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The February 14, 2012 issue of the Dakota Student.TRANSCRIPT
DSInsideCullen-ary Arts - Page 3
DS View: Elections - Page 4
The intellectual monopolies of memes - Page 5
Valentine’s Day - Page 7
Grammys results - Page 9
Women’s basketball - Page 10
Women’s hockey - Page 11
Men’s basketball - Page 11
Tuesday February 14, 2012Volume 129 | Issue 34
Reaching the students, faculty and staff of the University of North Dakota since 1888 | www.dakotastudent.comTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
Letter from Pres. Kylie Oversen Page 6
More Timefl ies coverage Page 8
Men’s hockey splits series in Duluth Page 10
This past weekend, eight members from the Dakota Stu-dent editorial and writing staff attended the 2012 Associated College Press’ Best of the Mid-west college journalism con-vention in Minneapolis.
The 21st annual event, held at the Mariott City Cen-ter, brought together staffs from dozens of student news-papers around the Midwest to collaborate, network and listen to speakers on topics ranging from copyediting to online media. Keynote speakers also
DS nets regional awardsSTAFF REPORT
THEDAKOTASTUDENTAWARDS Paper wins three awards at the Best of the Midwest conference.
The controversy over the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo is no new issue on the University of North Dakota campus.
“I know students are torn on this issue,” UND Student Body President Kylie Oversen said. “The political debate and constant me-dia battle back and forth over this issue has become extremely detri-mental to our institution and more importantly to our students.”
President Oversen published a statewide press release regarding the ongoing issue over the 82-year old nickname and logo. “There is an overall frustration and exhaus-tion over (the nickname contro-versy).”
“I’ve been considering how to approach this issue,” she said. “I see this hurting the university and I know we can’t stay silent anymore.”
Oversen read her press release in her report to Student Senate Sunday night.
“Kylie’s letter was no surprise
Time flies when you’re hav-ing fun, especially
if you are waiting in line for a concert you really want to see.
Fans filled the second floor of the Memorial Union on Friday evening, just waiting for 8 p.m. to roll around when they could enter the ballroom and find a place to stand and watch the Timeflies concert.
Some fans waited in line for only an hour while others waited in line since early morning.
“We have been here since 7 a.m.,” said Brit-tany Timmsen who was there with her friend Jill Rodgers. “We sat and napped and watched movies all day.”
These dedicated fans have been planning out
their concert experience since December when they heard a rumor that Timeflies may be coming to Grand Forks. They planned to get to the Union early no matter what.
“Excited doesn’t even begin to explain it,” said Rodgers as the pair waited in line for over 12 hours on Friday. “We have known them since the first video came out.” Timeflies has been posting videos on Youtube called Timeflies Tuesday. Each Tues-day they post a new song. “We love Timeflies,” Timmsen said.
The band recognizes its fans’ dedication. “Our fans are incredible... a little crazy, but that’s awe-some,” said Cal, Timeflies’ vocalist.
The concert was sponsored by University Pro-gramming Council.
“We booked them in October, and have been setting up in the Union since the beginning of this semester,” Music and Events coordinator Dylan
CONCERT Electro-pop headliners revolutionize the modern music scene in free performance.
HANNAH ROSENTHALTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
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(to the senate), she’s been consis-tent with her viewpoints since the beginning of her campaign,” Sena-tor Kyle Slaathaug said. “From my understanding the petition has the possibility for a lot of negative con-sequences.”
A hot debateThe debate over the name has
gone to the North Dakota capital three times in the last year. State law required the use of the nick-name in January 2011 and was re-pealed later that same year.
“Many have lost sight of the mission of our institution,” Over-sen’s letter reads. “I ask you all, as citizens of the State of North Da-kota, to consider the true implica-tions and consequences that your actions will have on our school.”
Oversen’s statement comes a week after UND Alumni Asso-ciation Executive Vice President & CEO Tim O’Keefe issued a public statement opposing the continued use of the nickname and logo. “At times in life, personally and profes-sionally, we have to cut our losses and move on. That time has arrived for the name and logo,” O’Keefe said. “Together, we can continue to accomplish great things. Divided, we diminish our potential and sig-nifi cantly damage our future.”
presented topics on job search-ing and diversifying skills as a journalist in a changing world.
The Dakota Student won third place overall in the “Best of Show” category. The paper competed against other non-weekly publications at four-year colleges across the Midwest.
The staff also received three awards at Sunday’s awards cer-emony.
Brandi Jewett took home a Third Place award in the edito-rial category for her Oct. 4 opin-ion piece, “Vandalism not okay.”
Timothy Boger was award-ed Fourth Place in the Best of the Midwest sports story category for his article in the Dec. 2 edition of the Dakota Student (“Nelson leads UND past Co. College”).
Attending the event were editors Jewett, Robb Jeffries and Megan Sevigny. They were joined by staff writers Boger, Cullen Donohue, Christen Furlong, Mariah Holland and Jaye Millspaugh.
Time to say goodbye?SENATE Student body president urges North Dakotans to continue the logo retirement.
SEAN LEE &HANNAH ROSENTHAL
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Professor speaks on human rightsLAW UND Human Rights Director Gordon presents international speech law subjects.
JAYE MILLSPAUGHTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
There are many types of crime in today’s world; everything from driving under the infl uence to on-line identity theft.
A new type of crime was re-cently proposed by UND law professor, Gregory Gordon dur-ing a lecture at the North Dakota Museum of Art that took place last Thursday.
Besides being a professor of criminal law, criminal procedure, international law and international human rights law, Gordon is the
Timefl ies captivates campus
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMING COUNCIL
Timefl ies performing in the Memorial Union Ballroom Friday night.
director for UND’s Center for Hu-man Rights and Genocide Studies (CHRGS). His work as a legal offi -cer and deputy team leader for the International Criminal Tribunal in Rwanda (ICTR) was recognized by United States Attorney General Jane Reno. It led to the prosecu-tion of journalists in the areas of ra-dio and print for their incitement toward genocide.
“I propose that the Interna-tional Humanitarian Law (IHL) shall recognize that the incitement to commit war crimes is a crime,” Gordon said. His lecture explained what happened during a few pre-vious American and international war crimes and how the leaders of the American ones didn’t get into severe trouble with the law.
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[JOB] The Spring Career Fair is tak-ing place in the Wellness Center gymnasium from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
[MUSIC] A “Valentine Violin” con-cert will be held at 8 p.m. in the Hughes Fine Arts Center, room 202.
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[EVENT] UND Black Community So-cial at the Era Bell Thompson Multi-cultural Center from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
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Staff’s pick: Pick-up linesNeed a date for Valentine’s Day? Give some of these lines a try:
-Baby your like a student and I am like a math book...you solve all my problems.-Can I take a picture of you, so I can show Santa just what I want for Christmas?-I was blinded by your beauty so I’m going to need your name and number for insurance reasons.-Girl, you better have a license, because you are driving me crazy.-I know I’m not a grocery item but I can tell when you’re checking me out.-Are your pants on discount? Because if you were at my house they would be a 100% off.-Do you have a band-aid, because I scraped my knee falling for you.
