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Graduate Assistant Receives Award For North Dakota Tricia Tauer was awarded for her work in student affairs success programs Miranda Stambler Features Editor

Tricia Tauer became the North Dakota State Student Success Programs’ graduate assistant in June 2017 and has become an essential asset to the student affairs team ever since.

Tauer received the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Rising Star award for North Dakota at the NASPA IV-West Regional Conference Oct. 23-25.

Each year, NASPA receives nominations for graduate students in each state who are involved in and pursuing a career in student affairs.

“I was very honored to receive the award,” Tauer said. “They (Betsy Carter, Casey Peterson and Angela Seewald-Marquardt) had just written very kind things about my work, and so I was very honored and humbled by it.”

Betsy Carter, Tauer’s supervisor and the assistant director of Student Success Programs, nominated Tauer for the award because of her involvement with the Rising Scholars program at NDSU. Others such as Casey Peterson, the director of Student Success Programs, and Angela SeewaldMarquardt, the associate director of Student Success Programs, seconded the nomination for Tauer. “She sets out on each piece of the project with cheer and determination to do her absolute best work,” Carter explained. “It’s obvious

that she will be an immense asset to the field of student affairs.”

The Rising Scholars program has been around for three years “to provide support for conditionally admitted students’ overall college success as they transition to North Dakota State University,” according to the NDSU website. The program focuses on peer mentors, study skills and how to succeed in college.

This past year Tauer has focused on furthering the program and has started a one-on-one mentorship within the program for students to have a mentor help them through the transition.

“I think it was just really exciting to be a part of, kind of, the creation and thinking about how do we best serve these students and what do they need from us; how can we help them make that transition from high school (to NDSU),” Tauer explained.

Tauer explained how she attributes winning the award to her team at the success program division. “I feel like it was their strong words of encouragement,” Tauer said.

Tauer shared how much she enjoys her work and hearing about people’s passions as they strive to succeed in college. She said she believes in the power of education and how it allows other to get to where they want to be. “I feel like it’s such exciting work to help others become the person that they want to become, help them pursue their

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Tricia Tauer (right) received the award in October and keeps it on her desk to remind her of her work success. professional dreams and their academic goals,” Tauer said.

Not only is she pursuing her passion by working in the field, but she is also working toward receiving her master’s in educational leadership. She explained

how she has been able to connect her coursework to what she is learning in her assistantship. Tauer said being an assistant in student affairs and working directly with students has helped her professional development and given her support within

the field of education.

Throughout her time at NDSU, she has been able to meet one-on-one with students every week for mentoring and she described it as her favorite part of the job. “That’s been so rewarding for me to see their

personal growth and for me to see them kind of find their passion and find their place here on NDSU’s campus,” Tauer said.

For more information on the Rising Scholar Program, visit NDSU.edu/ studentsuccess/.

Boosting Brain Performance

NDSU researcher Giancarlo Lopez-Martinez talks hormesis Erica Solberg

Contributing Writer

Giancarlo LopezMartinez, a North Dakota State research assistant professor of biological science, presented his research on hormesis and its potential benefits for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s patients at NDSU Friday, Nov. 16.

Lopez-Martinez, who studies the effects of environmental stress on animals, is a comparative stress physiologist. The title of his presentation was “Hormesis: When Environmental Stress Improves Organismal Performance and Fitness.”

According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health,

“Hormesis refers to a biphasic dose-response to an environmental agent characterized by a low dose stimulation or beneficial effect and a high dose inhibitory or toxic effect.”

Lopez-Martinez began his research first with an idea in Antarctica thinking about environmental stress.

Environmental stress is any biotic or abiotic change that results in negative consequences toward performance or fitness, according to LopezMartinez.

“I started to think stress is good, for a lack of better words,” Lopez-Martinez said. ‘It embodies the evolutionary spirit.”

Lopez-Martinez began his work studying environmental stress and its effects in development, lifespan, senescence and

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reproductive output. He studies environmental stresses like temperature (high and low), water (overhydration and dehydration), changes in radiation (ultraviolet, gamma and X-rays) and changes in oxidative stress.

“Oxidative stress is just an imbalance,” LopezMartinez said. “However, there are two imbalances: an imbalance with a lot of ROS (reaction oxygen species), but the other type of imbalance is just the opposite, and that is what got me thinking that stress is good.”

Oxidized stress occurs from ROS formation, which refers to incomplete and partial oxidation of oxygen. The oxidative imbalance is between ROS and antioxidants negatively impacts organismal

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performance when ROS is disproportionally generated during periods of stress, according to LopezMartinez.

“My interest is what is the positive role in oxidative stress,” Lopez-Martinez said. “To induce oxidative stress, I used radiation.”

The radiation strips electrons from gaseous oxygen, which results in direct disruption of biomolecules, such as severe bond breakage damage and death, and generation of free radicals, such as ROS, which also leads to chronic damage and death.

“But if you lower your amount of radiation and make it so tiny when you’re actually not breaking any bonds: no damage in DNA, no damage in sugar and no damage in lipids,” LopezMartinez said.

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What Lopez-Martinez and his team did for their experiment was take male flies, radiated half of them and put both the radiated and non-radiated flies in a container. Next, they placed female flies in the same container and recorded the number of male flies with and without radiation that the female flies mated with.

“About 75 percent of the time the females picked the flies that were not radiated,” Lopez-Martinez said. “(The female fly) knows that the radiated males are poor quality, and that’s because animals have this way of signaling and presenting that they have good genes.”

They concluded from this experiment that mating success is decreased by oxidative stress.

Furthermore, they investigated how

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to use hormesis to boost performance in flies.

“Hormesis is the term we give to biphasic response,” Lopez-Martinez said.

“The biphasic response is detrimental at high doses, but beneficial at low doses.”

Lopez-Martinez then investigated the cross tolerance of oxidative and radiative stress. He then decided to focus on hypoxiareperfusion response.

Again working with flies, after one hour of radiation and no oxygen, the flies survived. What they found was hormesis prevents damage and improves performance, and X-ray hormesis has translational to therapy potential for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.

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Terror Talks: Experts Give Insight Two experts discuss how to curb terrorism both here and abroad Ryan Nix

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The Northern Plains Ethics Institute at North Dakota State hosted the second terrorism panel for the year on Nov. 14 with two expert speakers at the forefront of the conversation.

Kara Careaga, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, and Roby Barrett, who is an expert in intelligence and security operations, spoke at the event. The moderator for the event was Jeffrey Bumgarner, the head of the criminal justice and political science and department.

Barrett was unable to be present for the event, so he used Skype to partake in the conversation.

Barrett said that since 9/11 the United States has been “playing whack-amole” when it comes to dealing with terrorism. He said this approach stems from our invasion of both Iraq and Afghanistan and that it was a mistake. Now, according to Barrett, the program is focused on taking out key elements in the hopes of protecting the homeland. Barrett said this approach limits the United States’ scope and it should expand to include long-term strategy.

There are many threats facing our country abroad, and Barrett said the United States needs to look at each situation on a case-by-case basis to determine whether action is required. In Iraq

and Syria, Bumgarner said our nation-building strategies are too Westerncentric. Bumgarner said the monarchies in the Middle East, like Saudi Arabia, have better human rights records than the republics, despite the fact that monarchies are not a Western style of government.

Barrett also said more strategic small special operations need to be employed rather than large ground insurgencies like in Iraq and Afghanistan. Small assassinations and military action that could not be carried out in the United States could prevent those people from reaching the United States, according to Barrett.

