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Lets Talk About Demons Dr. Richard Gallagher gives the skinny on his obsession with possession Meghan Arbegast Contributing Writer
Dr. Richard Gallagher, Ivy League trained professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and former scientific adviser to exorcists, gave a presentation on demonic possessions and exorcists by rare possessions of evil spirits in the Great Plains Ballroom Wednesday, Oct. 24. He was invited by the student organization Bison Catholic as their fall keynote speaker. Gallagher is called to help with exorcisms and advises those who are believed to be possessed by evil spirits. An exorcist is someone who tries to get rid of evil spirits from a person or place. Gallagher is faced with having to differentiate patients who are mentally ill from those who are possessed. Most bishops will require a psychiatric evaluation to be done to rule out mental illness. Many people question how they know the difference. During his speech, Gallagher said he didn’t have any training for exorcisms in his psychiatric residency, but throughout the years of performing consultations with clergy and talking with exorcists, he learned how to tell if someone was
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possessed. Gallagher claimed that when a demon has entered someone, it will have the ability to know what will happen in the future. Demons are usually able to speak another language like Latin and have the powers that make it hard for the exorcists to control them, according to Gallagher. Throughout the conference, Gallagher listed examples of possessions that he evaluated in the past. From these different cases, he gave his personal experiences with them and the ways the demons acted toward him and others who tried to help them. One case was about a woman named Julia, who he described as a woman with evil intentions. She knew things about Gallagher that no one else would know about him, like how his mother died. She also knew how 20 others had died, and she could predict what someone was wearing even when they were hundreds of miles away. Gallagher said he was angered that she used this information and her powers against him and others he knew. Gallagher discussed how these cases impacted his life. Though he doesn’t worry about his physical and spiritual protection, there were still certain cases that freaked him out, like
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with Julia. When asked whether he thinks he could become possessed from these cases, Gallagher answered: “There are a lot of people who are praying for me, and because of that, I feel like I am on the winning side.” The conference was well attended and, though it lasted about an hour, Gallagher made sure to give lots of information about his own personal beliefs on the many demonic possessions he has witnessed. Many asked him whether he believes horror movies can lead someone to become possessed, which he denied. He said he doesn’t think horror movies really provide a clear picture on possession and what it actually looks like. He said they change the truth in a way that will appeal to an audience. Gallagher said the audience will have their own opinion on the matter of possession. Whether you believe in possessions or not, Gallagher said he encourages everyone to stay informed and keep an open mind. Throughout his presentation, he kept it light and humorous, but serious at the same time. If you are interested in learning more about the demonic possessions and exorcisms Gallagher has worked with, he has a book coming out in a few Dr. Richard Gallagher speaks to students. months.
Past student gives a recollection of Kloberdanz’s famous ghost walk
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The Ghost Walk Of Halloween Past Past student gives a recollection of Kloberdanz’s famous ghost walk
The Spectrum office is not haunted; thank God.
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North Dakota State is an old institution, so the buildings on campus have some stories to tells. Not just snooze-inducing study abroad stories, but ghost stories, the kind that have haunted the night staff at NDSU for years. Candy Skauge works among the hollowed stories of NDSU and Fargo at the NDSU Archives. Skauge said these stories where taught and celebrated by a former professor, Timothy Kloberdanz, who led his famous tour of supposedly haunted landmarks on campus. “We would all meet at the Memorial Union,” Skauge said of the tour. According to Skauge, they would bring flashlights, which where more for effect than anything else because the buildings already had lights. The group would then travel to Ceres Hall, which Skauge said is speculated to be haunted by a
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female ghost. The story is debated on whether the supposedly lovesick girl hung herself in the hall or threw herself out the window. “I know that people even now have seen something up there,”
“He was totally alone up there. He could hear this whistling from down the hall, and when he stopped and he looked, there was nobody out there.” - Candy Skauge Skauge said. “They feel uneasy.” Skauge said that prior to renovations, the building had an elevator that was supposedly haunted. This could have been due to the fact that the elevator
was old and rickety, according to Skauge. “That thing creaked, and it wiggled,” Skauge said. When Skauge had bad knees, she was forced to use the old elevator. “I went in it, and I was always like, ‘I hope I make it up,’ because it was a scary ride.” The group would then walk past South Engineering, and Kloberdanz would point out a reported light anomaly. “He was talking about how there’s been random lights that had been up in that one part at the top.” At the time, Skauge said she does not think there was an office in the part of the building. “People have tried over the years to prove or disprove (the light anomaly),” Skauge said. These skeptics blamed flashlights, headlights and streetlights, according to Skauge. “It could be, but you know it would be pretty hard to get a headlight all the way up there, and it seems to be coming from the inside.” After this, the group continued on foot to Minard Hall. “It was
windy, and it was spooky, and just kind of fun,” Skauge said. According to Skauge, Kloberdanz said there was an open area on top of Minard. In this empty space, people said there “was fire” at a dance and some had died. Skauge said there had never been a report of a fire
“(Some say) you can still hear them dancing and the singing.” - Candy Skauge
at Minard, but that part of the lore has remained. “(Some say) you can still hear them dancing and the singing,” Skauge said. Another ghost that is said to walk the halls of Minard is the “whistling ghost.” The reports come from the third floor history
department. According to Skauge, Kloberdanz said he was staying late on the third floor. “He knew there was no one on his floor,” Skauge said. “He was totally alone up there. He could hear this whistling from down the hall, and when he stopped and he looked, there was nobody out there.” Kloberdanz retired in 2010, and Skauge who took classes with him said, “He was just a neat guy … he loved a good tale.” These ghost walks were not the end of NDSU’s paranormal investigations. Skauge said paranormal investigators and ghost hunters have visited the campus and studied these tales. For more information, the NDSU Archives have a book written by Kloberdanz on North Dakota lore. The book includes all the stories included here and more. Kloberdanz’s book also includes stories from past students about hometown lore and storytelling.
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Horror-scopes You know what’s really terrifying? An honest look into your future Phoebe Ellis Head News Editor
You’re the real horror story.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
You’ve always been ambitious, Aries, and it has served you well (mostly). You know that person in horror movies who always thinks they’ll solve the problem if everyone splits up? That’s you. Don’t be that person. When your friends ask you to that house party and you obviously say yes to, stay with your friends. The result if you don’t? A hook hanging off your car door as you wonder how that serial killer from the state prison even found you of all people.
find an urge to understand it. You’ve been pulling a lot of all nighters and feel like you’re going to snap, and this time you will. Instead of taking a sleeping pill and passing out for eight hours, this time you might find yourself in the middle of that Halloween party ready to slap that girl who won’t leave you alone. Now, I could tell you not to slap her, but you’ve already made your decision. After making whatever poor decision you’re inevitably going to make, act like Michael Jackson and beat it.
(June 21-July 22) Taurus (April 20-May 20) Cancer Contrary to your horoscope’s You may be bullheaded, but you’re not stupid. How could you do such a thing? Oh, don’t know what I’m talking about? You will. What you’ve done is comparable to what those mean girls did to Carrie. Would you like to be covered in pig’s blood? Well, you might as well be judging by your grades. Seriously? How do you do that poorly on a test? It’s like you didn’t even try, or you did and your real life worst nightmare came true. Keep going like this and soon your credit score will drop, you’ll be out of all you classes and end up staying here another year and a half. Is that what you want? Or should I go get the pig’s blood?
