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NDSA votes on resolution against freeze>STAFF REPORT

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A new development in the discussion of a po-tential tuition freeze for North Dakota universities came during last weekend’s North Dakota Student Association meeting, where the State and Legislative Affairs Committee passed a resolution in opposition to Rep. Corey Mock and Sen. Mac Schneider’s pro-posed bill.

The resolution begins with an affi rmation that “the North Dakota Student Association (NDSA) is the voice of the students,” and continues to address the introduced bill, which “creates artifi cially low tuition” and that “historically freezing tuition ulti-mately results in unmanageable increases in tuition” and that “the North Dakota Student Association is committed to representing the best interests of both current and future generations of students.” The resolution concludes that “NDSA will oppose HB1301 which would freeze tuition for all insti-tutions” and concludes “that NDSA supports the executive request for a 2.5% increase in tuition at four year institutions and a freeze for two year in-stitutions.”

UND’s Student Government has been an ac-tive supporter of a tuition freeze for North Dakota universities. NDSU’s student leaders, however, have shown disagreement with the bill, citing NDSU’s need to improve student-faculty ratio and facilities, as quoted in the Fargo Forum.

The resolution, which was passed by a close ma-jority vote, will act as the student body of North Da-kota’s representation of the issue to state legislators.

Creating opportunities

Panel of women alumni discusses path to success

This Tuesday evening marked the 24th annual Hultberg Lectureship Se-ries. Students, faculty and staff fi lled the Memorial Union Ballroom to listen to four talented women in the business world discuss “Creating Your Own Op-portunities,” the theme of this year’s panel discussion. These women, Barb Rhode, Peggy Stedman, Ganya Ander-son and Lois Dunham had spent their morning and afternoon traveling to dif-

ferent classes in the College of Business and Public Administration and sharing their stories.

Dennis J. Elbert, Dean of Business and Public Administration welcomed the women and explained that the Hult-berg Lectureship Series was started in 1987 by a UND alumna named Clara E. Hultberg. A native of Washburn, ND, Clara graduated from the College of Business and Public Administration in 1928. She dedicated this series to her parents for their support and encourage-ment. The series brings UND alumni to campus to share their stories and advice

for business students.The fi rst alumna to speak was

Rhode, originally from Pettibone, ND, northwest of Jamestown. She explained that it had been 14-16 years since she had been back on the UND campus. When she graduated with a degree in journalism, there were no jobs available, except for a weather reporter position in Buffalo, NY, which Rhode turned down.

She eventually started work in the

>ALLEE MEADThe Dakota Student

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Employment and schoolHow students deal with the infl uence of work on studies

>RACHEL SMERERThe Dakota Student

A recent report put out by the Offi ce of Institutional Research (OIR) at UND shows that of 867 surveyed students, 48% of fresh-men and 76% of seniors work while they are in school. Both faculty and students often have concerns about how working af-fects one’s studies, and the report

looks further into the relation-ship.

“As one would expect given their presumed amount of time free for studying, those who have no job report higher percent-ages of “never” [coming to class without completing homework] responses and lower percentages of “often” or “very often” [com-ing to class without completing homework] responses,” according to the Work and School, Decem-

ber 2010 Institution Research Clips report. These fi ndings sug-gest, intuitively, that it’s easier to be prepared for class when one doesn’t have a job.

Director of Career Services, Mark Thompson expresses con-cern about working students. “In my opinion, the greatest challenge for full-time UND

3WORK > page

Cassie Hoffert, a junior studying elementary education, and Garrett Wedan, a senior studying communication, put in their hours at the Memorial Union, joining the large number of student employees on campus.

Photos by ANDREA DICKASON > The Dakota Student

Growing more than money SUMMIT Dakota Ven-ture Group attends con-ference in Utah, learns business tactics.

>MEGAN TALLEYThe Dakota Student

This past weekend, fi ve Dako-ta Venture Students went to Salt Lake City, UT, for the University Private Equity Summit hosted by the University of Utah. This is the 8th consecutive conference the University of Utah has put on and it brings together more than 150 students from across the na-tion.

The conference provides stu-dents with the opportunity to network and learn from other students. This year, 37 different colleges attended, including: Uni-

versity of North Dakota, Harvard Business School, University of Kansas and University of Texas. Students also get to network with successful entrepreneurs and in-vestors and learn from them.

This year’s conference con-sisted of many important panel discussions, keynote speakers and a case study. There was an entre-preneurship panel, a private eq-uity panel and a venture capital panel. The two keynote speakers were Josh James and Bob Gay. Josh James started a web analytics company, Omniture, which was eventually bought out by Adobe for $1.8 billion.

Bob Gay and his partner, Jon Huntsman, started a $1.1 billion private equity fund focusing on leveraged buyouts and growth eq-

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Marc Elliot talks about accepting others’ differencesTOLERANCE A speaker with Tourettes Syndrome spoke about how to live without criticism.

>EMILY JUKICHThe Dakota Student

On Monday, January 31, UND UPC hosted speaker Marc Elliot as part of their Winter Week activities. Elliot has a neu-rological disorder that causes him to tic, completely involuntarily. His life has been like this since he was young. Elliot has Tourettes Syndrome.

Elliot graduated from Wash-ington University in St. Louis at 22, now at age 25 he is speaking all across the country about toler-ance. His usual title for his talks is “What makes you tic?” Through his inspirational speeches, he uses his Tourettes as a platform for speaking about awareness of Tourettes and tolerance of people who may be a little different from the rest of the population.

Tourettes Syndrome is a neu-rological disorder that may cause the afflicted to make loud sounds, have twitches and say things that they don’t necessarily mean. It manifests itself in different ways in different people, but the medi-cal condition makes those tics completely involuntary. Elliot describes, “it basically creates an itch inside my body.” The act of these tics is the way of “scratching that itch.” Elliot explains,” hav-

ing Tourettes is like having 10 or 15 itches inside your body, and it feels so good to release [or scratch the itches].”

There are also different levels of severity, which can cause peo-ple to have tics that are actually dangerous to their health. Some people with severe Tourettes may inflict physical harm to them-selves or cause disruptions in a public place with their i n c o n t r o l -lable sounds, while others can have less severe cases where they are better able to con-trol their tics. Elliot claimed that occasionally, “some people can grow out of their Tourettes.”

Giving people information about the condition is hardly enough to create tolerance to-wards people who are so differ-ent. There are many stereotypes that surround Tourettes, many of which are fueled by televi-sion and movie portrayals of the “spaz,” such as the “funny” cuss-ing character on shows like South Park, the films Not Another Teen Movie and The Boondock Saints. These performances are done for entertainment value rather than for an accurate depiction of the disorder, which unfortunately causes real issues for people who actually suffer from the syndrome in reality.