For Careaga, the dominant technique in her field of law enforcement for dealing with domestic terrorism is tightening the rules for foreign citizens entering the country. This might not be popular, but Careaga said, “If we’re talking about safety and not political correctness or feelings, we have to look at the statistics.” Careaga used the “Muslim ban” as an example and said the countries on the list are not all Muslim majority countries, but they all have a bad track record when it comes to record keeping, harboring terrorism and noncooperation with the U.S. A large issue that Careaga said she faces is that the attorney general for different states and administrations don’t always follow the rule

The questions came from both the moderator and the audience. of law. Careaga said law enforcement should be able

“Unfortunately, when administrations start making policy to disregard laws, that’s when things get very gray and confusing and a little scary.”

- Kara Careaga to rely on their higher-ups backing them up, but she said they don’t always stick to the script. “Unfortunately,

In A Nutshell Phoebe Ellis

Head News Editor Wildfire kills

As the wildfires continue to rage through California, the death toll continues to rise and finding the remains of loved ones is becoming a challenge for many emergency responders, as reported by the Washington Post.

Names continue to be added to the list of missing persons, and people native to the city of Paradise and volunteers alike are left wondering how many of those people could be alive.

There is a fear that the rescue dogs being used may not be effective. The dogs are trained to seek out humans who are alive not charred remains.

These efforts are being called the largest body-recovery mission in the state’s history.

The Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said some of the human remains will never be accounted for. The fire is now the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history.

Cartel kills

A missing North Carolina teacher was recently declared dead. She was assassinated by a drug cartel, which operates in Chihuahua, a region of Mexico, in which he was traveling, as reported by the Washington Post.

The governor of Chihuahua announced on Facebook that based on the information provided to him, the assassination was “cowardly and brutal.” The family of the North Carolina teacher, Patrick BraxtonAndrew, is working to bring his remains back to the United States.

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Alfredo Santana-Mercedes, 41, and Pedro Hernandez-Guarnizo, 50, have been taken into custody on charges of harboring and transporting an alien, as reported by the Forum.

The men were pulled aside at the

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Canadian-U.S. border. The car was searched, and authorities said they had reason to believe these men had aided in moving illegal aliens across the border, with the reason being excessive amounts of luggage and women’s clothing.

The men had in fact aided in helping a couple cross the border illegally. They had dropped the couple off close to the border, and court documents say that they had intentions of meeting them on the U.S. side.

The couple, who have children legally residing in North Carolina, had applied for visitor visas three times and had been denied.

4 confirmed kills, 86 pending

A man convicted of killing three women in California and one woman in Texas may have killed 90 women, as reported by NBC News.

The man, Samuel Little, also known as Samuel McDowell, 78, has provided information about the murders. All of which occurred between the years of 1970 and 2005 across more than 12 states. He is currently living out three life sentences.

More victim blaming

Protests have broken out in Ireland after a 27-year-old man, accused of raping a 17-year-old girl, was acquitted at trial after his lawyer claimed that the girl consented based on the fact that she was wearing a thong with a lace front, as reported by the New York Times.

Protesters were present in five cities across the nation, protesting against victim blaming and demanding accountability. The protesters hung thongs in public areas to draw attention to the issue and the case.

Ruth Coppinger, a member of the Irish Parliament, has spoken out against using clothing as an invitation to a woman’s body ever since the trial.

laws, that’s when things get very gray and confusing and a little scary,” Careaga said.

In the case of the Obama

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administration, Careaga said she has heard that former President Barack Obama deported more people than any other modern president, which is something she disputed. Careaga said the public might be conflating a process where people are barred from entry into the United States without actually being arrested.

They are brought into the country and then deported.

It was actually very difficult to deport people during the Obama years, according to Careaga. “Basically, our

hands were tied. We could have violent criminals that are here illegally, and we were not allowed to deport them,” Careaga said.

An issue that both speakers agreed on and that Bumgarner said was an understatement was that the United States and its allies have not only a great system, but also a system like no other. Navigating the cultures, laws and ethics of non-Western countries is key to tackling these problems.

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Ve t e r a n s P r e a c h Un d e r s t a n d i n g and Outreach Brad Aune gives insight into his personal battle with PTSD

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Brad Aune speaks about his experience.

Meghan Arbegast Contributing Writer

Disabled Veterans Outreach Program specialist Brad Aune gave the first presentation in the VALOR Presents speaker series on Wednesday, Nov. 14 in the Memorial Union Arikara room. The presentation lasted an hour and was meant to give insight into the struggles many soldiers face when they come home from war.

The main purpose of this presentation was to inform the public of how Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects soldiers who are in the process of transitioning out of the military. Aune made sure to clarify that not only soldiers deal with PTSD, but also civilians who have gone through any kind of past trauma. Aune explained how though there is help out there, it is up to the person dealing with PTSD to seek the help they need.

Aune is the 2015 recipient of the Disabled American Veterans National Employment Service Award and also received the 2016 American Legion State and National Award for Veterans Employment. He served in the military with the United States Marine Corps and as a member of the North Dakota National Guard for 22 years.

Aune discussed the difficulties he and many others face when dealing with PTSD. Aune reflected back on his years serving the country and recalled how difficult it was for him to transfer back into society. When a soldier comes back from war, Aune said society believes they can go back to living their life just like before they left, but Aune argued that this can’t happen. “You can never be a civilian again,” Aune said. “That can never happen, but you can be a veteran.”

He said soldiers aren’t given enough time to cope with the events they live through

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while actively serving. When it comes time for them to return home, their lives won’t be the same. He encouraged everyone who has just got out of active duty to reach out to Veterans Affairs (VA) for support and help.

Aune explained how he has received counseling over the years and how it has changed his life. Aune said he was taking eight different medications at one point for anxiety, pain and counteracting medications for high blood pressure, but then he started yoga through the VA. At the time, it was a test program where he stopped taking his medications and started seeing a chiropractor, receiving acupuncture and doing yoga for pain treatment. Now that he’s not taking any medication, his blood pressure is down and he feels that he has decreased the amount of pressure on his body because he has given himself time to just stop and think with guidance.

Aune said whether it is other veterans, professors or advisors, just being with people who can offer support can help guide you through the worst days.

According to Aune, it may be difficult to reach some people with PTSD. “We’re all different. We all have our armor up for whatever situation, whether you’re in the military or a civilian,” Aune mentioned after being asked if there was a way to encourage people to get help sooner.

Aune said he wants to see a VA center at North Dakota State that is welcome to all student veterans so they can get the help and support they need from other veterans.

He said he believes there should have been one located on campus years ago. He also said he would like to see more insight in the NDSU community regarding PTSD so we can create a welcoming environment for veterans.

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Democrats have taken a strong lead when it comes to diversity.

Zahra Gaal

Contributing Writer

The 2018 midterm elections brought many firsts. It brought a series of history-making votes that marked a major accomplishment for women, the LGBT+ community and other minority candidates.

The midterm election results brought two Native American women to Congress, along with a Somali refugee and the first openly gay man elected governor.

Democrats Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland became the first Native American women to be elected to Congress.

Davids also became the first openly LGBT+ United States Representative from Kansas. Colorado’s Governor-elect, Jared Polis, became the first openly gay governor in the U.S. There were also a record number of women who won seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to the Congressional Research Service, the number of women elected this cycle surpassed the previous record of 85 female representatives.

Ilhan Omar and Rashida

Tlaib became the first Muslim women elected to Congress. Omar was also the first Somali American elected to Congress.

Tennessee made history with Republican Marsha Blackburn, who will become their first female senator.

Members of Black Student Association, Black Collegiate Women and Native American Association at North Dakota State spoke about the importance of having

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who have been there longer and will always have more of a voice. Unfortunately, you have to earn your right to speak.”

“They are making the laws. I don’t understand how one demographic should make laws for everybody,” Kettie Tesfa, a junior at NDSU majoring in sociology, said.

