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Attendance more than dou-
bled for this year’s Relay for
Life event on campus com-
pared to last year. Forty-five
teams came together at the
Wellness Center to fundraise
for the American Cancer Soci-
ety Friday night.
“Everybody knows some-
body who has cancer, and so
it’s a really widespread inter-
est in a lot of people,” Katie
Nelson, a sophomore who
overlooked the planning com-
mittees, said. “If you just get
that spark and get people to
start thinking about it, they’ll
get [involved].”
Beginning at 6 p.m., many
attendees stayed at the event
all night. A variety of events
kept participants busy
throughout the night including
Zumba and a root beer pong
tournament.
Groups involved continued
fundraising at the event, with
all funds benefitting the Amer-
ican Cancer Society. Some of-
fered French braids for a
dollar or sold cupcakes.
Chelsea Scott, a freshman and
member of the Siem Hall
team, was part of the largest
group at the event. Scott and
the other members of the team
are involved in the Siem Hall
Volunteering Unit, a new
group on campus.
“We kind of wanted to do
something big, and cancer is
really important to me and my
family, so I thought this would
be the perfect way,” Scott said.
“We have 36 [members].”
When asked why people get
involved in Relay for Life,
Scott stated the impact of can-
cer on a large number of peo-
ple.
“Cancer has affect their fam-
ilies, so it’s important to them.
They want to give back to
those survivors and awareness
for a cure for cancer,” Scott
said. “My dad is a survivor …
and my dad is my hero, so ob-
viously I want to give back to
him so we can find a cure.”
Attendees recognized local
survivors at the beginning of
the event by taking part in a
survivor lap. Survivors and
their caretakers were recog-
nized, and everybody joined in
to notice the individuals.
Nelson said a lot of time was
put into planning the event,
beginning in September.
“I can already see my drive,
but when I look at all my com-
mittees too, we are an intricate
group of driven people, Nel-
son said. “It’s very nice that
we can finally come together
on the last night. After 8
months of planning an event,
for it all to come together right
now, it’s getting pretty excit-
ing to see.”
The event concluded at 6
a.m. Saturday morning with
breakfast and a closing cere-
mony.
Kyla Gradin, NDSU gradate
and mentor for the planning
committee, has been volun-
teering for the American Can-
cer Society for several years.
She finds the event important
to continue support in finding
a cause for the disease.
“I feel like you need to be
knowledgeable about the ef-
fects of cancer and awareness.
The youth is our future of rais-
ing more money to keep this
organization surviving,”
Gradin said. “I think that hav-
ing them all here fighting
against cancer is only going to
help us find a cure and find the
end to this disease. I think it’s
really great we can come to-
gether as a Bison nation and
really fight against something
together.”
On April 2, Larry Peterson
started his new duties as the
director of accreditation, as-
sessment and academic advis-
ing. Provost Rafert appointed
him to this position after ap-
plying. Previous to this new
position, Peterson worked as a
professor in the history depart-
ment.
Peterson joined NDSU fac-
ulty in 1977 in the English de-
partment but moved to the
history department after that.
He was chair of the history de-
partment from 1989 to 2006.
He has also co-chaired the
NDSU General Education
Committee for 14 out of the 21
years it has been around.
When asked what this new
position meant for him, Peter-
son replied, “I think it is an op-
portunity to build upon the
strong foundations laid by my
predecessor, Dr. Bob Harrold,
and to improve student learn-
ing.”
In his new position, Peterson
described that he had four
main responsibilities.
His first is to co-chair the
Core Undergraduate Learning
Experience committee. This
committee analyzes what
skills NDSU students should
have when they graduate and
then looks to see if the curricu-
lum provides that and works to
change it.
Peterson also leads the team
that is preparing for NDSU’s
accreditation in 2015 by the
Higher Learning Commission,
works with the University As-
sessment Committee to ana-
lyze and improve student
learning and works with the
Council of Improving Advis-
ing to enhance student advis-
ing for the benefit of students.
“In two of these areas, ad-
vising and general education
revision, it seems obvious to
me how my work affects stu-
dents,” Peterson said.
Peterson explains that his
work regarding advising
would be beneficial to stu-
dents. He said that if students
receive a better advising expe-
rience, they will feel more
confident about what they are
doing here at NDSU and more
students will graduate on time.
He also explicated that those
students who receive a better
core general education will
succeed more in college. Pe-
terson went on to say that a co-
hesive general education
program will make the NDSU
college experience seem more
coherent, and that students
will learn the skills they need
to know.
Peterson stated that his work
with assessment and accredi-
tation would help students,
though not as directly as the
first two. By assessing what
the students are learning and
how well they are learning
content, NDSU can make
changes to what students are
learning and enrich the expe-
rience.
Peterson is also working
with accreditation with regard
to the entire campus, not just
individual colleges.
“If we were not accredited,
students would have a much
harder time getting into grad-
uate schools or perhaps even
getting jobs,” he said. Peterson
also stated that without ac-
creditation, students would not
be able to get as many finan-
cial aid options as they do
now.
To bolster relationships be-
tween NDSU's campus and
the immediately surrounding
community, approximately
750 volunteers will help out at
approximately 80 sites
throughout the day today, of-
fering services aimed at help-
ing wherever help is needed.
Ginnie Hausladen, the out-
reach coordinator for this
year's Big Event, says the
community responds very
well to this event.
"It's a student-run big day of
service to give thanks back to
the Fargo-Moorhead commu-
nity," Hausladen said.
Now the largest single-day,
student-organized service
event in the country, the Big
Event has been a campus tra-
dition at NDSU for three
years, though it has been
around at other universities for
30 years.
Modeled after the pilot pro-
gram at Texas A&M, NDSU's
is run by the Volunteer Net-
work, student government, the
Alumni Association and most
importantly, student volun-
teers.
"We're going out to various
nonprofit agencies, churches
and private homes to do a lot
of spring cleaning work,"
Hausladen said.
Chores will range from
helping out with landscaping
and demolition projects to
lending a hand with indoor or-
ganizing and repairs. People
from the surrounding commu-
nity were able to request jobs
through a website set up by the
organizers of the project.
More than 80 sites have
been claimed this year, com-
pared to the average of 50 in
recent years. This number has
been countered by a larger-
than-normal student response
that bested last year's partici-
pation numbers by approxi-
mately 400.
"Students have really
stepped it up this year and
have been willing to get in-
volved, so we're expecting a
big turnout," Hausladen said.
Students are dispersed to job
sites throughout the area in
groups of five. Work will run
in slots between 9:30 a.m. and
7:00 p.m. Registration is cur-
rently closed, but interested
students can attempt to join on
the east patio of the Memorial
Union throughout the day.
However, spots are limited.
"[It's about] raising aware-
ness and views about NDSU
as a university and NDSU stu-
dents and establishing better
relationships between the stu-
dents and different community
members," Hausladen said.
Students walk in Relay for Life eventCampus annual event held to aid in fight against cancer
Emma Heaton
Co-News Editor
Emma Heaton | The Spectrum In an effort to fundraise for the American Cancer Society, students participate in the 2012 Relay for Life in the Wallman Welness Center Friday night.
Larry Peterson named new director of accreditation,assessment and academic advising
Hannah Dillon
Staff Writer
A Big Event
of thanks
Matt Severns
Spectrum Staff
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On Saturday, NDSU hosted
the North Dakota State Sci-
ence Olympiad. The event was
held in the Bentson Bunker
Field house and Family Living
Center. Schools from all
across North Dakota arrived to
compete for a shot at nationals
in Orlando, Fla. in May.
Two separate divisions were
assembled. There were two di-
visions, one which consisted
of students in grades 6 -9, and
another division in consisting
of students in grades 9–12.
Each division was made up of
24 teams, and each team com-
prised of 15 students.
There were five regional
qualifiers for this event. 127
teams were narrowed down to
the 48 that showed up for
competition this weekend at
NDSU. The top team in each
division is going to nationals.
The opening ceremony
began with the singing of our
national anthem and was fol-
lowed by announcements
from Donald Schwert, profes-
sor of geology, and director for
science and mathematics edu-
cation at NDSU, regarding the
teams competing, the times of
each different competition and
the rules of the Olympiad.
Throughout the day, 23
events were set up for teams in
each division to participate.
The 23 events were either en-
gineering, mathematical or
science-based, giving partici-
pants the chance to be actively
involved by working as a team
to build projects and solve
problems.
Events such as the Robotic
Arm and Storm the Castle and
Towers all inspired students
thinking and creativity in the
areas of science and mathe-
matics.
Each team was given a cer-
tain amount of time to com-
plete each task event.
Following completion of the
event, each team was scored
based on the number of points
they received. The scoring
system ranked all the teams in
order by points. The team with
the highest score in their re-
spected division as mentioned
will head to nationals.
“Scientists seldom work in
isolation today. To be a scien-
tist or engineer you work as a
team,” Schwert said. The
event gave students who are
well rounded both areas a bit-
tersweet taste of the life and
teamwork that would someday
go into each job, Schwert said
of how the event can help par-
ticipants in the future.
Otto Borchert, co-director
for the North Dakota Science
Olympiad and a programmer
analyst in NDSU’s Center for
Science and Mathematics Ed-
ucation, explained that a lot of
work went into the Science
Olympiad.
“Over 100 volunteers from
NDSU and the area including
faculty and staff helped par-
take in the event,” he ex-
plained. Borchert also
mentioned the event is a good
time for volunteers, coaches
and participants. “The Science
Olympiad is a lot of fun, and
is a great experience for those
who participate.”
Coaches Bret Johnsrud and
Jason Helde represented
Hazen High School in North
Dakota. Both were proud of
the fact that their kids made it
this far.
