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First annual Riverside bike parade in St. Cloud Staff Report
Children, parents and community members donned their helmets and saddled up on their JQSM[ I\ \PM ÅZ[\ IVV]IT :Q^MZ[QLM Bike Parade. <PM ÅZ[\ :Q^MZ[QLM *QSM Parade took place on Saturday at Riverside Park in St. Cloud. The parade started at 10 a.m. with registration for participants beginning at 9 a.m. According to an event organizer, the bicycle parade was centered around families and the idea that there are inexpensive, healthy ways for families to do things together. The event was free and open \W IVa IOM OZW]X <PM ÅZ[\ people to register received a free t-shirt featuring the Riverside
Bike Parade logo. The event had around 200 participants. Participants could see bike tuning demonstrations by Ben Doon from Revolution Cycle and Ski and learn more about bicycle helmet safety from event volunteers before the parade began. While they learned about helmet safety, participants could also buy bicycle helmets, provided by the St. Cloud Hospital Trauma Center, for $10. Helmets were required for anyone who wanted to ride a bicycle in the parade. Free bottled beverages were given to participants before and after the parade, donated by Bernick’s Beverage and Vending of Waite Park. Bernick’s also had their new bike trolley at the event which lead the parade of cyclists. A
Bernick’s representative said the Riverside Bike Parade was the second event the bike trolley had been at. It could seat a driver and up to 10 cyclists. Other sponsors of the Riverside Bike Parade included the YMCA, I am MN nice, Spirit 92.9 FM, B.L.E.N.D. Fit Kids Club, United Way of Central Minnesota, the St. Cloud Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the City of St. Cloud. After the parade, attendees could enjoy watermelon at a feed station and names were drawn for several door prizes. Two bicycles were donated by Bernick’s to be given away as the ÅVIT LWWZ XZQbM[ John Blommel, 10, and Zachary Ittel, 10, were the winners of the donated bicycles.
HANNAH SWIFT / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Ben Doon, of Revolution Cycle and Ski, demonstrates how to properly tune a bicycle.
HANNAH SWIFT / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Ryan Ott explains the route and outlines the parade. Nearly 200 hundred people participated in the parade.
HANNAH SWIFT / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Participants line up to begin the parade. The parade began and ended at Riverside park.
SCSU tobacco-free policy Staff Report
MOLLY WILLMS / MANAGING EDITOR
“SCSU Tobacco Free” signs have gone up around campus. The signs tell of what phase two will be: a tobacco free campus.
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Students and community members who smoke have seen a change in where they can or cannot smoke. Phase I of the change in the Tobacco Use Policy was implemented for the entire campus on Monday. The changes are part of a two-phase process to eventually eliminate all tobacco use on any campus property. The Smoking Review Policy Task Force reviewed the existing tobacco policy beginning in fall of 2010. The Tobacco Use Policy Implementation & Sustainability Committee will be responsible for implementing the new policy. 8PI[M 1 KWV[Q[\[ WN LM[QOVI\QVO [XMKQÅK IZMI[ WV campus on which it is permissible to smoke. It also meant the removal of all smoking trash receptacles from non-designated areas. Phase I will last until August 1, 2012, when phase 11 JMOQV[ 8PI[M 11 Q[ \PM ÅVIT QUXTMUMV\I\QWV WN \PM new smoking policy, making SCSU a completely tobacco-free campus. This means that no tobacco use – including smokeless tobacco – will be permitted on campus property. Smoking will be permitted in private vehicles on campus provided that the tobacco user demonstrates respect for others and the environment.
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Tobacco possession will still be permitted oncampus after Phase II is implemented. During Phase I, the new policy will be mainly peer-enforced. The committee does not plan to issue citations during the transition year. Tobacco use will remain prohibited within any buildings on-campus. Residential Life has yet to specify whether their policies on possession within or use adjacent to the residence halls will change separately from the campus-wide policy. The area affected, as stated previously on the policy review website, is “All property within the following parameters: as far north as 4th Street S, as far west as 5th Avenue/4th Avenue corridor, as far south to 17th Street, and east to the river.” During Phase I, cessation resources will become more available to those wishing to end their tobacco use. Campus Health Services and campus Human Resources departments will be working to provide options for quitting, including the free access to Quitplan resources and other programs provided. Both OZW]X[¼ _MJ[Q\M[ IVL WNÅKM[ _QTT KWV\QV]M \W XZW^QLM and expand resources for aiding in the cessation of tobacco to students, faculty and staff. Currently, “tobacco-free” window clings can be seen around campus, often next to circular stains on the ground where cigarette receptacles used to be.