Tyrel Iron Eyes, president of the Native American Association, said he was surprised with the results in Kansas.

“Representation is important because not everyone views the world in the same way,” - Tyrel Iron Eyes representation and newly elected people/women of color/diversity in Congress.

“Congress should reflect the population ... (however) history isn’t very easily changed, so just because there are more women or people of color doesn’t mean their voices will be heard,” Hodan Mohamud, a junior at North Dakota State, said. “The fact you made it doesn’t mean your battle is over. There will be people

“Representation is important because not everyone views the world in the same way,” Iron Eyes said. “Having diverse voices, backgrounds and experiences better represent the country as a whole. It represents my voice and my family’s voices so much better than white, straight, old males who have had the job for years.”

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Graduate Students and the Fight for Grants Graduate Student Council explains how, where and when to apply for scholarships and fellowships Miranda Stambler Features Editor

The Graduate Student Council teaches students how to continue to excel in graduate school. It provides events with speakers about topics that are difficult to understand, so students can listen and ask questions that are usually not answered.

The monthly meeting took place Nov. 14 and focused on fellowships, scholarships and what resources can be used when applying for these grants.

Four speakers, Enrico Sassi, director of Center for Writers, Scarlet Gray Bernard, grant writing consultant, Marvin Ssemadaali, ND EPSCoR Fellowship Awardee, and Ashleigh Petts, NDSU Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Awardee, talked about what they know about grants and how to utilize their knowledge.

When looking for a grant, talking with an adviser can help you decide where to start. Grant searching is a difficult task, so using your resources is vital, but making sure to research beforehand can help the adviser know what exactly you are looking for and can help you figure out what questions you need answered. “Don’t ask stupid questions. Do all the research that you can and then come up with questions,” Sassi said.

The North Dakota State Graduate School website has many resources for students to use to learn more about databases for grants, such as Pivot and Foundation Center. Gray Bernard focused on the Pivot database because it has a customized search function that is easy to navigate and

Enrico Sassi spoke on the importance of using resources around campus to apply for grants. keep track of the available grants.

Ssemadaali spoke about the importance of talking to your adviser, friends and professors in the department.

He said these people are the ones who will know what grants fit your research.

Getting some support from these people can affect the outcome of the grant. For example, Petts needed two recommendations from her adviser and the director of graduate studies in her department.

Gray Bernard focused on what happens after the dissertation and what

awards to apply for after it is submitted. She said that this is a timely commitment.

“Some grants, especially federal ones, take nine months to a year to take make a release on proposal,” Gray Bernard said.

She talked about the steps of what to do after you find a grant that is good for you.

According to Gray Bernard, looking at eligibility is one of the most important parts of applying for grants, to see if you are even eligible before applying. She then said the due date is second.

“Is this due date a match for my timeline?” Gray Bernard

questioned. “Does this fit for my timeline for graduation?”

When considering applying for a grant, giving yourself more time to allow yourself to ask questions throughout the process and not feel rushed is important.

Petts explained how she started the summer before her fellowship application was due and said starting at least three months before is a good idea to give yourself plenty of time to complete the application adequately.

Looking at who is funding the grant is also important because normally they have a reason for

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offering the grant. Sassi explained how students should research the agencies that are providing grants because “all the people who give you money have some reason for doing it.”

Researching who is offering a grant allows students to see whether their mission for the grant fits into their research field.

Once you finally find a grant worth applying for that fits your research, writing it is vital to being awarded the money. Sassi talked about the mindset one should be in when writing grants. “Writing

grants is just like any form of communication,” Sassi said; there is the writer and the receiver of the grant.

When writing, the panelists spoke about putting yourself in the reviewer’s mind. They said doing this while writing the research report is important because it helps explain it from an outside perspective, therefore you go into more detail and leave out difficult terminology that others may not understand.

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Training Ordinary People to Save Lives ‘Stop the Bleed’ initiative aims to prevent deaths from uncontrolled bleeding

Stop the Bleed campaign strives to teach bystanders how to stop the bleeding to save a life.

Ruby Redekopp Contributing Writer

Farming accidents, car crashes and mass shootings, in all of these tragic and sudden situations, uncontrolled bleeding is the number one cause of death.

Yet all of these deaths can be easily prevented with timely intervention from bystanders.

Nursing faculty and students from North Dakota State have started the Stop the Bleed initiative to train and empower ordinary people to help “stop the bleed” before emergency personnel arrives.

“If a person is educated in how to control life-threatening bleeding until first responders arrive, so many lives could be saved,” Chloe Young, a Stop the Bleed student instructor, said.

“A trained person in bleeding control can make the difference between life and death.”

Stop the Bleed is a national grassroots campaign that has grown in salience with the increased prevalence of mass shooting events. Similar to CPR training courses, the campaign is characterized by local instructors teaching free classes and improving access to Stop the Bleed kits, which provide basic bleeding control supplies. More than 124,000 people have been trained across the country, and classes began recently at NDSU.

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As an Air Force Reserves service member, Adam Hohman, doctor of nursing practice (DNP), has seen how knowledge of controlled bleeding techniques saves lives. He created a plan to bring the Stop the Bleed training to campus two years ago in his role as an associate professor of nursing. “I believe this helps build community capability and resiliency to respond to largescale events,” he said.

Hohman recruited nursing students Cali Richtsmeier, Tyler Jorgenson and Young to serve as volunteer instructors.

The students also helped secure funding, recruit students and promote the classes. Kennedy Tracey and the Student Nurse

Association have also helped get the project rolling.

“I’m extremely proud of these students as they have been integral in helping me get the initiative off the ground,” Hohman said. “It’s been a twoyear process to get the program going, and they were one of the crucial pieces.”

The project has gained significant speed in recent weeks as the instructors began teaching classes. Students have taught six Stop the Bleed classes so far, and more are scheduled for the rest of the semester.

Stop the Bleed classes are 45 minutes and are based on materials developed by the national Stop the Bleeding Coalition. Students complete hands-on practice and receive a certification in bleeding control basics.

“This class is designed to be the basics. Just basics,” Richtsmeier said. “It’s quick, understandable and retainable to the general public. We teach the initial steps someone should take when they find a bleeding victim, how and when to use a tourniquet and how and when to pack a wound and apply pressure.”

Currently, the classes are only available to students in the College of Health Professions, but the goal is to expand the program to the entire campus and, eventually, to the FargoMoorhead community.

“Everyone can benefit,” Richtsmeier stressed. “(The student volunteers) are very passionate about community outreach and have expressed an interest to do something that will make an impact on their communities, which I believe Stop the Bleeding training does,” Hohman said.

Preparing for the worstcase scenario

Another aspect of the Stop the Bleed campaign is improving access to bleeding control supplies. Hohman and his team are in the process of making two Stop the Bleed kits available in the Memorial Union.

“Our goal is to get more of these kits around the community

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so they are available when an emergency strikes,” Young said. The kits cost about $99 each, so further grant funding is needed to purchase additional kits.

The kits include a tourniquet, dressings, gloves, trauma shears and instructions.

However, people who take the class are taught how to provide care in the absence of these supplies.

“If there isn’t a kit available, it is just a matter of being creative and using any resource you have until emergency medical services arrive,” Young said. She said T-shirts, sweaters or any clean cloth could be used to help control bleeding.

Both Young and Richtsmeier will graduate in May 2019. Young said she plans to continue helping with Stop the Bleed as she pursues a career as a pediatric nurse or nurse practitioner. Richtsmeier currently works as an EMT for F-M Ambulance and hopes to go into emergency medicine or trauma surgery as a physician.

“I’ve seen emergency bleeding firsthand, and I know how a non-medical person can make a big difference to a victim,” Richtsmeier said.