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Dear P. H. Honey Badger, I have a plethora of feelings for a certain advice columnist who I have
never met. I don’t know if I should do something or say something, as I am afraid of his rejection, devastatingly good looks, and devilish wit. Do you think he would be my valentine?
Secret Admirer
Dear Admirer
I’m assuming you’re talking about yours truly. Well I can say that I am flat-tered by your interest I must say that this is an odd way to strike a proposition.
Perhaps we could speak over a more private medium. Do you have a date for Valentine’s Day? Because I know the only place in this city that serves a most
delectable cobra steak.On the other paw, I like my kidneys inside my body where they belong so I may just politely decline
your offer and stay home watching “Little House on the Prairie” reruns on the tellie.
Affectionately,
P.H. Honey BadgerHave questions for P.H. Honey Badger? Email them to [email protected].
Brilliant advice with P.H. Honey BadgerCullen-ary Artswith Cullen Donohue
When the nachos and pizza begin to decompose in the mini-fridge, and the cola has run out, it is easy to be homesick. It is easy to miss the smell of cookies baking in the oven or the taste of a fresh steak off the grill.
Then why not have some?President’s Day is coming up this weekend, and some students
will head home to visit their families for the long weekend. This gives them a chance to indulge in a home-cooked meal.
Dining Services does a good job providing students with a vari-ety of food choices, and having that food ready in a timely manner,
but home-cooked food tends to taste better.
One strength of a home cooked meal is money. Due to a strict budget, any dining cen-ter has to keep costs on the mind at all times. When cooking with the family, the cost per person allows for more flexibility. Families can
afford expensive ingredients and more ingredients; creating a denser flavor.
Family is another strength of a home-cooked meal. Dining with your family allows for discussion, bonding and even teaching. Many families will discuss life events, politics, and the economy, this discussion in turn leads to a passing on of knowledge and fam-ily morals. Family bonds become stronger, and a sense of moral belonging fills the family members.
Home cooked food tends to be healthier as well. Cafeterias will purchase and make food that will last longer in order produce the food when demanded. This food tends to be higher in salts and preservatives, often leading to a less appealing taste.
Home-cooked food will also almost always be fresher than caf-eteria food. This is because cafeterias want the food to be ready for any customers that arrive. When home-cooked food is ready, dinner starts.
There are plenty of advantages to eating home-cooked food. If you head home for the long weekend make sure to savor the food.
‘When cooking with the family, the cost per person allows for more flexibility.
Cullen Donohueexecutive chef
Cullen Donohue is the executive chef for The Dakota Student. He can be reached
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Berg said. “I want to give props to the entire UPC and to the people higher up for making this experience happen.”
This concert is the first time that the genre of pop music has come to the university for a concert.
“This is probably the second biggest event of the year, next to the Powwow,” Berg said.
“If not now, when?” asked Berg when asked about why they chose to have Timeflies come at this time. “Timeflies is a new style, they are changing the genre of music.”
Timeflies consists of Cal and Rez, the producer. Cal and Rez are originally from New York and New Jersey, respectively.
The pair are currently based out of Brooklyn. They started as a funk band in college. They would DJ different events and slip a few of their own tracks into the playlists. In October 2010, they began making their songs which include different elements of dif-ferent styles.
They were extremely excited to be in Grand Forks; Z94.7 was the first radio station that they heard their music played on. Grand Forks was the first stop in their tour and was booked so far in ad-vance that they built the tour around the concert here at the Union.
If you would like to know more information on Timeflies, please visit www.timefliesmusic.com, or look them up on Youtube, search-ing Timeflies Tuesday.
One past example that Gor-don mentioned was when the fa-mous Rwandan pop singer Simon Bikindi wrote songs encouraging the Hutu people to exterminate all of the Tutsi people.
These songs were played on the national radio and TV stations in Rwanda before being banned by their federal government in June of 1994.
Bikindi’s other punishments included indictment by the ICTR on account of genocide and con-spiracy to commit genocide. He was accused of personally partici-pating in some of the killings and was later arrested in Leiden, Neth-erlands in June of 2001.
Unlike with Bikinidi, there is yet to be any convictions for the secret “kill team” which featured twelve American soldiers and al-legedly murdered random Afghan civilians for sport throughout 2010, then collected their fingers as war trophies.
Although they have all been accused of murder and aggravat-ed assault, the charges have been denied for all of them including their leader, Staff Sergeant Cal-vin Gibbs. Other soldiers have claimed that Gibbs often bragged about how easy it was for him to kill someone. If convicted, these soldiers could receive the death penalty or life in prison.
Gordon’s lecture ended with his proposition to add incitement to commit war crimes to a list of crimes that people can be con-victed of under the US Supreme Court. He’s published several ar-ticles on the subject and plans to write a book in the future.
All upcoming lectures will take place in the North Dakota Museum of Art. All upcoming lec-tures will take place in the North Dakota Museum of Art with a social hour from 4-4:30 p.m., lec-ture from 4:30-5:30 and question period from 5:30-6. For more in-formation, visit http://und.edu/provost/faculty-lecture-series/in-dex.cfm.
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ELECTION DAY Student Government elections offer students an opportu-nity to get involved and be informed.
Tuesday February 14, 20124
Leonard. Twamley. Merrifield. Babcock. Upson. O’Kelly. Yes, we are all familiar with them. They are the buildings on campus that we walk and run through on a regu-lar basis. But, do you ever get the sense that these buildings were mis-named, like naming someone Da-vid who is clearly supposed to be called Mark? Well, I certainly get that sense. In fact, the only building names that seem to make any sense to me are the Law School and the Medical School. What do they do at the Law School, you ask? Why, my good sir or madam, they study law! Naming a building af-ter the thing that is carried out inside of it is the most logical system of naming I could possibly think of. Look at these other shining exam-ples; slaughterhouse, a place where things are slaughtered; air traffic control tower, a place where air traffic is controlled; Trump Tower, a tower for Donald Trump to show the world how awesome he is.
See, all of these make sense. But were I to follow this train logic and say to someone Gamble Hall, they would grab a handful of cash and be utterly disappointed when they walked inside and saw, not black-jack tables and roulette wheels, but
student and professors alike dressed in suits and busily crunching the latest NYSE numbers and Repub-lican primary polls. So, if we were to rename buildings based on what goes on inside of them or what more aptly describes their purpose on campus, what would we name them? Well, I’m going to give it my best shot.