“Our kids competed hard
and did a nice job.” The
coaches also commented that
on the event, “The Science
Olympiad intrigues design and
ingenuity. Our team learned a
lot today in both areas,” they
said.
Last year’s North Dakota
state champions from Bis-
marck High School, Mckenzie
Heuz, Brett Samson, Andrew
Throndset and Jeremy Skager,
enjoyed the competition this
year as well.
“We are here to win. We
won last year and hope to de-
fend our title. We truly enjoy
this competition,” they said.
The Science Olympiad
closed with the awarding of
medals, and the decision of
who makes it to nationals.
There were appeals over the
weekend, and the winners
were announced Monday.
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For college students, finan-
cial woes can be an everyday
reality. In a seemingly unusual
collaboration, the Federal Re-
serve Bank of Chicago has
reached out to the American
Library Association to launch
Money Smart Week.
The Library on NDSU's
main campus took note of this
initiative, which had its first
year in libraries across the na-
tion last year and has decided
to hold events of its own this
week.
Deborah Sayler, an interli-
brary loan associate who has
worked with setting up Money
Smart Week on campus, says
that getting financial informa-
tion to students can be advan-
tageous because college stu-
dents often don't have long
financial histories.
"It's just kind of an educa-
tional way of talking about
money and different aspects of
it," Sayler said.
Throughout the week, the
Library will have resources on
display, and Library staff will
maintain a financial informa-
tion table. Today at 11 a.m.,
Dave Werth from Kvamme
Realty will speak in the Li-
brary about buying a house for
the first time.
Wednesday and Thursday
will bring Record Keepers, a
paper-shredding company to
the Library. The company will
have a truck parked just out-
side the Library, offering stu-
dents a secure way to dispose
of financial or personal docu-
ments.
"I hope a lot of people take
advantage of bringing in pa-
pers and shredding. That's
kind of in line with keeping fi-
nances private," Sayler said.
"you don't want to just throw
them in the garbage because
someone is going to see your
information and use it. So,
shredding is a good way of
protecting your privacy."
Money Smart Week began
last year, with libraries in more
than 30 states holding related
events. In a blend between the
interests of the Federal Re-
serve and libraries across the
country, the mission of the
week is, 'to promote personal
financial literacy."
The informational table will
be set up throughout the week
on the main level of the main
Library.
On Dec. 12, 2011, NDSU
graduate Andrew Lynch
was diagnosed with cancer.
Previous to this, he had ex-
perienced flu-like symp-
toms and a sore lower back.
Upon going to a walk-in
clinic and learning that his
white blood cell count was
abnormal, he was directed
to a hospital, where doctors
ran him through several
tests.
A benefit was held Sun-
day for Lynch at Fargo
Teamsters. The benefit
lasted from 3 to 8 p.m., dur-
ing which three local bands
performed: jazz group
Funk-a-tize me Cap’n,
roots group Amanda Stand-
alone and the Pastry Shop
Girls and indie group Shape
then Shift.
The benefit included a
spaghetti feed and a silent
auction featuring over 150
items, such as Johnny
Carino’s gift cards, NDSU
apparel, an iPod, hand-knit-
ted items and a Minnesota
Wild autographed jersey
amongst others. Funds will
be matched by Dakota
Medical Foundation Lend a
Hand and Thrivent
Lutheran.
Lynch, now 22 years old,
graduated from NDSU last
spring with a degree in
electrical engineering. He
was active with the Ham
Radio Club, and he worked
for the college of engineer-
ing and architecture’s help
desk for three of his four
years at NDSU. Andrew’s
father, Rob Lynch, said that
he was well known by all of
his professors.
Andrew Lynch was also
an active volunteer with the
Salvation Army, and was
awarded the 2011 Sarah
Martinsen Outstanding
Service Award from the
NDSU Volunteer Network.
“When the doctor told
him that he had leukemia
[Andy] looked him just
right in the eye and said ‘I
will beat this,’” Rob Lynch
said about his son’s attitude
upon being diagnosed with
cancer. Since then, the
phrase of ‘I will beat this’
has become a sort of theme
for his cause.
Lynch was diagnosed
with acute myeloid
leukemia, an aggressive
blood cancer. In order to
combat this, Lynch’s doc-
tors have prescribed an
equally aggressive
chemotherapy regimen.
According to Rob Lynch,
Andrew must undergo four
chemotherapy sessions
total, and as of now he has
completed three. Rob
Lynch explained that dur-
ing the chemotherapy, all of
Andrew’s good and bad
blood cells are killed and
then his bone marrow must
be given time to replenish
the cells. He said that his
son spends from three to
four weeks at a time in the
hospital for his treatments.
For more information
about Andrew and dona-
tions, visit http://www.
iwillbeatthis.com or http://
www.caringbridge.com/vis
it/andrewlynch.
NDSU hosts North Dakota State Science OlympiadStudents from North Dakota schools competefor a chance at nationals
Matt Severns | The Spectrum Participants in the Science Olympiad stand in front of catapults and trebuchets for the castle seige leg ofSaturday’s competition in the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse.
Andrew Koch
Staff Writer
Library boosts financial literacy
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Spectrum Staff
NDSU graduate Andrew Lynch says,‘I will beat this’ to his leukemia
Benefit, donations to help with hospital costs
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News briefs
Iran says it recovered data
from captured US drone
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) —Iran claimed Sunday that ithad recovered data from anAmerican spy drone thatwent down in Iran last year,including information thatthe aircraft was used to spyon Osama bin Laden weeksbefore he was killed. Iranalso said it was building acopy of the drone.
Similar unmanned surveil-lance planes have been usedin Afghanistan for years andkept watch on bin Laden'scompound in Pakistan. ButU.S. officials have said littleabout the history of the par-ticular aircraft now in Iran'spossession.
Tehran, which has alsobeen known to exaggerate itsmilitary and technologicalprowess, says it broughtdown the RQ-170 Sentinel, atop-secret drone equippedwith stealth technology, andhas flaunted the capture as avictory for Iran and a defeatfor the United States.
Bahrain welcomes back F1
amid security crunch
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP)— Under heavy security,Bahrain's embattled leaderstoasted the return Sunday ofthe coveted Formula OneGrand Prix even as riot policeused armored vehicles to vir-
tually seal off oppositionstrongholds and fight hit-and-run clashes in the ArabSpring's longest-runningstreet battles.
The contrasts put the Gulfkingdom's divisions in starkrelief: The Sunni rulers bask-ing in the F1 glamour at thedesert circuit while securityforces imposed lockdowntactics against Shiite neigh-borhoods at the heart of themore than 14-month-old up-rising.
Hollande, Sarkozy set to
advance to French runoff
PARIS (AP) — SocialistFrancois Hollande and con-servative President NicolasSarkozy are heading for arunoff in their race forFrance's presidency, accord-ing to partial official resultsin a vote that could alter theEuropean political and eco-nomic landscape.
French voters defied ex-pectations and handed a sur-prisingly strong third-placeshowing to anti-immigrant,anti-Muslim candidate Ma-rine Le Pen, the partial resultsindicated. That could boosther influence on the Frenchpolitical scene, hand herparty seats in parliament andaffect relations with minori-ties in France and in otherEuropean countries.
Police release 2 men in
death of Mandan woman
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) —
Police have released two men
who were taken into custody
and questioned in connection
with the slaying of a Mandan
woman.
Mandan police have identi-
fied the woman as 60-year-
old Gloria
Schmidt-Lozensky. She was
found dead in her mobile
home early Friday morning
after authorities were notified
by a relative. Police have
ruled her death a homicide.
The two men, taken into
custody during a traffic stop,
were "people police needed
to interview and catch up
with," Mandan Deputy Po-
lice Chief Paul Leingang told
the Bismarck Tribune.
ND official: Proposals cut
need for Keystone XL
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP)
— A North Dakota official
says several pipelines that
have been proposed could di-
minish the importance of the
Keystone XL pipeline for
North Dakota.
Public Service Commis-
sioner Kevin Cramer says the
six proposed pipeline proj-
ects make the Keystone XL
project less important to
North Dakota in moving its
oil to refineries.
However, Cramer tells the
Dickinson Press that the
Keystone XL Pipeline is still
important for national secu-
rity and energy security.
TransCanada Corp.'s Key-
stone XL would move Cana-
dian oil to Texas, but has
been held up because it needs
federal approval to cross the
U.S.-Canadian border. It also
would pick up oil from North
Dakota and Montana.
ND court won't speed up
property tax lawsuit
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP)
— North Dakota's Supreme
Court has rejected a request
to speed up an appeal of a
lawsuit over a ballot initiative
to abolish property taxes.
The constitutional amend-
ment is going to a vote in
June. The Supreme Court's
decision means the legal dis-
pute won't be resolved until
after the election.
Supporters sued Tax Com-
missioner Cory Fong and
other officials — saying
they're using taxpayer money
to campaign against the
amendment.
A district judge threw out
the lawsuit. The lawsuit's
backers quickly filed a North
Dakota Supreme Court ap-
peal.
Etan Patz case a decades-
long, winding probe
NEW YORK (AP) — Theinvestigation into the disap-pearance of 6-year-old EtanPatz has stretched throughdecades and countries, frombasements to rooftops andseemingly everywhere in be-tween.
No one has ever beencharged criminally — and thelittle boy with sandy brownhair and a toothy grin was de-clared dead in 2001.
This week, after more thana decade of relative quiet, thecase suddenly ran hot again,after a cadaver-sniffing dogpicked up a scent in an oldbasement down the streetfrom the boy's home in NewYork City.
Wal-Mart hushed up bribe
network in Mexico
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hushed up avast bribery campaign thattop executives of its Mexicansubsidiary carried out tobuild stores across that coun-try, according to a publishedreport.
