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NDSU Agriculture Specialist Receives Award for Communication Miranda Meehan was awarded 2018 Communicator of the Year Miranda Stambler Features Editor

Since March 2015, Miranda Meehan has been working as the North Dakota State Extension Livestock Environmental Stewardship Specialist. This year, she received the Communicator of the Year award. Meehan looks at livestock in environmental actions, including a research and extension component, and effectively communicates information to producers, which led to her receiving the award.

On behalf of the NDSU agriculture communication department and the North Dakota chapter of the Association for Communication Excellence, Scott Swanson, NDSU agriculture communication electronic media specialist and state representative for North Dakota’s chapter of Association for Communication Excellence, presented the award to Meehan during the NDSU Extension conference Tuesday, Oct. 23.

Meehan explained how receiving the award was a shock: “I was very excited and humbled at the same time because I know there are a lot of people within extension that are doing great work, and so to be selected out of everybody across the system was definitely humbling.”

Meehan shared how the award is something that recognizes people in extension work that are communicating research effectively in North Dakota.

Her position relies on her effective communication skills. She works with an agent in each county, relaying information to which they then relay to their producers in their specific county.

“I think one of the things that I do is I focus a lot on working with the county agents, and so that’s helping me be an effective communicator because it’s multiplying the impact of the work I’m doing,” Meehan said.

Most people focus on traditional aspects of relaying information, such as traveling to each county and presenting, but Meehan said she tries to implement different types of technology to further her extension. She uses tools like social media to reach audiences and created the NDSU Grazing Calculator App for producers.

Meehan explained that previous recipients of the Communicator of the Year award normally implemented different communication strategies and that is why they get acknowledged for their work.

Despite her success, communication is not something that has come easily to Meehan. She explained how she used to be a very shy person, but continued to work at it. She shared how she thought agriculture was less communication based than it turned out to be and that communication is critical to the production process.

“If you aren’t able to

Scott Swanson presented his NDSU co-worker Miranda Meehan with the award on Oct. 23. effectively communicate, how it is essential to be able you can communicate it to then you’re not able to get to effectively communicate people that aren’t familiar your message to the people scientific facts to those with those scientific terms, you’re working with across who do not understand the specifically in my case, producers, is very important the state, so I wouldn’t have terminology. because if they don’t understand what you’re talking about, they’re not “In agriculture it’s becoming going to use the information increasingly important to be a good you’re giving them,” Meehan said. communicator.”

Meehan explained the - Miranda Meehan importance of teaching others that are not familiar, especially consumers, “As scientists, we’re because the technologies an impact,” Meehan said.

Meehan continued to trained to talk to other and information are needed explain the disconnect scientists and communicate to be successful in the field people feel between our research results, but to of agriculture.

Her position at NDSU scientists and producers and take that and make it so that

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follows the land-grant mission of the university.

“The role of extension is critical – it’s a part of our land-grant university,” Meehan said. “An extension is that arm that takes the research that is being done here at the university and brings it to the citizens of the state.”

To give advice to students and those within the agricultural field, Meehan said, “Even if you don’t feel like it was a success, you might be having a bigger impact than you think you are.”

Effecting Change: MMIW and the Fight to Inform

Native American Student Association spreads the word about the trials of Native women Ryan Nix

Co-News Editor

On Nov. 10, two men plead guilty to killing Karla Yellowbird. Yellowbird was shot during a robbery, and the men are now awaiting sentencing on all three charges, including seconddegree murder. Yellowbird’s family is not alone in their grief, according to information provided by the Native American Student Association at North Dakota State.

84 percent of Native women experience violence in their lifetime, and these women experience a murder rate 10 times that of the national average.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) has become a hashtag and battle cry for regional and international groups fighting this issue.

NDSU student Tyrel Iron Eyes is part of the Standing

Rock Sioux and Lakota Tribe in North Dakota. He is also the president of the Native American Student Association. According to Iron Eyes, this issue has thankfully never touched him directly, but he said he is only a couple generations removed. Iron Eyes said his grandfather had relatives that went missing.

The Savanna LaFontaineGreywind case made an impact on Iron Eyes. “It was the first time something like that was happening close to me,” he said.

The full acronym is actually MMIWG, with the G standing for girls. Iron Eyes said a lot of the missing and murdered are not adults.

“It makes me sad, and it makes me angry,” Iron Eyes said. He also said getting the word out through his work with the Native American Student Association is his way of helping at this point.

Until comprehensive action is taken, there will

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be no end to this situation, according to Iron Eyes. He said what form this action will take is a mystery to him, but that getting published numbers on the record would be a step in the right direction. “When you don’t have those numbers, it’s easy to say, ‘The facts that you’re giving me are made up; they’re not real; this isn’t a real problem.’” Iron Eyes said. Once those statistics are on the record, it’s easier to provide evidence for the ongoing struggle, according to Iron Eyes.

Since LaFontaineGreywind’s disappearance and death in 2017, a bill titled “Savanna’s Act” has been introduced. The act would require the Department of Justice to change the database guidelines to include tribal identification.

This would ensure that the government wouldn’t be blind to this issue Through his outreach at one of the contact tables in NDSU’s Memorial Union,

Tammy Steeves has found her passion in restoring bird populations that are at risk of extinction

Iron Eyes said many have come up to him who didn’t know what MMIW was or had never heard of the national movement. “I’m sad that people don’t know this is a thing, but I’m happy that they stopped by,” Iron Eyes said. “Because that’s another person out there who’s aware of this problem, who’s aware of this crisis.”

In Canada, this was declared a national crisis, and a national inquiry into this issue has been ongoing.

Iron Eyes said he hasn’t seen the same cohesive plan by the United States.

Some people who came up to Iron Eyes at his contact table in the Memorial Union showed knowledge about the issue. “People have come up, and they have brought their own experiences and knowledge if they have any,” he said.

At the table, Iron Eyes was also handing out red felt pins in the shape of dresses, which he said commemorate MMIW. “Red is a sacred

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Tyrel Iron Eyes spreading the word at the contact table. color to a lot of tribal the emotions and feelings nations,” Iron Eyes said. of losing these indigenous “In this instance, it’s come women.” to represent pain, loss …

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Efforts to End Extinction

Steeves spoke about her engagement with critically endangered birds Erica Solberg

Contributing Writer

On Friday, Nov. 8, the North Dakota State department of biological sciences hosted a presentation by Tammy Steeves regarding “Maximizing Genetic Diversity in Captive Breeding in Translocation Programs in Threatened New Zealand Birds.” Steeves, an associate professor and postgraduate coordinator of biological sciences at the University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand, is a conservation genetics expert whose research focus is on conservation and evolutionary genetics.

Steeves, along with two other scientists, has studied the conservation and evolutionary genetics of New Zealand birds for the past two years.

“The reason why we care about conservation genetics and why we want to use genetic or genomic tools to inform conservation is because we have short, long and ultimate term goals,” Steeves said. “Our goals are to minimize inbreeding, inbreeding depression and ultimately are these small isolated populations going to be able to adapt to future change.”

Steeves and her partners’

end goal is to make the bird populations genetically diverse so they are able to adapt to future change.

“If a species’ population cannot adapt, then they will go extinct,” Steeves said.

For the past two to three years, Steeves and her team have moved away from taking a conservation genetics approach to a conservation genomics approach.

“In the past when we were using a conservation genetics approach, we were looking at basically a handful of genetic marker puzzle pieces, which we acknowledged at the time that we were only looking at a tiny fraction of the genome, but now we can analyze tens of thousands genomic markers to answer questions we’ve been wanting answered,” Steeves said.

Now with new genomic technology, Steeves said they can answer questions that were basically impossible to answer before, such as adaptive variation and things that natural selection can act upon in order to make informed conservation decisions to maximize adaptability in the species that they are working with.

“We are very, very at the beginning stages of conservation genomics,”

Tammy Steeves has found her passion in restoring bird populations that are at risk of extinction.

Steeves said. “At one point, there were more reviews of conservation genomics than there were empirical conservation genomic papers.”

Steeves’ main research right now is about the New Zealand kaki bird. They are critically endangered and endemic, only found only in New Zealand.

“They used to be found in the North and South Island (of New Zealand), but

over time their distribution has become more and more restricted,” Steeves said.

