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DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY | FOR THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE

DANCE TEAM moves on

AFTER SPLIT FROM ATHLETICS

The Bison Dance team has been practicing at the YMCA downtown and making appearances at events like ESPN “College Gameday.”

Lisa Marchand

Head News Editor

Since the Bison Dance Team and the Athletics department went their separate ways last month, the girls have refocused their energy toward securing new practice spaces, rehearsing for nationals and keeping school spirit alive.

Early last month the Athletics department decided to remove BDT from all school sporting events. Confusion involving the dance team’s status as a student organization and not an athletic team ultimately led to the decision.

Gene Taylor, Director of Athletics, refused to comment on the situation because the team is no way affiliated with Athletics.

One of the stipulations between BDT and Athletics is that they are no longer allowed to practice their routines in the Bison Sports

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Arena on Wednesday evenings. In order to keep up their rigorous practice schedule, the team has found other places to rehearse.

According to Coach Meghan Wabner, the team has been practicing in various spots including the downtown YMCA and an elementary school in West Fargo. They are currently working on securing a spot in a north Fargo school so they can be closer to campus.

The news of College GameDay’s appearance in Fargo came shortly after BDT’s split from Athletics. The girls were not allowed to participate at the football game itself, but many showed up to the downtown set in uniform and sold the Forum to attendees.

“As disappointed as we are with Athletics,” Wabner explained, “we don’t hate NDSU. We don’t hate NDSU Athletics.

We’re still die hard Bison fans, and regardless of what happened, it went to a really deserving football program.”

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As fall semester hits its stride, the numbers are in. NDSU has once again experienced record enrollment with 14,629 students.

Each year since 2008, wih the exception of 2011, enrollment has grown, allowing the University to surpass the 14,000 mark.

This is attributed in part to a growing base of graduate students, which increased over 10 percent for the 2013 academic year.

Numbers provided by the university indicate the incoming freshman population is higher than average as well. With 2,553 first-year students, this fall’s freshman class is the second largest in school history and a 4.6 percent increase over last fall’s freshman enrollment NDSU President Dean Bresciani acknowledged this in a statement released Sept. 22.

“Fall enrollment is higher than antici-

dent-focused.”

At the same time, longtime rival UND reported a decline in enrollment. Spokesman Peter Johnson indicated that the University’s more rigorous selection guidelines have lead to the modest decrease in students. 15,143, or 107 fewer students than last year, enrolled for the 2013 school year. The number of incoming freshman dropped by 449 students.

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pated even though international student enrollment is down,” he said. “Central to our strategic direction is the enrollment of traditional, full-time students oriented to NDSU’s reputation as a rigorous research university offering students an exceptional educational experience. We are pleased to see enrollment growth that reflects that direction.”

In addition, Vice President for Student Affairs Prakash Mathew said, “NDSU is committed to recruiting and retaining a very high caliber of students. We are pleased with the increase in our new student and transfer student enrollment.”

Approximately 95 percent of NDSU students are taking classes in a traditional, faceto-face classroom setting.

“Students see the quality and affordable value of the NDSU experience—a degree from one of the top student-focused land grant research universities in the country,” Bresciani said. “There are few, if any, other land grant universities that conduct research at our quality and quantity, but remain stu-

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Panera Bread’s opening weeks in Fargo have attracted throngs of customers.

Panera Bread Feeds the Masses

New bakery-café fills bellies of F-M area customers Benjamin Norman Contributing Writer

The newest place in the F-M area to load up on carbohydrates is off to a strong start. Panera Bread, a bakery-café that has franchises spread across the United States, opened its inaugural store in North Dakota on Sept. 23 in Fargo. The store sits in the West Acres Mall parking lot where Chili’s Bar & Grill used to be.

“We have been thrilled by the support of the community,” said Shane Quail, Panera Bread Joint Venture Partner. “The Fargo Panera team is proud to be operating the first Panera Bread in the state, and we are committed to serving our neighbors in Fargo freshly-baked bread [along with] quality food that people can trust.”

Quality food customers can enjoy and the local less fortunate can be gracious for.

“At the end of each day, Panera Bread donates all unsold bread and baked goods to local area hunger-relief agencies as part of its local Day-End Dough-Nation program,” Quail said.

“Altogether, Panera bakery-

cafés across the country donate more than $100 million worth of unsold bread and

baked goods to help people in need each year.”

Sinton agreed and added that the ambience inside was “very homey [and] warm.”

Jeremy Leichtenberg, a manager at Rising Bread, Co. in West Acres Mall, echoed

Alyssa Fischbach, an NDSU junior

“The service is doing a good job getting

studying criminal justice, not only found a

everything in and out, considering how busy

“We haven’t noticed too much of an in-

new place to grab some grub, but she also

it is,” remarked Cassie Swift, who is also a

crease or decrease [attendance-wise],” he

found a new source of revenue.

junior.

said. “It’s been steady with what our num-

“I wanted to work at Panera because I

The Kappa Delta girls unanimously said

thought it would be an interesting experi-

they would recommend Panera to friends,

ence,” she said. “And [Panera] would give

but Kyle Johnson was not as pleased.

Johnson, a freshman from MSUM, left

because I have been a server before [else-

less than impressed by the new eatery, where

where].”

he ordered a caramel shake.

Panera.

“Working at Panera is pretty fun, but it can be hectic— especially this first week.”

bers were last year.”

Whenever a food establishment first opens, there is always that initial flock to see

me a different taste of the food industry,

And she has gotten a strong taste from

Porter’s words.

the new kid in town he said.

“Any new restaurant steals customers from anybody,” Leichtenberg said.

“It was $4.99 for a tiny shake,” Johnson

Although Panera is enjoying the lime-

said. “It tasted good, but it was so small you

light now, do not write off the competition.

didn’t get to enjoy it.”

Both Boppa’s Bagels and Rising Bread, Co.

As for the “homey” atmosphere, Johnson

are locally owned and are not one-trick po-

That first week has included a never-

had another word to describe it: “Cramped.”

emptying full house inside, plenty of people

With the whole F-M community seem-

“I think our product speaks for itself, and

lounging on the outdoor patio and a drive-

ingly packed in at Panera, one might think

I would put it up against anybody,” Porter

thru line that pushed back into the neighbor-

other established bakeries and cafés in the

stated.

ing T.G.I. Friday’s parking lot.

area are now ghost-towns.

But people have been mostly pleased with Panera.

Jena Sinton, a freshman public relations

As for Rising Bread, Co., Leichtenberg

Gary Porter, an owner of Boppa’s Bagels, smiled at that thought and gestured his hand to the near-empty bagel rack in his store.

& advertising major, brought her Kappa

“Well, I think you can take a look over

Delta sorority sisters to Panera for a “dap-

there and see what we have left for bagels

per” date.

today,” he said.

Chandra Braunagel, a human develop-

nies.

said, “We are a locally owned store here to do the best we can.”

Those interested in work at Panera Bread go to panerabread.jobs.

Locally run groups interested in receiving donated bread can find out more about

The opening has not affected business.

Panera’s operation at panerabread.com/do-

ment and family science junior with Kappa

Business, Porter said, “has still been

nations.

Delta, said she loved how “fresh everything

good…we expected a little bit of a drop off,

is.”

but we haven’t seen it yet.”

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White Supremacists in Leith, N.D.

Paul Craig Cobb attempts to take over small town Rhianna LaValla Contributing Writer

A small North Dakota town is now home to white supremacist Paul Craig Cobb, 61, and his goal is to turn the town into a city of like-minded individuals.

Leith, N.D., is located 70 miles southwest of Bismarck and has 16 inhabitants, as of the 2010 census.

Of the town’s 16 residents, only one is black and the rest are white.

This small town could soon be a small city populated by only white supremacists.

