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Today marks the birthday of the man credited with the theory of evolution. In honor of Charles Darwin, NDSU has celebrated its fifth an-nual Darwin Days this week.

Darwin Days is a world-wide celebration that is ob-served by universities, mu-seums, libraries and civic centers in honor of Charles Darwin, as well as the theory of evolution and the progres-sion of science. Events held during Darwin Days tradi-tionally include scientific lectures, art shows, discus-sions and various forms of scientific recognition. At NDSU, the geosciences and biology departments cele-brate with lectures, presenta-tions and exhibits surround-ing Charles Darwin and his theories.

“First and foremost we want people to know that Darwin was one of our greatest scientists and that the theory of evolution is one of the best scientific theories in existence,” said Steve Travers, assistant professor of biological sci-ences. “Many students, and presumably people in gen-eral, are unaware how much evidence there is in support of evolution as the source of the planet’s biodiversity and for Darwin’s explanation of descent with modification. There is no scientific con-troversy about evolution as a foundation of biology, only a public one that is mostly restricted to the United States.”

Travers said that Darwin

Days aims to engage people in the mysteries of the natu-ral world. The department intends to do this by dis-playing vertebrate skins and skeletons, insects, plants and fossils.

“Collections have played a big role in understanding evolution for a long time, and we want to show ours off,” he said.

The department will edu-cate interested students in legal confrontations involv-ing teaching Intelligent De-sign as well as the difference between the most recent creationism theories and the evolution theory taught in

the classroom.“Our goal here is to

raise awareness about the efforts of the Dis-covery Institute to por-tray Intelligent Design as a science, when in fact it is creationism re-packaged and therefore faith-based according to a federal court decision,” Travers said.

Geology major Kilynn Sandberg, junior, said Dar-win Days is about bringing the departments together, in-forming students and faculty about Darwin and evolution and encouraging them to open up to new ideas.

“It’s fun and a great op-

portunity to expand your ho-rizons and see some incred-ible fossils,” Sandberg said. “Darwin’s theory of natural selection has inspired so many others to research in the topic of evolution, giv-ing even more information of the origin of life. For me, I get the opportunity to learn more about different depart-ments and how Darwin’s theory is involved in their area. Like in geoscience,

I get to see new fossils or casts every year.”

The departments will also serve cake in honor of Darwin’s birthday and sell T-shirts in the union. People can also have photographs taken with a life-sized cut-out of Charles Darwin.

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Celebrating Evolution: Happy Birthday, DarwinNDSU Holds 5th Annual ‘Darwin Days’

Story by Jessie Battest

JEFF BAUER | THE SPECTRUM

Two jars have filled this week as two colleges com-pete to collect change during the third annual Battle of the Cents-es.

The college ambassa-dors of pharmacy, nursing and allied sciences compete against the engineering and architecture ambassadors to raise money for Hannah Linz, a senior on the wom-en’s basketball team who has experienced a recurrence of Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

The ambassador groups have collected donations in jars from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at a booth in the Memorial Union each day this week. They will continue collect-ing donations today and to-morrow.

Normally, each college chooses a different organiza-tion to donate the funds to, but this year the ambassadors of nursing, pharmacy and al-lied sciences proposed that they both donate to Hoops for Hannah because Linz is a member of their college.

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Students Battle for a CauseBattle of the Cents-es raises money for Hoops for HannahJosie EyersHead News Editor

A photogenic reptile housed in Steven’s Hall poses in celebration of today’s 5th annual Darwin Days events

Grad Student Awarded High-Tech Research EquipmentGround-breaking Research to be Published in August

Angela CoxContributing Writer

An environmental and conservation sciences doc-toral student was awarded an instrument and funding from the Goetz Instrument Pro-gram to better conduct his research on forest resource management.

Buddhika Madurappe-ruma has conducted field research on potential distri-bution patterns of the inva-sive Russian olive at the Bis-marck Mandan Wild Urban Interface.

Although he has only been at NDSU for two years, Madurapperuma has made staggering accomplishments at the university.

“He has published two papers already and presented them at three conferences,” said Peter Oduor, associate professor of geology and ge-ography. Madurapperuma is currently working on three manuscripts, and after com-pleting his research in Au-gust, he plans to publish his findings with the program’s funding.

“Buddhika is a hardwork-

ing student,” Oduor said. “This [award] will only aid his success.”

Prior to winning the new instrument, Fieldspec 4, he used ENVI EX software that was not capable of distin-guishing between the spec-tral signatures of the Russian olive and buffaloberry. With the Fieldspec 4, he will ex-tend his research by making spectral profiles of the Rus-sian olive and associated plants.

He plans to conduct his new research along the Red River, Souris River and

James River in North Da-kota.

The final spectral library for the plant will be analyzed to detect the abundance of the plant and the effects it has on native species in North Dakota and other regions.

The North Dakota Forest Service will use GIS maps created by Madurapperuma’s research

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Buddhika Madurapperuma was awarded a high-tech research instrument to aid his research on forest resource management.

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(From left) Kristen Weiss and Alyssa Emerson of the college of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Sciences and Megan Larson of the College of Engineering and Architecture collect money for Hoops for Hannah as part of the Battle of the Cents-es.

“No matter who wins, we are all going to feel good about helping Hannah,” said Kassandra Almen, a senior in electrical engineering and president of the engineering and architecture ambassa-dors.

The rules of the compe-tition dictate that change in the jars count positively, and dollars count negatively, ex-plained Victoria Hammond, a second-year pharmacy professional and president of the pharmacy, nursing and allied sciences ambas-sadors.

“As the pharmacy, nurs-ing and allied sciences am-bassadors, we try and con-

vince people willing to give bills to place them in the engineering and architecture jar,” Hammond said. “I feel that making it into a compe-tition makes it a fun way to raise money.”

She said accepting change allows more people to contribute to the cause.

“College kids are kind of poor,” Almen said, “and no penny is too small.”

The ambassador groups hope to raise $2,000 dollars, Almen said.

Last year, the engineer-ing and architecture ambas-sadors raised $755 for Minot State University flood vic-tims. The pharmacy, nursing

and allied sciences ambassa-dors raised $695 for Cully’s Kids, according to a Univer-sity news release.

The college ambassadors who raise the most money will be rewarded with ice cream sandwiches. The los-ing college ambassadors must wear T-shirts promot-ing the other college for a day.

“This is an excellent op-portunity to come closer together as two ambassador groups,” Hammond said.

College ambassadors comprise student represen-tatives of all the majors in the college who assist the dean with outreach events.

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JOSIE EYERS| THE SPECTRUM

The annual Summit League Food Fight Chal-lenge includes a new aspect of competition this year.

The Student-Athlete Ad-visory Council and NDSU Greek Organizations col-laborated to raise money and collect non-perishable food items for the Food Fight.

John Straka, president of the Student-Athlete Adviso-ry Council, said that there is another facet to the competi-tion this year.

The Summit League is also hosting a Viral Video contest. Videos for each of the Food Fight participants are on the Summit League

YouTube page, and the video with the most likes will get a boost in their food fight.

“The winner of this vid-eo competition will receive a prize of $770 (equal to 2,002 lbs.) to add to their final Food Fight total and donate to their food bank,” Straka said.

All of the money and food donations will go to the Alba Bales House, which is on the NDSU campus.

“Students will be direct-ly impacting their peers and helping fellow NDSU stu-dents with each canned good or dollar donated,” Straka said, urging students to do-nate. “Our local food banks tell us that demand is up and donations are down due to

the economy, so every bit of food helps tremendously.”

Straka said that the Student-Athlete Advisory Council will be doing more Food Fight Challenges in subsequent years and asks that any campus organiza-tion that would like to help out contact the SAAC.

Drop boxes for canned goods were placed in the Memorial Union and the BSA on Monday, and food will be collected until Sat-urday when all of the food and money donations will be counted.

The link to NDSU’s Summit League You-Tube video for the con-test can be found at http://w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m /

NDSU Participates in Annual Summit League Food Fight ChallengeHannah DillonStaff Writer

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“My favorite [event] is the exhibits or the talks,” Sandberg said. “They always pick great speakers.”