In 1981, there were only 23 adult kaki birds in the world. Due to Steeves and her team’s efforts, the last census of the birds in 2017 found 106 kaki birds known to be alive.

“This particular project is focused in on how do we improve conservation outcomes for captive breeding for translocation

programs that struggle to put together good pedigrees,” Steeves said. “It’s not that they are incompetent, it’s just that it is really, really hard when you have a captive breeding for translocation breeding program.”

There are over 400 endangered species programs currently, however, there are less than 20 translocation breeding programs.

Translocation programs are more

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successful at producing large amounts of animal offsprings in captivity that are released into the wild compared to other programs, such as zoos that have a low success rate in actually releasing animals back into the wild.

“Eventually, we don’t want any captive breeding programs for kaki. We want them out and breeding in the wild,” Steeves said.

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Pay up

North Dakota lawmakers have recently proposed a $300 pay increase for permanent state employees, as reported by the Forum.

The bill, which was voted on in September, would also raise lawmaker pay by two percent for the next two fiscal years. This is said to be an example for other employee pay increases in the future.

Additionally, the bill would ensure an average one percent pay increase in the second fiscal year, though individual raises would be based on employee performance.

Gov. Doug Burgum has shown his support for these pay raises and will reveal the 2019-2021 budget report in December.

From Fargo to fire

A former Fargoan, Catherine Miyamoto recounted her experience in the small town of Paradise, California, as wildfires continue to devour the state.

In an interview with WDAY, Miyamoto told of how the emergency system in her town of Paradise failed, leaving a narrow window of time to get out of town. The only reason Miyamoto was able to evacuate in time was thanks to a phone call from her friend that urged her to leave.

“It got to a point where it was so black and you couldn’t see anything, and you couldn’t really breathe very well,” Miyamoto shared, elaborating to say that she feared her tires would melt and she would be stuck in the blaze.

Since evacuating, it has been confirmed that the home of Miyamoto was lost to the flames.

Vape be gone

(FDA) is planning to ban the sales of vaping products, such as e-cigarettes, in stores across the nation in an effort to decrease use and popularity of vaping across the nation, particularly in young people, as reported by the New York Times.

The FDA is also trying to put more age verification measures in place to deter the purchase of flavor pods among those underage. However, the mint and menthol flavors will not be part of the flavor ban, as the FDA fears that young people will turn to traditional mentholated cigarettes if this were to become the case.

Ending arbitration

After the walkout of more than 20,000 employees, Google said that it would end arbitration for sexual assault cases, as reported by the New York Times.

In addition to the request to end arbitration, workers have also requested other reforms. The walkout came after it was exposed that a senior executive, Andy Rubin, was given a $90 million exit package, even though legitimate sexual harassment accusations had been made.

The new news

The first artificial intelligence news anchor has made its debut in China, as reported by Npr.org.

The robot news anchor, modeled after the human news anchor Zhang Zhao, watches videos to learn how and what to broadcast and can read text off a screen just like a human anchor. There is also another AI anchor modeled after human anchor Qiu Hao. The creators of the AI anchors suggest that the AI anchors are not only superior due to their ability to work 24/7 without payment, but they may also be able to one day replace the human variety.

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Which Niskanen?

Why NDSU has six buildings with the name Niskanen Ruby Redekopp Contributing Writer

Anyone who has ventured into the maze of university-owned residence halls and apartments across from the Fargodome knows there are more buildings bearing the name “Niskanen” than they can count on one hand.

The six Niskanen buildings include three apartment buildings, Niskanen Expansion 1, 2 and 3, as well as a threebuilding residence hall, Niskanen North, South and 30 Plex, commonly known as Middle. Students who live in these buildings find it frustrating to explain to others where they live, especially since the apartment buildings are almost identical in appearance.

“It’s so confusing,” said Sarah Hoekster, who lived in Niskanen Expansion Building 2 three years ago.

“It’s a hard pronunciation, too.”

Hoekster said she’s heard countless people complain about the similarity between the buildings’ names, and fellow student Katherine Kessel agreed that it causes a lot of confusion.

“Last year, when I lived in Niskanen apartments, I had to explain pretty frequently that the apartments were different from the residence hall,” Kessel said. “It also made it difficult to give directions to the apartments since there are three apartments named Niskanen.”

As if a testament to the names’ ambiguity, Kessel couldn’t remember the number of the Niskanen Expansion building she lived in just a few months

ago.

“It would be nice if there was at least a distinction between the apartments and the residence halls,” she said.

Originally, the residence halls were called F Court when they opened in fall 2002. The names for those three buildings were later changed to honor Maynard Niskanen, a former North Dakota State director of housing.

When plans for the nearby apartments were being drawn, the name Niskanen was transferred without much thought.

Staff labeled the buildings Niskanen Expansion 1, 2 and 3 early in the planning process, so they kept the names to remain consistent with the initial documents.

“When we move forward with a project, we have to give it a name,” said Michael Ellingson, the director of facilities management at NDSU. Ellingson became the director one month before construction on Niskanen Expansion was completed in 2010.

It’s a similar story to A. Glenn Hill Center, which was originally called the STEM building for science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related courses. The name wasn’t changed until after the building’s opening in 2016 when a philanthropist gave a “substantial gift commitment” to the university.

The donor requested to honor A. Glenn Hill, a former chair and faculty member in the department of mathematics.

The difference between A. Glenn Hill Center and Niskanen Expansion is that, as of now, no one has requested naming rights for

Finding the right Niskanen can feel like a wild goose chase. the apartment complex.

“Usually, it’s a donor or someone who is decorated in some fashion,” Ellingson

said.

For example, the Quentin Burdick Building was named for the former U.S. senator from North Dakota. Several buildings also bear the names of former university presidents, including Stockbridge Hall, Ladd Hall, Minard Hall, Sevrinson Hall, Hultz Hall

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“There’s a state board policy that says to change the name, you need to go to the board,” Ellingson said.

Costs associated with changing a building’s name include updating signs and maps around campus. After

that, clear communication of a building’s name is important for more than just improving tenants’ and visitors’ abilities to figure out which building is which.

Emergency responders also need to be able to locate the building quickly in case of a fire, crime, medical emergency or other crisis situation.

“The name is critical in a lot of aspects,” Ellingson said.

Ellingson said facilities management staff have little trouble distinguishing between the buildings because they use the buildings’ state ID numbers, which never change. These numbers are different than the street addresses.

However, the street

address was intentionally incorporated into the name of apartment 1701 to make it easier for people to remember. Ellingson also said he pushed for Cater Hall to be named early in the planning process to keep records consistent from the beginning.

“In the past, I don’t know if people gave it a lot of thought,” he said.

Ellingson said he would look into options about renaming the Niskanen Expansion buildings or improving signage and communication. Until then, students visiting friends in the apartments or residence halls will have to keep asking, “Which Niskanen do you live in again?”

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Furry Friends

Spooky and Gandalf

Two friendly cats looking for a forever home

Don’t let the stereotype of unlucky black cats deter you from this lucky guy.

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Homeward Animal Shelter cares for many animals while they await their forever home. Right now, they have over 60 cats available on their website. These two friendly felines have been there since mid-October and are still looking for their future family.

Spooky

Meet Spooky, a domestic shorthaired, 1-year-old male.

Spooky arrived at Homeward Animal Shelter on Oct. 18.

He is a little shy at first, but once you get to know him and pet his chin, he shows his true colors. He is sweet and will become your best friend.

He started out his life as a “wild” cat before going to Homeward, but then he adapted and realized that living indoors with people is much better. Although you may look at his fur and think he is unlucky, he is a lucky guy and loves other cats. He also enjoys love and treats and loves that he will never have to be hungry again.

Gandalf

Meet Gandalf, a domestic shorthaired, orange tabby and white, 3-year-old male. He arrived at Homeward Animal Shelter on Oct. 15.

He is a relaxed and confident cat that loves attention and love. He enjoys everyone, both animal and person, so he is perfect for a family.

Unfortunately, he is feline leukemia positive, but that isn’t as bad as it sounds. He can be around dogs and other positive cats but needs to stay away from the negative cats and kept indoors. If those guidelines are followed, he will live a happy life. He is a charmer by nature, so anyone that he is allowed to be around he will make friends with.

