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NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY | FOR THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE
Take Back the Night Illuminates Sexual Violence Survivors
Annual campus event brings students and community members together to support and advocate for survivors of violence Paige Johnson Spectrum Staff
On Thursday night, North Dakota State’s campus featured shouts like “People unite, take back the night!” ring out as students, faculty, staff and community members gathered to support survivors of violence as part of Take Back the Night. Take Back the Night has been on campuses across the nation since its start in 1972. At NDSU, the event has been happening for at least the past five years. “Take Back the Night is about supporting and empowering survivors,” said Kelsey Keimig, assistant director of NDSU’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Advocacy. “With statistics nationwide and the prevalence of violence, it’s critical. Nationally, we have one in five women — and at NDSU it’s one in four — experiencing violence. This event is about acknowledging and supporting those survivors. It’s also an opportunity for those who may not know much about this topic to learn something new. So, it’s an educational opportunity as well.” This year, Take Back the Night was put on by Violence Prevention Educators, a group that seeks to educate the wider NDSU community about the prevention of sexual and relationship violence. “(Take Back the Night) is about survivors of violence and allies coming together to share stories about rape and violence,” said Madison Schill, a member of Violence Prevention Educators. Olivia Oland, president of the Women’s Activist Organization, added, “It’s especially important for college campuses. This event only happens on college campuses. It’s really about those survivors taking back the night.” “Reclaiming it,” Schill reaffirmed. Oland also pointed out
that NDSU’s sexual violence statistic is higher than the national average, something she believes “needs to be noticed and changed.” This year’s theme for Take Back the Night was Title IX. Recently, Title IX has been in the news as Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has reversed the campus sexual assault policy, which protects students who are victims of sexual violence. DeVos’ proposed new plan will require better evidence before charges are brought to the accused. “Title IX is important for rape cases,” Oland said. “This event is showing the importance of Title IX, which hasn’t changed with DeVos.” PAIGE JOHNSON | THE SPECTRUM The event began with a resource fair featuring com- Dana Bisignani speaks to students, staff, faculty and community members before marching through campus. munity organizations like the Red River Woman’s Clinic, Planned Parenthood and the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center. NDSU organizations were also present, including the Women’s Activist Organization, Healthy Herd Champions and the Residence Hall Association. “RHA is here to show that you can report (sexual assault) to a resident assistant and they will take it seriously,” Oland said. “Every group is here to show support.” There were also free Tshirts, buttons and stickers. A separate room featured sign-making for the march, a photo booth and a station for writing cards to survivors who spoke at the later candlelight vigil. PAIGE JOHNSON | THE SPECTRUM At 7:30 p.m., Violence Prevention Educators pre- Community members were encouraged to write signs for the march through campus at NDSU’s annual Take Back the Night event. sented Dana Bisignani, the “You are not alone,” she allies marched through cam- N. to 15th Ave. to Centen- vors. Women’s Center Coordinasaid. “I will keep saying pus. Shouting, “Yes means nial Blvd., the march ended “This event is not about tor at MSUM, as the keythat: you are not alone.” yes; no means no! How- again at the Century Theatre preventing violence as note speaker before the After Bisignani’s address ever we dress, wherever we in the Memorial Union. much, but about supporting march through campus. Bito the crowd, the march be- go!” and “Claim our bodOnce there, Em- survivors,” Oland said. signani discussed rape culgan. Bearing signs saying: ies, claim our right! Take a ily Vieweg spoke before the If you are a victim of ture, violence sexualization “How we dress does not stand, take back the night!” candlelight vigil was held to sexual violence, the Rape and slut shaming. She also mean yes;” “No slut sham- the marchers garnered atten- honor survivors. In open mic and Abuse Crisis Center and mentioned that she started ing;” “My clothes are not tion from passing cars, stu- style, survivors shared their the NDSU Counseling Cenat Take Back the Night as a consent;” and “I take back dents walking around cam- stories before the crowd, ter are available for support, survivor and was passionate the night because ... I cannot pus and students peering out reinforcing the importance resources and confidential to continue advocating for take back the day on which their dorm windows. Loop- of Take Back the Night and counseling. survivors after her experiI was raped,” survivors and ing from University Drive events advocating for survience.
McNair Scholars Program Terminated Program terminated after not ranking high enough Amanda Johnson Staff Writer
North Dakota State terminated the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair Scholars Program). The McNair Scholars Program “is a federal TRIO program designed to provide underrepresented students with research experience and preparation to go on for a Ph.D.,” Casey Peterson, director of Student Success Programs, said. Students in the program must be the first
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in their families to complete a four-year degree and meet federal income guidelines or be underrepresented in their field of study. Students received academic advising, mentoring and tutoring along with stipends to conduct research on the graduate level. In an announcement, Anna Sheppard and Kaelen Napoleon said, “North Dakota State University was one of the original 14 universities chosen in 1989 to host a McNair Scholars Program. The program was established by Congress, funded by the United States Department of Education and named for astronaut and physicist Dr. Ronald E. McNair.”
Local highschool students share stories of immigration at book reading
Nationally, “161 awards were made for the next five year cycle,” Peterson said. The program has been discontinued at NDSU because the grant application this cycle did not score high enough with reviewers to continue the grant. Cuts were made nationally to the entire program due to a decrease in the federal budget. “The grant serves a total of 29 students per year. (Students) were recruited, recommended by faculty and completed a rigorous interview process,” Peterson said. Undergraduate students worked alongside a faculty mentor and a library
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mentor to be provided in-depth research experiences. “We could not have been able to carry out the mission of the McNair program without merit of the remarkable NDSU librarians and professors who have served as mentors. It is with their excellence we have achieved the following at NDSU: Served 327 students, 92 students received their doctoral degrees (46 Ph.D. and 46 professional degrees), 2 students received specialist degrees, 112 student received their master degrees and since 2009, 29 undergraduate students received full financial support to attend graduate school,” the announcement said.
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Local high school students share stories of immigration at book reading
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NDSU freshman Muhend Abakar reads from his essay at the ‘Green Card Youth Voices’ on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at NDSU’s main library.