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BMX Nationals hosted in St. Cloud Christian Bursch SPORTS & FITNESS EDITOR
National BMX races were held in St. Cloud over the weekend. The three-day event started Friday and wrapped up on Sunday afternoon. With about 750 competitors from 28 states, Canada, Latvia, Argentina, Puerto Rico and +WTWUJQI 8QVM^QM_ Q[ \PM ÅZ[\ 5QVVM[W\I \ZIKS \PI\ PW[\ML IV 7TaUXQK Y]ITQÅMZ Many competitors are competing for points to qualify for the Olympic team. With 350 tracks in the United States, the American Bicycle Association (ABA) has 70,000 members in over 49 states. In 1977 the ABA was created to for a national sanctioning body of organized Bicycle 2=6 3)1 <-70 ;<).. 807<7/:)80-: Motocross. The ABA is responsible for creating *5@ 5MV¼[ -TQ\M \WX ÅVQ[PMZ[ NZWU a safe sport with rules and regulations that TMN\ \W ZQOP\" ,MVbMT ;\MQV XTIKML ÅZ[\ must be followed by all, creating a fun environIVL ,MVVQ[WV ;UQ\P XTIKML \PQZL ment for participants.
The sport which started with kids in +ITQNWZVQI _PW ZWLM \PMQZ JQKaKTM[ NWZ I ÅTU called “On Any Sunday” spread throughout the country and caused many kids to simulate tricks that the motorcycle counterparts were creating. This was in the early 1970s. The Land O Lakes National leaders that competed this weekend at Pineview are as follows: ) 8ZW" ÅZ[\ XTIKM _MV\ \W 2WMa *MZ\PQI]UM from Cedar, Minn., Jordan Seward from Rockford, Ill. placed second and third place went to Olijuwan Davis also from Rockford, Ill. Women’s Elite: Dominique Daniels from /QTJMZ\ )ZQb XTIKML ÅZ[\ [MKWVL XTIKM _MV\ \W )TIQVI 0MVLMZ[WV NZWU :]Ja 6M_ AWZS and third place went to Ashley Lynch from 2=6 3)1 <-70 ;<).. 807<7/:)80-: Jacksonville, Fla. *5@ ?WUMV¼[ -TQ\M \WX ÅVQ[PMZ[ NZWU Men’s Elite: Denxel Stein from Desoto, <M`I[ XTIKM ÅZ[\ _PQTM 6QK 4WVO WN 4ISM[QLM TMN\ \W ZQOP\" )TIQVI 0MVLMZ[WV XTIKML Calif. placed second and third place went to [MKWVL ,WUQVQY]M ,IVQMT[ XTIKML ÅZ[\ IVL )[PTMa 4aVKP XTIKML \PQZL Dennison Smith of Lutz, Fla.
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Maiers dreams of becoming a coach Christian Bursch SPORTS & FITNESS EDITOR
6QKS 5IQMZ[ \PM WVTa TMN\ PIVLML XQ\KPMZ QV 0][Sa baseball, wants to help people become better. ¹0QOP [KPWWT JI[MJITT W]Z OWIT _I[ \W UISM aW]Zself better or someone else better every single day,” Maiers said, “it is a nice thing to live by . . . always be one step ahead if you are trying to be better.” At present, Maiers said he is trying to improve is ac-
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curacy and being able to challenge hitters. As for helping others he explained that he will pick up team mates after they make a mistake in a positive way and not let what they did wrong get to them. Maiers started playing baseball when he was three years old. 0M XTIaML I OIUM KITTML *IU *IU *ITT “It was like daycare,” Maiers said with a laugh and added it was basically unorganized baseball. ?PMV PM _I[ Å^M aMIZ[ WTL PM [\IZ\ML XTIaQVO JI[MJITT for Waite Park teams where his dad coached him until he was 15 years old. “Sometimes after a practice he would lay into me,” Maiers said. 0M LM[KZQJML PQ[ NI\PMZ I[ XTIaQVO IV IK\Q^M XIZ\ WN PQ[ sports, coaching as well as attending games when he wasn’t the coach. “As the coach he was a model to look at and I know my friends looked up to him too,” Maiers said. When Maiers was 12 years old, his Waite Park baseball team went to the World Series in Aberdeen, Maryland. ¹1\ _I[ \PM ÅZ[\ \QUM \PI\ IVa aMIZ WTL \MIU _MV\ º Maiers said. 5IQMZ[ [IQL \PM ÅMTL _I[ QV +IT :QXSMV¼[ JIKSaIZL IVL the team was able to hang out with Cal and Billy Ripken. The stadium was the Baltimore Orioles AAA stadium. “It was jaw dropping . . . you realize what those guys play in everyday and it was unbelievable,” Maiers said. Maiers played hockey and baseball throughout high school for the Crusaders. Attending Cathedral was expensive, Maiers said, but his grandparents made it possible by paying his tuition. “I wouldn’t be where I am today without my family,” Maiers said. “Attending Cathedral has directed me to where I am today.” As for college, Maiers admitted he was unsure if he would attend college or not. “I didn’t know what to do, I wanted to go to college and I also wanted to see where I could go with hockey,” Maiers said. “I didn’t have any thoughts of playing college baseball. I was going to play D3 college hockey or go to juniors and not go to college,” Maiers said. During his senior year of high school, college baseball coaches started talking to the pitcher and talked him into considering college baseball. “I was in the baseball mode at the time ‘cause it was baseball season, and I haven’t regretted it,” Maiers said.