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Are you a sick f--- who likes a quick f---? Because you and Kanye have a lot in common. Both of you have no idea how your life got to be where it is, and you’ll suddenly
unfortunate name, you will not be getting cancer ... probably. But that doesn’t mean that a different unfortunate event or illness won’t visit you. You may be bowing to the porcelain god after this weekend. Alternatively, if you aren’t the drinking type, get ready for the flu to hit or another seasonal illness.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Hey there, Leo, let me hear you roar. Now sit down and shut up because I’m about to learn you a few things. That Halloween costume you’re working so hard on is doing too much. Being creative is not doing you any favors, and before you get your panties in a twist about how it’ll look so good and that payoff will be worth it, know it won’t be. If you go to the bars like most of your friends are doing, everybody will be too drunk to appreciate your costume and
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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Let’s face it, you’re a trash human, and that’s OK. You’ve come to accept that about yourself. You know what scares you most, and so do the stars: getting your act together. It’s time to throw out the clothes you own that have more holes than is socially acceptable, start getting to work and class on time and start eating right. No, energy drinks don’t count as eating right. Or, alternatively, continue down this trash rabbit hole and become the sludge at the bottom of the trashcan that can never really be cleaned out.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Hey, Libra, you entitled little ghoul. Let’s be honest, you have no idea what the real world is like, and you’re too happy being fed worms from the safety of your nest to just jump out and fail already. What’s so bad about failure? You have to do it at least once, might as well get it over with. It’s OK, Libra, if you’re inappropriately old to enter the real world. Everyone will stop making fun of your ineptitude eventually. Unless you mess it up. Don’t mess it up.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Your combination of ambition and indecisiveness is out to get you, Scorpio. If you keep living aimlessly, you will end up in a career you don’t enjoy and every
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day will end with a feeling of ultimate dissatisfaction. The scariest part? You won’t know if there’s anything you can do to get yourself out of it. And is there? Or have you destined yourself to a life of settling on account of not taking initiative or an interest in your life early on? Could you have done more? Should you have done more? Will you ever know?
Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21)
Your tendency to go with the flow has gotten you into trouble before, and now is no different. We all have that friend who’s a bad influence, but you have many. You have a tendency to listen to them too, and your peaceful nature will keep you from confronting them about what they do to you. This season is particularly scary because you can never tell if that cutie in the corner is cute because of the costume or because they’re actually a cutie. Unfortunately for you, that night with a cutie might turn into a morning with a real goblin. Good luck out there.
Capricorn (Dec. 22Jan. 19)
You seem to have your life figured out, don’t you? You have a career path. You know who you are as a person. You have got everything a college student would ever need. Do you know what’s coming at you like a bullet train? Self-doubt, which is something you don’t know how to deal with, and this time it’s coming with a
wrath. You will be hit with a cloud of self-doubt and a feeling of transition.
Aquarius (Jan. 20Feb. 18)
You have always been free spirited, uncontrollable and a complete mess. You seem to lift all those around you up, but who lifts you up? Who’s got your back? Are you alone? That’s what your Halloween will feel like, alone and vulnerable. The scariest part? It’s not limited to just Halloween. It may even lead into the rest of your life. People who are real are so rare, and you know that better than anybody. Sometimes it feels like the only person you can really trust is yourself, and you’d be right; you can only ever trust in yourself. Nobody else will be there to help you.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Your mild manner has got you into some pretty uncomfortable situations, and this season will be no different. You’ve always preferred to just be with your close friends, so when they drag you out to a new place with new people and new things, it’s scary. And that’s what the rest of your life will be like, dragging on and on with new people coming into it every day. And those you love most leaving. You are destined to repeat this pattern until you ultimately decide you should just get a cat and be alone.
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Pumpkin Carving’s Not Just For Kids Keep the childhood tradition alive and improve your pumpkin carving skills Miranda Stambler Features Editor
When you’re growing up, there’s no better joy than getting a pumpkin at the pumpkin patch and carving it into whatever you want. When you get older, you outgrow all of the Halloween traditions and change them to fit your adult lifestyle. Trick-or-treating becomes bar hopping, costumes become more scandalous or nonexistent and pumpkin patch trips become either haunted houses or sitting at home enjoying a terrifyingly scary movie. Pumpkin carving is something that people sometimes outgrow, but there’s always a way to improve and continue the tradition as an adult. As a kid, you either need help with come of the knife techniques or figuring out how to carve a pumpkin, depending on your age. Now, as an adult, you know how to carve and be more creative than the simple two eyes, a nose and a creepy mouth. There are many options to pumpkin carving, and now you can use photos you’ve seen online as inspiration.
There are two options for pumpkin carving. One: wing it and do your own thing, or two: trace an outline from any other pumpkin carving design you can find. Tracing the outline will make your pumpkin look better than any other pumpkin, but making your own pumpkin carving design is more creative, so choose whichever you prefer. Since there are already steps for the pumpkin carving kits, these are the steps for your pumpkin to turn out the best it can when winging it: 1. Carve out the stem. Going at an angle with a large sharp knife, cut around the stem and then take it out. Then cut around inside so your hand can fit to scrape out the pumpkin innards. 2. Once the walls sound hollow and feel like all the pumpkin guts are out, begin the carving process. 3. Before carving the pumpkin, decide which side of the pumpkin is the best side for a “face.” This will be the side that is larger, has no bumps and seems like it gives you more surface area. 4. What should you carve? Think about whether you want it to be scary, cute or a pumpkin with words.
The difference between tracing (left) and winging it (right) is drastic, but both have their benefits. Use resources online and in the carving book for inspiration. 5. Once you know what you want to carve, take a pen and draw out the outline of the design. 6. For the actual carving, use the carving knife. Remember how bad they use to be, always bending in half. Well, now they seem sturdier, so try it out. It also keeps you from making more mistakes than you would with an actual
knife. Now start from the bottom up. Try to keep a hand inside the pumpkin to keep it sturdy and avoid things popping out of place. If there are any areas you are unsure around sizing, make it bigger rather than smaller because you can always trim up those places toward the end of the process. 7. To change it up, you can also shave certain parts of the pumpkin so they are lighter and give more contrast to the pumpkin. To
have this part show up at night when it is lit, shave the inside more around that area, or if this is too risky and you are afraid of breaking your piece, leave it for the people who get to see it in the daylight. Tip: if something that is supposed to be a part of the carving is accidentally cut out, take a toothpick and stick it back into place. If there is a giant area that is supposed to be open to create a silhouette, cut it into
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sections so the silhouette does not break out of the pumpkin and ruin the whole piece. 8. Once you have carved every piece, go around and trim up any areas that need work. 9. Take out any extra pieces of the pumpkin that fell inside. 10. Place a candle on the inside (real or fake), and take a picture to add to your festive social media.
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NoDak Moment | Berry Acres Pumpkin Patch Just off of the Highway 83 bypass awaits a fall wonderland Activities for all
Laura Ellen Brandjord Spectrum Staff
A trip to Northern North Dakota is well worth it to visit one of the top five pumpkin patches in the state: Berry Acres in Minot. Fall is synonymous with pumpkins and corn mazes. Even if you are not a fan of Halloween, the experience of picking the perfect pumpkin to festively decorate your home is a big part of the season of colorful leaves. For those who really get into the spirit of the season, the hunt for the perfect pumpkin patch is a carefully considered process. For those with the means to travel farther into the interior of the state, a trip to the outskirts of Minot, North Dakota affords a near perfect experience.