Travers said Dar-win’s theories have led to thousands of important dis-coveries that affect mankind on a daily basis. He worries about an anti-science legisla-tion proposed every year that

intends to ban teaching evo-lution in public schools.

“Carl Sagan talked about science as a ‘candle in the dark,’” Travers said. “By promoting Darwin and celebrating Darwin Days, we hope to educate people about the amazing thing that Dar-win did, and we want to have a good time.”

Today’s Darwin Day’s Events:

12 – 4 p.m. Hall of Biodiversity in MU Meadowlark Room

12:30 p.m.“Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial” Nova film

in MU Century Theater

2:30 p.m.Darwin’s Birthday celebration with cake in MU Butte

Lounge

3 p.m.Main Event: “Sharks, Sandlance and Sticky Fish – Ad-

ventures in Biomechanics”Adam Summers from University of Washington talks in

the MU Century Theater

5 p.m.“Surfing Cambrian Coasts”James Hagadorn from the Denver Museum of Nature

and Science talks about Cambrian seas and fossil deposit in Stevens 136

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Four students are about to spring NDSU into the fu-ture of sustainable energy.

Seniors Ryan Marquette and Grady Anderson and juniors Lyndsay Leingang and Jack Burns are members of the “CHEM 199 – The Chemistry of Renewable Energy” course at NDSU. Their instructor, John Bagu, is pushing them beyond mere theoretical study.

On Feb. 7, the students – in teams of two – gave pre-sentations to representatives from Student Government, Facilities Maintenance and the Administration on the feasibility of producing re-newable energy on campus. Their in-depth study cov-ered options, costs, instal-lation procedures and pro-jected benefits of installing both solar arrays and wind turbines on campus.

Anderson, a civil engi-

neering major, and Burns, a construction manage-ment major, teamed up to research and present a pro-posal for a 300-square-foot solar array on the roof of the Memorial Union. The 5-kilowatt system would be made up of 3-foot by 5-foot south-facing panels, tilted at 70 degrees for maximum production.

Anderson and Burns’ proposal looks to produce over 10,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually. This electricity would likely be sold back to Xcel Energy, offsetting a portion of the energy costs of the Memo-rial Union. Though it is a start, the solar array would cover only a portion of the energy used by the Union which, according to Mar-quette, takes around half of its funding from student fees. Nevertheless, the sys-tem would pay for itself within 10 years, giving it 15 years of for-profit produc-tion in it’s lifetime.

Marquette, a civil en-

gineering major, and Lein-gang, a biosystems engineer-ing major, worked together to present a proposal for the installation of wind turbines on campus. They reviewed a number of turbine options for the school, ranging from 1 kilowatt to 6 kilowatts. Much like the proposed so-lar array, the wind turbines would produce electricity to be sold back to Xcel Energy to offset student fee funding of the Memorial Union’s en-ergy costs.

Marquette and Leingang proposed five placement op-tions for the turbines. Aim-ing for a combination of visibility and productivity, placement options include the roof of the Union, the Union East Patio, the Union South Entrance, the Well-ness Center and the Equine Center. The options touted most heavily were those in close proximity to the Union, in order to increase visibility for students.

The placement strategy of the wind turbines reveals

the underlying motive for both proposals – exposure.

“Primarily, [the proj-ect] is to enhance our un-derstanding of sustainables here and enrich our students in our future of energy,” Marquette said. “I think that it could help us economical-ly, but it isn’t huge. It would help us a small amount, but there are intangible aspects that are huge. As in, creating awareness for these renew-ables, and it enriches our community also. I see this as our first stepping stone into a future of sustainability.”

The other students ex-pressed their desire to raise awareness through the proposed projects. Both groups proposed installing a monitoring kiosk inside the Union to disseminate infor-mation about the energy be-ing produced to the student body.

“I think a lot of kids have the same interests, a lot of kids are interested in going green and I think it needs to become easier for kids to be

heard about these things,” Anderson said. “Kids are in-terested in this stuff, but it is so hard to get that first step in the door, so this [project] is big.”

The four students feel strongly about the need for growing renewable energy production on campus. As societal concerns for our energy and environmental futures continue to grow, students like these four are turning to their education to take action and make things happen.

“The fact [is] that it needs to happen,” Burns said. “The fear that, if we don’t develop [renewables], what are we going to do in the future when we don’t have any more fossil fuels? And also the fact that we are depleting our ozone and wrecking our environment by stripping off mountains just to get the last bit of coal, we need a change.”

Anderson said people are aware of the harm they are doing to the planet.

Not much has been done to change it, he said, but soon a change will have to be made.

“I think it’s best to be ready for it when [change] happens. If we know how to use this stuff, we know the sun’s not going anywhere, we know the wind’s not go-ing anywhere, so if we can take hold of this stuff, it’s pretty huge,” he said.

The students see NDSU as a perfect setting for the research and expansion of renewable technology, and an effective platform.

“We are a research uni-versity, and I think that we can do research off of this to set an example for other schools and the community too,” Leingang said.

The group hopes to have their proposals finalized by the end of March for presen-tation to the Senate, and they encourage students to let their support of sustainable energy growth be known to the student senators.

Students Propose Renewable Energy on CampusPush for Sustainability to Come Before Student SenateNathan StottlerSpectrum Staff

to identify areas for res-toration of riparian habitats, which affect water quality in nearby rivers, and habitats for the state’s wildlife.

“The Northern Great Plains eco-region is a show-case for biodiversity, which may be under threat due to proliferation of non-native species,” Buddhika wrote in his proposal to Analyti-cal Spectral Devices Inc.,

the company responsible for the Goetz Instrument Pro-gram. “Therefore, mapping the potential habitats within the riparian ecosystem and the spread of Russian olive is critical.”

As the newest ASD spec-troradiometer model, the Fieldspec 4 offers more pre-cise spectral data collection in remote sensing applica-tions.

“The Fieldspec 4 is top of the line [technology],” Odu-or said. This model provides the highest spectral resolu-tion available to researchers today.

The Goetz Instrument Program was created in recognition of Alexander Goetz, co-founder of ASD. Every year, the program awards less than 10 submis-sions, $500 in funding for

research publications and ASD spectroradiometers. A spectroradiometer detects reflectance, the radiation reflecting off a surface, and reads spectral signatures. The program supports small research efforts by providing temporary use of this instru-ment, which at $90,000 per device might otherwise be difficult to obtain.

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tended school in Sri Lanka before he was accepted into the FulBright Scholar Pro-gram and earned his under-graduate degree at the Uni-versity of Michigan. Oduor recruited Madurapperuma into NDSU’s graduate pro-gram and is his current aca-demic advisor.

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Features The Spectrum Thursday, February 14, 2013

He Said: “I don’t have to waste time and money trying to live up to a girl’s unrealistic expectations for Valentine’s Day,” Johnny Schmitz, a junior majoring in Business, said.

She Said: “I would say the best reason to be single is that you don’t have to accommodate to the great expectations that people place on it,” Hailey Colbrunn, a fresh-man majoring in Public Relations and English, said.

Roses and chocolates and bears! Oh, my! For the past two weeks, every store has been overflowing with lovey-dovey cards, stuffed animals holding boxes of candy, and red and pink hearts covering every pos-sible surface. It is a roman-tic’s heyday. Unfortunately, for those who consider Val-entine’s Day to be “Single’s Awareness Day,” all that love in the air can be nau-seating or even downright depressing.

So for all the singles out there wishing that an entire holiday was not devoted to romantic love, good news: below are the top three rea-sons to be single on Valen-tine’s Day. And truly, they will actually make you feel better.

The first reason to ap-preciate your single status: you have no expectations to fulfill except your own. You do not have to worry about finding someone the per-fect card with just the right message, or making dinner reservations, or ordering a big enough teddy bear, or buying the prettiest roses, or watching The Notebook again for the thousandth time. Today, you can feel absolutely stress-free, while all of your taken friends fret over which type of choco-late will be the ultimate sign of their love.

