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125 Years of Educating: NDSU Celebrates Its Quasquicentennial From humble agricultural roots to today’s research powerhouse, university continues to grow STORY BY BENJAMIN NORMAN & PHOTOS COURTESY OF NDSU ARCHIVES
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In the midst of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act of 1862 into law. The president’s signature permitted the creation of land-grant colleges across the nation, including in the Dakota Territory. Four months after North Dakota became a state, on March 8, 1890, the legislature established North Dakota Agricultural College.
Three centuries, two world wars and one name change later, North Dakota State remains. For its 125th birthday, NDSU Archivists compiled the 25 most important events to happen in campus history. All information and photographs, unless noted otherwise, are courtesy of NDSU Archives. Events are listed in chronological order.
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Old Main, Oldest Building, Ever: The building, originally known as College Hall, cost a substantial $25,000, which today equates to $648,737.52, the Statistical Abstracts of the United States reports. “It was way out of town, and the only building on a plowed section, a lonely sight on a level prairie,” Jessamine Slaughter, NDAC’s first female student, said of NDAC’s first establishment. Today, Old Main houses administrative offices, a clock tower and the Little Country Theater.
Five Students Christen First Commencement: The graduates, according to The Weekly Spectrum in March 1910: Merton Field, general science major, Charles Hall, general science major, John Hilborn, mechanical major, Robert Reed, agricultural major and Ralph Ward, agricultural major. The 2014 fall commencement sent a total of 865 graduates into the world.
Spectrum First Published: The then-month newspaper hit the stands for the first time December 1, 1896. Volume 1, Issue 1 of The Spectrum featured the “discovery of … new methods of (electric) lighting” on the front cover. In the Local Happenings section, Olaf Nordby, “who had been very ill will typhoid fever” returned to health.
First Section of Science (Minard) Hall Opens: To be built in three stages, the first phase of Science Hall was constructed in 1901. The university rededicated and renamed the hall after Dean A.E. Minard 50 years later. A portion of the north side of Minard collapsed during renovation on Dec. 27, 2009. The hall reopened for the 2013 fall semester, fully operational. Minard Hall is the largest classroom building in the state. Today, it houses 20 departments and offices.
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Yellow and Green Approved as School Colors: NDAC adopted official colors in 1909, with Professors A.E. Minard and C.S. Putnam’s school song, “Yellow and the Green.” Written by Minard and put to music by Putnam, the alma mater sings of “the shades that deck our prairies / Far and wide with glorious sheen.”
Chemistry Building Explodes, Total Loss: On Christmas Eve, flames were discovered in the Chemistry Building. Electric wiring, it is thought, may have caused the fire. Fargo firefighters could not save the building, and the Engineering building and now-Putnam Hall also caught blaze. President John Worst sprained his ankle kicking embers off the roof of Putnam. Professor E. F. Ladd lost his library, and the college lost its Norwegian heritage museum.
Ceres Hall Opens Doors to Female Students: Originally an all-women’s building, Ceres Hall housed a gymnasium, cafeteria and 115 residents. In the early 1970s, the university and students argued over the fate of Ceres Hall; the former wished to convert the building into office space, the latter wanted to keep Ceres as a residence hall. The university was allowed to transfigure Ceres into offices, but an overflow of students in 1976 reverted the decision for the year.
Campus gates built: President John Worst picked up a shovel and turned the first sod in preparation of the construction of the new gateway. After being destroyed in the 1957 tornado, the decorative gate in place today was constructed. It was welded shut in 1969 before being reopened in 2001.
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Little Country Theater Founded, February : Theater fascinated Alfred Arvold, who was originally hired in 1907 as an Instructor in English and oratory. He found the chapel in Old Main was not being used and decided to take this vacant area and create the Little Country Theater.
First Homecoming Lost, Beefsteak Enjoyed: Pitted against the Dakota Agricultural College (South Dakota State), NDAC played its first homecoming game the fall of 1921. It did not go well. Losing 54 – 0, NDAC lost to what The Weekly Spectrum called the “most superb football machine ever seen in action on Dacotah Field.” After the defeat, fans enjoyed a beefsteak barbeque in the stock-judging pavilion.
Mascot Changes from the Aggies to the Bison: The Weekly Spectrum reported the NDAC lettermen decided to ditch the former mascot in favor of the “staunchest and most persistent fighters of the plains.” The change, the paper said, “will no doubt sound queer to us for a while,” but the name stuck. The bison’s “dauntles spirit and domination will still continue to he carried throughout our annals and the future to come,” the paper said.
