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Open Access Textbooks, Free Scantrons Coming to NDSU Move comes with new student government programs, administration CASEY MCCARTY | THE SPECTRUM

Scantrons will be free for NDSU students beginning in the Fall 2017 semester.

Casey McCarty Head News Editor

Seniors, sell extra Scantrons while you can.

North Dakota State Student Body President Mason Wenzel is accomplishing his campaign promises, making Scantron documents free for students in the coming school year.

Wenzel’s administration has made this possible through a deal with the Provost’s Office, in that the Provost’s Office will cover the entirety of the approximately $12,000 bill.

He said the move will not impact the NDSU bookstore as Scantrons are “not really a revenue generator.” The store is not re-stocking Scantrons for the coming year.

NDSU Provost Beth Ingram said she was approached by Wenzel and his then running mate Katie Mastel about the Scantron idea prior to the student body election as most candidates usually talk to her before running.

“When they came to me after the victory, I said ‘Yeah let’s do it,’” Ingram said. She added her department will buy Scantrons in bulk so they are cheaper as well.

Students will now acquire Scantrons through professors bringing them to class on test day.

Open Educational Resources

Scantrons are not the only free materials for students in the coming years.

Psychology 111 classes, as well as Biology 150, 151 and 252 classes will be the first to implement open textbooks. The program begins in Fall 2017 with

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psychology courses taught by Jared Ladbury, an associate professor of psychology. The biology classes will implement the program in the Fall 2018 semester.

Wenzel’s administration aims to have Open Educational Resources (OERs) have a large impact on students as well as have professors actually want to use open textbooks.

Biology and psychology were selected as the first subjects as they are “very different” and seen as pro-active and progressive, Wenzel said.

Ladbury is the only professor in psychology opting to use OERs. “It’s always nice to get some summer compensation to actually make the change,” Ladbury said.

He ran a survey in his introductory psychology course this semester in which he learned approximately half of his students say the cost of a textbook is the most determining factor on if they will get the book or not. Ladbury said if the cost will prevent half of his students from getting textbooks, “we need to find a way around that.”

A Tuesday Two survey sent in mid-November, 2016, found 73.83 percent of students have refrained from purchasing textbooks due to cost.

The psychology textbook was easy to get behind as the American Psychology Association has a document in which what should be taught in an introductory psychology course, Ladbury said. “It’s fairly easy for these open educational resources to look at documents like that and build a textbook that fits what I need it to be.”

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When biology will be implemented, every professor teaching Biology 150, 151 and 252 will use OERs. Biology is taking longer to be implemented as there will be open supplemental material in addition to textbooks which include graphs, figures, graphics and pictures.

Wenzel said the concept of having open textbooks is not a new idea, but one which has lacked dedication to accomplish it.

“From the moment I told Spencer Moir that I want

and engineering are three areas which Wenzel and Michael Russell, student government’s executive commissioner on academic and student affairs, said they aim to have covered by OERS. Wenzel added the day he will know OERs have made it at NDSU is when calculus courses adopt the program.

“Once you get into calculus courses and other areas in the math department, I think you are really selling it,” Wenzel said. He added his reason is that between applied calculus, Calculus

“It’s a selling point,” Wenzel said. He further added he wants tour guides to be able to tell prospective students they will not have to pay for textbooks in their general education courses.

“I hate buying textbooks,” Wenzel said, adding, “I refrain from buying them at all costs solely because I think they’re expensive and professors don’t use them.”

Wenzel, Russell and Ladbury all said they are “really excited” about the future of the OER program.

Costs

The open textbooks will

the textbooks will be free to students and professors alike.

A $10,000 fund created by student government has been allocated to compensate professors for buying into the OER program. Wenzel said they would like to get more funding from reserves, though.

He added compensation to a professor is a onetime payment, with each professor being compensated receiving on average between $1,000 and $3,000 on a case-by-case basis.

Russell said the largest hurdle to overcome is getting professors to buy into the program.

“We’re going on like sales pitches, as Mason calls them,” Russell said, adding he meets with different heads of departments to ask if they would be interested in the program.

“A lot of instructors are like, ‘Oh, you’re willing to pay me? Sure,’” Russell said.

Open Educational Resources Board

Shoppers from all over the region peruse the various booths at the craft fair. to take on open textbooks to the first grant that we approved and distributed was probably about a five, six month long period,” Wenzel said.

In the future

Mathematics, chemistry

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1, Calculus 2, Calculus 3, Calculus 4 and business math taught at NDSU affect 90 percent of NDSU students.

“The goal of this is to impact all students,” Wenzel said.

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be based through openstax. org, an organization partially funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which aims to provide open access textbooks to anyone. As such, the initial cost to use

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Student senate has created the OERB to help sustain the program forever, Wenzel said.

The board will provide student influence to administrators, but also add legitimacy within the program as administrators will sit on the board to help it continue.

At press time, there is no set positions for who will be on the board aside from student government’s executive commissioner of technology and executive commissioner of academic and student affairs.

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Kids Learning About (Baby Goat) Kids Goats, sheep and baby chicks, oh my!

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A young child pets a young chicken.

Alex Hart

Contributing Writer

Over 1,000 elementary school children gathered in Sheppard Arena last week to learn about common farm animals such as cows, horses, goats, sheep and baby chicks.

The children gathered as part of North Dakota State’s Saddle and Sirloin club’s

Kiddie Days.

Kiddie Days is an event aimed at teaching youth through hands-on learning.

The event was held in the main competition area of the arena with multiple showings from April 24-28.

Saddle and Sirloin Kiddie Days Chair, Anna Lemm, was there to show the kids the animals and to tell them what each animal does for us.

“If we can teach them even just a little bit, it’s something and it’s totally worth it,” Lemm said.

“You know, agriculture is happening all around us and sometimes these kids would never get to see animals if it weren’t for us.”

Each session was 30 minutes long and was limited to 50 children per session. Each group was split into multiple smaller

groups and a volunteer from the club would show each animal individually.

Volunteers would tell about what food or product the animal makes and would let the kids pet the animal if they wanted to.

The kids invited were from Fargo area preschools and elementary schools. In total, Kiddie Days showed around 1,600 children the different animals. Over 65

volunteers ran the event.

Kiddie Days has been going on since the 1980s.

Lemm said she thinks that it will continue to grow and hopes to see improvement next year.

“This year I think went very smoothly and my CoChair Nick Zahler and I are very pleased with how it all turned out,” Lemm said.

“The kids absolutely love Kiddie Days and I really

think the teachers do too.

We have seen over 2,000 kids some years and we hope to keep that number improving.”

Saddle and Sirloin’s goal is “to promote the agricultural industry through participation in educational and social activities while exhibiting Bison pride.”

Table Tennis Tournament Touts Competition A youth tournament brings children of all ages to compete Phoebe Ellis Co-News Editor

Sports fans and stayat-home parents found common ground at the Table Tennis Youth Tournament which took place Saturday where several schools took part in this competition.

Upwards of 40 students competed in the tournament which took place at Carl Ben Eielson Middle school.

Event runners included several North Dakota State University faculty such as Steven Qian, Chanchai Tangpong and Di Gao. A 12-year-old participant, Josh Peterson, got into table tennis through a Christmas gift and playing the game with his family. He said, “My parents all played ping pong when they were young and their parents played with them so I guess I just enjoyed playing it and it was fun for me.”

This was Peterson’s first tournament. He came because his school’s announcements recruited participants although he does not see himself in the table tennis Olympics.

Qian, a professor in the pharmaceutical science department, said table tennis is an important sport not because it’s particularly physically involved, but because it teaches students and parents alike that there’s a song set of mental skills that go into the game. “They need to learn patterns, time, concentration, and it needs to get to a certain level and

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Shoppers from all over the region peruse the various booths at the craft fair. that’s really good for kids and adults.”

Although table tennis is not as popular as it is in some Asian countries, the sport has peaked interest in Fargo.

Qian said keeping American children invested in the sport is a bit of a challenge due to the sport’s lack of popularity, but the leaders of the tournament try and coach some of the

participants.

The youth tournament started six years ago and has continued every year since due to the interest of the kids who participate, increasing in numbers of participants along the way.

Qian said the tournament saw “about 40 kids the first year, the last two years it’s been in the 70s.”