The second reason to be happy with your single-ness: you can do whatever your heart desires. Think about all of the benefits of being single, and then revel in them. Guys, you do not have to see Ryan Reynolds shirtless, or listen to One Di-rection sing their hearts out, or ask permission to have a night out with the guys. And all you single ladies, you can

skip right over Sports Center to watch Gossip Girl, take as much time as you want to get ready to go out, and never think about impress-ing anyone’s mother but your own. Flaunt that inde-pendence.

Finally, the third and possibly best reason to not be participating in V-day: you are saving a ton of cash. On average, men spend about $160 for Valentine’s Day gifts, and women spend around $90. Since you are not spending that on some-one else, treat yourself to a night out with other single friends, buy that Xbox game you have been wanting, or shop for a new outfit. The possibilities are endless.

While our society focus-es on being part of a couple for Valentine’s Day, being single should be celebrated too. Embrace your freedom (and chance to save money) while you can; Cupid will find you in due time.

With sales rising to around 58 million pounds on Valentine’s Day alone, according to Nielsen, choc-olate proves to be the most popular gift given and re-ceived on this holiday. But research has shown that not all of those heart-shaped chocolaty sweets are detri-mental to your health. Be-tween delectable bites, take a moment to appreciate the many benefits of indulging in the chocolates that your sweetheart sent rather than focusing solely on the nega-tive impacts that the cocoa morsels can have on your health.

Matthew Kadey, regis-tered dietician and writer for Fitbie magazine, ensures readers that multiple re-

search studies have recently proven that “chocolate is laced with antioxidants that lower blood pressure and

cholesterol, reduce inflam-mation, and boost endur-ance…and it can actually be good for your waistline.” However, choosing the right chocolate is key. Many com-mon chocolate bars—like Twix, Snickers, and Butter-fingers—can be extremely high in calories and loaded with sugar. But if picked off the shelf correctly, chocolate can actually be a healthy treat.

Surveys conducted by the NPD Group suggest that 55 percent of adults buy boxed chocolates on Valentine’s Day. If you are part of this percentage group, take pride in the fact that you might be helping a friend or loved one prevent heart disease. Mayo Clinic nutritionist Katherine Zeratsky encourages con-sumers to choose chocolates that do not contain added calories, sugars, and fats and that have a cocoa content of

at least 65 percent. But even in moderation—no more than three ounces per day—chocolate can significantly

add to your calorie count, so it is important to compensate with extra exercise.

Elaine Magee from the WebMD Weight Loss Clinic informs that “the more non-fat cocoa solids a chocolate product contains, the more antioxidants it tends to con-tribute.” This is where the understanding comes in that dark versions are the healthi-est form of chocolate. Due to its higher potency of antioxi-dants and its lower milk con-tent, dark chocolate is said to be much more beneficial than white or milk choco-lates. Medical journalists at Women’s Health magazine also state that dark choco-late consumption can result not only in a healthier heart but in weight loss, diabetes prevention, stress reduction, protection against sunburns, cough relief, and even high-er intelligence.

“What is the best reason to be single on Valentine’s Day?”

Chocoholics Cheer in Valentine’s DayHow chocolate can actually benefit your health

“Chocolate is laced with antioxidants that lower blood pressure and cholesterol, reduce inflam-mation, and boost endurance.” – Matthew Kadey, RD

HEALTH TALK

Story by Jessie Battest

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Meghan BattestContributing Writer

MATAYA ARMSTRONG| THE SPECTRUM

MATAYA ARMSTRONG| THE SPECTRUM

With Valentine’s Day, being single isn’t always a bad thing. In fact, there can be a benefit to not knowing exactly what you’re going to do on that special day. Matt Benjamin, for example, has two ladies fighting for him.

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AT NDSUFrom the popular Facebook group

1. Thrift Shop- Macklemore & Ryan

Lewis feat. Wanz

2.Scream & Shout- Will.i.am feat.

Britany Spears

3. I Knew You Were Trouble-

Taylor Swift

4. Ho Hey- The Lumineers

5. When I Was Your Man- Bruno

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6 .Don’t You Worry Child- Swedish House

Mafia feat. John Martin

7. Locked Out of Heaven- Bruno Mars

8. My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)- Fall Out

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9. Diamonds-Rihanna

10. Suit & Tie- Justin Timberlake

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Top 10 Songs

NDSU Police at their finest.

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Meanwhile in ND..... -Shenille Laber

It’s here..... -Alex Arel

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to the turf. #snowday

#ndsuproblems”

@nwstotts

“The joys of having class in a contstruc-tion zone. #NDSU-Problems”

@Dan_Reedstrom

“The union smells like feet. #NDSUproblems” @jennnnaalee

“Did the snow take away your com-mon sense ? It’s parking, not rocket science people, my goodness. #NDSU-Problems” @daniellempoce

“Who de-cided to pile up snow in the union p a r k i n g lot?! #idi-ot #NDSU-P r o b l em s ”

@JaymeOstern“No, I’m not blushing.

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“My cabinet isn’t big enough to fit all my turf mugs #NDSUProblems” @NDSUShoutOuts

“Thanks to the fire alarm going off today, I learned that every-one will die if Minard ever starts on fire. #10MinuteStandStill #NDSUProblems”

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Arts & Entertainment The Spectrum Thursday, February 14, 2013

The “Swamp Thing” and “Animal Man” cross-over event is finally at an end. Alec Holland (Swamp Thing) and Buddy Baker (Animal Man) have finally beaten back The Rot (the physical personification of decay) as we all knew that they would, but is it worth reading about?

It’s no secret that Jeff Lemire’s take on Animal Man has been one of the most delightful surprises of DC’s New 52 relaunch. The creator of “Sweet Tooth” took a perennial D-list se-ries which not even some of the most diehard comic book fans had ever heard of and turned it into one of the most affecting horror series in years.

That’s no small feat, con-sidering that – even decades later – horror and science fiction books are still in re-treat from the censorship-imposed ubiquity of super-heroes.

From the beginning, the Rotworld event has been something of a departure from that frightening aes-thetic as it has taken Baker, Holland and the rest of the DC universe into a much more action-oriented alter-nate future. That’s never been more apparent than with issue 17 as we see the final assault against famous Swamp Thing baddie Anton Arcane.

Steve Pugh’s art is, as ever, unwaveringly brilliant and upsettingly disgusting. However, his aversion to backgrounds is more no-ticeable than ever during the massive battle scenes featured here. It certainly doesn’t help that Lemire feels somewhat out of his el-ement. The writer is always at his best when dealing with small, personal moments – something sorely miss-ing from mainstream com-ics – and his battle dialogue comes across as forced and melodramatic.

The real downfall of this issue, however, is that it merely serves as a prelude to “Swamp Thing” 17, the real conclusion to the Rotworld arc. There’s some decent fan service, but most of it is rushed by so quickly you could hardly be blamed for missing it.

Speaking of being rushed, let’s turn to the lat-ter half of the two-part Rot-world conclusion.

Despite Snyder’s bril-liant work on Batman, I can’t say that I’ve been impressed with his “warrior-king” take on Swamp Thing. The writer clearly draws his inspiration from the Rick Veitch-era of the character, rather than the more well-known Alan Moore run. That’s probably a smart move, considering no writer will ever be able to measure up to Moore in the eyes of fans.

However, Swamp Thing is a character used to great-est effect when dealing with

subtler ideas. He is a creature that simply wants to be left alone, only protecting the world from itself when is-sues encroach on his sphere of influence.

Instead, we continue to see the newly-winged Swampy beating zombies to death with a wooden sword and powering up a giant Bat-Bot alongside a mutated Barbara Gordon. It’s not ex-actly subtle, and it’s certain-ly not trying to say anything important.

In fact, it doesn’t have much time to say anything at all. The issue is rushed through at a breakneck speed, failing to address important issues like how Baker and Holland are able to travel back in time when just about every issue in the Rotworld event has specifi-cally stated that should be impossible.

