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April 13, 2011 • Volume 109, Issue 9 • The voice of NSU students, by NSU students

The NSU Environmental Club

will be hosting severalEarth Week events start-ing Monday, April 18th.

Look for their on-campusposters for more detailsabout picking up trash,recycling drives, their

annual bike ride and otherenvironmentally friendly

activities.

There are fivemembers ofNorthern State

University’s Speech andDebate team: LauraEidsness, senior, Henry,Michaela Fisher, senior,Bismarck, N.D., MattMaass, junior, Clear Lake,Ben Kraft, junior,Mobridge, and AnneTingley, junior, EllsworthAir Force Base, and theyare advised by StevenBrunner, NSU Instructor ofSpeech Communications.

These team membershave been competingthroughout the year at uni-versities across theMidwest.

There are several differ-ent categories that teammembers compete in,including: persuasivespeaking, dramatic inter-pretation, dramatic duo,impromptu speaking, andextemporaneous speaking.

Northern’s team has donevery well this year, withmembers placing individu-ally at 10 out of 12 tourna-ments in which they partic-ipated. The team was hon-ored to receive first place atthe South DakotaIntercollegiate ForensicsAssociation StateTournament held earlier inthe semester. The team wonthe tournament for the firsttime since 2008.

Four of the team mem-bers - Fisher, Maass, Kraftand Tingley – have quali-fied for the NationalForensics AssociationNational Tournament,which will be held later inApril at Illinois StateUniversity.

To qualify, the studentshad to place at a regular-season tournament. “I owea lot of my success this yearto the team!” said Tingley,“Sure, we all have to prac-tice individually and makesure our pieces are compe-tition-ready, but without theconstant support, feedbackand guidance I received

from my teammates andfrom Steven Brunner, I def-initely wouldn't have beenable to qualify for NFA(nationals).”

“As a team, we all put alot of work into our eventsand I think it's paid off,”said Tingley. An even big-ger achievement for theteam is that two of themembers – Fisher andMaass – have qualified forthe Interstate OratoricalAssociation NationalContest, which will also beheld in April in Harrisburg,Va.

This is a huge honorbecause only two represen-

tatives from each state aresent and this year both ofthose representatives arefrom Northern State.

“The success that theteam saw this year has beenreally awesome, and thissuccess has brought uscloser as a team andallowed us to help eachother compete at our best. Icouldn't have asked foranything more from thisseason,” said Maass.Tingley added, “I've neverbeen as proud of any organ-ization I've been a part of asI am of the speech team. Itfeels amazing to be part ofsomething so successful.”

Ashley VincentEditorial Board

Speech and Debate team defeats competitors, advances to nationals

Northern StateUnive r s i ty ’sScience Club

had a two-day trip to theBlack Hills on March 25-26. Club members went toSouth Dakota Science andTechnology Authority,Black Hills University andthe mammoth site. Themembers of the club wereable to get a lot of informa-tion and gained uniqueexperiences from the trip.

The SDSTA uses theabandoned mine not onlyas a laboratory but also toimprove safety practices.The SDSTA is located4,850 feet underground inthe Homestake gold minein Lead, S.D.

The famous story is thatDr. Ray Davis, who wasawarded the Nobel Prize

for discoveries thatchanged the course ofphysics, built his solar-neutrino detector at the4850-ft. level.

If you want to visit youmust contact first.

On the second day the

Science Club went toBlack Hills StateUniversity. Club membersmet two biology andchemistry professors, who

explained their study andprocedure to students.Students could lookaround the science lab andcheck out some machinesused for research.

The last place was themammoth site. This is the

place where ice age fossilshave been found, especial-ly mammoth bones. Thelocation where the boneswere found is kept protect-

ed so that people can seethe real spot and even theequipment they were usingit. This place is not only anational natural landmarkbut also the largest mam-moth research facility inthe world.

NSU students learnedabout mammoths’ teethfeatures. Every mammothhas different teeth charac-teristics depending on eachspecies, so people canguess the type mammothbased on its distinctive fea-tures. After the lecture,Science Club membersmake mammoth teeth fos-sils from a cast and tried todistinguish different typesof mammoths.

The trip was a greatlearning experience formembers of the ScienceClub. The trip’s advisorwas Jon Mitchell, assistantprofessor of biology.

Sulin KimStudent Writer

Science Club heads for the Hills

Brunner, Fisher, Maass, Kraft and Tingley with awards, trophies and plaques earned throughout the forensics sea-son. The team will be headed to nationals later this month. Photo by Ashley Vincent.

Support the NSUTheatre Department by

attending “The 25thAnnual Putnam County

Spelling Bee”.Performances will be

tonight th rough the 16th,7:30 p.m. in JFAC’sBlack Box Theater.

Tickets may be bought atthe NSU bookstore forthe general public. Free

for NSU Students.

Multicultural Affairs’annual Flavaz of NSU:

tonight at 7 in Jerde Hall’sCafeteria. Enjoy food,

entertainment and educa-tional booths for free.

The Student CenterGallery will be featuring

“Intense Linseed Colors”,the creative work of Lauren

Wells, until the 22nd ofApril. Opening reception

April 15th at 7 p.m.

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On our historyd e p a r t m e n texit exam,

we ask the graduatingseniors to name onebook they would rec-ommend to all historymajors.

It’s a question Iwould find difficult toanswer myself: I’dnever be able to narrowthe list down to just onebook!

Certainly near the topof my very long list of“must read” bookswould be MadeleineL’Engle’s “Kairos”series, especially thefirst book, a Wrinkle inTime.

The four books of thisseries chronicle thestruggles of the Murryand O’Keefe families asthey battle both cosmicdarkness and its mani-festations on earth.

In the first book, MegMurry and CalvinO’Keefe travel throughspace and time to rescueMeg’s dad who has beentrapped in one of thedarkest of dark places:the planet Camazotz.

Camazotz is thebureaucrat’s dream. Theplanet’s capital is a citywhere the factories

never close and themachines never stop.

The city boasts fivepoets, one musician,three artists and sixsculptors “all perfectlychanneled.”

It’s a city where“equality” reignsbecause everyone isalike, and no one devi-ates from the rules trans-mitted from “CentralCentral Intelligence.”

The driving powerbehind all this is an enti-ty L’Engle identifiesonly as “IT,” a perfectname for whatever thatcosmic power is thatwants to obliterate free-dom and individualidentity.