Stay Gold: NDAC Cadet Band Becomes the Gold Star Band: The NDAC Cadet Band, under the direction of C.S. Putnam, received its third successive 100 percent inspection rating as an ROTC unit. As a reward, the band was bestowed a presidential citation and a “Gold Star” rating. TOP 25 | PAGE 3
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Survey States Many Students Unable to Vote in Midterm
Over 3 percent of ND students could not cast ballet
Camille Forlano Staff Writer
A recent survey of students in North Dakota found 3.2 percent of students who attempted to vote in the 2014 midterm elections were unable to participate due to confusion over residency requirements. Many students were unaware that recent changes in the state’s voter identification laws meant they needed to update their addresses by Oct. 5, 2014, if they wanted to vote in the precinct where they live. Aaron Weber, Executive Commissioner
of Governmental Relations and Intercollegiate Affairs at North Dakota State, acknowledged the new system was bound to have flaws. He said student government is working on solutions to fix student voter problems. “The fall of 2014 was the first time these requirements were put into place. With any new system, there are bound to be issues,” Weber said. “Student government is working on potential remedies to these problems and will be testing them out with the upcoming Fargo mayoral election.” The survey was conducted as part of a larger
study by the Upper Midwest Regional Center on public policy at NDSU. The invitation to participate in the survey was sent to students at the eleven North Dakota University System colleges and universities shortly after the election. The results of the survey state 689 students of the 1,797 students across North Dakota who responded to the survey were unable to vote due to residency issues. To vote in this state, the voter must show identification including a driver’s license, a nondriver ID issued by DOT or a university-issued student
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STEMM Help Students Get Back on Track
Association plans to meet twice a month at larger location than Alba Bales house
Pace Maier
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There’s an old saying that says, “Those who can’t, teach.” A famous cliche also says, “Do what makes you happy, so you won’t have to work a day in your life.” But for Samuel Ogunyemi and other minority science, engineering and mathematics majors, doing what makes you happy can be a tough task to complete. “College can be tough. Life can be tough if you don’t have any type of support,” North Dakota State student Samuel Ogunyemi said. “If you don’t have your family, that can be tough. If you don’t have your friends, that can be tough.” A new association on NDSU’s campus, Science Technology Engineering and Mathematic Minorities, will now be able to be that support group for students. “STEMM is an association of various organizations,”mechanical engineering major Ogunyemi said. “(The)
The first official meeting of STEMM took place last Thursday, with NDSU senior Samuel Ogunyemi taking the reins.
purpose is to empower one another and create that sense of network and support group for those in this field.” Ogunyemi, the face of STEMM, has one more semester left at NDSU, but the idea for the association has been in the back of his mind for quite some time. “It was more of an idea that kind of came to mind based on my experiences in engineering,” Ogunyemi said at the first meeting on
Thursday at the Alba Bales house. “I spoke with other (students), and they had similar experiences — not the same, but they had a feeling of ... isolation and loneliness (at times).” Five organizations helped STEMM get on its feet: African Student Union, American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Hispanic Organization of Latin America, Minorites in Agriculture Natural
Resource and Related Sciences and the National Society of Black Engineers. Ogunyemi wants to reach out to more who are willing to give support and resources. One organization STEMM is trying to connect with is the women’s geologists. This group has a pop-up museum at the Fargo Public Library with materials for people who are interested in geology.
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Ogunyemi wants the Fargo-Moorhead area to learn more about engineering, biology, physics and other sciences. “Since F-M (has) no (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) institution that can enlighten the community about what STEM is,” Ogunyemi said. “This is what they do to show the community what geology is about ... if they
partner with STEMM there’s a variety of things to show to the community.” Ogunyemi has high hopes for STEMM. Though in his last semester he might not gain much out of the association, he said its not about himself – its about his colleagues. “There’s a weed out process in the fields,” Ogunyemi said. “Everybody is going to go through that experience, but sometimes if you have someone else who is going through that (or) you have a professor that’s been through that (they’re) able to mentor you. You have to give back because you’ve been through that situation. Honestly, everybody is in life together. We want to make (someone’s) life easier.” The vision of the association is to create an atmosphere of togetherness and to empower minorities in the STEM field. “Everybody has a part to play,” Ogunyemi said. “I’m the one that pushed (STEMM) to get it to this level, and I’m planning on pushing it to get better.”
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Campus’s Cow Dies, Buried on Campus: Noble’s Golden Marguerite was a Jersey Cow owned by Samuel Crabbe. Crabbe helped secure funding for the Dairy Building in 1913 on campus. In 1921, Noble’s Golden Marguerite produced 977.69 pounds of butter.
Purge Leads to Loss of Accreditation: After the stock market crash of 1929, the college needed to reduce staff, salaries and operating budgets. President John Shepperd clashed with the Board of Administration during this time, which led to the president’s resignation.
Trailer City for returning WWII vets: In response to World War II veterans, NDAC established Trailer City, a trailer park of 88 trailers. The trailers placed near the south area of Dacotah Field’s original location. Trailer City did not last long; the North Court project was soon completed.
Memorial Student Union opens: Students decided a centralized locale was needed. The student body voted for a $5 levy per term, paying for construction of the union. Christened the Memorial Union – in honor of NDAC students who lost their lives in WWII.