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Since its foundation in 2013, Green Card Voices (a non-profit organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota) has been sharing immigration stories of high school students from Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota, and most recently, Fargo. On Tuesday, Sept. 19, three of the students featured in “Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Fargo High School” shared their experiences moving to the United States in a reading at the Weber Reading Room in North Dakota State’s main library. Beginning the reading was Muhend Abakar, a freshman at NDSU majoring in computer science from Nyala, Sudan. At the age of four, Abakar moved to Egypt where he lived until he moved to the United States in 2012. Abakar, reading from his essay, described growing up in Egypt, his surprise at the resources American students had and that Americans played soccer. So far, Abakar’s experience in Fargo has been a pleasant one. “Fargo is pretty welcom-
ing,” he said. “I’ve been visiting different states and it’s not the same. Here in Fargo, you get to know the people and they welcome you.” After Abakar, Marai Castillo Fonseca, a sophomore at South High School in Fargo, shared the story of her move from San Miguel, Mexico. Castillo Fonseca moved to the area with her mother and stepfather. At first, she didn’t believe when her stepfather told her they were leaving. “I didn’t know what Fargo was or whether or not it even existed,” she read. “I thought it was a joke because he had lived in Mexico for a long time. I asked him again, but he was serious.” Her first worry was that her cat, Meeno, and her dog, Moley, were going to be left in Mexico. Luckily, both accompanied the family to the States. When she first arrived in the U.S., Castillo Fonseca visited PetSmart to prepare for the impending arrival of her four-legged friends. South High School sophomore Roshika Nepal, from Jhapa, Nepal, was born and raised in a refugee camp before moving to the United States, all of which she describes in her essay.[/cap-
tion] Roshika Nepal followed Castillo Fonseca. Like Castillo Fonseca, Nepal is a sophomore at South High School. She was born in Timai camp, a refugee camp in Jhapa, Nepal, where she lived for eight years before she moved to the U.S. “Starting school in Fargo was like a whole new world,” Nepal described in her essay. “I felt like I was the only Nepalese person in the whole school. I was in third grade at the time, and there were a few Nepali students, but they were in first grade and kindergarten. So, it was kind of difficult. I didn’t understand what people were saying because they spoke so fast. I’m getting used to America now. I’m feeling more comfortable here.” Green Card Voices’ main purpose is to “build bridges and empathy” between residents of a community and recent immigrants. Tea Rozman Clark, executive director and co-founder of Green Card Voices, said at the reading that the project started when she realized “immigrants and refugees should tell their own stories.” Rozman Clark is an immigrant herself, moving from Yugoslavia to Eau
Claire, Wisconsin when she was young. “(The project) does show that it’s not just good, but just really essential, because in order for communities to become more inclusive and welcoming of immigrants and refugees, you need to have this exchange happening,” Rozman Clark told The Spectrum. “These stories from immigrants and refugees are able to explain where they came from, what their culture is like, and how they can contribute and what their interests are and their hobbies are and all those things. The receiving communities can see the similarities and the commonalities and say that, ‘Oh, they’re not that different from us.’ Although they do look different from us, they too can be Fargoans or North Dakotans.” The students featured in the Fargo version of the “Green Card Youth Voices” series were all students of Leah Juelke, an English language teacher at South High School. Her class was already working on a project entitled “Journey to America” when they heard about Green Card Voices. In total, 32 of Juelke’s students participated in the book. “I asked students if they
were interested in telling their stories,” Juelke said at the reading. As more students told their friends, the word spread an soon there was a waiting list for students who wanted to participate. “We were supposed to have 30 (students), but we ended up with 32 from 22 different countries,” said Rozman Clark. Green Card Voices plans on building their series to include all 50 states and even wants to grow internationally. Already, plans are in place for “Green Card Youth Voices” in Colorado and Georgia. They also hope to create new series, starting with “Green Card Entrepreneur Voices” being published in May 2018. “Ultimately, knowing who you are and knowing how to tell your story is a really important part of leadership projection,” said Rozman Clark. “It’s especially important for immigrants to have personal advocacy or advocating for students that come after them. It’s just really important that these stories are shared. Then the audience understand better where they’re coming from.” “People used to think
refugees are bad, and we were able to change other people’s minds,” Nepal said. “I can’t say that we changed everyone’s minds, but we changed some.” In addition to readings, Green Card Voices also has videos of each interview on their website and a traveling exhibition. Currently, the exhibition is on display at Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota in Fargo. The reading was also part of Welcoming Fargo-Moorhead, a weeklong event that plans events to welcome immigrants and refugees in Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo. In total, there are 24 events in this year’s Welcoming F-M, and 500 events nationally. For more information on Green Card Voices, visit their website at www.greencardvoices.com. The book is available for purchase at the NDSU Bookstore and at Barnes & Noble in Fargo, in addition to online at the Green Card Voices website and on Amazon. To learn more about Welcoming F-M, including upcoming events, visit their website at www.welcomingfm.org.
Feminism vs. First Amendment Can we have both? Phoebe Ellis
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On Tuesday, Sept. 19, Joanna Williams, British author, academic and editor of the online magazine “Spiked,” pitted feminism against free speech with one central question: Can we have both and does limiting hate speech also limit free speech? This is not to say that hate speech should be encouraged, but the broader the guidelines for such regulations, the more it can be interpreted to infringe upon the First Amendment rights of American citizens. Williams began her
speech by explaining where she came from. Being a part of both a young communist club at university and a feminist, she strongly believes in not limiting speech. Her dilemma began when she came to the startling realization that people, particularly women, were willing to give up their freedom of speech on the grounds of riding hate speech. “It is easy to think ... that to be a feminist or even to be a woman, is to oppose free speech,” Williams said, speaking not only of the shifts she’s seen in feminism but her interactions with feminism over time. She cited a survey on British campuses where only about
“It is easy to think ... that to be a feminist or even to be a woman, is to oppose free speech.” - author Joanna Williams
33 percent of men believed in having no restrictions of free speech whereas only 22 percent of women felt the same way. She also engaged audiences with the task of the defining feminism. She spoke of her younger years, back in the 80s, when feminism was
being filled with power and being granted the same treatment even if it was not beneficial to women. She then looked at her perception of today’s feminism which was significantly weaker. Believing in a foundational shift in feminism, she thinks back to what femi-
nism was like at its best: a radical idea of liberating women and a campaign against women having special privileges. Today, the impact has “brought about a change from objectivity to subjectivity.” She stated that the current version of feminism teaches women to be suspicious of free speech and that women are portrayed more and more often as victims. As a result, regulation of speech is often a solution. “Censorship is not something to be opposed,” Williams said, but it is something to be used sparingly and specifically. She continued to push toward this idea of feminism
treating women as more fragile than ever and, as a result, demanding more legal regulations. This begged the question, is that right? And perhaps more importantly to people of the U.S., is that constitutional? There are laws in Britain that regulate free speech on university campuses. Williams cited the banning of the song “Blurred lines” by Robin Thicke at the university she works at because it supports rape culture. The talk was put on by the Northern Plains Ethics Institute with help from college republicans. Williams’ new book “Women vs. Feminism” looks further into some of these issues.
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ND US V i c e C hancell o r F ir e d Lisa Feldner terminated ‘without cause’ by Chancellor Mark Hagerott Quinn Garrick
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Lisa Feldner, vice chancellor of the North Dakota University System, was fired after accusations were brought against her by Chancellor Mark Hagerott. The accusations claim Feldner made derogatory comments and speculated termination of staff members. Feldner was brought in as vice chancellor for information technology and institutional research in 2013 after serving as
chief information officer for NDUS since 2006. NDUS hired Hagerott in the summer of 2015. According to sources in Feldner’s personnel file, accessed by The Forum through open records requests, there was a confrontation between Hagerott and Feldner that apparently led to her firing. Numerous exchanges between the chancellor and vice chancellor proved to be contentious. The tensions between Feldner and Hagerott began in August 2017, when
Hagerott presented Feldner with a letter bringing accusations against her. In the letter, dated Aug. 23, Hagerott claims that on several occasions Feldner made “derogatory references pertaining to other staff members, past staff members or speculated as to the likely performance failure of members (of the larger North Dakota University System) even to include speculation of the possible termination of employees.” Feldner “was dismissed without cause from her
In A Nutshell Although rain has been forecasted, pastures have heavily been used this summer, and cattle producers are looking for forage options to get through fall. North Dakota has 31 counties eligible for the Livestock Forage Disaster Program and 16 counties eligible for five months of forage losses. Average rainfall is trailing behind by more than 2 inches as compared to last year.
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South Fargo packages stolen
Packages were stolen from a porch in South Fargo Monday evening, Sept. 18. “Delivery services said the packages had been dropped off around 6 p.m. Monday evening. The couple had left at 5 p.m. for dinner, and were back by 7 p.m., but it was long enough for someone to take the packages off of their front porch,” reported Valley News. The couple had ordered two special edition jerseys, one a Vikings and the other an Eagles jersey, about $80 dollars gone. Police were notified about the stolen packages, but the couple weren’t the only ones in the neighborhood to have packages stolen recently. “Fargo Police recommend tracking packages online to know when they’ve been delivered, and either running home on a break to bring them inside or asking a trusted neighbor to pick it up for you,” Valley News reported.
announced Thursday that it had found zebra mussels in two more Minnesota lakes,” Pioneer Press reported. In the Twin Cities, one zebra mussel was found in Lake Harriet and five were found in Lake Marion. A single mussel was found on a boat cover that was pulled from the bottom of the lake. DNR and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board waded, dived and snorkeled for 67 hours to find the one zebra mussel in Lake Harriet. “While we regret that Lake Harriet will be added to the Infested Waters List because one zebra mussel was confirmed, we’re hopeful that the lake may be removed from the list if future searches continue to show no zebra mussel in the lake,” Pioneer Press reported. No treatment is necessary at this time. Individual mussels sometimes die after being brought into a new lake before they can become established.
