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The serene sunset of Bayfield, Wisc., serves as the picturesque off-campus home of the NDSU Sailing Club, where Brock Larson climbed the mast of a sailboat.
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number of nautical North Dakota State students are setting an open course for the Wisconsin seas, and they’re inviting other Bison to sail away with them as part of the new NDSU Sailing Club. The nearly semester-old seafaring group has grown from one commodore to 12 crew members to even more in its short existence. But this group isn’t the run-of-the-mill student organization meeting to just talk about sailing. The group gives firsthand experience to the sailing life through not only leisure rides on sailboats and yachts,
“We’re like the Jamaican Bobsled team, but the North Dakota State Sailing Team.” – Commodore Jenna Galegher but also regattas, or competitive races, at the collegiate level. “We’re trying to give NDSU students opportunities to try something new or better their skills if they have some sailing experience,” said Jenna Galegher, a senior majoring in business management from Thompson, N.D. “We are offering these opportunities in whatever capacity they
want from going for fun and leisurely sailing on a boat to if they want to race and get into some competitions.” Galegher is the commodore of the club, the president and founder, with lieutenant Drew Spooner, a senior majoring in marketing, the second in command. Using the experience she had growing up around sailing and some additional inspiration from
a friend during the past summer, Galegher formed the group with Spooner’s help in the first few weeks of the fall semester. There was immediate interest from students. Some interest came from experienced sailors while simple curiosity pulled in others who were wondering how NDSU has a Sailing Club and where one sails in North Dakota. “We’re like the Jamaican Bobsled team, but the North Dakota State Sailing Team,” Galegher said. A story more commonly known through COME SAIL AWAY | PAGE 4
NDSU Students Give Input on Working During Thanksgiving Break Students voice opinion on working during holidays STORY BY PACE MAIER & PHOTO BY JOSEPH RAVITS
For some students at North Dakota State, working over Thanksgiving Break is a must because more hours equals more money. Briana Hoaby, an NDSU senior majoring in apparel, retail merchandise and design, said she will be working at Forever 21 in the West Acres Mall in Fargo the morning of Black Friday and it doesn’t bother her one bit. “For me, personally, I don’t necessarily mind,” Hoaby said. “For me to go home during the holidays (is) really not that much of a hassle because home for me is an hour away.” West Acres Mall will be open on Thanksgiving Day from 8 p.m. to midnight for its “Black Friday Preview,” and then the mall will be open on Black Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., but some stores may vary their hours, which can be found on the websites. Gaming systems, televisions and appliances won’t be the only deals offered on Black Friday. Assistant manager of Halberstadts in the mall and NDSU senior majoring in social science education, Cole Sandford, said he likes working over Thanksgiving break because the day is busy, and it will be fun standing at the doors of his store waiting to help suit buyers find the perfect fit. “I will greet them at the door and bring them into our store,” Sandford said. “(I will) help them find a color and jacket they like,
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get their measurements and help them with anything else they need.” Scheels in Fargo will be one of the major stores — apart from the mall — that will be open on Black Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Scheels employee Kyle Roberts is one of the many NDSU students who will be working there that day. Roberts said that students want more
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hours, so it’s OK for businesses to have college students work during the holiday breaks. “Working on (Black) Friday doesn’t bother me,” Roberts said. “If I didn’t work on (Black) Friday, there wouldn’t be a whole lot for me to do around town since I’m not a big shopper.” Roberts is a senior at NDSU majoring in
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accounting and has worked at Scheels for three and a half years. The NDSU Bookstore will also be open from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Black Friday, and students like Nolan Meidinger do not like working over Thanksgiving break at the bookstore because the holidays are for family. “Thanksgiving has always been a holiday (where) you get together with family,” Meidinger said. “And have a good meal and watch some football.” Even though Meidinger isn’t working over the holiday break, he said there is so much money to be made over Thanksgiving break that businesses have to open their doors, and that’s why they can afford to pay student employees more over holidays breaks. Meidinger is an NDSU junior majoring in finance who started working in the NDSU Bookstore this fall. Hoaby understands where students are coming from when they don’t want to work over the holidays, but she said student workers have to choose which holiday they prefer to have off: Christmas or Thanksgiving. “I know for a lot of other students who are going to be working who are from the cities, so a four- or five-hour drive can be a bit of downer on the holidays,” Hoaby said.
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High Education Day attendees listen to Aaron Weber and Megan Matejcek on student expenses and building improvement.
Student Government Fights for Fewer Expenses, Updated Buildings Higher Education Day assembles Wednesday Benjamin Norman Head News Editor
Governmental Relations and Intercollegiate Affairs commissioners pitched student affordability and infrastructure improvement Wednesday afternoon to North Dakota officials Wednesday. GRIA Executive Commissioner Aaron Weber and Assistant Executive Megan Matejcek spoke on behalf of student government to a crowd of 40, including North Dakota University System Interim Councilor Larry Skogen and NDSU President Dean Bresciani. The presentation took place during NDSU’s Higher Education Day, which included a luncheon, the presentation and a campus tour.
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outlining student government’s goals for the upcoming legislative session, leading with affordability. “Student affordability is the biggest issue facing students today,” Weber said. Three ways were given to alleviate the problem at the luncheon. Weber said firstly, GRIA supports a fully funded tuition freeze, warning against an unfunded freeze. An unfunded freeze, Weber said, “puts the disparity of the cost on to the university, and, from there, they pass it on to students in forms of fees or cuts in faculty and staff and programs.” A funded freeze allotted by the legislature, he said, only benefits universities. Another potential route the legislature could go to ease student affordability, Weber said, was a tuition cap. Student government proposed a 2 percent cap to the legislatures, keeping tuition from rising at a faster rate. The cap would attract out-of-state students and keep in-state students in North Dakota, Weber said. Bresciani said for full-time students, NDSU is the most popular university in the state for both in- and out-of-state residents. Matejcek said student government is in
favor of increasing scholarships within the state. She said increasing the scholarship pool size and amounts bestowed to students would attract all students. Matejcek particularly focused on the North Dakota Academic Scholarship. The NDAS gives up to $6,000 for fulltime North Dakota residents who attend college in the state. Matejcek said student government wants the scholarship maximum raised to $10,000, which would cost North Dakota $4 million per year. The other possibility student government recommended the legislature look into included an open textbook program. The University of Minnesota created an “open academics textbook catalog” to reduce costs. Matejcek said the U of M is looking for partnerships with the program, which Matejcek said is worth looking into. “We can offer the best quality at the most affordable price for students,” Matejcek said.