Tornado damages Campus Gates and destroys campus YMCA: The first F5 storm recorded on the Fujita Scale, the funnel cut a path nine miles long and up to 700 feet wide. The campus’s physical plant suffered $300,000 worth of damage.
A New Name for NDAC: President Hultz presented a petition asking to change the college’s name to North Dakota State University. The petition was signed by 84 percent of the student body. In 1960, the proposal for the name change passed 153,409 to 73,827 in November.
NDSU Bestows First Doctoral Degree: The university’s 69th commencement program bestowed NDSU with its first two doctorates. Frank LeGrand, agronomy, and Jerome Onsager, entomology, received their respective prestigious degrees.
NDSU Goes Unbeaten, Wins First Nat’l Championship: The victory over Grambling College in the Pecan Bowl secured the team’s first national championship in the College Division. The Bison won eight national football championships during their time in the College and I-AA divisions.
“Zip to Zap” Puts NDSU on Map: The Spectrum’s Editor-in-Chief, Kevin Carvell, and his staff published an article, suggesting students instead travel to Zap, N.D., for their spring break. Picked up by the Associated Press, the story spread nationally. Up to 3,000 college students descended on the town of a few hundred, drinking the city dry.
A Research Driven University: In 1999, the North Dakota Legislature approved funding for the NDSU Research and Technology Park. Since its approval – and groundbreaking in 2001— multiple structures sprouted up north of the main campus, including: Phoenix International, Research I, Research II, Technology Incubator and Batcheller Technology Center
Downtown Campus Dedicated: Starting with the purchase of the former Northern School Supply Building, NDSU began its conquest of downtown Fargo. That building became Renaissance Hall, which was dedicated in 2004. The other historic buildings downtown, Klai and Barry Halls, opened in 2008 and 2009, respectively.
Football Rivalry Ends, Begins: From 1938 – 2004, NDSU and UND played for the Nickel Trophy, playing every year, save 1943 and 1944. From 2004 to today, NDSU and SDSU play for the Dakota Marker, a trophy that replicates the quartzite monuments marking the North Dakota-South Dakota border. NDSU lost the first trophy game, but the Bison have won the last five Marker games.
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Bison Football Begins New Dynasty: NDSU won its first FCS championship on January 7, 2012. The Bison won their second on January 5, 2013. They won their third on January 4, 2014. And their fourth on January 10. Add two visits by ESPN’s College Game Day, and Fargo has a dynasty.
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The social media app Yik Yak exploded onto North Dakota State’s campus in the fall semester. NDSU is one of the app’s most active campuses in the nation, Yik Yak Community Manager Ben Popkin said. Anonymous musings – typically along the lines of study complaints, relationship issues and party stories – dominate the constantly transitioning feed. Occasionally, quotable gems like, “When you take a 10 minute study break and it accidentally lasts the entire year,” materialize. Popkin said the purpose of the app is to provide an open forum and give voice to those who may not have an equal playing field. This is especially useful in comparison to Twitter, Instagram or other social media sites that require a following to have messages
heard. Based out of Atlanta, the app began with cofounders Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington who took on the marketing and coding of their brainchild. The pair noticed a multitude of “confession” accounts on college campuses and wanted to give equal opportunities to post ideas. Yik Yak now employs 32 members and has a reach of o v e r 1,500 campuses nationwide.
The location relevancy is another advantageous element of the app, different than any other in the social media category. Popkin gave an anecdote from a Texas Tech student. The student posted a lastresort plea for assistance with his broken down car; twenty minutes later, a group of guys arrived with jumper cables after seeing his post.
Popkin said the team focuses on making the app as good as possible. He said it stays relevant because people are posting timely things. Despite its useful qualities, students provided varying opinions. Some expressed curiosity toward the habits of other users. Others were still unaware of its existence. “My thoughts on Yik Yak are just that it seems like a waste of time,” sophomore art major Kara Fix said. “If you’re going to say something about someone, that’s such a weird way to do it. People these days are afraid of confrontation, so using Yik Yak is a way to put your thoughts out there without anyone knowing what you’re talking about.” Collin Hanowski, a freshman computer engineering student, had similar ideas but admitted to using the app during times of boredom or between classes. Regardless of varying ideas, Yik Yak still remains a headlining app to share content on NDSU’s campus and beyond.