The whole Rotworld conclusion stinks of rushed, publisher mandates. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to hear that DC needed the crossover out of the way to make room for something new.

I didn’t enjoy the arc on the whole very much, but it’s still upsetting to see such a forced conclusion. The one silver lining in this event is that maybe it means we can start getting back to the way things were.

At times confusing, at times riveting, and intrigu-ing the whole way through, Stephanie Timm’s “Sweet Nothing: A (Grim) Fai-rytale” certainly has a lot to offer any potential audi-ence member. It pulled at the heart, but mostly pulled on the mind, and although the plot was not very crys-tal clear, the show still had something to take away from it (whatever that may have been).

It is not that “Sweet Nothing” was a flop or a bust or just downright bad, it simply seemed to be ask-ing too much of its audience in two hours. With a not-so-sunny plot and a few big twists and bigger questions, the purpose of this play seemed up in the air. Con-fused? Keep reading.

“Sweet Nothing,” a pro-duction in Theatre’s B Incu-bator series which promotes new scripts, is first and fore-

most not anything to feel good about. No one will leave this show laughing or saying how happy they feel after seeing it; the plot sim-ply does not allow for that.

To sum up the story, three sisters live in a strick-en land pillaged by maraud-ing wolves. Told through a fairytale lens, it concerns the two older sisters (Iris and Lily) and their dealing with life after the young-est sister Violet marries and moves away, presumably in a “happily ever after” kind of way.

Time goes by and the two sisters deal with the harsh realities of life and the fact that everything is changed forever. Violet appears to be alive and well, as evident by the postcards she sends, but the sisters’ lives take a turn for the worse when an out-cast wolf wanders into their home.

An injured woodsboy also factors into the story, as he provides food and com-fort for the disillusioned sis-ters. It would have been bet-ter if he had a sideline story of his own, but apparently the sisters’ misery was suf-ficient enough.

All while the sisters’ story played out, it seemed reminiscent of Margaret At-wood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Oppressed women, a country forever changed by war, lack of food and other means of survival, strange relationships between dif-ferent classes; there were many parallels between At-wood’s and Timm’s stories. For those unfamiliar with

“The Handmaid’s Tale,” reading it after attending “Sweet Nothing” would be an interesting idea.

Connections and cross-overs aside, “Sweet Noth-ing” had a lot to say with-out saying very much at all. Whenever a question came up, its answer brought more questions. Wolf’s explana-tion of his people’s savage-ry is example of just this; it prompted the thought, “What the heck does this mean?” In an abstract kind of way, “Sweet Nothing” makes sense. It requires some thought for the mind to make everything lay straight.

Not that that is a bad thing, it just is not as desir-able as an outright farce or a whodunit where everything is explained at the end. An excellent cast brought the backbone to this show, and there were some humor-ous moments sprinkled in, but with such a dismal plot and unfortunate climax (for the characters, not the audi-ence), “Sweet Nothing” has very few memorable things about it. For two hours, it is not half-bad. Just pay at-tention, listen closely, think a little and maybe it will all make sense!

“Sweet Nothing: A (Grim) Fairytale” runs at Theatre B at 716 Main Av-enue in Fargo until Feb. 23 with performances every Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., a 2 p.m. mati-nee on Feb. 17, and an ASL performance on Feb. 23. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students.

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It may not be uncom-mon for a star to leave a long-running show on good terms, such as Steve Carrell leav-ing the Office after putting in seven seasons on the hit NBC comedy. However, it is a little uncommon to see a star un-ceremoniously quit her show midway through season two.

Last Friday, Christina Applegate decided to leave Up All Night midway through the comedy’s second season citing creative differences. Co-starring Applegate and Will Arnett, Up All Night looks at parenthood through the point of view of a working mother, and her stay-at-home husband along with opinion-ated parents.

Just a few months ago, it was announced that the show would go on a three- month hiatus following its eleventh episode of the second season. In an effort to spike strug-gling ratings, and bring some renewed interest to the show, Up All Night decided to go through a complete overhaul

during it’s break. The series is switching

from a single-camera to multi-camera format. This change includes a live studio audi-ence along with a laugh track. Switching to a live studio may seem odd, but the show is produced by Lorne Michaels (Saturday Night Live). Apple-gate’s departure comes a few weeks after series creator Em-ily Spivey stepped down due to creative differences of her own.

It will be interesting to find out how Up All Night will continue if it will continue at all. The show was already struggling in the ratings, and now with the loss of its star, the show might decide to just call it quits. Then again, this could be just the creative change the show needed to switch directions and stay rel-evant.

It may be difficult to con-tinue without Applegate, but Up All Night wouldn’t be the first show to make a change midway through its run.

The most resent example would be last year when CBS finally got fed up and fired Charlie Sheen from Two and a

Half Men. Sheen ended up be-ing replaced by Ashton Kutch-er (That 70’s Show), playing a billionaire named Walden Schmidt. The shows ratings have remained strong, and the show is likely to be renewed for an eleventh season.

On the other side, after News radio’s Phil Hartman’s death, Jon Lovitz took over. However, the change didn’t go as smoothly, as low rat-ings caused News radio to last only one more season after the switch, ending after five.

As one can see, replac-ing a star is never a sure thing. NBC sure has a hard decision ahead of them. They can either Kill Applegate’s character off, changing the tone of the show. Or try to replace Applegate and pretend the switch never happened. The final possibil-ity would be to just cancel a show that was already strug-gling in the ratings to begin with.

Whatever NBC decides, it should be exciting. Up All Night was scheduled to return with their new format in April. Only time will tell what hap-pens next.

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Fargo audiences will have a chance to take part in the longest running game show experience in history next week, when The Price is Right Live comes to Far-go-Moorhead.

The live version of the show will be making its Fargo debut at 7:30 p.m. on February 22 at the Fargo Civic Center.

Fans of the show will know that “The Price is Right” is a morning game show started in 1956. The program was revamped into the version most people are probably familiar with in 1972 at the same time the famous host Bob Barker became involved. Barker stepped down in 2007 and was replaced by Drew Car-rey who continues to host the show today.

The Price is Right Live will not feature Carrey, how-ever. Instead, it will be host-ed by daytime TV legend Jerry Springer.

While most probably re-member the TV personality from his controversial Jerry Springer show, he does actu-ally have some experience working the game show

scene.Springer currently hosts

the game show “Baggage” on the Game Show Network. The show –which began in 2010 and just wrapped up its third season -- is GSN’s most highly rated original program.

The host speaks of the show quite fondly, perhaps because it seems to channel some of the same themes as his more famous series.

“As everyone knows, I have met a lot of people with a lot of baggage in the course of my career, but this may be the funniest and most honest approach to it that I’ve ever seen,” Spring-er said. “One thing this show proves is that everyone, no matter how much baggage they have, has the potential to be a winner.”

Srpinger has previously hosted the event in Las Ve-gas, and is actually a last minute replacement for Todd Newton. When asked about his Vegas showings, the host seemed very excited to be involved.

“I am honored that ‘The Price is Right Live’ chose me as the special guest host for its stage show at Bally’s Las Vegas as it celebrates its fifth anniversary,” Springer said. “I have been a huge

fan of the classic television game show for years, and have always wanted to yell, ‘Come on down!’ to an ex-cited audience.”

Unlike the standard show, this live demonstra-tion will not be filmed or broadcast live as the name implies. Besides that, how-ever, the show will function much the same as any epi-sode of the show ever has. Audience members will be

selected at random to partic-ipate and possibly win priz-es in games such as Plinko and Cliff-Hangers. And, of course, players will have the opportunity to spin the fa-mous Big Wheel.

Tickets to join the audi-ence have been on sale since January and cost $29.50, $39.50 or $49.50. Seats must be reserved ahead of time as there is no admission at the door.

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When life seems to do nothing but get worse and worse, there is always hope. This is the message that Music Theatre Fargo-Moor-head’s production of “Songs for a New World” has for its audiences this weekend. Birth, death, marriage, di-vorce, conflict, and other mo-ments in the cycle of life are played out in this musical of emotional proportions.