The New York Times re-ported Saturday that Wal-Mart failed to notify lawenforcement officials evenafter its own investigatorsfound evidence of millions ofdollars in bribes. The news-paper said the company shut
down its internal probe de-spite a report by its lead in-vestigator that Mexican andU.S. laws likely were vio-lated.
The bribery campaign wasreported to have first come tothe attention of senior execu-tives at Wal-Mart in 2005,when a former executive ofits largest foreign subsidiary,Wal-Mart de Mexico, pro-vided extensive details of abribery campaign it had or-chestrated to win marketdominance.
Watergate figure Charles
Colson has died at 80
LANSDOWNE, Va. (AP)— Charles Colson, thetough-as-nails special coun-sel to President RichardNixon who went to prison forhis role in a Watergate-re-lated case and became aChristian evangelical helpinginmates, has died. He was 80.
Jim Liske, chief executiveof the Lansdowne-basedPrison Fellowship Ministriesthat Colson founded, saidColson died Saturday
Colson, with his trademarkhorn-rimmed glasses, wasknown as the "evil genius" ofthe Nixon administrationwho once said he'd walk overhis grandmother to get thepresident elected to a secondterm.
WORLDNATIONSTATE
GRAND FORKS, N.D.
(AP) — University of North
Dakota students who depend
on a taxi service that is subsi-
dized by student fees are hav-
ing trouble hailing a cab.
The so-called Cab Crawler
service has been put on hold
because of a change of owner-
ship and mechanical problems
with the company's fleet.
Students pay $2 or $3 for
rides. Logan Fletcher, UND
student body president, says
many students rely on the
service, including for sober
rides home.
Fletcher says students are
paying for the program and
deserve good service.
Paul Balstad, the new owner
of Red White and Blue Taxi
Co., tells the Grand Forks Her-
ald that service is temporarily
suspended so issues can be
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A brilliant idea can some-
times only be a click of the
shutter button away. Jake
Coryell, a fourth-year land-
scape architecture student at
NDSU, never imagined that a
simple, “silly” picture pose
could result in a successful
and growing group page on
Facebook.
Last semester, Coryell went
on a vacation to Mexico. One
day he decided to take a pic-
ture with a crazy pose also
known as a “what up pose.”
Coryell decided to make that
photo his Facebook profile
picture for a long time.
“People saw my updated
picture on Facebook and
began texting me ‘what up’
photos of their own. It was a
way to make fun of my pic-
ture,” Coryell said hysteri-
cally.
After going to New York
City a while ago and seeing a
lot of iconic places there,
Coryell and a couple class-
mates thought up the idea that
referenced back to the image
he took in Mexico displaying
his “what up” pose. The idea
was to make a Facebook page
where people could send
“what up” photos of them-
selves in cool places they
travel to or are located.
Two other NDSU students
besides Coryell thought up the
Facebook group, Adam Olson
and Dustin Hochhalter, both
fourth year landscape architec-
ture students just like Coryell.
“The group has blown up
since its creation about a
month ago,” Coryell said.
Through Coryell, Olson and
Hochhalter’s ingenious idea,
people who join the group
sending “what up” photos at
an astonishing rate. “We have
had 70 photos put up in the
last month,” Coryell noted.
People are catching on to
this idea and joining the Face-
book group. The group mem-
bers classmates in Europe
studying abroad, and the
groups past professors are
sending in “what up” pictures
of themselves from trips in
Africa.
“It is awesome to see in-
volvement from a variety of
different people,” Coryell
said.
The group has a bunch of
different goals for their Face-
book page. One of their goals
is to someday create posters
and/or t-shirts or other items
you could sell that consists of
all individual “what up” pic-
tures in the group in silhouette
format. They would then sell
this for a profit and donate the
money to a non-profit organi-
zation in the F-M area.
Coryell also inspires to one
day be on the Ellen DeGeneres
Show due to the success of the
“What up Group” on Face-
book.
“Invite your friends and
have them invite their
friends,” Coryell expressed.
“The final goal of the group is
to get as many members as
possible. The more pictures,
the more recognition the group
will get.”
They say pictures can mean
1000 words. Through your
help in joining their Facebook
group, your pictures can mean
sharing ‘what up’ NDSU. If
you would like to join the
“What Up Group” on Face-
book, log onto:
http://www.facebook.com/gro
ups/404200416259511/.
He Said: “As long as you
both are clear on what the re-
lationship is, then it’s fine. It’s
not very cool to lead some-
body on.” Josh Feer, a fresh-
man majoring in university
studies.
She Said: “I don’t think
it’s OK. Even if both people
say that it’s OK. It never ends
up that way. It’s just wiser to
make things black and white.
Either be in a relationship or
stay friends.” Megan Shore, a
freshman majoring in psychol-
ogy.
“Friends with benefits” is a
relationship standard that is
becoming more and more ac-
ceptable in society. The media
is definitely helping it along
with movies like “Friends
With Benefits.” In today’s so-
ciety it isn’t unheard of to hear
someone define the relation-
ship as “friends with benefits”
when a few years ago, it was
unlikely to publicly announce
it.
According to psychcentral.
com, most “friends with bene-
fits” relationships are seen in
young adults, high school to
college aged. It also states that
men like to receive the bene-
fits out of the relationship,
while the woman likes the
friendship aspect. It is an inter-
esting phenomenon.
Many would say that it is
easy to be “friends with bene-
fits” as long as the boundaries
are made clear. If you both
agree to the terms than nobody
should get hurt but more times
than not, the relationship ends
with someone feeling cheated.
People may argue that you can
be physical without getting
emotional about it, but physi-
cal intimacy is still intimacy.
While it might be easy to pre-
tend that it doesn’t mean any-
thing, deep down it might
have significant impact, even
when you don’t want to admit
it.
Most people advise against
not having a “friends with
benefits” relationship. Others
would say to go for it as long
as you both are aware of what
you’re doing. You must ask
yourself if the “friends with
benefits” relationship just a
lazy way of doing things. In-
stead of having the responsi-
bility that comes from being in
a relationship, do we just take
the physical pleasure? While
to some that may seem per-
fect, others would argue that in
the end it leaves everyone in-
volved feeling empty.
Dear Alysia,For some reason all my friends seem to be getting engaged and although it doesn’t bother me that they are, it’s now
starting to affect my relationship. My girlfriend keeps hinting to me that she wants to get engaged. I know that it’s hardfor her because all her friends are getting engaged but I’m not ready. I don’t want her to think I don’t want to marry hersomeday, but right now I’m just trying to focus on school. I want to finish school and get my career started before I jumpinto marriage. I’m not scared of marriage because I know that my girlfriend is the one for me, but how do I tell her thatI want to do it at the right time, not just for me but for the both of us? What should I do?
Sincerely,Waiting For The Right Time
Dear Waiting For The Right Time,
This can be a tricky situation. When everyone else around you is getting engaged, it will be hard for your girlfriend to
not want the same thing. You should tell her how you feel. Make it clear that you want to be with her, but right now
school is a top priority for you. Try to bring it up when she’s not already thinking about how she wishes you two were
engaged. You need to tell her so she doesn’t think a ring could be right around the corner and it’s not.
Make sure she realizes that the reason you don’t want to get engages is not because you don’t want to marry her
someday (as long as that is the case), but because you want to establish and build your career first and you want the same
for her. If you’ve been really busy with school and other activities try to put a little extra effort into the relationship.
When people become engaged, they have that honeymoon period and so it could be hard for your girlfriend to see her
friends getting engaged and then see how great their relationship is, while feeling like her own relationship is becoming
flat. Show her that you still care and that you two can still enjoy this period of your relationship even if it seems like no
one else is in the same spot as you.
Lastly, if she does get upset still after this, remind her that your relationship is different than anyone else’s. You guys
are in a different place than your friends who are getting engaged and she needs to respect that. Make sure to tell her all
of this in a kind way and not to get too bent out of shape about it. After all the excitement of people getting engaged dies
down a bit, things should go back to normal.
Sincerely,
Alysia
‘What Up Group’ Facebook group asks members to post photos from around the globe
Andrew Koch
Staff Writer
Submitted Photo“What Up Group” member Jeff Bauer, a senior in majoring in environmental design, displays the “what up” posein the Drakensberg Mountains located in South Africa.
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Much like here last exhibit,
Lori Larusso hopes people
walk away thinking from her
latest show, “Unfunny.”
She had to consider the
physical limitations of the
Café Muse space in the Plains
Art Museum for her last ex-
hibit. This time around, the
Memorial Union Gallery of-
fered a typical setting to work
in with plenty of white space.
Larusso said it was very excit-
ing to have “pretty much com-
plete control” over the gallery
here, as opposed to having to
cram as much work as possi-
ble into a commercial gallery.
With “Unfunny,” there’s a
generous amount of white
space.
“It’s unusual to have some
much space around the work,
but I think for art work it’s not
for the purpose of commodity
only. It’s to display the work
and to allow the work to have
more room for you to consider
what’s happening and what’s
not happening,” Larusso ex-
plained.
Specifically with these
works she started to isolate the
images more than she has in
the past. She used to do pieces
that were contained within one
two-dimensional panel. Here
she’s picked out sections of a
scenario and leaves the viewer
to make associations between
what’s there and what isn’t;
images can be defined what’s
present and what’s absent.
One of the pieces, called
“Prize,” shows two dogs sit-
ting on a bearskin rug looking
up at an empty birdcage. She
was considering what people
take pride in when working on
it as well as different classes of
animals. Larusso ultimately
leaves it to the viewer to de-
cide what the prize is: Is it the
bearskin rug? Is it the two
dogs? Is it whatever ever was
in the birdcage? Furthermore,
what was in the cage?