Plus, his adoption fees are fully sponsored, meaning he is practically free with up-to-date vaccinations.

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FARGO FOODIE

Scoop N Dough a Place to G o

New downtown Fargo shop has many dessert options to fit your taste buds

The cookie dough milkshake is an iffy choice, depending on the cookie dough and ice cream combination.

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Miranda Stambler Features Editor

Over the past year, many dessert places have had their grand openings in downtown Fargo. In May, among those was Scoop N Dough. This restaurant serves ice cream, cookie dough, popcorn, candy and so much more.

They offer more than just a scoop of cookie dough. The sugary stuff can be mixed with ice cream to make a cookie dough milkshake, turned into a sundae, eaten in a cup or a cone and just topped with some of the extra candy and nut toppings they have available.

When walking into the alley downtown, you would never think to find a cutesy dessert shop. Once you walk into the shop, you are hit with wafts of vanilla and cupcakes. They even have garage doors that open for when it is nice out so people can enjoy their desserts outside. One downfall is the seating, and because it is so small, there is a one-sided booth where you must sit and stare at the workers while you eat your dessert.

However, the workers there are always friendly and eager to share their favorite combinations, which is helpful if you’re stuck between a few of the many options. They also offer a tip option when checking out as well instead of the regular tip jar, so you are able to make the workers’ day brighter.

When eating cookie dough, it can be overbearing at times, which is why going more than two scoops may be too much. Even with two scoops and after finishing

half of one, you will probably be taking it home with a lid to save for later. And that’s the best part. You get your money’s worth by having extra for later. It isn’t like ice cream at Dairy Queen when you freeze it again and it just isn’t the same. With Scoop N Dough, the cookie dough can be eaten days after and still taste just as delicious.

There are many different dough flavors to tickle your taste buds. My two favorites are traditional and peanut butter cup. Although through many trips, I’ve heard that “loaded M&M” and “Milk ‘n’ Cookies” are quite good as well. You can never go wrong with traditional though. These flavors will have your taste buds working overtime while also giving you your childhood dream of wanting to eat raw cookie dough, but this time your parents can’t yell at you because there is no risk of salmonella.

The most interesting item on the menu is the cookie dough milkshake.

For this treat, you choose your cookie dough and the ice cream you want to be mixed with it. They add a little bit of milk and serve it to you accompanied with a thick straw, whipped cream and a cherry on top if you so choose.

I chose traditional cookie dough with chocolate ice cream. It was good, but something also tasted weird about it. Like something didn’t mix well, but it was still good enough to drink/ eat. It could have been the

type of milk they used or just the fact that the cookie dough and ice cream of my choice did not mix well together. I still finished it, so it wasn’t bad.

That’s the iffy part about getting a milkshake. You could choose the wrong combination and the money is wasted. But either way, you’ll finish it because it is still cookie dough and ice cream and there’s no awful way to mess that up.

With a cookie dough milkshake, you sometimes get stuck with a giant clump at the bottom that you have to pick at with a spoon because it won’t fit through your already giant straw.

Although the milkshake is an iffy option, I highly recommend Scoop N Dough.

It has so much to offer with its many snack treats. Many do not talk about their ice cream, but it’s actually just as good as any other place, and you get to combine it with cookie dough too, which sounds like a win-win to me.

The best option to get your money’s worth is getting two scoops of cookie dough in a cup so you can save it for later and you do not have to fear the misguided mixture of ice cream and dough. If you want ice cream as well, get it on top and make a sundae out of it. If you end up not liking the combination, you can push it to the side and eat each separately.

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Scoop N Dough has many cookie dough flavor options beyond the traditional chocolate chip.

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I Can’t Believe It’s Butter The smooth genre you never knew you wanted Laura Ellen Brandjord A&E Editor

Move over, Paula Dean, your reign is over. “Butter,” the silky smooth hip-hop, soul and jazz blend is pure hydrogenated goodness in music form. This slow grooving genre is equally equipped for unwinding as it is for dancing. Let these songs whet your appetite for more buttery goodness.

‘Whipped Cream’ Ari Lennox

Out of Washington, D.C., Ari Lennox is a young R&B artist at the beginning of her career. She only has one EP and several singles currently up for streaming.

Regardless of her small catalog, Lennox has amassed 55,690 followers on Spotify alone. As soon as her voice bounces off the trampoline of your eardrum, it is easy to see why Lennox has enjoyed so much success.

Lennox’s sunny, soulful vocals rise from a horizon of blanketed keyboard and gently rolling hills of electronic beats. A song for the hopelessly in love, “Whipped Cream” will draw you in with Lennox’s sultry soul as she croons, “I’ve been eatin’ whipped cream, havin’ vivid dreams/ Of your face and through people on TV screens/ You’ve been everywhere/ And I wish I didn’t care.”

‘Poke Bowl’ Radiant Children

The London trio Radiant Children currently have an even smaller offering than Ari Lennox with only one 2018 EP available to stream.

That hasn’t stopped them

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This genre has all the silky smooth properties of the real thing. from reaching verified status on Spotify with almost 5,000 followers.

A song built from jazz piano up, “Poke Bowl” begins with isolated trichords before bass guitar joins the dance with electronic beats.

The addition of hip-hop vocals gives the track a swagger all its own: “Now you’re gone, gone, gone/ Said I’m up in the kitchen/ Listening to sad songs/ Hoping that you won’t be gone too long.”

A band with a key sense of arrangement and masters of neo-funk soundscapes, Radiant Children are a band

to watch.

‘Bad Bad News’ Leon Bridges

Leon Bridges is known for his ability to emulate the late, great soulster Sam Cooke. His first album “Coming Home” is full of ‘60s soul and R&B, complete with the echo of period appropriate microphones.

“Bad Bad News” is off of Bridges’ latest album, “Good Thing,” and sees him expand on his sound with the edition of jazz elements. Muted trumpets, simple cymbals and saxophone hold down the jazz end of the song,

while bass guitar and keys maintain Bridges trademark R&B soul. This song is infectious to sing along to with its call and return format as Bridges sings and the backup singers respond: “Let me slip through (let me slip through)/ Why you tryna hold me back? (I ain’t)/ I’m just tryna move up front/ Lil more of this, lil less of that (can you feel me?)/ Let me come through (let me come through)/ I’m tired being in the back (a’ight).”

“Bad Bad News” takes over your body with its infectious rhythm and lyrics.

‘Tints’ - Anderson .Paak, Kendrick Lamar

Both Anderson .Paak and Kendrick Lamar are veterans of the music industry. Lamar is best known for the poetic genius of “DAMN.” while Anderson .Paak rose to fame for his contributions to Dr. Dre’s “Compton.”

The subtle jazz influence of the background percussion and keys is not surprising. At the beginning of his musical career Anderson .Paak toured with jazz singer Haley Reinhart as a drummer. “Tints” has the most undeniable hip-hop

flavor of the included songs with its tempo and lyricism.

The playful nature of the song should remind listeners of Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic” album with its ‘90s hip-hop flavor and attitude.

Anderson .Paak opens the track with a question: “Hey, why you got the roof off, roof off/ You know it never rains here.” Lamar answers back as he spits, “I need tints so I can look at the snakes and posers/ (I need tint) ‘cause bomb is head is nondisclosure/ (I need tint) so I can live with a peace of mind/ Without n----s takin’ a piece of mine.”

Binge-worthy Netflix Favorites A guide to Netflix series to binge over break

Jason Bateman stars in the Netflix original ‘Ozark’ as his typical family man gone bad role.

Brittany Hofmann Staff Writer

Now that the spooky season is (sadly) behind us, we’re in the home stretch for a long marathon of holiday breaks.

When all of the face-stuffing, awkward family socializing and after-dinner naps is all said and done, Netflix will call your name.

Here are some binge-worthy titles to stream over the upcoming holiday vacations.

‘Ozark’

If you liked “Breaking Bad,”

you’ll love the Netflix original “Ozark.”

Starring Jason Bateman in his typical family man gone bad role, Netflix has recently released its second season.

After getting caught up in a money-laundering scheme for the Mexican drug cartel and his family’s safety is at stake, Marty Byrde (Bateman) decides to take the risk and move to the Ozarks for a fresh start.

