, and then beat South Dakota State junior John Nething, 8-3, in

Sports Editor

T h e N D S U faithful traveled 1 , 0 6 4 miles to Frisco, Texas, each of the last three years to pack the 21,000 seats of Toyota Stadium. Bison fans rocked the streets of downtown Fargo and created a “College GameDay” atmosphere so unforgettable, Kirk Herbstreit dubbed it the best location of the year. The show’s host Chris Fowler said Fargo has as devoted and passionate fans as any other college.

I heard in the Kansas State press box that the North Dakotans in attendance on Aug. 30 would probably out show any Big 12 fan base playing at Bill Snyder Family Stadium that season.

Fargodome season tickets and single game tickets are sold out within hours of being on sale. NDSU fans pack the Fargodome and create an environment so loud; opposing coaches have said some of the BCS stadiums they’ve coached in don’t come close in comparison.

With all this recognition, Bison fans take great pride in referring to themselves as the best fans in the world.

Covering NDSU the last two

years, I’ve seen the lengths these fans go to support their team. They have the right to call themselves that… kinda.

The question I have to BisoNation is this: are you the best fans in the world or the best football fans in the world?

The NDSU men’s basketball team has a chance to accomplish something truly special tonight and tomorrow night. The Bison have a great shot at playing with the big boys in the NCAA Tournament. And if they do make it, several national writers have the Bison on their radar as having upset capabilities.

And BisoNation, here’s another shot for you to show that undying support. And you only need to travel 243 miles to fill the 6,113-seat Sioux Falls Arena.

Forget the tournament is in South Dakota, where a likely championship matchup with South Dakota State is likely to take place. Some Bison fans bought a threeyear Frisco package to ensure they got tickets to this year’s FCS championship game. I don’t see a legit excuse as to why NDSU fans can’t gobble up the Summit League tickets and fill the arena.

Forget the games are on a Monday and Tuesday. If you can make a Friday night game in Manhattan, Kan., or take days off for a mini vaca-

the finals.

Knutson pinned SDSU sophomore J.J. Everard in two minutes and 20 seconds at 285 pounds in the semifinals and then in the finals he posted a 4-1 decision over Utah Valley junior Adam Fager.

Coming into this tourna-

ment, Wyoming had come away with the title last season by three points, preventing the Bison from their first West Regional team championship.

Bison senior 133-pounder Justin LaValle, junior 184-pounder Kurtis Julson and freshman 197-pounder

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No. 2 Steven Monk was awarded the West Regional’s Most Outstanding Wrestler as he pinned his two opponents to advance to the NCAA Championships.

Tyler Lehmann all finished with runner-up honors. Julson had a chance for a spot in the NCAA Championships, but lost to Air Force senior Devin Hightower by a 3-1 decision.

NDSU redshirt freshman Clay Cathey and senior Tyler Diamond both finished in third place at 141 and 149 pounds, respectively.

The Bison finished 4-1 in the WWC this season with blowout wins against Air Force, Utah Valley, Northern Colorado and SDSU. Wyoming has owned the WWC by claiming four out of the past six regular season titles.

However, NDSU finished strong in the regular season ranking at No. 21 in the final poll.

To select the remaining 40 at-large qualifiers, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in person at the end of all the qualifying events. Those 40 wrestlers will be notified on March 12 and all the weight classes will consist of 33 wrestlers. Looking back to last year, the WWC had three wrestlers earn atlarge selections.

tion in Frisco, a road trip to Sioux Falls should be nothing.

Tuesday’s championship game is on ESPN2, assuming the Bison win tonight. The last several times NDSU has been on ESPN, the fan support is what the announcers discussed during a pause in gameplay. Now BisoNation has a chance to show the kind of support they have for a program that’s had an eye on this year for quite some time.

Last year, the Summit League championship game looked like an SDSU home game with all the blue. That should change to gold this year with the hype surrounding the Bison all season.

In Frisco, the announcers referred to Toyota Stadium as the Fargodome of the south after the gold filled the stadium. Sioux Falls Arena is just as worn down as the Bison Sports Arena. Both arenas are in their last year hosting basketball games.

How about BisoNation makes it the BSA of South Dakota tonight and tomorrow?

Because if NDSU fans can’t drive four hours to support this team, this year, with this record and with this special of an opportunity, they don’t deserve the title of best fans in the world.

Joe Kerlin Staff Writer

With NFL free agency set to open tomorrow, teams around the league are looking to revamp their squad behind expensive talent.

The most impactful subplot of this season’s free agent signing period is the new salary cap set at $133 million. This will ultimately give every team in the league more room to splurge on players they believe will get their franchises to the next level.

At the Friday deadline, the Minnesota Vikings were sitting comfortably $41 million on cap space.

You would think with ample amount of room to sign big name defensive players Alterraun Verner and Michael Johnson, the Vikings will successfully pull-off major surgery to that horrific defense. But nothing is a given when talking about the Vikes.

I want to talk about one position specifically where Rick Spielman and his staff need to pull off a miracle this season. Let’s face it; now that Ponder is out as starting quarterback and Leslie Frazier was fired, the next domino to fall is general manager Spielman if he

can’t figure out the quarterback situation. But he says he has a plan.

Spielman went on the popular ESPN Radio show “The Herd” and talked with host Colin Cowherd about what the Vikings need for a quarterback, free agency and the draft.

But don’t hold your breath Vikings fans. It is unlikely the Vikings will draft anyone on the offensive side of the ball with the eighth pick. With one of the worst defenses statistically last season, the Vikings have holes to fill on that side of the ball before worrying about what young arm they will be plucking from the college ranks.