Students and faculty who want to learn more about Stop the Bleed should visit www. bleedingcontrol.org for class times and locations.

In the event of an active shooter situation, the university has prepared policies and procedures to help the campus community learn how to respond. The University Police and Safety Office recently updated its active shooter awareness program with new training videos.

One of the topics covered on its website is related to skills taught in Stop the Bleed.

The instructions read: “While you wait for first responders to arrive, provide first aid. Apply direct pressure to wounded areas and use tourniquets if you have been trained to do so.” For more information about what to do in an active shooting event, visit https://www.ndsu.edu/ police_safety/universitypolice/ active_shooter_awareness/.

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Remembering Stan Lee Marvel’s real life superhero leaves a fantastic legacy Max Borman Staff Writer

Early Monday, Nov. 12, Stan Lee, one of the greatest storytellers in recent history, left this world. In his 95 years of life, he has created a lasting legacy and captivated millions.

Lee was born in 1922 and spent his entire life in comics and storytelling. It wasn’t until the 1950s that he truly made a name for himself.

Alongside Jack Kirby, Lee co-created the staple of Marvel comics, The Fantastic Four, which is often referred to as Marvel’s first family.

Kirby and Lee did not stop there, however. The pair would go on to create even more heroes that still loom large today. Together they created the X-Men, Iron Man, Hulk and Thor.

These characters were all magnificent and powerful, but they also had many flaws.

They weren’t perfect white knights, but rather flawed individuals trying to do the right thing, something that really was not mainstream for comics at the time.

Lee even went on to cocreate one of the world’s most recognizable super heroes, Spider-Man. Cocreated with Steve Ditko, Spider-Man would become one of Marvel’s most popular characters.

Alongside Ditko, he also helped create the mystical Doctor Strange, which introduced magic into the shared comic world they

were creating. But what shared universe is complete without a blind lawyer? Lee and Bill Everett fixed that by creating Daredevil.

With this large universe of newly created characters, Lee and Kirby sought to bring them together and thus the Avengers were born. This encompassed many of their newly created characters as well as reviving characters from the 1940s like Namor the Sub-Mariner and Captain America.

Through Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Bill Everett and Jack Kirby, Marvel pioneered new ways to approach comic books. They addressed more serious themes, attracting readers from a diverse age range to their shared comic universe.

Lee did not stop revolutionizing there, as he was the first to introduce a credits panel on the splash page of each story. It not only credited the writer and penciller, but also the inker and letterer. Everyone involved was being credited.

He also introduced the “Bullpen Bulletins” page.

Regular news about Marvel staff members and upcoming storylines were presented in a friendly conversational style. Lee wanted to build a relationship with the readers and have them think of the creators as friends.

Throughout the 1960s, Lee scripted, art-directed and edited most of Marvel’s comic book series. As well as moderating the letters pages, Lee wrote a monthly column titled “Stan’s Soapbox.” It was during this time that

he coined “Excelsior!” after often signing off promotional writings with the catchphrase.

Upon Ditko’s departure from Marvel in 1966, Lee began working alongside John Romita, Sr. on “The Amazing Spider-Man.” It did not take long for Spider-Man to become the company’s top seller.

Spider-Man was different in that it focused on the social and college life of a young student as well as the adventures of a super hero.

They also used SpiderMan to address real world issues like the Vietnam War, political elections and student activism.

Through Spider-Man, they also introduced one of the first African-American characters in comics to play a serious supporting role, Robbie Robertson.

From here, Lee began creating new AfricanAmerican heroes. He helped create heroes like Black Panther, an African king that became the first mainstream African superhero. During this time Lee also created Falcon, the first AfricanAmerican superhero.

Lee was not afraid of going against the grain.

He took a stand against the Comics Code Authority (CCA) when they refused to grant him the seal of approval because one of the Spider-Man comics depicted Peter Parker’s friend getting addicted to prescription drugs. It was meant to be an anti-drug message, but the CCA felt that was irrelevant.

Lee published it anyway,

Stan Lee was a storytelling visionary. and it sold well, gaining Marvel praise for its efforts.

The CCA loosened the code afterward and allowed for negative depictions of drugs.

Lee would go on to make an internet-based superhero creation studio, Stan Lee Media, after his retirement as Marvel Comics’ figurehead.

His business partner ended up illegally manipulating stocks, and the company went bankrupt in 2000.

Lee would try again, and alongside Gill Champion and Arthur Lieberman formed POW! (Purveyors of Wonder) Entertainment.

They produced smaller series like “Stripperella” for Spike TV. Lee would also go on to host a TV show and launch a short-lived subscription

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service.

He would also go on to make many smaller comics and even launch a YouTube channel with shows created by various stars. During this he remained the face of Marvel.

Lee would also famously appear in almost every single Marvel movie apart from a couple “X-Men” movies.

It became a game by many to try and spot the Stan Lee cameo.

Lee would also make regular public appearances at San Diego Comic-Con. In his 95 years, Lee received many awards for his work. His most well known awards are the National Medal of Arts in 2008, Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1995, the Vanguard Award

from the Producers Guild of America in 2012 and his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.

Lee revolutionized storytelling and helped bring Marvel to the center stage.

His characters are known and beloved by many, with the Marvel Cinematic Universe being the largest movie franchise of this decade.

Stan Lee will be remembered for all that he has done for this world through his storytelling. His characters will never die and will live on in the hearts of many.

Thank you, Stan Lee, thank you for everything.

Excelsior!

Playlist: Thanksgiving Survival Kit A compilation of loud, humorous and fitting tracks for impending family chaos Laura Ellen Brandjord A&E Editor

With Thanksgiving break being the last breather before finals, we all hope for a relaxing four-day weekend. Unfortunately with family in the mix, the chances of escaping this holiday without a family dispute is pretty slim.

Whether it’s Aunt Lois complaining the turkey is too dry or your racist Grandpa Tom’s impassioned belief that illegal immigrant Mexicans are plotting to take over the country, Thanksgiving can be a stressful time.

Luckily, I’ve compiled a survival kit composed of songs perfect for when you are trapped at a table full of fuming family members.

Slip on those noise-canceling headphones or blare your boombox and see what happens. Make sure to have an escape plan for the latter because you may stop the current argument, but everyone will be coming for you next.

‘Why Can’t We Be Friends’ War

These songs will help you make it through Thanksgiving with your sanity intact.

This classic should come as no surprise. It is perfect for any argument with its simple message, and let’s be honest, if everyone could just get along then Thanksgiving would be a lot more enjoyable. Maybe your family just needs a reminder?

relentless bass and guitar with a primal amount of gain and distortion, if anything is a worthy challenger to your Uncle Rick and cousin Sarah’s red-faced bickering, this is it.

(As We Know It)” by R.E.M. pairs perfectly with family bombshells.

Don’t worry, Michael Stipe understands and he created this song just for you.

When the political argument devolves into a screaming match, you need something even louder to drown it out. This Thanksgiving be thankful for “Hail the Apocalypse” by the Swedish black metal group Avatar. With growling vocals,

Did your sister bring a boy home for the first time just to announce they are engaged? Did your parents decide the Thanksgiving meal was the perfect time to tell everyone of their divorce? Whatever the reason, “It’s the End of the World

Have you mentally prepared yourself to combat your grandmother’s disdain for your new tattoo or your mom’s comments on your weight loss/gain? Don’t worry, The Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff know where you are

‘Hail the Apocalypse’ Avatar

‘It’s the End of the World (As We Know It)’ - R.E.M.

‘Parents Just Don’t Understand’ - DJ Jazzy Jeff, The Fresh Prince

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coming from.