Pumpkins galore
Pumpkins are no longer your basic orange. Warty goblin pumpkins, lunch lady gourds, Cinderella pumpkins, Turk’s turban and (my personal favorite) peanut pumpkins can all be found at Berry Acres. The pumpkins range in price from $1 for the mini pumpkins to 40 cents per pound in most cases. I purchased three pumpkins for only $8, which is a steal if you ask me. Another great aspect, given North Dakota’s climate, is the ability for all of the pumpkins to be brought indoors to the farm’s shop on inclement days. So you don’t have to worry about a hard frost or premature blizzard dashing your dreams of experiencing a pumpkin patch that year. Because, let’s be honest, growing up in the upper Midwest we’ve all experienced snowy Halloweens.
A common misconception of pumpkin patches in general is they are meant only for young children. Berry Acres handily proves this assumption false. With a seemingly endless list of activities, one could easily spend the entire day exploring them all. For the youngest kids, there is a corn-pit (think sandpit, but dried corn kernels), a kiddy tractor “train, hay ride,” a petting zoo complete with bunnies, miniature horses and an alpaca, and slides made out of hay bales and split plastic culvert pipe. For others, there is a catch and release fishing pond, mini golf, pumpkin cannon target practice, laser tag, paintball wagon and an eight-acre corn maze, not to mention concessions. It is hard to think of anything one could possibly add to make this pumpkin patch more complete.
Yearly themes
Each year Berry Acres has a theme for their patch. This year it was the instant classic Disney/ Pixar’s “Up.” To go along with this theme, circle hale bales stacked two high are painted with insane accuracy to depict the characters. Russell has all of his Wilderness Explorer badges, and you can even see Mr. Fredricksen’s hearing aid. Kevin and her babies also earn a depiction, and the ever-lovable Doug greets visitors at the entrance. Minot State University even sponsored an outdoor showing of the movie at the patch earlier this month. I’ve already started planning my visit next year. After all, it’s never too early to begin preparing for next All Hallows’ Eve. PHOTOS BY LAURA ELLEN BRANDJORD | THE SPECTRUM
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Seeds take a while to make, but are quick snacks.
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One of the joys of having pumpkins everywhere you look is you get a nice snack out of them as well as a festive decoration. Whether you’re carving pumpkins or using them for simple decoration, they would be a waste if you didn’t use the inside for extra food.
Roasted pumpkin seeds can take a little longer to cook, but are a quick and easy snack, especially for college students who are running around from class to class. Plus, if you do not have a measuring system, this recipe is right for you because it is mostly to taste. When you get a pumpkin, take out both the seeds and innards. Because a lot of the seeds are stuck within the
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guts, you need to move them around to find them all. This is a recipe that gives your typical roasted pumpkin seeds with a little extra seasoning to add more flavor if you would like. Ingredients - Fresh pumpkin seeds - Salt - Olive oil - Brown sugar Directions 1. Preheat the oven to
The Nightmare King Terrifyingly Available Burger King offers new Halloween-style burger Miranda Stambler Features Editor
Halloween brings on many unhealthy habits — eating candy, drinking and not caring about the after effects of any of it — but this has got to be the unhealthiest of them all. “The Nightmare King” is now offered at select Burger Kings until Halloween or while supplies last. This nightmare burger has everything from a green bun to three different types of meats, all in one greasy sandwich. If the green sesame seed bun doesn’t deter you, think about the ¼-pound beef
patty, fried chicken fillet, couple pieces of bacon and, to top it off, American cheese, mayonnaise and onions. We all know by now that advertisements make the product look prettier than it is, but in this ad, it barely looks appetizing with the artificial green and the creepy hand coming across to advertise the spooky season. The product looks even scarier when you unwrap it in person. The green is nothing like the advertising suggests. It looks like a mixture of green vomit and baby s---. Once you take a bite, you can tell it is too much of everything.
325 F. 2. Take the innards of the pumpkin and separate the seeds from the guts into a large bowl filled halfway with water. 3. Mix them around until they are mostly clean of any pumpkin. 4. Drain the water and extra pumpkin guts out of the bowl, leaving only seeds. 5. Put the seeds in a pot and fill that with water until
The only thing that makes it at all appetizing is the melted American cheese and the minimal amount of mayonnaise, which both try and average out the three layers of meat your body is trying to digest. Honestly, Burger King would have been better off selling the classic Whopper with a green bun or brought back the old black bun instead. They could have worked on the coloring more if they did this and saved chicken for another sandwich because the chicken just makes the product too much. In the advertisement, professionals talk about how foods affect dreams and then conduct a study on multiple people, hooking them up to machines to see whether or not they have nightmares after eating the Nightmare King. They did this study for 10 nights on 10 different subjects. Toward the end of the advertisement, Dr. Jose Gabriel said the study “proves the Nightmare King increases your chances of having nightmares by 3.5 times.” Therefore, this made the burger’s motto “Feed Your
the seeds are covered. 6. Boil the seeds until they turn a slightly brownish gray. Then drain the water again. 7. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spread out the seeds so they are mostly flat and not laying on top of each other. 8. Drizzle olive oil on them and mix around until they are all covered. Cover the seeds with salt and mix
them around again. 9. Put in the oven for about 60-90 minutes or until they are slightly brown. While they are hot, cover them with salt again. If you want a sweet and salty taste, sprinkle brown sugar on as well. To melt the sugar, put in the oven for 2-3 minutes, so it does not burn.
MIRANDA STAMBLER | THE SPECTRUM The green sesame seed bun is gross in itself. Nightmares.” that after eating a burger for 10 Now, I usually remember my nights anyone would be having dreams or can sense when I’ve nightmares. had a nightmare because I have The only thing that will give nightmares frequently. After eating students a nightmare is the price. the burger, I felt like I went into a For a regular sized meal of the food coma, whether that was from Nightmare King, it is a little over all the different types of meats or $9 with tax. So, save yourself the lack of sleep, who knows, but there trip and go somewhere else, unless was no nightmare that I can recall. you want to test whether you will I’m sure if this study is real have a nightmare or not. (which I’m not saying it is or not),
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Morganne Behl: ‘Beware the Birdman’ and Embrace Your Dark Side Just in time for Halloween, Red Raven Espresso Parlor hosts meet and greet art show for local horror artist Laura Ellen Brandjord A&E Editor
Local horror artist Morganne Behl displayed her artwork at the Red Raven Espresso Parlor on the evening of Oct. 26, just in time for Halloween. Dressed in a blazer reminiscent of Jack Skellington’s iconic attire, dark eye shadow and lipstick the oxidized color of dried blood complete with drip trails down her chin, Behl definitely looked the part for her first art show featuring her brand of artistic horror. Perusing the walls of the Red Raven while sipping on one of the event’s themed drinks, you would never guess all the pieces only recently came into existence. “I didn’t really get back into (art) until earlier this year,” Behl said. “This one isn’t displayed because it didn’t quite turn out the way I wanted, but I did a drawing of Taylor Swift as Medusa and that’s what really got me back into it. This is the culmination of the past eight, nine months of work.” As with any creative endeavor, a strong support system can heavily influence its trajectory of success. Luckily, Behl seems to have a large pool to draw support from, composed of friends, family and even her boss at Microsoft, the later of which Behl is currently working on a commission of Pokemón characters for his son’s room. This wasn’t always the case, as Behl’s former boyfriend greatly contributed to her hiatus from horror art. While she stressed she holds no grudge against him, his discomfort with her dark artwork and negative view of tattoos and piercings stifled
her creatively. “I did a picture; it was the Alice in Wonderland tea party, but they were eating Alice. Whenever I would go off into stuff like that he would just get very uncomfortable ... he is very traditional ... and he would always kind of encouraged me to stay the normal course. I broke up with him at the beginning of the year and pierced my nose, cut all my hair off and I’m getting my first tattoo tomorrow. Now I have a horror art show. I’m living my best life.” When discussing her inspiration behind her work, Behl explained, “I get a lot of inspiration from songs. Specifically ‘The Ethereal Queen’ over there is inspired by the song ‘Saint’ by VÉRITÉ.” Pointing at a piece I had been eyeing, she continued, “The honey nosed lady ‘Prologue’ is inspired by ‘Prologue’ by Halsey. There is a line that goes ‘I’m the child of a money hungry, prideful country/ grass is green and it’s always sunny/ hands so bloody, it tastes like honey/ I’m finding it hard to leave.’” Some of her other pieces, such as her largest piece “Eviscerated (Eve)” and a small piece “Nine of Cups (Smug Man),” occurred through flash bulb images of what Behl wanted to do. Currently her work is only on her Instagram, but Behl is hoping to have a website up and running in the next few weeks. Until then, those interested in commissions or purchasing her artwork can send her a direct message through Instagram. “I’d really love to do more commissions,” Behl enthused. She is also ordering prints of “Eviscerated (Eve),” “Beware the Birdman,” “Prologue” and “Aphrodite” that will be available to Things are moving fast for local horror artist Morganne Behl. purchase in the near future.