First, Merrifield; renamed Hip-ster Hall. As someone who hails from the hipster capital of the world—San Francisco and the Bay Area—I can confidently say that I know my hipsters. Nowhere on campus will you find students so smugishly sipping on their mocha-frappa-chocolate-iced whatever in
such concen-trated num-bers than in Hipster Hall. Messiah com-plexes in the guise of “be-ing socially c o n s c i o u s ” abound. But there’s some-thing inher-
ently endearing about our dear hipsters, sitting there in their self-knitted scarves and TOMS shoes. They’re the group that everyone loves to hate. And yet, like the be-loved honey badger, hipsters don’t care… hipsters don’t give a shit. Well, carry on hipsters! Carry on!
Now, onward to Gamble: re-named Bro Hall. Nowhere on cam-pus will you find more bros than in Bro Hall. The only thing missing from Bro Hall that would make it
exactly like their weekend bro par-ties is alcohol; for, in Bro Hall they stand around, loitering, talking to one another about chicks and beer waiting for something exciting to happen so that they can scream out some obscenity or bro-phrase that demonstrates how belligerent they are. I wish I could say that there is something endearing about bros, and maybe, just maybe the idiocy is enough; but, there isn’t all that much endearing about a guy who’s loaded down with cologne to mask the smell of sex and cheap vodka from the night before.
Finally we come to That-One-Place-Next-To-The-Old-Betty; renamed, That-One-Place-Next-To-The-Old-Betty. Okay, so ap-parently it’s real name is the Energy and Environmental Research Cen-ter; but, really, who knew that? No one, certainly not students, knows what that building is; let alone what goes on inside it. For all we know they could have a large had-ron particle accelerator in there and be ripping black holes open on the space-time continuum. Or, per-haps it would be best just to have the building be nameless, since no body seems to be exactly sure as to what goes on inside of it.
So, there you have it; a few of the buildings on campus that could use a renaming campaign. Who knows, maybe one of the names I’ve written about here will actually stick.
jON hAMLINTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
‘They are the buildings on campus that we walk and run through on a regular basis.
Jon Hamlinmanaging/opinion editor
Jon Hamlin is the Managing/Opin-ion for The Dakota Student. He
can be reached at [email protected]
What is in a name: renam-ing buildings on campus
It’s that time of year again students. What? You don’t know what we’re referring to? No, no, not Val-entine’s Day. No! Not that one holiday we get off from school at the end of February. It’s that “thing” right before Spring Break. What? You don’t what that thing is? It’s the Student Government Elections!
Most students aren’t aware of the fact that the Elec-tions for Student Government will happen on March 7, right before we go on Spring Break. So, the Dakota Student Editorial Board thought we would put a good word in for the folks running the election and try to raise awareness among students.
Now, we don’t do this to get students to run to the polls and check a box without the slightest clue as to whom they are voting for.
In fact, we aren’t necessarily advocating that you vote at all. We simply believe that a great many of you might be interested in taking part in the elections but don’t because the information may not be readily avail-able or accessible to you.
So, the first thing that students should know is that the election itself, as stated above, is March 7. It may seem like a long time, but March 7 will be here faster than you think. This gives you limited time to be able gather information on the candidates so that you are aware of the issues of the campaign before going to the polls.
There will be several instances for you to familiarize yourself with the candidates for Senate and the Student Body President and Vice-Presidents positions. There will be several debates held from now until Election Day.
These will be great opportunities for you to be able to get to know the candidates and issues prior to Elec-tion Day. You might also want to pay attention to the various bulletin boards around campus, as some candi-dates hold meet and greet sessions so that the elector-ate may come and get to know them in a less formal setting.
Student Government elections may sound like they aren’t that big of a deal. But, these are the folks who decide what to do with a portion of your student fees; these are the people who represent us, the student body, to the university administration.
Again, while the paper is not advocating for single students to vote, we are advocating for greater aware-ness among the student body about issues that directly affect them. We hope you take this opportunity to get involved and informed, because an informed student body can only mean more accountability for our elect-ed officials and an increase in the quality of education here at the University of North Dakota.
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If you were browsing Face-book on Tuesday night, you may have noticed the beginning of a new fad: University of North Da-kota Memes. When I logged off on Tuesday night, the page had around 80 fans. As of right now, there are 1760 fans and a new da-tabase of memes that increases by the hour.
What is a meme, you ask? To be pretty basic, a meme (pro-nounced “meem”), is a cultural idea that spreads. An internet meme is similar, just on the in-ternet. There are types of memes and they are found in different places on the internet. To explore a few and get the general idea, check out “Know Your Meme,” a website that tracks the popularity of memes and traces their origins. To be completely clear, the im-ages posted on the Facebook page are image macros before they are memes, but many have become memes. Clear as mud?
Back to UND. The memes on the Facebook page feature lots of rage comics, “College Fresh-man,” “Lazy College Senior,” “Good Guy Greg,” “X All the Y,”
and many, many others. Most are funny, some are kind of racist, and they all speak volumes about students’ attitudes about UND.
Content aside, a debate is raging on the page. It seems as though for every macro post, a student complains about the macro being used incorrectly. This is observable, as many of the macros interrupt what makes the macro a meme by changing the meaning of the meme. It’s a little a n n o y i n g , I’ll admit. I don’t really like seeing the “Joseph Decreux/Ar-chaic Rap” meme or “Philosorap-tor” butch-ered, but at the end of the day, they are pictures on the internet.
However, a sort of “I’ve been making macros since before you knew what memes were” mental-ity has emerged, spurring on con-flict. It’s amusing how quickly this has developed, and it’s kind of funny that a sense of owner-ship over the memes is becoming
apparent, so much that a recently developed Minot State Univer-sity page has been met with some resistance because the founding student copied and pasted some information. Facebook drama at its finest. Even further, we’re to the point where almost every other macro posted complains about the misuse of something; in the last slew of posts, seven in a row complained about the bad memes. In response to the com-
plaints, we have users who com-plain about them and their inter-net hipster-ism or chan-nel “haters gonna hate” mantra.
W h a t ’ s more in-
teresting to me are the words on the macros. Each and every macro is representative of a stu-dent’s view of the university. The memes contain the usual obvious complaints about the Twamley shuffle, parking woes, and din-ing at Wilkerson, but the entire collection, at first appearance, is
a series of frustrations about the school and the surrounding area. Most of them are in good humor, but as I said before, some are rac-ist, sexist, and offensive, but their macro format somehow makes them funny, and the startling numbers of “likes” attached to them confirm this. Some of the macros posted are pretty prob-lematic, like “They caused Xbox Live to lag?....I want Air China out of U-Place now!” from “Baby Godfather” or “My professor failed me because I was always late to Odegard, so I shot her...an email explaining how little time there is to get across campus” via “Successful Black Man.”
We also have a “College Freshman”/”Lazy College Senior” comparison, with “Sees sorority girls...wants to bang them all,” followed by “Sees sorority girls...wants to kill them all.” I get why these are amusing, I really do. But aren’t they even a little off-putting? Alternatively, we could view the macros as intentionally identifying stereotypes, in which case they are successful. Hard to say. It probably varies from macro to macro.