Finding space for all of the participants becomes

more difficult as time goes seeing as the numbers continue to increase, but the faculty is determined to keep the tournament going.

For Qian, it’s important because not only is the sport accessible to him as a 50-something adult, but it’s accessible across age groups again bringing up the mental capacity needed to engage in the sport.

Qian has been training

in table tennis for years and has been coaching the individuals that participated in Saturday’s tournament three years ago. Training usually takes place four or five days a week with the elementary and middle school students, though he doesn’t coach high school students.

The tournament brought together students from elementary through high

school with some participants who had participated in all six years of the tournament’s existence.

This tournament was only the first round of challenges. From there, the winners of the tournament would continue to another few rounds of competition and eventually go to the championships.

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Coffee Coming to the Bison Community Starbucks to move into Bison Block FILE PHOTO | THE SPECTRUM

Starbucks is set to move into Bison Block by Sept. 1.

Alex Hart

Contributing Writer

Appearing out of nowhere like a unicorn frappuccino, Starbucks will be entering the west endcap of Bison Block over the summer.

Bison Block has announced that the coffee shop will open by Sept.

1. Bison Block is located south of Minard Hall, across the street from 12th Avenue North.

This deal has been in the works for a couple of years now and Bison Block owner Roger Gilbertson was happy to say that construction will begin within the next 30 days.

“I am very excited about them coming here. Of

course, Starbucks has huge name-brand recognition,” Gilbertson said, adding, “It is probably one of the top five companies inside the Untied States so I’m sure it will provide a great product for the students. I am certainly looking forward to it.”

The shop will be open for the new school year.

Ahna Demester, an NDSU

freshman studying human development and family science, said it is good news.

“I think that it’s a good idea because I don’t think that there is many Starbucks-like options for students and the union does not have as much variety as Starbucks,” Demester said.

“A con would be that it is tempting to spend money on

it since it is closer.”

The new space will be 2,000 square feet. The company aims to hire from NDSU to create more jobs for students. NDSU sophomore studying English education, Sam Fite, said, “I do think that it will be nice for students because it’s hard to get jobs around here and I don’t want to work in a mall or something like

that, so having a close one where it is close on campus but not working with work study I think that will have a positive impact and that it is a nice opening for students.”

Starbucks’ opening was originally slated for earlier this school year.

In A Nutshell Ten years ago the counseling center saw around 250 students a year, with 1,100 students are expected to use the counseling center this year, WDAY reported.

Over those 10 years, the counseling center has hired two additional people. New staff has not been hired in recent years due to budget allocations.

Graduate students are utilized to help offset the small number of staff members and the center works with outside entities if it does not have the people to help internally.

Amanda Johnson Staff Writer

Funding cut finalized

North Dakota State University will see an 18 percent budget cut starting in July for the next twoyear budget cycle.

“The North Dakota Legislature’s higher education funding bill approved Thursday provides general fund support of $129.1 million for NDSU in 2017-19, a decrease of 17.9 percent from the $157.4 million appropriation for 2015-17,” the Forum reported.

The 2015-17 budget had already been trimmed 6.55 percent due to lagging state revenues that forced cuts throughout North Dakota state government.

To offset that 6.55 percent reduction in funding, NDSU offered early retirement incentives and a hiring freeze was set forth.

North Dakota’s other 10 campuses saw similar aid decrease of 18 to 19 percent.

Lawmakers are allowing campuses to increase undergraduate tuition for residents up to four percent with graduate and nonresident students potentially seeing steeper tuition increases.

been dropped form a compromise bill unveiled Monday,” the Pioneer Press reported.

The bill has not been finalized and internet privacy provisions can still be added in the next three weeks.

Minnesotan’s privacy is the same right now as it was in 2016 before Congress voted against the rule limiting what internet service providers can do with customers’ data.

The Larsen C ice shelf projected to be a giant iceberg has forked in recent days.

“Satellite imagery of the 180km-long fissure acquired in recent days shows a clear branching behavior at its tip,” BBC News reported.

When the iceberg separates it will remove a quarter of the Larsen C shelf and will leaving the remaining structure less stable.

“Scientists are concerned that Larsen C may be developing in a similar way to its siblings, Larsen A and Larsen B, which eventually collapsed at the turn of the century,” BBC News reported.

The fork does not increase the length of the rift and the new branch reaches towards the seaward side of the crack.

The width of the crack continues to grow about a meter a day and spans 450 meters from the regularly measured point.

Lettuce shortage

Produce coming of California is seeing a spike in price and is expected to stay that way for the next couple weeks.

Local restaurants have noticed the price increase when lettuce “went from about $30 a case to around $80 a case” and the 200 percent increase doesn’t come as a surprise, Valley News Live reported.

Crops in California have been affected after decade long drought with this year’s unusually high snow melt and heavy rains.

Grocery stores are increasing prices and are having a hard time keeping lettuce on their shelves.

Internet privacy removed

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This year the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate voted to limit what can be done with customers’ data by internet service providers.

“Those provisions have

As finals week approaches more students are utilizing the NDSU counseling center.

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BISON | Follow the Way ABROAD

The Camino de Santiago offers pilgrims miles of hiking and panoramas

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Sunrise on the beach at San Sebastián.

Paige Meskan

Contributing Writer

I’m not going to lie.

Most of the time when you tell someone you are going

to willingly walk over 100 km (62 miles) across a country, they give you that “you’re definitely crazy” look.

Upon arriving in Spain for my semester abroad,

it was never in my plans to hike the Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James. I am not really sure how it happened, I would like to think it was fate, but somehow I was matched

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Yellow arrows mark the path to follow along the Camino de Santiago.

with a pretty awesome roommate that turned to me one day and popped the question.

The Camino de Santiago is rooted back to the ninth century when the forgotten tomb of the Apostle St. James was discovered in the northwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula. It didn’t take long for the news to spread across the world.

Today, a total of 12 Caminos de Santiago make up an intricate network of routes all leading to Santiago de Compostela.

While the main route, the Camino Francés, is the most popular, thousands of pilgrims find themselves each year beginning their journey from any of the major cities in Spain.

The length of time it takes to reach Santiago de Compostela depends on the pilgrim and the starting location. With a limited time frame of five days, we knew we would only be able to complete a small portion of the Camino this time around. Our original plan was to stick closer to home, starting in our host city of Valencia and following the Camino de Levante.

However, the Camino de Santiago had a bigger plan for us. A week before heading out, a friend decided to join us on our journey and suggested the Camino del Norte, or the Northern Way. Before we knew it, we had overnight bus tickets booked and were registered to hike from San Sebastián to Bilbao over Semana Santa (Holy Week) and Pascua (Easter). In a matter of 24 hours, our entire plans had changed.

When the night of our departure finally arrived, I walked out the door with my beat up pair of tennis shoes and my school backpack packed with a

spare set of clothes, extra socks, a small sleeping bag and my Credencial del Peregrino, or Camino passport.

Only the bare necessities are desired for a trip like this. We were finally on our way for an adventure of a lifetime and I was ecstatic.

We arrived at San Sebastián in the early hours of the morning and found our way to the coastal city’s picturesque beach, Playa de La Concha, where waited for the sun to rise to explore the rest of the city before beginning the trek.

At each stop along the Camino, two stamps are required in the Camino passport as proof of one’s journey. Stamps can be attained anywhere, most commonly in churches, albergues and other official establishments. When Pilgrims arrive in Santiago de Compostela, with proof they have walked the minimum distance of 100 km, they are then able to apply for their Compostela, or their certificate of pilgrimage.

Once the city awoke, we were on our way after wandering into several churches and receiving our stamps. The Camino del Norte had officially begun.

We climbed mountains just to walk back down, wandered through small towns one minute and the Spanish countryside the next. Cattle and sheep greeted us as we passed and the Atlantic Ocean seemed to be always over our shoulder.

At times we found ourselves walking down urban roads, while other times we ventured down dirt trails through the forests.

Wherever the arrows pointed, we went.

During our journey, we stayed in a variety of places.

One night, a convent, the next, a train station.

Each morning, pilgrims set off on the next leg of their journey early in order to allow enough time to claim a bed at the next albergue.

Amazing as the journey sounds with breathtaking views all around, our group didn’t escape the hardships of the Camino.