Eliot reassures, “If any one

saw the South Park episode about Tourettes and thought it was fun-ny…that’s ok ‘cause I did too.”

Humor seems to be Elliot’s first way of trying to gain a rap-port with his audience as he leads into his true speech’s purpose, tolerance. Elliot understands that Tourettes is such a rare con-

dition that many people honestly don’t realize what it means to have Tourettes, so he makes a good distinc-tion between “t o l e r a n c e ” and “accep-

tance.”“Tolerance is about the way

we should be treating people, but acceptance is like the high-est level of tolerance. Too many people have a hard time reaching that basic level of tolerance first.” So before acceptance is even an option, people must first under-stand tolerance.

The reality is, all of us have something that make us differ-ent, something that others may not understand. Elliot argues that people need to be free to just live their own lives without the criti-cism of others.

So, whatever makes you tick, the best thing to do is to just let it be what it is.

DS> Emily Jukich is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at emily.jukich@und.edu

‘...People have a hard time reaching that basic level of tolerance first.

Marc Elliotmotivational speaker

WORK > From page 1

DS> Rachel Smerer is the News Editor for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at rachel.smerer@und.edu

student who work is managing their time...If a student works too many hours they may find it diffi-cult to manage their college/work time which may negatively affect both their academic and work per-formance.”

However, with rising tuition costs, up from $264 a semester in 1976 to $3,467 in 2010, it’s no wonder so many students feel the need to work. The Work and School report found that 28% more seniors than freshmen re-ported working; the report specu-lates that the reasons could be “less assistance from parents and rela-

tives as they move closer to gradu-ation or better time-management skills.” Yet if education is supposed to become successively more diffi-cult each school year, working could cause problems.

Determin-ing how em-ployment af-fects students’ effort put into classes is dif-ficult. Of the 535 students who work, 45% report spending 11-20 hours/week preparing for class, compared to the 39% of those without a job, showing that more employed students reported prepar-

ing 11-20 hours/week. In the next level of class preparation, 21-30+ hours/week, 24% of unemployed students reported preparing at this

high level as compared to 17% of em-ployed stu-dents.

So while most working students don’t seem to be able to commit to the highest level of class prepara-

tion, they seem to have comparable percentages in the other categories of preparation hours/week.

In light of the possible negative effects, Thompson thinks working

while in college does have the po-tential to be beneficial. “I would inform students that working on campus less than 20 hours per week may be a positive investment of their time.”

He says as long as being a stu-dent comes first, they can better learn to manage their time when having a job and schoolwork.

This balancing act may be dif-ficult to achieve, but potential em-ployers will likely notice the effort.

“I believe employers would look favorably on students who are do-ing well academically, are engaging in campus/community activity and working part-time because it shows their ability to prioritize and man-age their time,” says Thompson.

While there is much to gain by

working while in college, there is also much to lose. If students can handle their course load and manage their time well, a job will give them extra cash and a pos-sible boost in employability post-graduation. On the other hand, if one has a heavy course load and can make it without the extra cash, it doesn’t appear to be worth it to sacrifice one’s grades for employ-ment.

There is no right or wrong an-swer here, but students are advised to remember that when it comes down to it, they are here to be stu-dents.

‘...[working] shows [students’] ability to prioritize and man-age their time.

Mark Thompsondirector, Career Services

NATHAN TWERBERG > The Dakota Student

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As the cost of higher education rises (and with the NDSA deciding rising tution is in the students’ best in-terests), students are led to seeking a substantial amount of outside working hours as a source of funding not only for personal expenses, but as a necessity in order to pay for schooling. This leads to a potential dilemma for some stu-dents of how to rise above the struggle to make ends meet while operating as a full-time student trying to build a suc-cessful college career. This adjustment of attention—from academics to earning—leads to a suffering in the “college experience” of the contemporary student. When a student is forced to take one or more part-time or even full-time jobs to support themselves, they are losing out on oppor-tunities to broaden their experiences outside the immedi-ate classroom. The working student can easily fi nd them-selves only able to devote their remaining time to their coursework and thereby unable to participate in student organizations or academic interests outside the classroom.

Some programs prohibit outside work, including UND’s School of Law, to encourage a student’s full de-votion to their studies, which, particularly early on, is of utmost importance to a student’s success in college.

Outside work is not always a negativity, as many stu-dents fi nd work in their later years that relates to their fi eld of study and that work provides a good amount of real-world experience while still in college. We should, however, bear in mind that it is in our best interests as students to apply as much of our time to our studies as possible, while still fi nding personal time. If a student ends up with a 40 hour-a-week job, they won’t be able spend as much time studying supplementary readings to not only pass exams, but truly master their course material. Isn’t that the point?

While work can be a productive and benefi cial way to spend some extra time, more than twenty hours a week and working highly demanding or late-night jobs can cause more harm than good. One solution is to take jobs where you can study, like working the evening shift at a small hotel or working one of many on-campus student jobs, where studying during downtime is encouraged. Working in restaurants, retail environments and grocery stores will completely sap the time in the week and will not provide much opportunity for intellectual growth as a student. It may provide some fi nancial cushion, but the most important part of college should always be the classes we take and the time we spend out of class studying and enjoying the college experience.

We have our entire lives to work, but we only have a small window where we can freely and without criticism follow intellectual, creative and extracurricular interests. Working may give us a little more cushion as far as fi -nances go, but it can never give us the college experience that will make us evolve as human beings.

DS View coSt of School Many students use work to fi nance college living.

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One benefi t that comes with par-ticipation in an international nonprofi t organization is that I now have couches to sleep on in approximately 50 differ-ent countries around the world. Trav-eling the world becomes much more reasonable from a cost perspective and insightful when you stay with people who are from the place where you are visiting. In addition to gaining a valu-able tour guide, it becomes possible to know the people of that place—their struggles, their triumphs and just how different life might be from the sim-ple life of Grand Forks. After living, learning and becoming friends with people from many different walks of life, news stories and international is-sues like the one in Egypt become not about some distant place, but instead represent something my friends are playing a central role in.

Over the past week, I’ve seen tweets and Facebook posts from sever-al Egyptian friends in Cairo. Some are laid low, avoiding demonstrations but keeping those of us from outside of the country up-to-date with protests and the latest news. Others, like my friend Rowan, have been at the fore-front, planning and participating in

peaceful protests in and around Cairo. It’s amazing and empowering to read what she has written about, and peo-ple around the world have taken no-tice. From a recent post about Muba-rak’s speech on Tuesday (“[Mubarak]is now trying to cause chaos in the country, trying to divide us. We can-not let him manipulate us.”) to posts last week about how to deal with tear

gas (would you know what to do?), I have been able to watch practical change in action, all from a Safari window and TweetDeck.