Pastor wants to break world record in Bison uniform
Bill Crosby, Cavalier North Dakota pastor, is training to set a world record at the Wild Hog Half Marathon in a North Dakota State Bison uniform. “I’m trying to run the fastest half marathon in an American football uniform, full pads,” the Forum reported. Crosby has done 15 half marathons before, but the pads will add an extra 14 pounds. He will need to beat a time of 1:43:42 which was set three years ago by a man in the UK. Crosby’s motivation for the challenge is his good friend, 3-year-old Levi Gagner, who has a rare form of congenital muscular dystrophy. “Crosby is already proving his courage; this UND alum ditched the green and white for the colors of that school to south, Levi’s favorite team,” the Forum reported. Crosby wants to spread hope for a cure for people battling the same terminal disease like Levi.
Drought lessens
“Nearly the entire state remains abnormally dry, and the severest category, exceptional drought, increased slightly from 0.39 percent to 0.41 percent in the Northwest corner of the state as compared to last week,” WDAY reported. Categories, ranging from abnormally dry to exceptional drought, saw decreases throughout the region. “Extreme drought dropped from 18.89 percent of the state to 3.46 percent. Areas in moderate drought decreased from 92.98 percent to 87.35 percent,” WDAY reported.
Super Malaria spread
In South East Asia, ‘super malaria’ is spreading rapidly, as the malaria parasite in super malaria is not being killed by the main anti-malaria drugs. “It emerged in Cambodia but has since spread through parts of Thailand, Laos and has arrived in southern Vietnam,” BBC News reported. Each year about 212 million people are infected with malaria, which is caused by a parasite that is spread by mosquitoes. “Resistance to the drugs would be catastrophic in Africa, where 92 percent of all malaria cases happen,” BBC News reported. About 700,000 people die each year from drug resistant infections, which includes malaria.
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position effective Sept. 14, 2017,” according to Billie Jo Lorius, communications director for NDUS. “Under (State Board of Higher Education policy), an employee excluded from the broad banding system may be dismissed without cause pursuant to written notice,” Lorius noted. University system policy allows for higher level staff without civil service protections to be fired “without cause.” “We thank Dr. Feldner for her service to the North Dakota University System and wish her well in her
future endeavors,” Lorius said. Recent comments by Rep. Roscoe Streyle, a Republican from Minot, claim Hagerott fired Feldner to make room in the budget to hire a former “Navy buddy.” The recent release of the 2016 staff survey makes claims that Hagerott is “militaristic” and “controlling” with more respect for men than for women. Since the firing of Feldner, numerous staff members within the university system have
come forward to express their disappointment with the recent hiring of the Chancellor’s associate from the Navy. Recent reports have surfaced following Feldner’s termination, claiming Hagerott had made derogatory comments and disrespected staff, noting a lack of leadership. Chancellor Hagerott and Dr. Feldner could not be reached for comment. Student member of the State Board of Higher Education, Jacob Dailey declined to comment on Feldner’s termination.
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Graffiti walls, Brighton Beach and the Great Ocean Road
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Lookout above the Loch Ard Gorge along the Great Ocean Road.
Payton Mark
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Coming from Sydney, Australia I made my way to Melbourne, Victoria for four nights. This may not seem like enough time at one place, but we made sure to pack the best things to see and do in Melbourne into these four days. If I had to pick the top three things to see in Melbourne it would definitely be the Great Ocean Road, the downtown city plus the graffiti walls and Brighton Beach and the bathing boxes. These are the “must see” items on my list for anyone who is traveling to Melbourne, Australia; each one brought a different aspect, but all were beautiful. The Great Ocean Road is a must see when traveling, and it is a part of the Port Campbell National Park. It could take days to drive
the entire road, but we saw the two most popular spots in one day. Driving from Melbourne, it takes about three hours to get to the first destination. The first destination is the Twelve Apostles, which is made of stacks of limestone formed by erosion right in the ocean. There used to be twelve of them, but only eight remain. Others will soon disappear and that’s why I was so happy to see them when I did. It was unlike anything else I’ve seen before. After this we got to drive on a road that’s very close to the ocean, so we had a great view. The Loch Ard Gorge was the final thing that we had planned to see, and it’s located about five minutes from the Twelve Apostles. It’s an opening to the ocean between two big limestone mountains. It has a great view from the top, but there were stairs that allowed us to get right on the beach.
It’s hard to pick a favorite between these two famous landmarks. One of my favorite things to do while in a new city is explore the downtown area. We spent a day downtown exploring and shopping. There are so many shops to look at and places to eat at. For dinner, we checked out Chinatown and tried some different foods. I love trying new foods and restaurants from around the world. Melbourne has a lot of street art, and the best place to see it is on Hosier Lane. It is legal for graffiti artists to use this street as a canvas. Anyone can come and do their own art and because of this it’s constantly changing. This Graffiti street art covering the walls of Hosier Lane. is a must see if you are in Beach bathing boxes usually each of them and, of course, the area. It’s the most graffiti came to mind for me. This getting some pictures along I’ve ever seen and most of is a long stretch of little the way. People individually the art is very intricate and shacks along the ocean. own them and can paint unique. Each of them is decorated in them however they want. When I thought of different colors and patterns. Each person uses their house Melbourne, the Brighton We spent time looking at differently. Some use them
Brighton Beach bathing boxes all lined up next to the ocean.
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for a gym by the ocean and some are just little shacks filled with beach things. This beach is a one of akind and a must see in Melbourne.
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Three NDSU Students Bring Fargo Together
Webblen application set to bring the community closer together
Co-founders of Webblen (L to R) Austin Braham, Mukai Selekwa, Nathaniel Thoreson. ganization, DECA, leading of what we’re trying to do to the idea of Webblen and is find an application or Miranda Stambler gaining a stronger friendship find a solution to the probFeatures Editor through business. This is not lem of people not knowing From high school to col- just any application like a what there is around them, lege together, three North game that you can play; this not knowing options availDakota State students are focuses on us as people. It able to them, so they do the striving to bring the commu- focuses on allowing people same thing all the time,” nity of Fargo closer together from the tri-state area to be Selekwa explains. Everyone by creating an event applica- able to find events according gets stuck not knowing what tion. to their interests. there is to do around Fargo Nathaniel Thoreson, “It really forces people and people tend to give up sophomore, majoring in to get engaged, especially and do the same habits. marketing with a minor of in Fargo, North Dakota you They allow community political science, is the di- find yourself, what is there members to essentially get rector of communication. to do, but this is the type out of these habits. When Austin Braham, junior, of city that’s growing, and going to new events, “You majoring in economics and it’s growing fast and there’s meet a lot of different peofinance, is the director of more and more stuff to do,” ple in college, but when you finance and strategy. Mukai Selekwa explains. decide to look beyond your Selekwa, sophomore, ma“And as opposed to campus and really take a joring in computer science, your everyday Netflix and look at society as a whole is the director of vision and do nothing, there’s actually you’re living in, it really technology. They became some stuff that would inter- broadens your perspective,” friends in high school and est you and engage yourself Selekwa says. now in college co-founded with community members By doing this and meettheir business, Webblen. around you,” Selekwa says. ing different people that The application has They understand the routine you normally do not enbeen in the works for about of not knowing how to get gage with, you are creating a year, while their idea for more involved in the com- a new hobby and could find Webblen has been for about munity students often get an organization that would two years. This all began in into when in college. eventually make it to your high school when they were They are trying to di- resume. This will help you in an entrepreneurship or- minish “the whole culture in the long run so, “take an
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interest in being more involved in community and understand not only yourself but those around you,” Selekwa encourages. People would tend to get discouraged at a young age when creating a business, let alone an app. They are generally positive people, so it helps with any type of problems or roadblocks they reach. “We all have a really optimistic mind set, and I’ve noticed that whenever there’s a doubt it’s not some sort of hiccup. We never think ‘Oh we can’t do this, we need to find another way to do this,’” Selekwa says. While making an application and overall business people could have doubt sometimes, but they remain to think of it as “having doubt is like having someone ask you hard questions,” Thoreson says. Generally, their majors at NDSU helped produce their strengths for the company. Although, there are some benefits to becoming a co-
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founder of a business that help your personality grow. “I have molded into my position — just for an example, I used to never be able to remember anybody’s name and now I can,” Thoreson explains. Selekwa explains, that this business has “amplified” his personality and that any weaknesses he may have the other co-founders make up for. When you come together as a team you are allowed to have some weaknesses especially because you have other people to compensate for any struggles you may be enduring. “The strength that I already had really catered to my ability to do this, so my experiences in the past have helped me be able to do this — the fit is so perfect,” Braham explains. “Everybody around campus — wants to throw in and pitch in to make NDSU campus and Fargo in general a lot better,” Thoreson enlightens. This application is already bringing the NDSU
community together, because so many people want to see these young entrepreneurs succeed and encourage their ideas. Many hate getting spammed about an event you never want to go to, because it does not pique your interest. This application avoids that by allowing you to mute certain interests that you know you do not like. This application strives to bring the community together and allow for all of us to get to know more people, out of our usual acquaintances or friends. While the application is not out yet, it will be free and only available on Apple iOS at first. Adding events costs a little up charge of five dollars. More information can be found on their website, http://webblen. com/, along with @webblenllc on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Six Unique Ways to Style a Simple Scarf or Bandanna
Learn new ways to style your accessories in time for fall
Ryley Berzinski Contributing Writer
Like most people, I love finding fast and easy ways to make a simple outfit (such as a white T-shirt and jeans) more fun and interesting.