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It’s All in the Cards
A not-so-true-believer tries tarot for the first time
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Katrina picks 13 cards in total to read my fortune from, the first of which is the Sun Card that expresses positivity.
Paige Johnson
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What does one do when she’s at a paranormal convention, has time between interviews and she’s feeling nervous about her impending graduation? She gets her tarot read, of course. I like to think I am a relatively rational person. Sure, do I think there are some unexplainable things in this world? Yes. But cards being able to read my fortune? The jury’s still out. But I was intrigued and, I will admit, a little excited to see what tarot would reveal to me about my future. Enter Intuitive Tarot by Katrina. Intuitive Tarot by Katrina is an unassuming booth in one of two rooms dedicated to vendors and presenters at ParaCon 2018 in Mahnomen, Minnesota. A big trunk decorated with a bright Union Jack sits out front, while a sign proclaiming this to be “Intuitive Tarot by Katrina” looks over a small table, decorated with, appropriately, a glass ball. Katrina, of the business bearing her namesake, has been reading tarot since she was a child. Growing up, she had a tarot deck, and she’d “read” the cards to her dolls. However, she had no
idea what it meant. “I did not know they were tarot cards,” she explains. “I called them my storytelling cards, and I would read stories to my dolls with them. (When I was) about 12 years old, a friend came over, and she said those are tarot cards and they have meanings.” Katrina and her friend went to the local library to do more research on tarot. When she was reading about her storytelling cards, Katrina realized she already knew what each card meant individually and as a group. Since then, Katrina has been reading tarot. Before beginning the reading, Katrina has me choose one of her many decks. I pick the one that catches my eye. Later, Katrina tells me, “If there’s an organized, a stern, a very business-like deck, it’s this one. I love it because it’s truthful and it’s honest.” What a great way to start a tarot reading. Next, Katrina has me ask her a question, anything that I’ve been wondering, something that’s been bothering me. This question is about the future, specifically what life after graduation will look like. She begins by laying the cards facedown, flat in front of her. In
total, she places 13 cards down. She then begins to flip the cards over. “So, we’ve got the Sun Card coming up first,” she says. “The Sun Card puts us in a very positive space. The Sun Card is the singular most positive card in the deck. Shows me that right now, life is swimmingly.” Well, I am liking this reading already. She then flips over the following two cards. “The next two cards give me a wee bit of a cause for concern,” she says, her charming British accent not helping in distracting me from the knot in my stomach. These two cards are the XIII of Swords and the V of Cups. The XIII of Swords, Katrina explains, is about making difficult decisions. “The XIII of Swords is about needing to make decisions, but being entrapped and being blindfolded in when we want to make those decisions,” she says. Meanwhile, the V of Cups throws emotion into the medley. As Katrina explains, soon I will be faced with a difficult decision that will only be made more difficult by me being blinded by emotional entanglements. “It’s the emotional entanglement that’s blocking you being able to make a clear decision,” she says.
“If we can take the emotional side out of it, it becomes very obvious what that decision needs to be. But we have to take the emotional side out of it.” Following this decision, Katrina reveals the next card: an Ace of Ones. This brings good news for my May graduation date: there will be a job offer. And not just one, but two, and maybe more. The decision I make, says Katrina, will be based on character. “I think the choice that you make is going to involve strength, strength of character. And I say that because I think you go for the most ambitious job,” she explains. This job, she continues, will be hard, but with good finances. Yet, she thinks I will embrace the difficulty it poses. “But that job then is going to require quite a bit of strength from you,” she says. “Determination to grow. Determination to get it learnt. Determination just to say, I’m going to do this. I’m going to be the best at this I can. Damn it’s hard, but I’m going to do it.” As she continues to flip through the cards, she reveals more of what she sees in my future from the story the deck tells her. Katrina explains that every deck tells a story. “A true tarot deck will tell a story if you laid them all out in a line,” she says.
My story is told by the cards she laid out when we first met. Every person has a different story, depending on their combinations, their tarot interpreter and even the deck they pick. My story, and my reading, ends when Katrina turns over the final card: the Queen of Cups. “What I really like is where we end up leaving,” Katrina says. “The last card in the reading is the Queen of Cups. Queen of Cups is head of household.” This card, she explains, is a very mothering card. It conveys emotions, nurturing, passion and family-oriented state of being. But, she also adds, it’s also a very strong card. “She has earned her position (as queen),” Katrina says. “Nobody has just handed it to her. She’s up there for a reason.” While I still wouldn’t claim I’m a true believer in the power of tarot, I am excited by everything Katrina has explained to me. Like everyone else, my life will see the ups and downs that come with the human condition. Your outlook on it, however, is in how you read the cards. To learn more about Katrina and tarot, visit her website at https://tarotbykatrina.com/
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Frightening Flicks To Get You in the Halloween Spirit From spine-tingling to sleeping-with-a-Bible-after, there are movies for everyone Brittany Hofmann Staff Writer
Horror movies have been around since the late 19th century, beginning with “Le Squelette Joyeux” by the Lumière brothers, which features the most basic spooky creatures, such as skeletons, bats, witches and ghosts. The film industry has come a long way since then, and now there are movies all across the spooky spectrum from “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” to “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” Here is a list of movies to get you in the Halloween spirit from least spooky to downright terrifying.
‘Hocus Pocus’ (1993)
Ultimately the greatest Halloween movie of the ‘90s baby generation, “Hocus Pocus” focuses on three witches, the Sanderson sisters, who have been resurrected after 300 years by a couple of teenagers in Salem, Massachusetts. The teenagers, along with a magical cat, only have until the end of the night to keep the witches from becoming immortal. In a thrilling conclusion, are the kids able to outlast the Sanderson sisters and save the children of Salem? “Hocus Pocus” is a great starting point if you want to dip your toes into the pool of Halloween-themed movies.
