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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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Herd takes to the turf again after nationalchampionship season

Green and Gold return to field

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NDSU serves rivals four losses infour-game sweep

Bison topple Jackrabbits

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

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Library boosts financial literacy

Matt Severns

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

being ironed out.

Taxi service for UND college students put on hold

Matt Severns | The Spectrum A freeze mob advocating for sexual assault awareness gathers Thursday for two minutesat the corner of Albrecht and Centennial. Participants wore shirts with sexual assault prevention tips on them to give the mob purpose.

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Linda VasquezFeatures Editor



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

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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

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Josie Tafelmeyer | The Spectrum

This piece, titled “Prize,” leaves it to viewers to decide what the most valu-able possession is.

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With the school year wind-

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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-

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Each rookie has a distinct

and interesting background

that is sure to be looked at

deeper as the series pro-

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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

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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