It’s kind of strange that memes are a way of vocalizing
cultural worries, and the fears are validated when they collect “likes” and spawn more macros. Further, the memes are often posted anonymously, which lets people say what they’re thinking without fear of repercussions.
However, the people who post on Facebook don’t have that luxury, and it shows, as comment battles erupt. I even observed one student on Facebook plotting to make an insulting macro about another student. This, in addi-tion to the ridiculous number of macros about poorly made mac-ros, might indicate that the pro-duction is getting out of hand.
Despite this, I think the meme page provides a unique op-portunity to gauge what students really think about UND and what their concerns are, even just in terms of how the university functions with parking, Twam-ley, and the like. Ultimately, the UND memes might be kind of useful, even if they are plagued with disagreement, and they are definitely good for a laugh.
MADI WhITMANTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
‘There are types of memes and they are found in different places on the Internet.
Madi Whitmancolumnist
Madi Whitman is a columnist for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at madisson.whitman@
my.und.edu
Rage-face: the intellectual monopolies of memes
Today is Valentine’s Day; the one holiday a year where the world expects romance, flowers and chocolates.
Many TV shows and movies have plots that relate to Valen-tine’s Day and the ultimate search for love.
Romance and love are so in-grained into our heads that day number 45 of 365 is al-ways devot-ed to those themes year after year. I love many things about Va l en t ine’s Day, but I wish it went beyond one day.
Every person with a signifi-cant other has this one day to be romantic and make up for all their transgressions throughout the previous year. Valentine’s Day has let many people off the hook. Romance is not a one-time deal. It is a practice of faith and commitment.
If you really want to be ro-mantic buy flowers on a slow Tuesday or plug in her (or his) fa-vorite movie over a home-cooked meal. In other words, there is more than one way to skin a cat.
On the flip side, one cannot abstain from the festivities of Val-entine’s Day. A significant other, boyfriend or crush is most likely expecting a sign that you care about them.
The cliché has become man-datory. For example, try not giv-ing your significant other any-thing on Valentine’s Day and see what happens. My guess is that it will not end well.
This vortex of requirement and cop outs has led to an inter-esting juxtaposition between the two sides. How romantic do I need to be all year round and do I need to surpass that on Valen-
tine’s Day? It could
be a never-ending cycle, but in the end who is the winning party? The answer has to be you. If you put that much effort
in to a relationship, you are not only being a good person, but also making someone else’s life better.
The true meaning of Valen-tine’s Day may have been lost among our culture long ago and it evolved into something else. On its face, Valentine’s Day is just a commercially created holi-day that the world subscribes to.
In my opinion it is a window to the romantically challenged people we really have become. Chivalry is dead and only we can bring it back. The best advice I can give is to make your signifi-cant other feel special all year round, but make her feel the best one day a year.
KIRBY gRAFFTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
‘I love many things about Valentine’s Day, but I wish it went beyond one day.
Kirby Graffcolumnist
Kirby Graff is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be
reached at [email protected]
The obligations of Valentine’s Day
Today is Valentine’s Day, the day where many cultures around the world celebrate romance and love by sending sweets and hearts to either their significant other or their crush.
Here in America, stores are flooded with lovers looking for the perfect gift to accompany their heart warming, totally individ-ual and original, mass-produced greeting cards; parks, restaurants, hotels and movie theaters are filled with couples either holding hands, making out or trying to rip each other’s clothes off in public.
If you’re not doing any of these, you’re probably sitting at home, bummed you don’t have a date and feeling lonely.
I’ve been on both sides of this spectrum, as many have, and after these expe-riences I’ve come to a conclusion: Va l en t ine’s Day sucks. I’m going to tell you why.
First, we need some history. The origin of Valentine’s Day is murky at best. The original cel-ebration to be found in mid-Feb-ruary was a pagan festival called Lupercalia, which was a fertility celebration. The middle of Febru-ary became Valentine’s Day when Christianity outlawed the original
CAITLIN WILDEMANTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
‘Where’s the legiti-mate care toward what you make and give your lover?
Caitlin Wildemancolumnist
Caitlin Wildeman is a columnist for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at caitlin.wildeman@
my.und.edu
Valentine’s Day: the corruption of a holiday
pagan festival and replaced it with their own festival of love. There are plenty of legends about St. Valentine, the supposed saint that the holiday honors, and in fact there was more than one saint by that name. Despite the multitude of same-named saints, however, most of the separate legends are surrounded in romantic context. Written letters of romance began to be sent some time after this, until we reach today, where it’s normal to see cards, candies and giant teddy bears in every room and on every street.
The point of the historical outlook? There’s been an interest-ing development over these last hundred years.
The original pagan festival centered around fertility of plants and people, the original Valen-tine’s Day was about taking care
to send your loved one a nice letter or some creative token to show them how you feel about them. Both of these are pure enough c o n c e p t s
that I can approve of. As com-mercialization has stepped in and homemade poems and love letters are pushed out, we see Valentine’s Day before the holiday has even come just through all the com-mercials and advertisements on the subject.
Want to find the biggest, plushiest stuffed puppy with an
awkwardly-big stuffed heart in his paws? Come here! Want the big-gest variety of pre-made, dupli-cated cards to express those com-pletely unique feelings you have for that special person? Buy our stuff! Where’s the individuality? Where’s the creativity? Where’s the legitimate care toward what you make and give your lover? And where did all my money go?
Let’s not forget about being the poor kid walking around in the sea of glitter and hearts when you’re single. That just sucks. You wander around being suffocated by all the love and affection all day and get home feeling awkward and alone.
There’s too much pressure to be with someone for Valentine’s Day, and when you either won’t or can’t fit that stereotype, you feel out of place. For a holiday that should promote love, there’s a lot of sadness and loneliness that comes along with it.
Obviously, I have an aversion to Valentine’s Day and the con-notations that surround it. The commercializing and modern so-cial background of the day creates too much tension and strife for a day reserved for love to continue in the direction that it has in years past.
I’m personally one that finds the day unnecessary and fairly de-meaning. I don’t need anyone to assign me a day that I should show my special someone how much I care; I can decide that for myself.
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To the citizens of the State of North Dakota:
I’m writing today in regards to the recent developments sur-rounding the University of North Dakota and our use of the Fight-ing Sioux Logo and Nickname.
Our mission at the Univer-sity of North Dakota is one of academics and scholarship, of engagement and service. As stu-dents of UND we take pride in our academic, service, and ath-letic achievements. However, with the controversy and frus-tration over the Fighting Sioux Logo and Nickname, many have lost sight of the mission of our institution. The political debate and constant media battle back and forth over this issue has be-come extremely detrimental to our institution and more impor-tantly to our students.