She also likes to use art to
create imagery that isn’t pos-
sible in reality. “Shift,” a piece
depicting two staircases from
different perspectives could be
interpreted as just one stair-
case, simply because of their
distance relative to one an-
other.
“If someone looks at my
work and it makes them ask
questions I think that’s a good
thing, rather than just say, ‘Oh,
I like the color.’ I want them to
like the color too, but I’m
more interested in the intellec-
tual consideration,” Larusso
said.
With her last exhibit, “Pizza
is a Vegetable,” Larusso was
more interested in asking
questions rather than sending
a specific message. She still
doesn’t have a specific mes-
sage with “Unfunny,” and ad-
mits she was trying to name
the exhibit as quickly as the
work was coming together.
However, she does claim
there’s an element of humor
present in the pieces whether
the viewer realizes it or not;
her students are never quite
sure when she’s joking either.
She has three weeks left as
the James Rosenquist Artist in
Residence, a post she’s had
here since January. Her huge
focus in class has been to get
her students to think about the
choices they make with their
art. She’s also tried to chal-
lenge their notions of what art
is, since she’s not sure how
much exposure they’ve had to
other thoughts on art. She en-
courages them to use a variety
of materials and to entertain
numerous ideas based on what
the work is about, not with the
intention of just making an-
other thing. She argues we
have plenty of “stuff” already.
“I hope that I’ve given them
a new way to think about
things. That’s what academia -
- especially art school -- is all
about, expanding your mind-
set and considering your sur-
roundings on a constant
basis,” Larusso claimed. “I
think that, for me anyway, art
is never really separate. It’s
not like I go to my studio and
make art, and then leave and
my mind is completely else-
where. I’m thinking about
things as they relate to the
work I do.” She hopes she’s
made an impact on them, and
that the art making process has
become a part of their every-
day life.
Larusso’s next show opens
at ecce May 10, where she’ll
be showing off work she has
already finished. She notes
she’s happy finally have some
time off now until then.
“The Raid: Redemption” is
a thrilling tale of a crime boss
gone horribly wrong. Starring
a completely foreign cast, this
film is sure to delight any ac-
tion fan with lengthy, full-out
battles from kung-fu all the
way to tactical knife fights.
This film starts out like most
action flicks: A man and his
wife are consoling each other
before the man (Iko Uwais),
who just happens to be the
protagonist, wishes his wife
and unborn baby a farewell
before going on to the most
dangerous job of his life. The
movie quickly progresses to
where you’ll be staying for the
rest of the film -- a gigantic
apartment building filled to
the brim with extremely dan-
gerous criminals who will un-
dertake the slightest whim of
their master if he wishes it to
be so. So you’re probably
going to want to make sure
you’re not holding anything
before this show really starts
up.
This film had everything
that I could ever dream of in
an action movie. It had some
of the best Kung-Fu since
Bruce Lee. With sideways
kicks and brutal punches being
thrown at almost any given
moment, I was easily kept on
the edge of my seat at all
times. This movie is a testa-
ment that too much Kung-Fu
is never a bad thing. Though
when it actually takes time to
slow down for our heart’s
sake, important plot elements
are developed. But then the
fighting jumpstarts you again
and this is how the movie pro-
gresses the entire time. If
you’re not a fan of roller-
coasters, this film may not be
for you.
Though this movie avoids
clichés unlike most films of
this day, it’s not without its
own flaws. Since this is for-
eign, everything spoken is not
English, which means subti-
tles. This is usually not a prob-
lem for most people, but when
you have a huge battle going
on it’s very difficult to concen-
trate on little words running on
the bottom of the screen while
someone’s being kicked in the
face. Another thing that I
found annoying was the seem-
ingly endless beatings that
some of these guys were tak-
ing. I mean, I like a casual
dose of “awesome” as much
as the next guy, but there has
to be some bounds set up. But
besides these small things, the
rest of the film went very
smoothly.
I’m not afraid to say that I
left the theatre shaking, and
that’s not the Mountain Dew
talking. Usually fights were 1
to 10 guys, and if that isn’t
nerve-wracking then I don’t
know what is. For all of this
film’s hard work, I think it de-
serves a B+ for giving me a
sincerely good experience at
the very low price of a minor
flaw or two.
On March 23, “The Hunger
Games” took the country by
storm making box office his-
tory. It would come as no sur-
prise to anybody that a sequel
was quickly green-lit. The
main cast will return, but the
sequel will be missing a key
member behind the scenes.
It was recently announced
that director Gary Ross has de-
cided not to return to direct the
“Hunger Games” sequel,
which will be based on
“Catching Fire,” the second
book in the best-selling tril-
ogy. Taking the place of Ross
will be Francis Lawrence.
Lawrence, who started his
career directing music videos
for the likes of Britney Spears,
Aerosmith and Avril Lavigne
among others, has had some
previous experience directing
on the big screen. His directo-
rial debut came with 2005’s
“Constantine” starring Keanu
Reeves. In 2007 he found suc-
cess with Will Smith’s “I Am
Legend,” and most recently
Lawrence directed 2011’s
“Water for Elephants” starring
Robert Pattinson and Reese
Witherspoon.
It would appear Lawrence
was selected over Bennett
Miller (“Moneyball”) who
wouldn’t be able to make the
tight deadline due to previous
commitments. The current
plan is to finish shooting the
film in December. It may seem
like a fast turn around, but stu-
dio Lionsgate wants to get the
film shot before star Jennifer
Lawrence has to start work on
the “X-Men: First Class” se-
quel.
Continuity behind the cam-
era is always preferred, but
this isn’t the first time a film
franchise has had to change di-
rectors after the original. In
1975, Steven Spielberg di-
rected a little movie about a
great white shark which went
on to be successful not only
critically but also at the box
office. The film was even
nominated for Best Picture at
the Academy Awards. Three
years later, “Jaws 2” decided
to hit theaters without Steven
Spielberg. The sequel was
panned by critics, and is not as
fondly remembered as the
original.
On the other hand, another
popular book series “Harry
Potter” went through four sep-
arate directors throughout its
eight movies. Although people
prefer certain movies in the se-
ries to others, the quality of di-
rection overall was mostly
seen as a positive, and in some
cases a way of keeping the se-
ries fresh and away from get-
ting stale.
Depending on the situation
change can be a good thing,
but at the same time it is a
risky proposition. When they
hear about change a lot of peo-
ple assume if it isn’t broke
don’t fix it. However, a differ-
ent perspective on the source
material could keep the movie
different and exciting.
It also helps that Lawrence
is qualified for the job. With
his first three films, Lawrence
has proven that he is able to
adapt books to the big screen,
so he is an inspired choice. He
also has experience working
with science fiction, action
and different worlds through
his work with “Constantine”
and “I Am Legend,” both of
which should help as he starts
work on “Catching Fire.”
After finding so much suc-
cess with “The Hunger
Games” it has to be a little dis-
heartening switching direc-
tors, but Lawrence should do
just fine. “Catching Fire” is set
to open Nov. 22, 2013.
In case you hadn’t heard,
people really seem to like mo-
torcycle-based puzzle-plat-
forming sequel “Trials
Evolution.”
Exactly how many people
would we say? Well, we’re not
entirely sure just yet. Accord-
ing to an Ubisoft representa-
tive that spoke with Joystiq,
those at the publisher “don’t
have any numbers that we can
share.”
That being said, Microsoft
proved to be a little bit more
specific -- while still being
pretty vague -- by saying that
“Trials Evolution” has “the
highest grossing day-sales in
Xbox Live Arcade history.”
So, we’re guessing that the an-
swer to the question is proba-
bly something like a whole
bunch.
The folks over at video
game analytical website
Gamasutra were a bit more
scientific than that.
By looking at Xbox Live
leaderboard statistics they
were able to approximate that
something like 100,000 play-
ers had taken to balancing mo-
torbikes over pits, hills,
bridges and various detritus at
the time. Seeing as the game
sells for 1200 Microsoft points
(otherwise known as Space
Bucks... by me), or 15 real life
dollars for those not up to date
with the exchange rates, that
means the game had already
made about $1.5 million on
the first day.
That’s pretty good money,
apparently. Actually, we’re not
really sure just how good since
console manufacturers remain
pretty tight-lipped about digi-
tal download sales most of the
time. And since Ubisoft isn’t
exactly proving helpful we’re
all pretty much guessing at
this point. Still, Microsoft
seems pretty happy with the
math or else they probably
wouldn’t be mentioning it at
all.
The original “Trials HD”
(which was actually a follow-
up to a couple of PC games)
came out for the Xbox 360 in
2009. It was something of a hit
even then, as critics couldn’t
seem to get enough of the time
trial gameplay.
Hopefully, this will serve as
an example to Microsoft and
XBLA developers alike that
the $15 (1200 MS points)
price-point is still the sweet
spot for downloadable games.
Currently, it looks as though
Microsoft is looking to push
the standard up to $20 a game
with some of its upcoming re-
leases.
This would be the second
such push for higher prices.
Most games on the service
originally cost $10 until Mi-
crosoft reset the standard with
the release of popular games
like “Braid” and “Castle
Crashers” which then set the
standard for the rest of the in-
dustry.
If “Trials Evolution” is such
a hit at $15, it could either
serve to keep Microsoft cau-
tious enough to keep costs
down. Alternatively, it could
encourage them to make that
next, big push even more.
Only time will tell what we’ll
be paying for the next “Tri-
als.”
‘Unfunny’ or not, you decideNew exhibit allows viewer to interpret meaning
Nick Proulx
Position
Josie Tafelmeyer | The Spectrum
This piece, titled “Prize,” leaves it to viewers to decide what the most valu-able possession is.