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Right now, I’d like us to take a minute to appreciate pizza. This super food – not in the nutritional sense – is not only delicious, but also incredibly versatile. Just walk down the frozen food aisle of almost any grocery store and you’ll find a wide assortment of pizza products: pizza pockets, pizza rolls, flatbread pizza, calzones and, of course, actual pizza. Unsurprisingly, Pinterest also offers a variety of pizza-based creations that can be made right at home. One such creation is the quesadilla pizza and can be made right on the grill at NDSU’s dining centers. Here’s what we used:
2 medium-sized tortillas 1 cup cheese (mozzarella and cheddar) Pepperonis Diced ham (optional) Note: Katie, my photographer, and I planned on using pizza sauce as well, but it turns out that West Dining Center no longer carries it. 1.Spray your cooking surface with non-stick cooking spray. 2.Spread your cheeses evenly on one tortilla. 3.Add your desired type and amount of toppings – we added pepperoni and ham. 4.Carefully transfer your tortilla from the plate onto the greased cooking surface. 5.Place the second tortilla so that it covers your toppings. 6.Flip the quesadilla when the bottom is
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golden brown. 7.Take the tortilla off of the grill when the opposite side is also golden brown and the cheese is melted. 8.Slice, serve and enjoy. Pizza sauce or not, this quesadilla pizza was delicious. I actually think I like it better without sauce.
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NDSU School of Business Student Takes China
Ryan Nelson
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When I reminisce about my time in China, it seems surreal. The Summer in China course with the North Dakota State School of Business was one of the best experiences of my life thus far. The skyscrapers of Shanghai captured my imagination, the Terra Cotta Warriors had me in awe and climbing up the Great Wall of China was something I could have only dreamed about prior to my trip. The trip was far more in depth than just seeing the touristy aspects of the country. From mingling with the locals in Beijing to bartering in the streets of Shanghai, being able to experience the culture up-close and personal was the most valued part of the trip. I particularly remember one night in Beijing, China. A couple of buddies and myself heard there was a famous outdoor basketball complex a few blocks from our hotel. After
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exploring, we found the courts – formally known as Dongdan Park. Not knowing what to expect, we bought our tickets into the courts and waited for our turn to play. I honestly don’t remember if we won or lost our first game, but what I do remember is how surprised I was by the local talent. It was so cool to be in the middle of a game in which the players didn’t understand each other’s languages, yet we could still play the sport we love. I can now say I played hoops in the middle of Beijing on the most famous courts in China. It is one of my top experiences of my life, and I owe to the NDSU Study Abroad Program. Traveling to China with NDSU provided so many cultural experiences. Those experiences are memories that will last a lifetime and stories that I can tell for years. If you have a little bit of time and can scrape up some money, go for it. Immerse yourself in a totally different culture. I guarantee that it will be one of the best The memories and experiences provided by NDSU Study Abroad programs decisions of your life. are incomparable.
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Disproportional Grades Hurt Engineers
Current engineering tests are damaging to the confidence levels of engineering students
Lucas Schaaf Staff Writer
Students often get satisfaction off test or project scores. In the engineering programs, however, it is often difficult to get any sense of satisfaction from the horribly low test scores typically given in an average engineering class. I was in an engineering class where a test average was 33.3 percent. This was an inadequate test of the students’ knowledge
as many of us came away feeling like we literally just wasted hours of studying and hard work. Some students even comment that they would be better off just walking into the test without studying, as the standard deviation between the most studious students and the bottom test scores were often not substantial. These test scores are usually curved and everything works out in the end, but I view this testing technique as very harmful to the students.
The curve method is fine as many of engineering students receive favorable grades in the end, but stress levels are high throughout the semester as even professors are unsure what grade you will receive until all grades are in the grade book. I always struggled with this aspect because I consistently wanted to optimize my comprehension of classes, but I never quite knew what my final grade would be until it was too late. Engineers in industry
“Engineering tests should be scaled more to promote striving for excellence.” Students in the engineering fields are always striving for excellence, but it is seemingly impossible to measure your comprehension on engineering topics when test scores are typically below a traditional D-grade level. I view myself as a perfectionist when it
comes to academics, so this testing technique was a major shocker for myself. I believe a new testing technique should be implemented to ensure students can be given a fair evaluation on their comprehension of engineering topics without having to depend on the curve method.
have little-to-no margin of mistake in the industry, and that’s how I believe that tests should be administered to spur students to strive for excellence in every aspect of their life. I think tests should be doable so students have the chance to receive a perfect score to adequately rate the comprehension of the topic that was tested. It would improve confidence levels of students in engineering disciplines and create a culture that would strive for excellence.