That is the goal of Cobb, a notorious white supremacist who has claimed, “Racism is my religion.”

Cobb is considered to be a dangerous White Nationalist activist, and is currently wanted in Canada for federal charges of willful promotion of hatred. Canada, however, has no interest in extraditing Cobb on hate crime charges.

In his past, Cobb has been known for actively distributing Project Schoolyard CDs to local children, which contain songs that promote racism and violence. The music is illegal in Europe, and many are attempting to do the same in America. Panzerfaust’s motto, the producer of these CDs, is “We don’t just entertain racist kids... we create them.”

Cobb is also known for accosting mourners at Rosa Parks’s funeral. She was the first woman and second African American to lie in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, and more than 50,000 people waited in line to pay their respects.

Mourners were outraged as Cobb walked around with a video camera recording their shock and anger as he said, “Rosa Parks was a shitskin communist. I’m here to celebrate her death.”

Cobb started buying properties in Leith in April of last year.

“I didn’t have a clue who the guy was until he showed up. All I know is he bought that house sight unseen, $5,000 cash, and had no idea what it looked like, where it was, other than he knew the directions to get to Leith,” the town’s mayor Ryan Schock told Hatewatch blog, operated

by the The Southern Poverty Law Center.

Schock is referring to the house in which Cobb is currently living. The two-story house has no running water or sewage and is under threat from Custer District Health Unit to be condemned. Cobb had until Sept. 23 to submit a plan to the county government for sewage and running water to be installed, but failed to do so.

Cobb eventually plans to buy enough property and recruit enough fellow supremacists to take over the town and start anew with an all-white town government and community. Protesters on Sept. 22 were trying to stop just that.

UnityND is “a group that believes direct action and strong opposition are needed to combat those who seek to spread injustice hatred, and divisiveness,” according to their Sept. 23 press release.

Thanks to the group and their protest, an estimated 300 to 400 people showed up to support the citizens of Leith in their struggle to get Cobb out of their town.

UnityND purposefully set the date of the protest to coincide with the visit of Jeff Schoep, the Commander of the National Socialist Movement and members of his executive staff.

Schoep made a visit to the town to show his support for Cobb, and called it “a fact finding mission.”

Schoep and his supporters walked through the town and held a town hall meeting that was open to the public.

Citizens were encouraged to ask questions and interact with the group. To greet Schoep, Cobb placed flags featuring skulls and swastikas all over his properties.

Kade Ferris, a founding member of UnityND stated at the meeting, “I want you all to note that there’s not a single American flag being flown on their properties.

That’s because they don’t stand for what makes this country great: freedom, unity and diversity.”

The protest was aimed at showing Schoep and Cobb that UnityND had pledged their support to the people of Leith and refuse to let anyone impede on their lives.

The protest was meant to be a peaceful one, but just in case, members of the West Dakota SWAT team stood by, waiting to break up any violence that could have occurred. The SWAT team took control of the situation and said they would be in charge of security at the event, not Cobb and his people.

Others vocalized their opinion against the protest on the Facebook group’s event page. Todd Selfie commented, “All of you are so concerned about a peaceful man going into a small town, yet none of you are protesting the thousands of African immigrants that have been brought into the state over the past decade.

I guarantee they have committed far more crimes and hurt far more North Dakotans than Cobb and his people ever will.”

The town currently has one black citizen, Bobby Harper, and his house is located right behind Cobb’s.

They are an alley away from one other.

“They got to do something very drastic to make it very unsafe and uncomfortable for me. Right now, I don’t see it happening,” Harper told National Public Radio.

North Dakota has a high number of Caucasian citizens. At 88.1 percent of the state, the white population is significantly higher than the nation’s average of 63 percent, according to the 2010 census. Only 1.5 percent of North Dakota identified themselves as black or African American alone, compared to the rest of the country at 13.1 percent.

Fargo was slightly more diverse, with 2.8 percent of the city identifying as black or African American, and just almost one percent more than the rest of the state identified themselves as white, at 89 percent.

Of all undergraduate and graduate students at NDSU, 2.4 percent classified themselves as black or African American, while 80.7 percent said they were white.

Despite the 270 mile distance between Fargo and Leith, some NDSU students have reacted in a similar manner to Leith’s citizens.

NDSU Women’s Activist Organization Activities Director Cydney Berlinger said, “I don’t think we should be reverting back to the 1940s ideology on race and women. Hopefully North Dakotans can ban together to get him ousted.”

Addressing the delicacy of the situation, Berlinger also said, “There is always a fine line between freedom of speech and hate speech.”

Mayor Schock said if it comes to it, he would rather dissolve the town and its government rather than have Cobb and his people take over.

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They plan to participate in next week’s homecoming events including the parade and the pep rally, but will not be seen on the field. Wabner said that her team will continue to support NDSU as well as the F-M area by performing at upcoming local events, especially as the holidays inch closer.

Their ultimate goal is to become national champions for the third year in a row at the Universal Dance Association’s College Cheerleading and Dance Championship.

They recently headed to Minneapolis to learn their routine for January’s competition. Senior Captain Courtney Wabner said that the new routine is the most

challenging one yet in all 17 years of her dance career.

“We’re like kids on Christmas we’re so excited,” Courtney Wabner said of the nationals routine.

According to Meghan Wabner, the dance is “absolutely unreal” and the girls are already working hard at it.

“We have a lot of pressure [when you’re] going for your third national championship in a row, because at this point no one wants you to win,” Meghan Wabner said with a laugh.

BDT’s competitors may not be their biggest enthusiasts, but according to Wabner the support from local fans has been much appreciated since Athletics dismissed them from sporting

events.

“The reaction has been very supportive and not necessarily surprising because I know people genuinely enjoy the whole game day experience,” she said. “People do enjoy us, and it’s kind of like being able to go to your funeral and you’re not even dead. It tells me we were doing things right.”

Courtney Wabner explained that what happened with the Athletics department has brought them closer and made for an interesting bonding experience.

“We’ve really come together as a group and we’ve reprioritized,” she said.

“We’re amped up to the max for what’s to come.”

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The Women’s Activist Organization demonstrates in anti-protest of of the ‘40 Days of Life’ protest at the women’s clinic in downtown Fargo.

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Activist Group Fights for Women’s Rights McKenzie Freeze Contributing Writer

Women’s rights are not a thing of the past.

Actually, both men and women of NDSU recently gathered to discuss the rights and views of women.

Sophomore Emily Driscoll, a hospitality and tourism management major and student of women and gender studies, leads the Women’s Activist Organization.

Driscoll decided NDSU needed a women’s activist group because she noticed they did not have one in previous years.

“We aim to promote equality and activism on NDSU campus and in our community,” Driscoll said.

The group’s main goal is to spread awareness about legislation and global is-

sues affecting women. The meetings, held ligious groups gather at the local women’s every other Tuesday, involve discussions, clinic in downtown Fargo and encourage activities and planning. women visiting the clinic to choose options Presently there are 150 members on other than abortion.

Facebook and around 20-25 who come to The WAO anti-protest plan is to help esthe meetcort these ings. women “ I “We aim to promote equality and activism on NDSU safely want to campus and in our community.”—Emily Driscoll into the motivate building, everyone giving to contribute, participate and make a dif- them firm support and helping make it an ference,” Driscoll said. “We are not just a easier process. women’s rights group, we are an equal rights The meeting addressed sexual assault group.” with a poem for awareness. This poem foWAO looks at many issues in women’s cused on the idea that rape happens outside rights, and began their discussion about the the cliché of the dark alley or the alcoholgroup’s plan of action against the upcoming induced party, but rather in consensual sex

gina Monologues.” During its last meeting the group spoke about the good and bad aspects of sex and the comfort ability of being a woman.

The show features women sharing their life experiences in a very open, humorous or dramatic ways.