Each night we went to bed exhausted only to wake up sore. Regardless, we put our shoes back on over our blisters and carried on because that’s what you do.

Unfortunately, one day we were forced to catch a bus to the next city, as signs of potential injuries were showing from continuous walking. Taking a bus for part of the journey was not part of the plan, but sometimes you have to listen to your body.

In the final leg of our journey, we descended the hillside into Bilbao.

Regardless of our setbacks and our amateur selves taking on the Camino de Santiago with no prior training, just the pure luck of being young, I have no regrets. Some things are out of your control and you just have to roll with the punches and take it as it comes.

With the Camino de Santiago, it’s not just the final destination; it’s also the journey along the way.

There will be setbacks.

There will be hardships.

There is always going to be another mountain to climb, another bridge to cross.

Muscles will be sore, and blisters will be formed in all their glory. Some days will feel great while others seem to trudge on.

The Camino de Santiago is not easy, but the journey is worth it. I was lucky enough to experience only a small part of the Camino.

Know this: someday I will be back to finish the rest.

A Heartfelt Farewell to My Desk Oh, the places you’ll go Rio Bergh

Features Editor

Well, desk, it looks like this is it. After a short year and a half as the features editor, my time is drawing to a close.

I know, I know. It’s hard on me too. All the good times, the late deadlines, the spilled coffee and cookie crumbs, the impromptu ukulele concerts. It’s hard to believe all of that is behind us.

But, without a doubt, deciding to spend time with you was the best decision of my college career. You’re a pretty great desk. And you know, the people at the other desks in the office aren’t half bad either.

You’ve been good for me, you see. You inspired me to go talk to actual people, even though I’m a bit of a grumpy introvert at heart, and I found out it can actually be pretty fun.

You inspired me to write better content, to find better

stories, because I would feel guilty if I didn’t.

You inspired me to do all sorts of things: drive halfway across the state to hang out with and talk to people at Standing Rock, ruin my shoes scaling a garage to get the perfect aerial shot of a raging party, sleep outside in 40-degree weather with some random guy just for the heck of it.

You changed me for the better. I’m grateful for it.

Even though I’m dreading it a bit, I think my departure

might be good for you.

The collection of stress balls won’t be your problem anymore, although I might leave some behind for my successor (it’s a stressful job). The stack of past newspapers that has been accumulating throughout my tenure will disappear — no longer a burden for you to bear. The vest I keep in your drawer in case I need to look fancy for an interview (as I recall, that happened exactly once) will no longer take up your

space.

I’ll remember you.

I’ll remember the late nights, long conversations on everything but the newspaper, co-writing editorials, arguments over whether or not Sally the succulent is in fact a real plant or if Erik has duped us all with an amazing fake. I’ll remember the long meetings planning stellar special editions. I’ll remember playing music in a mournful post-election haze.

Don’t worry though. I’ll still be here, working on my master’s — you can’t get rid of me that easily.

I’ll stop in for lunch, just for old times’ sake. We can reminisce. I’ll still write some, just not as often.

You’ll have a new occupant and I’m sure everything will be great.

And so, my dear desk, it’s time for me to go.

Stay fly, you beautiful beast.

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BISON Homecoming ABROAD

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As the time to leave approaches, lessons loom

Laura Ellen Brandjord Contributing Writer

Well here it is, that point in time of my study abroad experience that always seemed so far away before now — my last week in India.

With finals over and no frantic studying left to occupy my time, the swift passage of time is really hitting me. I try to tell myself that this is not the last time I will every stay in India, but logically I can’t deny that my opportunity to return will most likely present itself a ways down the road.

India has taught me a lot during my time here. I find that my greatest lessons were learned outside of the classroom. In reality there are too many to mention briefly. Below are two of the lessons the country and people of India have taught me that really stuck out.

1. You can always make time for what you really want

So what if it takes an hour and a half to reach a venue with friends and you are already running behind. Just because you aren’t on time doesn’t mean you don’t have time. In the worst case scenario, you and your friends come up with a new plan. It’s not the end of the world and spontaneity can lead to amazing experiences you would have otherwise missed out on.

2. Meals are about connection, too: good food and good company

Meals are meant to last for a while, giving you time to talk and connect with your family or friends. I have spent two hours or more eating at a restaurant, comfortably lounged out,

chatting with my friends.

We seem to be in such a big hurry back home that this luxury isn’t taken, but it is definitely worth it.

Adding to the feeling of connection and community, restaurants or festival feasts are all served family style.

Large portions are dished out and shared amongst everyone at the table. In the case of festivals or large group meals, everyone is served from the same bowl, ladled out on everyone’s plate individually.

Looking back on my amazing year abroad, I appreciate the opportunities, celebrate the friendships and acknowledge the growth this experience has afforded me. I hope that someday I am able to return to this unique country and continue exploring. Until then, I will implement these lessons and others in my daily life and interactions with others.

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My trip to Mushroom Rock was just one of many great experiences with new friends.

Public Health: Saving Lives, Populations at a Time Area of study focuses on preventing problems

Casey McCarty Head News Editor

When fallen ill, popular perception may prescribe venturing to a doctor’s office to receive one-onone medical care from a medical professional.

The practice of public health approaches medical complications with a different mindset, however.

Public health aims to prevent medical issues before they occur, thus reducing the incidence and prevalence problems.

Immunization Immunization is perhaps one of the most immediate, recognizable processes of a public health initiative.

Through it, formerly lethal diseases such as smallpox, polio and influenza have become dulled down or extinct.

Paul Carson, a physician of almost 25 years, a North Dakota State professor in the department of public health and the current director of the NDSU Center for Immunization

Research and Education, specializes in immunization.

Carson’s work formerly focused on cases of the West Nile virus when North Dakota was at the “epicenter” of that disease, being one of the highest incidence states in the country. In 2010, he discovered eight percent of the entire North Dakota population had been infected with WNV. His current work focuses on immunization acceptance and immunization uptake.

Particularly, a research project is underway to find more strategic and effective ways to have physicians communicate with parents who are resistant or hesitant to vaccinating their kids.

At the end of 2016, Carson and his team finished a comprehensive study of immunization practices and policies in North Dakota, thus delivering a white paper and recommendations to the North Dakota Department of Health and the state legislature.

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on informing healthcare providers across the state about the human papillomavirus vaccine.

The human papillomavirus has one of the lowest acceptance and uptakes across the country, Carson said. “North Dakota is no exception.”

Carson’s team is working with healthcare providers in North Dakota to inform about the HPV vaccine.

At press time, 32 cases of measles have been reported in the Twin Cities area, per the Star Tribune.

Carson said the outbreak has been centered in the Somali community in the area, which has had low vaccination rates for a decade or more.

Part of the reason for low vaccination rates is due to an “unwarranted fear about the (measles) vaccine being associated with autism,” Carson said.

“That’s been completely debunked and dispelled, but sadly a number of years ago the person who started that myth, a now very discredited doctor ...

from the U.K., Andrew Wakefield, visited that community in the Twin Cities and stoked those fears.”

“I suspect the numbers (in measles cases) will continue to rise for a while,” Carson said. “There’s a long incubation period for that and people can transmit it without having symptoms initially, so we haven’t seen the end of that epidemic here.”

For measles, Carson said populations need to be about 95 percent immunized to obtain herd immunity, such that the spread of measles will be stalled.

He said the disease could become a problem for North Dakota as the state has pockets where people have chosen to not vaccinate.

Adverse childhood effects Dr. Donald Warne, the chair of the department of public health and an associate professor at NDSU, has an area of focus on the affects of adverse childhood experiences.

“My sense, my hypothesis, is that some

of the most vulnerable populations are also populations that see higher rates of adverse childhood experiences,” Warne said. He added in order to address public health issues such as preventing depression and addiction; communities need to address prevention of ACE. He looks to see the patterns between impoverished communities or communities that suffer from discrimination and communities that do not have these problems.

Warne said what is seen is that individuals who suffer from ACE have worse health outcomes and are linked with higher rates of heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Antimicrobial stewardship At the levels of the World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control, there is a concern for crisis in antibiotic resistance.

“Many, many bacteria now are evolved to where very few, and sometimes in some cases, no antibiotics

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Dr. Paul Carson is a specialist in immunization. His work focuses on increasing acceptance and uptake in vaccinations in the state of North Dakota.

are effective anymore,” Carson said. He further said there is no “big pipeline of new antibiotics” to render the weakening effects of current antibiotics, and as such his team is creating a push to use current antibiotics judiciously to maintain their effectiveness.