SNL Skit Mocks Seriousness of ISIS
Nonchalant Dakota Johnson says, ‘It’s just ISIS’
Amber Zolondek Staff Writer
For years, I considered myself a “Saturday Night Live” fan. Unfortunately, with multiple actors leaving and tasteless jokes aplenty, the 40th season of the late-night comedy-fueled improv show has left us appalled with the latest skit regarding the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. ISIS has become an increasingly threatening terrorist group on the rise with their online videos
of torture, beheadings and other animalistic actions. Dakota Johnson and “SNL” native Taran Killiam portrayed a father and daughter in a spoof of a SuperBowl commercial where Johnson’s character was being dropped off at what appears to be an airport. The teary-eyed father jokingly offers his daughter to stay another year in high school on top of some “walking around money.” Soon, Johnson’s character is out of the car and looking through the window saying “Dad, it’s just ISIS.” Cue half-forced audience laughter, halfawkward leftover silence, a white Toyota Tundra (which
I’m beginning to wonder if this was paid space, which it likely was) filled with individuals armed with military weaponry. “Take care of her,” Killiam’s character whimpers out to the vehicle filled with camouflage-clad men. “Death to America,” the lead ISIS member in the back of the truck nods toward the opposing car as they speed off firing guns and yelling. I am curious to hear what the families of those who were murdered by this terrorist group thinks of this ill-timed, tasteless skit. Hostages and deceased alike, this is another way American media can water down a serious situation that
may lead to a potential war. Killiam was later quoted in response to outrage of the skit: “Proud of this. Freedom to mock is our greatest weapon. Thanks to the writers who asked not to be mentioned by name.” I wonder why these writers asked not to be mentioned by name? If the actor is proud of his work, why would the writers not be? After all, freedom to mock is our greatest weapon and maybe should be considered an amendment even (insert satire here). Perhaps the only reason people thought this was funny is because ISIS hasn’t directly shown a presence in America quite yet. Or have they forgotten 9/11 and how
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major plane crashes stopped our world to this day or so it seems? Just last month it was released in a video that the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., could be their next target of whatever their dastardly
plans include. It’s not just ISIS. Mockery and jokes are not going to get us anywhere with this kind of situation, and that’s how they see America handling it.
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It is early in the morning, and I am running late for class. I have to switch to morning routine plan B: frantic teeth brushing and grabbing a cap because I skipped showering. Then, I hop on the bus and make it to my morning lecture hall class with a few
short minutes to spare. I begin the dreaded search for a seat only to find most of the available seats are in the middle of the large rows: the quintessential cherry on top of my morning. This leaves me with no other choice than to begin the process of “I’m sorry, excuse me” as I try and get past them to an open seat. When attending a large school, there are going to be classes with many students
in them; I get it. To account for these, we have the lecture halls. While it allows for many students to attend a class, the seating is not the best. Seats tend to be smaller because of needing to fit more. As students at North Dakota State, we have all been there with certain classes, specifically the general education ones. Many of these classes have over 100 students in them. Offering not a lot of room
to move around. After two and a half years, I am in my (hopefully) last lecture hall class. I try and get to it at least 15 minutes early, but sometimes I am not able to as I pointed out. The sole reason is only to avoid those people who enter a large lecture hall and take the seat close to or at the end of a row. The chain reaction then begins, having anyone who wants to sit in that row needing to do the awkward
shuffle in front of them. This process becomes even trickier in the winter months when everyone has bulky clothes and jackets. The “shuffle” becomes more of a “climb over.” I don’t see the point in so highly coveting the end seats. The only perk that will come from it is exiting class a few seconds earlier than the rest of us. Instead of doing the logical thing and going to the middle when they get there, they claim the most
troublesome spot for their fellow students. Lectures in the stadiumseating halls are typically the least engaging classes. Many of us are not too thrilled to be there anyway. So please don’t make this difficult for the rest of us. Please, end-sitting people: If you are the first to arrive, move to the middle. It is the polite thing to do when considering everyone. Don’t force everyone who arrives later than you to climb over you for a seat.
Facebook Offers Option for Suicidal or Questionable Posts Facebook in partnership with suicidal prevention Amber Zolondek Staff Writer
As a senior in high school, I received three phone calls informing me someone in my life had killed themselves. It’s like a cannonball to the stomach. You can’t hear anything or anyone. You wonder what you could have done, if it was something you hadn’t done. You look for cues in the past that you so stupidly missed and realize there was nothing you could have done, or could you? Facebook has teamed up
with Forefront: Innovations in Suicide Prevention, Now Matters Now, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and save.org to provide a service on social media that is like no other. Introducing Facebook Support Posts, a new feature on Facebook that allows you to report someone’s status, photo or other content to a team in order to evaluate and offer services to said user. As an example, the check-in would be a question like, “Hi Gerald, a friend thinks you might be going through something
“While other companies like Twitter and Instagram that offer reporting features, Facebook is the first to offer a trained professional on the other line to talk things through.”
difficult and asked us to look at your recent post.” Facebook goes on to give the suggested used options like “talk to someone” or “get tips and support.” And if the status
was misinterpreted, the user does have the option to skip the whole process. It’s comforting to see a social media enterprise take into account a huge social issue right now. While other companies like Twitter and
Instagram offer reporting features, Facebook is the first to offer a trained professional on the other line to talk things through. In 2011, Facebook did in fact have a suicide prevention feature, however, the process wasted valuable time to find help and was not as fast-reacting as today’s. Concerned users would have to supply screen shots and other information to the Facebook page. With social media being a popular pastime in young adult lives, it’s an important tool to have at the ready, especially when suicide is
the third leading cause of death for 12-18 year olds according to The Parent Resource Program. Facebook released the statement that they are “… not proposing this be a substitute for an emergency service,” however, it is meant as a device to prevent and educate. While some may not think it is useful to have people behind a keyboard or phone to talk with, it could save a life. If you are considering suicide at all, the number to the National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 1-800-273-8255.