Waiting to take a quarterback in the second or third round most likely ensures that the Vikings will look to sign a quarterback this week. And if you’re Adrian Peterson, you know exactly who you want your team to sign.

Although I admire AP’s willingness to get involved, I don’t think Michael Vick is a reasonable option for the Vikings for many reasons.

Vick will be 34 years old when preseason starts and considering his style of play, Vick is already two years past his expiration date. If anything, Spielman should look at what happened last year in Philadelphia as an example. Chip

Kelly was bringing in his Oregon-style offense and joining forces with DeSean Jackson, LeSean McCoy and Michael Vick. The elements were set to formulate a high-powered offense.

Then Jeremy Maclin gets hurt, Riley Cooper turns into a meaner version of Joe Dirt and Vick bounces his head too hard off the turf and never sees the field again. It was a disaster for Vick.

Most fans have glorified Vick over his career, me included. But when a guy only completes a little more than 60 percent of his passes for only one season in his career, there is no guarantee he is leading any team to the playoffs; let alone the Super Bowl.

Believe it or not, I’d like to see Matt Cassel or Josh Freeman come back to the Vikings. The talent in the free agency pool is similar to the Los Angeles Lakers stating five and there are no franchise-changing guys among them. So why not sign a quarterback you are familiar with so he can push the second round pick into earning his job and not just handing it to him like Christian Ponder?

With Spielman and the Vikings, you never know what will happen next. All that is certain is that whatever happens will be pivotal to the success of the Vikings in 2014 and beyond.

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NDSU women’s basketball fell short to Indiana-Purdue of Indianapolis 72-64 Saturday in the first round of the Summit League tournament in Sioux Falls, S.D. Kahla Becken led the Bison with 16 points and five steals.

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Bison Fall in First Round of Conference Tournament Comeback falls short in DeHoff’s final game Colton Pool

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As the last seconds ticked away in the first half and NDSU guard Brooke LeMar struggled to make anything of its final possession, she turned to Bison head coach Carolyn DeHoff and threw up her hands.

This sense of struggle was the epitome of the entire season for NDSU. In the opening round of the Summit League women’s basketball tournament, No. 2-seeded Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis controlled the game from the start to finish Saturday and cruised to a 72-64 first-round victory over the No. 7-seeded Bison in Sioux Falls, S.D. The contest marked the final time DeHoff, whose resignation takes effect April 15, would take the court as NDSU’s head coach.

“The person that’s going to be hardest on myself is going to be me that I couldn’t get

the job done” DeHoff said. “That’s really going to hurt me the most; that it was my job and I couldn’t get it done.”

Kahla Becken provided a much-needed push for NDSU’s maligned offense, as they outscored the Jaguars 38-28 in the second half. She went off for 16 points while going 6-of-10 from the field and 4-of-6 from three-point range. Her scrappiness gave the Bison a spark they were desperate for.

“After I hit my first three-pointer, I just started gaining more confidence,” Becken said. “And defense has always been my favorite part of the game. I was just hungry for the ball I guess.”

DeAirra Goss stepped into the driver’s seat for the Jaguars. She finished her night with 25 points while going 7-of-16 from the field. Though, she said her biggest focus was being stout on defense, especially when NDSU initiated its comeback after halftime.

“We just really needed to get stops,” Goss said. “We create offense by playing good defense, so getting stops is always the big key for us.”

After Holly Johnson scored down low for the game’s opening points, IUPUI went on a 25-8 run in the first 10 minutes of the first half.

“I think it was less of what they were doing and more of what we weren’t doing,”

NDSU forward Marena Whittle said. “We weren’t really playing as a team. I think we were kind of on our own island and we recognized that later.”

NDSU proved scrappy with a 12-2 run that spanned six minutes, 21 seconds coming out of halftime.

The Bison then pulled within five points with nine minutes, two seconds left in the game when Becken hit a jump shot to cut the IUPUI lead to 54-49. But the Bison wouldn’t cut the lead down any further.

Right from the tipoff, IUPUI set the pace with its full-court press. The Bison were forced into 17 turnovers in the contest.

“Late in the game when there’s a backand-forth, back-and-forth, sometimes (the press) wears on them and gets a couple fumbles here and a couple fumbles there,” IUPUI head coach Austin Parkinson said.

“We ended up shooting free throws down the stretch.”

Parkinson said they knew NDSU (6-24, 2-12 Summit League) went into the game with very little pressure to take the win, which can cause a team to be dangerous in the postseason.

“They’re fighting alright,” Parkinson said. “They’ve lost a lot in a row and they’re not under any pressure. But they came out and starting making some shots. Some-

times, when there’s that turn in momentum, it can really change things.”

NDSU made a conscious effort, especially late in the game, to clutter things down low and make it more difficult to drive. But the Jaguars made an adjustment, Parkinson said, in order to adapt to the pressures the Bison put on.

“They did pack the paint, and we knew that,” Parkinson said. “They did the same thing in the first half. Difference was we attacked the rim a little bit more. We were more patient in the first half with our halfcourt offense. Second half, we rushed some shots. We had some uncharacteristic shots and some turnovers.”

With this being DeHoff’s last game at her position, Bison players said they wanted to give it their all for their coach who they knew would be gone when next season tips off.

Nonetheless, DeHoff said she knew it wasn’t enough to advance and keep her team’s championship dreams alive.

“I often times refer to it as parenting, there’s so much that’s gone on with us as a team,” DeHoff said. “I couldn’t be happier to have been given this offer... I can look myself in the mirror and say I did the best that I could. It just didn’t work.”

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