A throwback to Will Smith’s hip-hop career, if nothing else, “Parent’s Just Don’t Understand” provides much needed comedic relief to the tension of family conflict. Chances are you didn’t pick up a 12-year-old and get your mom’s new Porsche impounded.

Things could always be worse, right?

‘The Thanksgiving Song’ Adam Sandler

For those cases when you are in dire need of comedic relief, Adam

Sandler’s “The Thanksgiving Song” is the clear choice. Sandler’s nonsensical guitar songs are what made him stand out during his SNL days, and this song is from that golden era.

The humorous and at times cringeworthy verses are sure to catch your family off guard. With any luck, it will disturb them enough that they will forget what they were arguing about in the first place, and you can go on to eat in peace.

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‘Delta’: A Broken Record Mumford & Sons’ fourth studio album released Nov. 16 Brittany Hofmann Staff Writer

On Friday, Nov. 19, banjo-bumpin’ indie folk rock band Mumford & Sons released their fourth studio album, “Delta.”

After changing up their sound from whimsical folk music with foot-stomping banjo from their first two albums, “Sigh No More” and triple-platinum “Babel,” to a more contemporary indie soft rock with their third album “Wilder Mind,” “Delta” keeps the trend, but with some gospel undertones.

If I heard one of their songs from “Delta” on the radio, I would think I was listening to a contemporary Christian station.

The first track, “42” sets the tone for the rest of the album — it’s very mellow, but is accompanied with an orchestra and has a Bon Iver-esque vibe. To kick off the album, it’s evident that the boys of Mumford & Sons put a lot of love and work into this record. Was it worth it, though? I’m not sure it was.

I can see where “Delta” is a bit hit or a miss. I think for long-time fans, they will appreciate the

experimentation with a new sound, but I can also understand where fans might hate it and wish they would go back to their roots.

For me, I fall into the latter category.

“Delta” was a miss for me. While musically it’s very beautifully conducted and the effort is clearly there, it falls short in that it all sounds the same. I’m not sure Marcus Mumford’s gritty voice is cut out for an orchestral backdrop.

The star of the record is the track “Woman.” Taking from their “Johannesburg” collaboration with Senegalese singer Baaba Maal from the South African pop group Beatenberg and Malawian-British group The Very Best, it has the best beat on the record and adds a little spice to the otherwise boring tracklist.

While listening to the album for the first time, I was halfway through and hardly even noticed that the songs had changed. The similarities from song to song are the main reason this album won’t be a hit like their past albums “Sigh No More” and “Babel.”

I remember the first time I heard of Mumford & Sons. I was watching the

Mumford & Sons’ fourth studio album was a sad disappointment.

2013 Grammy Awards and instantly fell in love with their amazing talent as they played instruments many

other bands wouldn’t dare touch — the banjo and the double bass.

As much as I love

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Mumford & Sons, I’m sure I can speak for everyone when I say that I hope that after this sad flop, they

realize how they captured hearts with their debut and go back to their roots.

‘Suspira’ Remake is Experience Life as Tense and Unnerving a Game Developer Dakota Johnson discovers secret coven behind ‘Game Builder’ gives laymen the power of game design Nathan Wetrosky Staff Writer

“Game Builder,” developed by Area 120, is a game that allows you to create.

More specifically, the real purpose of “Game Builder,” as expected, is to learn to create your own games while using the models and sprites available to you. (A sprite is a graphic designed to be either a static image or animated.)

The program is very intuitive, but hard to master due to how many different options there are when creating a game.

You can increase the size of objects and change their parameters, such as when is it activated and how it acts. Will you make it move or will its behavior need to be changed? There are many different options to choose from, and it will take a while to create something even though the program is full of helpful advice.

Something that was recently added to the program was a multiplayer option. This is so you and your friends can build a game together, and therefore theoretically finish it quicker.

While the program is a good starting block to test out your creative abilities, there are a couple things to keep in mind if you

decide to download.

First, there is no current way to change the artistic style the developers have put into it. I believe this is because building your game is more important than the graphics it will be showing off. This is something that can always change in the future.

Also, while the quickest way to build a game is to select the pre-made options, which are somewhat limited in the grand scheme of things, the other option is to create your own script for animations and objects. The latter option is made possible by the included JavaScript program. With it you can code to your heart’s content.

For those of us who are not code monkeys, you can always look up how to code for yourself, or if you want to build your game quicker, you can always google a specific script. Odds are you will be able to find it.

“Game Builder” allows you to create your own games, but while it is easy to use, it is equally difficult to fully flesh out an idea if you do not have the time or know-how.

“Game Builder” is free on Steam and offers a way to expand your knowledge about script coding and maybe an appreciation for all the work game developers do to make entertainment.

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the walls of prestigious dance academy

Kelsey Young

Contributing Writer

The latest film from director Luca Guadagnino (“Call Me By Your Name”; “A Bigger Splash”) is “Suspiria,” a new imagining of Dario Argento’s 1977 classic of the same name.

This movie follows Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) who is an American student recently inducted into a prestigious German dance academy.

Problem is, the place is run by a coven of witches that wish to use her for their own purposes.

This movie is interesting to say the least. Be warned; there are a few spoilers ahead.

“New imagining” is a very fitting term for this incarnation, given how drastically different it is from the first one. The major things they have in common are most of the character names and their

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basic roles in the story as well as the overall synopsis.

Amongst the biggest changes to the plotting are that the movie also follows the inner workings of the coven, which actively has Susie in their sights. There is also A LOT more focus on the dancing, as well as the addition of a doctor character (Tilda Swinton) investigating reports of what goes on in the academy.

The original is also a lot more simple and straightforward, with several people calling this newest incarnation pretentious (a charge I won’t dispute). This movie has a lot of symbolism and esoteric commentary that mostly went over my head.

The remake also devotes significant screen time to the historical-political events occurring in Germany in 1977, such as an airline hijacking. These sections of the movie seemed unnecessary to the plot and

mostly irrelevant in terms of theme.

This movie also delves more into mythology. The original “Suspiria” is the first installment (and the only one I’ve seen) of Argento’s “The Three Mothers” trilogy, and it hardly hints at any overarching mythology behind the coven. The basic premise of the three ancient witches that predate Christianity is all that is explained.

Despite my qualms, I did like the movie. I found it very engaging and captivating.

The movie creates an atmosphere that is very unsettling and tense. The acting across the board is phenomenal. The highlights for me were an otherworldly climax and a Voodoo dollesque sequence involving Susie contorting her body during a dance.

Overall, I would recommend this reimagining of Argento’s cult classic.

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Fargo Needs Some Additions Adding these places to Fargo would make it more ‘appealing’

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Hands down the best gas station in America.

Jacob Elwell Opinion Editor

Fargo is a pretty small city compared to cities across the United States. Despite this, it has everything people would ever need, for the most part. This includes many good restaurants, places to shop, a mall, multiple movie theaters, bowling alleys, etc. While I have mentioned in past articles my dislike for the city, I do enjoy some of the attractions it has to offer. As good as these attractions are, there are some places that don’t exist in Fargo that I think should. Here are a few places and restaurants that, if added, would make Fargo a lot more enjoyable.

Raising Cane’s

For all you Minnesota Native folks reading this, I think you can agree with me on this one. Raising Cane’s is one of the best chicken finger joints I have ever been to.

The quality and taste of the food are like no other. They keep their restaurants really clean, too. You can get a huge chicken finger basket that includes fries, Texas toast and a drink for less than $8.

You’ll get full, too. That’s what distinguishes Cane’s from other chicken-based restaurants like Chick-fil-A. You pay the same for a meal at Chick-fil-A as Cane’s, but you don’t get nearly as full.