It seems like when things are finally settling down and Marty can finally escape the cartel, anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

Little does Marty know, there is a local family running their own drug business, and they’ll do anything to run Marty and his family out of town.

With threats coming from every which way, Marty always finds a way to get out of the situation.

‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’

“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” stars actress and comedian Ellie Kemper and is a palate cleanser that requires little thought, but provides light-hearted and quirky humor.

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After being rescued from a religious cult led by Richard Wayne Gary Wayne (played by Jon Hamm), Kimmy moves to New York City for a new beginning.

Kimmy does not go this journey alone, as her two new friends, Titus Andromedon (Titus Burgess) and Lillian Kaushtupper (Carol Kane), help her start her life for the first time since being kidnapped.

As she goes through the motions, she learns valuable life lessons that she never knew before.

‘Stranger Things’

With a third season on the horizon, “Stranger Things”

captured hearts with its lead characters being a group of kids from the ‘80s.

When a string of strange events leads to Will disappearing, his friends Mike, Dustin and Lucas will do everything to find him. The group also makes friends with a peculiar girl that goes by the name Eleven.

Eleven was the production of a fishy government experiment going on in the outskirts of their beloved small town of Hawkins.

With each season ending on a cliffhanger, you won’t be able to stop watching.

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Preview: ‘Yet Another Zombie Defense HD’ The undead are coming to attack in terrifying high definition Nathan Wetrosky Staff Writer

As everyone is aware, the winter season is settling in. While good tidings and cheer are just around the corner, does that mean we cannot enjoy re-killing a whole bunch of zombies with chainsaws and laser guns? Of course not.

I present to you “Yet Another Zombie Defense Game HD” (YAZD), developed by Awesome Games Studio.

In the un-modded game, there are four playable characters: guy, girl, SWAT or the doctor. Whichever character you choose does not affect gameplay, but you can pretend it does.

“YAZD” is a basic and cheap game on Steam, but it has some solid gameplay, which makes it quite fun.

You start each game on the same map with only a pistol, your reflexes and wits — then the zombies attack.

Before each zombie wave, you have whatever time you need to use the cash you obtained from the previous round to assemble your defenses. There are

wooden, armored, electric and propane tank barricades as well as landmines. While the first two barricades only act as shields, the second two can damage the zombies.

The electric barricade deals damage to zombies as they attack it. The propane tank barricade is a little trickier to use, but it deals a lot of damage. The player can shoot the propane tank barricade whenever they choose, and it will blow up, killing or dealing massive amounts of damage to the zombie horde in the process.

The only downside to using this barricade is if zombies destroy it, you can no longer blow it up.

Along with these barricades is the ability to build auto turrets to help keep zombies at bay. One thing I found out the hard way is to make an auto turret shoot zombies, you must give the turret one of your weapons to use. This means you must give it a weapon you bought initially for yourself.

There are a good variety of weapons in “YAZD,” which gives you a goal to reach other than not being eaten by the zombie horde.

Enjoy re-killing the undead in the upcoming festive months.

For weapons, there are grenades, pistol, submachine gun, shotgun, assault rifle, flamethrower, sniper rifle, rocket launcher, freeze gun, Tesla coil, blaster and laser gun, all of which have their own strengths and weaknesses. For example, the submachine gun is fast

firing but weak, and the rocket launcher is slow but powerful.

The game looks pretty good graphically, and the map is satisfying to look at after a few rounds because the bodies do not disappear.

This way you can look at all the good work you have been

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up to. Everything from the map design to the weapons could be graphically updated a little more, but they are fine as they are.

Sound wise there is an excellent musical score that has a haunting and epic tone to it. The music makes you feel like it really is your

last stand and that you must go down fighting like a survivor.

In general, “Yet Another Zombie Defense Game HD” is a quick, fun, arcade-like shooter, which only costs a buck to play over on the Steam store.

‘Fallout 76’ Falls Flat Bethesda’s latest game in the ‘Fallout’ franchise feels empty Max Borman Staff Writer

“Fallout 76” is the new online-only “Fallout” game from Bethesda.

It launches Nov. 14, so the following information is based on the beta, which was pretty much the complete “Fallout 76” experience.

When “Fallout 76” was announced the internet was skeptical and angry. Skeptical in that no one knew if an online Fallout would work and angry because Bethesda has been known for only single-player games, even supporting the #Saveplayerone movement, which saw people banding together to support singleplayer only games.

Some people decided to give it a chance and see what the game would be like. It works under certain circumstances, but overall “Fallout 76” falls flat.

“Fallout 76” takes place in 2102, the earliest in the timeline of Fallout, just 25 years after the nuclear war that devastated Earth.

Players start off in Vault 76, a control vault where the brightest and best people were chosen to live and not cruelly tested on by the Vault-Tec Corporation.

After you create your character, you head out of the vault on the glorious “Reclamation Day,” where it is time to reclaim the United States after a nuclear war.

The trees and plants are bright with colors, and many of the buildings are still in one piece with minimal deterioration. “Fallout 76” has the most colorful world of the Fallout games, but that is where the spectacle ends.

As players traverse through West Virginia, they receive quests via recordings or protectrons.

There are no nonplayer characters (NPCs) in the game unlike in every other Fallout installment.

That means no wacky characters to meet, intriguing enemies to kill or dark plots to uncover.

The formula of Fallout just isn’t there. The items and the

Vault 76 on Reclamation Day is where players start out in ‘Fallout 76.’ world look like a Fallout game, but the rest of what makes Fallout special just isn’t.

Bethesda wanted all the characters in the game world to be real players, but when it comes to Fallout, it sort of needs wacky characters to interact with, and many of the players either run away or shoot on sight.

Speaking of shooting on sight, a big part of Fallout has always been the combat. There is no shortage of strange creatures to kill, and the gunplay feels like it did in “Fallout 4.”

However, the largest part of Fallout combat system, the VaultTec Assisted Targeting (VATS) system, which slows down time and lets you select different parts of a creature to shoot at, does not work in “Fallout 76.” Instead of slowing down time, it just lets you select body parts as the creatures run or shoot at you in real time, defeating the entire purpose of VATS.

Player versus player (PvP) is another thing that “Fallout 76” fails at. In the post-apocalypse with limited resources, you should be able to kill each other and compete for those resources, but sadly you cannot.

The penalties for engaging in PvP are high. You can only start fighting other players at level five, which makes sense because it allows players some time to get acquainted with the game. You can stand there and shoot someone for hours after level five, but they will only take damage if they return fire and they will do more damage to you because they are just defending themselves.

Once one of you dies that person then drops their junk, but nothing useful.

If the attacking player kills the other, then a bounty is placed on them and every player knows. That can make it a little fun as you try and defend yourself from people trying to take your bounty, but that

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fun runs out quickly as they seem to be able to do more damage to you and everyone knows where you are.

That is another thing that can get annoying. With the map, you can see where every player is at every second. That can pull someone straight out of the immersion, as they see little white balls with names attached to them running around the map.

They also have a system in place for everyone’s favorite thing — microtransactions. It is called the ATOM shop, and it sells lots of different cosmetic stuff for a new currency called ATOM that you can get from completing different tasks.

These cosmetics range from clothes to skins for various pieces of your base. It’s worrying as it may limit the amount of findable clothes in the game, which may lead to people feeling forced to buy them.

The Construction and Assembly

Mobile Platform system (CAMP) is another big feature in the game.

It expands upon the settlement building of “Fallout 4” while also making it smaller.

Now players can build almost anywhere and create large fortresses if they have enough material. However, it only serves one purpose and that’s a place to store your junk. No settlers will come to live there, most people will try to destroy it and if you don’t pick a safe spot, it will be attacked constantly by creatures.

At its current state, “Fallout 76” just feels empty and soulless.

It feels like many other survival games, but with a Fallout skin.

For this game to be great, and it deserves to be, it will need some considerably great post-launch support and some system changes.

If Bethesda can listen to their fans and can support the game, then it could be great, but right now it just feels empty.

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Election Results 2018

What happened at the 2018 midterms Ezra Gray

Contributing Writer

As I’m sure most of you are aware, North Dakota and the United States as a whole just recently participated in the 2018 midterm elections.