“There is some truly beau-tiful music that is relatable to people’s lives,” said cast member Angie Schulz. “You can find someone to relate to in this [production].”

“Songs for a New World” was written in the 1990s by struggling theatre com-poser Jason Robert Brown, who performed some of this show’s songs in a Fargo con-cert in July 2010. Written at a time when he himself was feeling low in life, Brown wrote in a 2001 production note, “‘Songs for a New World’ is a show that suggests that our best solution for the stress and terror and anxiety we feel is to come together and form a community that will support and uplift each other. So my very personal little piece has turned out to shine a little light on a whole lot of people.”

A cast comprised of four makes up the voices behind this production, and while that may be a small number to some, it will not affect the meaning of this show’s mes-

sage.“No matter who you are

or where you go, there’s hope,” said Schulz, “even if it doesn’t turn out the way you anticipated.”

Unanticipated predica-ments play a large role in this production, as the songs are set against a backdrop of a Spanish sailing ship with a captain who is faced with a mighty decision. Several passengers are sick, some of whom are succumbing to their deaths. Should he turn back or stay on course for the new world? It is here where the struggles of life come into play and where the music makes its mark.

Sixteen songs comprise the show’s music, which has been compared to that of Ste-phen Sondheim. Each song has a hopeful, happy outlook on the characters’ situation at hand, and all have a deeper meaning.

“Each character’s [songs] are loosely connected to the others,” said Schulz, “and the end has a hopeful outcome!”

“Songs for a New World” runs at The Stage at Island Park with shows at 7:30 p.m. from Feb. 14 to 16, and two 2 p.m. matinees on Feb. 16 and 17. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and $10 for students, and are available for purchase on The Stage web-site, the MTFM website, and at The Stage at Island Park at 333 4th Street South in Fargo. As a Valentine’s Day special, champagne and chocolates will be served on opening night.

Life’s Struggles Have Hope in ‘Songs for a New World’Jack DuraStaff Writer

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The sport of wres-tling is like no other.

From the time I was old enough to comprehend the complexities of organized competition to the end of my senior season, the one

and only dream I ever held, unwavering, was to become a champion wrestler. It was that vision – that goal – that kept me up at night, that powered me through 5 a.m. workouts and Sunday eve-ning runs.

It was that dream that helped me forge bonds with teammates that time can-not break. It was that dream that brought me even closer to my dad, my grandpa, my brother. Though it was a dream I never quite realized, it was a dream that changed my life. It defined my life for eighteen years, and it has shaped me into who I am today. Wrestling defines people in a way that other athletes cannot comprehend.

The sport of wrestling is like no other. Indeed, wres-tling is not a sport so much as it is a lifestyle. In season, out of season, for years on end, wrestlers eat, sleep, and breathe the sport they love. The sacrifices they endure, the dedication they put forth, and they physi-cal punishments they bear in the name of competition are unmatched by any other athlete.

The sport of wrestling is like no other. Its disci-ples dedicate their lives to it. From elementary grap-

plers to Olympic champi-ons, wrestlers of every level are always all-in. It is not a pastime for them. It is not a social event. They don’t do it for the notoriety, for the girls, for the ‘fun.’ They do it for the love of their sport, and that love drives them – every one of them – to levels of dedication unheard of in other sports.

The sport of wrestling is like no other. It tears away masks, breaks down boasts, shuts down projections. It exposes its competitors for who they are at their most basic levels. It shows the cowards, the heroes, the self-centered, the team play-ers. It exposes the thinkers, the aggressors, the reckless attackers. It pits one oppo-nent squarely against one single other opponent. Head to head, nose to nose, toe to toe, mind to mind. One on one, front and center, in the spotlight. Exposed. Barren. As real as it gets.

The sport of wrestling is like no other. How long is a soccer game? A basketball game? How long do football players have to defeat their opponent? How long does it take to golf 18 holes? All Olympic athletes are dedi-cated, there can be no doubt. They all train for endless hours – they all dedicate their lives to the pursuit of glory through competition. But when it comes time to compete, when are the stakes really the highest? Soccer, basketball, hockey, football – their most excit-ing moments are in the clos-ing minutes of the game.

But wrestling? Every minute is a closing minute. Six minutes is what you get. Perhaps less, and only over-time grants you more. A life-time of training comes down to six minutes. Not four hours, not one hour, not half

an hour – six minutes. E v e r y -thing in a wres-t l i n g m a t c h happens at a fast-er-than-f a s t , b l i n k -and-its-g o n e p a c e . O n e m i n u t e y o u ’ r e winning by 14 p o i n t s , the next m i n u t e y o u ’ r e flat on y o u r

back, blinded by stadium lights. No competitor is safe, no match is ever over, until the whistle blows.

The sport of wrestling is like no other. It unites peo-ple across boundaries and borders in a way others can-not. What does it cost to buy equipment to play hockey? What does it cost to own a dressage horse? What does it cost for a pair of running shoes, to join a gymnastics gym, to install a basketball hoop? And what does it cost to grapple with your op-ponent – your enemy, your friend, your teammate, your dad, your brother?

How tall do you have to be to play basketball? How big do you have to be to play football? How long do you legs have to be to sprint with the best? Yet, anyone can wrestle. Big or small. Short or tall. Rich or poor. Wres-tling is the universal sport.

If wrestling isn’t Olympic, what sport truly is?

The sport of wrestling is like no other. It is the origi-nal competition, the first equal playing field. It is the most core of all sports – the epicenter from which other sports spin off. Speed, quick-ness, agility, skill, strength, intelligence, balance, ag-gression, mental toughness, endurance, conditioning (aerobic and anaerobic) and that feeling which veteran wrestlers can only describe as ‘mat sense’ – all of these are needed to make a cham-pion wrestler. Sprinters need speed. Marathon runners need endurance. Sailors need skill. Soccer players need conditioning. Wrestlers need it all.

The sport of wrestling is like no other. And yet, on Tuesday, the Interna-tional Olympic Committee cut wrestling from the 2020 Olympic Games, relegat-

ing it to a list of ‘non-core’ sports that are vying for one last opening on the Olympic docket.

The IOC has, with one swift move, crushed the dreams of millions of wres-tlers across the globe. From Russia to Iran to Australia to America, wrestlers from the ages of 2 to 92 are dev-astated. For up-and-coming stars to current powerhouse wrestlers to the oldest of alumni, the wrestling com-munity has been shocked and outraged.

Wrestling has always been the underdog. Always playing second-fiddle in high school and college to the ever-more-popular and always-more-boring basket-ball, it has fought endlessly for the credit it so greatly de-serves. And somehow, los-ing its status as an Olympic sport feels like another nail in the coffin, condemning it to second-class status.

But the sport of wrestling is like no other. The best of fans, the best of people, the best of athletes, the best of our nation’s children are behind our beloved sport. So many wrestlers, past and present, have received a blow only to stand up again and keep on wrestling. And this is no special case.

The sport of wrestling is like no other.

Nathan is a senior ma-joring in landscape archi-tecture. Follow him on twit-ter @nwstottler.

My girlfriend and I have been having an ongoing argu-ment since before we began dating. One day when we were both working on the Orange Streak rollercoaster, I men-tioned that one of my favorite foods is a vegetarian sandwich, add bacon, from Jimmy John’s. To my dismay, she replied that, in her opinion, Jimmy John’s was just okay, but Subway is where it’s at. I am saddened to admit that this unfortunate failure to recognize the gran-deur of a Jimmy John’s sand-wich has somehow spread to the majority of visitors to the park, as determined by several impromptu polls taken over the PA system.

It seems only an elect few are able to fully appreciate this veritable delicacy. Fortunately, I realize that Jimmy John’s does not reveal its mysteries to all, and I have decided to en-lighten the rest of the civilized world in its ways by putting to paper the reasons I believe Jim-my John’s is way better than Subway and any other sand-wich chain that would dare to think itself its equal. Likewise with the internet, putting this in writing will of course make my

belief an unchallengeable fact. You are wonderful, my dear, and you are entitled to your opinion. Just know that your opinion is wrong.