This event is in the Memorial Union Feb. 14 and 15, and will be paid for through sponsorships, donations and fundraising. The organization also talked about other volunteering opportunities like a Take Back The Night campaign in downtown Fargo and a personhood amendment rally it might hold soon.

For more information on the 40 Days For Life anti-protest, “The Vagina Monologues” or how to get involved, contact Emily Driscoll or check out the Women’s Activist

“40 days of life” protest.

Forty days of life is a protest where re-

Organization NDSU Facebook page.

when both partners may not be ready.

WAO also works to promote “The Va-

Engineering Organization Reaches Across Race Student group welcomes all Yasser Shaikh Staff Writer

Over 250 organizations are on NDSU’s campus and a lot of them face a dilemma.

Their names do not sound very inclusive, and hence these organizations have a hard time recruiting new members. One such organization is NDSU Chapter of National Society of Black Engineers.

Commonly referred to as NSBE (pronounced nesbee), it is the local chapter of the nationwide organization started at Purdue University in 1971.

The original organization was formed with the idea of recruiting and retaining black engineering students. However, today NSBE is an organization that supports engineering students irrespective of their ethnic background. Its idea is to unite engineering students under one common banner and provide them with networking opportunities.

At NDSU, the organization, headed by Samuel Ogunyemi, a junior in mechanical engineering, has already taken steps to diversify their roll call. They have some members from Asia and also one female member, which is rare amongst most engineering societies.

The organization sends its students to national conferences, like the upcoming event in Nashville, Tenn. During these conferences, engineering students can meet with alumni from different universities and also connect with job providers.

The members also get opportunities to participate in career guidance workshops and phone conferences with upperclassmen from different universities.

“We help students find internships and encourage students to go to national conferences,” Ibrahim Ahmed, a sophomore in electrical engineering and vice president of NSBE said.

There are also technical competitions that students can participate in through NSBE. The organization has a worldwide presence in Africa, Europe, South America, Asia, Australia and the Caribbean. Another advantage of being part of NSBE is that members get to take tours of company plants.

NSBE networks with local companies like Bobcat, to give students firsthand experience of working as an engineer.

“In today’s times it is not easy to find a job in engineering, so it’s important to know the right kind of people to land a job,” Ahmed said.

The NDSU chapter is part of Region 5 of NSBE, which includes engineering schools in the upper Midwest.

“Once you are a part of NSBE you will realize that this organization is not only

Junior Samuel Ogunyemi, President of NSBE, tells freshman Abraham Tensay about the organization.

for blacks,” Ogunyemi said. “We may not be able to change the name because it is a nationwide organization, but that does not mean we are not open to others.”

“Being part of NSBE provides motivation to engineering students that they can be someone, someone big,” he said. “We are here to help each other out.”

Ogunyemi is a recipient of McNair’s Scholarship. He said he has benefited from the organization as a student well before he became president.

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The organization also helps senior engineering students find funding for their design projects. The organization liaises with other organizations on campus like African Student Union, Black Student Organization and others to spread the word. The members also spend many hours in community service.

The organization will be sending two or three student delegates to the conference March 2014 in Tennessee.

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B e i n g scared is no excuse.

This was the revelation I had just a few days ago.

A revelation I believe has changed my life.

I never thought I would be one to want to return to my hometown, Bozeman, Mont., following graduation.

I always figured that I would move to somewhere new and exciting, start an adventurous life in a far off place or at the very least start a new life in Fargo.

However, this summer, after visiting home for a few days, I decided that Bozeman was where I wanted to be once I finished up my un-

dergraduate degree.

This yearning to be back in my birthplace has been puzzling me for months.

I wondered why I suddenly had a change of heart.

Was it because my family was there? Was it because it no longer seemed like such an awful place…the place I remembered from high school? Was it that the city seemed full of new opportunities?

I found truth in many of these questions and ideas I continued to ponder.

I am very close to my family, and the ability to be five minutes from them, rather than 12 hours away is incredibly appealing. Not having to miss out on my nephew growing up would also be a plus.

The city of Bozeman also seems much different from the place that I grew up in. A city full of young adults…a city that seems to be working to partner more

with Montana State University.

My last visit painted Bozeman as a youthful city… a city with many opportunities.

But, it was in those few moments, as I drove to campus last week, that I realized just why I wanted to go back to Bozeman.

I was scared.

I was afraid of the next chapter of my life. I was afraid to make, what seems like a life-changing decision. I was afraid of what the future might hold.

Going home, subconsciously, seemed like the easy way out…the comfortable thing to do.

I have been so comfortable in my life in Fargo and in my life at NDSU. So comfortable that if it was time to move on, the most logical (and safe) choice seemed to be going home, and going back to what I knew.

And then I thought to

myself, “I have never been the type of person to do the easy thing. It was time to stop being scared and go where a new job takes me… go wherever life takes me.”

It was probably one of my biggest “ah-ha!” moments of my life to date.

I have taken so much from this moment of clarity.

I realized graduating from college is going to be scary. It’s going to lead to new and unchartered territory.

However, letting fear overtake my life and lead me to choices I ultimately might be unhappy with is no way to live.

No, from now on I will live without fear for the future, but rather with optimism. There are so many opportunities to be excited about.

Go out and experience life… leave fear at the door.

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It is the season of orange.

But, it is also important to get that fresh air in and

The beautiful mixture of the warm colors is almost at its peak.

your life.

In addition, the first official day of autumn has already graced us with its presence. holidays approaching us. However, school is a lot of work and it can make us forget about all that excite-

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It is an exciting season, because there are a lot of

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Whirlwind of Wordplay in ‘Importance of Being Earnest’ Concordia College Theatre production has linguistic fun

starts to reveal itself.”

Playwright Oscar Wilde, who penned the play in 1894, is famous for his works’ focus on appearances and what lies on the surface.

Substance is of little importance as long as the aesthetics are there, essentially.

Jack Dura

“Oscar Wilde thought

Staff Writer

Second in a season of powerhouse shows at Concordia College Theatre is a play any fan of fun with the English language cannot fail to appreciate. “The Importance of Being Earnest,” the Oscar Wilde classic, is currently running at the college’s Lab Theatre, taking its audience on an English language adventure.

Though

some

people

may shy away from a show with Victorian vernacular spiked with doublespeak and wordplay, no one need fear as a little time is all it takes to understand the dialogue.

“Like going to see a Shakespeare play, the first five minutes, you say ‘I don’t understand this and I don’t know what these people are saying,’” director Christian Boy said, “and then you tune your ears in and you realize how carefully you have to concentrate on it, and then the play

nothing mattered as long as you said it cleverly and looked good saying it,” Boy said. “Substance isn’t what Wilde’s life was about.”

While it can be campy, “The Importance of Being Earnest” can also be a double-edged sword; humorous moments, while present, are not as easily discernible to audience members not very well-versed in wordplay.

“That is one of the risks of doing an Oscar Wilde play, is some of the humor is lost on a contemporary, American audience because all of the humor lies in wordplay; cleverly turned and crafted phrases are what this play is about,” Boy said.

Behind the dialogue is a cast of nine, portraying two men with double identities, the women who want to marry them, and everyone else in between. Set design for this play took on an interesting element in employing the use of central stag-

Concordia College Theatre’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” focuses on a play on words.

ing, or in the round.

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Orson Scott Card Breaks from Science Fiction Writer moves in different direction with new series Linda Norland

Contributing Writer

Proliferous writer of such hit books as “Ender’s Game” (recently made into a movie), Orson Scott Card has become a literary legend. Most well-known for his science fiction stories,

Card’s Mithermages series breaks from the genre with an interesting brand of magic all its own. Starting as a doodled map, it took 30 years until Card decided to publish “The Lost Gate” in 2010, and the sequel “The Gate Thief” which came out this year.