Us North Dakotans elected a new senator, representative and decided on many other public official positions and policies. While all of these elections, from district representatives to senators, are immensely important, I’m going to be brutally honest and admit that the only real elections I focused on were the HeitkampCramer Senatorial race and the four measures that were on the ballot. I know that voting for our tax and agriculture commissioners is incredibly important, but I can only focus on so many races in so much time. So with the election recently over, I’m going to utilize my God-given First Amendment rights to speak about what happened in the midterms, why the elections resulted in the way they did and how I think North Dakota should proceed into the future.

Regarding the Senatorial race between Heidi Heitkamp and Kevin Cramer, I have to say I’m not surprised by the results. I think most people, myself included, didn’t think Heitkamp was going to keep her seat. One only needs to look at the previous election to realize just how slim Heitkamp’s chances were. While she did beat out Rick Berg during the last Senatorial election, she won by an incredibly narrow margin, less than 1 percent of the vote to be precise. Not knocking on Berg, but Cramer’s chances of winning this year were far higher given the fact that he has quite a bit more name recognition and popularity than Berg.

Heitkamp already struggled to beat one

Republican for her North Dakota Senate seat; running a campaign against arguably the most popular Republican in the whole state was an uphill battle from the start.

The recent Brett Kavanaugh hearings didn’t help Heitkamp either. She was utterly stuck in a loselose situation. If she voted to confirm Kavanaugh, she might have had a better chance at keeping her Senatorial seat, but she would have alienated herself from the rest of the Democratic Party in Washington. If she voted against Kavanaugh, as she eventually did, she would torpedo her campaign in North Dakota given how so many Republicans and moderates supported Kavanaugh throughout the hearing. Heitkamp’s decision to vote against Kavanaugh, along with Cramer’s name recognition and local support, is what ultimately led to her defeat Tuesday.

Personally, I’ll admit that I voted for Cramer over Heitkamp.

This doesn’t mean, however, that I’m an ardent Cramer supporter. I disagree with both candidates on several key issues, ranging from gun control to military spending. As a pro-lifer, I fundamentally disagree with her on abortion. I also disagree with her stance on immigration, Obamacare and drug reform.

With that being said, I also disagree with Cramer on several key issues as well. I dislike his stringent support of our massive military budget and constant bombings in Syria. The biggest issue I have with Cramer, however, is his outdated stance on drug policy. Cramer openly stated on Rob Port’s radio show back in 2017 that he was against the legalization of marijuana. He even went as far as to state: “If I could, I’d

roll it back so we couldn’t have booze.” As someone who strongly supported the legalization of both medical and recreational marijuana in North Dakota, the idea that any public official in my state is against marijuana legalization and thinks that alcohol should be illegal is worrisome to say the least.

That being said, I think they’re both good people personally, but in terms of politics, I disagree with both of them intensely. But then again I didn’t vote for Cramer based on his drug reform policy. I voted for him because a Republicancontrolled Senate for the next few years looks far more appetizing to me than the alternative. Pelosi, Schumer, Waters, Sanders and many other popular and powerful Democrats have been drifting much too far left for my taste. The Republican Party is in no way perfect, but in terms of which group of people I want shaping my nation’s laws for the foreseeable future, I’m going to have to go with the elephant. Let’s just hope they actually stick with their supposed principles and shrink the size of the federal government.

While the Senate race was certainly important, my real focus for the last few months has been on the measures that were on the ballot last Tuesday.

Specifically, Measure 1 and Measure 3, which, if Measure 3 had passed, will both have a massive effect on our state. Measure 1, which I was and still am strongly opposed to, passed with 53.6 percent voting yes and 46.4 percent voting no. This measure, for those who don’t know, adds new sections to the North Dakota State Constitution and will create a five-person ethics commission that’s supposed to “adopt ethics rules related to transparency, corruption,

elections and lobbying.”

These new sections also add new rules in regards to lobbying and campaign contributions, one of which makes it illegal for any lobbyist to give any gift to a public official unless they are directly related.

I understand the sentiment behind this measure. I dislike corruption in our government as much as the next person. However, establishing an unelected commission of people with vaguely defined duties and powers is not the way to go about this. As an aside, I think it’s rich that this measure’s intention is to stop political corruption and lobbying, but it was funded and promoted using out of state money from coastal organizations. But back to the main point. The main problem with this measure is that it’s terribly worded.

While it does establish the ethics commission, it doesn’t actually define what their exact powers are. The closest thing this measure has to a set of actual duties is its third section, subsection 2, which reads as follows: “The ethics commission may adopt ethics rules related to transparency, corruption, elections and lobbying to which any lobbyist, public official or candidate for public office shall be subject, and may investigate alleged violations of such rules, this article and related state laws.

Bam. That’s it. That’s all this measure has to say in terms of what the ethics commission actually does and what governmental powers it has. This poorly worded section opens a massive can of worms. Is the ethics commission more powerful than the governor?

Is it more powerful than the state legislature? If not, what’s the actual power hierarchy here?

What real governmental

powers do they have? They can investigate “alleged” violations of lobbying rules?

So can they issue warrants now so long as someone alleges that a public official broke a lobbying regulation? If I claim that the Burke County sheriff broke a corruption law, does this ethics commission now get to conduct their own investigation into the department based on one person’s baseless claim?

If so, what’s the procedure for this “investigation”?

It gets even worse when you consider the fact that Measure 1 is now in the State Constitution. This means that even if the legislature or anyone else wants to edit the measure, it’s incredibly hard to do so. As someone who is vehemently opposed to government overreach and bureaucracy, the idea that an unelected ethics commission with vaguely worded powers in now a Constitutionallyempowered entity within my state sickens me.

In regards to Measure 3, I have so much to say, but this entire paper isn’t big enough to contain those words. Measure 3, for the small handful that haven’t heard of it, would’ve legalized recreational marijuana manufacturing, distribution and possession for those 21 or older. It also would’ve sealed the records of ex-convicts who were arrested for nonviolent marijuana crimes in the past. Like I said in my bit on Cramer, I am someone who is extremely passionate about drug reform for North Dakota and the United States as a whole. I helped promote Measure 3 on my own personal time. I truly hoped that this would’ve passed, given the surprise passage of medical marijuana back in 2016. But for those of us that were watching the results last Tuesday, we know that Measure 3 lost with

59.5 percent voting no and 40.5 percent voting yes. In hindsight, it isn’t surprising considering how many Baby Boomers and Christian conservatives live in North Dakota. But regardless, I had stayed hopeful and now have to sadly deal with the results. Despite the massive cash crop marijuana and hemp would both be for North Dakotan farmers, despite the tens of thousands of tax dollars we spend each year jailing people for nonviolent marijuana crimes, and despite the general American principle that each person should be able to do with their property what they wish without government interference, Measure 3 lost. Now those North Dakotans that want marijuana to treat their PTSD, anxiety, seizures, Crohn’s Disease and chronic pain will have to just keep popping those oxycodone pills and hope that sometime soon the legislature will get off its butt and actually open up some medical marijuana dispensaries soon.

So that was the North Dakota 2018 midterm elections. Obviously, there were many elections that I didn’t cover, but I felt the need to talk about the three that I think were the most impactful to North Dakota.

Hopefully, Kevin Cramer will fairly represent our interests in Washington.

Hopefully, medical marijuana dispensaries will open soon across our state and recreational marijuana gains more support. Hopefully, North Dakotans see this new ethics commission for the poorly planned sham it is and push to amend it out of existence in the near future. But all we can do is stay hopeful for what was lost and be thankful for what was won.

See you all next midterm.

Hopefully, it will turn out better than this one.

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Post-Graduation Gratification The little things you’ll enjoy after college

Think of all the things that come once you’ve topped off college.

Grant Gloe Staff Writer

Let me share with you two real sentences that were spoken this month.

Someone with a real income: “I don’t want to cook tonight. Want to check out that new sushi place?”

Me: “I wonder if I can put peanut butter in ramen?”

These are two very different stations in life.

Whenever you stop judging my low standards of living, I hope you can relate to the point. Being in college

makes me look at the “real world” with a shimmer in my eye and, for some reason, a really bad stomachache.