The information fl owed until the unprecedented shutdown of the in-ternet in Egypt by the government last week. Mobile phones and SMS services continue to face intermittent shutdowns. To put that into perspec-tive: no Facebook, no cnn.com, no texting, or mobile phone calls what-soever…for DAYS. What would the

average American do without access to Farmville, their BFF Jill or AT&T’s wonderful iPhone voice service?

Information continued to leak out of the country thanks to the fact that Al Jazeera (amazingly enough) left their cameras running, streaming 24/7 so the people of the world could see the otherwise-uncovered demon-strations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and around Egypt.

For as many Egyptian friends I had inside the country, there were as many outside, living in many differ-ent places around the world. Their experience was worse. Landline phones were the only means of com-munication in and out of the country, and even then, service was sketchy at best. For several days, these friends had no contact with family at home.

Fortunately, these friends were able to hear back from their families—all were okay and cooperating with those around them to form neighborhood watches to prevent looting and other crimes.

As someone from the US, what does this mean? Some of the opinions of my friends and other protestors have been decidedly anti-American

‘For several days, these friends had no contact with family at home.

Martin Rottlercolumnist

>Martin rottlErThe Dakota Student

Support for friends abroad

I am writing this letter is in op-position to recent articles claiming our nickname represents political racism.

Being from South Dakota I know countless Native Americans, many of whom are successful. The Native American people are not victims, as proponents of nickname retirement may suggest; they are people. They have a great heritage and a rich cul-ture that is widely celebrated.

You know 30 years from now when the nickname is long gone, people in other parts of the country may overlook the fact we do have Native Americans residing here.

Their concerns could very well go unseen, but these people won’t

be interested in measuring the detri-mental effect their actions have had. Basically, retirement of the nickname will do nothing benefi cial for the Na-tive American people.

The real racism in this debate re-sides in the in the hearts of the few advocating nickname retirement. For it is these people attempting to brush the Native American people under the rug.

Maybe from these people’s per-spective the Native Americans are not worthy of being the nickname of a prestigious state school. Maybe a lesser school would be more fi tting in their opinion, or none at all.

The proponents of nickname retirement will create a more racist

society by stifl ing awareness and sup-pressing knowledge.

We live in a great society with good people where diversity is vast. People in this society are included and able to participate to the extent they see fi t.

Those supporting name retire-ment and their false claims of racism have done nothing useful. I believe that the name at UND is widely cel-ebrated and has distinguished stand-ing.

Elliot HasseUND StudentAccounting Major

Letter: Nickname retirement racist

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05the Dakota Student friday february 4, 2011

This last Wednesday was one of my most favorite holidays. It was Groundhog Day. I know that this year the groundhog said it was going to be an early spring, and I can only hope that is the truth (as long as the flood is not too bad). However, Phil the groundhog is not the reason for me loving this holiday. The reason I love Groundhog Day is the movie starring Bill Murray (also called “Groundhog Day”) and the cultural significance it created.

I have written about Bill Murray before, but this is not a rehashing of that column. I love this time of year because of the multitude of opportunities to watch one of my favorite films. On its face the film, “Groundhog Day,” is very funny, including some laugh out loud scenes (when Phil punches Ned Ryerson for example). However, before the climax of the movie this film is at times rather depressing. Bill Murray plays a self-loathing man that can’t escape reliving the same day over and over.

His inability to escape is something that makes this movie memorable. However, that inability to escape lives on and has spawned its own definition. People often say they are liv-ing in groundhog day. Living groundhog day means that one is in a situation that seemingly keeps repeating itself—like the same day over and over.

This time of year can really feel like that for most people. The weather is awful and the days are short. There aren’t many breaks from school, and it is hard to get up in the morning. Everything points to the start of self-loathing that Bill Murray felt in “Groundhog Day.”

I have even myself begun to get bored with school at times and the routine of everything. In law school, one is always trying to stay caught up on homework. It is like trying to bail out a leaky boat in the middle of monsoon. It is very difficult to keep up at times with work and school. The days and weeks run together. Even as an undergraduate student here in the past I felt that things always begin to pile on at this time of year. I was talking to my uncle last weekend and I shared some of my routine problems. After sharing what seemed to be a legitimate interest he opined “welcome to the real world.”

When the days begin to run together is when one needs to combine both groundhog days. In the film, Bill Murray ends up chang-ing his ways day by day to create the perfect day. He made changes in his life to appreciate his life. He learned to play the piano, solved marriage problems, saved lives and even pur-chased every type of insurance. He figured out what he needed to do to create a better life.

When one’s life (including my own) becomes way to routine, there needs to be a change. Whether it be getting your homework done early so you can enjoy the night with your loved one or friends, watch the movie “Groundhog Day” on a “random” Wednesday night, or just doing something different than normal on the weekend (let’s say bowling). A subtle change can make one’s life more memo-rable and more fun.

While you may be becoming tired of the same thing everyday, much like your own groundhog day, become like Bill Murray’s character and find something to change up your routine. By doing so it will make the days grow longer (they becoming longer right now, maybe like three minutes a day), and before you know it it will be spring break and one’s worries will be much less.

Groundhog day blues

NDSA: A crisis in representation

On the topic of a North Dakota tuition freeze, let us make one thing clear: the North Dakota Student Association (NDSA) and other student leaders in this state are either completely ignorant of their UND constitu-ents’ wishes, or they are knowingly and actively lobbying in opposition to them.

In 2008, the UND students who constitute the vast majority of District 42 residents elected Sen. Mac Schneider (D), Rep. Corey Mock (D) and Rep. Stacey Dahl (R). A key component in each of their campaigns was a vow to support a tuition freeze in the now-ongoing North Da-kota legislative session.

Schneider and Mock made good on that promise— they introduced House Bill 1301, which would lock in current tuition rates for students at all 11 North Dakota University System institutions for the next two years. The bill expands on the provisions of Gov. Dalrymple’s current budget recommenda-tion, which already supports a freeze for two-year colleges.

UND Student Government took a com-plementary stance in a meeting at the end of January. Student senators voted 19-1 to support House Bill 1301, and Student Body President and Vice President Matt Bakke

and Grant Hauschild “strongly favor” the legislation.

The message coming from UND seems clear and consistent: students back a tuition freeze, as they have for at least the last three years.

So then why did an article appear in the January 26th edition of the Fargo Forum ti-tled, “North Dakota student leaders oppose

tuition freeze?” Surely they can’t mean our lead-ers?