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Maiers said his favorite part about baseball is that it is different every day. “One day you could have an awful day and the next you have the best game of your life,” Maiers said. Sports and recreation management is the major Maiers has chosen but he admits he might switch to marketing. “I like interacting with people . . . I’ve always liked sports but if I go into that major [marketing] I’d have more options in life,” Maiers said. 0M IT[W \PQVS[ \PI\ SVW_QVO QVNWZUI\QWV IJW]\ UIZSM\ing will help his success wherever he goes. As for a career after college, Maiers said he would still like to coach. 0M PI[ I[[Q[\ML KWIKPQVO \PM OWITQM NWZ +I\PMLZIT IVL baseball at the Whitney Center. “Best part of coaching is watching them succeed and have fun,” Maiers said. “Watching the high school hockey team . . . come into the locker room and jump around and scream was a lot of fun and brought me back to when I could do that.” Whether he is a coach or not Maiers said he wants to help people. “I want to help people get better every day whether it is coaching or whatever business I fall into, just trying to make a person better,” Maiers said.
Fischer divulges mischievous childhood stories Christian Bursch SPORTS & FITNESS EDITOR
“Enjoy life and have as much fun as you can, learn from your mistakes,” Kyle Fischer, a SCSU baseball player, said. A lesson Fischer may have learned was about two weeks IOW ¹1\ _I[ \PM ÅZ[\ \QUM IVL XZWJIJTa \PM TI[\ \QUM _ISM boarding,” Fischer said. While wake boarding Fischer broke his toe and has to wear a brace that looks like a moon boot. Fischer must wear the brace for four more weeks. Growing up Fisher learned from other mistakes his twin brother and him made. Fischer explained that life was fun OZW_QVO ]X IVL PM _W]TL IT_Ia[ ÅVL [\]NN \W LW _PQKP usually got him into trouble. “We weren’t the ones to listen to the rules very often IVL _M _MZM IT_Ia[ ÅOP\QVO MIKP W\PMZ º .Q[KPMZ [IQL A time that Fischer remembers vividly was at a baseball ÅMTL \PI\ _I[ I PITN UQTM NZWU PQ[ PW][M 0Q[ \_QV JZW\PMZ and he walked there to watch a game. There was a rain delay during the game. ¹5a JZW\PMZ IVL 1 ZIV W]\ WV\W \PM ÅMTL IVL ZIV around sliding in the mud puddles,” Fisher said. It was a lot of fun but got him into a lot of trouble with their parents Fisher explained with a chuckle. “Our childhood was not boring, we always wandered off and made our parents very patient,” Fisher said. Fisher also has a younger brother that was adopted
from the Ukraine at the age of one. ¹1\ _I[ LQNNMZMV\ I\ ÅZ[\ J]\ VW_ PM Q[ R][\ XIZ\ WN \PM family,” Fisher said. “The weird part is that he looks just like my dad.” Fischer explains that family friends will forget that he is adopted because he looks so much like his dad. Baseball has always been part of the Fischer family. Fischer’s dad played college baseball for Saint John’s and Fischer’s mom played softball throughout high school. “The best moment came when my dad was coaching the team my brother and I played on and we went to nationals in Kansas,” Fischer said. )N\MZ _I\KPQVO \PM KWTTMOM ?WZTL ;MZQM[ NWZ \PM ÅZ[\ time Fischer explained that from that moment on he has always wanted to play college baseball. “I went to UMD in Duluth for one semester and transNMZZML LW_V \W ;+;= º .Q[KPMZ [IQL 0Q[ ZMI[WV[ _MZM Q\ was closer to home and his brother was at SCSU and said he loved it. Fisher said he is glad to be where he is at now at SCSU. “My twin brother plays for SCSU... you always have someone to push you and neither one wants the other one to get to far ahead of the other one,” Fischer said about having his brother on the same team. “I never really thought about what I wanted to do and when I got to college I was lost,” Fischer said about his UIRWZ 0M LMKQLML \W UIRWZ QV I\PTM\QK \ZIQVQVO IVL [IQL that so far he likes it. As for a career after college Fischer said he would like to continue on with baseball. “I think every person’s goal on the team is to go to
the next level but I think that everyone realizes that that chance is pretty small so you need a solid plan B,” Fischer said. Fischer would also like to travel after college but exXTIQV[ \PI\ PM _QTT JM PMZM NWZ I \W\IT WN Å^M aMIZ[ “I am in no hurry to get out of college and I have acKMX\ML \PI\ 1 _QTT JM PMZM NWZ Å^M aMIZ[ º .Q[KPMZ [IQL WN PQ[ college career. “I like college even though I have zero money most of the time I still have fun,” Fisher said.
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