L’Engle echoes hereJewish philosopherMartin Buber’s warningsabout the dangers ofreplacing personal “I-Thou” relationships with

depersonalized “I-It”r e l a t i o n s h i p s — a n dBuber’s warnings aboutthe terrible crippling ofthe human spirit in anysociety governed byimpersonal bureaucra-

cies. But instead of

expressing these ideasin complicated philo-sophical language,L’Engle gives us themessage in easilyunderstood stories.

Beyond this, L’Englegives us examples ofhow to fight—and hownot to fight—the forcesof cosmic darkness.

Things like angerand hatred simplywon’t work: they play

too much into the handsof IT. In terms ofknowledge andstrength, too, IT oftenhas a great advantage.

But, as Meg finallyfigures out, she can winthrough the one thingshe has that IT doesn’thave: the power of love.

Along with this, Meglearns the power of“Naming,” treatingeven one’s enemieswith empathy.

So why are thesebooks on my “mustread” list? Most of ourNorthern graduates willbe “knowledge work-ers,” earning their livingwithin either a corporate

or government bureau-cracy.

They will constantlyface the temptation ofbecoming slaves to ITand forcing others intoslavery as well—andthey will certainly suc-cumb unless they devel-op and maintain the“Naming” habit. Buthow is this to be done?

When I was firstteaching, an older andwiser teacher told methat the secret to teach-ing success was to ask afundamental question:What would it be like tobe a student in my class?

Marriages, too, work outmuch better when bothpartners constantly askthemselves the question:What would it be like tobe married to me?

Suppose that everyoneinvolved in a govern-

ment or corporate entitymade it standard prac-tice to ask similar ques-tions: What would it belike to have me as aboss? What would it belike to deal with me as aco-worker?

Suppose, for instance,that everyone whoworked at NorthernState University andeveryone who madedecisions affecting thiscampus focused on onefundamental question:What would it be like tobe a student atNorthern?

“Be you, be us, beNorthern,” says ourcampus motto.

There’s an impliedpromise here, a prom-ise we should neverbreak. Northern is aplace where people areNamed.

Dr. Art Marmorsteinhas been teachingintroductory WesternCivilization classesand upper level cours-es in ancient history atNorthern StateUniversity since 1988.

Dr. Marmorstein alsosupervises the socialsciences methods classand serves as advisor toInterVarsity ChristianFellowship.

Biographical informa-tion courtesy of NSUUniversity Relations.

Dr. Art MarmorsteinSpecial to the Exponent

Naming Northern

When I wasf i r s tapproach

ed to be a guest editorfor The Exponent, Icouldn’t help but besomewhat reluctant onaccepting the opportu-nity.

Like many studentscan relate to, we allhave hectic schedulesand this semester it justhas been a dangerousbalancing act for mebetween student teach-ing 140 eighth gradersand preparing for mypost-NSU life.

However, as I begin tolook back on my fouryears here at NorthernState University, I real-ized that the smallest ofopportunities that I tookadvantage of made mewho I am today.

If I didn’t join StudentAssociation, I wouldn’tbe as confident to speakwhat’s on my mind.

If I didn’t join theRugby club, I wouldn’thave been involved witha dedicated team that Iconsidered to be a sec-ond family (hopefullythey feel the same way).

Being involved with awide arrange of extra-

curricular activitiesover the years is with-out a doubt one of thebest decisions I havemade for myself.

So as I debated on theopportunity of being aguest editor for thisissue, I suddenly real-ized that this wouldmost likely be my lastopportunity here.

While it might soundsad, for me I couldn’task for a better way toend my life here atNorthern StateUniversity.

If I had to pass downany kind of advice tothe rest of the studybody, it would be that ifyou want something tochange, take action.

For example, I can’thelp but notice thetremendous number ofstudents complaining

about life at NorthernState University.

Simply complainingabout it to someone elseeither in person orthrough Facebook canonly contribute to thespread of negative wordof mouth and thus creat-ing an overall negativeatmosphere.

If anything, take

action for your com-plaints and go throughthe correct channels.

You would be pleas-antly surprised by howeasy it can be accom-plished if you simplyapplied a little effort.

There are no limits orbarriers to how muchfun student life could behere at NSU, it’s simplyup to each individual tomake it their own expe-rience.

As I conclude, I just

wanted to say that I par-ticularly proud of whatthe writers and staff hasdone for this issue.

Within these pages areengaging current storiesthat directly affects stu-dents on a local andglobal scale.

Along with providinggood material for you toread, we are alsopreparing The Exponentfor the future.

If you haven’t alreadynoticed, The Exponentduring this past schoolyear has been availableto view online by goingto issuu.com/stupub.

We are also incorpo-rating QR codes when-ever the opportunityarises and becomingmore involved in socialmedia (Facebook).

These small technolo-gy enhancements to thepaper will make all thedifference in the comingyears as more peopleadapt to new technologylike tablets and smartphones.

I hope you enjoy thisissue just as much as thestaff enjoyed creating it.

Stay gold, Northern.

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So much beauty! It is soeasy to cover so mucharea!

Last week a couple girlfriendsand I took a trip to the Europeanmainland – we flew into Budapestand took the train from Budapest toVienna, from Vienna to Prague,and flew back home to Manchester.No problem!

(With the possible exception ofattempting to read slightly bafflingtrain station signs written inHungarian.)

Each city had its own uniquebeauty and things to experience –the domes in Budapest, the palacesof Vienna, the colorful and livelyatmosphere of Prague.

That’s not all. My travel plans formy last months in Europe are sim-

ply amazing. There are so manythings to see, and they’re all withinreach!

For now, I’ve been working hardon finishing up my final papers. Noexams to worry about, no work-sheets or other assignments; papersare all I’m graded on here, so theyhave to be good! Nine down, one togo!

Between the Manchesternightlife and holing myself in myflat for paper writing during theday, I’ve been a busy bee – but fourdays after my very last deadline,my family is crossing the pond.

I’m a wonderful excuse for thefamily’s first European trip! It willbe the perfect end-of-term rewardfor my diligent paper writing. Fornow? Back to writing aboutEuropean politics!

Best regards, South Dakota, andI’ll see you in the Fall!

Kelli GillForeign Correspondent

Study Abroad: Month four in Europe

In the weeks fol-lowing the revo-lution in Egypt,

Libya, its next doorneighbor also began torise against its unfairgovernment.