‘Frankenstein’ (1931)
The film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” tells the story of a monster created from the remains of corpses stitched together by the obsessed Dr. Frankenstein. Once he has
accomplished his mission, his friends and family believe that he is treading in dangerous waters by playing God and that his creature should be destroyed. Before they are able to get rid of Frankenstein’s creation, it escapes and accidentally kills a little girl. This results in the village demanding the death of the monster. During the sequence of the witch hunt, Dr. Frankenstein nearly dies himself, but ultimately makes it out alive from the burning house in which his creation meets his demise.
‘The Shining’ (1980)
Stanley Kubrick and Stephen King come together to create the ultimate skincrawling thriller. When Jack Torrance, played by Jack Nicholson, decides to bring his family to a hotel that is closed for the season so he can work on his book, things take a turn for the worst. Influenced by an evil presence in the hotel, Torrance becomes violent toward his wife Wendy and his son Danny after seeing horrific hallucinations from the past of the hotel. The suspense in this film is palpable from the beginning, and the starring actors put viewers on edge from the get-go. There are many conspiracies about this film, and it brought about the theory that Kubrick faked the moon landing. If you dive into the metaphorical background of the story of “The Shining,” you may get lost in the meaning of every scene. For first-time viewers, just watch it for what it is — a supremely brilliant film that
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Take to your local movie theater for showings of the classics, such as ‘Frankenstein.’ brings the ultimate creep trying to help her across the seat to get as far away from factor. room. Only then does her the screen as possible. Some mother begin to think that scenes were just that hard to ‘The Exorcist’ (1973) When you think of the her daughter may need an watch, and I’m not one to scare easily. scariest movies ever made, exorcism from a priest. It is also questioned I knew I had to see this “The Exorcist” is at the top whether or not the actual movie when I read about of the list. set of the movie was the filming experience and Disturbed 12-year-old Regan (Linda Blair) is still cursed due to the nine cast wanted to push the limits of to this day one of the most and crewmember deaths the fear a movie could give me. They used actual animal frightening images in film associated with the film. “The Exorcist” shocked remains on set to induce true history. Her mother, Chris the world with its obscene disgust in the actors, which never before only amped up the anxiety in MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), imagery brought to the big screen. its viewers with its gruesome begs for help when she realism. doesn’t recognize her ‘The Texas Chainsaw A classic slasher daughter anymore when she Massacre’ (1974) movie featuring oblivious begins exhibiting strange Probably one of the “The Texas behavior such as telling the most horrific movies of all teenagers, Chainsaw Massacre” takes guests of a party, “You’re time, “The Texas Chainsaw gonna die up there,” and Massacre” isn’t for the faint the cake for fear factor with the introduction of then subsequently returning of heart. “Leatherface.” to a bed that then starts to When I saw this movie Leatherface gets his shake and levitate. for the first time during a The possibility of showing last Halloween at name from the mask he demonic possession is the Fargo Theatre, I found wears made of another brought up after Regan myself leaning back in my human’s face. Viewers first start to realize that things are throws the doctors who are
taking a turn for the worst when he drags Pam (Teri McMinn) and Kirk (William Vail) into the house where they meet their unfortunate end. The true horror of this movie comes from the fear of the unknown — this movie is filled with questions without answers and viewers are meant to come to their own conclusions about the unsettling circumstances the group of five teenagers happen to come across. Throughout the movie you hope for the best for the characters, but like all slasher movies, only one survives. The scariest movies of our time happen to be the classics. I’m still waiting for a horror movie to be released today that will do its predecessors justice.
Who Ya Gonna Call? Tips from the experts on beginning your paranormal career Paige Johnson
Contributing Writer
On Saturday, Oct. 13, ParaCon returned to Mahnomen, Minnesota for its eighth year to celebrate everything unexplained, unidentified and downright spooky. Among the presenters were a wide range of the paranormally involved, including plenty of ghost hunters and paranormal investigators. From members of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) and the popular series “Ghost Hunters,” including Grant Wilson, Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango, to local organizations like Twin Cities Paranormal Society and Odyssey Paranormal Society, I’ve gathered what the best tips are to get started in your next paranormal adventure. Thomas, Twin Cities Paranormal Society Paige Johnson (PJ): What do you tell someone first coming into the society and they want to start getting involved in investigations? Thomas: The way that it was put to me when I was interviewed for the team, they said it was like fishing in a very poorly stocked lake. You’ll sit in the dark for a long time and nothing might happen, but then every once in a while, something weird happens. I think it’s patience. You have to be open to the idea that something could happen. Grant Wilson, ‘Ghost
Hunters’ PJ: What’s advice you would give to your younger self about this field? Wilson: Stay on Earth more. That’s something I’ve learned over the years. At the beginning, so many weird things were happening to me. Anything was possible, so it made me scared — not scared, but nervous. It makes you jumpy. You hear a noise when there shouldn’t be a noise. That’s something, what is it? Then you learn over time, it’s just the heat kicking on or whatever. I probably would have encouraged myself to do that. I spent a lot of time learning that mentality. It’s something a lot of people doing it didn’t have back in the day. When I was investigating, everyone was quick to believe everything. Steve Gonsalves, ‘Ghost Hunters’ PJ: How do you keep yourself from getting frustrated on an investigation? Gonsalves: I’d say experiences will keep you going because you do get burned out. Because it’s not like TV where you see and find stuff all the time. They’re not showing you the 15 cases that we did where nothing happened. We can go two years without having anything happen. And you have to find something else within it that you really love. So, for me, history. Love, love
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To begin, Josie from Odyssey Paranormal Society recommends tape recorders and video cameras to capture noises and images of the ghostly kind. history. If nothing’s happening in a good starter to catch EVPs and Believe it or not, a lot of people the ghost world, I’m still soaking stuff. don’t have it. It’s scary, almost. in the history and loving it and All the camcorders with the IRs Just have something to learning. are also useful. They just pick up document. There’s no such thing as a ghost detector. If there was, it’d Josie, Odyssey Paranormal on shadows. The infrared is actually how be amazing. Society you can see the gray tones on the There are no facts in this field. PJ: What equipment do you recommend for beginning screens. So it’s easier to see what’s If someone claims there’s a fact, going on. they’re either lying to you or investigators? they’re misinformed. Dave Tango, ‘Ghost Hunters’ Josie: (If) you’re just starting Just have a camera — I, PJ: How do you get started in out, or you’re doing something by personally, like to have video investigations? yourself, something as simple as Tango: You just start very slow. cameras with audio. It’s everything. the recorders down there. Flip it on. Keep it on at night. You start small. You don’t need a You’re documenting whatever You can download the wave path. lot of equipment. You just need a you’re seeing. Hopefully you catch They’re extremely sensitive, so it’s good mind and common sense. something.