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Dunbar is “one of the highest used buildings on campus,” Weber said, “but it’s also one of the most unsafe.” Student government wishes to build Dunbar II, replacing the aging hall only after its completion, Weber said. To maintain accreditation, Matejcek said updates must be done for the engineering complex and Sudro Hall. In North Dakota, engineers and nursing students are in high demand, Weber said. The Colleges of Engineering and Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Sciences have grown since the buildings were constructed. “There’s not enough room for these programs,” she said. Weber also brought up Harris Hall, an agricultural research building on Bolley Drive. “We’re bringing in water in buckets to that hall because the running water isn’t sufficient there,” he said. “ … It’s really essential that that hall be renovated.” The duo spoke about campus additions and improvements, too. The state board of higher education needs to approve NDSU beginning construction of the fully student-funded aquatic center, Weber said.
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Relay For Life is ‘Kicking Off’ for the Season NDSU Relay for Life benefits cancer patients and survivors Delaney Freer
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The theme for North Dakota State’s 2015 Relay for Life event in the spring is “Lights. Camera. Cure!” To spread the word, the Relay for Life kickoff event is 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Room of Nations. “I’m in the nursing program and my clinicals
are on the oncology floor this semester, so I have seen my fair share of cancer survivors,” Monica Flackey, a Relay For Life committee member, said. “Hearing their stories and seeing their gratitude has just helped reassure me how wonderful Relay for Life is and how important it is to cancer survivors and their families.” Relay for Life is a 12hour walk to celebrate, remember and fight back against cancer. This year will include Zumba, morning yoga and Sandy’s Donuts. It
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hospital and other services. It also uses the money to research a cure. “It’s important to know that fundraising isn’t all we do at relay,” Buck said. “We relay to celebrate the survivors and all the strides we have made toward ending cancer, to remember all those that we have lost to cancer and to fight back against cancer. The kickoff event will have a movie trivia game, themed prizes and free food. “Cancer survivors
am determined to help out as much as possible,” Flackey said. “ I highly encourage everyone to come check out the meeting and see what relay is about, especially if you have never been to an event before.” The actual Relay for Life event will go from 6 p.m. April 18 until 6 a.m. April 19. To register, go to ndsurelay.org to join or start a team. There are no team member number requirements.
“This year will include Zumba, morning yoga and gives rides to cancer people I know, and after patients to and from the listening to their stories, I and Sandy’s Donuts.”
will also have a Mr. Relay Pageant, where males dress up like women in a mock beauty pageant and collect donations for relay. Multiple cancer survivors will be guest speakers. “I think doing any kind of volunteering does good things for people,” Relay for Life Committee CoChair Karissa Buck said. “You never know what kind of people you’re going to
meet at events like this that might change your way of thinking. “It’s also a chance to meet other students and faculty on campus. It’s fun. It’s a time to bond. It’s a time to learn. It’s so much wrapped into one night.” Relay for Life raises money for the American Cancer Society. The ACS uses the money for Hope Lodges, which gives cancer patients a place to stay when
NDSU Agronomy Students Recognized Nationally Boe places first in crop judging at national event Erin Anderson Staff Writer
The North Dakota State agronomy team brought numerous awards back to Fargo, along with new experiences this November. The four NDSU
“I really enjoyed meeting and visiting with the huge array of people there, all interested and deeply passionate about soil and crop science.” – Jodi Boe. Agronomy Club students traveled Nov. 2-5 to Long Beach, Calif., for the 2014 International Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America. The team — Jodi Boe, John Breker, Justin
Zahradka and Nevada Turbiville — placed second in the Quiz Bowl event. Within the Quiz Bowl competition, the team members go through three stages of the event: Lab Practical, Crop and Weed Plant and Seed Identification and Agronomic Problem Solving.
“The four of us competed in the Quiz Bowl competition,” Boe, a senior majoring in crop and weed sciences, said. “That was a lot of fun, a lot of colleges with teams.” Boe took first place in the Collegiate Crops Judging Contest, which consists of seed identification, seed
analysis and grain grading. Scientists, students and professionals from all around attended the annual meeting. There were 4,000 people in attendance, 370 of these were undergraduates. Between competing and listening to speakers, the team did some touring of agriculture around the area.
“The first tour we went on was to the San Joaquin Valley where we saw upwards of 30 different crops being grown,” Boe said. “We even went into a cotton gin facility.” The San Joaquin Valley is known nationally for its production of cotton, grapes and nuts. “I really enjoyed meeting and visiting with the huge array of people there, all interested and deeply passionate about soil and crop science,” Boe said.
NDSU Researchers Discover, Dub Stink Bug After Harry Potter Camille Forlano
Contributing Writer
The Harry Potter series was the inspiration for the name of a new stink bug discovered by North Dakota State researchers. NDSU doctoral student Eduardo Faundez and professor David Rider reported their discovery in the article, “Thestral incognitus, a new genus and species of Pentatomidae from Chile,” recently published in the Zootaxa journal. They named the stink bug Thestral incognitus, after the creatures imagined by author J.K. Rowling. In the novels, a thestral is a winged horse that can only be seen after a person has seen death. “In this particular case, at some point we found that the bug has something like thestrals in his body,”
spider (Aname aragog) and dinosaur (Dracorex howartsia) named after characters. Faundez said one reason for the unique name is because the name of a new species or genus needs to be different from any other in the same kingdom. Two animals can’t have the same name. If it happens, the one named last is considered invalid. This encourages researchers to be creative. “Additionally, the specimens of this new genus come from localities that have been fairly wellcollected,” Faundez said. “Yet, we believe that they are hard to find and not all people can see them, as Rowling describes thestrals.” Rider said about 1 million species of insects have been discovered, but estimates show that there
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COME SAIL AWAY | FROM FRONT the movie “Cool Runnings,” the world thought the four bobsledders from tropical Jamaica looked out of place at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Canada. According to Galegher, that’s the kind of mindset many students have when first hearing about the NDSU Sailing Club, but the club travels to different events because North Dakota doesn’t have much water to sail on. “Maybe we could have a Babbling Brook regatta that NDSU might host right here on campus,” Galegher said jokingly. “We don’t actually sail in North Dakota.” The group has connections with the Pelican Yacht Club on Pelican Lake in Minnesota to get a lot of their boats and equipment and the sailing community in
Bayfield, Wis., a city near Duluth, Minn., on the coast of Lake Superior to get on the water and race around the Apostle Islands. The club is working on getting into the Midwest Collegiate Sailing Assocation to join the likes of the University of Minnesota, Ohio State University, Michigan State, Notre Dame and many other universities. “We’ll be in the same bracket as them, which is kind of intimidating because they will probably have more experience, but a lot of teams are in the same spots as us,” Galegher said. “They have some people that know what they are doing and others that have no idea and are just along for the ride.” That range of skill levels and experience is a main focus of the Sailing Club. Anyone can join the club regardless of expertise or experience in sailing. From enjoying a day on
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Thank goodness it’s hot chocolate season again. I’m not thankful for the cold weather, don’t get me wrong; I’m thankful that it gives me excuse to drink my weight in hot chocolate after every time I go outside. I have to be honest, I’m a bit of a chocolate junkie. No, I’m a full-blown chocoholic. Now, while I love every piece of chocolate equally, there is a special place in my heart for Nutella. I can eat it by the spoonful. This is why it was no surprise to me that Nutella Hot Chocolate was rumored to be the best hot chocolate around. Naturally, I decided to try it. What you need for one serving (you’ll probably want more than that): 1 cup of milk 2 tbsp. of Nutella 1. Heat up the milk in a small/medium saucepan on medium-high heat until it is steaming. 2. Add the Nutella to the skillet and stir until it is completely mixed in. (Lesson learned: don’t stir too quickly or the milk will splash out of the pan and onto the hot stove. My sister informed me that that is why I can’t sing Christmas music and cook at the same time.) 3. Carefully pour the hot chocolate into a nice, thick mug and enjoy! For an extra touch, I topped mine with some whipped cream. Some people like mini marshmallows in theirs, too. For me, cinnamon always adds a nice flavor to hot cocoa. However, as expected, this hot chocolate was golden all on its own — no cinnamon needed. As you can see, my sister definitely enjoyed it. It seems the Pins that advertise Nutella Hot Chocolate as “the best hot chocolate you’ll ever have” were definitely right. Next time you’re stuck indoors on a snow day or are just looking for a sweet treat, give Nutella hot chocolate a try.