Talk and speculationon the conflict has beenwidespread over all thevarious channels ofmedia available today,Facebook included.

Being in a small ruralcity in South Dakota,the general populationwould probably noteven notice the situa-tion's impact here untilthey go to fill up their

gas tanks. Since the conflict has

started, gas prices havebegun to rise inresponse to the lack ofregular foreign oil thatour nation relies on forits fuel.

Being a countryof free thought andmany rights of freewill that most takefor granted, theopinions held by manyare as varied as the peo-ple of this country.

On our campus, manyhold the opinion that weshouldn't bother withLibya but let it take itsown natural course likethat of Egypt. Yet to theother half of the spec-

trum, that precious vic-tory in Egypt could nothave been possible ifnot for American inter-vention, even if it wasthrough talks with thatnation's government.

Packing a one-two

punch of bothAmerican-liberty ide-alisms and dependancysentiments, our countryis once again moved toact and offer help byway of the UnitedNations.

U.N. Coalition forcescomprised of British,

French and U.S. forceshave been bombingLibya since March 19enforcing the No-FlyZone created by U.N.mandate.

Talks continuebetween Libya's leader

being opposed,Moammar Gadhafiand the UnitedNations, as well aswith the U.S.,

Britain, and France.Gadhafi is opposed dueto unfair treatment andgeneral oppression ofthe people of his nation.

According to CNNnews updates, datedApril 4, the currentstate of the conflict islulling into a stalemate

with both Gadhafi loy-alists and rebel forcesnot being able to makedecisive movements dueto the United NationsNo Fly Zone.

While this conflictrages on, we will allstill continue to feel it'simpact with crude oilprices spiking up to$124 per barrel asaccording to Wall Streetnews.

This conflict is quick-ly proving the Disneysentiment, "It's a smallworld after all," whereit concerns even ourown South Dakota andNorthern StateUniversity student gasissues.

Jen MelletteStaff Reporter

Conflict in Libya hits close to home

“...It’s a smallworld after all...”

Northern’s XiGamma Chapterof Sigma Tau

Delta inducted four newmembers on March 24.

Sigma Tau Delta is theInternational English HonorSociety with over 755 activechapters located in the UnitedStates, Europe and theCaribbean.

To become a member ofSigma Tau Delta, a candidatemust have completed a mini-mum of two college coursesin English language or litera-ture beyond the usual require-ments in freshman English.

The candidate must have aminimum of a B or equivalentaverage in English and ingeneral scholarship, mustrank at least in the highest 35percent of his/her class, andmust have completed at least

three semesters or five quar-ters of college course work.

Seniors Bobbi Piasecki,Aberdeen, and Rosa Jundt,Eureka, junior Lisa Biegler,Timber Lake, and sophomoreHaley Zerr, Aberdeen, wereinducted during this ceremo-ny.

Other members of the chap-ter include: PresidentElizabeth Zappa, senior, St.Paul, Minn., Vice PresidentKaitlin Awe, junior,Aberdeen, Historian CarlWobig, junior, Salem, andSecretary Kelli Gill, senior,Yankton.

The Faculty Advisor for thechapter is Dr. ElizabethHaller. These members havereceived a Sigma Tau Deltapin and cords that they areable to wear at graduationsignifying they are membersof Sigma Tau Delta.

For more information on thehonor society, contact Dr.Haller.

Rosa JundtStaff Reporter

New members inducted into Northern’sInternational English Honor Society

Pearson, Duszenko, Dean Mendez, Haller, Whiteley, seated, with current Sigma Tau Deltamembers. Photo courtesy of Mary Kost.

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Me r r i a m -W e b s t e rD i c t i o n a r y

defines music as a scienceor art of ordering tones orsounds in succession, incombination, and in tempo-ral relationships to producea composition having unityand continuity.

However, our individualtaste in music can never bedefined by a dictionary. Weall come from differentbackgrounds in life andwere influenced by differentgenres of music to get usthrough the day.

In this current generationof digital age, we areexposed to practically everykind of music from themajor record artists to astarving solo artist wholives in Sierra Leone.

In this inaugural articlefeature, I will open up mymusic library and share tensongs that I’m currently lis-tening to and it is my hopethat in future issues we getnew people to share whatthey are listening to andintroduce new music to thestudent body.

1.) Tallest Man onEarth’s “Burden ofTomorrow.” This acousticfolk song is from KristianMatsson (who goes underthe moniker “Tallest Manon Earth”) and he hails from

Leksand, Sweden. I’ve beenplaying this song a lot moreas of lately due to the uncer-tainly of my future.

It’s a really powerful songand while it’s open for inter-pretation, I can’t help butthink that it’s a song aboutthe constant struggle ofbelieving in a deity.“Burden of Tomorrow” canbe found on “The WildHunt” album.

2.) Bruce Springsteen’s“Candy’s Room.” Since Ihail from New Jersey, Ithink it would have been acrime if I didn’t includesome of the boss in myplaylist.

The driving beat of thedrums in the beginning isenough to send chills downyour spine and it’s beauti-fully written.

While the song is about astripper/prostitute, I find atthe core of the song is aboutthe delusion of lust and thefascination of love, which Ifeel everyone can relate to(if you don’t, then you’relying to yourself). This songis on the “Darkness on theEdge of Town” album.

3.) Gang Starr’s“Blowin’ Up The Spot.” Idon’t know how you feel,but the current hip hopscene in my opinion isgarbage. With the introduc-tion of auto-tune and otheradvancements in technolo-

gy, anyone has the ability torap (which is a bad thing).However, Gang Starr is ahip-hop duo back from thelate 80’s/early ‘90s and it’sclear that they have talent.

With its experimentationof fusing other musical gen-res like jazz, it’s hard not tobob your head a little bitwhile listening to this song.This song is available on the“Hard to Earn” album.

4.) Bomb the MusicIndustry’s “Stuff That ILike” which can be foundon the “Scrambles” album.Bomb the Music Industry isa DIY hardcore punk/skaband from New York. I findthis to be a fun and catchysong about doing what youwant to do and not caringabout what everyone thinks.

As you can tell by theband’s name, they are notfans of the music industry,so all of their material canbe found on Quote Unquoterecords’ web site where youcan download all of theiralbums for free.

5.) Kings Go Forth’s“One Day.” Kings GoForth is a ten-piece soulband from Milwaukee,Wis., that really brings backthat 1970’s feel in music.“One Day” is definitely agood pick-me-up song thatre-adjusts your state ofmind and it will stick inyour head for the rest of the

day. This song can be foundon “The Outsiders AreBack” album.