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Spectrum Listens: Spooktrum Edition What are students dressing up as? Jacob Elwell Opinion Editor
And all of the sudden I’m doing my first “Spooktrum” Edition. I don’t know where the time has gone. Perfect name for the Halloween issue, if I must say. Like the Homecoming Edition, I did a Spectrum Listens piece to get input from students around North Dakota State. This time, the question asked was: “If you could be anyone for Halloween who would it be and why?” No answers were repeated, suggesting many students have unique interests. Some of the answers were very creative and unexpected. The first response I got was a dual costume deal. The person who filled it out said he and his girlfriend were going to dress up in costumes that complement one another. His girlfriend was going to be Curious George and he would be the Man in the Yellow Hat. I thought this was a very creative costume choice. It brings me back to my childhood a little bit. If those aren’t couple goals, then I don’t know what is. One student said he wanted to be Steve Irwin. Nothing says “Happy Halloween” like a costume of the Crocodile Hunter. The funny part about this was the reasoning behind the choice. He said: “He was my idol as a child and an allaround badass.” A badass he was. Maybe a little too badass, given the fact that he followed around a stingray and got himself stabbed to death. Such bravery and completely understandable why he would be a childhood idol. Another person said he would be Three Hole Punch Jim. I had to look this one up just to find out who he was referring to. So no, I haven’t seen “The Office,” which I often get a lot of heat for. Anyway, I thought this was funny because it’s the only response that involved a TV show character. The costume is also just funny in general. Essentially, it’s just a suit with three black dots on the left side of the tie, an abnormal looking outfit, but
a great low effort Halloween costume. Mason Ramsey. Someone would dress up as Mason Ramsey. I think this is great. Who wouldn’t want to dress up as a famous 11-year-old country singer? It’s ironic I say that because his biggest hit song is titled “Famous.” Anyway, this is a creative selection and quite manageable too. All that’s required is a white longsleeved collared shirt, jeans, cowboy hat and a red bowtie. He might have to throw in a guitar if he wishes to go all out as Mason Ramsey. Perhaps one of the more unlikely answers was an “engineering nerd.” I absolutely applaud this person for that decision. Take the road less traveled. While you’ll see everyone dressed up as fictional characters looking to get a laugh out of people, this guy has the guts to dress up as an engineering nerd. Genius. He will look smarter than anyone he sees that night. Maybe this is a reverse psychology kind of deal, but either way, it’s a terrific costume idea that expands this person’s uniqueness. The only duplicate response I got was SpiderMan. I knew I would probably get at least one, given this might be the most common Halloween costume. Don’t get it twisted. Just because it’s one of the most common doesn’t mean it’s not wicked awesome. Spider-Man costumes look sweet, and they catch a nice vibe. Girls love Spider-Man as well. They’ll flock to this costume in hopes of being saved by the web master. (This is a huge maybe, so don’t get your hopes up.) I guess I should pick a costume. If I could, I would dress up as Stewie Griffin from the show “Family Guy.” Not only is my Stewie accent and personality on point, but I am also very short. I may not possess a football-shaped head, but I would still dress up as Stewie. He’s my favorite character on that show, and I think that costume would best fit me (literally). So there’s a little glimpse of what students would wear
Steve Irwin is a great costume idea. This is also a really funny picture. for Halloween. I must say, some of the answers were really surprising and funny.
I hope to actually see some kids wearing the costumes mentioned above. Whatever
you choose to wear for this annual holiday, make sure you pick the right one. Just
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kidding, there are no wrong answers for this.
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5 Best Costume Ideas for Groups of 5 Get ready to see these everywhere
This could be you and your friends having a great time. You’d just have cooler costumes.
Grant Gloe Staff Writer
Are you uncomfortable dressing up alone? Do you like your friends and like doing things with your friends? Do you want to be a part of the cool crew around town? If any of these apply to you, I’ve got what you need. If you go through with any of these costume ideas this Halloween, you’ll stand
out in the crowd.
Devils in the outfield
For this group costume, you’ll need four vampire costumes. Anything from Edward to Dracula will do, as long as it gets the point across. The last person will wear a 2-by-4 suspended by some rope and strung from their shoulders. When people ask what you are, you tell them “A bat a bat a SWING, a battah battah.”
Off the leash
This one comes with a lot of freedom. All five of you need to wear dog costumes. Any dog you want: golden, Dalmatian or poodle if you’re a little off. The only stipulation is that you need to dangle a “Cars” DVD or Blu-ray from a stick and dangle it in front of you. You get to shrug at people and say, “Just dogs chasing Cars.”
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The patriot
Every holiday is the Fourth of July if you’re a proud American. This Halloween, you and your friends are going to do some arts and crafts. Take five white shirts and paint a single American flag across all five of them. Put them on and stand side by side as a tribute to your nation. It is important that these shirts are one size too large,
allowing them to billow. You gotta billow.
Seeing red
Four red Power Ranger costumes and one Pink Ranger. You’ll need to yell at your friends a lot to sell this one. If your friend group is like mine, it’ll be a walk in the park. Just go to town about how YOU were supposed to be the Red Ranger and never give ground. If you are the Pink Ranger, pick between “It’s
for breast cancer awareness” and “I was told I couldn’t be blue.”
Gang’s all here
Ideally, you can either paint your legs or get your hands on knee-high socks with big Smurfs on them. As a flourish, you can even wear a blue shirt and white cap. When you and your friends are together, you form a Smurf village.
Halloween: More for Children W hat does a college student do on Halloween? Jacob Elwell Opinion Editor
Halloween is a fun time of the year. While I definitely wouldn’t consider it my favorite holiday, it’s still an entertaining night. As people get older, Halloween becomes less and less eventful. It peaks during elementary and middle school, then fades gradually as high school hits and beyond. I remember as a kid I couldn’t wait for school to get out on Halloween. I knew I was going to be able to get a bunch of candy and stay up late (probably like 10 p.m.). I would do it with a group of friends, and we would go around the entire neighborhood. We knew where the “good” houses were, meaning the ones that handed out full-size candy bars. For college students, Halloween is just a day that you get to dress up in a costume. You also get an excuse to drink more alcohol and party, not that there’s anything wrong with that. Adults probably see Halloween as just another night. If anything, they don’t like it because they have to take their kids trick-or-treating and/or buy candy to hand out to kids. It’s a holiday entirely meant for kids, so it’s hard to find positives about it when considering adults. If you’re like Greg Heffley’s dad in “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” you’ll
Carving pumpkins can still be fun for anyone. stand on your roof with a garbage can full of water, waiting for kids to walk by. When they do, you dump it all over them and yell: “Happy Halloween suckers!” Just an idea, but be careful who you dump the water on.
I liked Halloween much more as a kid. Now, it’s just a fun holiday to “turn up” on. I prefer other holidays like Christmas, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July. Honestly, the thing I like about Halloween the most is
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that it’s in October. Besides Leif Erikson day, it’s the only relevant holiday this month. Saying all this, go out and have some fun on Halloween night. Dress up and go watch a scary Halloween movie in the dark with
your friends. Or don’t do anything. We’ve passed the age of trick-ortreating (it sucks, I know), so it’s time to explore other options for Halloween.