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the lake and leisurely sailing to competitive sailing, the variety of opportunities is there to fit any person’s desires. “The really good sailors know all of the terminology and can read the wind, the waves and what’s happening, but you don’t have to know all of those things to sail,” Galegher said. “If you know a little bit about how the boat works, you’re already steps ahead. Even if you don’t know anything about sailing, we will teach you, and we promise you’ll still have fun.” The club has already done a few regattas in Bayfield and plans to do more races in the spring. Living in North Dakota is not ideal for year-round sailing, but if the program grows, Galegher sees a unique opportunity in the future. “People that really get into it sail all year-
round down in the Caribbean or wherever,” she said. “If we can really build the program, I would like to get some students down to the Caribbean to have some fun and go sailing over spring break.” The first step to getting involved with the NDSU Sailing Club is a non-committal request for information on the group. Email the club at NDSUSailingClub@gmail.com or check out their social media pages on Facebook by searching NDSU Sailing Club and on Twitter @NDSUSailing. “We can provide opportunities for people, but we need to know what you want to get out of it,” Galegher said. “If you really want to do something, we’ll work together and try our best to make it happen.”
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Tips on research, resources for studying abroad STORY & PHOTOS BY LINDA NORLAND One of the top cities for tourism in England is York, located in the north in Yorkshire County. This quaint but bustling town is complete with cobbled, narrow streets and medievalstyle buildings, as well as the famous walls — most of which are still standing today. However, York Minster is perhaps the most famous landmark in the town. It is the largest medieval cathedral in the north of Europe. For a price, tourists can wander through its grand Nave and into the stunningly beautiful crypt. The stained glass windows are a major feature, highly detailed and filled with stories from the Bible. For those Indiana Jones wannabes, there is
even an exhibit that points out the secret ways numbers are used throughout the cathedral’s decorations. If you are feeling up to it, you can even climb the 275 steps of the winding staircase — a difficult but rewarding feat. On a clear day you can see the whole town and the Yorkshire countryside. York also has a history when it comes to chocolate making and candies — KitKats and Terry’s Chocolate Oranges originated here. The York Chocolate Story provides some information on this through an interesting tour — complete with samples. At the end, visitors can make their own chocolate lollipops to keep, although mine did not last
A typical street in the heart of York, complete with Christmas lights.
long. There is also shopping aplenty in this busy town, so it can be quite crowded on weekends. Posh shops selling English fair, like Joules, populate the narrow streets. The Shambles is the most famous street in York, very quaint and oldfashioned. Be prepared for crowds and high-prices. The day would not
be complete, however, without a classic, traditional afternoon tea. Betty’s Tea Rooms is the most popular place for this in York, and with good reason. A full set includes four sandwich wedges, three specialty cakes, and a scone with cream and jam. It does cost a pretty penny, and the wait for a table is often horrendous. Something to note
when visiting England is that shops and attractions normally close around 5 or 6 p.m. because that is when the nightlife begins. At that point, it is time to retire to a pub for a pint. There are many interesting and lively pubs in York, but some can also get pretty rowdy, so it is always a good idea to bring a friend. Like many touristy
cities, York also has street performs posted on corners and in squares all around town. The day I visited, a local group was playing with a small audience. It was a great way to get a free look into the local music scene— although if you watch for a while, you should probably leave some change to support the artist.
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Realistic Doesn’t Mean Good Entertainment does not have to be realistic to be good Caleb Werness Opinion Editor
“Well, that was super unrealistic.” My friend sitting beside me sounded quite disappointed. We were in the theater watching “The Guardians of the Galaxy,” which is a great movie if you have not seen it, but that is not the point I’m looking to make. What struck me as odd is how my friend was downplaying a cool scene in the movie
because it had failed his definition of “real.” Like, how realistic were you expecting a film featuring a talking raccoon, a sentient tree and an massive alien battle to be? The whole concept of how we as a culture want everything to be so realistic was first brought to my attention during my Introduction to Theater class. The professor was addressing how imagination and fantasy are slowly deteriorating within entertainment and being replaced with this need for realism. At first, I didn’t really buy in to what he was saying. But after giving the idea a little more thought, I could see what he was saying. It seems like for something to be worthwhile and entertaining it needs to be realistic. Saying something is unrealistic has become a phrase with negative connotations.
A movie or a video game doesn’t need to be realistic and life-like to still be entertaining. As I was playing through the video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, my brother would continually make remarks about how the combat was so unrealistic and therefore, a stupid game. I disagree completely. Skyrim is not meant to be realistic; it is a world with dragons and magic. Just because it was not entirely realistic did not detract from any of the fun I had playing through it. When I’m watching a movie I am looking to be entertained. Sometimes things that are completely faked with special effects are the coolest. Think of the film “300” for a moment. Many of the stunts they pull off in the movie are completely impractical in a real-world setting. Yet, I don’t feel this fact takes away from the entertainment of the
movie. The reason we have movies and video games is for a source of entertainment, not for trying to emulate in real life. If everything was so realistic and life-like, we wouldn’t have the need to watch these films or play these games. We would just go outside and live. Stretching the boundaries of what is possible and what is not is the very reason we enjoy these sources of entertainment. Fantasy and imagination should not be stifled in the name of creating a realistic product. Maybe that is why our culture is so in love with superheroes — because they do things we could never do in real life. Unrealistic is not a synonym for bad and realistic is not necessarily a synonym for good.