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Writer’s Choice: Branches of Art in the Area Rebecca Opp
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Art is like a tree with many branches. This Monday through Wednesday, you can explore the different branches of art in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Monday: “Bloch” This exhibit features a traveling tree trunk. Bloch is a global art project by Com&Com that will travel to every continent. So far, Bloch has visited Europe, Asia and North America. Along the way, local artists have added their own marks to the tree trunk. Bloch is currently being hosted by the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County. The exhibit is on display from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m at the Hjemkomst Center, which is located at 202 First Ave. N., Moorhead. Admission is $7 per student. Tuesday: “Fargo-Moorhead Opera Young Artist Program” at MSUM You can climb another branch of art by attending the F-M Opera Young Artist Program at MSUM. The artists will include Holly Flack, Stephen Steffan, Julia Snowden and Colin Levin. These singers were chosen by the F-M Opera at auditions in New York. They will be accompanied by Eric McEnaney, associate director and principal coach of the opera’s Gate City Bank Young Artist Program. The event will take place at the Gaede Stage in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts, located at 801 13th St. S., Moorhead. The concert is from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Tickets are available at mnstate.edu/ tickets. You can also order by calling the MSUM Box Office Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 218477-2177. Wednesday: “A Woman’s Perspective on Square” You can explore even more branches of art by attending “A Woman’s Perspective on Square.” This exhibition features square-themed visual art, poetry, prose, music, dance and theater. For this exhibition, A Woman’s Perspective is partnering with the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County to encourage food pantry donations. If you bring a nonperishable food item to donate, you will receive $1 off admission. This exhibition is also on display from from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m at the Hjemkomst Center, located at 202 First Ave. N., Moorhead. Admission is $7 per student or $6 if you donate a nonperishable food item.
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Hump Day gets jumped with a jolt of entertainment this Wednesday night as the women of Alpha Gamma Delta present the 21st annual Mr. NDSU pageant. Branded with a Barbie theme this year, the event will feature 19 male contestants from various student organizations vying for the title of Mr. NDSU. With 100 percent of proceeds directed toward a non-profit organization, the sorority selected Pink It Forward, a breast cancer advocacy group, as this year’s recipient. Sophomore Samantha Jorgenson, AGD philanthropy chair, said the sorority has had a great amount of support from the campus community, including Festival Hall staff, the contestants, friends and family. “(I)ts another way to support and strengthen our community here at NDSU,” she said in an email. “It’s also a fun and effortless way to support the local non-profit we have chosen. Anyone who’s looking to
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laugh and have a great Wednesday night should attend!” Those competing for Mr. NDSU have three categories to overcome for the title: Bison wear, a skit and formal wear. From there, judges select the top contestants for a Q&A portion and Mr. NDSU is later chosen. This year’s Barbie theme is one Jorgenson said was fun for the AGD women to plan around and should be equally entertaining for the contestants and audience. “(I)t is a very family friendly and well known theme,” she said in an email, “everyone knows who Barbie and Ken are.” W Since last week, AGD women have been selling tickets for the show, priced at $5 and available in the Memorial Union right up until the event when they will be sold at the door. Those looking to get an early jump on the show can follow @MrNDSU2015 to retweet their favorite contestant and learn a little more about the pageant. Jorgenson also advises arriving early to the event to get in on the silent auction and purchase raffle tickets.
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“The Overnighters,” a Williston, N.D.-based documentary, opened up the Fargo Film Festival.
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‘The Overnighters’ screens at Fargo Film Festival with surprise guests
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“There’s always more to a story.” Former pastor Jay Reinke said this after the screening of “The Overnighters” on Tuesday at the Fargo Film Festival. Reinke, the star of the Williston, N.D.-based documentary, and his daughter surprised the audience by attending. In many ways, his words sum up this film perfectly. News of the boom and the state’s thriving economy has spread throughout the country. One day it reached San Fransisco, Calif., where film director Jesse Moss heard it and said it was “missing the human side of
the equation.” “It felt like the story that I was getting was half the truth,” Moss said at the Q&A session after the screening. He saw a column written by Reinke in a newspaper and gave him a call. They got to talking. Then Reinke told him he was letting people looking for work stay in his church until they found jobs. So Moss flew to Williston to check it out. The film follows Reinke as he struggles to balance the needs of his family and congregation with his desire to help hopeful newcomers looking for jobs. He opens his church and his heart to these men, who have come from around the country, and even the world, to make something of themselves in the oil fields.