Carson said in any healthcare setting about half of all antibiotics are used inappropriately, in that they are not needed or are too strong when prescribed.

Through education and research, Carson aims to cut down inappropriate use and patients coming into a clinic with an expectation to receive an antibiotic even when one is not needed.

His team is also involved with helping doctors know how to act in situations with these patients.

Why public health?

Carson said being a physician with one-on-one care is a very gratifying experience with the ability to get immediate feedback on if care is working or not.

“But it’s a one-on-one thing,” Carson said. “That excites me, knowing that something I did not only affected the one patient I saw that day or the few patients I saw that day, but potentially hundreds to thousands of people.”

Warne, who also has a background in medicine as a family doctor, said, “”My frustration in medicine is that we could make an impact one patient at a time, but the social factors and the other factors that impact a person’s health are not prevented in the hospital or in the clinic, it has to be prevented in the community.” He added if he were going to make a more meaningful impact, he would need to work upstream and change policies.

He added preventing things from happening in the first place is “very gratifying to me.”

“I’m optimistic about what we’ll be able to see happen in public health in North Dakota in part because of what our graduates are going to be able to contribute in the future,” Carson said.

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The State of Loneliness Baccalaureate student Joshua Barduson makes his own experience being gay into photographs

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Joshua Barduson’s photography works, as part of the 2017 Spring Baccalaureate Exhibition, go from a remote sense of loneliness to companionship.

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Sitting and staring at Joshua Barduson’s works transports you into two different worlds: one of expansive loneliness and another of warm companionship.

Of the six works Barduson chose to feature in this year’s baccalaureate exhibition in the Memorial Union Gallery, three are indistinguishable landscapes and three represent companionship in a state that’s still learning how to accept homosexuality.

Originally from Willmar, Minnesota, Barduson lived in Baltimore, Maryland, and Chicago, Illinois, before moving to Fargo for college. He represents these changes in location through is pieces of photography.

“The overall theme, I guess you could say, is that I really wanted to convey this overwhelming sense of loneliness that I felt when I first moved to North Dakota,” Barduson said.

Barduson’s baccalaureate exhibition is a continuation of his first semester project, something that’s been developing and changing since its conception.

Originally, Barduson photographed the bedrooms

of gay people in Fargo to show there was “nothing that signified to someone who was looking in that they were gay.”

“My thought process going into that was I wanted it to show that you wouldn’t be able to tell if it was a gay person’s bedroom or a straight person’s bedroom, it’s all the same kind of bedroom,” he said. “But I found that I kept wanting to give these people this voice, but then I realized it’s not my place to give these people a voice. I have to tell my story and then hope that my story resonates and gives enough courage that these people are willing to — not necessarily follow in my footsteps but maybe get the courage to finally start accepting, even to themselves, that this is a part of them and that it’s going to be okay.”

Influences of his original project can still be found in his final presentation, especially when it comes to normalizing being gay.

“I think my main goal was just showing people that gay people exist amongst them and that we’re just like everyone else,” Barduson said.

“There’s nothing different to what we do, other than that we’re doing something with the same gender. The

hand holding in public, you see that all the time, and no one thinks differently of it if it’s a straight couple.

So why are we thinking anything different if it’s a gay couple?”

The inspiration for the project comes from Barduson’s experience in North Dakota. Despite the overwhelming attitude that “nothing could ever happen in Fargo,”

and everyone’s really nice.

‘That wouldn’t happen here’ is what I’ve been hearing a lot of. Unfortunately, it does happen quite a bit here. “ He was also greatly inspired by LGBT history, especially in relation to art.

For many artists throughout history, they needed to hide their sexuality in order to protect themselves and their work. Not only that, but Barduson really wanted to

“I think my main goal was just showing people that gay people exist amongst them and that we’re just like everyone else. There’s nothing different to what we do, other than that we’re doing something with the same gender.” – Joshua Barduson, NDSU art student

Barduson explained that he does experience hate and discomfort. “(I)t gets hard because you don’t know if you’re getting stared at because they don’t know or if they’re staring at you because they want to hurt you,” he said. “You never really know. And I think that in Fargo especially, there’s this idea that everyone’s really accepting

give something back to the people who made it possible for him to be so open about his homosexuality.

“I wanted to make an impact but also pay homage to all these people who have done things in order to let me do this,” he said, “because without them I wouldn’t have been able to be as outwardly spoken.

So, I really feel like the best way to pay homage to these

people is to be outwardly spoken and loud.”

While his pieces are all focused around North Dakota and Fargo, Barduson needed to travel west for many of his photos in order to capture his own feelings of loneliness and to separate the viewer from a highly recognizable place.

As he continued to drive further west, Barduson explained that the towns he passed through became indistinguishable. Usually, as he was driving, he’d see a location he thought captured his idea and he would pull over and take a picture of it.

Using black and white rather than color, Barduson also wanted to create a sense of something unfinished.

“I really wanted people to see there’s this completion, this resolution within the series — we go from this depression to this companionship and love and everything — but we’re not quite there yet, we’re not 100 percent all the way there,” he explained.

“By leaving it in black and white, not everything is done. For me, once everything’s in color, this is the finished product ...

Across the United States, there’s a lot of people who think that now that gay

marriage is passed, all of our problems are gone.

That’s very far from the truth. There’s still quite a bit that has to be done for people to be truly equal. In order to keep it true to that statement, I needed to keep it in black and white.”

After graduation, Barduson hopes to open or be part of an LGBT center that focuses on children and art. By creating a visibility for gay people and a safe space for them to gather, Barduson hopes to make the coming out process easier for some people and to give others a place to feel community.

“When I was younger, I used to be really scared of gay people,” Barduson said.

“I didn’t really understand them. I didn’t really get exposed to them. And I really feel like if I had been exposed to them at a younger age my coming out process would have been a lot easier. So I really feel like that’s something that needs to be reinforced from a young age.”

While Barduson’s works are no longer on display, to view Barduson’s works, visit his website, jbarduson. com.

A Tragedy of Epic Proportions Homer’s epic tale of a hero’s journey takes to the stage in Theatre NDSU’s modern adaptation Andrew Fugleberg Staff Writer

Last week, Theatre NDSU debuted their performance of “The Odyssey,” directed by Kara Jeffers and Chelsea Pace, as part of the Mary Zimmerman Festival in the Fargo-Moorhead area.

The cast and crew produced a very fine show, with several strong performances during the two-hour run time.

The show started off strongly with an incomparable set. The stage was colored in hues of blue and greens, with geometric props asymmetrically set in front of the audience. Long curtains draped at several points across the stage, creating a boundary setting apart backstage while giving a lot of creative options for entrances, exits and dramatic moments.

Furthermore, the stage was expanded into the audience, giving the actors more room to express themselves.

NDSU’s performance of “The Odyssey” fulfilled expectations as a “streamlined” telling of

the classic story written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Many confusing details and characters were portrayed in a way that made them less confusing, helping the audience understand the 20-year journey of a father.

However, those without a prior understanding of the story might still be confounded by seemingly unrelated bits of the story.

Throughout the show, the bouts of humor and contemporary music were what kept the show moving during the long runtime.

Hermes and Poseidon were the two funniest characters, with their over-the-top performances complimenting the seriousness of Odysseus and Athena.

One interesting thing the show utilized was voice changing technology to bring some of the beasts to life. While some of the enunciation could have been a bit better so the poetic words could be heard more clearly, the creative leap was a delight to experience.

The highlights of the show included the sirens “singing” in unison, two perfectly executed fights

and a quiet soliloquy by the lone protagonist. The sirens, an interconnected gaggle of girls, absolutely commanded attention with their piercing looks and mood swings, ironically giving the show life while trying to bring death upon the sailors. The fight scenes were fantastic, rivaling any action movie produced in the last decade. All the actors were in sync during the loud scenes, keeping the audience on the edge of their seat with live action barreling in front of them.