Review: ‘The Raid: Redemption’The best Kung-Fu since Bruce Lee
Riley Patrick
Donnelly
Contributing Writer
Directorial change for ‘Hunger Games’ sequel
Matt Paulsen
Staff Writer
‘Trials Evolution’ best-selling BLA game
Steven Strom
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With the school year wind-
ing down in the thick of the
television season, most shows
are wrapping up for the year.
Meanwhile, one cop show is
just getting started.
Last Sunday saw the pre-
miere of CBS’s new show
“NYC 22.” Starring Adam
Goldberg (“Saving Private
Ryan”) and Leelee Sobieski
(“Joy Ride”), “NYC 22” fol-
lows six NYPD rookies as
they gain experience on the
job patrolling the gritty streets
of upper Manhattan.
The rookies include Jennifer
Perry, a Marine MP in Iraq
with a take-charge attitude;
Ray Harper, a former police
news reporter; Tonya Sanchez,
the good daughter in a family
of criminals; Kenny Mc-
Claren, a fourth-generation of-
ficer trying to live up to the
legacy set by the rest of his
family; Jason Toney, a one
time basketball prodigy who
blew his chance in the NBA;
and finally rounding out the
team is Ahmad Kahn, an
Afghani refuge who fought his
way to freedom.
The show, which is execu-
tive produced by Robert De
Niro, faces a big problem of
standing out and avoiding all
the clichés when compared to
all the other cop shows of past
and present.
It was refreshing to see the
action start right away, as most
pilots are bogged down learn-
ing everybody’s life stories.
Instead, in a unique twist, each
rookie gets introduced to the
audience through their interac-
tions with each other.
Each rookie has a distinct
and interesting background
that is sure to be looked at
deeper as the series pro-
gresses. It will be the fleshing
out of these characters that
will make or break the series
and have it avoid turning into
just another run-of-the-mill
cop show. There is potential to
pull it off if the show runners
can find the right balance be-
tween background and action.
All six rookies show poten-
tial, but a clear stand out in the
pilot was Adam Goldberg’s
Ray Harper. Goldberg does a
good job portraying the oldest
rookie, who was fired from his
previous job at a paper and has
a potential drinking problem.
He is the most fleshed out
character so far, and the audi-
ence can tell he has had some
serious problems in the past.
Set in Harlem, New York,
the pilot sure isn’t short on ac-
tion. Gang violence, marital
abuse and a flower scam are
all in play. The show also in-
troduces a mysterious murder
suspect with a shamrock tattoo
on his neck, who is sure to be
a factor throughout the season.
There are a lot of cop shows,
and it may be hard for “NYC”
to avoid falling into familiar
plots and clichés, but amid a
likeable cast with interesting
backgrounds and a solid team
behind the scenes, “NYC 22”
could find an audience. The
gritty streets of Harlem dis-
play a different setting, and
following rookie cops
progress could be a great
premise. Those who like the
genre could do a whole lot
worse than checking this one
out.
If you missed the pilot you
can watch it on the CBS web-
site, or download it through
iTunes. “NYC 22” airs on
Sundays at 9 p.m. on CBS.
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The fashion world recently
has taken the leap to bring
back clothing styles from the
1940s and the 1950s includ-
ing bistro skirts, sheer tops,
pin up shorts and floral and
nautical patterns. With the
new trends, what better way
to complement your outfits
than with a hairstyle with a
modern twist? Here’s how:
Step one
Before beginning your
new hairdo, make sure to
start off with clean and dry
hair. Separate your hair into
two sections and braid each
side forming two separate
braids. Tie each end with a
hair tie. Then take the hair
straightener and working
from the top of the braid
down, clamp and hold the
hair straightener on the braid
for five seconds (Depending
on the straightener it may
take a few more seconds, just
make sure there is enough
heat circulating in your hair).
Do this to both braids.
Step two
Apply hairspray to each
braid. Let hair set in for 20
minutes. Then take off the
hair ties and release the
braids. You should have a
wavy texture. Use your fin-
gers to separate the waves in
your hair and get a more nat-
ural texture. Apply hairspray
about 10 inches away from
hair.
Step three
Now grab about a four-
inch section on the crown of
your head and fold it over to
form a pump/poof. Secure it
with two bobby pins, one for
each side of the section.
Grab the handkerchief and
fold it into a triangle. Keep
rolling the handkerchief until
a thin line of the handker-
chief remains. Place the
handkerchief under all your
head and wrap it to the top of
your head behind the
pump/poof you created ear-
lier. Tie the handkerchief and
secure with bobby pins.
Step four (optional)
Try tying two handker-
chiefs together to create a
fashionable design. Use one
with a floral pattern and the
other a solid color.
Your ‘40s- ‘50s hairdo is
now complete and ready to
premiere! Try making it your
own by switching the hand-
kerchief with flower clips.
And remember, practice
makes perfect!
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FeaturesTu e s d a y, A p r i l 2 4 , 2 0 1 2 | T h e S p e c t r u m
The word Jamaica may im-
mediately remind you of beau-
tiful beaches and exhilarating
vacations, but for Jamaican
student Peta-Gaye Clachar, Ja-
maica is home to many won-
derful summertime memories.
The St. Catherine, Jamaica
native has lived in Jamaica for
nearly 29 years. Clachar is
currently a senior majoring in
art.
“We [Jamaicans] go to the
beach a lot. Most people go to
the north beaches because
that’s where all the blue, aqua-
looking beaches are. There’s
surfing [and] snorkeling there.
It’s where all the tourists go,”
Clachar said excitedly. “We go
on different boat rides out into
the ocean. There are glass bot-
tom boats where you can see
the different creatures under
the water. It’s so cool.”
With the beach only a short
trip away, the lovely weather
easily lures Jamaicans to blue
waters and warm sun. Water
fun is very common in the hot
country where residents keep
cool by swimming at the
beaches often. It’s no surprise
that swimming is a popular
pastime.
“One of the most dangerous
things I’ve done is swim with
nerf sharks. There were about
six of them swimming around
us,” Clachar shared.
Clachar’s favorite summer-
time memory of Jamaica is
driving out to the country be-
cause of the wonderful views
and treats available along the
road.
“There are always vendors
on the road that sell jelly co-
conuts, sugar cane and other
treats. It’s fun to stop, buy a
coconut, and they scoop the
jelly out of it [for you]. If
you’re on a road trip, you have
to end up going to the beach,”
Clachar explained.
Jamaicans love volleyball
on the beach, according to
Clachar. Soccer is also very
popular. Clachar called it
“football with the foot,” smil-
ing at the difference between
American football and interna-
tional football.
While specific foods and
drinks are especially iconic of
an American summer, —hot
dogs, ice cream, lemonade and
watermelon--- it is a different
story in Jamaica, according to
Clachar. Clachar says that Ja-
maicans are less picky about
the seasons in which they eat
certain foods. No specific
foods ring up an image of
summertime, and the food
choices aren’t particularly sea-
sonal.
“In Jamaica, it’s always hot,
so people eat hot food and it
doesn’t matter. It’s always
summer in Jamaica. You can
go to the beach anytime,”
Clachar said, smiling fondly.
According to all-
jamaica.com, the average high
January temperature in Ja-
maica is around 86 degrees
Fahrenheit. The hottest
months of the year are July
and August, which experience
temperatures around 90 de-
grees Fahrenheit. Considering
that Jamaicans don’t experi-
ence the drastic difference
North Dakotans see between
winter and summer, it’s easy
to understand why Jamaicans
do not have a season-specific
diet.
Despite minor variances in
summertime activities, the
similarities between how you
may be celebrating your sum-
mer break and the way a Ja-
maican enjoys the sunny
season far outweigh any dif-
ferences. Although it isn’t al-
ways summer in North Dakota
as it is in Jamaica, fun in the
sun will be something all
NDSU students look forward
to after finals.
Vitamin D, also known as
the sunshine vitamin or
thought of as the happy hor-
mone, does just as its name
implies: induces happiness.
However, according to global-
healingcenter.com, it also
serves a variety of other health
functions, including strength-
ening bones, building strong
immune systems, preventing
depression, protecting the
body from colds and flu’s and
even aiding in weight loss.
How to Consume Vitamin D
Vitamin D is mainly con-
sumed by the body through
exposure to sunlight, but it can
also be found in several foods
and dietary supplements. As
stated by experts on the Na-
tional Institutes of Health
website, the most common vi-
tamin D food source is fish
liver oil. One tablespoon every
day will provide your body
with the daily-recommended
amount of vitamin D.
Also listed on
www.ods.od.nih.gov, other
sources include canned tuna
fish, vitamin D-fortified milk
and yogurt, orange juice forti-
fied with vitamin D, Swiss
cheese and egg yolks. Medi-
cines prescribed by your doc-
tor can also be purchased to
assist vitamin D production
and storage.
Vitamin D and Tanning Beds
Similar to the sun, tanning
beds produce both UVA and
UVB rays. The rays that help
the body produce vitamin D
are UVB rays. Although they
do emit a few UVB rays, tan-
ning beds are said to release
more UVA rays, according to
livestrong.com.
Therefore, going tanning
can be somewhat effective in
your body’s production of vi-
tamin D, but it is also more
dangerous than eating and
drinking vitamin D-fortified
products and supplements be-
cause of the 75 percent in-
creased risk of developing
skin cancer that corresponds
with tanning.
Fast Facts about Vitamin D
and the Sun
1.Clouds that completely
block the sun’s rays reduce
UV energy by 50 percent.
2.UVB rays cannot pass
through glass, so being out-
doors is essential to proper
sunlight exposure.
3.Skin is likely to manufacture
some vitamin D, even if sun-
screen is applied to your skin.