The last few times I have gone to Chick-fil-A I have finished my meal and still been hungry. I’m not throwing shade at Chick-fil-A; it’s a really good restaurant. However, I just think Cane’s has more to offer for the price. Like Chick-fil-A, Cane’s has their “special” sauce. I

to offer and more. It’s basically like Hornbacher’s or Family Fare; it’s just probably over twice the size.

My family has shopped there for years, and they never fail to satisfy your household needs. Just throw one Cub in Fargo and you’ll give over half the population a new goto grocery store.

Dave and Busters

I have only been to this place a few times, but it’s awesome. It’s a restaurant and bar that serves

Fargo residents need to experience these places to further increase their American culture. love it so much. I always have to ask for extra sauce. Introducing a Cane’s to Fargo would reel in the Minnesota kids, and it would have the potential to change some North Dakota people’s lives.

Cub Foods

This place sits atop the grocery store hierarchy. Cub has everything

spectacular food and drinks. But now I should mention the best part: they have a mansion-sized arcade with hundreds of games to play. Like every arcade, they have awesome prizes you can get in exchange for tickets. It would be a lot of money to build a Dave and Busters, but it would be more than

worth it. Do you have any idea how many college kids this place would attract? For those who have actually seen what Dave and Busters looks like, you’ll understand why kids would want to come here. They have happy hour drink specials every day too; just to add on to the reasons college students will flock to this attraction. It would be the guaranteed hotspot from Thursday to Sunday.

Kwik Trip

And lots of them. This is my favorite gas station for many reasons. It’s pretty much a gas station with reasonably priced gas and an inside that’s almost like a small grocery store. I buy food from Kwik Trip more than any other gas station by far. They also have really cheap grocery items.

They sell gallons of milk and eggs by the dozen for noticeably cheaper prices than any other store.

Their hot food is amazing, and they always have deals. There’s also nothing that beats a Kwik Trip doughnut. Get yourself a doughnut and a bottle of their name brand milk and you’ll be sitting nice.

They also have “f’real” milkshakes with many different kinds of

flavors. Kwik Trip is practically a gas station with good food, so very rare. Everyone needs a Kwik Trip in their lives.

La Casita

This Mexican restaurant never has me leaving disappointed. They have stellar food at a competitive price. Fargo doesn’t really have a long list of Mexican restaurants.

Yes, I have been to Paradiso.

Good food, too expensive. I’m not trying to pay an arm and a leg for a combo meal when I can get one at La Casita for under $10. There is an Acapulco in Fargo, and this place is very similar to Acapulco.

It would just be nice to have one of each. My parents took me to La Casita many times growing up, and I have been a fan ever since. Let me get you hooked.

Adding these places will make the improvable city of Fargo much better. These places would help the residents make decisions among grocery shopping, where to go for entertainment and, of course, where to eat. Fargo residents need to experience these places to further increase their American culture.

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Le’Veon Bell Won’t Play in 2018 His ‘teammates’ also raided his locker Jacob Elwell Opinion Editor

No, the headline is not a typo. I wish it was because Le’Veon Bell is one of my favorite running backs to watch. His combination of speed, catching ability and vision is impressive as it is. However, the trait that makes Bell unique from other backs is his incredible patience in the backfield. He waits for a hole to open up and exploits it the second he has the chance. This AllPro running back will not be playing in 2018.

After refusing to be franchise tagged for the second consecutive year, Bell became ineligible to play in 2018. This became official after 4 p.m. Nov. 13. He likely won’t be in a Pittsburgh uniform in 2019.

Because of Bell’s actions, his teammates raided his locker after he failed to report to the team. They removed his number 26 nameplate, and linebacker Bud Dupree took two pairs of Jordan cleats. I guess the “Steelers” is the perfect team for these guys.

This makes me irritated.

It’s not right to do that despite what Bell did. You have to look at it from his perspective. He didn’t want to get franchise tagged for the second year in a row. He

warned them about it too, yet they still proceeded with the offer.

I understand why he wouldn’t want to report.

He wanted to save his body and energy for a long-

offensive linemen and other complementary offensive weapons. They consistently make the playoffs and are almost always a Super Bowl contender as long as Ben Roethlisberger is

I’m just glad I didn’t use my first-round pick on him in my fantasy football league. term contract, and that’s something the Steelers weren’t willing to give him.

Why they didn’t is beyond me. He’s been a top-three running back ever since his 2014 breakout season.

However, he did give away a lot of money and a pretty good gig. He lost about $14 million by not signing. He also might have

on the team. What Bell did was officially hand the torch to James Conner, who will now be the leader of the Steelers backfield.

The team Bell signs with next likely won’t be as good as Pittsburgh. There were speculations earlier in the season that he would possibly sign with the New York Jets. This obviously

Le’Veon Bell is one of my favorite running backs to watch. just blown a chance to play for one of the best teams in the NFL. The Pittsburgh Steelers spoil their running backs with excellent

didn’t happen, but the Jets?

Are you kidding? You’re not making the playoffs in New York. Maybe in like five years when Sam Darnold

Le’Veon Bell likely won’t be wearing this uniform next year. isn’t playing like a rookie, but you’ll be 32 at that point. You want a ring now, while you’re in your prime.

Pittsburgh is the place to do that.

Regardless of all this, Bell is still in the NFL making millions of dollars.

He’ll make millions more once he gets a legit three or four-year deal with another

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team, so I doubt he really cares about the losses he took. I’m just glad I didn’t use my first-round pick on him in my fantasy football league.

Driving Like a Bison How to get home safe for Thanksgiving Grant Gloe Staff Writer

We’re about to head out as a herd on the highway.

Thanksgiving is here, and it’s time to head home for the holidays. My favorite part of driving on Interstate 94, personally, is staring death in the eyes until one of us blinks. Thing is, I was really hoping we would skip that part this year. I got $5 from a scratch-off and that’s my adrenaline quota for the year. For that reason, I’ve got some tips on how you guys can drive safe this year.

First off, drive the speed limit. Not the one on the sign of course. We all know that’s just for show. I’m talking around five miles per hour over that. It’s pretty standard, but if you do roll up on me doing 90, feel free to pass me. It’s not the smart move, but I won’t judge you for it. You will feel my obscenities through your windshield if you’re willing

to ride my rear for 80 miles.

There is also signaling.

I think too many people have read “The Art of War” because they’re great at keeping their plans secret.

One moment you’re cruising along and maybe you decide you want to be in the middle

First off, drive the speed limit. Not the one on the sign of course. lane and BLAM. They’re there. You can go back into your lane and cede your spot to the dip who didn’t want to wait. You could also just crash. Probably do the first thing though.

Finally, do you know those blue halogen headlights? They work really well. Whenever I see

I mean none of us are gonna see this, but that’d be cool right? them on the road, they’re super bright. If you own a pair of these, I’ll advise you to go out to your car right now and smash them into oblivion. You could

use your tire iron or a bat or even just a big ol’ rock. You have all the freedom in the world slugger; however you wanna do it. Drive without headlights and maybe turn

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on your dome light so you get seen. I really don’t care as long as I’m not seeing spots.

Well, that should cover everything. As long as you

follow every tip, even if you don’t like them and their financial implications, we’ll all have something to be thankful for this year.

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Group of 24 seniors earns themselves a fitting send-off

Senior Nate Jensen (85) is sprung for the 60-yard go-ahead touchdown.

Thomas Evanella Staff Writer

On an afternoon dedicated to a brutal sport, Saturday’s clash between North Dakota State and Southern Illinois began with hugs, 24 of them, to be exact. The embraces were between NDSU head coach Chris Klieman and each of the Bison’s 24 graduating seniors.

A not-so-sold-out Fargodome crowd came out to pay homage to the senior class, who played in their final regular season home game. The seniors returned the favor and then some, keying the Bison’s 65-17 trouncing of the Salukis.