Finally, another stand out moment involved a lone Odysseus on a darkened stage while the drapes slowly swayed JUSTIN EILER | PHOTO COURTESY behind him. It gave the audience a chance to see Maggie Zentner (left) and Dan Ajak (right) play Penelope and Odysseus, respectively, in Theatre the man without all the NDSU’s production of ‘The Odyssey,’ adapted my Mary Zimmerman. flare; a quiet moment set apart from the action scenes were quite apparent as the Odyssey” was a good finals week, this show is a to give some weight to the show progressed. telling of a grand adventure, good reminder that it could show.

Marissa Koppy, as blending classical epic always be worse. The final Odysseus and Athena, the Athena, was intense and adventure with a modern shows for “The Odyssey” stars of the show, both had eloquent as a narrator. Her flare. Every student should are at 7:30 p.m. on May 4, strong performances to be performance as the goddess see this show to experience 5 and 6. Tickets are free for proud of. of wisdom kept the show dramatic personal moments students with their ID. Dan Ajak, as Odysseus, moving while providing and hilarious jokes right was very believable as much-needed information. before seeing a jawa hero braving multiple No show is perfect, dropping slaughter. challenges to return those he but nevertheless, “The As we head into dead and loves. Odysseus’ emotions

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KNDS Album of the Month: ‘You’re Not As_ As You Think’ Sorority Noise’s third studio album great introduction into the punk genre McKinley Theobald Contributing Writer

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‘You’re Not As_As You Think’ is a subtle introduction into the punk genre, combining some slow, melodic songs with the thrashing characteristics of punk.

OK, so technically this album came out in March.

But honestly, if I can’t break the rules every now and then what’s the point of this whole thing?

This album is fantastic, whether you were listening to it last month or just hearing about it now.

When I was a wide-eyed freshman back at Western Washington University, I had some punk friends.

I even went to a house show in a dingy concrete basement where most people wore black and some of the guys even wore eyeliner.

I was not punk. I’m still not punk. But back then? I was listening to The Shins and Brandi Carlile and a lot of really dreamy indie music, not the kind of stuff where you stand in a basement and scream and thrash around to distorted guitar.

Enough about me, let’s talk about Sorority Noise.

This is their third album, following “Joy, Departed” (2015) and “Forgettable” (2014). They’ve found quite a bit of success over

those few years, and in fact Alternative Press named Sorority Noise one of 100 Bands You Need to Know in 2015.

If, like me, you’re just starting to explore punk music, these guys are a good place to start. They’re pop-punk, so they’re more accessible than, say, PUP — a little more melodic, a little less … shouty.

In fact, a few tracks on “You’re Not As ___ As You Think” are almost calm.

“First Letter for St. Sean,” a song about the death of a friend, is slow and somber, the vocals occasionally barely audible. “Second Letter from St. Julien” is very similar, though it builds into something more aggressive near the end.

Other songs are pretty unapologetically loud.

“Disappeared,” for instance, or “No Halo.” But it’s “A Portrait Of” that’s easily my favorite song of the album. When I listen to it I can almost picture myself back in that dark basement in Bellingham — the lead singer pressed up into the microphone, a crowd of strangers jumping along to the guitar and sweat dripping out of the drummer’s hair.

The Incredible Inbrevables Annual Blue Key charity event highlights talent in NDSU student body

Paige Johnson A&E Editor

Each year, the NDSU organization Blue Key Honor Society hosts two major events: the homecoming show and Bison Brevities. Both events showcase the talent of NDSU students, while also raising money for a good cause.

Bison Brevities, according to co-coordinator Kyle Blank, is “an annual talent show in the spring at NDSU hosted by Blue Key National Honor Society.

It is a show consisting of acts performed by talented NDSU students combined with humor-filled skits between the acts!” This year marks the 62nd anniversary of the NDSU tradition.

Blue Key also chooses a charity to donate the proceeds to, this year selecting the organization African Soul, American Heart (ASAH) that assists orphans in South Sudan.

Specifically, ASAH wants to “protect, educate and empower” the students part of their program.

The goal of the show was to raise $5,000, enough to send one of the orphans, a South Sudanese girl named Mary Akuot, to a year of school with full expenses paid.

“We selected this charity as it is based in Fargo, and does incredible work in the lives of young women, like Mary, in South Sudan,” Blank said of why they chose ASAH. This year, Bison Brevities was held on Tuesday night in Festival Concert Hall.

Talents from nine different students and student groups — in addition to the awkwardly funny skits in between, courtesy of Blue Key members — highlighted the event.

While the show was entitled “Inbrevables,” named after the popular 2004 animated movie “The Incredibles,” only the skits in between performers were

really centered around the animated classic.

“Our group suggested many different themes incorporating ‘Bison Brevities’ to be voted upon, but when one member suggested ‘The InBREVables,’ we all knew that it was the one,” Blank explained. “It brought us all back to one of our favorite all-time Disney movies, while also being combined with the fun spirited annual Bison Brevities show. We knew it was perfect!”

The Inbrevables featured a variety of acts and actors, including John Eugene wowing the crowd with his suspenseful yo-yo tricks and some lovely serenades by students including Laina Nelson, Christina Krieger, Katie Payette, Kody Gerard and an entire group of students performing a cover of “Behind Your Beautiful.” Impressive juggler Sam Karschnia, voice impressionist Jon Bell-Clement and the Hip Hop Dance Team also took the stage, leading to one very entertaining night.

In between the acts, members of Blue Key played some memorable characters from “The Incredibles” movie, like Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Edna Mode and more.

At the end of the night, Christina Krieger and her act “Lucy and Luna” won the audience’s choice. The Hip Hop Team were voted best by the judges. And John Eugene was chosen for Blue Key’s award.

“It is a great way to not only support those in our NDSU community that will be performing but also to contribute to a phenomenal charity in our F-M community!” Blank commented.

If you didn’t get a chance BLUE KEY HONOR SOCIETY | PHOTO COURTESY to catch the event, visit the Facebook event for The 62nd annual Blue Key Honor Society Bison Brevities saw talents from around the NDSU community. All the proceeds of the highlights and spotlights. show benefited the charitable organization African Soul, American Heart.

And consider donating to ASAH. Haiti,” which will take proceeds will benefit the hurricane.

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You Will Survive Finals Week Stress may seem insurmountable but you will make it This is an amazingly stressful time for everyone.

Although it may seem impossible at this very moment, I promise, as someone who has done it, you will live. Summer is right around the corner. You have worked this hard and it will pay off.

Dead week is here. We have a small amount of

Erik Jonasson II Opinion Editor

Before finals are here, we have a small amount of time to catch our breath and prepare for what our entire semesters have lead up to. You will survive finals week.

time before finals start.

We have all been studying for months now. Eyes straining from staring at our computer screens. Arms cramping from writing equations. Chegg drained of any useful solutions. This is college.

Where our struggle gets noticed though is our finals.

Our final assignments and

Summer is right around the corner. You have worked this hard and it will pay off.

how we choose to end out the semester.

No matter your performance up to this point, you can end out the semester strong. You can do well on your finals.

My study advice

Forget your friends for a moment. None of your friends can come and take the test with you. I promise you, although it is nice, your friends will only distract you. You will get your best studying done alone.

Forget ridiculous study schedules. Don’t drown yourself in studying. You

aren’t going to study for 12 hours a day. Instead, give yourself time every day to study a subject and master it.

Reward yourself. Take some time for yourself.

Try to take at least an hour for reading, social time or outdoor activities. This will help you relax and take a deep breath. Nothing can get done if you are a nervous wreck.

Remember that you signed up for this. This is the life choice you have made. I promise you that after a week or two of

summer you will miss all the deadlines, all the hustle and bustle that is life in college. Be happy you can accomplish what you set out to do and take pride in your studying. This is the rest of your life.

Finals are hard. They are supposed to be hard, but you have worked hard.

Long nights studying. Long days of going to class and dragging around a heavy backpack have not been for nothing. Good luck to everyone on their finals. We are so close to being done.

Representation at a ‘Student-Focused’ University All students or just the athletes? are the reason the university is running in the first place.

NDSU is one of those universities.

A university that takes pride in the acceptance and understanding of its students. A university that listens and makes changes.

A university that is inclusive and accommodating.

At least that is what the administration believes.

North Dakota State prides itself on being a “studentfocused, land-grant, research university.” But here we are defunding the student affairs department,

Cierra Steffensen Contributing Writer

An extremely important factor in the success of a university is to make the students feel well represented. After all, they

making change without truly listening and only ever in the news when our football teams win yet another ring.