Throughout my time at UND and especially over my term as Student Body Presi-dent, I have come to care deeply about the institution and its stu-dents, past, present, and future. I strongly believe that it is truly in the best interests of our students to continue the transition away from the Fighting Sioux Logo and Nickname.
One of the most significant issues is the negative impact that this has had and continues to have on our athletic programs at UND. We will be at a competi-tive and economic disadvantage if the transition is halted, once again. Our athletics program and school worked very hard to be admitted into the conferences that we are a part of and to gain Division I status for our teams. Keeping the logo and nickname could be extremely harmful to this progress. We need to move on and allow for the restoration of competition, unity, and spirit within our athletic teams.
On top of the direct negative impacts that this debate has on our students and general cam-pus climate, there is an overall frustration and exhaustion of this issue. These effects are often most strongly felt by many of our American Indian students. I think what North Dakota has forgotten, through all of this, is that the people most affected by this issue are those that are on the campus in Grand Forks every day. It is the students of UND.
I ask you all, as citizens of the State of North Dakota, to consider the true implications and consequences that your ac-tions will have on our University. Please allow us to move on past this issue and to focus on our true mission as an institution of higher education.
Thank you for your time,
Kylie Michelle OversenStudent Body President,
2011-12University of North Dakota
Letter:University mission lost
“We might be surprised to see who’s coming out (to support the univer-sity),” Oversen said. “Student gov-ernment has passed resolutions in the past. There are lots of people at UND who care enough about the school to say something.”
A long journeyAfter being mandated and sub-
sequently repealed by the state leg-islature, the nickname matter was handed off to the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education, who ordered the “significant removal” of the nickname and logo by the end of 2011.
To start the transition, UND had removed all references to the Fighting Sioux in every athletic event, except for men’s hockey, where the familiar Sioux jerseys remained.
A petition drive led by Sioux nickname supporters took place al-most immediately after the repeal of the nickname law. The petition, filed last week, called for the resumption of the nickname and logo on the UND campus.
Over 17,000 signatures were filed at the state capital, well over the re-quired 13,452 required. Secretary of State Al Jaeger has 35 days to validate the authenticity of the signatures and place the issue on the primary election ballot in June.
With the reverse of the repeal, the state law requiring the use of the logo comes back into effect. Last week, UND president Robert Kelley or-dered the return of the logo and nick-name to comply with the law.
“I want to reaffirm our respect for the laws of the state and processes guaranteed under the North Dakota Constitution,” Kelley said.
The nickname issue will see a statewide vote in June, baring any action by the State Board of Higher
LOGO FROM PAGE [1] Education, which has hinted at legal
action.Taking on attendanceAlong with the controversy of
the Fighting Sioux nickname, issues regarding the attendance of Student Senators were heard.
A constitutional amendment re-garding attendance of Student Gov-ernment leaders was passed on Sun-day night. The proposed change calls for a stricter attendance policy of stu-dent senators at regular weekly meet-ings and subcommittee meetings.
As it stands, the policy currently allows each senator up to five missed meetings in a school year before fac-ing impeachment. However, atten-dance has not been as much of an issue as it could have been, explained Vice President Nate Elness.
“Attendance hasn’t been as good as it could be,” Senator Jacob Gapp said. “In subcommittees we can’t op-erate unless quorum shows up.”
In the new policy, each senator would be allowed to miss 15 percent of the year’s meetings, regardless of excuse. With around 20 meetings a year this would mean that each sena-tor would be allowed to miss approxi-mately three meetings before facing disciplinary action.
“(The senators) will be treated more like adults,” Elness said. “The new policy is straight across the board and easier to understand.”
The proposed amendment ap-proved unanimously by the Student Senate on Sunday night. The motion will now be placed on the ballet for the March 7 elections. To be placed in the Student Government constitu-tion, the measure would have to gain at least a majority vote by the student body.Sean Lee and Hannah Rosenthal
are staff writers for The Dakota Student. They can be reached at
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Timeflies infoPage 8
A night at the GrammysPage 9
*Note: This list is compiled of the top results on a number of different websites. Remember, every man and woman has different tastes in partners and not all will find value in the same things. Choose your partners wisely.
1. Men spend on average twice as much on women as women do on men every Valentine’s Day.
2. 15 percent of US women send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day.
3. According to Durex, condom sales around Valentine’s Day are 20-30 percent higher than normal.
4. March is the leading month for sales of at-hone pregnancy tests.
5. More than 50 percent of Valentine’s Day cards are purchased in the week prior to the big day.
6. Valentine’s Day tradi-tions in Japan are different than those of the US. Men are not expected to give gifts to their partners until
March 14, a day known as White Day. This is most likely due to an incorrect translation on the part of the candy companies.
7. Valentine’s Day origi-nated in the Roman festival of Lupercalia. During this day, men drew the names of women in a lottery and these women served as their companions. Some legends say that this com-
panionship only lasted the duration of the festival; oth-ers say that the women and men remained as sexual partners for the year.
8. The traditional Valen-tine’s Day phrase “sweets for the sweet” was taken from Shakespeare’s “Ham-let.” It appears in Act 5, Scene 1.
9. Old superstition says that
a woman’s future love life was determined by the first bird she saw on Valentine’s Day. If she saw a robin, she would marry a sailor. A sparrow meant that she would marry a poor man, and a goldfinch meant that she would marry rich.
10. On Valentine’s Day, nearly 189 million single roses are sold in the United States.
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Hip-hop sensations visit GF
MATThEw RoyTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
SCoTCh Music duo Timeflies began tour with UND performance last Friday.
UND students have been clamoring for more big-name acts to appear on campus, and last weekend they got their wish. On Friday February 9, The Uni-versity Program Council brought Brooklyn-based hip-hop artist Timeflies to the Memorial Union Ballroom. The event also fea-tured Chicago-based artist Ian J.
According to its website, “Timeflies is a music duo consist-ing of 23-year-old Cal (vocalist) and 22-year-old Rez (producer) which formed in October 2010.” The concert was the opening night of the band’s twelve-show
The Scotched Up Tour, which had them traveling all around the Midwest, promoting their brand new debut album “The Scotch Tape.”
“The Scotch Tape” was re-leased in late September 2011 and was a huge hit, making its way to No. 8 on the iTunes over-all chart and the No. 2 spot on the pop cart twenty-four hours after its release.
The band is very devoted to its fans. “Every Tuesday, the guys make a video for their fans,” it says on their website, timeflies-music.com. “Timeflies Tuesday has been a great way for fans to get a look into what’s going on in the world of Timeflies, and for Cal and Rez to get a quick break from playing concerts at col-leges and venues across the coun-try, growing their fan base and spreading their music.”