After each senior, from Jalen Allison to Jaaylan Wimbush, ran out of the tunnel one-by-one, the game couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start for NDSU. Je’Quan Burton returned the opening kickoff 100

yards, and the Bison were immediately behind the eight ball.

It didn’t stay that way for very long, however. When the Bison needed to steel themselves — which they haven’t had to do very often this year — their seniors took over.

The comeback, if reversing a seven-point deficit can be called such, began with signal-caller Easton Stick. The Omaha, Nebraska product went to the well and hit Darrius Shepherd with a perfectly arced back-shoulder pass.

Three plays later, junior Ty Brooks took a handoff 36 yards to tie the game. With its seniors at the helm, the Herd righted the ship in a minute and 44 seconds.

With the score knotted at 14, Stick linked up with a fellow senior Nate Jensen to break the deadlock with a 60-yard strike. It was Jensen’s second touchdown of the season. The tight

end finished with a pair of receptions for 78 yards.

When the Bison take a lead, they seldom lose it. That was true again Saturday, thanks to the Bison’s senior leadership on defense.

Dan Marlette and Greg Menard teamed up to open the floodgates. Marlette drilled Burton three yards behind the line of scrimmage to force a fumble, which Menard then recovered.

Right outside the red zone, Stick linked up with Ben Ellefson for a 22-yard score on the next play. In the span of 11 seconds, the NDSU seniors doubled the lead.

The game had started like a dream for the Salukis, but down 14, it quickly turned into a nightmare. Once again, a Bison senior was menacing SIU — specifically Salukis’ quarterback Matt DeSomer.

Robbie Grimsley picked off DeSomer on a deep shot down the sideline. The safety made an athletic play

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to fly to the ball, all the while narrowly tapping a foot inbounds. Grimsley’s second interception came much more easily. DeSomer overthrew Nigel Kilby down the middle of the field, and the ball settled into Grimsley’s hands.

There was one more hug to be shared between coach and player on Saturday.

It came at the onset of the fourth quarter, when Stick was lifted for Holden Hotchkiss. Stick trotted off the field to a symphony of applause from what was left of the crowd of 18,008 and hugged the coach who always speaks so highly of him.

“I think he’s the best player in the FCS. I’ve said that for a while,” Klieman remarked. Stick completed 16 of 21 passes for 302 yards and 2 touchdowns, to the tune of a 234.6 passer efficiency rating.

In the end, it was fitting that a group of seniors that

has won 50 games and two national championships since 2015 was sent off in dominating fashion. NDSU set school marks in points scored (65) and total yards (663) piled up against a Missouri Valley opponent, a testament to the sweat equity the group of 24 have invested in the program.

To quantify the impact these 24 individuals have had on Bison football, look no further than Saturday’s box score. Jensen, Darrius Shepherd, Dallas Freeman and Bruce Anderson combined for 11 catches for 208 receiving yards and three scores. Anderson added 68 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns as well. Defensively, the seniors contributed 27 tackles, three-and-a-half of which were for loss, one sack and three turnovers.

Those numbers could have been even higher had Allison and Lance Dunn not been out with injuries.

That’s to say nothing of Luke Bacon, Colin Conner and Tanner Volson, the three senior anchors who started on the offensive line as well.

With the conference title wrapped up last weekend, the win Saturday finished off the second undefeated season in NDSU’s FCS era.

“We had a senior meeting before the season, and one of our goals was to go undefeated,” Grimsley commented.

“We work our tails off in the offseason, and a lot of people don’t see that,” Anderson added. “We make a lot of sacrifices. Just to see our goals accomplished is amazing.”

“We like to make sure what’s in front of us stays in front of us,” the running back said. Between now and January, all that’s in front of the Bison is four games to immortality.

Bison Secure No. 1 Seed in Playoffs NDSU still the hardest side of the bracket Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor

On Saturday, North Dakota State head coach Chris Klieman did not envy the press when it came to sorting out the FCS Playoff bracket.

“I’m not going to try to do what you guys do.

Are you kidding me? Good luck,” Klieman said.

Klieman then proceeded with his sole prediction for the bracket: “I think we will be on the one line.”

That statement rung true Sunday morning upon the release of the bracket. The Bison secured the top spot and secured home-field advantage after a bye next week.

The first guests to the Fargodome will be either Montana State, who clinched a spot with a dramatic win at Montana Saturday, or Incarnate Word, one of three six-win teams in the field.

The second guests to Fargo could bring more worry to Bison Nation.

Colgate took home the No. 8 seed and will host a secondround game. The Raiders will face a Colonial Athletic Association team. Because they didn’t play each other in the regular season, Delaware and James Madison will face off in Harrisburg in the first round.

Both of these teams have been to Fargo recently, Delaware earlier this season, and JMU in the playoffs in 2016.

The Bison will remain at home for the postseason, as they have done since 2011.

Weber State took home the No. 2 seed and will also have home-field advantage on the opposite side of the bracket. The Wildcats will host either Southeast Missouri or Stony Brook.

Eastern Washington made it two of three for the Big Sky. The Eagles get to host either Nicholls or San Diego in the second round.

One-loss Kennesaw

State rounds out the top four back on the NDSU side of the bracket. The Owls will be paired with the winner of Towson and Duquesne.

At No. 5 is South Dakota State. The Jacks finished 8-2 with one of those losses coming in Fargo. Should the Jacks beat the winner of Wofford and Elon in the second round and Kennesaw in the quarterfinals, another

trip to Fargo could be on tap.

UC Davis slides in at No. 6, the third team from the Big Sky to be seeded.

The Aggies will host the winner of Northern Iowa, the last of the three Missouri Valley teams in the field, and Lamar.

CAA champions Maine drew the No. 7 seed and will get either Jacksonville State or East Tennessee State in

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the first round. The CAA finished with six teams in the 24-team field.

For the Bison, it seems like another year of getting stuck in the difficult half of the bracket. Montana State should be favored to win their first-round game in Bozeman and come to Fargo.

From the quarterfinals on, tricky tests emerge.

A weak strength of

schedule is the easiest knock against Colgate, and an upset bid from either the Dukes or Blue Hens is a real possibility. NDSU fans would rather not see the Dukes again in the Dome, and the same goes for South Dakota State in a possible semifinal game.

The second-round game in Fargo will be Dec. 1 at a yet to be determined time.

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Bison Complete Undefeated Regular Season NDSU offense explo des against SIU Ty Brooks (28) streaks away to get the Bison on the board.

Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor

The Road Runner is fast.

He is so fast in fact that he has been able to evade Wile E. Coyote no matter what he comes up with.

At the start of Saturday’s football contest between North Dakota State and Southern Illinois, the scoreboard was moving at the pace of the Road Runner.

That is if he was hyped up on caffeine and had an ACME rocket strapped to his back.

The score was 28-14 after the first quarter on a frantic afternoon that ended with the Bison completing an undefeated regular season with a 65-17 win.

“One of our goals was to go undefeated, and we felt we had the ability to do that,” Bison safety Robbie Grimsley said.

But it was the Salukis who drew first blood, and those late to their seats missed it. Je’Quan Burton burnt the NDSU kickoff team and returned the opening kickoff 100 yards to the house.

However, this turned out to be the definition of scoring too early.

“We haven’t had anything like that happen to us this year,” Bison quarterback Easton Stick said.

“So, in hindsight, in coming away with a win, it’s probably good for us.”

The Bison offense struck quickly. Seniors Stick and Darrius Shepherd connected on a 33-yard pass on the first play to set the tone. Two plays later, Ty Brooks broke through a hole and was home 36 yards later.

Stick connected for another long first play on the next drive.