Focusing on teenager Danny North, the book jumps into a modern Earth with a secret past—the gods of ancient history are real beings, called Mithermages.

Gods of certain cultures are called Families, and they battled amongst themselves for centuries, killing defenseless humans (called

“drowthers,” similar to “muggles”) in the process.

But in order to strengthen their powers, they must cross a “gate” to the world of Westil, all of which have been sealed by the legendary gate mage Loki.

Danny grows up as a “drekka,” or a powerless Family member, in the North Family—remnants of the ancient Norse gods. Ignored by his parents and tormented by his cousins and siblings, he expects to live an insignificant life. It is not until he plays a dirty trick on his bullying cousins that he realizes the truth: he is a gate mage who can make portals to any

place on Earth—or Westil.

And he is in mortal danger, because Families are forbidden to have gate mages, and his own will kill him if they find out.

Card’s unique style of magic makes the books quite interesting, which is perhaps one of the only reasons I finished both books, along with the fact that I am a bit of a nerd when it comes to myths. Stifled by the awkward dialogue and heady sexual scenes, I found the series a bit unrealistic.

Okay, okay, so it is about mages and magic, realistic might be pushing it. But as a woman I have to severely

disagree with Card’s assumption that all women want to have babies, all the time. And considering how explicit the climax of “The Gate Thief” ended up being, I would probably rate this “R” if it were a movie.

I was also a little disappointed with the quality of the story telling. Not having read a novel by Card before, I had great expectations, but was less than satisfied with the stories’ dialogue and characters. It all comes across as rather canned and fake in my opinion. In the afterward of the second book, Card writes “it is very important for me that Dan-

ny’s friends become memorable individuals.” On the contrary, the series is very Danny-centric, and just as Card feared, his high school friends’ characters come across rather weak in comparison, and not just because they do not have powers.

In itself, the idea behind the series seems quite compelling, and I loved the unique magic of gates and gate mages. While I do have some gripes, I did keep reading to the end, which does prove something after all.

Steam Creators Announce Hardware, Operating System, Controller Valve makes play for hardware scene, but what does it mean?

Steven Strom A&E Editor

Va l v e is entering the console space.

Well, sort of.

That’s what it sounds like at first

glance.

The company responsible for “Portal,” “HalfLife,” “Left 4 Dead,” “Dota 2,” etc., etc. will definitely be entering the hardware space, at the very least. In a series of three announce-

ments, Valve announced Steam OS (a new Linuxbased operating system for games), the Steam Machine (a pre-built PC running on Steam OS designed to play games), and the Steam Controller (a, uh, controller— but one that uses fancy new touchpads instead of analog sticks).

Together, these three new toys symbolize Valve’s invasion of the living room.

Each device seems specifically designed to make PC gaming from a couch and large TV a viable option for the uninitiated. Not only that, but the Steam Machine will be able to stream games from a more powerful PC in one room to itself, via a home network.

What we don’t know about any of this yet is what things will cost. The Steam Machine itself will be going

up against the $400 PlayStation 4, and $500 Xbox One after they launch in November. PC gaming can be notoriously expensive for those who want the best of the best, and the Steam Machine will essentially be a prefabricated computer. That’s not even taking into account the sci-fi controller—or two, or three or four.

We also don’t know what games will run on it. Valve’s own titles will probably work, of course, but Linux isn’t the most readily embraced operating system on the market for most developers and publishers.

This might turn out to be a very big, very important step for Valve and PC gaming in general. The computer gaming scene has picked up significantly in recent years, thanks to quality ports, ease of distribution, aging

consoles and even Valve’s Steam distribution platform itself. However, new consoles on the horizon mean new favorite children for developers to fawn over.

So, for now, let’s all remain cautious—optimistically or otherwise—before we start declaring this a new competitor for Sony and Microsoft. It might be interest-

ing, and it might even turn out to be incredibly positive, but for now it’s a whole lot of “maybe.”

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Shadow of the Eternals Development Halts

Future of Eternal Darkness’ spiritual successor is nebulous Steven Strom A&E Editor

The development of Precursor Games’ “Shadow of the Eternals” has been put “on hold,” according to Chief Creative Director Denis Dyack.

The news came in a post on Precursor Games’ website.

“It is with a heavy heart that we have decided to put the “Shadow of the Eternals” project on hold,” Dyack scribed. “We are very happy with what we have accomplished both as a group and with the community. The community has blown us away and was the one thing that kept us going through it all—we cannot thank you enough.”

“Shadow of the Eternals” has had about as rough a go of it as a game can get. The title was a product of Precursor Games, a studio founded mostly by former members of Silicon Knights. At the time of Precursor’s inception, Silicon Knights had just lost a long-standing legal battle with Epic Games—the creators of “Unreal Tournament,” “Gears of War” and the graphics engine “Unreal Engine 3”.

As a result of the legal battle, Silicon Knights was ordered to recall and destroy all copies of its latest

‘Laramie Project’ Revisits 15-Year-Old Tradgedy Jack Dura

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games—“X-Men Destiny” and “Too Human.” Neither game (“X-Men Destiny” in particular) was a critical success, and both failed to meet sales expectations.

Combined with legal fees and canceled projects, this led the studio to close down shop, and offload its property—though it never officially filed for bankruptcy.

Silicon Knights was best regarded for its work on Nintendo’s GameCube. It was responsible for “Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes”, and the survival horror cult hit “Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem”.

“Shadow of the Eternals” was billed as a spiritual successor to “Eternal Darkness”, and garnered a great deal of interest at its announcement. Some were excited at the prospect of a follow-up to the muchloved sleeper hit, while others were wary of Dyack and company’s spotty track record.

In this case, the wary seem to have won out. Precursor launched a Kickstarter campaign for “Shadow of the Eternals,” alongside its own, private crowd-funding system to pay for the game’s development.

The Kickstarter was canceled shortly after an inauspicious start while Precursor Games changed design direction. A second

Kickstarter launched only a couple months later, and failed to meet its $750,000 goal, earning just $400,000 over three months. Thanks to Kickstarter’s rules of operation that meant all of the donated money went back to its donors, and not to Precursor Games.

Just last month, Dyack insisted the game was not dead. He promised that Precursor would “pursue other avenues with the ultimate goal of having our games come to fruition.”

Now, the developers are “taking a break,” from working on the game.

“We have all agreed as a group that when and if the time is right we will get together and start it up again,” Dyack said.

Technically, this doesn’t mean the game is completely dead in the water; on hold is a far cry from canceled, after all.

“Many of us will be taking a break,” Dyack said.

“For those who are not aware, we all worked on this project as a labor of love and self financed 100 percent of everything for a over a year to try to make “Shadow of the Eternals” a reality. Although we did not succeed on doing this, we succeeded in making many friends and starting something that we hope provided value for those involved.

Autumn is off to a strong start, and so is the area theatre scene’s fall season. As the Fargo-Moorhead area’s colleges strike up their theatre programs for 20132014, one college company is turning to some thoughtprovoking subject matter for their premiere. Currently running at MSUM’s Gaede Stage is “The Laramie Project,” the start to MSUM Theatre’s new season of shows.

Developed by Moisés Kaufman and other members of New York’s Tectonic Theatre Company, “The Laramie Project” is a look into the issues surrounding the tragic death of Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student.

Shepard was kidnapped, tortured and left tied to a fence on the Wyoming prairie by two Laramie residents. He was found nearly a day later by a bicyclist who mistook him for a scarecrow. Despite the efforts to save his life over the next few days in a Colorado hospital, he succumbed to his injuries on Oct. 12, 1998.

His killers were convicted and sentenced in 1999 to two life sentences each.

Through interviews conducted in Laramie, Wyo., following Shepard’s death, Kaufman and his crew formed a production that delves into what happened and why.