To be fair, that head-line may have been a bit misleading (at least at the time). The story mainly profiled opinions com-ing out of NDSU Stu-dent Government: that Student Body President Kevin Black, along with

other “student leaders,” has taken the stance that “a modest tuition increase is in the best interest of students.” NDSU leaders argue that a tuition freeze would come at a cost to university improvements (at NDSU specifi-cally).

That the NDSU Student Body President disagrees with UND’s stance on the tuition freeze isn’t the main problem; Kevin Black does not represent all North Dakota stu-dents.

The North Dakota Student Association, however, argues that it does. And that cre-ated a big problem on January 30th, when it resolved to oppose House Bill 1301.

This marks the second consecutive ND legislative session in which the NDSA has failed to support a tuition freeze. The organi-

zation took a neutral stance on the previous bill when it was under consideration in early 2009. The bill still came down to the wire — a tuition freeze was defeated in a 22-21 vote. But what would have been the result if the NDSA had done more than express apathy?

Then again, perhaps apathy was the pref-erable stance, given their work this year.

The first two clauses of the NDSA’s cur-rent resolution assert that the organization is 1) “the voice of the students,” and 2) that it “has the responsibility to lobby for all insti-tutions.” When the NDSA opposed the bill, therefore, it implied that it is the will of a majority of ND students to face continued tuition hikes.

…So what happened in translation? Perhaps UND is the state black sheep,

alone in a desire for a tuition freeze not just for two-year institutions, but for all. Perhaps we’re an outlier of the student population, and our peers at the other colleges and uni-versities feel a responsibility to shoulder the state’s education expenses.

But I have a hard time believing that. Extending the freeze to four-year institutions would require an additional $12.6 million over the biennium on top of the governor’s current recommendation—an affordable amount, considering we’re living in a state with a sizeable surplus and positive revenue outlays.

And while the NDSA apparently dis-agrees, I think UND students, and most of our counterparts around the state, believe that investment in education would be an

>Mitch MolStaDThe Dakota Student

The Arts, and Americans, in jeopardy

I will always remember the day I saw my first Shakespeare play performed. It was also the first stage I saw filled with professional actors, from the nationally renowned Guthrie Theater, no less. After reading the play line by line in school, I was wholly spellbound by the way the ac-tors brought to life the drama of one of lit-erature’s greatest playwrights. To be in the same room, merely yards away from men and women literally living and breathing Shakespeare’s tragedy, was an experience that forever changed the way I viewed the-ater and literature.

But, I didn’t have to travel to New York or London to see this world-class presentation. Instead, this life-changing performance occurred in the Reiland Fine Arts Center in Jamestown, North Dakota (a town of just over 15,000 residents). The performance, part of a rural tour, was made possible by “Shakespeare in Ameri-can Communities,” an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Less than two weeks ago, a group called the Republican Study Committee proposed the eradication of the National Endow-ment for the Arts as part of their solution to the growing national debt problem. Their proposal included more than 2.5 trillion dollars of cuts in federal spending over the next ten years. Cutting programs and sub-sidies with fell blows, their plan outlines losses in millions and billions; some cuts would result in the complete extinction of the effected programs and agencies, such as the National Endowment for the Arts. It also includes a measure to reduce fed-

eral spending in nearly all areas, including education, to the level of fiscal year 2008; cuts in education spending would almost certainly affect arts education.

While I believe that cuts in federal spending are an essential part of the debt solution, cutting the National Endowment for the Arts and arts education is absolute-ly not the answer.

Cutting the National Endowment for the Arts would directly affect not only the state of North Dakota, but also the Grand Forks community. The North Dakota Council on the Arts receives more than half of its funding from the National Endow-ment for the Arts (NEA). The funding provided by the NEA makes it possible for the ND Council on the Arts to grant more than 75 percent of their budget to artists and arts organiza-tions in our communities.

This year alone, grants from the ND Council on the Arts benefited Grand Forks organizations such as the Grand Cities Children’s Choir, the North Dakota Ballet Company, the Great-er Grand Forks Community Theater, the Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orches-tra, the Empire Arts Center, the North Dakota Museum of Art, the Grand Forks Master Chorale and even the UND Writ-ers Conference. Among those organiza-tions that benefit from funding that comes indirectly from the NEA is the North Val-ley Arts Council, which serves as an im-portant funder and advocate for all arts in Grand Forks. Each of these organizations received either an Institutional Support

>EMily burklanDThe Dakota Student

grant or a Presenter Support grant, both of which are “nearly 100% funded” with money from the National Endowment for the Arts, according to ND Council on the Arts Executive Director Jan Webb.

As a result, folding the National En-dowment for the Arts would mean axing thousands of dollars from the already tight incomes of these nonprofit organizations. Without this grant money, these local arts organizations may be forced to cut pro-grams, exhibits, performances and more. Already making use of private donors and self-earned revenue, these nonprofits can-not easily make up tens of thousands of

dollars that disap-pear from their in-come.

Beyond a de-crease in important arts programs both locally and nation-ally, cutting the Na-tional Endowment for the Arts would also have an impact on American jobs.

Bob Lynch, the president of Americans for the Arts, lists the jobs created by arts organizations at 5.7 million. The nega-tive effect of eliminating the National En-dowment for the Arts would trickle down through state and local organizations, abolishing jobs one by one. It doesn’t take an Economics major to know that cutting jobs will not ultimately improve the Unit-ed States economy.

Also in the Republican Study Com-

>kirby GraffThe Dakota Student

‘...students back a tuition freeze, as they have for at least the last three years.

Mitch Molstadcolumnist

‘Some cuts would result in the com-plete extinction of [arts programs].

Emily Burklandcolumnist

DS> Kirby Graff is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at kirby.graff@und.edu 11EMily > page

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DS> Megan Talley is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at megan.talley@und.edu

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DS> Allee Mead is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at allee.s.mead@und.edu

Minnesota governor’s office and later attended graduate school. During her career she has worked for both Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad. Currently she is president of Rhode and Associates which is her own con-sulting company, but she holds other positions as well.

“The basis for reaching out and looking for different things comes from growing up in a small town in North Dakota,” Rhode said. “And you have common sense. If you can live through this weather, you have common sense, or you don’t live!”

The next speaker, Stedman from Glenfield, ND, has been working for the CIA for 22 years. While at-tending UND and pursuing a degree in Information Management and Business Education, Stedman also worked at the Alumni Association and Foundation. She had the lowest-paying job in the building, but she said it was the most fun.

Stedman was recruited from campus to work for the CIA. She received her acceptance letter in November of that year but, fear-ful of winter weather, waited until spring to begin work. When she first came to Washington, D.C. and told people she was from North Dakota, someone asked if she had arrived by stagecoach. She quickly corrected the individual.

“It amazes me today that a small-town farm girl got to do the things I did,” Stedman said.