As Moss came and went, filming as a crew of one, he too stayed at the church. He got to know the overnighters, Reinke and his family – a cast of round, multifaceted characters that fiction just cannot replicate. This true story unfolds in unexpected ways, aided by Moss’ masterful storytelling. “You don’t know where the story will take you, and you have to surrender yourself to the story,” Moss said. The documentary tells the story from Reinke’s point of view, where we see both sides of the issue. Community members are opposed to this idea. They are already upset with the destruction of the land they have known all their life and are suspicious of the newcomers looking for work. Then there are the overnighters
themselves. Many of them are broken men with troubled pasts. Some are criminals. But all of them are looking for a fresh start in Williston, fabled as a land of prosperity. Mixing scenes of quiet country life with the harsh realities of the boom, Moss weaves together a powerful narrative that is more about just North Dakota. It stretches across the nation, highlighting the universal sentiment in the Christian phrase, “Love thy neighbor.” “I believe that sometimes when we isolate people, we increase their vulnerability,” Reinke said. “We need to approach even those who are criminal as human beings.” The Fargo Film Festival continues until Saturday at the Fargo Theatre.
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NDSU Overcomes First Half Shooting Woes to Beat Denver in Quarterfinals
Bison advance to semis behind Jacobson’s 23 points
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The talk all week was how this year’s Summit League men’s basketball tournament was anyones to grab. On Saturday night in the new Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., No. 2 seeded North Dakota State saw firsthand it won’t be an easy road to the title game in its first-round matchup with No. 7 Denver. NDSU had to battle past a 31.8 percent shooting performance in the first half to take a hardearned 61-50 win in front of 9,773 fans. The Bison play the winner of the IUPUIOral Roberts game in the semifinals Monday night. “We didn’t play really well. I thought our body and ball movement wasn’t really good in the first half,” NDSU head coach Dave Richman said. “But we made some adjustments offensively and defensively. We really locked in and executed a game plan against a tough opponent.” Needing overtime both times in the regular season to beat the Pioneers, the Bison found themselves in another slow-paced, neckand-neck defensive battle in the first half. With nine
lead changes, the biggest margin was Denver’s 27-23 advantage at halftime. All season, NDSU’s first half performances were either hot or cold. It was the latter Saturday. The Bison shot 7-for-22 and made only one three pointer on nine attempts before halftime. But as they’ve done all year, the Bison caught a hot streak thanks to redshirt freshman AJ Jacobson With Alexander, NDSU’s leading scorer, struggling, it was Jacobson who stepped up for the Bison with a season-high 23 points off 7-of-10 shooting and eight free throws. “They were pretty high pressure,” Jacobson said. “I just felt like I could take those guys off the bounce. They were hugging Paul (Miller) and LA on the wing, so I got some pretty easy lanes to the bucket.” After an early 29-23 deficit in the second half, NDSU went on a 13-0 run and didn’t look back. Jacobson had six points in the run, all from aggressive drives to the basket. The Bison steadily built their lead behind Jacobson, using second-chance points, open dunks and timely free throws. “It worked to our benefit, especially in the second half when we were more
aggressive and attacking and getting downhill,” Richman said on fouls being called tight. “We got into the bonus pretty quick. That’s a credit to our guys and sometimes you just have to adjust on the fly.” NDSU went away from the outside shot and got into the lane more, something Richman preached at halftime. Twenty-four of NDSU’s 61 points came from free throws “We felt like the first half we settled for jump shots and didn’t really attack,” Alexander said. “That’s one thing Dave wanted us do in the second half was try to get some cheap fouls and into the bonus. He said get in there and plant on two feet and we got the results we wanted.” The result was a 61-50 win and a bid into Monday’s semifinals. Tipoff is set for 8:30 p.m. “We challenged our guys early to embrace it,” Richman said on facing a tough No. 7 seed. “This is tough to prepare for. It’s not the most fun and exciting thing to go through offensively and defensively. But guess what? It’s what’s in front of us. And I thought our guys did a good job of embracing it and accepting the challenge.”
Redshirt freshman AJ Jacobson poured in 23 points in NDSU’s 61-50 first round win against Denver on Saturday night.
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Kory Brown scored five points in 19 minutes against Denver Saturday night in the opening round of the Summit League tournament.
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Kory Brown’s Play Will Be Pivotal Moving Forward
Bison junior guard’s play will be vital during for the rest of the season
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As Kory Brown came back to his team’s bench during North Dakota State’s 61-50 win over Denver Saturday night, he told everyone “it’s time to pick up the intensity now.” The defensive star for the Bison men’s basketball team had a visible impact on NDSU’s opening win of the Summit League tournament in Sioux Falls, S.D. Brown, who’s averaged 8.5 points, 0.8 steals and 0.7 blocks per game, tallied a minimal seven minutes in
the first half in which the Pioneers outscored NDSU 27-23. The junior guard sparked the Bison with an emphatic block only a couple minutes into the second half. A few minutes later, Brown threw down a dunk down the lane to extend NDSU’s lead to eight. Brown’s energy is a vital component to NDSU’s success, and the Bison will need every bit to get through this tournament. “It’s a difference when he’s on the floor,” Lawrence Alexander said. “Kory has always been the energy guy since I’ve been here.