6.) The Strokes’“Gratisfaction,” whichcomes off of the recentlyreleased “Angles” album. Ifind this song to beextremely catchy and wasdefinitely influenced byother music artists likeSteely Dan and Thin Lizzy.

7.) Patto’s “Hold MeBack.” Patto is a Londonprogressive jazz-rock bandfrom the 1970’s. I can’t helpbut jam out to this songevery time I listen to it andonly wish more peopleknew about this band, eventhough they only lasted forthree years. You are able tofind this song on the “Patto”album.

8.) Panteón Rococó’s“Toloache Pa' Mi Negra.”The ska music genre inAmerica has had its up’sand down’s over the pastdecade; however, inMexico, the unique musicgenre is thriving withPanteón Rococó being amajor player. The band real-ly knows how to bring lifeinto their songs by incorpo-rating different music gen-res into each song like rock,punk, salsa, cumbia, mari-achi and reggae. You canfind this song on the “A LaIzquierda De La Tierra”album.

9.) The Black Keys’“10 A.M. Automatic.”Even with their recent pop-ularity and success, theystill know how to makegood blues-rock music.

Lately, I’ve been playingthis song every morning tostart my day and it hasn’tlost its charm. This song canbe found on the “RubberFactory” album.

10.) Hypnotic BrassEnsemble’s “Gibbous.”The Hypnotic BrassEnsemble is a Chicago 9-piece brass band that reallybrings the fire by fusingtheir jazz skills to a hip-hopsensibility.

“Gibbous” is truly hyp-notic (pun intended) andsince it doesn’t contain anylyrics, the song’s purposehas the ability to morphdepending on how I feel atthat specific moment. Youcan find this song on the“Hypnotic Brass Ensemble”album.

All of these songs can bepurchased from iTunesunless otherwise noted.

As you can tell, I have abroad taste in music and Iwouldn’t have it any otherway.

If you think you can comeup with a better playlist andwant to contribute to thisfeature, e-mail your musicplaylist to stupub@north-ern.edu.

“What’s playing in your headphones, Dan Dreher?”

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The labor force isdefined as thenumber of peo-

ple employed plus thenumber unemployed butseeking work.

The non-labor forceincludes those who are notlooking for work, thosewho are institutionalizedand those serving in themilitary.

If there's one headlineindicator that encapsulateseverything you need toknow about the economy,it's the unemploymentrate; and for the last fewmonths, the news has beenuncommonly good.

In just four months, theunemployment rate hasplunged from 9.8 percentto 8.8 percent.

That's one of thesharpest short-termdeclines on record, and itsuggests that jobs are rap-idly returning and theeconomy quickly healing.

But neither of thosethings is quite true, and theunemployment rate hasbecome a misleading indi-

cator of the economy'shealth. If anything, it maynow be telling us moreabout the shifting patternsof work in America, andthe new ways people areadjusting to a challengingeconomy.

We may even be return-ing to habits of a fewdecades ago, when fewerpeople worked, incomeswere lower, and buyinghabits were more modest.

In the midst of a reces-sion, a lot of unemployedpeople typically get dis-couraged because theycan't find jobs and give uplooking for a while.

Once they stop lookingfor work, they're no longercounted as unemployed oras part of the labor force.

Then, as the economyimproves, discouragedworkers usually start look-ing for work again, return-ing to the labor force.

Since it takes a while forthem to find jobs, they'retypically counted as unem-ployed at first, whichdrives the unemploymentrate up.

That's not happening thistime around. Instead, asurprisingly large numberof Americans are choosingnot even to look for work,which could be for anynumber of reasons.

Despite some recent hir-ing, many long-unem-ployed workers in deeplytroubled sectors like con-struction and certain typesof manufacturing may stillfeel there are no jobs.

Others may have goneback to school or commit-ted to life as a homemaker.

Some older workers mayhave retired early, even ifthat meant living off of asmaller nest-egg andaccepting lower livingstandards.

Some families might begetting by with parentswho work a combinationof part-time, temporaryand under-the-table cashjobs instead of one or twofull-time jobs.

These trends show up inthe data in a couple ofways.

First, the total laborforce, which is the number

of working-age peopleeither working or lookingfor work, has plateauedsince 2008, the first timesince the end of World WarII it has flattened out formore than a few months.

Usually the labor forcegrows even during a reces-sion, if only because thenation's population keepsgrowing.

The labor force has flat-lined because the partici-pation rate—which meas-ures the percentage ofadults who are working orlooking for work—hasbeen falling for more thana decade.

In plain English, thatmeans fewer Americansare working, or want towork.

And that distorts themeaning of the unemploy-ment rate and other impor-tant indicators.

So while many of youare looking for jobs thissummer, there are manyothers in the same positionas you.

We are blessed to be inthis part of the countrywith five local states com-ing in the top 11 with thelowest unemploymentrates.

Number one is NorthDakota followed byNebraska, then SouthDakota.

Coming in at numberseven is Iowa and numbereleven is Minnesota.

So while the rest of thecountry is much higher atan average of 9.8 percent,up from 5.8 percent eightyears ago, we have a muchbetter chance for getting ajob.

The ongoing bat-tle in Congressb e t w e e n

Republicans andDemocrats is eerily similarto a disagreement commonin most American house-holds.

The right and the leftsimply can't seem to agreeabout money, and whilethis may be of concern tomany of us, the stresscaused by the disagree-ments between the twoparties in government maypale in comparison to thestress caused by the finan-cial situations of unem-ployed Americans outthere.

While the unemploy-ment rate continues to fall,down to 8.8 percent inMarch, there are stillroughly 13.5 millionAmericans without jobs.

The right and left bothseem to have largelyignored these Americanswhile instead pursuingpolitical infighting.

However, unemploy-

ment still remains a largeissue, and solving theunemployment problemmay have far greater impli-cations than trimming fatfrom the budget.

The question is then,what can we do to createjobs?

Well, I'm glad I askedmyself that question,because I feel I have theanswers.

Unemployment may bebest tackled through trust-ing the stimulus, endingoutsourcing and support-ing small business.

The Great Recession hasbeen the greatest economicdownturn since the GreatDepression and beforeentering into it we were ata mere 4.5 percent unem-ployment rate.