When Anderson, the third speak-

er, heard that she was invited to speak at the series, she quickly made a Pow-erPoint presentation, only to discover that no speaker had ever presented one at the series before. Instead, An-derson walked the audience through the “imaginary PowerPoint.”

The “slides” depicted what she thought her life would look like, what actually happened, and what her life looks like now. Anderson promised the audience that she would upload this presentation to YouTube, com-plete with background music.

Anderson attended UND her freshman year and then transferred to Smith College, where she gradu-ated with a degree in Economics. Since she regretted leaving Grand Forks, she came back to UND for her Master’s.

While in the workforce, Ander-son took a class in total quality man-agement (TQM) and loved it. She worked in TQM for two different companies but eventually quit her job to start her own consulting firm. She and her husband also started a business together. As she spoke to the audience, Anderson connected her experiences back to the series’ theme.

“I did create some of my op-portunities, but I was presented with others,” she said. “What’s important is what I did with those opportuni-ties.”

The final speaker, Grand Forks native Dunham, attended UND because of the cost and the closeness to her family. Since she loved work-ing in retail, especially in Target, she majored in Marketing and Finance. She later changed her major to Ac-

counting and then worked in an ac-counting firm in Minneapolis. Dun-ham soon realized that she was not diversifying in her job, so she went back to work for Target and is now part of the Finance Assurance group of Target Corporation.

“Working hard really paid off,” she said and advised students to “meet people of all ages and stay in contact with them.”

During the question-and-answer session, the four women gave advice to the students in attendance. Ander-son told the future entrepreneurs to make sure they are financially secure before they leap into starting their own business. She also warned that these endeavors take a lot of time, ef-fort and money.

“Also, find a way to really care about what you’re doing,” she added. Both Rhode and Stedman advised students to take the fun classes now while they have time, while Dunham reminded students to get involved on campus.

“This is the one time you can do that, taking more time and really en-joying college,” Rhode said.

All four agreed that hard work truly does pay off and all people have the ability to create their own oppor-tunities.

uity in the middle market called Huntsman Gay Global Capital. Huntsman Gay has a strong fo-cus on philanthropic operations within their fund.

Their website states, “We di-rectly leverage our financial per-formance to fund organizations that provide important humani-tarian benefits in the U.S. and around the world”.

Another important element of the conference was the case study, conducted by Stanford University professor Joel Peter-son, on Bonobos, Inc. It was interactive and allowed all the students to put themselves in positions real people were in at one point.

The case study focused on issues in management. Students got to role play, give their opin-ion and eventually meet Andy Dunn, a main person within the case study.

The Dakota Venture Group

(DVG) is a non-profit, student run investment fund here at UND. It was started in 2006 with a generous $300,000 do-nation. It is the first ever solely student run investment fund in the nation.

Students involved in DVG get the opportunity to see entre-preneurs present their business idea, conduct due diligence and decide whether they want to in-vest or not.

However, DVG is more than just looking at companies and making investment deci-sions. DVG states that their three foundational principles are education, professionalism and growth.

Alex Naastad, a member of DVG, says, “It is an amazing and very unique, in-depth opportu-nity to learn through hands on experience the ins and outs of venture capital.”

culture&mediafriday february 4, 2011DS> Inside: Burtness Theatre production, student art competition

A Retrospective

>Megan SevIgnyThe Dakota Student

Picture this.

You’re eleven years old and stuck on a five hour car trip with your par-ents and sister. Your dad, who has the decidedly uncool taste in music so common in parents of middle-schoolers, is driving and in charge of the CD player. He asks you to grab a certain CD for him, and as you hand it over you resign yourself to an hour and a half of tedious ‘old person music.’ However, one thing leads to the next, and soon you find yourself caught up in the interesting melodies, unique lyrics, and widely varying themes of one of the most iconic bands to have ever existed.

This was how my love interest with the Beatles began.

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In the Hughes Fine Arts build-ing, the Art Student Collective is holding their annual Student Ju-ried Show exhibition until Febru-ary 8th. Brian Frink, a painting instructor from Minnesota State University-Mankato, will juror the 30-something works. Tucked away in the Colonel Eugene E. Myers Art Gallery, the Students Juried Show offers the chance to see what some of your peers are thinking and expressing.

Prizes will be awarded to selected artists. Pat-rick Luber, a UND profes-sor of Art De-sign, said that they will be handing out, “A mix [of prizes]. There were some cash awards and some gift certifi cates offered by local busi-nesses. In addition, Marcia Kel-ley, the President’s wife, created an award specifi cally for artworks in the area of ceramics.”

According to Luber, the Art Student Collective’s Student Jur-ied Show has been happening for quite some time. “I’m not quite sure [how long the show has been going on]. However I have been here at UND for 20 years and it has been going on that long... My guess is that the student show has been going on for much longer, probably 35 years, maybe longer.”

On how the pieces are award-ed in the Student Juried Show, Frink said, “Some works were clearly very strong, others clearly very weak. To those who were re-jected, please remember that even though this is based on one indi-viduals opinion, refl ect for a mo-ment on possible ways to improve your work.”

Frink took each work on a case-by-case basis. In his state-ment he says, “As I studied each work, I asked myself some ques-tions. Does this work draw me in? Do I keep pondering it? If so, why? If not, why? Does the artist care about this work? If so, why? If not, why? Has there been some form of risk taken? Be it personal, historic, conceptual or formal? Does it need to be beauti-ful? Does it need to be ugly?” By asking such important questions,

Frink came to his conclusions and judged the pieces as such.

Categories were divided be-tween Undergraduate and Grad-uate students, along with the Marcia Kelley Award for Ceram-ics. The fi rst place undergradu-ate winner was Jordan Schwager with his charcoal work, Untitled, a swirling mix of charcoal, graph-ite and ink. Taking second place was Carissa Pic’s Fallen #1, a black and white photograph. The fi rst place Graduate student was Am-ber Rahe, with her pastel and ink paper painting, Cancer. Second place was Worship, a metal piece by Patrick Awtowe. Awtowe also scored the “Best in Show” award for his fi ber work, Preacher.

The Marcia Kelley Award for Ceramics was given to James

Champion, for his Untitled (cup), a soda fi red ceramic piece in the shape of a cup. Or is there something more there...

I would per-sonally like to thank the spon-

sors of the event, in not only giv-ing the prizes for the winners, but also the motivation that is some-times needed to put a piece of work before the public. To Marcia Kelley, Corner Lot Studios, Nor-by’s Work Perks, Bonzer’s Sand-wich Pub, Boardwalk Bar & Grill, Leo Wen-Shu Jones and the Third Street Gallery, thank you.