I have found that an easy way to do this is just by adding a bandanna or scarf to your everyday look. It is easy to find cheap scarves or bandannas at most clothing retailers, but some of my favorite places to find unique ones are local thrift stores.
They usually have a large variety of scarves that vary in length and color. If you are feeling inspired, check out the six different ways I style my favorite scarves and bandannas.
1. Wrap it around your purse
One of my favorite ways to style a scarf is to simply wrap it around the handles of one of my purses. Adding this simple touch can make any purse look unique and more expensive. Just simply decide what side of the purse you want your scarf on and wrap it around the handle until you have the desired length of scarf hanging down from the bag.
2. Wrap it around your ankle/wrist
When you think of places to wear your favorite scarf, your ankle or wrist may not be your first thought. For the ankle option, this works best with a pair of cropped jeans or trousers. Just roll the scarf/bandanna and wrap it around your ankle/ wrist to the desired length and tie in a simple bow or knot. I love this look because it adds interest to a simple outfit and can help attract attention to your favorite pair of shoes! RYLEY BERZINSKI | THE SPECTRUM
A simple outfit becomes stylish by adding a scarf.
3. Tie it around your
ponytail
Having a bad hair day? Slick your hair back into a pony or bun and fasten it with a regular ponytail binder. Once this is done, take your scarf and wrap it around the ponytail. The choice is up to you whether you want to create a bow with your scarf or let the ends hang down. This look is extremely simple and only takes seconds to achieve. I love it because it adds interest to a regular ponytail or bun, and overall it makes your hair look put together and polished.
4. Use it as a belt
If you need a simple way to spruce up a plain T-shirt and a pair of denim jeans, look no further! Just take a longer scarf that fits around your waist and thread it through your belt loops. It is up to you whether you want to tie it in a girly bow or let the strands hang down to give the look a more laidback feel.
5. Wrap it around only two belt loops
This trend is pretty self-explanatory. Just take your scarf and tie it around only two belt loops. You can choose any two belt loops you like to tie your scarf around depending on whether you want it hanging in the front or the back of your pants.
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Wrapping a smaller scarf around your bun is a look that will get you compliments. neck then decide if you want 6. Wrap it around the tie in the front or back. I have a lot of fun playing your neck and layer around with different ways with necklaces to tie and wrap my scarves. I absolutely love this Once you have your look for fall. You can use bandana/scarf to your liking, any bandanna or scarf that just layer your favorite you think suits you best. necklaces, and the outfit is Wrap the scarf around your complete.
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Arts & Entertainment We’re All In This Together
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
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New Challey School of Music professor brings inclusive approach to education
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After an extensive 44-year career, award-winning musician Sam Pilafian came to NDSU to bring his idea of inclusive education to the Challey School of Music.
Laura Ellen Brandjord Staff Writer
What is the next move for an accomplished musician after 44 years of teaching, touring around the world and working on Broadway and for commercials? For Sam Pilafian, it meant coming to NDSU to complete one last “assignment”— what would happen if a college broke down its barriers and blurred the lines between majors? Would students across the college feel more connected? Would there even be enough courses in common to allow for the mixing of students? According to the results thus far, Pilafian says yes. Pilafian began his road toward a career in music while growing up in the music melting pot of Miami, Florida. His first instrument was the accordion, an instrument prevalent in the traditional music of his Armenian heritage, which he played at an accordion school. It wasn’t until he had the opportunity to join the school band, however, that he was introduced to the instrument that would lead to a prestigious and varied career: the tuba. Pilafian admits it was
kind of on impulse that he decided on the instrument: “The day before (selecting an instrument), I had been in a Fourth of July parade and I saw these big shiny tubas in the band, and I thought I’ve got to check these out. See if I can hold one.” The tuba is generally not an instrument people actively seek out to play on their own, so you can probably imagine how elated Pilafian’s music teacher was to have a volunteer. “He told me if you play tuba you’ll always have friends,” Pilafian said. “It was true because they (bands) always needed one.” His dedication to mastering the tuba gained him many illustrious awards and recognitions and opened many doors for his career. Pilafian has managed to amass a very impressive career in music. At the end of high school, he became only the second tuba player in over 55 years to win the National Music Camp’s Concerto contest. By 21, he had graduated college and was already working on Broadway, in television shows and teaching his first class at the sought after Berklee College of Music. “I met a whole lot of people that were intensely into it (music), and I had to learn how to teach them,”
he explained. “There were masterful older teachers that became my mentors.” Throughout his career, Pilafian has also held teaching positions at Boston University, Arizona State University and the University of Miami, before retiring from teaching in the spring of 2014. During the first half of his teaching career, he was a member of the worldrenowned “Empire State Brass,” with whom he toured the world, often bringing back what he had learned to his students. Shortly before retirement, he also had the opportunity to fill a vacant position in the five-piece band, “The Boston Brass,” which was comprised of former students of his. He currently tours with them and teaches master classes. So, what is he doing here at NDSU? For three days a month, he acts as a visiting teacher for a project of his that he has deemed his “last assignment.” His idea was to take an entire music school and blur the lines of majors to create unity among the students. “(I) found all the commonalities in that school,” Pilafian said. “For example, everyone in music school needs to go as far as possible with their listening
skills, their ability to hear and imagine music. So what if you worked with a school across the departments and had projects that involved the whole school?” On a recent visit to NDSU, he shared his idea with Robert Challey, the man whom the Challey School of Music is named after, and Challey encouraged him to come to NDSU and put his plan into action. NDSU seemed like a great fit, as it was not only the per-
The project also includes some summer school. Due to Pilafian’s diverse range of talents — from producing to composing to playing — he finds himself teaching many different subjects in a given day. He’s taught actors how to breathe better in order to talk to the back of the room, rhythm in a choir class and even musical academic classes like the Theory of Music. He also encourages memorization of multiple songs of different style for
“Now, instead of being a building that celebrates differences, we celebrate commonalities... The benefits of becoming a close-knit group of artists has to pay off. We are seeing now the students are breaking down walls and beginning to collaborate.” – Sam Pilafian, visiting faculty at Challey School of Music fect size, but also possessed an exciting atmosphere and willing staff. After approaching the director, Dr. John Miller, about trying out his idea here, Pilafian was thrilled they agreed. “For three years we will be working on the entire school in the fine arts area,” he said. “I also have been working, very happily, with theater people as well.”
musicians, as it helps develop their taste in music, as well as makes them think critically and creatively about how a piece could be improved. Pilafian has found the diverse range of students in each class very promising for the project thus far. “Now, instead of being a building that celebrates differences, we celebrate com-
monalities ... the benefits of becoming a close-knit group of artists has to pay off,” he said. “We are seeing now the students are breaking down walls and beginning to collaborate, as well. So, instead of someone being know as that tuba player, or that actor, they have a name now. And where it is most evident now is at the beginning of school is in the coffee line. Everybody knows everybody and that’s a good thing.” The program is not only meant to break down walls, but also to show students how a unique blend of career is possible. “What’s the most satisfying to me in this whole project, is that the ability to be walking to the lobby or the student union and somebody will walk with you with a question of where the intersection is between two classes, because they experienced it in one day. Questions about recombining information.” The faculty are planning on tracking the careers of the musicians in this program to see what effects this style of teaching has had on their career path and create a publication about it down the road. To learn more about the Challey School of Music, visit their page on the NDSU website.