Are students well represented? Are we heard?

Is it made easy for us to voice our opinions and concerns? I mean sure if you dedicate all of your time to being on campus and reading up on campus news, these tasks become easier. But what about the students who have to work full time along with being a full-time student?

“I honestly feel

invisible,” sophomore Mattie Olson said when discussing student representation. “I feel as though the only people who are accommodated are those who spend all of their time in campus activities or those who are athletes.”

And it’s true, how often is NDSU heard of unless it is for athletics? Hell, the average explanation that myself and many students give when asked where they go to school is “NDSU, you know, football.”

Don’t get me wrong, I love NDSU. I would have

transferred three years ago if I didn’t love it here.

But the simple fact is that we, the average students, have become accustomed to the fact that we are underrepresented. That shouldn’t be the case.

“I feel like after four years of going to school here it shouldn’t take an entire process in order for us to get innovative ideas across to the administrators,” an NDSU senior who wished to stay anonymous said. “We can always start the process with student (government)

and they say they will bring it to administrators, but then months pass by and you haven’t heard a peep about it other than a short email that says something along the lines of we have passed along your ideas.”

The average student doesn’t feel a solid representation on campus and, quite honestly, that is embarrassing for a university that says it is “student-focused.”

Goodbye Casey, From Grant Gloe A satire writer takes a break from satire to pull at our heartstrings however, is a senior, thanks to his time in PSEO, and will be graduating this semester as an economics major.

Seeing as this is the last edition he’ll be writing for, I thought it’d be nice to take a break from crappy food reviews (the food not the review, I’m amazing) and bad puns to say goodbye.

I won’t forget the first time I met McCarty. Mostly because I was opening the door he was in the middle of unlocking from the other side. Unfortunately, his keys were on a lanyard around

Grant Gloe Staff Writer

Goodbye and good luck, Casey McCarty. If you read The Spectrum regularly you may recognize the name.

McCarty is the head news editor and my roommate of the last two years. McCarty,

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Goofy yet lovable, it turned out to be an accurate first impression. Since then, he’s always been there. If I were to eat, sleep, work or listen to bad music (“Jar of Hearts” makes me

sing along but I’ll deny it to my grave) McCarty could usually be found somewhere in a 15-foot radius.

There were a lot of good times in Reed 320. McCarty would always try to document them with a quote board or five, but there’s a

If I were to eat, sleep, work or listen to bad music Casey could usually be found somewhere in a fifteen-foot radius.

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lot you just had to be there for. I got to see him develop a string light addiction and use duct tape to make a new back for a broken lawn chair.

I got see him fall in love with his girlfriend, Nicole.

I got to see him decide the lawn chair thing was a bad idea, so he worked the back into a shelf he could slide into his loft. And I got to see him discover his passion for journalism in the form of The Spectrum.

He began working for The Spectrum not really knowing what to expect.

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He took to it with everything he’s got and I like to think that’s showed twice a week on your nearest paper stand. Casey, you’ve given two great years to The Spectrum and you were the first friend I made in college. Thanks for everything.

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Benjamin Norman, outgoing editor-in-chief and alto saxophonist of the Gold Star Marching Band, says he had a good run.

A Swan Song to The Spectrum This elderly editor asks you to hop on the hot mess express one last time

Benjamin Norman

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I could fill a book with my time at The Spectrum — literally.

In my four years with this little publication that could, I have, to my best guess, 249 bylines to my credit.

This’ll be No. 250. I’d argue my loquaciousness probably puts my average word count per story at 450.

(This swan song will raise that average.) I consulted some STEM majors, and they said that equates to more than 100,000 words in print these last four years from me alone. Ubiquitous Google says that that amount of words could fill a 400-page book, and that’s without all the photos I’ve snapped.

Benjamin Norman, the part-time paid, full-time working student-journalist of North Dakota State, has pumped out more published material since 2013 than John Green, professional author, by approximately 100,000 words.

Today, I add to that total one more time. Suck it, John.

Per usual, I shouldn’t be doing this. My to-do list is unchecked: I have a talent show to prep for tonight, a golf scramble to promote this weekend and a presentation, unit plan and research paper to start

(and finish) by next week.

Also, I have a 101.3-degree fever, and doctors haven’t ruled out malaria. Yet here we are, writing for a newspaper I know the majority of campus doesn’t read, and when it does read, it usually comes after us with pitchforks and anonymous comments and a lack of articulate letters to the editor.

This work seems foolish and bitter when you think of it that way. So I don’t, usually.

While I know I’m undoubtedly a fool, I am not bitter. I’m grateful for The Spectrum. So grateful.

I walked into The Spectrum office as a freshman with no background in publications, save the semester of redundant pre-COMM classes I was completing for my then-major of journalism. My first story was on the first-ever Panera Bread to call North Dakota home. I interviewed Panera bigwigs, bagel-wielding competitors and carbcraving students for a story that took days to assemble.

I misquoted my first interviewee and earned $10.

I was hooked.

Later that year, I found the front page, pissed off my first student senator and interviewed President Bresciani for the first time via phone call — all in one story. I held my tape recorder to the mouthend of my Tracfone, rendering Bresciani’s quotes inaudible.

Thank God for paraphrasing.

And then I wrote my first column, akin to this column I’m writing. I recorded my thoughts after doing

something stupid, and, much like this article, that column was written under the clouds of physical fever and emotional fervor.

In case you don’t remember that article from 2014, it went something like this: I slogged through snowbanks while listening to my iPod Nano and got cold and then asked rhetorical questions.

Young Ben asks, “Would you let your soul lead you into an adventure, even a cold and illogical one?

When life gets you bogged down, do you turn around?

Do you flee only to sink lower into your despair? Do you use Tracfone minutes to wave the white flag? Or do you walk on and move along?”

Not only did I move along, I began to jog. I partied with Harvardians.

I switched my major and became Co-News Editor.

Dreams and possibilities brimmed as sophomore year dawned.

Then reality woke me up.

A classmate went missing and was found murdered in the fall. Our initial coverage of Tom Bearson broke our website, bringing in too much traffic. My personal coverage — of the press conferences, interviewing grieving friends and reporting from the vigil —

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made me ache; never before had I cried for someone I’d never met.

I wasn’t sold on my new major and was unceremoniously bumped up to Head News, managing a staff of three and having to fill three pages (3,000 words) twice a week.

I was in well over my head. It’s without any hyperbole when I say that that job nearly killed me.

Through supportive friends and professors and the grace of God, though, I made it.

We made it.

Junior year took me off the news beat and

I am forever grateful for these permanent bags under my eyes. They’ll remind me of the countless hours I gave to this little newspaper that did, and this little newspaper that will continue to do, long after I’m gone.

Who is this infant, and what is he doing with his hair. back into sanity. As Head and for that and so much Copy Editor, I polished more, I am forever grateful. hundreds of stories and took I am forever grateful for out more than a million the people I’ve met and Oxford commas. I had fun the friendships I’ve made; prescribing arbitrary rules I’m forever grateful for for the sake of clarity and the privilege of being The consistency, thinking of Spectrum’s captain for its it as my last joyride with 120th year of existence the staff; I was content to and I am forever grateful leave the paper because, I for these permanent bags thought, the only way I’d under my eyes. They’ll truly enjoy my senior year remind me of the countless was sans Spectrum. hours I gave to this little Thank God I didn’t. newspaper that did, and this I made two promises as little newspaper that will this year’s editor-in-chief: continue to do, long after To keep the boat afloat, and to not apologize for our I’m gone. existence. Neither goal was So thank you, NDSU, for easy, nor would they have letting me tell your stories, been achieved if I hadn’t and some of mine, too. had the staff I had working “Life may be easier on alongside me. plowed roads, but it isn’t Notwithstanding their as exciting,” I wrote in regional and international that first column. “Keep awards, my team of ragtag editors and writers just rock. moving forward, through snowbanks, spring semester They put up with me daily, and life. stood behind me when the goings got tough and even “You might find out that allowed for the impromptu it was worth the struggle.” soliloquy from atop a chair,

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NDSU Outduels Valley City in Odd Midweek Clash A game that looked like shootout ended with pitchers’ duel Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor

When it comes to midweek baseball, it can be an odd affair.