DS> Nicholas Gowan is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at nicholas.gowan@und.edu

UND recognizes student talentCONTEST Visiting art instructor awards prizes in a campus-wide art competition.

>NICHOLAS GOWANThe Dakota Student

‘Does the work draw me in? Do I keep pondering it? If so, why? If not, why?

Brian Frinkcontest juror

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Anthology production

The University of North Dakota Department of Theatre Arts will soon present an adaptation of Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology on February 22-26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Burtness Lab Theatre. Based upon the past quality of UND Theatre Arts productions, I am looking for-ward to seeing this one. The Spoon River Anthology is a collection of poems, monologues, and character sketches about the fi ctional town of

ANTHOLOGY UND De-partment of Theater Arts to present Spoon River adaptation Feb. 22-26.

>PATRICK EVANSThe Dakota Student

Spoon River from 1915. The char-acters refl ect on life in the town from the afterlife.

This adaptation has some chang-es from the original collection. The biggest is the reduction in the num-ber of characters from 212 down to a cast of seven. Many of the poems have also been converted into origi-nal songs.

UND’s production is being di-rected by UND’s very own theatre arts graduate Larisa (Deckert) Net-terlund from Devils Lake, ND. The stage manager of the production is

Thomas Grande, who had come all the way from Skogn in Norway. The cast is also incredibly varied. Most of the cast is from Minnesota and North Dakota, but there is also Therese Borkenhagen from Oslo, Norway.

To order tickets or fi nd out more about the shows, both present and future, call the Burtness Theatre Box Offi ce at 701-777-2588.

DS> Patrick Evans is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at patrick.evans@und.edu

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DS> Martin Rottler is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at martin.rottler@und.edu

in their phrasing, wondering why our government hasn’t done more to legitimize their search for democ-racy. It’s hard to take criticism, be it about ourselves or our home coun-try. There isn’t much someone from Grand Forks can do, other than of-fer words of support and continue to share information from my friends on the ground in the country. Is the criticism of the USA warranted? In some way, it is. Our government continued to support a president that used unacceptable tactics and methods toward running a country. In the same right, we provide aid and other support to the people of the country. There is real risk pres-ent, and our country and its people must be ready to support the citizens of Egypt—many protesters of whom are no older than UND students, and face continued unemployment, government oppression and very little hope for the future.

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DS> Megan Sevigny is the Features Editor for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at megan.sevigny@und.edu

Who hasn’t seen the famous Abbey Road cover at some point in their life? Who hasn’t at one time or another heard at least one of the songs “All You Need is Love,” “Hey Jude,” or “Let it Be?” And you’d be pretty hard-pressed to locate a person over the age of five who’d never even heard of the group.

But what makes the Beatles so iconic? Perhaps it lies in the style of the music, which sticks not to one genre but shifts from your typical 1950s rock and roll to psychedelic rock to folk rock to rock with classical elements.

Perhaps it lies in the instru-mentation, which includes ev-erything from guitars and drums to classical piano, the Indian si-tar and even a string octet in the song “Eleanor Rigby.” Perhaps it lies in the brilliant collabora-

tions of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who had completely different songwriting styles and created some masterpieces both together and separately. Or per-haps it’s because, through their ever-changing music, the Beatles became synonymous with pro-gressive ideals.

Their albums show one of the greatest examples of musical growth that this writer has ever seen. While their first albums featured mainly cover songs and originals that Lennon considered meaningless pop, their style soon became more sophisticated and their songs more inspired.

A great example of this is the album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which is staged as a concert and contains a great deal of imagery within the lyrics. For example, the first verse of the song, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” contains the phrase “Picture yourself in a boat on a river/With tangerine

trees and marmalade skies/Some-body calls you, you answer quite slowly/A girl with kaleidoscope eyes…” While the very title of the song suggests that it may have been written while Lennon was tripping on LSD, he insisted that it was inspired by a picture his young son, Julian, had drawn.

While it may or may not have intentionally contained drug ref-erences (the BBC banned that particular song), Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band spent 27 weeks at the top of the UK album chart and 15 weeks at the top of the American Billboard 200. It has since found its way to the number one slot on the Rolling Stones list of the 500 Greatest Al-bums of All Time. In addition, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band is also ranked as one of the world’s best-selling albums.

Whether you love them or hate them, you can’t help but ad-mit that Beatles influences are ev-erywhere. They were practically the inventors of the music video, they redefined a good album as something more than a few ex-cellent songs and a lot of filler, and they’ve probably produced

more cover groups than any other band.

Even today, more than forty years after their breakup and thirty years after John Lennon’s death, new Beatles compilations are coming out. The 2007 film Across the Universe, a romantic musical that takes place during the turbulent 1960s, includes 34 Beatles compositions. The video game The Beatles: Rock Band was released in 2009. Even my Cell Bio textbook features a spoof of the cover of the Beatles’ Help! album.

No matter who you are, how old you are or what your lifestyle is, you should be able to find a Beatles song you can relate to and love. Their legacy includes mil-lions of fans around the world and more albums sold in the United States than any other band; it truly is a testament to the fact that in the end, the love you take is indeed equal to the love you make.

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excellent way to use those funds. Instead of pricing students out of higher education opportunities, the state should be setting them up for post-university success free of added financial burdens.

Our district legislators and student representatives know this, and are fighting for us. But for the second session in a row, the North Dakota Student Association has seemingly acted contrary to our interests.

The direct message is this: for the present, you cannot rely on the NDSA to represent you in Bismarck. The tuition freeze reso-lution gives (at least to me) the impression that the NDSA is less of a lobbyist for students than it is a group of isolated amateurs pass-ing their own viewpoints on to the legislature.

Importantly, though, House Bill 1301 has yet to be acted upon. So if you support the tuition freeze, contact your district representa-tives, both in Grand Forks and in your hometown (for ND residents). Tell the lawmakers where students really stand on tuition increases.

And an important endnote: NDSA meetings are open to all, so if you’re dissatisfied with your representation, change can also be effected at that level. The organiza-tion’s website is www.nodaksa.org.

DS> Mitch Molastad is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at mitchell.molstad@und.edu

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Both men’s and women’s swim-ming and diving teams competed this past weekend at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. This meet was the final dual of the season for both teams, and UND came out on top for men and women. The women won their meet with a score of 156.5 to the Coyotes’ 139. 5.

“What a way to finish the dual meet season,” said UND head coach Steve Parsons.

The women of North Dakota DS> Kyle Rosseau is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at kyle.rosseau@und.edu

>KYle RoSSeAuThe Dakota Student

AQuATICS Both men and women’s teams excelled in their meet on the road last weekend.

USD suffers devastating UND bite

went home with 10 individual ti-tles and a victory in one relay.