Both Rez and Cal have had long careers in music despite their age. Rez’s interest in music spans back to when he first got into production after creating a studio in his basement for some of his high school bands. Accord-ing to their website, “in addition to mastering music engineering software such as Reason, ProTo-ols, and Ableton, Rex has studied classical and jazz piano, rock and jazz guitar, and jazz drums.” He also spent much of his years in college DJing at different Boston
bars, all while double major-ing in Music and Philosophy at Tufts University. On the website, he lists Pretty Lights, Dr. Luke, Xaphoon Jones and JR Rotem as influences.
Cal has been singing and free styling since he was a teenager. He earned a degree at Tufts Uni-versity in Music and Entrepre-neurship. After joining a band in his sophomore year he “fell in love with the performance side of music.” Rez was the drummer of this band and he and Cal later teamed up to form Timeflies. Cal lists Robert Johnson, Janis Joplin, Muddy Waters and Big L as his influences.
Those that didn’t pick up copies of the band’s newest al-bum “The Scotch Tape” at Friday night’s show can visit its website at timefliesmusic.com to order the album, which can also be found at the iTunes store.
“The Scotch Tape” [danksongs.com]
Matthew Roy is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can
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Yes, it’s that time of year again: the time when celebrities flock to Hollywood wearing some of the most bizarre outfits imaginable; the time when musicians cross their fingers and hope to win shiny gramophones engraved with their names; the time when you’re reminded that, oh yeah, it’s been a whole year since that album came out.
That’s right, it’s time for the Grammys.
Pop sensation Adele was the big winner of the evening, bringing home six Grammys. The 23-year-old vo-cal artist won Record of the Year and Album of the Year for “Rolling in the Deep,” and Song of the year for its title track.
This year’s ceremony was met with tragedy as news of Whitney Houston’s death emerged on the eve of the event. Houston, who died at the Beverly Hilton Hotel while preparing to attend a pre-Grammys party, was honored throughout the evening by tributes that included video clips, a performance by Jenni-
fer Hudson and words of mourning from Bruno Mars.
While Houston’s death may have played a large role in the mood of the night, it didn’t completely overshad-ow the ceremony itself. Adele took away a number of awards, as did the Foo Fighters and Kanye West. Nu-merous other performances featuring Rihanna, Coldplay, Kelly Clarkson, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift and others took place. The event also featured a tribute to the Beach Boys, who have recently reunited.
The first Grammy award ceremo-ny was held in 1959 and was intended as a means of choosing who would re-ceive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. One of the original proposed titles was the Eddie, after Thomas Ed-ison (who invented the phonograph), but they eventually decided on using the name of his invention instead.
To put themselves in the lineup, record companies and individuals submit applications to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sci-ences (NARAS). More than 150 rep-resentatives from the recording indus-try review the applications and decide if the work is eligible. Members of the
NARAS then vote individually on nominations for each field; the art-ists who receive the most votes make the nominations. Members of the NARAS are also responsible for deter-mining the final results.
Many changes have been made to the Grammys since 1959, but this year the Grammys received a dramatic overhaul. The number of categories has been reduced from the previous 109 to 78, and a few of the most important reductions include the elimination of separate categories for male and female soloists and the distinction of collaborations and duo/groups in the other genre. Several other categories have been deleted as well, including instrumental solo cat-egories and a large number of Roots categories (such as Hawaiian music, Native American music and Zydeco/Cajun music).
While it would be impossible to fit the winners of all 78 categories in the space of this section, here are the highlights:
Record of the Year Nominees:“Rolling in the Deep” – Adele“Holocene” – Bon Iver“Grenade” – Bruno Mars“The Cave” – Mumford & Sons“Firework” – Katy PerryThe winner: “Rolling in the Deep” - Adele
Album of the Year Nominees:“21” – Adele“Wasting Light” – Foo Fighters“Born This Way” – Lady Gaga“Doo-Wops & Hooligans” – Bruno Mars“Loud” – RihannaThe winner: “21” - Adele
Song of the Year Nominees:“Rolling in the Deep” – Adele“All of the Lights” – Kanye West, Ri-
hanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie“The Cave” – Mumford & Sons“Grenade” – Bruno Mars“Holocene” – Bon IverThe winner: “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele
Best New Artist Nominees:The Band PerryBon IverJ. ColeNicki MinajSkrillexThe winner: Bon Iver
Best Pop Vocal Album Nominees:“21” – Adele “The Lady Killer” – Cee Lo Green“Born this Way” – Lady Gaga“Doo-Wops & Hooligans” – Bruno Mars“Loud” – RihannaThe winner: “21” - Adele
Best Rock Album Nominees:“Rock ‘n’ Roll Party Honoring Les Paul” – Jeff Beck“Come Around Sundown” – Kings of Leon“Wasting Light” – Foo Fighters“I’m With You” – Red Hot Chili Pep-pers“The Whole Love” – WilcoThe winners: “Wasting Light: - Foo Fighters
Best Rock Song Nominees:“The Cave” – Mumford & Sons“Down by the Water” – the Decem-berists“Every Teardrop is a Waterfall” – Cold-play“Walk” – The Foo Fighters“Lotus Flower” – RadioheadThe winner: “Walk” - The Foo Fight-ers
Best Alternative Rock Album Nomi-nees:
“Codes and Keys” – Death Cab for Cutie“Torches” – Foster the People“Circuital” – My Morning Jacket“Bon Iver” – Bon Iver“The King of Limbs” – RadioheadThe winner: “Bon Iver” - Bon Iver
Best R&B Song Nominees:“Fool for You” – Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona“Far Away” – Marsha Ambrosius“Not My Daddy” – Kelly Price & Stokley“Pieces of Me” – Ledisi“You Are” – Charlie WilsonThe winner: “Fool for You” - Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona
Best R&B Album“F.A.M.E.” - Chris Brown“Second Chance” - El DeBarge“Love Letter” - R. Kelly“Pieces of Me” - Ledisi“Kelly” - Kelly PriceThe winner: “F.A.M.E.” - Chris Brown
Best Country Album“Own the Night” - Lady Antebellum“My Kind of Party” - Jason Aldean“Chief” - Eric Church“Red River Blue” - Black Shelton“Here For a Good Time” - George Strait“Speak Now” - Taylor SwiftThe winner: “Own the Night” - Lady Antebellum
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Nom-inees:“All of the Lights” – Kanye West, Ri-hanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie“Party” – Beyonce and Andree 3000“I’m On One” – DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne“I Need a Doctor” – Dr. Dre, Eminem and Skylar Grey“What’s My Name?” – Rihanna and Drake“Motivation” – Kelly Rowland and Lil WayneThe winner: “All of the Lights”
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Fun fact:
On his deathbed, Os-car Wilde is reported to have glanced at his wallpaper and
back to those in the room and said, “My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the
death. One or the other of us has got to
go.”
SPORTS Tuesday February 14, 2012
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Men’s Basketball road winPage 11
Quick Facts: UND Page 12
vs. Mayville St.2/14 @ 7 p.m.Betty Engelstad Sioux Center
WBB M. SWIMMPSF Swiming Championships2/15-18 All DayLong Beach, Calif.