While many people willcurrently blame a formerlyDemocratic Congress andcurrent President Obamafor that dramatic rise inunemployment to 8.8 per-cent, it's necessary to takea look at where the U.S.has come from to get tothis point.

The simple fact is, noteven as far back as

autumn, manyheadlines were

q u e s t i o n i n gwhether theU.S. wouldsee 11 percent

unemployment. The subsequent fall we

have seen in unemploy-ment, down from justabove 10 percent to whatwe're currently at now, willprobably be contributed bysome, particularly those onthe right, to the continua-tion of tax cuts.

The solution then wouldbe to cut taxes more, or atleast keep them where theyare.

The problem with thatsolution, however, is thatTrickle Down Economicsis B.S.

T r i c k l e - D o w nEconomics theorizes that ifyou give tax cuts towealthy Americans, theywill spend that money, thuscreating more jobs.

The sad fact aboutTrickle Down, however, isthat wealthy individualstend to save more on aver-age, whereas those withless money tend to saveless and spend more, thuspumping more money intothe economy, creatingjobs.

The reason that unem-ployment has droppedunder Democrats and

Obama is because of thestimulus that went alongwith those tax cut exten-sions.

To continue unemploy-ment shrinkage, the U.S.needs to trust the stimulus,not the tax cuts.

Unemployment will alsocontinue to shrink if out-sourcing can be lessened.Outsourcing takesAmerican jobs and sendsthem overseas.

As far as solving unem-ployment is concerned,getting outsourced jobsback to the states may beone of the simplest solu-tions.

The reason so many ofcompanies outsource jobsis because not only canthey hire cheaper laboroverseas but they alsoreceive tax breaks for it.

The closing of these taxbreaks will lessen theincentive for job outsourc-ing and hopefully bringjobs back home, or at thevery least keep more ofthem here.

Finally, unemploymentcan be tackled throughsupporting small business.

By giving small busi-nesses extra capital, thesebusinesses will be morelikely to hire more work-ers.

These small businesses,like people with less finan-

cial means, are less likelyto save and more likely tospend their capital.

By spending this capitaland hiring more workers,unemployment directlygoes down.

The newly employedworkers now have capitalto spend.

This capital can go intothe economy, creating apositive snowball effect,which leads to more jobgrowth.

The unemployment ratehas been continuallydeclining for a number ofmonths, and it seems thatthis is a trend that will con-tinue.

The current debacle overfinances may continue forweeks, and recently almostlead to various governmentoperations to shut down.

However, the economyseems to be recoveringthanks to the Obamaadministration's previousefforts.

This recovery will behelped even more bybringing overseas jobsback home and supportingsmall businesses.

Obama's stimulus hasworked, and trusting inprograms that supportsmall businesses ratherthan simple tax cuts willonly benefit our economymore.

...to the rightUnemployment rate is a

misleading indicator

From the left...

Ben KraftOpinion Columnist

Jason BakerOpinion Columnist

Stop outsourcing and support small businesses

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She Said, He Said: Can men and women be “just friends”?

There are two kinds ofpeople in this world.Scratch that.

There are a lot of kinds of peoplein this world: Guys, girls, collegestudents, hot dog vendors, astro-nauts, etc.

Technically, I don’t think the lastone is in this world.

Are you still an astronaut if youaren’t in outer space? Anyway, onekind of people in the world isfriends (unless you are friends with

an astronaut).

You can have a lotof friends of variedsize and importance,but if you are a guyyou can never have a friendthat is a girl.

This is a strict and important rulefor all male-kind to follow.

If you’re a guy and thinking,“But look at that girl, she is funnyand plays video games and knowsthe deliciousness that is bluePowerade mixed with Mello Yello.Can I be friends with her?”

No, you cannot.

If the girl is cute, we all knowthat you are actually just trying to“friend” her so that you can eventu-ally make out.

People you make out with arenot your friends and trying tobecome friends with someone soyou can make out with them is aflawed and insidious plan.

Now, if you are looking at a girland think, “Well, she isn’t reallycute. I can be friends with her!”

You are wrong again. Any girlyou know, you will eventually wantto make out with. It really doesn’tmatter how ugly this girl is, after acertain amount of time with her youwill want her.

This is known as the mermaidclock when your friend, a.k.a. uglygirl, goes from being an ugly man-atee to a beautiful mermaid youwant to make out with.

After that, you have one lessfriend and are just some guy mak-ing out with an ugly manatee.

One more important girl-friendsuggestion for a guy prowling thedating scene (other than never say“prowling the dating scene”), do

not EVER try and befriend a hotgirl’s ugly friend in order toget a chance with the hotchick.

This does not workbecause of some horriblegirl rule that allows theugly friend to call dibs onyou and stop you from ever

getting a date with the hottie. Guys should be up-front and go

after the hot chick right away. Let your wingman handle the

manatees. After all, a guy who will distract

a hot chick’s friends so you can talkto her is the only real friend a guyneeds.

It is a question that seems tobe one of the most difficultto answer…

Can men and women be justfriends? Many of you may bethinking, “Well, of course. I havevery good friends that are of theopposite sex!”

However, I think that having acompletely platonic relation-ship with the opposite sex prob-ably differs based on individualrelationships, but for the mostpart is an impossible concept.

In the movie “When HarryMet Sally,” Billy Crystal’scharacter has a line that sums upjust one of the difficulties ofmen/women friendships: “Menand women can't be friends ... thesex part always gets in the way.”

Let’s face it; unless one of thepair is not attracted to the oppositesex, most times sexual attractionleads to hitches in the friendship.

It’s just a fact of life and we allknow what men have on theirminds… and we all know howwomen have a tendency to letfeelings (or what they think arefeelings) enter into the picture.

I come from a small town,which means that the dating poolwas rather shallow – more like thekiddy pool at the water park, actu-ally.

As a result, classmates datedother classmates and when therelationship ended there was noavoiding the fact that they werestill classmates and would havedaily interaction.

Many remained friends (as itwas very difficult to not be friends

when you only have 22 people inyour class), yet there was some-thing always a little bit differentwith their “friendship,” whichbecame even more apparent whenone part of the ex-couple wouldstart dating another person.

Needless to say, this situationwas awkward (not only for cou-ples and exes, but for the rest ofthe class as well) and oftentimes,

if the tworemained closefriends, the newgirlfriend or

boyfriendalways ques-tioned the ex-couple’s friendship,creating a web of jealousy that putstrain on the relationship.