4.About 5-30 minutes of sun
exposure twice every week be-
tween the hours of 10 a.m. and
3 p.m. is said to lead to ample
vitamin D production. Simi-
larly, the National Institutes of
Heath’s Office of Dietary Sup-
plements states, “the moderate
use of commercial tanning
beds that emit 2-6 percent
UVB radiation is also effec-
tive.”
Obtaining proper amounts
of vitamin D cannot only help
make you happier; it can im-
prove many different aspects
of your overall health. Go out-
side on sunny days, drink vita-
min D-fortified beverages and
ask your doctor if you think
you are experiencing vitamin
D deficiency. If possible, skip
the tanning beds to avoid the
unfortunate side effect of pos-
sibly getting skin cancer, and
seek out alternative sources of
this wonderful, yet rather
scarce vitamin.
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A Jamaican summerInternational student shares summertime memories from Jamaica
Houda
Abdelrahman
Contributing Writer
Houda Abdelrahman | The Spectrum Peta-Gaye Clachar, a senior majoring in art, is a Jamaican native who enjoys the Jamaican beaches.
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OpinionTu e s d a y, A p r i l 2 4 , 2 0 1 2 | T h e S p e c t r u m
One of the most awkward
things that can happen during
class is having your stomach
make an earth-rumbling roar
due to your extreme and ex-
cruciating hunger. And if your
stomach is anything like mine,
it tends to growl mainly during
my Tuesday and Thursday
classes.
Most of my classes land on
Tuesdays and Thursdays,
which gives my stomach the
perfect opportunity to make
others around me, as well as
myself, extremely uncomfort-
able. The moment my classes
begin at 9:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
I do not get to stop to eat
lunch.
However, I shouldn’t really
be complaining about my
schedule; a few people that I
know actually have class from
8 a.m. to around 6 p.m. on
Tuesdays and Thursdays with-
out breaks, which means that
the opportunity to nourish
oneself gets completely
thrown out the window.
And you want to know who
are to blame? Our professors.
One of my peers had spoken
with a faculty member about
this Tuesday and Thursday
trend, and the reason was
made clear: Professors at
NDSU only want to teach two
days a week on Tuesdays and
Thursdays, rather than three
on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays.
To have our professors lack
the ambition to go to class
more than two days a week in-
evitably trickles down to us.
What type of example are they
setting for us to want to come
to class when they themselves
do not have any desire to do
so?
Having a stacked schedule
on Tuesdays and Thursdays
may seem like pure academic
bliss for a student, but in real-
ity it only creates bad habits
and poor study skills for us.
First of all, having consecu-
tive 75-minute classes wears
on a person. By the time a stu-
dent has been sitting in their
third or fourth 75-minute class
for the day, chances are they
will not be quite as sharp and
willing to participate.
Second, people need to eat.
However, 15 minutes to shove
something expensive and un-
healthy from the union into
your face is not the best way
to get your nutrients. I know
from experience that when I’m
hungry and sitting in class, I
become crabby and unable to
focus on anything.
Finally, when we don’t have
class on Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays, our days be-
come extremely unproductive.
It’s better to remain busy
every day of the school week
than to think you have a five
free days to do nothing.
When our professors tell us
to constantly work hard and
diligently, it doesn’t seem to
mean as much if they are un-
willing to spend one more day
in the classroom with students
like myself.
Jaime is a junior majoringin English education.
Here is the simple truth: stu-
dents are never happy. When
they have class everyday, they
complain about how it would
be better if more classes were
offered on the same day. They
complain that professors give
out too much homework to-
wards the end of the week and
how their “weekend is sabo-
taged.” May I remind you that
students complain all the time
about how professors don’t
spend enough time teaching a
concept because a 50-minute
class period isn’t enough time.
Now students are complain-
ing again. They are voicing
that they are dissatisfied with
many classes only being of-
fered on two days of the week
other than three. They are
blaming professors and point-
ing out that they feel they are
lazy for not wanting to give
lectures on three days of the
week.
For a while, many depart-
ments on campus have only
offered classes on Tuesdays
and Thursdays. As a commu-
nication student, I wish that
would have been the case for
me. I’ve had to take classes
every single day since I
walked through the doors of
NDSU and to be perfectly sin-
cere I wish I would had classes
only twice a week. As a full-
time student, it would have
been great to just get the
classes out of the way on
Tuesdays and Thursdays and
have the extra days to focus on
assignments and readings.
There are many benefits of
having a class schedule on
only two days of the week.
The first is the fact that it gives
students the opportunity to ac-
tually receive a lecture that of-
fers a full explanation of the
concepts being examined,
without the professor rushing
over the material to fulfill the
50-minute time limit. Not only
is this beneficial, but it allows
professors and instructors to
have a time to answer any
questions of the material. In
50-minute classes, an inter-
rupted lecture usually can lead
to material being held off or
lead to the instructor not fully
explaining an answer.
Besides the academic bene-
fits of classes being offered
only two days a week, it gives
students who work an advan-
tage. Many students with full-
time statuses also have jobs
and struggle to fit in their
work schedules with their ac-
ademic ones. Having only two
classes a week grants students
to work part time on those
other days of the week that
they don’t have class. Numer-
ous students are responsible
for supporting themselves fi-
nancially, and having class
everyday can affect how often
they work, and thus their sur-
vival.
I’m all for focusing on your
academic career and making
sure it’s a top priority, but why
make it harder than what it
should be? Stop the complain-
ing and look at the benefits. In
fact, having classes only two
days a week will give you
more free time because stu-
dents already have a “stacked
schedule” with having class
everyday.
Linda is a senior majoringin journalism.
An essence of boredom
plagues the campus of NDSU
the past few weeks. Students
unwillingly drudge to their
classes while fantasizing about
being on the lake with a cooler
while blaring Kenny Ches-
ney’s “Summertime” on the
radio.
Instead, we are all trapped
with three more weeks of
school. Something has to be
done to irradiate this daily
struggle to keep from throw-
ing in the towel.
I don’t know what the rea-
son is, but this spring seems to
be dragging on far worse than
any other year. One theory is
the fact that we didn’t have the
excitement of a raging flood
terrorizing our valley. We as
students have been called to
duty the past few years to fight
the rampant water that threat-
ens to wipe out our city at a
moment’s notice. This year
lacks that thrill of assisting
others and making a difference
in our community.
It isn’t just students strug-
gling to make it through the
year; professors on campus
also seem to be irritated with
the dog days of spring. Over
the past couple weeks, teach-
ers of mine have cancelled
class for reasons such as con-
ferences, being ahead of the
syllabus and to enable us to
have “work” days on our class
projects.
Now we all know this is just
an excuse for our professors to
have a day off from the dull
teachings the spring semester
has to offer. It is as if they are
just giving up, which makes us
follow suit. If my teachers
don’t want to be in class, why
the hell would I want to be in
class?
There is, however, a solution
to our madness. Our rivals to
the north, the UND Fighting
Whioux, have an event this
time of year called SpringFest.
It is a social event that brings
the whole student body to-
gether -- something I truly be-
lieve is lacking at NDSU.
The only time of year we all
get together as Bison Nation is
during homecoming, which is
long gone. The Herd needs a
weekend where we can all join
together and eliminate the
boredom that has consumed
our lives.
What is stopping us from
mimicking homecoming in the
spring? An event like that will
give us something to look for-
ward to in a time of extreme
dullness while we wait for our
epic summers to begin.
I hate to admit it, but NDSU
needs to replicate the school
up north and start our own
SpringFest. This will help us
dull the pain we face these
next few weeks with projects
due, exams and excruciating
finals week. Maybe next year
such an event can take place,
but only time will tell.
Lukas is a junior majoringin political science.
Ted Nugent's stranglehold
on reasonability has finally
gone wango tango enough that
intervention has become nec-
essary. Uninvited from a mili-
tary performance and visited
by Secret Service officers, Nu-
gent is finally beginning to
pay the price for his conserva-
tive showboating, which just
might be precisely what the
doctor ordered.
Go back a year, and Ted Nu-
gent becomes that semi-fa-
mous rock star scarcely known
for his grungy sound from the
late '70s and '80s. Fast forward
a year, and suddenly you've
got a man who has been resur-
rected from the dead and
whose name has begun pop-
ping up on news websites'
front pages.
What has changed between
then and now? Well, for
starters, 2012 is an election
year.
When your music no longer
fires people up, you might
have to go to extreme meas-
ures to draw attention to your-
self. Just like commercials
bring in actors to validate their
causes, Nugent has brought in
conservatism to validate his
music.
There might not be a market
for a mediocre artist from a
bygone generation, but there is
certainly a market for fiery
partisanship in 2012. Nugent
realized this and tapped into it,
mixing "Cat Scratch Fever"
with feverish patriotism to cre-
ate the backwoods, grassroots
rock star equivalent of Sarah
Palin's character from 2008.
Ted Nugent is a unique guy;
there is no doubt about that.
However, thinking that his
claims about machine guns,
Hilary Clinton, jail time and
President Obama are legiti-
mate and heartfelt requires the
same amount of ignorance that
accompanies a heartfelt loy-
alty to Fox News.
The Nugent that we know is
a marketed character. The ver-
sion of him that the public sees
is not the true him. Just like
the performers from Kiss don't
go home at night dressed in
black and white makeup wear-
ing chains, Nugent as a do-
mestic person isn't likely as
irrational as his stage presence
seems.
This is difficult to see be-
cause unlike Kiss, Nugent's
character doesn't wear flam-
boyant get-up on stage. His
trademark is opinion.
It's a sad reality, but he who
shouts the loudest is he who
gets heard. Polarized positions
are more marketable than am-
bivalence, and Nugent real-
ized this as he was facing a
recession from fame.
The Secret Service met with
him and determined he was
not guilty of threatening the
President, which is precisely
true. Nugent is a character and
his performance on stage is
nothing but an act.