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The Video Game Club (pictured here) gives students an opportunity to just drop in and play games with their peers.
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Game On, Gaming Gurus Video Game Club gives students chance to share love of gaming with peers Nathan Wetrosky Contributing Writer
One of the many clubs here at NDSU is the Video Game Club. I didn’t know we had a video game club, and I have been looking for a club to join anyway. So, I decided to check it out. After asking James Beckers, one of the members on their Facebook page,
if I could drop on by to see what the club was like, he said they would be happy to have me. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, I went up to room 334 (which is subject to change) in the A. Glenn Hill Center, where I walked into a fun and friendly environment. Beckers, the person who responded to my question on Facebook, met me there. He described to me what the club was about and helped
answer my questions. I thought the Video Game Club felt like an informal meet and greet. Video games are a great way for people to connect over a shared interest. After a few respawns, video games are easy to be competitive with, and anyone can play them and have fun. A student can just drop on by and play some games, say hello to a few individuals, yell at a screen and then be on their way.
I learned that after each meeting, members vote on what game will be played by everyone during the next session. Last Tuesday, “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds,” an open world first/third person shooter game, and “Stellaris,” a space empire building simulator, were the chosen games of the night. If you do not have a powerful enough laptop, like me, or a console you can bring
to a meeting, that is alright: the club owns a couple of original Xboxes and a few PlayStations, so everyone who shows up can have a good time. One activity I found out the club does each month is they rent two sections of computers at Section 9, near the end of 12th Avenue North, and have gaming tournaments. Last year, many of the previous members graduat-
ed, so the Video Game Club is looking for more people to grow their ranks to make meetings and competitions more interesting. If you want to join a club, but are not sure which one to pick, I suggest the Video Game Club here at NDSU. For more information, visit their Facebook page.
Review: Chances of Renewal for ‘The Orville’ Unlikely FOX’s sci-fi comedy features an odd blend of action-adventure, spotty jokes and little personality, leading to its predicted demise Caleb Laude
Contributing Writer
“The Orville” reeks of grisly death. This show getting a second season would be a miracle. I admire Seth MacFarlane for getting FOX to finance his own version of “Star Trek,” but MacFarlane should still put forward some effort to give the show some personality. Two weeks in, there seems to be little progress on this front. MacFarlane plays Ed Mercer, who leads a crew on a small spaceship called the Orville along with his ex-wife Kelly, played by Adrianne Palicki. The rest of the crew is filled in by Mercer’s best friend Gordon (Scott Grimes), some aliens and a robot. The Orville’s
crew, like the rest of the show, feels like well-trodden ground. Instead of being a spiritual successor to “Star Trek,” or even a parody, “The Orville” feels more like a “Star Trek” rip-off with spotty “Family Guy” humor. There is more drama than comedy in “The Orville,” which was a pleasant surprise. Unfortunately, MacFarlane’s comedic style still shows its face occasionally and leads to out of place jokes and awkward moments. “The Orville” is the most watchable when it sticks to sci-fi adventure and drama. Once the comedy starts, the show flies off the rails. The cast generally does a good job. MacFarlane does a decent job as Mercer. Halston Sage shines as Lt.
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Alara Kitan, a Xelayan alien. The stories themselves are decent. If the presentation and writing improve, “The Orville” could become a good sci-fi show. From the pricey special effects to FOX’s track record with one season wonders, I do not expect “The Orville” to see a second season. Despite the show being bad, I think time could be what “The Orville” needs to formulate an identity. Time to develop its own unique feel and characters. Time to settle into the proper mix of comedy and drama. But I do not expect that time to come. If you want to watch “The Orville” before an WIKIMEDIA | PHOTO COURTESY impatient network executive pulls the plug, the show airs Seth MacFarlane, best known for his animated sitcoms, somehow convinced FOX to give him a Thursday nights at 8 p.m. on ‘Star Trek’ spinoff, which is about as good as you might expect. FOX.
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Silence Regarding Recent Death on Campus Recent death highlights importance for timely response from campus
Erik Jonasson II Opinion Editor
This past weekend some students saw something that will forever change their lives. They witnessed the loss of life, and more importantly, the death of a friend. On Sunday around noon, we were all made aware of a terrible situation in Sevrinson Hall: the death of 17-year-old Devin Delaney, a Burnsville High School student originally from Savage, Minnesota. A death that affected a whole community, a death that one teacher from Burnsville High School described, “There was no way this
“It proves the great saying of this university: The strength of the herd is the bison, and the strength of the bison is the herd. We may be weaker for this loss, but we will be stronger with this memory.” President Dean Bresciani (Febuary 2017) happy face could be gone.” After such a tragedy one would expect the president of the university to address the students, offer condolences to the family and give support to those most closely affected by such a tragedy. As of 8 a.m. Thursday, we have heard no such response. According to Provost Beth Ingram, she is checking to see if there are any plans to make an address. Provost Ingram noted that there are guidelines and regulations around situations with a police investigation. The silence may be justified,
“Our thoughts and prayers extend to Tom Bearson’s family and friends upon learning of his untimely death. This type of tragedy affects people in many different ways.” - Timothy Alvarez (Fall 2014 after Tommy Bearson’s death)
but that doesn’t help those affected. Guidelines and policies offer no condolences to students who witnessed a coroner’s van pull up to Sevrinson Hall and take away a friend. A family lost a loved one; friends lost their friend and, for those who were the witnesses in the room, I can only imagine how this affected them. This is how silence has affected our community. We have stopped conversations that are vital. To a student who woke up to a deceased friend in their dorm room, what do they need now? It certainly isn’t silence from the top down on such a lifechanging matter. This tragedy is sickening and resonates with parents and every student. Life is precious and we at The Spectrum offer our thoughts and prayers to the family and those most closely affected. This tragedy isn’t the first time that a death has elicited little to no response from
President Dean Bresciani. In fall 2014, my first year on campus, Tommy Bearson was murdered and his body was later found in South Moorhead. The effect of this tragedy is still felt three years later. A college student, who had only been on campus for a few weeks, shattered reality for many students. A new truth took over: we aren’t invincible, and the worse possible situation can happen. On Sept. 23, 2014, almost exactly three years ago to the day, the death of Tommy Bearson was addressed in an email sent out to students by Timothy Alvarez. It read, “Our thoughts and prayers extend to Tom Bearson‘s family and friends upon learning of his untimely death. This type of tragedy affects people in many different ways.” On Sept. 26, 2014, an email by Sarah Russell and Hilary Haugeberg, the Student Body President and Vice President at the time, followed Timothy Alvarez’s address. “If you are struggling at all, there is no reason for you to feel alone. We are the Bison Family, and we are all here to support and look out for each other.” If we are a family, conversations need to happen and that starts from the top
of the university. Shortly after Tommy Bearson’s death a candlelight vigil was held, organized by student government. I do not doubt that President Dean Bresciani cares about the family and community here at NDSU. During the 2017 spring semester, there were two fatal car crashes that claimed the lives of NDSU students. Carson Roney and Danie Thomssen died in one crash
Great Plains Ballroom in the Memorial Union. The loss of life of college students who have the rest of their lives ahead of them is hard to accept and comprehend. For the tragedies that happen on campus or involve students, we need leadership to make those important addresses to the students. We have had one brief email notifying us of Devin Delaney’s death. That
“There was no way this happy face could be gone.” - Allison Millea, Burnsville High School teacher
that happened on Feb. 11. Soon after on Feb. 20, another car crash claimed the lives of Megan Sample, Jordan Playle, Lauren Peterson and Danielle Renninger. “It proves the great saying of this university: The strength of the herd is the Bison, and the strength of the Bison is the herd. We may be weaker for this loss, but we will be stronger with this memory.” According to reports, President Dean Bresciani was fighting back tears as he addressed the
is it. The failure to make these important addresses to students needs to change and be an utmost importance after a tragedy. We all care, as we all should. To quote President Dean Bresciani, “The strength of the herd is the bison, and the strength of the bison is the herd.” After a death on campus, we need that herd more than ever. We need people to come together, and we need to have an open dialogue about the unthinkable.