“They interviewed people of the community, some who were directly involved, some were just responding to the situation, and they did that a number of times over the years following the events,” director Patrick Carriere. “[T]hey got a lot of source material from the interviews, and they transformed those interviews and that source material into a performance.”

Through 55 short scenes, “The Laramie Project” presents the various points of view surrounding the issues of Shepard’s death, which was classified as a hate crime and inspired legislation for the investigations and prosecutions of hate crimes.

“It is based on a lot of monologue work, so a lot of times the characters will come out and speak about an issue surrounding the events, and you’ll have multiple characters speaking about that same issue in a single moment,” Carriere said.

Theatrically compelling

and thought-provoking in the process, “The Laramie Project” dives deeper than just an evening at the theater, and strikes at the heart of the matters involved in Shepard’s death. Ideas and experiences are hashed out through Kaufman’s interviews, which are delivered in a variety of ways.

Monologues and layered interviews comprise a main vehicle for the delivery of the show’s moments, while other scenes are like those of a play. “The Laramie Project” runs very much on the theatrical side, so no “60 Minutes”-esque, investigative biopic will play out on the Gaede Stage.

“There are climax moments and there are moments that come out of their experiences with this, but the ending is a powerful ending,” Carriere said. “Essentially, they leave Laramie and take with them what they’ve learned.”

“The Laramie Project” is 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at MSUM’s Gaede Stage. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for MSUM alumni, faculty, staff and seniors, $10 for non-MSUM students and free for MSUM students with ID. Tickets are available at the box office and by phone at 218-4772271.

Correction: “Scenes for Moby Dick” This production is not a ticketed show; all performances are free. “Scenes from Moby Dick” concludes on 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 perfor-

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The U.S.-Russia Resolution on Syria Should Not Hinder Justice Samantha Wickramasinghe Opinion Editor

The US-Russia Resolution on Syria Should Not Hinder Justice Conflict in Syria must remain a pivotal concern among the international community, even though the Assad Regime has agreed to hand over its chemical weapons. Still, so many questions remain unanswered about the responsible parties who actually used these horrific weapons that resulted in “numerous casualties, particularly among civilians and including many children” according to the UN report on alleged chemical weapons use in Syria.

I’m not arguing the significant proposition made by the U.S. and Russian governments to destroy Assad regime’s chemical weapons arsenal is not effective. I’m arguing this proposition can overshadow the true face of the horrific crimes and those who committed them.

Unsatisfactorily, the United Nations did not come to a conclusion of finding those who were responsible for using chemical weapons. The situation in Syria is very complicated and indeed there should be difficulties for the UN officials to make a judgment even though different governments and dip-

lomats throughout the world have come to

various conclusions on the issue. Nevertheless, UN representatives have unanimously agreed to the deal of destroying the chemical weapons in Syria, but guess who is the star among all these decision making? Indeed, Bashar al-Assad.

After the resolution was proposed (disappointingly) President Assad, like a reserved, veteran politician, appears in various media channels, as he is the sole spokesperson for Syria. The Free Syrian Army, whether used chemical weapons or not, does not get attention like Assad. Assad looks as he is making a great endeavor to get rid of these vicious weapons even though in reality he must have been afraid of a military attack from the west. But ironically the proposed agreement by the US and Russian governments give him an unnecessary publicity and authority.

I do not want to make the mistake of calling Assad as the cause of all these tensions that come with the Syrian chem- MATAYA ARMSTRONG | THE SPECTRUM endeavor will end the harm done to Syrian While destroying the chemical weapons, the ical weapons deal. But most importantly, the international community

people by other weapons and other forms of

rest of the world should address the humani-

should not forget that chemical weapons are

violence.

tarian crisis in Syria by monitoring any form

not the only weapons that the Assad regime

My final point is the ones who commit-

of violence done to civilians in Syria and

or the opposing rebels posses. Clever diplo-

ted these atrocities, whether it was Assad

continuously trying to bring those who have

macy by the U.S. and Russian governments

Regime, or the Rebels or the both parties,

committed these crimes to justice.

have created an opportunity to take away

should not get the opportunity to hide under

and destroy the chemical weapons the Syr-

the umbrella of diplomatic talks or the popu-

ian government has, but I highly doubt this

lar notion of destroying chemical weapons.

Samantha is a senior majoring in journalism.

A Ransom Note from Congress

The devolution of the United States Government Nathan Stottler Spectrum Staff

At last, our government has reached a new peak in its dysfunction.

On Tuesday morning, the federal government went into shutdown mode after the House and the Senate could not agree on a budget bill for the new fiscal year.

Normally a routine task, the passing of a spending resolution was blocked by a faction of tea party Republicans in the House, who insisted upon the inclusion of language in the spending bill that defunded the Affordable Care Act. The Senate, controlled by Democrats, refused outright to pass such a bill, and subsequently stripped the language about the Affordable Care Act before sending it back to the House.

Whereupon the Republicans in the

House once again wrote in language that would defund the Affordable Care Act. And once again sent the bill to the Senate. And the Senate once again rejected the bill, voting straight down party lines to do so with a vote of 54-46.

So this is our government now. No longer confined to party-line voting, bipartisanism has reached an all-time high. Our congress has been moving steadily towards dysfunctional gridlock for the better part of the last decade, but until now it has always managed, at the very least, to continue providing the essential services it always has to its citizens.

Which means this is a new low. Sure, the government has shut down a number of times before, most recently during the Clinton Administration in 1996. But this is the first time that it has happened because a number of representatives decided to hold the entire country for ransom, in order to defund a bill that has just begun to come into effect.

The Affordable Care Act passed both houses of Congress, passed the President’s desk, and was ratified as constitutional by the Supreme Court. Any kid who watched Schoolhouse Rock when they were six knows that this means the Affordable Care

Act was supported by all three branches of government, meaning that a majority of our elected officials had to approve it.

Which, in a representative democracy, means we can imply that a majority of Americans agree with the tenets of the Affordable Care Act. So what right do the teaparty Republicans in the House of Representatives have to try to defund the law?

There will be a lot of finger-pointing over the next few days in Washington, before Congress gets its act together and decides to pass a budget. The Republicans in the house will point to the Democrats in the Senate, saying it is their fault for not even considering any type of defunding of the Affordable Care Act. But do not get it twisted. Don’t let the tea partiers fool you into thinking this isn’t on their shoulders. Remember, the tea party is a libertarian faction of the Republican party— in other words, they are anti-government representatives. They don’t like the government; they don’t want it to have a strong hand in our lives.

Which means it makes sense, then, that they are okay with shutting down the government. No Democrat or Republican with any sense of duty to their constituents would allow this to happen under normal circum-

stances. But when anti-government representatives hold the nation hostage over a bill they have failed to get repealed like two dozen times, you can rest assured that normal circumstances are past us.

I believe the best hope for moving past this impasse lies with moderate Republicans in the house. Sooner than later, hopefully, they will abandon their fellow party members and move away from defunding the Affordable Care Act and decide to simply go ahead and pass a budget.

Because until that happens, the entire nation will be distracted from its everyday tasks. The federal government won’t be able to focus on more pressing national issues it is facing in the likes of energy development, war in Syria and peace talks with Iran.

Yes, our government has reached a new peak in its dysfunction. Let us hope this is the highest peak it will ever achieve, because I am not sure how long our government can remain effective if it is constantly being held for ransom.

Nathan is a senior majoring in landscape architecture. Follow him on twitter @ nwstottler.

Feeling Like Home Right in Fargo

Keeping up with all the town has to offer Amber Zolondek Staff Writer

As I was sitting at a local coffee shop on the weekend, I couldn’t help but notice this overwhelming sense of what felt like being home. Perhaps it was the sensation of belongingness, or even a familiar feeling of comfort.