I find the closer I get to graduation, the more my classmates and I come up with the most mundane life goals.

Some people just want to put down roots. I get it.

There are a lot of plans that center on having a place to call your own. Take pets for example. A lot of people can make it work, but then you meet that person who wants 16 dogs, four cats and a parrot that can learn

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“Shut up already!” A college apartment is not gonna fly.

It’s also hard to just have things when you have

room for that,” I’d have one course of action. Park it on campus and move it every half hour until I graduate.

You want something where I need to look up the recipe? I’m a toddler with a wooden spoon and smoker’s hands. no space and know you’re moving in a year or two. If I bought a boat right now and my dad went, “I don’t have

At least it would up my tailgating game.

As you may have guessed, my goals are food

related. I’m not trying to deny it: I am no chef. You want a chicken breast?

Boom, I’m your guy. Easy peasy, see you next Tuesday.

No problem. You want something where I need to look up the recipe? I’m a toddler with a wooden spoon and smoker’s hands. Don’t worry, I don’t smoke; I just drink dangerous amounts of coffee.

I just want to be able to afford good food. That’s why once a month I want to be able to afford a $100 meal. No more scrimping and saving than usual, just

being comfortable enough financially that I can blow $100 on a good evening. I will be content.

So as you’re going through your day-to-day, getting ready for finals, contemplating faking your own death before finals, think of some dumb goals for yourself. What little things do you want out of life? You know, or don’t.

You can get a better guru than the guy putting peanut butter in ramen.

College Basketball Debuts T i p o f f c o m e s fo r B i s o n B a s k e t b a l l , a m o n g o t h e r s Jacob Elwell Opinion Editor

And now we enter the best time for sports all year.

You have the NFL season about halfway through; NBA games are about a month in, as is the NHL and now NCAA basketball rolls around the corner.

Before you know it, it’ll be March and everyone will be picking Duke to win the championship. I wrote this article on Nov. 8, so if I don’t mention a certain game, it likely occurred after that date.

College basketball officially tipped off (pun intended) Nov. 6. This includes the start of the season for your very own North Dakota State Bison.

The season started with a tough road loss to New Mexico State by a score of 73-56. I’m not worried.

We have a young team that’s destined for a long tournament run in the near future. There actually isn’t a single senior on the

NDSU basketball roster, so greatness won’t come right away. Just be patient.

Sophomore forward Rocky Kreuser showed promise in Las Cruces, New Mexico, putting up 23 points and 5 rebounds. Kreuser also shot 5 of 6 from 3-point range and 9 of 11 overall.

from start to finish and won 118-84. Kentucky was ranked second in the nation prior to the game while Duke was fourth. The four-star freshmen, RJ Barrett, Zion Williamson, Cam Reddish, and Tre Jones, combined for 89 points, more than the Wildcats scored as a

Before you know, it it’ll be March and everyone will be picking Duke to win the championship.

This guy is going to be a monster. He’s 6-foot-10 and can shoot lights out from beyond the arc. Watch out for him to make a big impact this season.

As important as Bison basketball is, the talk of the college basketball world was the Duke versus Kentucky game. Going into it, Kentucky was favored by two points. RIP to that spread. Duke dominated

team. This team just played the second-ranked team in the country like it was a non-conference game. We might be witnessing what very well could be the best college basketball team ever.

Better than Phi Slama Jama.

Better than the Fab Five.

Better than the 2014-15 undefeated Kentucky team.

When you get three of the top five recruits and throw in the 17th one too, you may

have a chance to win every game. What impressed me the most is how much chemistry they had. Barrett, Williamson and Reddish are all capable of being the “goto” guy. However, they were generous with the ball, took high percentage shots and played tremendous defense.

If they play as well as they did on Tuesday, they won’t lose a game.

Michigan State versus Kansas was a much closer game. Coming down to the end, the Spartans hit a 3-pointer with 35 seconds left to cut Kansas’ lead to three. However, the Jayhawks managed to pull away with a 92-87 victory. Kansas freshman Quentin Grimes had a solid performance along with Memphis transfer Dedric Lawson. Michigan State looks to improve from last season’s disappointing finish. Star guard Cassius Winston struggled shooting the ball but did dish out 11 assists in the contest. Kansas was No. 1 and will fall to No. 2, while Michigan State

suffered a slight fall from the top 10 to No. 11.

It wouldn’t be right of me to not include mentioning the Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball team. I am a giant Gopher basketball fan.

Besides the Vikings, I would say Gopher basketball is my second favorite sports team to watch. However, they just haven’t been the same since the departure of Andre and Austin Hollins. A promising season two years ago was ultimately ended by a tough loss to Middle Tennessee.

I still try to forget about that. I remember watching that game, and the utter disappointment I was feeling was unmatched.

Last year was supposed to be a great season. However, the departure of defensive monster Reggie Lynch absolutely killed the team.

On top of that, Amir Coffey couldn’t stay healthy, and right now he’s arguably the best player on the team.

Losing former First-Team All Big Ten point guard Nate Mason is going to hurt.

However, Isaiah “Jellyfam”

Washington showed he can lead this team. I am excited to see what he can do this season. He showed flashes of starting material last season, but he just needs to take better shots.

Jordan Murphy is entering his senior year, so if we’re going to make a tournament push, this is the year to make it happen. I really hope this team lives up to its potential and doesn’t disappoint like they have in the past.

Overall, it’s clear that Duke is the team to beat this year. There are going to be some crazy games this year, and it puts me on the edge of my seat just thinking about it. It’s only a matter of time before the madness begins.

As far as the year goes for the Bison, we’re a young team. That being said, I don’t see a tournament appearance this or even next year, but possibly in a few years. Be sure to come out to the home games and get rowdy with the crowd.

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FCS Bracketology With One Week Remaining 24 teams make it, but who really deserves it?

Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor

To put it simply, with the countdown to Selection Sunday winding down, the FCS playoff picture is a mess.

Actually, mess doesn’t do it justice.

Six teams from the Colonial? Only two from the Valley? An independent?

Three seeds for the Big Sky? All are a possibility, but with a single game for most teams left, here is what the FCS bracket might look like come Sunday.

To make things worse, other than the eight seeded teams, the rest of the bracket gets based more on geographic locations. Those seeded teams get a bye and host second-round games.

After the second round, the highest seed hosts.

No. 1 North Dakota State Bison (Idaho State/San Diego)

The Bison are the top seed, and that is the surest lock in the field. Even with a loss against Southern Illinois, NDSU should get the top spot.

A familiar foe would be on the horizon in the Toreros of San Diego. The winners of the Pioneer League have seen their season end in Fargo in the second round the past two seasons.

Potentially the hosts in this one, San Diego would get a visit from one of the last teams in, Idaho State.

The Bengals have struggled this season away from Holt Arena in Pocatello, with all four of their losses coming on the road. This week, a home date against Weber State will determine if the Bengals make the field. A narrow loss may do it.

No. 2 Weber State Wildcats (Delaware/ Indiana State)

The Wildcats are the class of the Big Sky. Other than a misstep against Northern Arizona, it has been smooth sailing in conference play for Weber State. Three wins against ranked teams (Eastern Washington, South Dakota, North Dakota) have

the Wildcats sitting pretty for home-field advantage.

The Blue Hens hit their stride after a beatdown in Fargo. Delaware opened Colonial play with five straight wins. A loss last week against Stony Brook has pumped the brakes on momentum. But the CAA is a mess overall.

Speaking of messes, Indiana State will be the third team out of the Missouri Valley, barely. But putting the Sycamores here comes out of a true playin game this week against Western Illinois. The winner should get in, but just barely.

No. 3 Eastern Washington (North Dakota/Elon)

The Eagles should be seeded, especially with a win against Portland State this weekend. However, the number is up for debate. A three or four should be in the cards. Despite losing quarterback Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington crushed UC Davis 59-20 last week.

A matchup between two bubble teams will determine who heads to the red field in Cheney. Elon sits sixth in the Colonial but is a single game back of the five-way tie at the top. A win against conference leaders Maine would secure a spot for the Phoenix. A loss may move them out of the field.

The same stands for the Fighting Hawks. The game at Northern Arizona is a must-win. An early season win against then No. 5 Sam Houston State doesn’t look as good now, but a win over No. 22 Montana and a close loss against Weber State keep the Hawks in the conversation. As much as a UND-NDSU matchup would be nice, it is unlikely.