When North Dakota State hosted Valley City State on Tuesday, the saying was true. The Bison went on to win the contest 8-3, but the game was closer than the box score suggests.

The Bison bats started off hot as NDSU shell-shocked Vikings starting pitcher Shaun Kourajian. Kourajian struggled with control, hitting leadoff man Bennett Hostetler and walking Drew Fearing.

A pitch in the dirt advanced the runners and the pair were bought home

by Mason Pierzchalski’s single up the middle.

Kourajian was pulled after the opening runs crossed the plate.

Pierzchalski then crossed the plate when a hard-hit

ground ball off JT Core’s bat evaded the Vikings’ second baseman.

The Bison added one more with a Tucker Rohde single to be the driver’s seat 4-0 after one inning.

Grant Wehseler was not up for the Bison heading into cruise control. The Valley City designated hitter came up with the bases loaded on freshman pitcher Riley Johnson in the second.

Wehseler tagged Johnson’s first pitch to the center field fence, clearing the bases with a double.

The Vikings were within one, but a leadoff triple from Alex Abercrombie put the pressure on Valley City.

Hostetler hit a deep drive to right field and Abercrombie was able to tag to restore a two-run lead.

The game had all the makings of a shootout, but that never developed.

Both teams looked to

preserve their big arms during the game and work plenty of pitchers from the bullpen.

The first guy from the bullpen the Bison turned to was the most efficient.

Kyle Ferderer, making just his eighth appearance of the season, pitched a solid two innings.

The freshman faced just seven hitters in two innings, striking out four and allowing just one hit.

Dalton England worked a similar stat line. But for the freshman in his fifth appearance, there was more drama.

England gave up a single to the first batter he faced, Brady Anderson. Anderson then took second on a wild pitch. But Anderson was then caught leaning as Ben Bruenjas hit a soft line drive to short and was doubled up.

England’s second inning of work was more difficult.

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NDSU’s bats started off hot against the Vikings, then were shut down in the middle of the game.

Following a leadoff single

by Anthony Necochea, Wehseler hit his second double of the day.

With two runners in scoring position and one out, England was helped by

his middle infielders. Matt Elsenpeter made a leaping grab to rob Bradyn Sand of a hit.

The next batter, Jared Meiklejohn, hit a grounder into the hole up the middle,

but Hostetler ranged to his left to throw out Meiklejohn to end the threat.

That would be the closest the Vikings would get to the Bison, who killed the game off in the eighth.

Tucker Rohde, who got the start in place of the resting Danny Palmiscno, added the first run of insurance with a single to right field in the eighth. The hit scored Core to extend the lead to three.

NDSU’s freshmen were not done in the inning, as Hostetler crushed a ball to left field for a two-run home run. The blast was just the second of the year for the shortstop.

That finished the Vikings as NDSU improved to 2221 on the season. The Bison now host Summit League leading Oral Roberts in a three-game series at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Bears Get a Brown Draft Grade 2017 NFL Draft not short on surprises Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor

The NFL Draft wrapped up last Saturday in Philadelphia. While no NDSU players were taken this year, offensive lineman Landon Lechler was signed as an undrafted free agent

by Cincinnati. It was just one of the many story lines coming out of the City of Brotherly Love.

Bears go all-in on Trubisky The first round always has at least one shocking pick for negative reasons.

Lately, that honor falls to the Cleveland Browns.

In the days leading up to the draft, rumors circulated that the Browns would not take likely number one pick Myles Garret, and instead take quarterback Mitchell Trubisky.

It turned out to be

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Baseball

Over the weekend, the Bison baseball team was able to get the series win over the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State. NDSU was able to take two of three from the Jacks.

The Bison were able to take the opener behind their right-hander starter Luke Lind. It was a gem from the senior, who pitched a one hit complete game shutout as he tallied a career-high of 11 strikeouts en route to a 3-0 win.

It is the first one-hitter for North Dakota State baseball since Mike Peschel’s onehitter at Nebraska-Omaha in 2002, and the first nine-inning complete game shutout since David Ernst shutout Western Illinois in 2013.

Lind sat down the first 14 batters before giving up the lone hit for the Jacks in

rumors, as the Browns (more on them in a bit) went with the Texas A&M product Garret.

The shock came inside of ten minutes later, as the San Francisco 49ers moved back a single pick with a trade with the Chicago Bears. The Bears did take Trubisky.

Bears fans have questioned the pick, but are more disgusted with what they gave up. Chicago parted ways with their third and fourth round picks this year, as well as next year’s third. All of this for a guy who, possibly, would have been on the board still.

The rest of the draft doesn’t really matter for the Bears. General manager Ryan Pace has stuck his neck out on this one, risking a good chunk of the future (the Bears had just four more picks) on a player with 13 collegiate starts.

Then again, where has

the fifth. He would go on to retire 13 of the 15 the rest of the game, allowing only on walk and hit by pitch.

Lind named a National Player of the Week and Summit League Pitcher of the Week.

Saturday would come with the two teams splitting the double header. The Bison would take the early game 11-4, but would fall in the nightcap 2-1.

Bennett Hostetler would hit his first collegiate home run, hitting a grand slam as he would finish the day 3-for-6 with four RBIs and two runs scored the lead NDSU at the plate.

Reed Pfannenstein earned the win giving up three runs on six hits with five strikeouts and two walks in six innings on the mound.

The Bison would finish the weekend standing 21-21 overall and 12-9 in Summit League Play.

Softball

NDSU softball would stay home to face SDSU,

that same complaint been heard before?

Vikings solidify despite no first rounders Sticking to the NFC North, the Minnesota Vikings were always in for an interesting draft. The trade for Sam Bradford sent the first-round pick to Philadelphia, so there was no action for the team on day one.

Round two saw the team move up a few spots to fill in a big hole, selecting Dalvin Cook. The former Florida State running back will slot into the backfield that is looking to replace Adrian Peterson.

Cook will likely start in a timeshare with recently acquired Latavius Murry.

Cook will try to help the big-play ability of the offense. Minnesota ranked near the bottom in 20+-yard plays last season.

The Vikings also spent

getting a much needed sweep of the Jacks in the three-game series.

Saturday would see a double header were the Jackrabbits were limited to seven hits as the Bison would defeated SDSU 9-3 and 3-1.

In game two, KK Leddy would get pitch a complete game three-hitter and striking out seven while walking none. Leddy improves to 5-1 in league play and 8-8 overall.

NDSU would add one to their 2-1 lead in the sixth, making in 3-1, off the bat of Bre Beatty. Beatty would hit her third home run on the season.

Jacquelyn Sertic, who stuck out 10 in game one, would pitch in game three of the series. Sertic would pick up the win finishing with nine strikeouts and one walk, It was her fifth shutout on the season.

Zoe Stavrou, who finished 9-17 hitting in five games last week, and Sertic

picks on the battered offensive line. Pat Elflein was a top-rated center out of Ohio State when selected in the third round.

Will more players sit out bowl games?

Last winter, Lenarod Fournette and Christian McCaffrey sat out their respective bowl game. The pair were the first running backs take in the first round.

Fournette will join the Jacksonville Jaguars, while McCaffrey will meet up with Cam Newton in Carolina.

The duo decided not to risk injury, something that Michigan tight end Jake Butt did. Butt tore his ACL in the Orange Bowl, and his draft stock plummeted.

Because of this, Butt missed out on potential first round money. He was taken in the fifth round by the Denver Broncos. Denver may be getting a steal

earned Summit League Weekly Honors.

North Dakota State (10-5 SL, 23-28) is scheduled to finish out the regular season at Omaha on May 5-6.

Track

The Bison ran through the Drake Relays over the weekend. The final day started with a victory from the sprint medley team.

Rose Jackson, Amanda Levin, Alexis Woods and Amy Andrushko ran 3:52.33 for the fourth-fastest time in school history.

The Bison women took sixth in the 4x100m relay with Jackson, Levin, Grommesh and Woods. NDSU took the meet victory with a third-place finish in the 4x400m with the quartet of Woods, Morgan Milbrath, Andrushko and Jackson.

The Bison women were the only team to place in the top eight in the 4x100m, 4x400m, 4x800m, sprint medley and distance medley relays.

should Butt fully recover.

But while he misses out on big money, the question now turns to whether others will follow the lead of the two running backs.