Astoundingly, I came to the realization that I could rely on certain places in Fargo, if I want to restore that recognition and feel that sense of belonging. Which brought me to thinking about the list of places I use as an escape from my apartment.

I rarely am home, mostly because it drives me to be at my highest point of relax-

ation. But I go out in order to be around other people. As much as they can sometimes be frustrating, they inspire me as well, and being at local coffee shops, art museums, or even the mall gives me fashion ideas, ideas for articles or even project ideas. So, I’ve composed a few key places that can deliver for entertainment, relaxation or inspiration.

Escape No 1: The Atomic Coffee Shop My first choice as a destination would certainly be for coffee. I’m addicted, and not afraid to admit it. With that said, Atomic Coffee on Broadway here in Fargo has never failed to please. Their hip, artistic environment strategically placed smack-dab in the center of downtown Fargo creates that atmosphere every coffeehouse should have.

If coffee isn’t your thing, fear not, because they brew fresh, organic teas, create other specialty drinks and offer homemade pastries and sandwiches as well. A plethora of fantastic music bumps over the speakers at a constant and the staff there are always upbeat and helpful.

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Escape No 2: West Acres Shopping Mall Sometimes I get in a rut and want to lay around with sweatpants, no makeup on, refusing to care about anything. We all get to that point sometime in the semester. As soon as I recognize the pattern repeating, I am quick to get up and go out. A while back I mentioned how I had given up shopping for a while, however, I still go to the mall frequently. For some reason, walking around and window­-shopping at West Acres gives me the inspiration to get up and back into my routine. Maybe it’s the movement and environment, possibly even the clothes that just spark that ignition. Whatever it is, I swear by it, and if you find yourself a bit lacking in the enthusiasm department this winter, I highly suggest making your way out with friends or by yourself.

Escape No 3: The Plains Art Museum Lastly, many students are looking for free things to do mainly because paying $12 for a movie is a bit much and going out for din-

ner becomes slightly repetitive. The Plains Art Museum offers new exhibits monthly and the best part is admission is free with a student I.D. A creative environment with plenty to explore is something to plan with roommates or even as a fun date. Art is always an awesome way to channel creativity and going to exhibits certainly generates the same effect.

Fargo has a lot to offer; just keeping up with events and dates is the trick. Stay informed by liking different pages on Facebook like High Plains Reader, Visit FargoMoorhead, and Fargo Monthly Magazine.

There are plenty of things to do in the area, it’s just getting out there and finding out what’s going on. Hopefully you’ll soon be able to compose a list of your own personal favorites.

Amber is a sophomore majoring in journalism and public relations.

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Mothers, Put Out Your Cigarettes The Spectrum | for the students Start worrying about your children Stephanie Stanislao Spectrum Staff

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I was driving with my windows down, enjoying the warm fall air early this week, when all of a sudden my nostrils were hit with a pungent smell.

No, it was not the smell of “cow” that typically fills the air of Fargo, nor was I

but there was also an infant in the back passenger seat.

The mother of this child was smoking with her child just a couple feet away!

I was absolutely outraged.

The other adult in the front seat, who I assume was the infant’s father, was able to make the choice to be subjected to the young woman’s second-hand smoke. As for the helpless child, he or she was not.

I am absolutely disgusted that the mother of this child would be concerned with smoking her cigarette than the health of her own kid.

Clearly she cared enough to put the child in a car-seat;

however she did not seem to care enough to protect the young lungs of her offspring.

How selfish.

It is one thing to subject me, an adult, to your unhealthful habit, but to subject a helpless child? That is just downright self-centered.

It is this woman’s right to smoke. That’s fine. But for her to jeopardize the health of your baby, for her own wants and desires?

Grow up. Be a mother.

Put out your cig, and worry about your kid.

Stephanie is a senior majoring in journalism.

California Fights the Paparazzi

Berry, Garner back bill protecting kids Emma Heaton Spectrum Staff

Johnson’s Barn Dances 2 Miles North of Arthur, ND on Highway 18

driving past the landfill off of 45th Street. It was another familiar smell.

It was the smell of second-hand smoke.

The individuals in the car in front of me, had their window rolled down and were probably trying to enjoy the beautiful fall weather, just as I was.

I was only slightly irritated by the smell coming from the car, realizing that I would soon be down the road, and would no longer be near this other vehicle or their polluted air.

However, that feeling of irritation quickly turned into anger, when I realized that it was not only two young 20-somethings in the car,

Celebrities seemingly complain about the paparazzi all the time for being too intruding, too pushy and sometimes even aggressive.

Last week, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to protect people who can’t protect themselves against paparazzi—celebrities’ children.

The bill was backed by high-profile celebrities such as Halle Berry, Jennifer Garner and Adele referencing “hellish conditions” brought onto their children because of paparazzi.

The new law goes into effect in January and will penalize paparazzi with 10 to one year in prison, along with a $10,000 fine.

I can’t decide what is more concerning or pathetic: the fact that the paparazzi act the way they do or the fact that many people buy into tabloids and entertainment magazines.

I can’t even exclude myself from the population that buys the magazines that tells us pointless details about insignificant people that have

no impact our lives. Although I have no idea why I care what Kim Kardashian’s baby looks like or where Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were spotted over the weekend, I admit I still am fairly invested in pop culture.

However, I do not think that the consumers are to blame for the aggressive behaviors of photographers, especially when it may cause fear to children.

Many celebrities have been reported to fight back photo and videographers by shoving, attacking photographer’s cars, flipping them the bird or just getting into verbal confrontations. However, these are much less effective forms of making a

change.

Berry, Garner and Adele actually made progress by using their transparency in society to create a positive change on their behalf.

If even half of the celebrities that have had problems with paparazzi in the past would band together to make some sort of a change, they would be much farther along than they are now.

Verbally—and sometimes physically—abusing other people does not do anything to change the paparazzi’s behavior.

Hopefully other celebrities can take notes from the women involved in this movement rather than continue to complain about them.

GOOD HUMOR

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The last time UNI met NDSU in Fargo was two seasons ago the Bison emerged victorious, 27-19.

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No. 1 Bison Prepped to Host No. 5 Panthers Joe Kerlin Staff Writer

In the Bison’s first three years in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, the University of Northern Iowa was the biggest thorn in the side of NDSU. From 2008-10, UNI outscored the Bison 81-49 on their way to a 3-0 record, giving the Bison a rude introduction into the MVFC. My, oh my how the tables have turned for the Panthers.

The Bison come into Saturday afternoon’s game winning the last 32 of their last 34, besting UNI twice during that span.

“Through the years it’s probably one of the more heated games that we have had,” NDSU head coach Craig Bohl said during Monday’s press conference. “…You can slice it and dice it anyway you want. This is an excellent football team.”

UNI is coming into the Fargodome riding a winning streak of their own that has placed them in the top-5 of the FCS polls.

The Panthers are led by 6-foot-3-inch run-

ning back David Johnson.

A MVFC pre-season all-American, Johnson has been running wild this season, rushing for 549 yards coming into Saturday’s game.

“He’s not only a big guy, he has an excellent ability to change direction,” Bohl said.

Zach Zenner, for four rushing yards on eight attempts. As the second ranked defense against the run, the Bison defensive line has been unmovable. The only team that has been able to move the ball effectively on the ground has been Ferris State who gained 233 yards during the Bison home opener.

PLAYERS TO WATCH FOR #7 DAVID JOHNSON, JR. RB 74 att. 549 yards rushing, 4 touchdowns #17 Sawyer Kollmorgen, So. Qb 67-96, 8 touchdowns, 0 int. #46 Jake Farley, Jr. LB 45 total tackles, 19 solo, 0.5 sacks “He’s got good hands, they utilize him out of the backfield and he’s an excellent running back.”