Grant’s Guide to Driving on Campus Getting you from point A to point B safe and free
Grant Gloe Staff Writer
Let’s get one thing out of the way: you may know how to drive and park in whatever town you grew up in, but parking on campus is a different sort of beast. They’re gonna try to pry the cash from your wallet, and the crosswalk is wherever pedestrians happen to be crossing. This may be the first time a lot of you have had to drive on campus, be you a freshman or just living off campus. You might be worried about collecting
dings or tickets or vehicular assault charges, but don’t you worry. I’m gonna give you some tips based off of my campus driving experience. Let’s start with parking. There’s no real good way to go about it, but it’s important to know what you can and should get away with. The straightforward method is to just go to a pay lot and pay for a ticket. For a once in a while drive, it’s not bad; 50 cents for 15 minutes, $1 for 30, $2 for an hour and 50 cents every half hour after that. If you plan on driving to every class, however, it’s not ideal. Say you’re taking 15 credits. Depending on how your classes line up, you’ll probably pay $25-$30 each week. If you’re the kind of person who buys fruit from the store instead of definitely not taking it from the dining center, you probably have the cash to throw at that
Vietnam-era card reader. There are also alternatives to driving that could save you that extra $100 a month. The buses are frequent and mostly reliable. If you live in NDSU housing there’s probably a stop that comes right to your front door. Otherwise, there are
half hour (not bad really). Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let me tell you how to drive while cutting some cost. Just like “Monopoly,” free parking is key. The easiest way is just to park after 4:30 p.m. or on the weekend. All the pay lots are free at this
Classes are getting out/starting and you can you can get stuck behind a wall of student speed bumps pretty easily. multiple stops off campus worth looking into. The bike share program is free and can get you anywhere on campus, to NDSU housing and even downtown. Just make sure to either return the bike or rent again in under 30 minutes or you start getting charged $1 per
point. This also means that if you park at say, 4 o’clock, you only need to pay for a half hour of parking. Easy. There is also street parking if you’re willing to do some searching. It’s free for thirty minutes, making it great for quick trips onto campus. It’s got a few definite drawbacks
though. First off, it doesn’t follow the 4:30 rule. It’s 30-minute parking 24/7. Second, it’s usually full. There are only a few spots to do it on campus, and some people like to abuse the system. Please, if you park on the street, actually leave after thirty minutes and don’t re-park. I watched you try to parallel park the first time. I laughed as if I could do better. Quit while you’re ahead. Now most importantly, drive safely. Fifteen miles an hour is the speed limit. It may feel slow, but try to remember that jerk-off who sped by you at 30 when you were crossing the street illegally the other day. Screw that guy. We’re on parking lot rules here: you drive slow and be prepared for people to come out of nowhere (and they will come out of nowhere). Pedestrians rule these streets. This is
why you avoid driving on campus from about a quarter to the hour until the hour, every hour. Classes are getting out/starting and you can get stuck behind a wall of student speed bumps pretty easily. On a more serious note, don’t drive drunk. I shouldn’t even have to say it at this point. You’ve heard it every twenty minutes since you were old enough to notice your uncle slurring words after having too many Miller soda pops. Unfortunately, it keeps happening because it’s really easy to say “I’d never do that” until you’re put in that situation. We’re all human. We all mistakes and it only takes one. We suffered a tragedy just last week when a high-school student on campus lost their life from apparent alcohol abuse. I’m gonna ask you all kindly to keep your name out of my email.
Letter to the Editor | So Help Me God Please Just Vote for the NDSU Homecoming Candidates Raise money for charity while practicing campus citizenship or else I’m Benjamin Norman, Homecoming King candidate, and I approve this message: If you don’t vote for Homecoming King and Queen on Tuesday or Wednesday, you are dead to me. Not really, but basically. Listen. I’ll admit it. I’m a Millennial. Secret’s out. And if I know one thing about the millions of people born around the same time as I was, it’s that we are as apathetic as aardvarks when it comes to taking a stand on
any issue. We’d much rather burrow into the soil, hiding from our prey and civic responsibilities. Enough is enough, Arthur. I’ve had it with this generation’s indifference toward democratic voting, politically or pageantry-ly. Disgusted with Donald and Hillary in the 2016 Election? Same. Abhorred that Alex Stangel and Bre Hogie are nominated for king and queen, respectively? Respectfully, me too. But I don’t care. You still
gotta vote. We are Americans, and Americans vote, regardless of the names on the ballot. (Actually, almost 57 percent of us didn’t cast a ballot last fall. (U-S-A! US-A!)) We here at North Dakota State can’t hide our Bison Voting Pride, either. (Actually, in any given year, only 15 percent of campus votes in the student body election. (And when we do vote, it’s for cats.)) So hop on the bandwagon and forget your excuses, for
I’ve heard every single one of them. You’re “too busy.” You’re “so sad.” You’re “not a student at NDSU and can’t vote for Homecoming candidates.” Excuses are like holes: we all have a few and we all pretended to read it in sixth grade but just watched the adventure comedy-drama starring Shia LeBeouf instead. Listen here, Stanley Yelnats IV: if you’re not running away from some work camp and eating onions this week, you’re voting for a Home-
coming King and Queen. Don’t know who you’re voting for? Visit the candidates’ Facebook pages. Add us on LinkedIn. God forbid, talk to us. Why? Because every vote raises $1 for a local nonprofit. This year’s charity is Family HealthCare, a family-oriented primary care clinic that offers affordable coverage to everyone. They’re doing the Lord’s work, and if you can help them by voting online for some semi-strangers to wear
a crown or tiara around campus for a few days, do it. I’d appreciate your vote. I’d appreciate your not-vote. For the love of all that is good, just vote for someone. And go to the Homecoming Show on Thursday. Norman is a super-senior and former editor of this fine publication. His opinions are his own and do not reflect, for they are dull.