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Editorial: The Arts and Culture Commission Public art is up the road for Fargo, but in what forms? BY JACK DURA, TESSA BECK AND JAIME JARMIN & PHOTOS BY JACK DURA
In a momentous move by the Fargo’s City Commission earlier this month, an Arts and Culture Commission was established to address the push for public art. This commission is the first of its kind in North Dakota and the beginning of artful things to come. For a city that is already artsy and vibrant in many ways and places, the installation of public art in years to come is fun to speculate about. Where will it be? What will it be? There are many places throughout Fargo, especially downtown, where public art is already available and accessible. The Herd About the Prairie bison statue project from 2006 still has specimens in the public eye after an auction eight years ago. Over 20 of them can still be found throughout Fargo-Moorhead. Decorative light pillars can be seen on the streets of downtown, offering historical snippets of Fargo’s past, such as steamboating on the Red River. Look to the ground near these pillars and you’ll see cobblestone paintings depicting more aspects of Fargo like river exploration, music and dancing and visual art. Clever and colorful graffiti graces dumpsters and alleyways downtown, and whether intentionally artful or not, it’s public, it’s art and it’s out there. Take a look at the Sunny Brook Whiskey advertisement on the side of the H2M and Bristol Apartments building in downtown Fargo. That ad was painted in 1949, and whitewashed by a temperance group a week later, preserving it until the advertisementturned-public mural was touched up in 2003 by an area artist. In over 140 years as a city, Fargo’s doing pretty well in terms of public art already. What’s exciting is that with the recent commission, the intention to merge art culture and the general community can be done more efficiently and in a more exciting way. Public art hosts a variety of benefits and responsibilities. Specifically, publiclyfunded major works can give urban
environments an identity. This is especially relevant from a tourism standpoint. These examples include: the “Cloud Gate” in Chicago, or more famously recognized as “The Bean”; the “Unconditional Surrender” statue in San Diego, a nationally-noted piece created in celebration at the end of World War II and Louise Bourgeois’s famous “Spiders” have made their way worldwide from New York City to Paris. Ultimately, investing in public artwork gives a city a visual personality. It’s a special opportunity to create and enhance dialogue within the F-M community. Naturally, with visual art’s subjective nature, not every viewer will be pleased with the work. This, however, is not inherently negative. Simply fostering conversation and coaxing the public to stop ignoring their environment would equal success on the commission’s part. As mentioned, public art is not entirely void in the F-M community. Larger-scale commissions, with greater involvement of artists and other creatives can now be dreamt up. Another fresh possibility is the option to cycle the work on a timely basis. The excitement behind the commission comes from the public support behind it. Some may view public art projects to be traditionally represented on a largescale basis. For example, “The Bean” takes up 33 feet by 42 feet by 66 feet — but the possibilities to hone in on smaller-scale projects may have the potential to have just as much, if not more, of an impact for the F-M area. The cobblestone paintings featured along the crosswalks in downtown Fargo not only add identity to this community, but they are also quite small in scale, creating an intimate, art-conscious culture that values the art, not the size. Therefore, the tightly-woven F-M area needs to continually embrace public art opportunities, which need not necessarily be constrained by size, accessibility or narrow visions.
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Lammily Doll: A More Accurate Representation ‘Normal’ Barbie takes shelves and shows us what’s real Amber Zolondek Staff Writer
I t ’ s no secret Barbie was the favorite toy among m a n y girls and even some boys. But Nickolay Lamm, the creator of the Lammily Doll, has taken his designs and concepts to the next level and created something much more attainable, both physically and mentally. The Lammily Doll is different than Barbie by many aspects. For instance, Lammily’s body measurements and proportions are much more life-sized as some would say, whereas Barbie has been considered unnatural looking and degrading to the woman’s body. What makes this new, inventive doll is her real details. Lamm has included stickers for each toy that make each body and face customizable with elements like acne, scars, stretch marks and tattoos. Every real girl has some detail to
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her that makes her body unique and Lamm has taken it upon himself to create something that each girl can create to have similar qualities or traits. Although the Lammily Doll has no male design yet, this one is ready to go on the shelves as of now for around $25 and stickers will be able to be purchased around January. It’s so refreshing to see a doll with real-life
scars, tattoos, proportions and movements that I’m considering buying one just to say I have it. This is a revolutionary toy for both girls and boys to play with and will hopefully create a realistic point of view for children to grasp while they are still playing. Lamily makes this even better by have primarily creating the doll to show realistic proportions of the average girl by taking
measurements and statistics from the Center of Disease Control. Perhaps we need to start taking control with other elements in our children’s lives and showing them what reality is instead of filling their minds with unattainable images and thoughts. Although imagination is crucial while growing up and even throughout adulthood, it is also important to keep a
level head and maintain your realism and attainability of a concept or idea. For instance, Buzzfeed released an article of Disney Princesses retouched with realistic waistline proportions to show just how altered our concept of the human body is with them. Yes, it is a cartoon, but when you are young and see such beings sway around with grace and poise, you subconsciously take into
account on how slender they are, even if it doesn’t cross your thoughts until your body starts growing and changing throughout puberty. With Lammily Doll, children will soon be able to see and play with something that has freckles, glasses, scars and other features that people actually have, rather than arched feet, elongated necks and tiny, unmovable features that only pose for fashion shows and maybe drive around a convertible. I personally have no attachment to the Barbie doll, even though as a child my family continuously bought me them even though I hated how hard it was to dress, move and play with them. You can watch the kick-starter and see Lamm change Lammily’s body into the form of Barbie’s, a disturbingly quick Photoshop transition. Just in time for Christmas, the Lammily Doll is about to take placement under the tree and in stockings. With the direction of body pride and how our body image is handled, the Lammily Doll is here just in the nick of time.
Conundrum Column: ‘I Just Failed That Test’ Caleb Werness Opinion Editor
Note: This column serves to address various issues of pretty much any nature. These issues may be ones that are frustrating, annoying or even humorous. Reader attention is advised. Since high school, one phrase seems to get spout out multiple times after nearly every test: “Oh my gosh, I totally just failed that test.” Granted, I understand sometimes a test just topples over you. I have had this feeling in my own academic career. But what I am alluding to specifically is the people who always feel the need to drop this little fun fact whenever they walk out of taking a test. I have had friends, and still have friends in college, like this. It gets annoying because there is a 99 percent chance they, in fact, did not
fail. After the two hours or so of studying, I find it hard to believe you failed. This behavior, at least to me, comes across as sort of fishing for confidence. Similar to how people will deprecate themselves in an attempt to get others to pay them compliments. It happens all the time on Facebook, trust me. It comes across like these people are hoping somebody will come up to them and console them by informing them just how smart they are. Stop fishing for these compliments. I think the other side to always informing the people around you of your belief in impending failure is to drastically lower your expectations. I get
why people don’t want to have unrealistic expectations for themselves, but this is not one of those situations. If you don’t actually believe you failed but are just trying to somehow trick yourself into thinking you did so well, why bother? The whole process is ridiculous. Seriously, just have a little faith in yourself, especially if you put all that time into studying. People don’t enjoy indulging those who wallow in self-pity. So don’t go around fishing for confidence through compliments and stop trying to hide your actual performance expectations. It is annoying those around you.