Whether it’s a spark with a big play, he’s always the guy to make it. I’ll always love it when he’s on the court. “But even when he’s not, he’s definitely one of the key guys on this team. Whenever we need a key spark, he’s always the guy to come through for us.” The remaining question is if Brown will be able to stay on the court for a fair amount of minutes. NDSU missed Brown’s defensive presence as Denver’s Brett Olson chalked up 24 points. As the Bison look forward to taking on the winner of Oral Roberts and Indiana-Purdue of Indianap-
olis, the rest of the Summit League is filled with just as many guards who can go off in a moment’s notice. When Brown got momentum on his side, Denver became one-dimensional and relied almost completely on Olson the rest of the way. “Just to get moving again, that’s what it was,” Brown said. “Once I got going, I was going.” Brown’s journey this season came full circle, as he was injured at Denver earlier this year. The Bison also missed Brown in that one, as the Pioneers nearly stole the Bison’s thunder
with a buzzer-beating halfcourt heave to send the game to overtime. Brown has had four games since then to recover and get back in the swing of things. Bison head coach Dave Richman joked that whenever he would see Brown limping, he would take 30 seconds away from his playing time – maybe because Richman is trying everything he can to get more effort out of the starter. “Kory’s feeling as good as he’s going to for the rest of the way,” Richman said. “You can see there’s still a hitch or a limp.”
Brown’s plan for the day off was to listen to whatever the team trainers tell him to – icing, stretching or simply staying off his feet. The Bison are going to need everything they can get considering their lineup is basically seven men deep. “It’s nice to get a win and be out there to help my team,” Brown said. “I was really upset with myself that I got hurt, but I had faith in my team that they would pull it out and they did when we were there and I gave us a little bit of a boost now that we’re in the tournament.”
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Top Heavy Six Bison wrestlers qualify for national tournament Taylor Kurth Staff Writer
The North Dakota State wrestling team won its second consecutive NCAA West Region/Western Wrestling Conference title Saturday at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse. The Bison narrowly edged Wyoming and South Dakota State. NDSU won with a final score of 67.5 points, while Wyoming came in second with 63 and SDSU came in third with 56.5. Five Bison wrestlers won individual championships and six qualified for the
NCAA Championships scheduled on March 19-21 in St. Louis. Bison head coach Roger Kish was named Coach of the Year and he could not have been more praiseful of his team. “These guys work hard,” he said. “The good news is they like to train… When you get a team atmosphere that enjoys that aspect of wrestling, it is pretty special.” Wrestling in the 125-pound class, Josh Rodriguez was named the NCAA West Regional/ WWC Most Outstanding Wrestler after going through a gauntlet of a bracket. Five
out of the six competitors in that bracket advanced to the NCAA Championships. In the championship, Rodriguez won a 3-1 decision Tyler Cox from Wyoming. “I wanted to go out with a bang and finish off strong,” Rodriguez said. “To gain some confidence for the national tournament… it feels good.” Wrestling in the 141 pound class, redshirt freshman Mitch Bengston won a 7-6 tie breaker overtime win over SDSU’s Lucas Zilverberg. Bengston rallied from a 3-0 deficit and forced a pair overtimes. “I mean, after that crazy
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match I was glad for it to be over,” Bengston said. “I felt good that I overcame all that controversy, it was a wild match.” Wrestling in the 149 pound class, redshirt freshman Clay Ream took control in the championship match, with a 12-2 major decision over SDSU’s Alex Kocer. Ream improved to 23-11 overall. “I was really nervous,” Ream said. “I knew this was my chance and I had to capitalize. I knew if I wrestled my best and attacked, I would win today.” Wrestling in the 174-pound class, senior
Kurtis Julson claimed the championship on an injury forfeit. After two seasons of top three finishes, Julson finally claimed a championship. Julson improved to 18-9 overall and is heading to the NCAA Championship for the second time. “It was my last hurrah,” he said. “Being there last year, I realized anybody can win, anybody can beat anybody. I’m ready to go make some noise.” In the 184-pound class, junior Hayden Zillmer won his second straight NCAA West Region/WWC title. He defeated Wyoming’s Ben Stroh 6-2 in the
championship. He improved to 31-4 overall. “There’s always work to be done,” Zillmer said. “I’ve just got to keep plugging away and good things will happen.” Heavyweight senior Evan Knutson could not secure his second straight championship. He lost a 5-3 decision to SDSU’s J.J. Everard in the championship. At 157 pounds, redshirt freshman Grant Nehring went 2-2 and placed fourth. Wrestling in the 197 pound class, redshirt freshman Tommy Petersen went 1-2 in the tournament.
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