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Surviving College with Severe Anxiety Acceptance is the first step to dealing with your disorder
Cierra Steffensen Staff Writer
For years, I wrote my anxiety off as pre-game jitters, party nerves, fear of public speaking, too much caffeine or sports induced asthma. It wasn’t until my freshman year in college after my first panic attack that was so severe I blacked out and woke up on my dorm room floor under the desk that was built into the wall, that I finally acknowledged how serious this might be. I assessed the situation and suddenly recalled everything that I have been writing off as just your normal, everyday, run of the mill nerves. And then, out loud, on
the dirty floor of my empty dorm room I whispered: “Oh, my gosh. I hope this is not what I think it is.” I was terrified, dreading going to speak to someone about something as silly as nerves. I made it this far, right? So why not a little longer? It took me five months to decide I needed to see someone about the sense of dread I felt every night before I went to bed. And the racing heart I had every morning when I woke up. I made it all the way to Ceres Hall to make an appointment before swiftly turning around and scurrying back to my room. Following yet another anxiety attack, I justified trading counseling for a bed and hot tea. After all, I have a bunch of great new friends, I’m passing my classes, I just saw my family and I’m fitting in quite well. Wrong decision. It took another four whole months, two failed classes, a whole lot of extra seasonal depression and my worst (aka drunk) anxiety
As a person who suffered enormously from anxiety and depression, I want to share with people that life can be better. Treatment works. Isn’t it time for you to enjoy life? attack yet, before I finally decided that I can’t go on ignoring something that is impacting my life to such a tremendous extent. It is repulsive that society has reduced us to dreading a disease that, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, is the most common mental illness in the United States. Anxiety affects 40 million adults in the US. That is a whole lot of people. Yet, here we are acting as if it doesn’t exist and praying to God that we don’t have it. Mental disorders are not something we can see. They aren’t some sort of physical abnormality that can be fixed by someone with an MD and a scalpel. This isn’t
a phase. I will not just “Get over it.” It has been about three months since I was brought to tears in the middle of a crowded room due to an anxiety attack that I couldn’t get under control. It has been roughly two weeks since I had an anxiety attack that caused me to blackout. It has been approximately four days since I had an anxiety attack that required my inhaler, and it has been less than 24 hours since I had an anxiety attack that reduced me to uncontrollable sobbing, tears and hyperventilation. Being a college student does not make it easy to live with anxiety. In fact, nothing makes living with this
disease easy. There are days where I am too panicked to get out of bed and go to that party I was invited to, only to panic more later because, well, what the hell am I missing? It is near impossible to convince yourself to attend classes some days, out of fear of being called on and not knowing what to say. Sometimes it is even too hard to get out of my bed and get the ice cream from the freezer, only to eat it all in bed with a large spoon because there is just too much swimming around in my head. I’ve attempted everything to try and combat this disease. Drugs, alcohol, lavender baths with soothing music playing in the background, you name it. None of it has cured my anxiety and nothing ever will. The drugs made me drowsy and I never felt like myself. The alcohol made it worse. Even though it slowed things down, I was no longer in control. Lavender baths are great, but baths grow cold
and fingers get pruney. The only methods that have helped my anxiety long term have been therapy and acceptance. The NDSU Counseling Center offers help online by providing questions that help to differentiate between anxiety disorder and normal anxiety levels, suggested reading and general information about this disease. “As a person who suffered enormously from anxiety and depression, I want to share with people that life can be better,” Mary Guardino, the founder of National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day, said. “Treatment works. Isn’t it time for you to enjoy life?” It isn’t fair to yourself to ignore something that, if addressed properly, could become extremely more bearable. Nobody wants to have a disease, but if anxiety were a visible disease you would have it treated. Why is this any different?
Campus Kangaroo Courts on the Way Out Betsy DeVos condemns Title IX Ezra Gray
Contributing Writer
On Sept. 7, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos formally condemned Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, stating that “the current approach isn’t working” according to The Washington Post. This “current approach” that DeVos refers to is not only harmful to all college students across America, but it also fails to enforce the very rules of equality that its creators intended. The original wording of Title IX states that: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected
to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Now, this law sounds perfectly reasonable, but the issue arises with how Title IX has morphed, or rather, mutated, into a law that can result in the expulsion of any college student who’s been accused of any form of sexual assault or harassment. You may be wondering how that can be the case. What does rape or sexual assault have to do with women and men being treated equally during their time at their university? The problem arises when we look at how our government and society have twisted the definition of ‘sexual assault.’ The current usage of Title IX, combined with former President Obama’s
“Dear Colleague” letter, demands that any college that receives federal funding of any type must “take immediate action to eliminate the harassment.” Obama’s letter even goes
or assault and the police did not find enough evidence to send you to an actual court, the university’s personal Title IX court can still prosecute you and kick you out of college.
“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” - Title IX so far as to state: “Conduct may constitute unlawful sexual harassment under Title IX even if the police do not have sufficient evidence of a criminal violation.” Basically, if you were to be accused of sexual harassment
As college students, this should worry every single person attending NDSU. Can you imagine being dragged into some Kafkaesque kangaroo court on a charge that doesn’t adhere to the rules of America’s
court system? These Title IX courts don’t require proof beyond a reasonable doubt, but rather that there’s some evidence that proves the accuser’s claim. Anyone whose legal history only amounts to watching an episode of Law & Order knows that simply having some evidence that favors one side does not equate a sentence. Title IX courts have been sprouting up across the country as of late, leading to many young college students, the majority being male, being accused of sexual crimes that they did not commit. But hey, if there’s evidence that you slept with someone and that person’s tears are convincing enough, you’re getting the boot. That $50,000 college degree you sunk your entire life savings into? It’s gone. Dust in
the wind. A dream that you cannot fulfill because some girl or guy you slept with one drunken college night decided that he/she regretted it the next day and wanted to take your ass to court. One of the cornerstones of America is the fact that each American citizen who’s accused of a crime is innocent until proven guilty. They also are innocent until there’s proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Allowing these Kafkaesque courts to judge and potentially expel university students across the country without due process is dangerous, unconstitutional and downright appalling. Everyone deserves a fair and constitutional trial, no matter the crime.
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Baseball to Extend Protective Nets Down Foul Line? Safety questions arise after young fan struck by foul ball Cody Tusler Staff Writer
On Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, one of the worst possible nightmares you could imagine at a baseball park happened. A young girl was struck by a 105-mph foul ball off the bat of New York Yankees’ Todd Frazier during a game versus the Minnesota Twins. Frazier immediately crouched with his hands over his face. He then bowed his head, walked away from home plate, crouched again and rested his head on the end of his bat. Frazier would later explain that he thought about his two kids, both under three years old, and hopes that the girl who was
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NDSU enters Summit League play with a twogame win streak after defeating the University of Jamestown Jimmies 2-0 at Dacotah Field Saturday night. Two freshmen scored their first goals of their careers to elevate the Bison. Fargo native Brooklyn Dew opened the scoring for the Bison at the halfhour mark. Dew intercepted a Jimmies’ pass in the
struck is alright. “I know the dad, or whoever it was that was with them, was trying their hardest, but the ball’s coming at 120 miles an hour at them and the ball’s hooking,” Frazier said. “So, it’s like if you’ve never seen a ball like that, which most people in the world haven’t, it’s very tough.” Twins second baseman Brian Dozier and Yankees outfielder Matt Holiday were two of the many players and coaches shown struggling with the situation. Players huddled around second base in a brief prayer as medics attended to the girl. “Either, one, you don’t bring kids down there, or number two, every stadium needs to have nets,” Dozier said. “That’s it. I don’t care about the damn view of a
fan or what. It’s all about safety. I still have a knot in my stomach.” Dozier explained that, as players, they are trying to get teams to put nets farther down. At Target Field, with the seats being so close to home plate, there is a rule that dictates that there has to be netting at a certain distance. “I say put them all down. All the way down,” Dozier said. Twins infielder Eduardo Escobar said perhaps kids under a certain age should be prohibited from seats without protection. On extending the netting, Yankees’ Aaron Judge said, “We need it.” Frazier and teammate CC Sabathia said their families always sit behind the netting or screens.
Major League Baseball issued recommendations for protective netting or screens in December 2015. They encouraged teams to have something in place between the ends of the dugouts closest to home plate. “It remains an ongoing discussion in the industry,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said. “We gave some guidelines two years ago, and what we have done since then is that we have encouraged the individual clubs to engage in a localized process, look at their own stadiums — every stadium’s different — and to try to make a good decision about how far the netting should go in order to promote fan safety.” Manfred continued, “If you look at what’s happened,
there has been a continuous focus forward movement in terms of increased netting in stadiums around the leagues, and I expect that process will continue this offseason.” The New York Mets extended netting past the outfield ends of the dugouts this season after the All-Star break. The Yankees said in an August statement that they “are seriously exploring extending the netting prior to the 2018 season.” Two other incidents happened this year at Yankee Stadium with fans getting hit in the head by pieces of bats or foul balls. At Target Field, the Twins have an additional seven foot tall netting that stretches across the top of the dugout in addition to the regular netting behind home
plate. Three teams issued statements Thursday, Sept. 21, saying that they plan to put more netting in place. The Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners all announced moments within each other that they will extend their nets. The Colorado Rockies say they are in the process of exploring the feasibility of expending their nets. “I’m for making everything as safe as possible for everyone at the ballpark — players, too,” Yankees’ manager Joe Girardi said.
attacking half. She dribbled to the top of the box and smashed a shot into the top left corner. For the second time of the year, the Bison held a halftime lead. The lead was extended in the 62nd minute. Last season’s top scorer turned provider this time. Holly Enderle corralled a pass with a spinning first touch to break into the Jimmies’ box. The junior sent a low cross that was picked out by a wide-open Danielle Algera on the far post to slot the pass home. Sophomore Monica
Polgar was called into action just three times and made all three saves, including an early shot from close range to keep the game scoreless. The match was the second straight clean sheet, giving the Bison two wins in a row. NDSU opens Summit League play 7 p.m. Thursday against University of South Dakota at Dacotah Field.