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‘Storefront Church’ Offers Modern Holiday Messages Theatre B brings entertainment, relevant themes to stage in play STORY BY JACK DURA & PHOTO COURTESY OF THEATRE B
T’is the season for another play from Theatre B. The downtown theater has a holiday show set for its stage for the next month, bringing messages of the true meaning behind the holidays in this day and age. Entertaining and yet socially relevant, “Storefront Church” fulfills the aim of the troupe to bring engaging and important works to area audiences. And this show’s story has it all. Centered around an out-of-work preacher, a woman who didn’t meet her mortgage and the storefront church she helps build in her house, “Storefront Church” can be broken down into a main theme for its five characters. Director Patrick Carriere described it as “the issues surrounding a group of people who are all searching for some kind of meaning in their lives, and balancing what they need to do for themselves, for the community and what they need to do to succeed in this world of commerce we’ve created versus the world of humanity.” While the woman takes on boarders to convert her foreclosing Bronx home into a storefront church, her acquaintance the preacher cannot pay the rent to help out. But other characters step in, and everyone has ideas about the church, the mortgage and the lives they lead. “There’s this group of people who are trying to get the church to work or to play with the idea of the mortgage because they have different concerns at work, political, financial, human, around the issue of this church and this mortgage,” Carriere said.
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they should be focusing on, and not just at Christmastime, but year-round. In a way, this play mirrors Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but “Storefront Church” is entirely its own. “It doesn’t have that flavor because it’s modern, set in the Bronx, but the same issues are at play in the sense of asking yourself, ‘What is important in this life?’” Carriere said. “How do we care for each other? What do we end up getting focused on? What distracts us from what is important?” Expect some social relevancy when stepping out to Theatre B, because that’s just what’s in store with “Storefront Church.” Contemporary, engaging theater is at work here, all wrapped up in entertainment, engagement and some lessons for all.
Writer’s Choice: Thanksgiving Edition Plan your Thanksgiving week with these holiday events in Fargo Tessa Beck Staff Writer
Although the majority of this week’s emphasis will be put on the Thanksgiving holiday, it is helpful to have a minor itinerary in order to spend time off effectively. Whether you are relaxing for most of the break or showing family around the city, keep these entertainment options in mind.
Monday: Kepi Ghoulie with Mean Jeans and Others In a more unique local live music situation, pop-punk artist Kepi Ghoulie, of the former Groovie Ghoulies, and Portland, Ore,. native punk group Mean Jeans will be playing two shows in two separate venues in one evening. Starting at 7 p.m. at The New Direction venue in the basement of 14 Roberts St. N., local acts Crab Legs and Pass the Flask will
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join the two aforementioned bands in an allages show. Since New Direction runs on a nonprofit basis, the $6-$8 cover charge goes directly to either the performance costs or maintenance of the space. Bringing in local acts and welcoming all ages is telling of New Direction’s mission. Once show number one is complete at New Direction, he and Mean Jeans can make the quick trip to the Aquarium for round two. The band What Kingswood Needs will be included in this show, and tickets will be available in advance through ticketweb.com. Cost of admission is $7 for the 21-plus show.
Tuesday: Holiday Lights Parade
Head downtown for the 6:30 p.m. Excel Energy Holiday Lights Parade. The parade is one aspect of the many offerings made by downtown businesses during the holiday campaign titled, “Holiday Shopping is Fun Again!” Its purpose is to regain a sense of tradition and community when it comes to
the holiday season. Celebrating the beauty of downtown by hosting a lights parade is helpful. The event hosts a parade float competition in conjunction with the other festivities. See downtownfargo.com/events for more information.
Wednesday: Fargo Force Hockey
Continue to take advantage of the wintry season by catching a Fargo Force hockey game. On this eve, they will take on neighbor Sioux Falls at 7:05 p.m. sharp. Fargo’s own junior-professional hockey team is often overlooked for the convivial entertainment provided by a game, especially on the countdown before turkey day. Every Force home game is played at Scheels Arena, and specially studentpriced tickets are available for pre-purchase through Tickets 300 or at the door.
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November workout in before the feast. The YMCA of Cass and Clay Counties is hosting their own turkey trot this year titled, “Huffin’ for Stuffin.’” Not only does the run provide a heavy dose of family bonding, the event is also associated with the Great Plains Food Bank. Every participant is encouraged to donate a non-perishable food item pre-run. Talk about that for expressing thankfulness. Information and sign up can be found on the YMCA website.
Friday: Theatre B’s “Storefront Church”
Rather than taking on Black Friday shoppers at 1 a.m., save your energy, skip the commercialism, continue the gratitude and plan to see Theatre B’s “Storefront Church” instead. Check out the article above for more information on the play. With such an array of options covering the week, this Thanksgiving is bound to be memorable, whether you decide to spend it with friends, family or whomever.
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Los Angeles-based indie rock trio, Raw Fabrics, will be making a stop in Fargo on their monthlong, 25-stop tour. The trio of 21-yearolds is touring to promote their new four-song EP “Gold Handcuffs.” Lead singer and guitarist of the band, Jack B. Franco, described what audiences can expect at the concert. “It’s more like an exciting, punk-influenced type of show, but it’s not punk music at all … it’s interesting though.” While performing, band members Franco, Jon Fredrik and Justus Dixon prefer to trade instruments
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to that specific mode. “We come from the guitar/rock/alternative sort of world, but we try to keep our minds open to being creative,” Franco said. “We take influences from anything really.” Franco said his favorite music is more than just music
occasionally to keep things interesting for themselves, as well as the audience. Raw Fabrics crosses boundaries when it comes to music, drawing inspiration from anyand everything. Although their music has more of an alternative rock, they don’t limit themselves
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and lyrics. He especially looks for the raw emotion behind the melodies. “Whenever the music feels like the artist is really expressing themselves and really showing their personality and not afraid to take chances … it’s really that more than anything,”
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to see the band perform. “The best part is having people appreciate your music as much as you do,” Franco said. Franco explained the difficulty of trying to make it in the music industry. He noted that people are very narrow-minded when it comes to music. They expect new artists to conform to what’s hot at the time. As a band, they are trying to avoid doing that. “We knew we wanted to do something different and just push ourselves,” Franco said. “We’re just very, very creative … it’s very hard for us to tone down.”