This is because Jimmy John’s is the obvious choice for your sandwich desires. The Jimmy John’s near school used to drive college students who ordered sandwiches back to their dorm with their order, and even though they can’t do it anymore, just that they would be willing is a sure sign that this is a cool place. They still do delivery, and when late night hunger would otherwise demand a long, cold walk to the Loaf ‘n’ Jug, Jimmy John’s makes it possible to sate your-self in the comfort of your liv-ing room. Each sandwich is 13 inches long- that means no messing around with decid-ing what size to get. There are more important decisions to make, and less time between ordering and stuffing your face means more happiness for you.

The bread itself is worth the price of admission. Now here I’d expect Subway lovers to ask, “How do you figure that? Subway has like six choices for bread.” Yeah, and none of them are as good as Jimmy John’s! The chewy outside perfectly complements an inside that’s hard to put into words; basi-cally, a perfectly soft French bread that contains the mag-

nificence on the inside. And if you go there later at night, they sell whole loaves for 50 cents. How much better does it get?!

But better it does get. Jim-my John’s, in my eyes, can do no wrong with their sandwich creations; one, however, stands out among the rest. It’s a gift from above, a delicious con-tradiction which satisfies our better vegetarian angels while acknowledging that realistic people eat tasty animals. Two years ago, when I had given up meat for Lent, I looked around for a vegetarian option to break the monotony of salads and lots of sunflower seeds. The #6 Vegetarian sandwich was the answer. When Lent was over, I enjoyed it so much that I kept getting it. Of course, over a month without red meat left something to be desired. Ba-con is pretty much tops in that department, so I added it on. It makes it different from a BLT because it has sprouts, guaca-mole, and provolone cheese, which make it that much better.

This sandwich tastes like God put on a visor and dispos-able gloves and made it Him-self. In it you will find several textures and layers of flavor. It starts with the bread- you rip through the dense outside into the softer inside; the cheese and guacamole match the crunchi-ness of the tomatoes; bacon in the middle finishes out the bite.

Slowly, savory bacon, crisp lettuce, ripe tomatoes, thin-cut provolone, sprouts that are strangely spicy, and guacamole spread perfectly over fresh bread mix together.

It’s takes a moment, but as your brain starts to register each taste, it becomes over-whelmed, unable to process the sensory overload. The experi-ence of this plethora of flavors, at first numinous, gives way to a sensation as pleasant as it is intense. The feel, the flavors, it adds steadily, till finally a thought enters your head- “Oh holy God, what heavenly liba-tion is this, that You, in Your grace, have deigned to bestow on me, a mere mortal?” Of course, your experience might not be identical, but then, I do exaggerate a little. My point is that it’s seriously tasty.

Subway simply cannot not match the level of care put into a Jimmy John’s sandwich. It’s done well enough, but ulti-mately falls short in originality. If I want the best of the sand-wich world, Jimmy John’s is the obvious choice, and I hope that someday others will see the wisdom in it as well.

Joshua is a senior majoring in sociology and philosophy.

If Wrestling isn’t Olympic . . .

then what is?

The Sport of Wrestling is Like No OtherIf it isn’t Olympic, No Sport Truly Is

“Wrestling defines people in a way that other athletes cannot comprehend.”

Jimmy John’s is Way Better than Subway

Story by Nathan Stottler

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Stephanie Stanislao, Features Editor

Given the time I have left as a student here, I’m going to rephrase this ques-tion to ‘What I liked about NDSU’.

I did not grow up here. No, I am not from a farm in some rural town in Minne-sota or North Dakota. What drew me to this campus, and kept me here for five years is something that I am finally beginning to un-derstand.

Initially, the architec-ture program and the cheap tuition in comparison to other colleges drew me in. From a design perspective, it was Renaissance Hall and the ‘feel’ of the building’s layers of history that made it a thriving environment in which I admired most. The architecture program here is great, with a comfortable blend of small town mixed with city vibe. For me, however, that doesn’t fully answer the question.

I think of all the things that I did here: the activi-ties I took part in, the clubs that I joined, educational interests, sporting events, and employment opportu-nities through the univer-sity. Seeing it now, it is not the involvement itself that has made me fond of being here, but rather the

relationships with both stu-dents and faculty that have resulted from such partici-pation.

It has been nice to get to know faculty on a personal level, versus solely through emails (if that) like some of the bigger schools out there. Their humble char-acter has also masked the long lists of accomplish-ments, awards and other hoopla attached to their name.

More importantly how-ever, it has been the friends who’ve endured an edu-cation alongside myself, where the temps dipped well into the negatives and the wind blows like a mother, but you still braved the storm for a $2.50 whis-key cokes at The Empire on Sunday night. The friends who got you through ‘the semester’ that every ma-jor fears. The friends with whom you had hard times staying out of trouble.

Those friendships, those memories, are what I’ve liked most about NDSU.

Honestly, it’s extremely difficult to pick just one aspect of attending NDSU that is my favorite. I love the fact that the campus is located in a decent size city with plenty of concerts, shopping and great restau-rants. NDSU is also very appealing to me, because of the many different areas of study that are offered to stu-dents. There really is some-thing for everyone.

In addition, they have so many student organiza-tions to get involved with, not to mention an amaz-ing athletic program... Go Bison! Overall though, I would have to say that what I love most about be-ing a student at NDSU is its strength in the area of tradition. I think most of us would be hard-pressed to find another university that

has as long-standing tradi-tions as the ones we con-tinue to perform every year here on our campus.

Sure, other schools might have their own tradi-tions, but I’m not sure that they compare to those right here at NDSU. From the events that take place dur-ing homecoming week, to Little International every spring, to the Bison Brevi-ties Talent Show, which is put on by Blue Key Nation-al Honor Society, tradition runs deep at NDSU.

With that being said, tra-dition is by far my favorite aspect of NDSU. “Once a Bison, always a Bison.”

I wrote a tweet earlier this week about how I want to go camping. Not asking anyone to go, just a passing thought.

A friend replied to me saying I should plan a trip for our group of high school friends. Another friend re-plied to that thread saying he would go, and then another friend replied to that saying he had a tent.

Twenty minutes later we had a group on Facebook of over 20 of our high school friends excited to camp. Af-ter throwing around some ideas for places to go and dates that would work, I re-served 6 campsites in south-ern Minnesota.

What started as a thought in passing shot into the In-ternet, turned into a reunion weekend in less than 2 hours time.

The beauty of this to me was that everyone was mo-tivated. We crossed the road bumps of money and sched-ules with ease because we all were enthusiastic about going. Nothing kills synergy like a stick in the mud.

I think it’s important to take ideas and run with them. My friend could have read my tweet and thought “yeah I’d like to camp too” and that’d have been the end of it. But now we are all counting down the days until we’ll be fishing in the river and frying trout for dinner.

Impulses are power-ful influences, and in my opinion, often over looked. People are always thinking about what we have to do tomorrow and how we’re going to afford our lives 3 years from now. Sure, that swhat “the real world” is, but it shouldn’t be the only thing that’s ever on your mind. What do you want to do today? That is just as im-portant, if not more so.

If you can’t actually do it now (camping in Febru-ary would be a pretty unsuc-cessful trip) you can always make a plan. You can do work to make your present self happier every single day. And you should.

I’m not encouraging ir-responsibility. I just wish more people acted on their impulses more. It really can lead to beautiful things.

Shannon is a freshman majoring in business admin-istration.

With a candle lit and some Counting Crows com-plimenting the air around me and I wonder why people get so hung up on the superfi-cial commercial aspect of Valentine’s Day. Shouldn’t

the only thing that matters be who you are spending the time with? The smiles you share and slight ten-sion should be just enough shouldn’t it? Why is it al-ways up to the guy to make all the plans? Maybe times have changed a bit; even though I’m not by far that old, some days I feel like it when I need a double shot of espresso mixed in with my daily coffee blend.