No 4. Kennesaw State (Incarnate Word/East Tennessee State)

A big win against Monmouth secured Kennesaw a high seed.

Another win this weekend against Jacksonville State could see the Owls move into the top three. Other than an early season loss to FBS Georgia State, Kennesaw has been perfect.

The field is chasing the Bison, and Delaware is one of the teams in the playoff field.

Two ranked wins keep Incarnate Word in with a shout of the postseason. The Southland getting a pair of bids should happen, but the Cardinals go to Ames, Iowa to get beat by Iowa State.

McNeese State will also push for the second bid, but the Cardinals have the headto-head win.

East Tennessee State has started to limp out of the Southern Conference. A loss to Wofford and a pair of three-point wins in the last two weeks have the Bucs on the cusp. A win at home to Samford will seal a spot.

No. 5 South Dakota State (UC Davis/ Southeast Missouri State)

When the Jackrabbit offense is on, wins will follow. In their two losses, the Jacks averaged 13 points.

In wins, that number jumps to 54. That offense will be needed.

UC Davis could be the odd team out of the Big Sky in terms of seeding. The Aggies may still sneak a seed away this weekend, possibly from Jacksonville State. An overtime win against Idaho State may be the best win the

Aggies hold currently.

Southeast Missouri State may need a win against Eastern Illinois to get in.

A win last week at Murray State would have done it, but the Redhawks came two points short. A win against Jacksonville State midseason beefs up their credentials.

No. 6 Maine (Stony Brook/Duquesne)

Four top-20 wins are the base of the Black Bears’ resume. That being said, an opening weekend win against New Hampshire doesn’t count for much anymore. But in a conference where everyone is beating each other up, Maine sits on top.

And due to some fluky scheduling, another team from that mess could be on tap. Stony Brook sits with the same overall record as the Black Bears but is one game back in conference play. The Seawolves are less consistent, and that might be what drops them.

Duquesne will get the auto-bid from the Northeast Conference and could get a tough draw. The Dukes have not faced a ranked opponent this year.

No. 7 James Madison (North Carolina A&T/ Colgate)

Last year’s runners-up have not had smooth sailing this year. The Dukes held on for a while at North Carolina State in Week 1 but ultimately came up short.

Two home losses to Elon and New Hampshire have pushed James Madison to the brink. A second top-15 win at Towson will secure a top seed.

It doesn’t happen often, but a loss will secure North Carolina A&T a spot. A win will likely do it as well but could make things complicated, much like the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The winner of the conference goes to the Celebration Bowl, foregoing the FCS playoffs. Currently, a 22-21 loss to Florida A&M has the Aggies in second due to the tiebreak. If Florida A&M win this week, then the Aggies will make the playoffs.

Colgate is the only other top-six team in the Coaches Poll that is undefeated. A trip to West Point may end that. The Raiders have just one win against a ranked

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team, and that was against New Hampshire. How the committee views their weak schedule is unknown.

No. 8 Jacksonville State (Nicholls/Wofford)

A win against Kennesaw will be the biggest win of the season for the Gamecocks.

After an early loss to NC A&T, Jacksonville State has looked the part. Thanks in part to everyone else tripping over each other, JSU get the final seed, despite a loss to SEMO. Nicholls has been solid from the get-go, taking Kansas to OT in Lawrence and walking away with the win. Two losses followed as well as a loss to Abilene Christian, which keeps Nicholls from achieving more. Convincing wins against Sam Houston State and Incarnate Word help in taking the Southland title.

Wofford needs a loss for East Tennessee State in order to take a share of the Southern Conference crown.

The Terriers lost to Furman and Samford in conference play, but eight-win teams are in high demand for this bracket.

Terrible Fantasy Advice | Week 11 Stats, stats, stats and a ridiculous pun Philip Atneosen Staff Writer

Lately, the NFL has been all about the improbable.

Some recent statistics are revealing just how crazy the league can be.

Julio Jones recorded his first touchdown of the season in Week 9. He failed to score a touchdown in his first seven games while having 812 receiving yards.

I know it’s a common assumption that Julio can’t score touchdowns, but seven straight scoreless games is still crazy. A player as elite as him on an elite offense should be able to find the end zone at least once in that time.

The Kansas City Chiefs lost their first coin toss in

Week 10. They won their first nine coin tosses, and the odds of that happening statistically are less than a fifth of a percent. The streak gets even less probable if you factor in their final three preseason games, which extends the streak to 12 games. Surprisingly, this happened not that long ago. According to Sports Illustrated, the Bears won 14 straight tosses in the 20162017 season.

In an article from National Football Post, it was revealed that the Buccaneers became the first team to have over 500 yards and score fewer than 6 points since 1940 or possibly earlier. Ryan Fitzpatrick himself had over 400 passing yards. I think it’s safe to say that this will

never happen to him again as long as he’s starting for this offense.

Quarterback - Eli Manning

Eli Manning leads the NFL this season in sacks; he’s been sacked 32 times this season. The silver lining is that he quickened his release in Week 10 as he was only sacked once. In Week 11, Eli and the Giants get the privilege of playing the Buccaneers at home. There’s a very good chance that Eli has his best game of the season this week. I’m also interested in Lamar Jackson if Joe Flacco doesn’t play.

Jackson hasn’t started a game this season, but I have enough faith in his rushing game to use him against the Bengals.

Running Back - Theo Riddick

It’s difficult for me to justify calling Riddick a running back because he hasn’t actually carried the ball since Week 5, but he’s still relevant because of his Riddickulous receiving game. In the last two weeks, Matthew Stafford has been sacked 16 times. It looks like this offense doesn’t have an identity without Golden Tate, and if Marvin Jones is still banged up when Sunday rolls around, Riddick might have a season high in receptions. The Lions return home in Week 12 to face the Panthers. Although the thought of starting Doug Martin makes me cringe, you could safely do it this week. The Raiders travel to

Arizona in Week 11.

Wide Receiver Christian Kirk

I’m all in on the Cardinals receivers this week. It’s tough not to feel optimistic about Christian Kirk when he’s up against what just might be the worst defense in football. The Raiders have the lowest sack total in the league and have only seven takeaways this season.

When you play against a rookie quarterback like Josh Rosen, you have to pressure him, but the Raiders haven’t effectively pressured anyone except for defensive coordinator Paul Guenther. I expect both Larry Fitzgerald and Kirk to have productive games in Week 11. If you’re in a pinch, you could take a shot on either Chris Godwin

or Adam Humphries. The Bucs’ vicious passing attack should be on full display against the Giants this week.

Tight End - Jeff Heuerman

In the one game the Broncos have played without Demaryius Thomas, Heuerman led the team in targets, receptions and receiving yards. Although the sample size is small, there aren’t any other tight end options available that look as promising as Heuerman.

The matchup isn’t exactly favorable; the Broncos meet the Chargers in Week 11.

If you’re really desperate, Tennessee’s Jonnu Smith might be good for another touchdown against the Colts this week.

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Tale of Two Bison Two games, two very different results for men’s basketball

The breakout of Deng Geu (23) will go a long way in determining the Bison’s success this season.

Thomas Evanella Staff Writer

Two distinctly different North Dakota State men’s basketball teams were on display in the season’s opening week.

The first team, playing its season opener nearly 2,000 miles from Fargo, was sluggish and out of sorts.

That team scored a mere 20 first-half points en route to a 73-56 dredging at New Mexico State.

Back at the Scheels Center this past Sunday, the second Bison team was explosive and lively, thumping UC-Santa Barbara by 19 points.

In the first two games of the season, it’s been two sides of the same coin for the Bison.

As was so often the case in the 2017-18 campaign, the NDSU offense was

stagnant against the Aggies.

Save for sophomore forward Rocky Kreuser, no one on the Bison cracked doubledigits. The native of White Bear Lake, Minnesota shot 9 of 11 from the field and 5 of 6 from distance to pace NDSU with 23 points, the only firepower to speak of in the Southwest.