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Soccer Rivalries Gone Horribly Wrong Fan violence has a deep history in the beautiful game Thomas Evanella Staff Writer
The United States is home to a handful of truly iconic sports rivalries. The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers have basketball’s finest rivalry; meanwhile the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens have a hatred unmatched in football. The blood feud between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees is often touted as “the greatest rivalry in sports.” That said, none of these grudge matches are even in the same stratosphere as soccer rivalries across the globe. Derbies, as they’re referred to in soccer parlance, are the highlight of the season for supporters. To fans, these matches are frequently of more paramount concern than winning the title to fans. These matches are what sports fans live for, but far too often fan misbehavior and downright violence mars the action on the field. Passion and hatred give a derby its excitement, but when taken too far, have had dangerous and fatal consequences.
a total of 28 Serbian titles, while Partizan trails by only one trophy. Not once since the turn of the century has a team other than Belgrade’s two sides won the top flight. The spirited rivalry annually devolves into hatred-fueled fan violence. The animosity peaked in 1999 when a Paritzan fan shot a rocket that struck and killed a Red Star fan. In 2013, 104 fans were arrested as a result of fighting throughout the match day. Two years later, grenades and flares delayed kickoff 45 minutes at Red Star’s Rajko Mitić Stadium. The quarrels aren’t even limited between the Delije (Red Star supporters) and Grobari (Partizan fans). During a 1-1 draw in 2017, 17 Partizan fans were injured as a result of infighting during the game. Fighting within fan groups is just as likely to be on the agenda as any other form of hysteria this game brings to light. Images of bloodied fans, spectators hurling seats and police in riot gear mark the rivalry. By no stretch is the Serbian SuperLiga one of Europe’s elite, but on two days each season it puts on incredible theater with smoke and burning stadiums front and center and a soccer game in the background.
‘The Eternal Derby’: Red Star Belgrade and FK ‘El Superclásico’: Boca Partizan In terms of sheer Juniors and River Plate madness, perhaps no rivalry in world soccer tops Serbia’s “Eternal Derby” between Red Star and Partizan. Fires, grenades, pyrotechnics and broken stadium seats are nothing more than the standard operating procedure in this derby. Both sides have dominated the proceedings in Serbia. Red Star has won
Belgrade may be the ultimate hotbed for fan misconduct, but Argentina’s capital city Buenos Aires is the home of a rivalry that is unmatched by any on the planet. The rivalry features two behemoth stadiums — Boca’s La Bombonera and River Plate’s El Monumental — with a combined capacity
Scenes such as this one in 2007 are common in Serbia’s ‘Eternal Derby.’ north of 100,000. year ban on visiting fans, of Dortmund’s Of course, these two which has taken much of the Westfalenstadion are the stadiums provide an ideal edge out of the Superclásico. home of perhaps the most setting for fan insanity. The ban was a result of passionate fans in all of Gangs called the Barra Brava rampant fan deaths. Europe: the Yellow Wall. are responsible for countless The hiatus couldn’t stop The freestanding wall holds incidents — even deaths hooligans from once again 25,000 raucous supporters — throughout the decades. impacting the derby in 2015. and is the signature of the The seminal moment in To protect players, the teams club’s fan base. this heated rivalry’s history have inflatable tunnels to Both the club and of fan violence came in provide cover while walking supporters found themselves 1968. A whopping 74 fans out onto the field. In a Copa in hot water following died when Boca Juniors’ Libertadores matchup, the 2017’s home match supporters began raining River Plate tunnel was against RB Leipzig. The burning papers down on punctured and players were controversial Red Bullthe home River fans during bombarded with tear gas. owned squad made a run at the contest. Fans fled, and The game was suspended, the title, much to the chagrin the deaths were a result of and Boca was eliminated of Germany’s traditional a stampede against a locked from the tournament. fans. Leipzig bypassed the exit door. The ban has been lifted, Bundesliga’s 50-plus-one Twenty-six years later, but Boca and River still do rule, requiring clubs — as Boca fans mobbed a bus not allow visitors. opposed to outside sponsors carrying River Plate fans and Borussia Dortmund’s — to own a majority-voting murdered two of them. In stake at all times. 2013, the Argentine Football Yellow Wall In response, Dortmund’s The south stands fans hurled stones and glass Association imposed a five-
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bottles at Leipzig supporters outside the stadium, and police said that any visiting fans were targets. BVB ultras attempted to block the Leipzig team bus from reaching the stadium prior to kickoff. Additionally, the Yellow Wall raised a banner telling Leipzig sporting director Ralf Rangnick to hang himself. The club apologized to Leipzig for the egregious fan misconduct and condemned the violence. As it was, Dortmund was already under a warning from the German Football Association from earlier fan incidents. This time, the Deustcher Fussball Bund dropped the hammer, closing the Yellow Wall for one match and fining the team €100,000.
Fantasy Horror Stories Because losing on the last play isn’t bad enough Philip Atneosen & Taylor Schloemer Spectrum Staff
Ghosts. Vampires, Losing in fantasy sports. These are some of the common themes of scary stories every Halloween season. Well, the last one might be a bit of a stretch, but here at The Spectrum, we have some fantasy stories that still haunt us to this day.
Ties, technicalities, terror!
It was the spring of 2017, and I was in the midst of another fantasy basketball playoff appearance. I was the seventh seeded team, and I upset the second seed in the first round. My team was white hot going into the semifinals, and the score was too close to call going into the final day of the matchup. I woke up that Sunday morning feeling hopeful, but by the time I went to sleep, I fully understood the concept that hope only increases the pain of my failures. It’s when my hopes are the highest that I fall the hardest. The scoring format of this basketball league is based on categories. There are 10 total categories, and the team that wins the most categories advances. If both teams tie in any given category, the category is won by the home team, which is the high seed in playoff matchups.
My opponent and I recorded the same number of double-doubles, which resulted in a victory for his team. That made the final score a 5-5 tie. What’s the tiebreaker in the case of a tie, you ask? Well, the home team advances, of course. So in a league with ties, I would have won the matchup 5-4-1, or at least had a chance at a tiebreaker category, but instead I was knocked out. I would go on to get decimated in the third place matchup in the next round to the eighth seed. This somber moment in my life still fills me with bitterness and dread, and I can only hope that it fuels my vengeance.
Sports Editor’s Stories: The quarterback conspiracy
There is always that one guy who annoys the league. Last season, that guy had somehow gone from the worst in the league to having the best record of the regular season. He can thank the Saints for using two running backs a lot for that. He rode into the playoffs on the arm of Prince Harry, aka Carson Wentz. However, the week of the quarterfinals, Wentz went down with an ACL injury. New York Jets quarterback Josh McCown was the next man up, for all of about two hours before sustaining his own season-
ending injury. Now, the No. 1 seed in the league doesn’t have a healthy quarterback on the roster. More importantly, he is the last person on the waiver wire order that week. The next two days are spent with the other 11 league members going through who to pick up. Everyone put in claims for the most likely waiver adds at quarterback first. Then, it became a clean house deal on all quarterbacks. I went so far as to having four quarterbacks on my roster. We even went so far as to pick up Nathan Peterman, who had only thrown five picks up to this point. By the time the deed was done, there were no quarterbacks available who had a projected score for the week. Don’t worry; the guy got a quarterback in a trade deal. Russell Wilson, in fact, who scored all of three points that week.
Sports Editor’s Stories: Thanos snap
“Hear me and rejoice. You have had the privilege of being saved by the great Thanos. You may think this is suffering. No, it is salvation.” Or at least the Ebony Maw quote would have been more accurate than the text I got to set this whole thing off.
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Carson Wentz’s ACL injury led to more than one horror story for fantasy owners. Now before getting into the details, it is important to understand that the league I am in can best be described as a meme league. Our league commissioner title changes hands to the prior season’s champion, and he has the final say. But, to have some sort of order, I also hold League Manager powers, since the commish couldn’t be bothered half the time. And so with great power comes great responsibility to use it improperly.