Trumpet Tunes in the Afternoon Second-year doctoral student Ken Jimenez will perform five classical pieces for his upcoming graduate trumpet recital on Monday afternoon. Among the chosen repertoire are songs from five different composers. “These are all songs that, in the course of studying the trumpet, you should play, and I just haven’t played them yet,” Jimenez said. The 14-year trumpeter will perform Joseph Haydn’s “Trumpet Concerto,” which was originally written for a trumpet with keys. He will also perform George Frideric Handel’s “Let the Bright Seraphim.” This will also feature a vocal soprano accompaniment. The selection is an aria from an oratorio, “Samson,” which Jimenez described as
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Jimenez will conclude his recital with Wilke Renwick’s “Encore Piece.” Jimenez said the tune is written in mixed meter, so it has an irregular beat. “It kind of lopes along, has a little clip to it,” Jimenez said. Jimenez has worked with some of the pieces since the beginning of the semester, while some he’s been practicing for six months. For this recital, he will use a trumpet he personally restored. “I’m working my way through the classics,” he said. Because Jimenez plans to teach, these songs were critical inclusions in his repertoire. “There are some things with trumpet music that you should just know if you’re going out to teach,” Jimenez said.
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Percussion Ensembles Beats the Cold with Drums Variety of pieces, instruments to be showcased Jaime Jarmin Spectrum Staff
Tuesday evening, North Dakota State percussionists will pound away during the Percussion Ensemble concert starting at 7:30 p.m. in Festival Concert Hall. Music majors and nonmusic majors will unite to perform a fast-paced
variety of newer pieces sure to please any audience member interested in the local performing arts. “First things first: Everybody loves drums,” graduate student Scott Charvet chuckled. “But if students come out to see this … they can see different applications of percussion in a near-total percussion setting.” The concert’s performers include less than 10 NDSU undergraduates, with the addition of graduate student Scott Charvet functioning as the assistant director, and the concert’s fellow
director and programmer Sigurd Johnson, who is also the director of the Gold Star Marching Band. This concert features musicians who choose to be involved in this show are passionate about performing percussion music. “It’s a nice mix [of students] this year,” Johnson said. “It’s different.” The show’s interesting lineup includes an opening piece titled “Antiphon” by F. Michael Combs, which includes the instruments trading rhythms and responses with each other. Another piece featured
in the show is cleverly titled “Ting” by Josh Gottrey because it is a culmination of resonate metals consisting of triangles, cymbals and finger cymbals. A charming xylophone and marimba piece, “Chromatic Foxtrot” by George H. Green, bounces along, matching the highenergy, traditionallymelodic closing piece entitled “Gainsborough” by Tom Gauger. One unconventional addition to the Percussion Ensemble features a duet consisting of Charvet and fellow graduate
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student Cynthia Goosby, a clarinetist. The original duet plans to weave together traditional Middle Eastern rhythms in a Turkish piece called “Yeni Makam” by Edward J. Hines. Hines wrote “Yeni Makam” as a part of a series that “lead to a variety of colors and sensations unfamiliar to Western ears,” according to his website. The duet’s last performance piece written by Goosby’s friend, Andy Normann, is called “Reimagined,” and will feature Goosby on the
clarinet and Charvet on the djembe. “It’s a cool, added element to add that duet in there,” Johnson said. “It’s not a common pairing … there’s some neat, exotic sounds.” This show is only expected to be roughly an hour long and is free and open to the public. “I think it’s going to be a low-key learning experience for people, especially if it’s (someone’s) first percussion ensemble concert,” Johnson said. “They’ll experience some new sounds and new sights.”
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Paul Miller goes up for two of his 17 points against Hampton on Saturday. The true freshman stepped into the starting lineup after Kory Brown suffered a minor injury in warm ups.
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Miller’s MVP Effort Pushes Bison to Tournament Victory True freshman scores 17 points in back-to-back nights Colton Pool Sports Editor
North Dakota State freshman Paul Miller had to live up to a tall task. Miller, who recorded 17 points and three rebounds, came off the bench to lead the Bison past Kennesaw (Ga.) State 68-55 Friday night. Miller then was thrust into the starting lineup Saturday night when the NDSU coaching staff found out typical starter Kory Brown was injured 10 minutes before tipoff. Miller responded by scoring another 17 points and was part of a 19-8 Bison run midway through the second half to defeat Hampton (Va.) 74-66. The victory gave the Bison (2-2) the 2k Classic Sub-Regional Championship at Scheels Arena. Though Miller excelled, Bison head coach David Richman said he is looking for more from Miller.
“I’m picky,” Richman said. “Paul’s got the potential to be a special player at North Dakota State, but he’s only four games into it. We can’t forget that.” After shooting 5-for-12 and 3-for-6 from 3-point range against Hampton, Miller was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. “Obviously it was tough that we lost Kory, he is our centerpiece,” Miller said. “I was just trying to do a little bit of everything to take his spot. My teammates did a good job of finding me in open spots and then it just came down to making shots.” Fellow redshirt freshman A.J. Jacobson led the Bison with a season-high 19 points to get past Hampton. Jacobson and junior Chris Kading, who scored 12 points while shooting 2-for-3 from beyond the arc against Hampton, were each named all-tournament selections. “Ultimately, that’s what we want to do is play like a team and not individually,” Jacobson said. “Hopefully we can just keep riding this and keep it going into March.” Hampton (1-3) finished the first half on a 21-10 run, including a 7-0 streak over the span of one minute shortly before halftime. Hampton’s Quinton Chievous went off in
the first half, going 4-for-9 shooting and two 3-pointers on his way to 13 first-half points. He was held to two points in the second half to finish with 15. “That’s just the growing pains we’re going to go through with a young team,” Richman said. Cheivous made a statement in the final minutes of the first frame. He threw down a slam dunk over NDSU defender Dexter Werner, which led to a foul and a three-point play for Cheivous. But Werner, along with the rest of NDSU, got his payback later in the second half. Hampton pushed the ball down the court in a late comeback attempt, but it ended in Werner swatting Brian Darden’s shot nearly off the court. The Bison tallied six blocks throughout the night, despite the starting lineup consisting of four guards. “Often time, we’re never really married to a certain spot, especially defensively,” Miller said. “We can switch everything, and that’s a luxury we have with being so small.” The Bison went on a 9-0 run just after halftime to even the game out. About 5 minutes after halftime, Hampton claimed the lead four times in four possessions, but
NDSU replied by tying or taking the lead each time. “I think we could do a better job of making the games less about runs,” Jacobson said. “It seems to be 20 points our way then 20 points their way. I think we can learn from this to stay more solid defensively and not take as many risks as we did.” Senior point guard Lawrence Alexander scored 15 points, but shot 3-for-10 from the field. He said he was impressed with how the youth of his team stepped up throughout the tournament, especially when he was struggling. “They take a lot of pressure off of me,” Alexander said. “We have great players on this team. Yeah they’re young, but what they do during practice is just amazing.” Richman, who started three underclassmen, said these contest won’t make a substantial impact on the entire season, but they serve as a way for his team to build chemistry. “Just getting comfortable out on the court against good competition is good for us,” Richman said. “(It’s) learning and growing experiences.”