The one relay victory came in the 200 medley with Veronica Medon, Camille Merwin, Caitlin Conci and Devonne Dalin finish-ing with a time of 2:03.35. USD finished two seconds behind UND.

M e d o n c o n t i n u e d her impres-sive showing by winning the 100 back (1:06.37) and the 200 breast in a time of 2:21.23. She was also able to take second place in the 100 fly (1:07.97). First place in that event was Conci with a time of 1:07.39.

Dalin was also able to take

home an individual victory in the 50 free with a time of 27.46. Mer-win won two individual titles in the 100 breast (1:16.60) and the 200 breast (2:45.78).

Morgan Lynch took home the title in the 800 free (9:23.52) and

Madison Por-ter in the 200 fly (2:30.08).

In the div-ing events, UND senior S t e p h e n i e Varichak took the victory on the one meter with a score of 244.20.

Parsons added that “it was a great team effort all around.”

On the men’s side, UND com-piled a final score of 158 to USD who came up with 136. They were

able to tally eight individual titles in the meet.

Freshmen Adam Gannon and Bryce Klasen were able to win per-sonal titles. Gannon won the 200 free in 1:55.92 and the 200 IM in 2:12.95. Klasen was able to win in the 100 breast (1:09.03) and the 200 breast (2:32.57).

Sophomore George Philbin had a great race in the 800 free race. He won in a time of 9:02.29 which was an incredible five sec-onds over the second place fin-isher.

Junior Preston Wahl nabbed first place in the 100 fly (59.98) and second in the 100 free (55.57).

Sophomore diver Richard Eberle placed high in both the one meter and three meter. He won the one meter with a score of 280.50 and third in the three meter with a score of 244.45.

In the 400 freestyle relay, UND was able to take second place. The team of Philbin, Adams, Wahl and Gannon finished with a time of 3:37.72. It was a close finish as USD was able to only take first place by one second.

“The men swam great all week-end and really gave a team effort,” said Parsons. “They definitely put together a great performance to-day,” he added.

Both UND teams will travel to Minneapolis and take part in the Minnesota Challenge on February 4th and 5th. This meet will close out the regular season. The Con-ference USA Championships will be held in Houston, Texas on Feb-ruary 23rd-26th.

‘Freshmen Adam Gannon and Bryce Klasen were able to win personal titles.

Kyle Rosseaustaff writer

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PREDICTION An in depth look at the two legendary teams, as they set up for a showdown.

>TaDD POwERSThe Dakota Student

DS> Tadd Powers is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at tadd.powers@und.edu

Lords of the Ring (NFL)

Arguably the two greatest NFL franchises of all-time will be facing off in Superbowl XVL, the Green Bay Packers who have earned their way to their fifth Superbowl ap-pearance in team history, and, on the other side, the Mighty Pittsburgh Steelers who will have played in a league record seven Su-perbowl’s already, this being their 8th. Both teams have only lost one Superbowl game in their history, (3-1 packers) (6-1 Steelers).

The Packers are not only play-ing for a World Championship but playing for a trophy that was named after Packer all-time great coach Vince Lombardi. Lombardi

led the Packers to win the first two Superbowl games played in 1967 and 1968. Just a few years later in 1970 Lombardi died suddenly to cancer.

Since then the trophy has been named after the great coach. The Packers have only won the Lom-bardi trophy once since, when they were led by Brett Favre in 1997. Now with a new face of the Fran-chise in Aaron Rodgers the Packers look to bring “The Lombardi Tro-phy” home to Green Bay.

The Pitts-burgh Steelers have always been known for their defense over the years, and this year is no different. The Steel have one of the top defenses once again this year only allowing a league second best 276.8YPG (Yards Per Game), the Packers at fifth best, jump to 309.1 YPG.

The Steelers are top five in each major defensive category includ-ing a league best 14.5 PPG (points per game).

The Packers second with 15.0 PPG, despite a Defense ridiculed with injuries has also been great this year. The Steelers have an outstanding league best stopping the running game this season 62.8YPG.

I caught up with for-mer Pitts-burgh Steeler Running Back, Jim “Popcorn” Brandt, who is honored to be a part of a premiere fran-chise in the

early years. Brandt has watched his former team win two Superbowl’s in the last four years, and looks for a third this year, Brandt states, “de-fense will win the game, and both teams last week won their game by Defense,” Brandt encouraged me.

I asked Brandt who he thought was going to win. He chuckled, “Well, if I was a betting man I would bet on the team who scored the most points. But in all serious-ness the Steelers have a veteran defense who have experience in the Superbowl, and when it comes down to it, experience outmatches skill any day.”

Jim “Popcorn” Brandt is 100% right, I will be taking the team that has the experience in the Super-bowl and thats Pittsburgh, plain and simple.

It might come down to the player with the best hair, The beautiful puffy locks that make you wonder what could be in there, of Troy Polamalu, or the greasy I don’t want to run my hands through hair of Clay Mat-thews. Even when it comes down to the hair, I want the one who has it insured for $1 million (Po-lamalu).

The matchup of the quarter-back is an intriguing topic. You have the Young Gun Aaron Rod-gers and then two time Superbowl champ “Big Ben” Roethlisberger. Both quarterbacks had terrible Conference Championship games, no TD’s and two interceptions each. Lately, the only offensive positive for either team is the run-ning game.

James Starks taking Pro-bowl Ryan Grant’s place due to inju-ries is leading the Packers running game, and he doing an exceptional job doing so. But with the Steelers run stopping Defense and lack of experience in Starks, Rodgers will have to be on if the Packers want to win this game. It’s not going to happen with James Harrison and Troy Polamalu leading the Mighty Steel on defense. I love dynasties, and they’re good for another Su-perbowl.

Let’s see Big Ben win three rings. If he wins, does he deserve to be in the elite list of quarterbacks with Tom Brady and Troy Aikman who have won three as well?

‘...Rodgers will have to be on if the Pack-ers want to win this game.

Tadd Powersstaff writer

mittee proposal are cuts in educa-tion spending. At stake are the Department of Education’s effective Arts in Education programs. These programs undertake things as vital as professional development, spe-cial education and core curriculum i n t e g r a t i o n , alongside the advancement of traditional art education.

Why is it so essential that we support the National En-dowment for the Arts, arts education, and the arts in general? Beyond the economic benefits, there are many more. How about the fact that nearly any recent study on the subject links academic success with exposure to and participation in the arts? The values of creativity, lead-ership, and innovation that the arts foster are more good reasons. Also, the arts provide an opportunity for community citizens to interact and communicate via mediums that

have no right or wrong answer and no winner or loser. The arts cel-ebrate heritage and express culture, as well as promote diversity, toler-ance and ultimately, a value in in-dividuality.