Unfortunately for Johnson, he will be facing a stout Bison defensive line. During last week’s game in Brookings, S.D., the Bison defense held the FCS leading rusher,

When asked about the difference between Johnson and Zenner, Bohl said, “Johnson is more elusive.” He also stressed how much more he is utilized in the offense over Zenner.

The Bison offense may have some trouble of their own as they get set to face

UNI’s third ranked defense led by junior linebacker Jake Farley. The multiple defensive look UNI has given opponents has been impenetrable, only giving up an average of 11 points a game. Coach Bohl believes the Bison offensive line will have the biggest challenge.

“I think more for our offensive line because you have to adjust blocking schemes,” Bohl said. “From a three down look to a four down look and vice versa…the pass protection will have to change more.”

It’s expected to be a defensive battle on Saturday, but this is nothing new for the conference rivals. As each conference game is played, the larger the implications have become and for the Bison, defeating both SDSU and UNI would be a move in the right direction as they seek for their third MVFC championship in a row.

Another sellout will be on hand for the 2:30 p.m. kickoff as UNI looks to improve their luck against the Bison and turn the table once again in their favor at the always rowdy Fargodome.

An Opportune Time to Play Well

Meet-a-Bison: Bill Carlson Colton Pool Staff Writer

This fall season has been one to remember for NDSU junior golfer Bill Carlson.

After losing leader Nathan Anderson to graduation and bringing on a third head coach in the time span of a year, Carlson had some big shoes to fill as a leader for the men’s golf team.

But thanks to a steady mentality and an improved game, Carlson has been just what the Bison needed this season.

“I feel like the last couple years, I’ve gotten a lot better,” Carlson said. “It’s hard to understand, but once you start focusing on why some people are better than others, it just comes down to they’re better mentally.”

Carlson, a former Fargo South standout, has averaged a team-best 1-under-par this fall.

Although he has set the bar for his team, which has placed second in two tournaments this season, Carlson is adamant his squad has been the main reason for their successes.

“As far as our team, there are a lot of good things going,” he said. “We’ve done pretty well.”

Under the direction of first-year head coach Steve Kennedy, Carlson has had his best year yet.

But Carlson’s swing and style of play is no stranger to Kennedy.

Kennedy, who coached Carlson during his days at Fargo South, has seen Carlson play for many years and thinks he knows why the junior has upped his play this year.

“Bill is just so steady,” Kennedy said.

“Bill is the type of player that we can lean on every tournament. We know we’re going to use Bill’s score. He just never lets us down.”

Although Carlson and Kennedy have known each other for years, Carlson admitted he doesn’t get any special treatment.

“He treats me the same,” he said with a smile. “It’s kind of funny because most normal golf coaches will go and talk to their players during a round, but he kind of knows that I don’t really liked to be talked to so he goes and talks to other people.”

Whatever the coaching style, it must be working.

The highlight of Carlson’s year—and maybe his whole career—came when he won the NDSU-hosted Erv Kaiser Invitational at Oxbow Country Club. The Fargo native had to shoot 3-under in his final round to bring home the trophy.

“It’s always been a goal of mine to do that,” Carlson said. “It was a relief to get one and hopefully it won’t be my last.”

Kennedy said Carlson has been a big help for the team not only putting up solid scores, but also being a leader for the un-

derclassmen learning what it takes to be a collegiate golfer.

“He keeps our team loose, but focused,” Kennedy said. “It just teaches the younger kids what it takes to succeed at this level.”

Though Carlson is currently playing at what may be his best game right now, Kennedy said it was no surprise to him. He claimed Carlson has been talented since his days playing for the Fargo South Bruins.

“He’s developed into such a good player,” Kennedy said. “I just see him with so much more consistency. Every time he tees it up, we can expect the best from Bill.”

However, with Carlson’s mental focus, it’s not hard to imagine he’ll continue to improve.

“If you get mad and showing your emotions, it’s going to reflect on your score,” Carlson said. “If you just try to keep a good attitude and not let the bad shots affect you, it’s really going to help you.”

Volleyball Season, Program Not Lost Sam Herder Sports Editor

Looking at the record column and the most recent sweep at rival UND, it is easy to say the words.

But don’t. Not yet.

The NDSU volleyball season is not lost. Even with a 0-3 loss to 9-7 UND, and even with a 1-13 record, the season is not lost.

Bison volleyball, traditionally a NCAA Tournament participant in the Division I era, has had its mighty struggles. And mighty is putting it kindly. Eleven of the 13 losses have been sweeps. Excluding the win against South Dakota State last weekend,

the Bison have only won two total sets.

But let’s get rid of that pessimism. Because the only column I am looking at right now is the conference record, which says 1-0.

The slate is clean. The “real” season starts now. In one of the toughest nonconference schedules in school history along with probably the youngest team in school history, stacking up against the Summit League competition is the only win-loss stat that matters.

So let’s not get discouraged yet, volleyball fans. Yes the UND loss is tougher to swallow than NDSU’s meatloaf (the other dining center food is tremendous), but returning to the promised Summit League land is still just a short, but challenging jaunt

away.

With eight freshmen on its roster, the team has been fed to the sharks right when they got to campus. The jump Wadena, Minn., native, Emily Miron, has made from playing Breckenridge, Minn., (go Cowboys/ Cowgirls), to Wisconsin and Louisville is quite a leap.

But this young squad is improving every game. And as all collegiate athletes will say, “the game is slowing down.”

Putting everything together now that conference games have begun can easily turn the year around. Now, obviously expectations to finish atop the Summit League are quite lofty. So let’s look ahead a little bit.

There have been some cries out there to rid the program of head coach Kari Thomp-

son. I wrote a column last year saying she may be in the hot seat, but also said we must first see what she can do with her own recruits. Many scholarships opened up this year, explaining the big number of first year players on campus.

To expect Thompson to challenge at the top of the conference is out of the question.

The freshman class, I can assume, is a talented one that was recruited with plenty of scholarships to offer. Maybe not this year, but next year or the year after, we may see these players blossom under Thompson.

My message: just have some patience.

Remember, NDSU football was 3-8 not too long ago. All a program needs is a strong recruiting class.

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Kasey Beyers has helped boost NDSU highlight videos from scratch Sam Herder Sports Editor

Kasey Byers can vividly remember the first game he filmed as the multimedia coordinator at NDSU. Brock Jensen was inserted into the 2010 game against Morgan State and Byers captured Jensen’s first career touchdown pass to Warren Holloway.

The changes have been striking since that September day. Whether it has been Jensen leading the Bison football team to back-toback national champions and in the hunt for a third this year, or the evolution of Byers’ job that he essentially started from scratch four years ago.

“When I came here in August of 2010, we had nothing,” Byers said.

“There’s not one camera, not one editor and there was hardly any video online. It’s been an unbelievable project to start from ground up.”

Now, Byers and his videos that highlight NDSU Athletics have become as hot a commodity as the games itself. Tens of thousands of views, retweets, likes and comments has launched the project that Ryan Perreault, the associate director of athletic media relations, spearheaded years ago.

How Byers found himself to be the man behind the highlight videos seems to

Making Something out of Nothing

be a long and winding road in a short amount of years, but this is just what he envisioned himself doing when he was a young boy.

Byers grew up in Billings, Mont., a son of longtime sports director at KULR-TV, Chris Byers.

Chris, who has been around the sports media business for 28 years, brought his son to Friday night football games and Kasey learned how to shoot and edit videos around the age of 10.

“As a kid, I knew this was something I wanted to do,” Byers said. “I wanted to grow up to be a sports anchor at that time.”

With his growing experience, Byers attended school at NDSU his first two years of college before transferring to the University of Montana. In Fargo, Byers became acquainted with Jeremy Jorgenson, then sports anchor at Fox where Byers worked as a sports reporter.