While imprisonment might
not be grounded, Nugent's ver-
bosity has rightfully expelled
him from performing at Fort
Knox. Extremism has a place
when trying to sell an image,
but sometimes that image
comes with a cost.
Nugent's character has fi-
nally hit its threshold. Now,
the Nugent on stage and the
real Nugent have to sit down
and figure out where to go
from here. Together, they've
found out how far is too far.
Nugent got the worst of both
worlds: By not being arrested
by the Secret Service, the fa-
cade of his character was ex-
posed, and by being uninvited
from Fort Knox, his character
misses an opportunity to per-
form.
These are the perils of build-
ing a louder-than-life image.
The great white buffalo
might actually be Nugent's
true self. In his character's
free-for-all world where the
spirits of the wild can roam
unchallenged, he has created
an image that will fade away
after the fallen fervor of 2012,
just like it did 20 years ago.
Matt is a senior majoring inEnglish Education.
Is a stacked schedule better than a leveled-out schedule?Our professors are lazy
Jaime Jarmin
Opinon Editor
Linda Vasquez
Spectrum Staff
Stop complaining
We need to follow UND’s suitLukas Croaker
Contributing Writer
Ted Nugent: Branded image
Matt Severns
Spectrum Staff
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You have probably stopped
counting the number of times
you were told to keep focused
on your goals. The truth
though, is that if you do, you
will never achieve what you
want. What a disaster. A goal
is a future event that defines a
desired end. We all have de-
sires, and we should always
set goals. I am a big believer
in setting them.
Too often though, we get
sidetracked focusing on or
goals, living in the future and
sadly neglecting the present.
On and on we dream of getting
the right job, getting a six-fig-
ure salary, finding the right
partner, or you name it.
Why do we have these
dreams and seek after these
goals? If we look deeply we
will realize that it is because
we want to experience a cer-
tain feeling. It may be security,
respect, independence, power,
thrill or perhaps happiness.
Is it possible however, to ex-
perience these feelings before
reaching our goals? Yes we
can, and it is important that we
do. Otherwise we will sacri-
fice our happiness on the altar
of future events, people and
circumstances.
A better and more purpose-
ful existence is realizing that
all we have is NOW. The fu-
ture and the past are illusions.
We cannot be present in either
of these dimensions. When
we do “reach” the future, we
would still find ourselves
trapped in the present. The
present is all there is and will
ever be. Let us seek to find
success and joy in the present
moment.
We must put your entire
focus on NOW -- letting go of
the future to take care of itself.
It always does. We cannot
achieve anything outside of
the present, so “take one day
at a time.” Nothing else is pos-
sible beyond this truth. Go
ahead. Make wonderful goals;
I have many. Know that ulti-
mately, however, goals do not
matter. The only thing that
matters is what you do with
NOW.
Courtney is a graduate stu-dent in the cereal sciences de-partment.
Good humor
Stop focusing on your goals
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Contributing Writer
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This weekend brought
Earth Day, this year brought
extreme weather and this gen-
eration is bringing to the
world the opportunity for
evolved convictions.
In Fargo, we've had one of
the driest and warmest win-
ters on record, there are triple-
digit temperatures in the
Southwest this early in the
year and New York is prepar-
ing for a foot of snow as I
write.
The global temperature was
the 11th warmest on record in
2011, and though I'm not sure
if these specifics are all direct
and fair expressions of cli-
mate change, one thing is cer-
tain: Things are changing,
though the change is slow.
This generation, with its
youth surrounded by explo-
sive technological and scien-
tific growth, is predisposed to
believe in the power of
progress.
Our parents remember the
good ol' days, but we were
born in an era of postmod-
ernism and grew up right
alongside MTV.
How nostalgic can we get
about that? We are comfort-
able with accepting change
because we never knew Nor-
man Rockwell's America.
Substituting belief for sci-
ence isn't acceptable in the
first place, but our generation
won't even have to worry
about that because we don't
have a portrait of America we
want to leave untouched.
If the world is changing, so
what? We'll deal with it.
The first step is acknowl-
edgement.
Al Gore faded because he
was ahead of his time.
Though his documentary
proved to be more or less a
flop, his discourse, labeling
climate change as, "An Incon-
venient Truth," couldn't ring
more true today.
We're getting to the point
where denial is being substi-
tuted by a desire for unchal-
lenged economic freedom.
Though this is an inconven-
ient movement for liberals
(because for the first time in
this argument, conservatives
have come forth with an argu-
ment), it is a step in the right
direction for everybody.
Now, liberals and conserva-
tives can engage in dialogue
that weighs long-term needs
against present economic re-
alities and ideologies. Though
this argument seems complex
and potentially stagnant, it's
light years ahead of arguing
about the validity of science.
Our generation will only
push things farther forward.
It will likely take decades
before climate change is seen
as a priority, but eventually it
will happen. Once everybody
comes to a common under-
standing that wind turbines
aren't spawns of Satan and
that drivers of Priuses don't
hate America, things will
shift.
There is still room for eco-
nomic discussion after cli-
mate change is formally
acknowledged, but for once
that discussion will be pro-
ductive.
There are some things we
can't afford to disagree on,
and our generation will real-
ize this.
Now, go recycle this paper.
Matt is a senior majoring inEnglish education.
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After the release of the
“2011: The Road to Frisco”
DVD on Friday night in the
Fargodome, the team that will
be trying to get back to Frisco
next January played their first
game in the Fargodome. The
game itself wasn’t the high-
light of the afternoon, but the
ring ceremony, and the famil-
iar faces of the historic 2011
team caught the eye of Bison
faithful.
Gene Taylor addressed the
crowd of 5,824 before the
opening ceremonies, to which
he accredited the team’s na-
tional championship last sea-
son to the players, the coaches
and the fans in that order. Fol-
lowing the speech from Taylor
and Bison coach Craig Bohl,
the team was presented with
their national championship
rings.
Members of the 2011 na-
tional championship were
brought back, a few excep-
tions being Matt Voigtlander,
John Pike and Dan Eaves
being a few notables that
weren’t in attendance.
“It was great, it was a great
experience to see all those
guys,” Brock Jensen said.
“There were a lot of hugs out
there. It’s a special group of
guys, and a special bond that
we’ll share forever.”
The experience with old
teammates turned into a new
chapter started with a new
group of teammates. With the
green and gold going against
each other for the first time in
front of a crowd, the new-look
Bison showed off what the
Bison teams of old always
have had: defense.
“You can’t really expect
much,” Ryan Smith said. “We
go against each other every
single day, they know what we
do, and we know what they
run.”
If expectations were high
they were quickly lowered, as
the only points of the game
came off of an Adam Keller
field goal with just over five
minutes left to go in the fourth
quarter.
“Every spring game is dif-
ferent, the big decision was
whether we had to do over-
time,” coach Craig Bohl said.
“It was good to see him
[Adam Keller] go out there
and make a field goal in a
pretty pressurized situation.”
The biggest difference of
this year’s spring game was
the crowd.
“It’s great to see everyone
get our here,” Smith men-
tioned. “It’s good to get the
community out here.”
The 5,824 people that were
in attendance doubled the
largest crowd for a spring
game that was set at last year’s
spring game. A silent auction
and the chance to get auto-
graphs from Bison players was
one highlight to entice fans to
get out and watch.
“Sometimes I sit back and
look where we were even at
several years ago, I came out
in a pair of sweat pants and
there were a couple hundred
people in the stands,” Craig
Bohl said. “It’s an outpouring
of support, we recognize the
recognition is high.”
Alex LaVoy led the Gold
team with tackles on the after-
noon with seven total. Alex
Enyi had six and Deshawn
Dinwiddie and Bryan Shep-
herd both had five on the day.
The Green team was led by
Grant Olson in tackles with
six. Carlton Littlejohn and
Colton Heagle both had five
tackles on the day.
Matt Jones led all rushers
with 28 yards on the day for
the Green team, and Derrick
Land and Sam Ojuri both had
21 yards for the Gold team.
Esley Thorton was 6-11 for 34
yards for the Gold team, and
Ryan Stanford was 10-18 for
72 yards for the Green team.
Last weekend’s festivi-
ties left a lot of people who
attended tired, pleased and
hung-over. The score at the
end of Saturday’s spring
game will never be re-
membered. The number of
yards Matt Jones rushed
for will never be remem-
bered.
What will be remem-
bered from last weekend
were the memories that
were remembered from the
2011 FCS National Cham-
pionship game. What will
be remembered from last
weekend were the feelings
that were felt during the
showing of the 2011 Road
to Frisco video. What will
be remembered was seeing
the likes of Matt Veldman,
D.J. McNorton and Warren
Holloway back on the Far-
godome turf.
As my readers probably
figured out in my last col-
umn, it’s evident that I’m
not much for spring foot-
ball. That statement is
practically a crime in the
heart of football country in
North Dakota, but I hon-
estly had more of a vested
interest in what was going
on at Newman Outdoor
Field between SDSU and
NDSU during their dou-
bleheader on Saturday.
Now, I don’t hate foot-
ball, I just put spring foot-
ball in the same category
as spring training baseball
and preseason basketball.
To me, the game means
nothing. Absolutely noth-
ing.
What I took away from
Saturday is that feeling of
all the fond memories that
were made in the great
state of Texas. Everything
is bigger in Texas, includ-
ing national championship
memories that people from
Fargo have.
I’m not the only one who
felt this way. Chances are
if you were at the game,
you did the same as about
half of the Fargodome
crowd: bolted for the exits
after the 0-0 scoreboard
went to halftime. Fans
were loudest when they
should have been, when
the 2011 squad was hon-
ored, and when the clips
from Frisco were brought
to the video boards.