That edition of the Bison bore an uncanny resemblance with the aforementioned 201718 squad. A year ago, the offense frequently relied on moments of magic from Paul Miller when the rest of the team floundered. The same was the case Nov. 6 in New Mexico, with Kreuser reprising the role of scoring talisman.

Outside of Kreuser, only Sam Griesel, Vinnie Shahid and Tyson Ward found the scoresheet in a dismal first half. NMSU led by as many as 28 points midway through

the second half, putting the game out of reach.

The Bison connected on a respectable 37 percent of their 3-point attempts, but the Aggies out-rebounded the Herd, outscored the NDSU bench and scored 17 points off turnovers.

The script flipped on Veterans Day against the Gauchos, as NDSU blew out the visitors 82-63.

Four Bison recorded double-digits, as Ward and Deng Geu paced NDSU with 16 points. Cameron Hunter and Jordan Horn chipped in 11 and 10 points, respectively. It was the type of balanced attack NDSU and head coach Dave Richman will need to see as the season progresses.

Throughout the contest, the Bison were more cohesive offensively. NDSU shot north of 49 percent from the field, an improvement of more than 13 percentage

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points from their opening loss.

A 15-point rally across the final 6:14 of the first half gave the Bison an eightpoint lead at the break. The lead — which NDSU never relinquished — ballooned to a high of 22 thanks in large measure to a 15-0 secondhalf run.

“I think we shared it really well. The ball wasn’t sticking at any particular point,” Geu said afterward.

“We kept swinging it back and forth and getting good looks.”

Without the luxury of a high-volume scorer, ball movement is imperative for the Bison to generate high-percentage looks.

NDSU is at its best when its sharpshooters can take uncontested shots while the defense scrambles to recover. Fortunately, the roster is filled with players who can connect from

distance. Jared Samuelson was sharp from 3 last year, with Hunter, Kreuser, Ward, Tyree Eady and Chris Quayle also proficient. Horn — who transferred from Siena — led the Saints in triples last year and will be a vital contributor as well.

“I like the way we all play. I feel like our games play well together, and I think we can really do some damage toward the end of the year,” Ward commented.

While the offense shined, the key for the Bison was an inspired defensive performance. The Gauchos led the Big West in scoring last year, but NDSU held them at bay.

“This was a Bison basketball win. (There are) two staples of our program: valuing the basketball and defending, and we did that at a high level against a very good offensive team,” Richman stated.

Moving forward, the next step will be for NDSU to coalesce and continue to develop its depth. Players such as Eady, Griesel and Horn appear to be settling into their bench roles. Meanwhile, Geu and Hunter will push for starting minutes. It won’t be an easy process, but it is a necessary growing pain for a team without a senior.

“We knew — win, lose or draw — these first couple of months, there are experiences these kids have to grow through on the court,” Richman explained.

The Bison have seven road games before they return to the Scheels Center Dec. 8 to face Eastern Washington. Between then and now, the Bison will continue to solidify their identity in anticipation of the Summit League season.

Bison Host Salukis for Senior Day NDSU search for undefeated regular season David Hoffman

Contributing Writer

With the Missouri Valley crown all wrapped up, the North Dakota State football team cap off the regular season Saturday as they host the Southern Illinois Salukis.

The Bison will be coming off their latest win against the Missouri State Bears where they won in dominant fashion. The 48-7 victory was largely attributed to Easton Stick’s five passing touchdowns, which all came in the first half.

On the other side of the ball, the Salukis are coming off a fresh home loss at the hands of the South Dakota State Jackrabbits. The 57-38 loss was a highly offensive shootout in which Southern Illinois allowed 656 total yards, while also putting up 541 yards themselves.

The Salukis’ starting quarterback, Matt DeSomer ran the game with four rushing touchdowns.

However, his defense was unable to stop the Jackrabbits from several

huge drives late in the game.

The last time the Herd met with Southern Illinois was back in 2015. The Halloween day game was Stick’s second career start and a close 35-29 win for the Bison. The Bison dominated on the ground, picking up 297 rushing yards. Former Bison running back King Frazier accounted for 178 of those yards, but 138 also came from Stick. Current safety Robbie Grimsley also recorded 10 tackles in that game.

“We’re preparing to go play the No. 1 team in the country on the road. We have to give them our best,” Southern Illinois head coach Nick Hill said about this weekend’s game in Fargo.

It seems the Salukis are playing their best football down the stretch. SIU picked up their first win in the Valley three weeks ago at Missouri State. Since shootout losses to Western Illinois and SDSU show that the offense is clicking.

The bad news: most of that clicking has been in the ground game. The Salukis average 227 yards on the

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From Left to Right: Nate Jensen, Darrius Shepherd, Bruce Anderson and Dallas Freeman will all celebrate Senior Day on Saturday. ground this season. Getting to that mark will be a tough task against a stout Bison front.

On the other side of the ball, the SIU defense is susceptible to being carved up. The Bison stable of offensive weapons can put up yards in bunches. NDSU showed against Northern

Iowa their ability to put up points in a high-paced game.

This weekend’s game also marks NDSU football’s senior day, which honors the team’s seniors for all their years in the program.

This year’s senior class is NDSU’s largest with 24 seniors playing their last regular season game

Saturday.

The senior class has compiled an overall record of 49-5 in the past four years. Included in that total is the 16-game win streak the Bison are currently on.

Attention from the game will quickly turn toward the television Sunday. The selection show for the FCS

Playoffs is scheduled to air 11:30 a.m. Sunday on ESPNU. With an undefeated season, the reigning champs have already secured a spot in this year’s playoffs, making it NDSU’s ninth consecutive season making it to the playoffs.

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The Jimmy Butler Saga Finally Ends Butler heads to Philly as Wolves gain three players Ian Longtin Staff Writer

The Jimmy Butler era is over in Minnesota.

After an eventful year and a half, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Philadelphia 76ers made a deal to send Butler to Philadelphia. In return for Butler and 7-footer Justin Patton, the Timberwolves received Robert Covington, Dario Saric, Jerryd Bayless, and a 2022 second-round pick.

It appears Wolves coach Tom Thibodeau and the rest of the Minnesota ownership opted for proven players

instead of draft picks. When looking at the mess that was the relationship between Butler and the T-Wolves, this trade makes sense.

However, this trade doesn’t mean the drama is over, as the writing is on the wall for Thibodeau. He was an experienced and respected coach around the league when the Wolves brought him in. He was supposed to help the team turn the corner. That has not happened.

The growth of KarlAnthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins has been noticeably stunted since Thibodeau came in. The Jimmy Butler experiment clearly failed,

and at least some blame falls on the shoulders of the head coach. There are whispers that Thibodeau’s job is in serious jeopardy, so why wouldn’t he bring in guys who could contribute immediately?

If Thibodeau had pulled the trigger on a trade that included multiple future draft picks, there’s a serious possibility he wouldn’t have been around to make those picks. Make no mistake about it, Thibodeau is trying to win now to try and gain back the trust of Minnesota ownership.

Getting established NBA players instead of draft picks makes this much easier.

However, just because this was the best deal for Thibodeau does not mean it was the best deal for the T-Wolves.

There were reports the Wolves had extensive trade talks with multiple teams.

The Pelicans and Heat were two squads looking to snag Butler. The Pelicans offered power forward Nikola Mirotic and a first-round pick. Mirotic would have been a nice addition for the Wolves.

However, trade talks between the Pelicans and Wolves came to a halt when the Wolves asked for point guard Jrue Holiday. The Heat offered Goran Dragic,

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This is a deal that would have been fine for the Wolves but didn’t work in Thibodeau’s win-now thinking. The Rockets had perhaps the most intriguing offers of them all.

According to reports, in one deal, the Rockets had Nenê, Eric Gordon and two first-round picks on the table.

In a separate deal, the Rockets were offering Brandon Knight, Marquese Chriss and four first-round picks for Butler. This is the deal that may be most puzzling for Wolves fans.

Four first-round picks is

a good haul in any deal, especially when comparing them to what the Wolves actually ended up with.

All this does is further confirm that Thibodeau is on thin ice. That deal very well could have been done if Thibodeau thought he would be around to make those picks.

Time will tell if the Wolves made the right choice. Fans and teams from around the league will have a front row seat to see if the Wolves have any fight with their backs against the wall.

Every game matters when there are jobs and careers on the line.