Roy Griak Invitational at the University of Minnesota. Anderson finished 77th overall out of more than 200 runners with a time of 23:28.4 for the six-kilometer course. Emma Kusch Dahle and Kayla Huhnerkoch rounded out the Bison in the top 100. The juniors finished 85th and 96th with times of 23:35.3 and 23:53.0 respectively. Freshman Jen Dufner and junior Annika Rotvold capped off the scoring. Dufner clocked a time of 24:03.0 and Rotvold 24:10.4.
NDSU finished 15th in the team standings. The Bison return to action at Summit League rival South Dakota State for the SDSU Classic.
Hawkins led the small herd with a time of 27:25.3, good for 81st place. Hawkins was pushed home by Brant Gilberston, who finished in 27:25.7 for 82nd place. Two spots back was junior Derek Warner, who came home in 27:27.1. Alex Bartholomay rounded out the scoring for the 13th-placed Bison with a time of 28:03.1. NDSU’s next meet will be the SDSU Classic in Brookings, South Dakota Sept. 29.
Women’s cross country
Bismarck native Kelby Anderson led the Bison for the second consecutive meet as the Bison took part in the
Men’s cross country
Junior Elliot Stone paced the Bison on the men’s eightkilometer race at the Roy Griak Invitational. Stone trimmed 17 seconds from last year’s time, finishing in 26:52.9. The time was good for 61st place, an improvement of over 100 places from last year. Trailing Elliot was a pack of Bison. Senior Reid
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Dunn’s Revolutionary Performance Carves Up Colonials Bison close out non-conference play with dominating win
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Bruce Anderson (8) celebrates after extending the Bison lead to 28-0.
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The North Dakota State Bison smothered the Colonials of Robert Morris University this past Saturday by a score of 56-0. NDSU was on the front foot immediately, sinking RMU while the game was barely getting underway. Robert Morris was never able to find their footing or answer the Bison’s dominant first quarter. The Bison scored on just their third offensive play, and the rout was on almost immediately. On third-and-1 at their own 39-yard line, Lance Dunn bounced to the outside and rolled in for a 61-yard score. “It was supposed to be an inside run, but the defense, they all crashed, and I just saw the open field outside, so I just bounced it,” Dunn remarked after the game. “It was nothing but green after that.” Dunn saw nothing but green for much of the rest of the game as well. His touchdown scamper was the first of four on the day, all on just four touches. “I’ve never done anything like that,” Dunn stated. “I’m really proud of our offense. We all executed,
and I couldn’t do anything without them. I told myself before the game that every time I got the ball I wanted to make something happen, and that’s what I did.” The junior from Waterloo, Iowa doubled NDSU’s lead later in the first quarter on a 5-yard carry following Logan McCormick’s forced fumble deep in the Colonials’ territory. Dunn added a 10yard receiving touchdown in the first quarter and a 45-yard rushing score in the second to complete the superfecta. Between Dunn’s second and third scores were another two touchdowns for the Bison. Safety Tre Dempsey picked off quarterback Mathew Barr’s pass and returned it 23 yards for six, sparking the Herd and piling on to Robert Morris’ misery. On the play following the interception, linebacker Dan Marlette, starting in place of the injured Nick DeLuca, forced a fumble, which was recovered by freshman Jabril Cox. Cox’s fumble recovery was the beginning of a busy day which saw the linebacker record 8 tackles. Once again capitalizing on the opportune field position, Bruce Anderson slipped through for a 1-yard rushing touchdown.
Leading 35-0 after the first quarter, the Bison made many changes to their lineup, most notably at quarterback. Senior Cole Davis took the reigns from Easton Stick midway through the second quarter. Stick silently had an efficient performance, completing 11 of 15 passes for 132 yards and 2 touchdowns. “Easton’s got a lot of confidence right now,” head coach Chris Klieman commented after the victory. “That was a good defense that gave you an awful lot of different looks, and a lot of different blitz looks. I think he did a really good job of being able to see things presnap, so I am really pleased with his progress through three games.” Davis made the most of his time on the field, throwing for 42 yards and scoring on a 17-yard running play, his first rushing touchdown as a Bison. Unfortunately, Davis suffered a shoulder injury on the scoring play, which opened the door for redshirt freshman Henry Van Dellen, who would later record the first completion of his NDSU career. “We talked all week about starting fast and having a sense of urgency, and we definitely did that,” Klieman stated. “We knew
this team had the ability to hang in there unless we gave them the knockout punch early on, and I thought our guys did a great job of that.” One positive for the Colonials was their ability to stop ball carriers in the backfield. RMU tallied 4 sacks and 8 tackles for loss in the contest, but it did little
to slow the Bison offense. Through three contests, the Bison are tied with Yale for the FCS’s top mark in scoring offense, averaging 56 points per game. Their 607.5 yards per game leads the FCS, but much stiffer competition awaits them. “We’re 3-0 in the nonconference, which is what
our goal was, and we’re excited about the win. We’ll turn the page quickly on Monday and head into the Valley play,” Klieman said. Missouri Valley Conference play begins for the Bison next weekend against Missouri State at the Fargodome for homecoming.
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Bison Volleyball Open Summit Play with Win Gelzinyte, Rasmusson instrumental against USD Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor
Despite a slow start, NDSU volleyball opened Summit League play with a win at South Dakota Saturday. The Coyotes surged in the opening set, but the Bison rattled off three straight set wins to win 3-1 (11-25, 2520, 25-21, 25-22). In the first set, the Bison hitting percentage was the most glaring statistic. NDSU launched 41 attacks, but came out with just seven kills and just as many errors for a 0.000 percentage. USD meanwhile hit 0.333 in the opening set for a commanding first set win. In the second set, the NDSU offense found its swing. After USD tied the set at 9-9, the Bison spread out their offense. Six players registered kills in the set, with Brianna Rasmusson finishing off the set with a pair of kills to even the match. NDSU improved their hitting percentage to 0.287, while USD had 10 attack errors on its way to hitting just 0.087. The third set saw both teams combine for 15 errors. Following three ties early in the set, the Bison worked in some room to hold the lead from 8-8 on. A service ace from McKenzie Burke along with a pair of kills from Rasmusson gave the Bison breathing room. Bella Lien and Jessica Jorgensen added kills before Burke would finish the set with a kill.
The final set saw four ties while the Coyotes pushed the Bison to the end. Erika Gelzinyte was influential early in the set for NDSU. The senior was in on the set’s opening block, then followed with a kill on the next point. Gelzinyte added a pair of aces on the serve as NDSU pushed the lead to 8-6. Down the stretch, Burke, Jorgensen and Gelzinyte added kills before Lien killed the match off. The Bison committed just two attack errors in the fourth, finishing with a 0.273 hitting percentage. Gelzinyte led the Bison with 15 kills in the match. Burke added another 11, while Lien joined in on the double-digit club with 10. Rasmusson was the focal point for both the offense and the defense on the night. The senior tallied a career-high 26 digs to lead the team. She also led the Bison in assists on the night with 33. Mikaela Purnell added 20 more digs for the Bison. Burke collected 15 digs to register the double-double. NDSU moves to 1-0 in the Summit League and 10-3 overall. The Bison traveled to Brookings to take on SDSU Sunday evening. NDSU is set to return to Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse Friday night to host the University of Denver. The Pioneers were picked to finish first in the preseason Summit League poll after winning the Summit last year.
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