So my phone lights up from the guy who is sitting dead last in the league and is staring an 0-5 start down, barring a 37-point game from Drew Brees on Monday. To sum it up, “If I lose, I want to make a video of Thanos snapping his fingers, and then you go through and drop all players from everyone’s’ bench.” I tell him I will think about it, but I didn’t want to. He persists, and I text the commissioner, hoping he
would put an end to it. He didn’t. In fact, he supports the idea. Well, he runs the league after all. So then the first guy and I set through how all of this would work. The next morning, once rosters were unlocked, I would go through and drop all the benches. We would leave it for a day, and then I would go back and fix everything. I did, it was annoying, and I am still owed a root beer for my efforts.
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The Curse of Goldberg
What Minnesota fans have been dealing with
Minnesota sports fans are by definition insane.
Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor
What happened in 1992 to change everything is still unknown, but I am going to call it “The Curse of Goldberg.” How to lift the curse? If tying him to the goal posts and ripping shots won’t work, maybe nothing will. Someone cue the knuckle puck. But since the release of “The Mighty Ducks,” Minnesota’s major sports teams have not been able to reach the heights of Gordon Bombay’s pee wee hockey team. Combined, the Twins, Vikings, Wild and Timberwolves have zero championships despite 39
playoff appearances in 95 total seasons. Numbers like that rank Minneapolis-St. Paul among the worst markets in professional sports. Call it a curse, but unlike other sports curses, the Curse of Goldberg has three different cases to it.
Case I - The plucky underdog who comes up short
The 2017 Twins are perhaps the most prime example of this first case. Coming off the club’s worst season since they were named the Washington Senators with 103 losses in 2016, there were not any expectations for this team. But suddenly, the Twins
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were in the playoff hunt come September. Come October, a trip to New York to play the Yankees in the Wild Card game. There were just slight expectations, but then those expectations got ramped up. Two home runs in the first inning gave Minnesota hope. But as the way with the curse, it was not to be. The Yankees came out on top 8-4, but Twins fans were just happy to be there.
Case II - A really good team gets shut down
Reading through the history of the Vikings, this becomes apparent. Time traveling back to 2009 is perhaps the most painful. A Brett Favre and Adrian Peterson led Vikings team
had claimed the NFC North with a 12-4 record. All that stood in the Vikings’ way to their first Super Bowl since 1976 was the New Orleans Saints. Who dat? Drew Brees, dat’s who. Despite out-gaining the Saints 475 to 257 on the night, it was the Saints who punched their ticket to Miami for the Super Bowl. Fast forward eight seasons to last December. Playoff demons were vanished, as the Vikings got the last 61-yard laugh to beat the Saints 29-24. The “Skol” chant was alive, and the Vikings became the first Super Bowl host to appear in a conference championship. An Eagles team without their starting quarterback?
A home Super Bowl seemed like destiny. Someone forgot to tell Nick Foles that, as well as the Eagles’ defensive front that ripped the Vikings to shreds. Dreams firmly crushed.
Case III - Trying to get to the second round
Wild, now it is your turn. The newest franchise in the Big Four leagues in Minnesota is among the most successful in terms of playoff appearances. In 17 seasons of existence, the Wild have made it to the postseason nine times. But with that, the Wild have only four playoff series wins in that time. In fact, of those four wins, three came in seven games, the other in
six. Easy playoff wins are not in the team’s vocabulary. Similar cases involve all Minnesota sports. In those 39 playoff appearances since 1992, Minnesota teams have won just 14 playoff series/ games. That is seven playoff wins for the Vikings, four for the Wild, two for the Wolves and just one for the Twins. On just four occasions have a Minnesota team appeared in a conference championship. Those teams were the 2009 and 2016 Vikings, the 2002 Twins and the 2004 Timberwolves. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over. Here in Minnesota, all sports fans are insane.
The Most Haunted Hotel in Baseball Four out of five ghosts recommend the Pfister in Milwaukee Ian Longtin Staff Writer
Outside of a memorable 2018 campaign, the Milwaukee Brewers have at times been scary bad. They were one of those teams that when on your favorite team’s schedule, it was a relief. So, why do teams hate traveling to Wisconsin to take on the Brewers? Well, on numerous occasions MLB players have reported “paranormal activity” when staying at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. Let’s take a dive into some of the ghost stories that have emerged from players staying at the haunted hotel.
Bryce Harper, OF, Washington Nationals
The man who may break records in his next contract had to first survive the horrors the hotel presented before launching into stardom. “I had a pair of jeans and a shirt on that table at the foot of the bed. When I woke up in the morning — I swear on everything — the
clothes were on the floor and the table was on the opposite side of the room.” After Harper’s ordeal, he proceeded to go down to the front desk and get a different room on a different floor.
Michael Young, IF, Texas Rangers
The seven-time All-Star, who doesn’t really get into the whole ghost business, had this to say after his stay at the Pfister. “Listen, I’m not someone who spreads ghost stories, so if I’m telling you this, it happened. A couple of years ago, I was lying in bed after a night game, and I was out. My room was locked, but I heard these footsteps inside my room, stomping around. I’d heard all these stories about this hotel, so I was wide awake at that point. And then I heard it again, these footsteps on the floor, so I yelled out, “Hey, make yourself at home. Hang out, have a seat, but do not wake me up, OK?” After that, I didn’t hear a thing for the rest of the night.”
C.J. Wilson, Pitcher, Los Angeles Angels
The ghosts in Pfister made a believer out of the once prized free-agent pitcher. “I’ve had lots of experiences there. I was on the computer one night, doing my typical shtick — surfing the web, sending an email, editing a photo — and then all of a sudden the lights started flickering. I’m thinking to myself, I’m going to be so pissed if my computer dies. Then the light just shuts off. And then the TV shuts off. And then the light turns back on, but the light at the front door turns off.” The ghosts weren’t quite done with Wilson quite yet. “… then 30 minutes later, there’s scratching in the walls.” Besides a ghost, Wilson thought a possum might be the culprit of the sounds from within the walls. However, as the night wore on, the ghouls of Pfister made sure Wilson wouldn’t mistake a ghost for a possum again. “I’m literally looking to see if
there are people in the hallway, if someone’s trying to pull something. But then the lights really start going crazy, and I’m like, are you kidding me? I don’t want anything from you. Leave me alone. Or write it down. Write down what you want. I can’t communicate through the lights.”
Brandon Philips, 2B, Cincinnati Reds
The second baseman known for his splashy plays up the middle had a brief, yet memorable experience in the hotel. “We play Milwaukee a lot, but I remember one time I came into the room and just sat on the bed. Then, for some reason, the damn radio turned on. So I turned it off and got in the shower. When I was done, that motherf---er had turned back on.”
Pablo Sandoval, 3B, San Francisco Giants
The “Kung Fu Panda” had a similar experience to Philips. The main difference is Sandoval didn’t think he could survive a night in
the Pfister. “I don’t like the ghosts there. In 2009, I went to take a shower, and I remember putting my iPod next to a speaker. When I came out, it was playing music, and I have no idea why. I left the hotel after that. I didn’t want to stay there. In 2010, me and Edgar (Renteria) stayed down the street and paid for it on our own.” The reasoning behind these hauntings remains a mystery. Is it the fact that the hotel is well over 100 years old? Could Charles Pfister, the hotel’s founder, haunt the establishment himself? Whatever it may be, the ghost stories have made at least one thing clear. That professional athletes in peak physical condition and that look superhuman sometimes are afraid of what goes bump-bump in the night. The stories also offer a bit of helpful advice. The next time you book a trip to Milwaukee, think twice before staying at the Pfister Hotel.
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