Before that production of Othel-lo in Jamestown, ND, Shakespeare for me would have always been words on a page, and theater would

have been only recitation and pretense. Instead, the National En-dowment for the Arts made it possible for me, and thou-sands of other Americans, to

experience art. They continue that work in our communities every day through their important programs and funding. Cutting the National Endowment for the Arts and other arts funding would be a grave mis-take, and it is one our nation cannot afford to make.

‘The arts celebrate heritage and express culture, as well as promote diversity...

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DS> Emily Burkland is a columnist for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at emily.burkland@und.edu

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I think it is a safe assump-tion to make that most college students have an off campus oc-cupation. However, meeting waitresses, chefs, store clerks and students that work on campus, I consider myself to be one of the lucky few to be working at a job that I thoroughly enjoy. Sadly, I do not make enough to retire or to take that dream vacation to Italy, but I do get a sense of self worth and accomplishment after providing a strong work day. My job, you might be asking? Aside from being one gnarly sports edi-tor for the Dakota Student, I also work as an assistant coach at a lo-cal high school.

Being that athletics and phys-ical fitness are a true cornerstone in what I call my life, I arrived to college not ready to be stone cold shut out from the game. As I progressed through my first sea-son, I ultimately discovered the hidden side of high school athlet-ics. To my surprise, it is run like a business as coaches always have their phone to their ear and ath-letes checking in for three hours of their daily grind at practice. In a way, it reminds me of the glory days and how grateful I am that my parents didn’t put me in the chess club.

Overall, the experience has humbled me in such a way as to where I am making the complete circle from student to teacher. As I observe my students, I of-ten question what I was like in high school. I think I was a cocky prick in high school that liked to flaunt his stuff. There is an obvi-ous lack of maturity amongst the team, and I hope one day they realize it. However, I can’t hold it against them, for they are merely the ages of 13-17. Being old at 21 is part of the job, as the time seems to fly before my eyes. As I watch the team train, there are discrepancies that I would like to address. Being the assistant, it would be unprofessional and un-wise to voice my concern to one of the longest tenured coaches in the school’s history.

I find myself having favorit-ism amongst the students which can be taken as a bad coaching sign. It is a feeling that I can’t help, mostly in which I see who is dedicated and who coasts every day. This affection does have a direct link to the maturity levels with some students. There are some students within the program who will never be successful, but every day they are in attendance ready to give whatever we ask of them. Solace and strength fill my body every time I see this appar-ent “miracle.” Cruel or not, I find pride in watching the biggest guy rip out 20 pushups before crash-

ing to the ground hard. There is a certain winning attitude that I take with this job. Mostly I be-lieve in the men and women this sport produces. These athletes are easily the toughest to walk the foul-stenched halls of a high school. Technically it’s a team sport, but individualism and style are needed to win every match.

Granted, I know I’m not the best coach, and some of my stu-dents have greater credentials than my own, but I do admire the tenacity the team brings to practice and matches every day. Having different coaching styles could create some headaches, but it also allows the student to grow into a deadly athlete and respon-sible adult. Sure, I’ve inflated my personal image by making some random claims, such as karate chopping watermelons, but it does work in gaining their respect and trust.

I may or may not have joined this team to basically beat up snot nosed high schoolers, but I was not expecting them to embrace my ideology and overall training style. There are a few good men in practice that will always stand toe to toe with me which gives me hope for the programs future. It is reassuring that there are others like me, with the drive for success through sports and life.

Overall, my experience has been worthwhile to say the least. Dealing with immature high schoolers and their rancid farts on crowded buses does take its toll; there are other days where I would rather spend time with them rather than pretentiously smug college students. Coming from Smalltown, Minnesota, I have become aware that there is more than one coaching style and most importantly, more than one way to win.

DS> Joel Adrian is the Sports Editor for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at joel.adrian@und.edu

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Aaron Rodgers is the greatest quarterback to ever step foot on a football field. OK, maybe not, but judging by the way fans and media have reacted to Mr. Rodgers postsea-son performance you would think so. There’s no denying that he a fantastic quarterback who has a bright future. But all the hype must be put to a stop. And it will be this Sunday when the Green Bay Packers go up against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Two storied franchises will have the opportunity to add another Super Bowl to their trophy case; which one will it be?

Sorry Packer fans, maybe next year. The Steelers are going to win their third Super Bowl in six years and the word “dynasty” is going to start to be thrown around. Ben Ro-ethlisberger may not be the most liked quarterback in the NFL; in fact, he’s one of the most hated. Big Ben was accused of rape this past offsea-son, something that doesn’t exactly

Lombardi to Pittsburgh

DS> Brandon Becker is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at brandon.becker2@und.edu

TeRRiBle The in-famous towels will be waving vigorously after Steelers win.

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help his likability. Off the field issues won’t matter come Sunday, though.

Green Bay has become America’s favorite over its playoff run mostly because of the dominant perfor-mance Rodgers displayed against Atlanta. The Packer love has reached ridiculous heights to the point where they are favorites going into Sunday’s contest. Yes, that’s right. The two-seed 14-4 Steelers are 2.5 underdogs to the sixth-seed Packers. Wait, what? You mean to tell me the Steelers—a veteran-laden squad who already has Super Bowl experience—is an un-derdog?

Excuse me for not buying into the hype of Rodgers and Co. but one spectacular performance against the Falcons isn’t enough to make me a believer. Sure he had a solid game against Philadelphia in the first round, although it must not be forgotten that the Eagles had Green Bay on the ropes until Michael Vick threw an ill-timed interception to end the game. What is most concern-ing about Rodgers is his play against Chicago. After leading an impressive opening-drive score he struggled the rest of the way. Rodgers finished with a putrid passer rating of 55.4 and although Big Ben didn’t fare much better against New York, there is one major difference between the two

quarterbacks: Big Ben made play after play after play to close out the game against the Jets whereas Rod-gers was unable to put away the Jay Cutler-less Bears in the second half. It took another game-ending inter-ception from the defense to propel the Pack into the next round.

So while America has been blinded by Rodgers’ 366-yard three touchdown performance against the Falcons, I haven’t. Two years ago it was the Steelers walking off the field as Super Bowl champions behind a clutch performance from Big Ben. Pittsburgh may not win pretty like Green Bay does nor have the big name individuals on the offensive side of the ball as the Packers do, but they have proven winners. You can have Rodgers and I’ll gladly take a two-time Super Bowl winner lead-ing my offense who has consistently come up on the winning end more often than not. Hate him all you want Big Ben is going to have to be mentioned as one of the all-time greats after he snags his third Super Bowl this Sunday.

Prediction: Pittsburgh 27, Green Bay 20