Flowers and chocolates galore on top of reservations and formal clothing with little cash in the pocket seem to be the concerns during the month of February. The perfect night and the perfect moments to not waste away come once a year, apparent-ly. Valentine’s Day has and always seems to have been an overpriced “holiday” that has too many expectations of the men in particular and a lot of pressure on the ladies concerning certain recipro-cating gestures.

In my crazy, epiphany-

filled 22 years of life there are many things I have learned that I can’t even be-gin to fathom or try to ex-plain. Nearing Valentine’s Day brings to light a lot of things I never realized be-fore, considering the society we have all grown up in, re-lying on materialistic things to show how someone cares, or to what extent they will try to impress the one they care about. If all someone cares about is roses, choco-lates, Teddy bears and how expensive the restaurant is, then maybe someone needs a reality check.

Given the gestures of gift giving seem to be a key piece in how well you know some-one, it doesn’t need to be over the top and cost a mil-lion bucks. It’s the thought and effort that counts and warmth and intention that went behind it. Expect too much, and you will always get too little.

Don’t forget what really matters to you and who is in your life that you decide to keep there. In the end, and as we grow older, friends will grow apart, loves will fade, family will slowly wane and those gifts won’t make a bit of difference. Being with someone isn’t about materi-als, superficial wants, or who has the bragging rights. It’s about spending time with the ones you love; friends, family, your dog, your cat, in my case my fish Sheldon. Have a good Valentine’s Day everyone! Much love will be sent to everyone on Thursday from this hopeless romantic.

Suzy is a junior majoring in music.

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When I was considering colleges as a high school se-nior – it was over four years ago now that I committed to NDSU – my choices came down to two great universi-ties. In the end, the decision was between Iowa State and North Dakota State. I debat-ed for months, made endless lists of Pros and Cons, and eventually settled here at NDSU.

What brought me here way back then? I won’t lie, it was primarily the money – $35,000 more over five years, to be exact. Coupled with the fact that I was not ready to give up regular weekend hunts in the fall with my family, NDSU was the way to go back then.

And don’t get me wrong; there are plenty of times when I wish I had chosen Iowa State. NDSU seems too small for me at times – more and more often, in fact. Iowa State’s campus was absolutely beautiful, and wonderfully planned, to be rivaled only by some of the greatest campuses in the na-tion. Combine that with bet-ter food and a mandatory semester abroad, and I was nearly sold.

Now that I am nearing the end of my fourth year here at NDSU, with only one year

left before I leave under-graduate study behind, I can say that none of the reasons I chose to come here are the reasons I stayed. Money is just that – money. ISU was more expensive, but was it really a huge deal? And all of the hunting with my fam-ily I hoped to do by going to school closer – well, my studies have seen to it that I don’t get home on weekends nearly as often as I would like.

No, the reason I would never trade my years at NDSU comes down to the people. From professors to students to coworkers to custodial staff, everyone I have met, worked with, and learned from has made my undergraduate experience one I would never trade away. I have made friends here that I wouldn’t trade for any others. In them, I have found the best kinds of roommates, classmates, drinking partners, and sup-port groups. And the profes-sors? They are of the best sort, here at SU. Personable, reasonable, enthusiastic, en-tertaining and knowledge-able, they have made my education into one of such quality as to be rivaled by no other university in the coun-try.

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Walking to and from class we pass by hundreds of our peers every day. Sometimes as a large herd shifting from class to class, and sometimes as just two people passing by each other. But through all the passing and meeting we go through, how often do we greet others?

Lately I have become aware to the fact that we will find every way possible to avoid even looking some-one in the eye. It has become more than awkward when you pass someone and don’t know what to do. I usually try to greet each person with a smile, kind word, good

morning, good evening or even a simple hello. How-ever people don’t seem to want to say it back, or seem startled that I had even talk-ed to them.

Some of the most com-mon “avoid making contact with people” techniques I see are looking in all other directions, fake texting, fake phone calling or just awk-ward eye contact with no greeting. Why do we do this?

I am guilty of doing it sometimes myself, not knowing how to correctly pass a person while walk-ing. It looks silly and is just plain ridiculous. Do we not want to greet people kindly or at least smile to someone we pass? A simple smile can make the difference in some-one’s day, it is a gift you can give that costs nothing to you and means a lot to oth-

ers. Smiling is contagious and is healthy for the mind and soul. So smile when you see others, strangers or friends.

Secondly, say something! Saying good day, good morning or any other greet-ing is the polite and correct way to greet someone in a relaxed setting. Whenever I say it to a person and they respond with enthusiasm, it automatically makes me a little bit happier. Last week I was walking through Mi-nard Hall, and as I walked past a man, I smiled and he said ‘Good afternoon!’ in such a happy, energetic way I couldn’t help but smile a little more.

Last is compliment-ing people. Being an ap-parel major, I notice people’s clothing and mostly shoes all the time. I love telling peo-

ple when they look great and it feels good when someone says it to you. Maybe you like someone’s hairstyle, backpack or clothes, so let them know! Compliments are great and can make a per-son feel spectacular for that moment or rest of the day.

So lets end these awk-ward greetings and stop pre-tending that we have some important text message that does not exist. You never know if that person is having a bad day or needs a pickup, your kind words could have been a ray of light. We are all on the same planet and going to the same school, lets greet each other appropriately.

Holland is a senior ma-joring in retail merchandis-ing, apparel and design.

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I would have to say that the thing I like the most about NDSU is simply the entire college experience. When I first started college back home in Los Angeles, I sort of felt out of place. Ironic, since I lived there for 21 years. But, I think it just wasn’t for me.

After transfering here, getting to move in to a new city and state, and basical-ly start over it’s been the best experience.

NDSU is the type of school that makes every-one feel like they matter, at least in my opinion.

With all the organi-zations on campus, you would be a fool not to join one of them. Why? Be-cause you just experience so much more when you are part of different as-pects on campus.

I am part of four orga-

nizations on campus and each one of them has let me experience different things.

The Spectrum for ex-ample, has taught me pret-ty much everything I need to know about my career. What I like, what I don’t like, how a publication runs and how to work on a team.

Then there is the Hip Hop club, which has taught me the importance of teamwork, family, con-quering diversity and cre-ativity.

I could really go on with how much I’ve ex-perienced on campus; it’s endless.

The question is, what do you want to experi-ence? Get going, get in-volved and see how it changes your perspective about NDSU.

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Through all the adver-sity, the Bison men’s basket-ball has the chance to stand atop the Summit League standings once again. That chance is tonight in the Bi-son Sports Arena in what could be dubbed as the big-gest game of the season for the Bison thus far.

The game features West-ern Illinois, who sits in first with a half game lead and who beat the Bison 50-42 just a month ago in Macomb, and the Bison, who some thought would slump down in the standings after leading scorer, Taylor Braun, went down with a foot injury.

The Bison have gone 4-3 since Braun’s injury on Jan. 12. Stingy defense and steady scoring has kept the Bison in the first place hunt, and now, they can recapture the top spot tonight.

Looking at the rest of NDSU’s schedule after to-night, they have two more conference games, one nonconference game and a BracketBusters matchup at Akron that will be on ESPN2. The two conference

games are against IUIPUI at home Saturday and at Omaha on March 2 in the regular season finale. NDSU has beaten both teams by more than 35 points both times. If the Bison can get a victory over WIU tonight, there is a good chance they will secure the No. 1 spot in the conference, unless some-thing unforeseeable happens of course, but that is highly unlikely to happen to Saul Phillips’ disciplined squad.

Securing that top spot is a huge advantage for the Bi-son come tournament time. With the hopeful return of Braun, NDSU will be able to get everything clicking in the first round game that they should breeze through. That first round game will also give Braun a chance to get up to game speed.

The players are no doubt aware of this. Added incen-tive has this game being hyped up since last week-end. WIU handed NDSU its first loss after Braun’s injury and the Bison surely remember that feeling after the game.