Being the girlfriend, I think it isextremely hard to not question theboyfriend’s “girl” friends, espe-cially if he is a close friend withan ex.

Women have a tendency to cre-ate mountains out of molehills andby doing that, imagine that theirsignificant other is more thanfriends with their female friends.

I’m not saying every womanbelieves that, but I have seenenough of it in my years to knowthat it does exist quite frequently.

Bryce MillsOpinion Columnist

Rosa JundtOpinion Columnist

said... He said...

She

Wednesday, April 13— Math Contest— Intramural Sand VB Captain/Rules

Meeting— Spring Play, The 25th Annual

Putnam County Spelling Bee, JC Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

— Fellowship & Study, 8 - 9 p.m.Thursday, April 14— InterVarsity Christian Fellowship— CAB Meeting, 5 - 6 p.m.— BSU Meeting, 7 p.m.— Spring Play, The 25th Annual

Putnam County Spelling Bee, JC Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

— Larry Gavin, Poetry Reading,7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Friday, April 15— Spring Play, The 25th Annual

Putnam County Spelling Bee, JCTheatre, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 16— Spring Play, The 25th Annual

Putnam County Spelling Bee, JC Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 17— Choir Concert, JC Theatre, 3 p.m.Monday, April 18— Faculty Senate Meeting, 3:30 p.m.— NSU AEYC Meeting,

5 p.m.— Concert Band/Small Ensemble

Concert, JC Theatre, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, April 19

— 24th Annual Student Involvement Awards Banquet

— Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship meeting

— NSU Lions Club Meeting, 5 - 6 p.m.

— Student Association Meeting, 9 - 11 p.m.

Wednesday, April 20— Science Club Plant Sale— Teacher Job Fair— Sedar Meal, 8 - 9 p.m.Thursday, April 21— Science Club Plant Sale— InterVarsity Christian Fellowship— BSU Meeting, 7 p.m.Friday, April 22— Easter Break - no classes— Easter break - no high school

classes with NSU Center for Statewide E-learning

Monday, April 25— Easter Break - no classes— Easter break - no high school

classes with NSU Center for Statewide E-learning

Tuesday, April 26— Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship

meeting— Student Association Meeting, 9 -

11 p.m.Wednesday, April 27— Year-End Worship, 6:30-7:30 p.m.Thursday, April 28

— InterVarsity Christian Fellowship— CAB Meeting, 5 - 6 p.m.— Art Department Film "Basquiat",

JC 134, 6 p.m.— BSU Meeting, 7 p.m.— Poetry Class Reading, 7:30 - 8:30

p.m.Friday, April 29— SEED and ELED 301

Junior Field Experiences End— Artapolooza, Campus Green, 4 - 7

p.m.Saturday, April 30— Praxis Testing Date— Jazz Swing Dance At the Ward,

7:30 - 11:30 p.m.Sunday, May 1— Community Concert, Daniel

Narducci, voice, JC Theatre, 4 p.m.Monday, May 2— Textbook Buyback— Finals Week— Faculty Senate Meeting, 3:30 p.m.— NSU AEYC Meeting,

5 p.m.— End-of-Semester Pancake Feed, 8

- 11 p.m.Tuesday, May 3— Textbook Buyback— Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship

meeting— Finals WeekThursday, May 5 — Student teaching ends

Campus Calendar

Sports 8Wednesday, April 13, 2011

ExponentSSppoorrttssThe Northern

State UniversityWolves baseball

team has been hard atwork, competing in fourdouble headers starting outwith Northern SunIntercollegiate Conferenceplay against Winona State.

The first few innings ofthe first game were hitlessand scoreless for bothteams.

The third inning wouldstart differently as juniorcatcher Jose Figueroa,Manati, Puerto Rico, hit asingle into center field forthe first hit of the game.

After he advanced tosecond on a sacrifice buntand third on an over throw,senior right fielderMichael Cross, Auburn,Wash., was able to get theRBI single to right field.

That would be the last hitof the inning for theWolves, taking them up 1-0 going into the bottom ofthe third inning.

However, Winona Statewould strike back, scoringtwo runs on three hits andtaking the lead into thefourth inning 2-1.

Northern was able to getinto a tie with the warriorsafter senior firstbaseman RonnieS e l l e r s ,Heuvelton, N.Y.,homered overright putting thescore at 2-2.

The tie carriedthrough into thetenth inning, when theWarriors were able toget a runner on and thenend the game with a home-run over center field, tak-ing a 4-2 win.

The Wolves ended thegame with four hits, onewalk, and Cross getting theloss.

With the first game over,the Wolves headed straightinto their nextmatchup.

Northern start-ed the game on alow note, goingthree and out dur-ing the firstinning and allowing theWarriors to get one run ontwo hits to take the lead.

The Wolves were able toget their first hit of thegame in the fourth withjunior outfielder/pitcherZach Miller, Woodinville,

Wash., getting an infieldsingle but could not capi-talize.

The top of the seventhinning would prove to bethe last half inning of thegame as the Wolves wereable to get one hit, but didnot get a man across takingthem to their 0-1 defeat.With the loss going to jun-ior pitcher/shortstop TrentBestland Monticello,Minn., the Wolves had onehit, no base on balls, andthree men left on base.

Game three would beagainst Winona as well.The Warriors got one runacross on two hits in thesecond and another tworuns in the third, bringingtheir lead to 3-0.

Hoping for a better out-come in the fourth, theWolves got their first hit ofthe game, but it was notenough as they went score-less and the Warriors gotanother four runs takingthe lead to 7-0.

Northern had anotherthree and out inning in thefifth inning and wereunable to hold the Warriorsas they brought their leadto nine after scoring twomore runs.

The top of the seventhwould again be it for theWolves as they went three

and out to finish thegame 9-0.

S o p h o m o r epitcher Taylor

Morsching, Aberdeen,would get the losswhile the Wolves had onehit, one man left on base,and no base on balls.

Game two of the daywould start a little betterfor the Wolves as theywere able to get the first hitof the game, but they

couldn’t score and theWarriors were able to getone man across in the bot-tom of the first to givethem a 1-0 lead.

The Warriors scored fivein the fifth inning, takingthe lead to six.

Winona then had someinsurance runs in the sixthas they crossed four moremen, making the game adouble digit game. To endthe game, the Wolveswould get a walk in theseventh, but could not getthe necessary runs and fell10-0 to the Warriors.Senior pitcher/outfielderLucas Jung, Aberdeen. gotthe loss and the rest of theWolves had four hits, onewalk, and five men left on.