Women’s Hockey Shootout vs. MSUPage 11
Lady gridders dunk two GWC rivalsDOMINATION North Dakota outscored both opponents 148-88 over the weekend.
NAMARA KIBIRATHEDAKOTASTUDENT
On Saturday, the University of North Dakota women’s basketball team and Head Coach Gene Roe-buck was led onto the court with over 40 former Fighting Sioux basketball players. Saturday’s game marked the final conference game for Roebuck at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center.
“I feel that tradition isn’t some-thing that you just start and use for a couple of years, it is something that is built over a period of time,” Roebuck said. “I have been so for-tunate to have been able to coach at UND all of these years.
The Fighting Sioux defeated NJIT 68-42, clenching its lead in the Great West Conference. North Dakota’s record is 15-10 overall and 6-1 in the league. It marked
the sixth straight victory for the Fighting Sioux.
“That’s what it is all about, staying in once place, developing a tradition and having good players to help you build success, Roebuck said. “It was really neat to see all of those former players back here tonight.”
Allyssa Wall led the Sioux with her third 20-point finish in four games. She shot 10 for 17 from the field and hit all four free throws to finish with 24 points overall.
Charnise Mothershed also fin-ished with double figures on Satur-day. She went four for eight from the field with a pair of three-point-ers and two for two at the line to come away with 12 points. Char-nay Mothershed led UND with 14 rebounds
“We didn’t shoot the ball very well, but we played great defense,” Roebuck said. “Our defense willed us to win. We rebounded the bas-ketball well, we kept New Jersey from getting rebounds, and we only turned the ball over nine times.”
North Dakota shot 37.7 per-cent from the field, 26.7 percent from three-point range, and 66.7 percent at the free throw line.
“We didn’t shoot well, but if you can do all of the other things, you’re going to win a basketball game,” Roebuck said. “We played lockdown defense, especially in the first half.”
Last Thursday, the UND wom-en’s basketball team defeated the Chicago State Cougars, 80-46, at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center.
“I thought that we really worked hard, and that’s the main thing,” Gene Roebuck said.
Sophomore Center Allyssa Wall once again led the Sioux with 18 points on Thursday’s GWC game. Wall went seven for 10 from the field and four for seven at the free throw line. This marked her fifth double figure game. She also posted seven rebounds and a sea-son high of four blocked shots — tying the record.
Junior guard Carly Rothfusz tied her career high of 15 points. She went three for three from the
three-point range. Rothfusz is a perfect five for five behind the arc through the past two games.
“Carly hit a big shot for us in the first half,” Roebuck said. “We were struggling a little bit, but she hit that shot down in the corner and then we started to take off a little bit.”
After a slow start to the season, sophomore forward Megan Lauck stepped up for the Sioux on Thurs-day and finished the game with 11 points. She tied her season high for the third time and is now on a two game double figure scoring streak.
“Megan has really settled down,” Roebuck said. She is a high-energy player, and early on, she was really nervous and had put too much pressure on herself. She is one of those players that can see the play before it happens, and she was just passing too soon early on. Now she’s settled down.”
Sophomore forward Katie Ho-edek tied her season high of ten points and finished 5 for 10 from the field.
Senior Charnise Mothershed,
led both sides with 12 rebounds, including 10 defensive boards. She also led the Fighting Sioux to a 49-24 rebounding advantage over Chicago State University.
“We played a zone to make them shoot from the outside, but when you play a zone, you’re sus-ceptible to giving up the offensive boards,” Roebuck said. “I talked earlier about our guards having to rebound, and tonight we had Charnise Mothershed finish with 12 boards. We also had Nicole Smart going in for rebounds as well.”
UND shot 51.8 percent from the field, 36.4 percent at three-point range, and 81.8 percent at the free throw line. This marked the second game in a row that the Sioux have shot over 50 percent from the field.
The Fighting Sioux will play its final game of the season on Tues-day against Mayville State.
Namara Kibira is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]
Freshman guard Brianna Williams (20) attempts a pair of jump shots (right photo).
Junior guard Carly Rothfusz drives for a lay-up (also pic-tured in far right image).
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Fighting Sioux hockey splits series with Duluth ‘DogsDRAMATIC With UND in the drivers seat for their playoffs, a series split salvages season.
TIMOTHy BOgERTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
Timothy Boger is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can
be reached at [email protected]
The standings will show that the North Dakota Fighting Sioux dropped in the Western Colle-giate Hockey Association stand-ings—as well as the Pairwise Rankings—after last weekend’s split against the defending na-tional champion Minnesota-Du-luth Bulldogs at Amsoil Arena in Duluth.
But make no mistake, UND (16-11-2, 12-10 WCHA) proved that despite barely being able to fill out a full lineup, they’ve be-come a force to be reckoned with, complete with offensive depth, defensive prowess and solid goal-tending.
The Sioux showed no signs of intimidation in splitting with the
No. 3 Bulldogs. A tight, physical battle yielded a 3-1 victory for the Sioux Friday, but they were un-able to overcome a four goal first period outburst by the Bulldogs in a 5-4 loss Saturday.
Nevertheless, it now seems that the Fighting Sioux have the depth and tenacity that had eluded them to this point in their rocky 2011-2012 cam-paign.
F r i d a y , North Da-kota kept the game physi-cal and tight and eventu-ally com-manded its way to a 3-1 victory.
Duluth’s top line—headlined by the super speedy J.T. Brown—was able to neutralize UND’s, but North Dakota’s depth, of all things, took care of the offensive scoring all night.
Carter Rowney scored for the Sioux in each of the first two peri-ods, capitalizing on loose change in the first and a turnover in the second to put UND up 2-0. Rowney also grabbed the lone as-sist on Michael Parks’ goal at 2:04 in the third.
“That line really seems to be growing together and build-
ing some chemistry,” Hakstol said of Rowney and his two f r e s h m a n linemates. “I thought they played very well with MacMi l l an on the left
and Parks on the right.”“It’s just great to have an up-
perclassman showing us the way and we’re starting to click and go well together,” said Parks.
UMD was able to pull their goalie and score an extra attacker
goal with 1:06 to go in the third, but they got no closer. Sioux goal-tender Aaron Dell stopped 26 and UND was able to hold on.
Saturday, a back-and-forth first period came out the wrong way for the Sioux. Brock Nelson and Stephane Pattyn tallied goals to give UND a 2-1 lead, but the Bulldogs stormed back with three goals in the final 3:42 of the third to head into the locker room up 4-2.
But UND did not relent. Rowney’s two goals—14:42 of the second and 15:29—made the score 5-4, and a 16 shot effort in the third period very nearly got the tying goal. Rowney had a golden opportunity in the final seconds, but fanned on a shot at-tempt as time expired to give the Bulldogs the victory and the split.