With technically nothing to play for, Butt may be a cautionary tale to future players.

The Browns are desperate, but smart At the end of the first round, the Cleveland Browns were actually sitting in a good place.

Besides Garret, the Browns traded down to No. 25.

There, they took the versatile Jabrill Peppers.

The Michigan standout played cornerback, linebacker, and safety at times last season, along with being the kick return man. Peppers was one of the biggest mysteries coming into the draft. His versatility worked against him as teams and media did

Klara Lyon tied her personal-best in the pole vault for the second week in a row. She cleared 12-09.50 (3.90m) for an eighth place finish. Lauren Gietzen also vaulted 12-09.50 (3.90m) to tie for ninth.

On the men’s side of the meet, Matt Jennings, Brian Ferry, Tim Heikkila and Camron Roehl ran the 10th-fastest distance medley in NDSU history, finishing 12th in 10:04.71. Roehl ran a 4:12 on the 1600m anchor leg, closing out the fastest distance medley by the Bison in five years.

The Bison men placed three in the top six in the hammer throw. Alex Renner (200-10 / 61.22m) and Steffan Stroh (2001 / 61.00m) finished second and third. Conrad Schwarzkopf took sixth with a toss of 195-2 (59.50m).

Golf

In day one of The Summit League Men’s Golf Championship, NDSU

not know how exactly he would be used.

The Browns moved back into first round to pick up tight end David Njoku.

The University of Miami product will take over from Gary Barnidge, who was released after the draft.

Round two saw the Browns try to pick up the pieces from not getting a quarterback the day before.

DeShone Kizer is the latest answer in the ever revolving quarterback carousel in the team.

While he will likely not start Week 1, Kizer joins Brock Osweiler, Cody Kessler and Kevin Hogan as quarterbacks on the roster.

As quickly as the Browns go through quarterback, don’t be surprised if Kizer sees the field.

sits in second-place after the 36 holes. The opening two rounds were played on Monday after round one was cancelled due to weather on Sunday.

The Bison recorded rounds of 298 and 294 for a two-round team score of 16-over par 592. The Bison sit six strokes back of Oral Roberts. South Dakota State rounds out the top-three in third with a 17-over par 593.

Sophomore Will Holmgren leads NDSU and is tied for fifth with a two-round 3-over par 147 (72-75).

Holmgren and freshman Andrew Israelson were named to the Summit League First and Second Teams, respectively. It is the first time since 2013 NDSU has had a pair of golfers in the teams.

The final round is slated for 8 a.m. on Tuesday, May 2, at Sand Creek Station.

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Matti Mortimore: NDSU’s Renaissance Man Great Britain’s best takes cues from the Ancient Greeks in more ways than one GOBISON.COM | PHOTO COURTESY

He may be No. 33 in the world, but Matti Mortimore has much bigger goals.

Thomas Evanella Staff Writer

It isn’t quite what one would expect, coming from a student-athlete ranked No. 33 in the world in his sport.

When discussing his hopes of participating in the Olympics, senior Bison javelin thrower Matti Mortimore was ambivalent.

“We’ll see,” the 23-year-old immediately responded.

“I’m going to do my Ph.D at Tulane University in philosophy,” he said.

“I would really love to be able to continue throwing and hopefully make it to an Olympic Games, but again that isn’t my biggest agenda. I’m much more academic,” Mortimore conceded.

One of the world’s elite javelin throwers, No. 2 in the NCAA, and holder of the top British mark among college seniors in 2017, is

most concerned with his philosophy Ph.D. There is much more to Matti Mortimore than javelin.

Mortimore got his start with javelin when he was a year eight student, age eleven or twelve, he recalled, in England. “We had a physical education lesson when I was in year eight, I think. We just lined up and threw javelins towards the teacher, but she was standing far enough away where we wouldn’t hit her,” Mortimore said.

“As I picked it up I thought ‘I’m definitely going to hit her. She’s standing really close.’ And she says, ‘Ah you won’t, don’t worry,’ and I ended up throwing it over her head,” he continued.

Mortimore went to his local athletics club and began competing after that. “I sort of just fell in love with the sport. It’s just so simplistic, throwing

something as far as you can, it’s something that everyone does when they’re a kid,” he explained.

“Watching the javelin fly is a really beautiful event to watch,” Mortimore said.

“Plus now with my interest, my very deep interest in philosophy, the Ancient Greeks, the Olympiad, the javelin, it’s sort of this cool marriage of a lot going on right now. I’m really enjoying it.”

At the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Cali., Mortimore threw 77.47 meters, which ranks second in the NCAA and No. 33 in the world. That world ranking though, does not mean a whole lot to Mortimore.

“It doesn’t feel like anything really. I don’t know, I do it because I enjoy it, and obviously I want my ranking to go up. I hope it will. I’m in really good shape to throw

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“My dream this year is to, because there’s going to be more people throwing and throwing further, when I finish the season it’d be awesome to rank top 15 top 20 in the world. Obviously it’s not like being one of the best basketball or soccer players in the world,” he stated. “It’s just what you do at the championships and the big performances, what you win (that matters).”

Mortimore has had his fair share of big performances. His appearance at the 2015 nationals, where he placed seventh, was one of his proudest moments representing NDSU. “That was, at the time, the furthest throw of my life. I PR’d at nationals,” Matti said.

“Especially because I threw really poorly at regionals, and I was very close to not making it to nationals. I promised myself and one of my fellow competitors, ‘I’m going to go to nationals and throw really well,’ and I did it.

So that was really proud, just answering the call of yourself, just getting it done,” he continued.

He also counted winning the British Championship while donning his NDSU apparel among his proudest achievements.

Matti Mortimore’s personal best has increased by 5.03 meters since he began at NDSU in 2015, which he attributes to both natural development and his coach, NDSU’s throwers coach, Justin St. Clair. “He’s definitely the one who’s given me my distance,” Mortimore said.

Under St. Clair’s stewardship, NDSU throwers have reached new heights and rewritten the school’s record books.

Mortimore praised his coach, saying, “That’s why

myself and all the other throwers come to NDSU, because we have such a good throwers coach. It’s really clear how good he is by how good our team is.

We have the best throws program in the country.

That’s all off the back of one man.”

Mortimore said that St. Clair’s constant presence has aided in his development. “The consistency of his presence, what he does, the mentality he instills in you, that’s going to stick with me,” he said of his coach’s influence on his career.

“Justin definitely has his moments. When you compete, he definitely will get under your skin and push you and motivate you to go further.”

While Matti Mortimore acknowledges that there are superior athletes than he, he believes that his competitiveness differentiates himself from the pack. “I have a very natural competitive drive,” he said.

“I am a good athlete, but by no means am I an extra special specimen of an athlete, but I understand how to throw a javelin. When it comes to competition, I don’t get psyched out,” he continued.

Mortimore expects to come out on top at this year’s Summit League tournament in Fargo, where he will not be facing anyone who even sniffs at his throws. At regionals and nationals, though, the field is far superior, and Mortimore knows it.

At nationals, he will run up against Ioánnis Kiriazis, whose 88.01 meter throw is the best in the world. Given Mortimore’s affection for both the javelin throw and philosophy, it is strikingly

coincidental that his chief competition, Kiriazis, is a Greek student-athlete at Texas A&M. “He’s world No. 1 right now, and he is going to be one of the best who’s ever lived, there’s no doubt about that,” he said.

“The difference is I can compete really well and he typically doesn’t. It gets to his head. Nationals will be interesting, we’ll see, but I’m confident.”

His Ph.D coursework may prevent him from competing at Tulane and ultimately representing Great Britain in the Olympics, but that is the least of his concerns.

“I’m going to be doing research in areas such as political philosophy, economics, political science, ethics, that sort of thing. I want to hopefully then get a tenured position, become a professor, and hopefully become a public intellectual,” Mortimore remarked.

“I want to get people engaged with thinking philosophically. Politics is such a mess right now, and people don’t know what to think. (I want to) get people to think in a certain way which breeds good choices.

That’s my biggest passion, that’s what I want to do. I love intellectual thought and that’s where my passion lies.”

After the national championship, which will be held in June 7-10 in Eugene, Ore.. Mortimore’s future, much like one of his throws, is up in the air, but one thing is clear — for Matti Mortimore, success is measured in more than just meters.

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