Getting out ofMinnesota, the Wolvesheaded south to faceWayne State. The Wildcatswere the first to score, get-ting two runs in the bottomof the third. Down twonothing, the Wolvesshowed great offense withSellers scoring on a wildpass, Figueroa’s RBI sin-gle, an RBI single by jun-ior infield/pitcher JackThompson, Coquitlam,B.C., and Miller scoring onbad throws by WayneState. Up 4-2, Northernwould add with anotherrun coming fromSellers’ RBI

d o u b l eto score Jung.

The bottom of the fifthinning would show a chal-lenge as the Wildcats gottwo more runs on threehits, taking the score to 5-4.

The sixth inning wouldstart with the Wolves get-ting two more runs fromCross’ RBI double, scoringMiller, and Jung’s RBI sin-gle to score Cross. Still inthe sixth, the Wildcatswould take their bats andget another run on twohits, which brought the

score to 7-5. The seventhinning wouldshow that theWolves were not

done scoring, as they hadfreshman third base/pitch-er Robbie Rocamora, SanMarcos, Calif., get a two-RBI single, scoring Sellersand junior first base/catch-er Max Myers, Murphys,Calif.

Northern’s defenseproved strong as they didnot let the Wildcats scorein the seventh even withtwo hits. Northern wouldtake this game 9-5 withsophomore pitcher SeanWinslow, Sheldon, Calif.,getting the win and theteam having 13 hits, nowalks and six runners lefton base.

Game two for the daywould start with WayneState taking an early 2-0lead in the bottom half ofthe first inning.

Wayne State would havea detrimental inning to theWolves in the bottom ofthe second, scoring 10 runson only three hits. In thefifth inning the Wildcatsextended one more onanother hit.

NSU would start to fightback as they were able toget one more run from asacrifice fly to center fieldby junior outfielder/pitcherWill Fisher, Wolfeboro,N.H., and Thompson scor-ing.

With the comebackhopeful, Northern scoredagain in the seventh withMyers scoring on an RBIsingle by juniorcatcher/third basemanKelly Coates, Rapid City.With this being the onlyrun in the top half of theinning, the Wolves wouldfall 13-2.

Bestland was chargedagain with the loss withNorthern having sevenhits, two walks and fourrunners left on base.

The next day the Wolveswould face the Wildcatsyet again. Wayne Statewould pull ahead in thethird, getting two men tocross home plate on twohits.

Figueroa was able tomake sure that the fourthinning was kept interest-ing, as he had a two-RBIdouble to left field, scoringRocamora and Sellers.

Miller was able to get theWolves the go ahead runwith a sacrifice fly to cen-ter field scoring Figueroa.

The Wolves took advan-tage of wild pitches in thesixth, moving around thebases and eventuallyRocamora scoring.

With the seventh inningunderway, Thompson wasable to get an RBI single toscore Cross and then laterscored with an RBI singleby Rocamora.

Figueroa was able to getthe third and final run ofthe half inning, bringing inSellers with a single to leftfield. Win number four forthe Wolves came with their7-2 win over the Wildcats.

Ending the game,Figueroa’s three hits ledthe team to ten total hits,four walks, and six menleft on base and Jung get-ting his first win of the sea-son.

Game two of the daystarted out the way theWolves wanted it, gettinghits from Cross with a sin-gle, a home run fromSellers to score them both,and a single from Myers togive the Wolves a two-runlead.

The bottom half, howev-er, would make it a 2-1game as the Wildcats got arun on one hit and thenthree runs across in thesecond made it a 2-3 game.

The top of the third wasa three and out while yetagain the Wildcats got fourmore runs across, takingtheir lead to six.

Wayne State was able toget another run in their halfof the fourth and threemore on three hits and twoerrors in the fifth.Northern’s sixth wouldshow promise as they wereable to get two acrossthanks to Rocamora scor-ing on a passed ball andsenior catcher BradRintoul, Medicine Hat,Alta., crossing on a field-er’s choice to get theground out.

Wayne again would con-tinue as they got anotherrun in the sixth as well asin the seventh while theWolves were not able toget more than a hit in theirhalf of the seventh.

To end the game, theWolves ended with a scoreof 4-14 with Millercharged the loss. As ateam, the Wolves had ninehits, three walks and lefteight men on base.

The Wolves got ready toplay the University ofMary, but was cancelledfor an undisclosed reason.

After that, the Wolvesfaced Augustana andValley City State, but sta-tistics were unavailable asof press time.

Northern’s first homegames will be againstMinnesota, Crookston onApril 16-17 at 12 and 3p.m. each day.

Zachary AndersonSports Writer

Baseball competes in Winona State NSIC tournament

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Track team competes in first outdoor meet

The Northern StateUniversity trackteams have been

hard at work going to meets onthe weekends.

The first outdoor meet forboth men and women was inSioux Falls for the VanceButler Invitational on the sec-ond of April.

The results were not avail-able, but Northern only took asmall part of their team, as not

all were ready yet. The next weekend, the

Wolves would head to OrangeCity, Iowa, for the Red RaidersMulti Events and Invite on thatSaturday.

Keeping on their schedule,the Wolves would then head toBismarck, N.D., on Sunday thetenth for the Marauder Open.

Up next for the Wolves arethe Sioux City Relays in SiouxCity, Iowa, on the 15th and16th and their first home meeton the 30th at the AI SahliInvitational.

The tennis team atNorthern StateUniversity has been

hard at work winning matches ormaking their opponents workhard for their own wins.

At the end of February theLady Wolves took on St. CloudState and Upper Iowa, falling 2-7 and 1-8 respectively.

Megan Gilbraith, senior,Grand Forks, N.D., made two ofthe three wins, one againstSCSU 7-6, 1-6, 10-7, and oneagainst UIU 0-6, 6-2, 11-9.

The other Wolves’ win went toBridget Henderson, senior,Yankton, who beat her SCSUopponent 6-2, 3-6, 10-2.

The Wolves opened up theirMarch competition with a lossagainst University of Montana-Billings, 1-8, and their firstNorthern Sun IntercollegiateConference victory, beatingUniversity of Mary 7-2.

The lone winning Wolf againstUMB was Gilbraith with a deci-sive 6-0, 6-4 victory.