Thanksgiving Food For Thought Prepare for the playoff stretch by looking back at the past three Bison seasons Joe Kerlin
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Now that the dust has settled and everyone has given their opinion in 140 characters or less on the FCS playoff seeding, the games are set to begin this Saturday. The Bison won’t be one of the 16 teams playing, but there’s still a lot to be interested in while microwaving two-dayold turkey leftovers. About a week ago, (stops typing so everyone can break into Bobby Shmurda’s Shmoney Dance) I was at JL Beers with a good buddy of mine sippin’ crafts, crushing 1st Avenue burgers and watching Kansas State’s Tyler Lockett dismantle West
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Virginia. Naturally, the conversation came up about last year’s Bison football team. Football games were boring in 2013. Blowing out opponents by nearly 30 points a game, while watching backups play the entire fourth quarter, is not interesting football to watch. Granted, it was the Bison dominating, so that was nice, but from pure football-watching perspective, a high school 7-on-7 game would have been more interesting than watching last year’s team play inferior talent. We simply expected the Bison to win every game. Then the conversation shifted to the 2011 team as Kansas State stepped on West Virginia’s throat with another first down pass to Lockett to seal the game. “We didn’t even know what was going on,” said my buddy, referencing the collective mindset of Bison faithful during the 2011 season. “None of us knew what it was. We just kept winning.” The 2011 team was a team of destiny. After a gut-wrenching loss in the quarterfinals to Eastern Washington in 2010,
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sophomore quarterback Brock Jensen led the Bison on a run that ended with his team lifting the national championship trophy in Frisco, Texas. The team had a perfect mix of game-breaking players with D.J. McNorton, Warren Halloway and Matt Veldman, combined with experienced linemen like seniors Austin Richard, Paul Cornick and Coulter Boyer. Then we started talking about the 2012 team as our TV shifted to the horrendous Oakland and Kansas City Thursday night NFL game. The Bison were defending champions, but it felt like the team wasn’t as dominant as they were in 2011. They were replacing play-makers on offense, which led to Jensen having his worst season during the threechampionship run. The defense was using players that had little experience, too. It never felt like the Bison were a lock to win any of their games. NDSU also went through some growing pains during the middle of the season. In 2012, the Bison were clubbing teams
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and outscoring opponents 221-42 through the first five games of the season. Then, Indiana State found a chink in the Bison armor, holding them to 148 yards rushing and intercepting three Jensen passes. The loss brought Bison fans back to reality much like this year’s Northern Iowa defeat. After clobbering a sorry South Dakota team, the Bison beat its next three opponents by a margin of four points. The collective attitude of the fan base didn’t know if the 2012 team had enough to get back to the championship. This attitude is eerily similar to this year’s team. At times, the Bison haven’t looked great this year, but they always find ways to win. This year, a championship isn’t guaranteed, which should mean tighter games against opponents at similar talent levels. I don’t expect the Bison to blow off the doors of anyone this next month. But I do wonder how we’ll look back at this season. I just hope we end the conversation by saying, “At least we went back to Frisco.”
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THE SPECTRUM | SPORTS | MONDAY, NOV. 24, 2014
Senior Salute
NDSU head football coach Chris Klieman hugs seniors Christian Dudzik (bottom left) and Carlton Littlejohn (right) before Saturday’s game against Youngstown State. Sixteen seniors were recognized in the pregame ceremony.
2010 recruiting class ready to add to long list of accomplishments STORY BY SAM HERDER & PHOTOS BY JOSEPH RAVITS AND MATT SATHER
The senior ceremony before No. 3 North Dakota State’s game against No. 20 Youngstown State took seven minutes. In that time, the Fargodome’s public address announcer rattled off accomplishment after accomplishment, then star after star from the 2010 recruiting class. The list of accomplishments included: a 54-3 record since 2011, four wins against FBS opponents, four wins in the Dakota Marker game, four Missouri Valley Football Conference titles and three FCS national championships. The list of seniors included: John Crockett (No. 3 in NDSU career rushing,) Zach Vraa (No. 3 in school career touchdown receptions,) Kyle Emanuel (No. 3 in NDSU career sacks leader,) Colten Heagle (No.
1 school career solo tackles leader,) Christian Dudzik (No. 3 in NDSU career interceptions,) Adam Keller (No. 2 in school field goals made) and six total players that have played more than 50 games. This senior class has been a part of several memorable games. But Saturday’s 3814 win against the Penguins was just another dominating performance to add to the list. Seniors accounted for 20 of NDSU’s 38 points. At the end of the first half, where the Bison led 28-0 and outgained YSU 282 yards to 23, the biggest storyline was senior linebacker Travis Beck appearing to have ruptured his Achilles in the second quarter. Beck, the ironman who has started over 50 games, could be done for his career. The extent of the injury had yet to be confirmed at the end of the game. “It’s one of those moments that you never
want to live to see, because that’s an unbelievable player,” Crockett said. “But at the end of the day, it’s the next man up.” On a more positive note, that next man up is sophomore Nick DeLuca, who recorded his second interception of the year five minutes after Beck’s injury. There were plenty more positives for the Bison. With the Penguins coming in with a 7-4 record and vying for a playoff berth while NDSU was playing for home-field advantage, the Bison took any momentum away by forcing a turnover two minutes into the game. NDSU pounced with two quick touchdowns. YSU didn’t have a chance from there. And the fans knew it. Per usual, more blue seats began showing at halftime and into the second half. Fans left knowing the Bison likely locked a No. 1 or 2 seed with an 11-1
record. That means the Fargodome could host three more games in the playoffs. Add in another stat for these seniors: They have never lost a playoff game. Unless, of course, you count the 2010 quarterfinal loss at Eastern Washington that Heagle and Kevin Vaadeland (who was in the 2009 recruiting class) were a part of. Season-ending injuries allowed the two to have a redshirt year. Their fellow seniors look locked and loaded for another deep playoff push. And what will make this run even more special are all the doubts that were put to rest. After a memorable senior class of 24 graduated last season, fans thought a drop off would occur. But many didn’t take into consideration the players that were stepping into senior leadership roles. “I thought we had a pretty good football team to start the season,” NDSU
head coach Chris Klieman said. “But there were a lot of question marks and we play in a really tough league. Those seniors just weren’t going to be denied.” The pressure of threestraight national titles and an FCS record winning streak were handled with maturity. The Bison faced six ranked opponents this season, outscoring them 172-91. The hiccup occurred in game 10, with a loss at Northern Iowa. Call that a wakeup call, a humbling experience or whatever you want, the Bison are rejuvenated and look as good entering the playoffs as any of the past three teams. “I think we’re playing really well,” Klieman said. “Obviously if you lose a kid like Travis Beck, it can be a big factor. But the next guy has to step up. That’s what we do here. But I feel we’re positioned really well.” Even with the loss of
Beck, the Bison’s defense is positioned well with six other senior starters. YSU’s head coach Eric Wolford said this year’s defense is NDSU’s best in the last few years. That’s quite the statement for a unit that has been ranked No. 1 in numerous defensive categories since 2011. Defense has carried the Bison the last few years. And now, the recruiting class of 2010 has an unprecedented opportunity in front of them: four years and four national championships. Former Bison quarterback Brock Jensen called the class the “Quad Squad” during an appearance on ESPN’s “College GameDay.” And if they live up to the name and get a fourth title, these seniors will solidify themselves as the best recruiting class in FCS history.