The energy will be high on the court and hopefully in the stands as well. The BSA should see a high capacity crowd with a good student

showing. While the stakes are high, the game may turn out to be a slow one. NDSU and WIU pride themselves on defense. And when two defensive teams match up, fans will see a score below the 50’s, just like that Janu-ary night in Macomb.

Hopefully the fans can fight through this and pro-vide some much needed at-mosphere in the BSA. With first place on the line and the Bison playing for revenge, I think the crowd will have no problem getting into it.

It has been over a year since NDSU has lost on its home court. The Bison have won many big stage games in the BSA, including SDSU earlier this year. The young but mature group won’t let the list of stipulations knock them off their game. They will say they treated the game like any other. But when that final buzzer sounds tonight, NDSU’s journey back to the top may be accomplished, and that’s something the players will use as motivation.

And quite possibly, that top spot may be clinched the rest of the way. See you there BisoNation.

An enigma, a nuisance, a plague a pre-Madonna, these have been the words thrown around the blogosphere over the past season when de-scribing Percy Harvin.

The Minnesota Vikings have dealt with this type of player before. Players that like to stir the pot, cause problems within the organi-zation, or even worse, inside their own locker room. Guys like Fred Smoot, Bryant McKinnie and most notably Randy Moss, have all be a thorn in the side of the Vi-kings causing problems both on and off the field. History tells us the organizations response is to eliminate the problem at the source.

In this instance, the source is Harvin.

Day by day it appears inevitable that Vikings wide receiver will hold out this August. I don’t blame Har-vin for wanting a new deal because when you are one of the top five playmaking receivers in the league you deserve big time money. Harvin is due for $2.9 mil-lion a year with the number possibly rising to four if he receives all of the perfor-mance bonuses. Compare this to Vincent Jackson’s deal, which is 55 million

over a five-year period in Tampa, obviously causing Harvin to be looking for a similar contract.

The truth is the Vikings can sign Harvin. The Vi-kings have 19 million in cap room, but the question re-mains: is he worth the head-ache?

His durability has been an issue for Harvin ever since he was teamed up with Tim Tebow in Florida. Frankly, his health has be-come a somewhat of a li-ability. Harvin has played in 54 out of a possible 64 games since being drafted in 2009. This isn’t surprising when we look at his physi-cal build. Harvin is listed at 5’11 200 pounds, undersized for an NFL player. You add to the equation the situations the Vikings have put him on the field with kick returns, lining up in the slot, in the backfield, he’s essentially another workhorse next to Adrian Peterson. Harvin is constantly pounded around throughout the course of a game begging the question when is he finally going to break? He’s not getting any younger, so it will come sooner than later.

The logical decision is to move Harvin while his trade value is high. Remember, this is the same guy who was in MVP talks earlier in the season. It’s possible for the Vikings to receive more than enough for Harvin. Even if

the Vikings don’t, they can possibly save on cap room making them serious con-tenders to land free agent like Mike Wallace, who is a much more complete wide receiver and legitimate deep threat.

Wallace and Harvin en-tered the league the same year. Wallace has only missed one game in his ca-reer, has averaged over a thousand yards a season, and has scored 32 touch-downs, while Harvin has never broken the thousand yard mark in any season and has only scored 20 receiving touchdown including three, last season.

Harvin’s skill set is irre-placeable which makes him special. But it appears the Vikings are already making moves to replace him. The Vikings signed CFL defen-sive back Roderick Wil-liams earlier this week and has a history of explosive-ness in the return game. In four years at Alcorn State, Williams returned five kick-offs back for touchdowns. Fans also saw flashes of big play ability from rookie Ja-rius Wright during Harvin’s absence.

The Viking went 5-3 last year without Harvin and if this enigma chooses to con-tinually butt heads with Les-lie Frazier and the organiza-tion, everyone benefits with him off the team.

The Bison men’s base-ball team made strides last year in their record-break-ing season.

Not only did they break NDSU’s season win record by going 40-20 overall, but they also went 14-10 within the Summit League. They were able to finish second in the Summit League tour-nament, behind Oral Rob-erts who is now located to another conference.

This year has been pre-dicted to go even better for the Bison. In a preseason poll, NDSU was unani-mously picked by all other Summit League coaches to finish first in the confer-ence.

Sixth-year head coach Tod Brown has three start-ers coming back from last season, including junior center fielder Tim Colwell. Colwell was chosen as a third team All-American in a preseason poll conducted

by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Associa-tion.

The Bison will play their first game of the sea-son on the road against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on February 15th. The Bison will begin playing Summit League opponents on April 5th when they play South Dakota State on the road.

NDSU’s women’s soft-ball team has also been picked to bring in first place in the Summit League.

In a preseason census, eight of the nine Summit League coaches picked the Bison to win the Sum-mit League again this sea-son. Last year, the Bison won the Summit League

tournament after going 38-22 overall and 18-6 in the Summit League.

In Head Coach Darren Mueller’s 12th year, NDSU will have three returning All-League picks from a year ago. This includes pitcher and freshman of the year Trista Menke, Aman-da Grable and Whitney Johnson.

The Bison are currently 1-4, but have yet to play a Summit League opponent. They will play their next game tomorrow against Memphis on the road. NDSU will begin Summit League play at Omaha on March 15th.

The Bison softball team was held to four hits as they dropped their final game of the Ramada Inn Uni-Dome Classic to No. 1 ranked Ala-bama, 10-0 in five innings.

The Crimson Tide were led by four homeruns. The last of which, came from the bat of Keima Davis to end the game for Alabama in the bottom of the fifth.

Freshman Logan More-land started off the game for

the Bison with a base hit but the team struggled in the bat-ters-box the rest of the way. The Bison only accumulated four hits and walked once against the crafty Crimson Tide (3-0) of Alabama.

Senior Whitney Johnson (0-1) took her first loss of the season, pitching 3.2 innings, allowing four runs on seven hits and struck out two. Tab-by Bayers entered in relief allowing six runs on five hits and two walks.

The four-time defending Summit League champion Bison finished their trip to Cedar Falls with a 1-4 re-

cord, their worst start since 2011.

Freshman Cheyenne Garcia highlighted the weekend for the Bison hit-ting .313 in the five games including a double, triple and four RBI’s. Alex So-brero also served her three-game suspension for supply-ing alcohol to minors earlier in the fall.

The Bison will head to Baton Rouge, Louisiana for the LSU Purple and Gold Challenge this weekend. Their first game will be Fri-day afternoon against Mem-phis.

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The five Bison seniors all won their matches on a snowing Senior Day. No. 25-ranked NDSU Bison de-feated Northern Colorado 36-8 to clinch a share of the Western Wrestling Confer-ence regular season title.

The Bison (9-8, 4-0 WWC) won eight of the 10 matches and scored bonus points in six of them to get a sweet victory against the Bears on Sunday in the Bi-son Sports Arena.

The five Bison seniors, Trent Sprenkle, Mark Erick-son, Joe Garner, Mac Stoll, and Kallen Kleinschmidt all won their final home dual matches as Bison.

Evan Knutson started the dual at heavyweight with a 3-2 decision over Northern Colorado’s Henry Chirino in the second tiebreaker pe-riod. Sprenkle and freshman Josh Rodriguez registered

second-period pins at 125 and 133 pounds, which put the Bison lead to 15-0.

Erickson posted a major decision at 141 pounds, and Garner won by 22-7 techni-cal fall at 149 pounds to give the Bison an impressive 23-0 lead.

Northern Colorado (1-9, 0-4 WWC) got a technical fall from Mitchell Polkowske at 157 pounds, but No. 6 Ste-ven Monk quickly respond-ed with a first-period fall at 165 pounds to improve to 30-3 on the season.

The Bear’s Jesse Nielsen earned a 7-6 decision over Hayden Zillmer in Zillmer’s second match at 174 pounds this season.

Seniors Stoll and Klein-schmidt closed out the dual victory with a 10-3 deci-sion at 184 pounds and a 16-3 major decision at 197 pounds.

The Bison will wrestle its final WWC dual at South Dakota State on Friday.

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