UND snapped a four game winning streak with that loss. But overall the weekend was looked at in a positive light, owing to the team’s never-give-up attitude.
“Maybe the best way I can
sum it up: I don’t think anybody in our locker room is taking sol-ace that we almost tied it up,” Hakstol said. “We’re upset that we didn’t tie it up and have an op-portunity to go into overtime and win the game.”
The split keeps the Sioux planted on the playoff bubble. With six games to go, UND still controls their destiny to a large extent.
Senior Mario Lamoreux sees good things out of a young, but maturing, Sioux squad that just three months ago was buried deep in the WCHA standings. “We’ve been playing really well lately,” he said. “I think we put our fate in our own hands with [Michigan Tech], Denver and Mankato that last weekend [of the season].”
“That’s definitely where we want to be. We have to make sure we’re primed and ready for those.”
‘I think we put our fate in our own hands with [Michigan Tech], Denver and Mankato...
Mario Lamoreuxsenior forward
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PROGRESSION UND notched a “W” in the road column for the first time since Oct. 30.
BRANDON BECKERTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
Sioux find first road win
The University of North Da-kota men’s basketball team con-tinued its string of road games this past Thursday and Satur-day, with games against Chicago State and New Jersey Institute of Technology, respectively.
It was the Fighting Sioux’s third and fourth consecutive games on the road of six that will be played away from the Betty E n g e l s t a d Sioux Cen-ter.
U N D 75, Chicago St. 69
Sophomore Troy Huff poured in a season-high 25 points to help lead the Sioux to their first road victory of the season. The Sioux (11-12, 3-3) had failed in 11 tries before until Thursday when they took down the struggling Cougars (3-21, 1-5).
“We needed this one,” UND coach Brian Jones said. “We got some key shots to fall for us late in the last four minutes and made some free throws down the stretch. That is what it takes to win on the road and we were able to do those things tonight.”
Senior Patrick Mitchell also had a big game for UND, as he finished with 17 points on six-of-10 shooting. But it was Huff that routinely answered the call for the Sioux whenever a bucket was needed. With the score 71-67, Huff made a big layup with 41 seconds remaining to give the Sioux a six-point lead.
The Cougars would respond with a bucket from Matt Samu-els and they were able to force a turnover on the ensuing pos-session, but Samuels missed a jumper that all but ended Chi-cago State’s rally. Sophomore Aaron Anderson would ice the game with two free throws that would put him in double figures with 11 points.
NJIT 72, UND 57Junior Ryan Woods was a
thorn in UND’s side on Satur-day, as he scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half to lead the Highlanders to victory. De-spite Woods’ impressive perfor-mance it was UND who was its
own worst enemy.
T h e S i o u x turned the ball over a season-high 25 times, which in-cluded 18 in the first half.
N J I T took advantage of UND’s mis-cues and built a 33-24 lead. “It’s hard to win, home or away, in anyone’s gym when you turn the ball over 18 times in a half,” said Jones. “We played well enough to be down just nine at half. Our guys really fought and battled,
but this late in the year it’s about execution and doing the little things.”
UND was able to stay in the game in the first half behind sophomores Huff and Jamal Webb. The two each hit a pair of treys in the first 20 minutes and the Sioux as a team went 5-of-11 from beyond the arc in the first half.
The Sioux were able to cut back on turnovers in the second half as they tallied seven, but they were unable to enjoy the same success shooting the ball from the 3-point line (2-12).
Sophomore Brandon Brekke finished with a double-double (11 points and 11 rebounds) and Anderson joined Huff and Webb in double figures.
Ultimately, though, the Sioux weren’t able to overcome a sloppy start.
The loss dropped the Sioux to 11-13 and 3-4 in Great West Conference play, whereas the
Highlanders improved to 4-3 in the conference and 11-13 overall. Next up for the Sioux are two more road games against non-conference opponents in Louisiana Tech and Longwood.
‘We got some key shots to fall for us late in that last four-min-ute game and made some free throws...
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Brandon Becker is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at brandon.becker2@
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Puck handling gives UND edge at MSU
This past weekend the Fighting Sioux women’s hockey team took on the Minnesota State Mankato Mavericks, in Mankato.
Friday night game got off to an early start for North Dakota with Jocelyne Lamoureux scor-ing just three minutes into the game. The rest of the first period was relatively quiet with a few penalties being called.
Josefine Jakobsen got the scoring started for the Sioux in the second period, putting them up by two goals. The Fighting Sioux kept the scoring going with Candace Molle netting one later in the period on the power play. Another power play goal came about a minute later from UND’s own Michelle Karvinen.
The Mavericks were able to answer back with a power play goal to end the period. The goal was scored by Lauren Smith with less than five minutes to play in the period.
Josefine Jakobsen tallied her second goal of the night midway through the third period for the Fighting Sioux. Following Jako-bsen’s goal Jocelyne Lamoureux also got her second of the night to make it six to one. UND re-corded one more goal before the
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game ended. The final goal of the night
went to Monique Weber, and made the game seven to one.
Saturday’s afternoon session did not go as planned. The Mav-ericks got the scoring started with Emmi Leinonen’s goal half-way through the opening period. Less than two minutes later, the Mavericks tallied another goal courtesy of Lauren Zrust.
The Fighting Sioux got on the scoreboard when Monique Lamoureux-Kolls netted a pow-er play goal with five minutes remaining in the first period. Jocelyne Lamoureux recorded a power play goal late in the sec-ond period to tie the game for UND.
Very late in the second peri-od the Mavericks tallied another goal to retake the lead. The pow-er play goal was scored by Lau-ren Smith.
Five minutes into the third period Michelle Karvinen scored the game tying goal to send the game into overtime. Once again overtime could not produce a winner like the previous series with Wisconsin so the game went into a shootout.
Jocelyne Lamoureux was the first shooter for the Fighting Sioux, and she tallied a goal as did Mankato’s first shooter Jack-ie Otto. North Dakota’s second shooter Josefine Jakobsen scored to take the lead in the shoot-out, but the Mavericks answered
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back on a goal by Ariel Mackley. Looking to take the lead again, Monique Lamoureux-Kolls shot one past Mankato’s goaltender.
Emmi Leinonen tied the score for the Mavericks as. Down to the sudden death round where one goal and one miss resulted in a win, Michelle Karvinen once again came through for the Fighting Sioux. She netted the game winning goal while the Mavericks Lauren Smith’s shot was stopped by Stephanie Ney for UND. “Well, I thought we
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competed hard and I thought we created a lot of scoring op-portunities, didn’t finish. I re-ally thought the difference was their kid in net played extremely well,” said head coach Brian Idalski.
The last regular season series for the women will take place against the University of Minne-sota, in Minneapolis, MN. Fri-day’s game starts at 6:07 p.m., and Saturday’s game starts at 3:07 p.m.
Mariah Holland is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at marholl99@hotmail.
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