I don’t think the players
will mind the spring game
being over either. They’ve
had their taste of full-pads
and hard-hitting for a few
weeks, and will likely be
happy to not have to hit the
turf during the week. I’m
guessing seeing those old
teammates who have been
away for a while will be
the highlight of their spring
as well.
It was a taste of what’s to
come during the fall sea-
son, when this new squad
will be back in action to try
and make another Fargo-
to-Frisco jaunt. For now,
the NDSU contingent will
take what could be their
final memories of seeing
the entire 2011 national
championship squad on the
Fargodome field at one
time.
What reallymattered
about Saturday
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During a busy weekend on
campus, the NDSU softball
team kept their hold of the top
spot in the Summit League
standings. Missouri-Kansas
City was in Fargo for a three-
game set with the Bison.
NDSU did just enough to hold
the top spot in the league, tak-
ing two of three games from
the ‘Roos.
The opening game of the se-
ries featured a high-scoring af-
fair, as the Bison started the
offensive attack in the bottom
of the first inning when
Christina Borek singled home
Katie Tamayo after Tamayo
doubled to start the game.
UMKC came back with two
runs in their half of the second
inning, plating two runners off
of NDSU pitcher Krista
Menke to take a one-run lead
early.
Borek and Taylor Mortensen
both brought home runs in the
bottom of the third inning,
which gave the lead back to
NDSU. The Bison brought
home four more runs in the
next inning, three of them
coming off of a Katie Tamayo
three-run shot that plated
Brandi Enriquez and Alex So-
brero.
Menke wasn’t as sharp as
she’s been, but it was enough
to get the win, putting her
record to 20-8 on the season,
and earning her team a 7-5
victory.
The evening-cap of the dou-
bleheader saw a no-hitter from
Bison junior Whitney John-
son. Johnson was one error
and one walk away from a per-
fect game, but she did more
than enough to earn her team
the victory, striking out ten
UMKC batters and moving
her record to 10-8 on the year,
after her team took a 4-0 win.
Taylor Mortensen brought
home Katie Tamayo on a sac-
rifice fly in the first inning,
and the Herd scored three
more times in the bottom of
the sixth inning to add some
insurance for Johnson heading
into her final inning of work.
The schedule for Sunday
was to be one game, but the
two teams nearly played the
equivalent of two games, as
UMKC took a 6-4 victory
from the Bison in 12 innings.
UMKC opened the scoring
with a run in the top of the
fourth inning, NDSU quickly
followed that by picking up
two in their half of the fourth.
The Herd put two more runs
up in the fifth, but UMKC
hung a crooked three on the
scoreboard in the top of the
seventh, which sent the game
into extras tied at four.
Marlee Maples of UMKC
hit a two-run shot in the top of
the twelfth to giver her a team
a two-run lead, and NDSU
couldn’t rally in the bottom of
the twelfth, falling 6-4.
NDSU has two series left in
the regular season, traveling to
Brookings, S.D. next weekend
and hosting Southern Utah the
following weekend.
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The men’s track and field
team was in action this week-
end with competitions at the
Mt. SAC relay’s in Walnut,
C.A. and the Beach Invita-
tional in Norwalk, C.A.
Jesse Morrow cleared a per-
sonal best 16’9 ¼” in the high
jump on Friday. NDSU’s
4x100 team of Donte Smart,
Nate Mattson, Jason Duch-
schere and Lee Dhein finished
at 41.35 seconds, good for
eighth.
Casey Orgon took eight in
the hammer throw with a toss
of 194 feet. Jerome Begin fin-
ished the 400 meter hurdles in
53.18 seconds, good for 19.
On the women’s side, the
day was highlighted by the
first place finish of the 4.400
relay team of Antoinette
Goodman, Paige Stratioti,
Melissa Kitching and Brittany
Schanandore at the Mt. SAC
relays.
Individually, Stratioti took
seventh in the 400 meters with
a time of 54.07. Ashlynn
Simon finished the 800 meters
with a time of 2:10.50, good
for 40th place.
Well, the 2012 NDSU foot-
ball spring scrimmage was
about what one could have ex-
pected - chock-full of defense
with one offense doing just
enough to notch the win, as
the Gold team won on a 43-
yard field goal early in the
fourth quarter.
A record crowd of 5,842
were on hand to see the de-
fenses dominate the annual
spring scrimmage that pits
both starters and backups
against their counterparts on
the other side of the ball, and
from there, the verdict was
clear.
The defense is going to be
scary-good this year.
Most notably on par with
that claim is junior linebacker
Grant Olson leading the Green
team in tackles with six total,
including a ten-yard sack.
Olson finds himself replacing
four-year starter Preston
Evans and, through the spring,
has lived up to the legacy with
aplomb.
With Mike Hardie, Ricky
Hagen, Codee Lee, DeShawn
Dinwidde and walk-on Alex
Enyi chipping in sacks as well,
it's not difficult to imagine this
defense staying the path from
last year's unit that led the
Football Championship Sub-
division in scoring defense.
Factor in a defensive front
that allowed just three yards
per carry to the NDSU rushing
crew and it was, in summary,
the defense's day.
One of the real gems of the
spring game came by way of
freshman punter Ben
LeCompte. Following in the
footsteps of great NDSU pun-
ters like Mike Dragosavich,
John Prelvitz and Matt Voigt-
lander, LeCompte's punting
was a big part in the defenses
having room to work.
Punting for both teams,
LeCompte punted twelve
times for an average of 42.6
yards per and planted four
within the 20-yard line. For an
idea of how phenomenal that
is, those numbers would have
been good for 10th nationally
if stretched out across a season
in punting statistics.
Particularly with how much
the team leaned on the defense
throughout the last-two play-
off runs, having a good punter
is critical. At least early on,
LeCompte looks to have as-
suaged the fears that the punt-
ing job at NDSU could fall off.
In terms of the offense, there
isn't a whole lot to be worried
about despite little in the way
of offensive production at the
spring game. Part of it is con-
text - the defenses are almost
invariably further along than
the offense at this point in
spring. Give the offense time
to institute new players into
the game plan, and production
should be right there against
other teams.
The quarterbacks them-
selves did well enough against
what could very possibly one
of the top defensive secondar-
ies in the country next season,
as starter Brock Jensen and
backup Esley Thorton threw
9-18 against the starting unit
of Marcus Williams, Brendin
Pierre, Christian Dudzik and
Colten Heagle.
Freshman backup Ryan
Stanford surprisingly played
the entire game for the oppo-
site unit, and threw 10-18 for
72 yards.
All in all, the spring game
gave us a look at the team of
2012, and if Saturday was any
indication, defense will again
be the key ingredient to what
should be another successful
year.
Defense dominates spring
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The Bison kept the momen-
tum going forward this week-
end, as they opened their
home conference schedule
with a four-game sweep of
rival South Dakota State. An
entertaining weekend at New-
man Field saw the Bison win
in walk-off fashion in the first
three games, as the club fin-
ished the sweep Sunday.
The Bison started the scor-
ing early Friday when Nick
Anderson knocked in the first
run on an infield single, fol-
lowed by another RBI base hit
from Tyler Steen.
The Jacks climbed back in
the top of the fifth with a suc-
cessful suicide squeeze scor-
ing Beau Hanowski tying the
game at two apiece. The Bison
were unable to manufacture
another run until the bottom of
the ninth when Zach Wentz
delivered a walk-off base hit
scoring Tim Colwell lifting the
Bison to victory in the series
opener, 3-2.
John Straka flourished yet
again for the Bison, pitching a
solid seven innings, striking
out seven and only allowing
two Jackrabbit runners to
score. Strake improved his
ERA to 2.39 for the season but
came away with a no decision.
A chilly Bison crowd wit-
nessed more late-inning hero-
ics in both legs of the
double-header Saturday. The
Bison crawled back from a 6-
5 deficit in the ninth inning in
game one, capitalizing on a
pair of Jackrabbit mistakes.
Tim Colwell started the rally
in the bottom of the ninth with
a lead-off single and came
around to score on a Wentz
base hit tying the game at 6s.
With one out, the Jacks in-
tentionally walked both Wes
Satzinger and Nick Anderson
bringing Steen to the plate. He
delivered a hot shot right at
Jack’s first baseman, Aaron
Machbitz who misplayed the
ball as Wentz came around to
score the game-winning run.
It was Nick Anderson’s turn
to play hero in game two of
the double-header, as he wore
a 3-2 fastball from Jack’s
hurler, Kolton Emery, with the
bases loaded bringing in the
game-winning run.
The Bison prevailed 3-2 in
extra innings behind a gutsy
performance by pitcher Luke
Anderson. Anderson pitched
himself out of several jams
early and went the distance
striking out six Bunnies and
walking only one.
The back-to-back-to-back
walk-offs on Friday and Satur-
day set the stage for a Bison
sweep on Sunday. Saturday’s
hero Wentz got the start in the
series finale pitching six in-
nings and allowing only one
run.
Kyle Klienendorst brought
home the eventual game-win-
ning run in the bottom of the
seventh giving the Bison a 2-
1 lead. The Bison added a pair
of insurance runs in the eighth
going on to complete the four-
game sweep of the Jackrabits,
winning 4-1.
The hot Bison ball club im-
proved their record to an im-
pressive 29-9 and 6-2 in the
conference, good enough to sit
at the top of the Summit
Leagues standings. The Bison
look to keep things rolling, as
the confident club squares off
against Minnesota Wednesday
evening at Newman Outdoor
Field. The Bison took both
games from the Gophers back
in March at the Metrodome
and will be looking to keep the
hot streak going.
Bison bounce Jacks
Joe Kerlin
Contributing Writer
Josie Tafelmeyer | The Spectrum Junior Zach Wentz bats against South Dakota State over the weekend. The Bison swept the Jacks in four games.
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