The Omaha native found Christian Watson wide open for 48 yards to the SIU 2-yard line. Two plays later, Stick sneaked in for the score.

However, Southern Illinois answered right back. Matt DeSomer hit Raphael Leonard on a quick slant, and the senior did the rest.

Tied at 14-all, fans at the Fargodome were on pace to see

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over 280 points on the afternoon.

And the Bison did their part to keep pace. Stick hit another senior for a big gain. This time it was tight end Nate Jensen, who had plenty of space to trot into the end zone from 60 yards out.

Code Green quickly put the ball back into Stick’s hands, as Greg Menard collected a Saluki fumble.

One play later, NDSU had a 2814 lead. Stick connected with Ben Ellefson for the tight end’s seventh touchdown in just 11 receptions.

The scoreboard fell stagnant for the rest of the first quarter, allowing everyone to catch their breath.

Big plays were still the name of the game in the second quarter.

Stick bought time and unleashed a 31-yard pass to Shepherd to give the Bison a three-score lead.

Both teams went quiet for the rest of the half, in part due to Stick throwing just his fourth interception of the year late in the quarter.

NDSU’s ground game took care of the rest in the fourth. Bruce Anderson tallied 50 yards in the third quarter, including a pair of touchdowns.

“Credit to the Rams and the receivers. Dallas (Freeman) and a bunch of others got some blocks,” Anderson said.

The curtain calls for the Bison seniors followed in the fourth.

Stick was relieved by Holden Hotchkiss after just one handoff in the fourth. Stick finished 16 for 21 for 302 yards and 3 touchdowns in the air and another on the ground.

Saybein Clark ran in for his first touchdown in Bison colors, and Adam Cofield added the cherry on top. The 65 points scored ties the 10th most in program history for a single game. In 1977, the Bison put up 65 against Morningside College.

With the win, NDSU secured the No. 1 spot for the FCS Playoffs. With that, the Bison get a bye over Thanksgiving weekend and will host games throughout the playoffs.

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BISON ROUNDUP Ian Longtin Staff Writer

Men’s basketball

The North Dakota State men’s basketball team (13) dropped their third game of the year in overtime to Incarnate Word (4-2).

Incarnate Word’s Morgan Taylor led the way with 24 points, as the Cardinals rallied past the Herd 80-78. Junior guard Tyson Ward led the Bison with 14 points, followed by Rocky Kreuser with 13 and Jared Samuelson with 12.

The back and forth game featured 11 ties and 15 lead changes. The Bison

appeared to be cruising to victory halfway through the second half with a 61-46 lead. However, the Cardinals came soaring back with a 9-0 run to keep it close. A pair of 3-point buckets by Antoine Smith Jr. and Taylor in the final minute sent the game into overtime.

The Bison look to get back on track over Thanksgiving break with a game against East Tennessee State before a bout with the third-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs Nov. 26.

Women’s basketball

The NDSU women’s basketball team (2-2) was unable to come out of Wisconsin with a win as

the University of Wisconsin Badgers (3-0) took down the Bison 64-53.

The Badgers appeared to be on their way to running away with the game after taking a 42-27 lead halfway through the third quarter. The Herd thundered back with a blazing 13-1 run to cut the deficit to three. There were just four points separating the teams heading into the fourth quarter.

A layup by Bison sophomore Emily Dietz brought the Bison within five with just over five minutes to go. Wisconsin responded with an 8-2 run to finish the game.

The Big Ten team kept their Summit League guest

from the free-throw line.

NDSU was perfect from the charity stripe, but only made four attempts. The Badgers made 13 of 17 shots from the foul line in the game.

The Wisconsin bench also out-scored the Bison bench 18-4.

The women’s team looks to rebound this Friday, as they take on Pacific in the first game of the Turkey TipOff in Stockton, California.

Volleyball

NDSU made Summit League Championship history, becoming the first No. 6 seed to win a game in the tournament. The Bison took the first round match against No. 3 Omaha 3-1

(23-25, 25-23, 26-24, 2521).

NDSU featured a balanced attack Friday night. Senior McKenzie Burke led the team with 13 kills. She was followed closely by Allie Mauch and Emily Halverson, with 12 and 11 kills respectively.

The Cinderella story was short lived as the Bison put up a spirited defense against South Dakota on Saturday.

The fresh Coyotes put away the Bison in four sets, 3-1 (25-11, 21-25, 25-11, 2523).

It was all USD in the opening frame, but the Bison battled back with a secondset victory. Mauch tallied five of her eight kills on the

night in the second frame.

Despite the same score, the third set was significantly closer. Every point seemed to go back and forth, but ultimately fell for the No. 2 seed.

NDSU won the long points in the fourth and led late. The Coyotes came back to tie the set at 21-21 and took the lead down the stretch for the win.

Alexis Bachmeier led the Bison with 16 kills.

Abbi Klos led the NDSU defensive effort with 18 digs.

In her final match at NDSU, Burke finished by tying her career-high with four aces in the match.

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Fantasy Hoops | Week 6 Sorting through the NBA drama Philip Atneosen Staff Writer

Jimmy Butler trade: winners and losers

Last week, Jimmy Butler was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers along with Justin Patton, and the Timberwolves received Robert Covington, Dario Saric, Jerryd Bayless and a second-round pick in 2022.

Based on what I’ve seen so far, I don’t think Jimmy Butler’s stats are going to change drastically, and I feel the same about Robert Covington. While all players involved will obviously experience a small change in production, there are some clear winners and losers.

To me, the biggest winner of this trade is Andrew Wiggins. With Butler out of the picture, the Minnesota offense is going to

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move through Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns. Since the trade processed, Wiggins has averaged 21.5 shots per game, which is 5.5 more than his season average. I also think Jeff Teague has a great opportunity to run the offense and be a true point guard again.

Without Jimmy Butler, I expect the Wolves to run a lot of pick and rolls and pick and pops, presumably with Teague and Towns.

On the Philadelphia side, the two primary beneficiaries are Mike Muscala and Wilson Chandler, who both have moved up in the depth chart since the departure of Covington and Saric.

The biggest loser in this trade is going to be Dario Saric. Since the trade, his minutes per game have dropped by over 6, and I don’t expect head coach Tom Thibodeau to work him into his already small rotation. The other loser in this trade is Markelle Fultz. Since the trade, his minutes per game have been reduced from 23.5 to 17.5, and he’s fallen

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out of the starting lineup.

Carmelo Anthony inactive indefinitely

Last week, the Rockets decided to “part ways” with Anthony, which essentially means that he could be traded or released by the team. Based on his play over the past two seasons, I’m not sure another team will be willing to give him a chance. Carmelo was averaging 13.4 points on 12.1 shots in 29.4 minutes per game this season.

The most likely candidate to pick up Anthony’s minutes is James Ennis III. He’s been a journeyman since entering the league four seasons ago, playing for five different teams. Ennis has been a starter for the Rockets all season. He’s played over 33 minutes and scored over 15 points in two straight games, so it looks like he’s earned a more consistent role in the offense. Power forward Gary Clark is worth watching as well. His minutes have slowly risen over the last two weeks, and he could carve out a role

for himself moving forward.

What does Golden State’s drama mean for fantasy?

Draymond Green and Kevin Durant got into an altercation during a loss to the Clippers last week. It escalated until the team suspended Green for a game. Following that suspension, Green reaggravated his toe injury. It’s very possible that things will settle down once Stephen Curry returns, but Golden State’s team chemistry has definitely been damaged and will probably never fully recover.

I think it’s very possible that Durant leaves the team in free agency in the offseason, but until then, nothing really changes. I don’t expect Green, Durant or any of the other Warriors to have lowered production because of the incident, but it’s something to keep an eye on.

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