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Volleyball
North Dakota State volleyball defeated Oral Roberts 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament Friday in Indianapolis. Junior outside hitter Jenni Fassbender led the Bison with 14 kills, while Emily Minnick and Emily Miron each posted 11 and Hadley Steffen recorded 10. Sophomore setter Monica Claxton had 31
assists and 13 digs in the match. The Bison then dropped the Summit League semifinal match to Denver 3-0 Saturday. Miron led the Bison with 12 kills kills and five blocks. Minnick had seven kills and Emily Milligan had 19 digs. NDSU finishes the season with an overall record of 15-17.
Women’s country
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NDSU sophomore Erin Teschuk finished 116th out of 255 on Saturday at the NCAA Championships
at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind. Teschuk completed the 6-kilometer course in 21 minutes, 18.1 seconds, marking her fourth-fastest performance and the 10thbest in NDSU history. Iona’s Kate Avery won the NCAA individual title with a time of 19:31.6. Michigan State seized the team title with 85 points, and Iowa State took second at 147. Teschuk ranks second in NDSU history in the
1,500-meter race and third all-time in the steeplechase.
Wrestling
The 23rd-ranked NDSU wrestling team defeated Gardner-Webb but lost to 12th-ranked Virginia Tech Sunday, Nov. 16 in dual wrestling matches in Blacksburg, Va. Junior Hayden Zillmer (184 pounds) won his first match 19-4 in a tech fall win over Gardner-Webb and his second match against Virginia Tech’s Austin Gabel to improve to 11-1 on the season. Redshirt freshman Mitch
Bengston (141 pounds) won his first match against Gardner-Webb’s Ryan Hull with a pin at 31 seconds, and his second match against Virginia Tech’s Jerry Ronnau in a 14-1 major decision. Fifth-ranked Joey Dance of Virgina Tech won 6-3 against 13th-ranked Josh Rodriguez. Virginia Tech’s 13th-ranked Zach Epperly defeated NDSU’s 14thranked Kurtis Johnson 6-4, and Virginia Tech’s 12thranked Ty Walz topped NDSU’s 10th-ranked Evan Knutson 3-2.
NDSU are back in action at 2 p.m. Sunday against 19th-ranked Wisconsin at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse.
Men’s basketball
NDSU men’s basketball fell to No. 25-ranked Iowa 87-56 in the 2k Classic at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Monday in Iowa City, Iowa. Senior guard Lawrence Alexander led with a gamehigh 21 points, and freshman guard Paul Miller finished with six points. Carlin Dupree had six assists. Go to ndsuspectrum.com to read the full article.
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THE SPECTRUM | NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY | MONDAY, NOV. 24, 2014
Carson Wentz threw for two touchdowns, but the junior quarterback was most dangerous on the ground in Saturday’s win against Youngstown State, rushing for 120 yards.
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An emotional day developed under the Fargodome lights on Saturday as North Dakota State fans watched 16 seniors come out of the Bison helmet for one final time during the regular season. The seniors and the rest of the Bison came out to a fast start to beat No. 20 Youngstown State 38-14 win.
The Bison offense went over 30 points for the eighth time this season.
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The Bison have now won the Missouri Valley Football
title with Illinois State. At one point during the game, the Bison had the same amount of points as the Penguins had yards. “I’m ecstatic for out seniors and football team,” head coach Chris Klieman said “They are unbelievably special … I’m the lucky one to be able to spend my first year as head coach at NDSU with these guys.” Klieman said it appears senior linebacker Travis Beck ruptured his Achilles in the first quarter of the No. 3-ranked NDSU (101, 7-1 MVFC) blowout, but Bison sophomore Nick DeLuca was the next man up and intercepted his
Conference for the fourth time in a row and shares the
second career pass. Carson Wentz ran over the Penguins’ (7-4, 4-4 MVFC) defense with rushes of 17 yards, 32 yards and 20 yards. Wentz finished the day with 120 yards and a touchdown on the ground off eight carries while completing 12 of 19 passes for 126 yards passing two touchdowns. Wentz had one interception, and has had at least one in the last four games. “We had seen some things on tape and that we could utilize Carson a lot more,” Klieman said. The Penguins had three turnovers that led to 21 NDSU points. The Bison had a total of 479 yards of offense and an impressive 353 yards on the ground. Senior running back John Crockett carried the ball 28 times for 168 yards and one touchdown. “He just runs so hard,” Klieman said. “He’s running the ball with such determination.” King Frazier got his first rushing touchdown of the game with a 10-yard run in the fourth quarter to give NDSU the 38-7 lead. YSU finished with a total of 216 yards, as the Bison have held their opponents to 14 points or less in all but
two games this season. NDSU senior safety Christian Dudzik forced an early fumble that lead to Zach Vraa catching the first points of the game off an 18-yard touchdown pass from Wentz early in the first quarter. Andrew Bonnet also caught a touchdown pass for the Bison. “Christian played a tremendous game,” Klieman said. “He’s played so many football games and I was so happy to see his last regular season game for him to be such a difference maker.” A few minutes later, Dudzik intercepted freshman quarterback Hunter Wells that lead to a bulldozing 17-yard touchdown run by Wentz. Dudzik intercepted Wells for a second time early in the fourth quarter. Senior linebacker Carlton Littlejohn made seven tackles and recovered a fumble by YSU. Fellow senior Kyle Emanuel chalked up one sack, four tackles for loss and six total tackles on the day. Wells led the Penguins offense by finishing 15for-26 and throwing two touchdowns and three interceptions. “I think this is the best defense (NDSU) has had,” Youngstown State head coach Eric Wolford said.
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