A couple years later, Jorgenson wound up in Missoula, Mont., around the same time Byers transferred to Montana. Again, both worked together to cover sports at KPAX-TV. “That was just a huge coincidence,” Byers said.

That coincidence and connection would eventually bring them both back together in Fargo.

After college, Byers landed himself a job for the Denver Broncos while Jorgenson became the director of sales and broadcasting at NDSU. Byers did daily reports, highlight packages and updates for Denver’s website, similar to what he does now at NDSU. But it was more of a reporter job than a production job, some-

thing that didn’t interest Byers anymore.

“For me, at 25, I had been around the TV newsroom since I was a little boy,” Byers said. “I just didn’t like the direction it was going in and I think my dad wanted me to maximize my potential in another area of the industry rather than TV because he knew the limitations.”

The online videos had become very popular around the NFL and began to trickle down into the college ranks.

Perreault had strong interest in bringing something like that to NDSU. “Ryan is a visionary,” Byers said. “He’s the best boss I’ve ever worked for and he had a vision of what we’re doing now like three years ago. And so, I think him and Jeff Schwartz created that job.”

Jorgenson let Byers know about the opening.

“Him and I had talked a little bit and we said how cool it would be if we were doing what I was doing in Denver,” Byers said.

Byers was handed the multimedia coordinator job in 2010 and had to start the project from scratch. The starting out stages were hectic, but Byers says under the leadership of Perreault and the support of athletic director Gene Taylor and Troy Goergen for marketing, they have really been able to grow the videos into what it is now.

And what it is now is an online galore of views, comments and access for anyone around the country to see what NDSU Athletics is all about. The “NDSU vs. Kansas State Highlight Montage” has gained

35,624 YouTube views. The “NDSU Football Facility Tour” has reached 50,100 views.

These hits hardly seemed possible just four years ago.

But with new cameras and up to date equipment, Byers has shot clips that “College GameDay” and ESPN used for its program. And with the help of graduate assistant Ryan Nelson, the sports information staff has been able to launch a live broadcast of home games on the GoBison website.

“That’s a huge credit to the sports information guys,” Byers said. “Ryan Perreault, Wes Offerman and Ryan Anderson along with Jeff Schwartz don’t get enough credit over there.

My videos are visual so everyone gets to see them. But these guys may be one of the best sports information staff that I’ve ever been a part of.”

Along with the highlight videos, Byers also creates recruiting video. He says the videos the NDSU coaches show to recruits behind closed doors is the biggest impact his job has had.

“The coaches have really embraced what we’re doing in sports information and what this has done as far as helping for recruiting,” Byers said. “When I’m able to create something for baseball and coach (Tod) Brown, and he’s able to show a 10-minute baseball highlight video and recruits go, ‘holy cow, I’ve never seen anything like this at any of the other schools,’ that’s my greatest thrill.”

While the evolution of his work has contributed to multiple changes, one thing remains constant: the tire-

less hours spent on making videos.

The 5-6 minute recruiting videos that Byers makes can take anywhere from 4080 hours. The “United We Rise” DVD that documented the Bison’s second straight football national championship took 300 hours.

“My mindset after the Kansas State win for example, is that I’m not just going to give our fans the highlights with the radio calls and just show what happened,” Byers said. “I’m going to make them remember the game.”

For Byers, the process starts with the music track.

He can spend upwards to 48 hours just searching for a music track that he thinks is suitable to fit what he is trying to convey. The Kansas State highlight package was started at 5 a.m. and didn’t get finalized until 3 p.m. the day after the game.

“But, when we as a department are able to do that and post that video, you start seeing the retweets and the Facebook comments,” Byers said. “You just know our fans are getting goose bumps from watching that, because I do. I want them to experience it the way I created it. It’s a ton of work but when you get the responses of the athletes and the coaches and the fans, to me, those 12 hours you just spent editing it just got wiped away because it’s all worth it.”

Byers credits the videos’ success to the players being comfortable around him.

The unique professional relationship and bond Byers develops with the players and the mutual comfort level allows him to get the camera

right beside the players as they are warming up.

“When it’s pregame, it’s an awesome shot to have a camera inches away from a player’s face,” Byers said.

“They have to know who you are and be comfortable with it or else they will tell you to get away.”

In a sense, the coaches have also allowed Byers to be a part of the team. Whether it is traveling with the team or football head coach Craig Bohl allowing Byers to be in the locker room after the game, Byers is able to get unique shots of NDSU Athletics that has enhanced the quality of the videos.

“That’s the best part of my job,” Byers said. “It’s being a part of the programs.

The coaches and the players value what we’re doing.”

They value the videos so much that Byers often has players and coaches coming into his office and looking over his shoulder to see what he is working on next.

“It’s a lot of work, but where else can you travel with teams all over the country and shoot sports instead of sitting in a cubicle all day,” Byers said. “You have to sacrifice your personal life, there’s no doubt about it. My first year here was ridiculous, because I was doing it all by myself and we didn’t know what we were doing yet.”

Four years later, the changes have been dramatic.

And for Byers, the many hours he has devoted and for the thousands of fans that tune in weekly to catch the highlight videos, the changes have been evident.

UNI May Give Bison Fits Joe Kerlin Staff Writer

R e member when the Bison went to Manhattan and beat the Kansas State Wildcats? Sure you do. What if I told you that wasn’t the toughest matchup the Bison will face all season? Not only is the game on Saturday against two top-5 teams in the FCS, this matchup is between two rivals who quite frankly, aren’t fond of each other.

Saturday’s game against UNI may be the toughest matchup of the season during the regular season because of many factors.

Northern Iowa is coming out of the gates on fire this season with a 4-0 record and big win over Big 12 member Iowa State.

Confidence is huge for an

underdog coming into the Fargodome and you better believe that UNI thinks they are going to win this game.

It’s a roster that is filled with sophomore and junior talent with players that have never beaten the Bison. They will be out for their revenge after an embarrassing 33-21 loss last season at the UNI-Dome.

UNI is coming off a very convincing win last week against the No. 9 ranked McNeese State, and during that game both the Panther’s offense and defense found their identity.

The offense is the most balanced the Bison have seen all season with sophomore quarterback Sawyer Kollmorgen with already 15 career starts under his belt. Combine a good passing game with running back David Johnson and UNI can attack the Bison prolific defense in multiple ways.

“It’s easy to say we want to get pressure with the pass rush but that makes it a lot harder when you don’t know

if they are running or passing,” Bison head coach Craig Bohl said during Monday’s press conference. “…They have always done things well schematically on offense.

They’ll alter their schemes to what their personal is on offense and so they have done a good job with that.”

Through four games this season, the Bison have only faced one offense at Kansas State that has the ability to do any real damage through the air. The Bison allowed 280 yards through the air before the Kansas State offense inexplicably decided to run the ball the rest of the game instead of trying to step on the Bison’s throats, attacking their struggling secondary and ultimately blew the first game of the season.

Kollmorgen is averaging 224 yards passing this season along with eight passing touchdowns. Coach Bohl knows the importance of shutting down either the running or passing game of UNI to prevent a long day for the

Bison secondary.

“Making them one divisional is really important,” Bohl said. “They have been able to keep teams off balance with the way they have been able to throw the ball like I said; I think their quarterback has great touch down the field. They can go vertical and throw the ball short.”

There’s no doubt that Kansas State was the more talented team, but through four games, UNI will be more prepared to face the No. 1 Bison. It will be important for the Bison to set the tone early and control the time of possession like they have over their first four games.

It will be an interesting game for the Bison that will surely leave the students in the student section in their seats the whole 60 minutes.

The matchups may be equal on both sides of the ball, but if the Bison want to squeak out a victory, they will have to play their best football of the season.

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