The Wolves’ performancesagainst U-Mary were much moreimpressive, with the only twolosses coming from an injurydefault.

NSU winners in doubles werefreshman Kaitlyn Wright, RapidCity, and Gilbraith, winning 8-3,and Jamie Golden, sophomore,Inver Grove Heights, Minn., andHenderson, taking anothermatch, 8-2.

For singles, Wright won 6-2,6-3, Golden won 6-0, 6-2,Jessica DesLauriers, senior,Huron, won 6-1, 6-1, Hendersonwon 6-0, 6-1, and Gilbraith won6-0, 6-0.

The Lady Wolves wrapped upthe month of March with match-es against Minnesota StateMoorhead and University ofMinnesota, Duluth, in Fargo,N.D. They fell in both competi-tions, losing 3-6 to MSUM and4-5 to UMD.

In the singles against MSUM,Golden won 6-4, 6-0, Henderson

won 6-3, 2-6, 11-9, and Gilbraithwon 6-3, 7-5.

The Wolves were more suc-cessful in the doubles againstUMD, with Wright and Gilbraithtaking a match 8-2 and Goldenand Henderson also winning 8-1.

In singles, Wright won 6-1, 3-6, (10-7) and Henderson won 6-0, 6-0.

The month of April started ona rough note for the Wolveswhen they lost 1-8 to AugustanaCollege.

The lone victory came fromGolden, who beat her opponent7-6, (7-5), 6-4.

The Wolves made up for thisloss by defeating SouthwestMinnesota State University, 5-4,with three of those losses todefault, before falling to UMD,2-7.

Doubles teams Wright andGilbraith and Golden andHenderson again proved to bewinning pairs against SMSU,taking their victories 9-7 and 8-4respectively.

In singles, Wright won 6-3, 7-6, (7-5), Golden won 6-4, 6-2,and Gilbraith won 6-1, 6-1.

The two wins against UMDcame from doubles pair Goldenand Henderson, 8-5, and Goldenin singles, 6-0, 6-2.

Next for theWolves was amatch againstM i n n e s o t a ,Crookston, whichthey won 7-2.Statistics wereunavailable as ofpress time.

The Wolvesalso facedBemidji State,Minnesota State,Winona State andthe University ofSioux Falls butresults wereunavailable as ofpress time.

As of April 8,their record stoodat 3-6 in NSICplay and 6-8 over-all.

Liz ZappaSports Editor

Tennis NSIC record 3-6

The Outlawz Rugby team after its victory in Wayne, Neb., in which it defeated four teams to take the championship. Next up is a regional tournament in Austin, Texas. Photo by Jason Baker.

The Northern StateUniversity Men’sRugby team has had a

bittersweet month. The Outlawz have gone to two

different tournaments, winningone and coming up short in theother.

The Outlawz traveled toWayne, Neb., March 25- 27.While competing in the annualWayne tournament they facedfour different teams and extremeconditions on their way to win-ning the championship.

First up was a team they haveseen before: Metropolis fromMinnesota.

The Outlawz played well fortheir first game of spring, havingnot set foot outside for practicemore than one day since last fall.They were able to beatMetropolis 22-7 to advance in thebrackets.

The next game for NSU wasagainst a team from Springfield,Miss.

Having never faced thembefore, they came out strong andplayed fast to make sure theycould keep the lead and eventual-ly came out with the win with ascore of 26-0, letting themadvance and play their next gameon Sunday.

On the 27 the Outlawz came instrong, wanting to set the pace forthe day, with a solid 43-3 winover their opponents fromWisconsin.

With this win, they were nowplaying for the championshipagainst a team they play manytimes throughout the season, ateam from Sioux Falls.

Being close rivals, this gamemeant a lot to both teams. TheOutlawz took an early lead andnever looked back; with a finalscore of 24-0 the men’s rugbyteam won the tournament.

The Outlawz had a quick turn-around to get ready for the St.Louis tournament the following

weekend. After a long bus ride, the

Outlawz showed up Saturdaywith high hopes.

They first faced Mizzou fromMissouri, which showed to bemore of a challenge then they hadanticipated.

The Outlawz seemed to bemoving slow and tired off the batbut were able to pull out a 3-0win.

Advancing, the next opponentfor the Outlawz was the St. LouisRoyals, a team that they will seelater in conference.

Again the Outlawz were slowout of the gate and struggled toscore points. While they manageto keep it a close score, they tooktheir first loss of the spring bylosing 3-13.

With the loss they had to play athird game that Saturday againstthe St. Louis Bombers. TheOutlawz struggled once again,falling short with a score of 12-24, which put them out of thetournament.

After the games for the daythey decided to pick up a friendlygame on Sunday againstMetropolis.

Wanting to go out on a goodnote, the Outlawz looked like adifferent team on Sunday.

Facing a fuller and toughersquad than they faced in Wayne,they came out strong and ledmost of the game.

When it came down to the finalseconds of the game they could-n’t hold on any longer and endedup losing 26-27 with a final trygiving Metropolis the one pointlead to end the game.

The Outlawz are now takingthese next few weeks to put inextra conditioning and lifting toget themselves ready for theirnext game.

The next time they hit the fieldwill be in Austin, Texas, April 30-May 2, to compete in theRegional tournament.

A win in the top two there willadvance them to the next round inChula Vista, Calif.

Jason BakerSports Reporter

Rugby advances Zach AndersonSports Reporter

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Softball to play Minnesota, Crookston

Keeping hard atwork, theNorthern State

University softball teamstarted out their stretch ofgames againstMorningside College inSioux City, Iowa.

The first inning startedwell as sophomore catcherKelsey Robling, Waconia,Minn., getting an RBI sac-rifice fly to left field scor-ing junior infielder BrookeNorris, Fort Collins, Colo.,but even with the Wolvesscoring first, the Mustangscame back in the bottom ofthe inning and had threeruns across to take the lead.

The second inning wasnot as good for the Wolvesas they had no hits, no runsand left one girl on, butthey held Morningside to athree and out. The thirdinning was a quick threeand out for the Wolves, butMorningside was able toextend their lead by gettinganother run across.

The fourth inning wasgood for the Wolves asthey had two runs fromRobling scoring on anerror by an infielder andjunior infielder BrittanyHuback, Woodbury, Minn.,scoring on Norris’ single toleft. With those two runs,the Mustangs must havefelt the Wolves comingback because they alsoscored two runs in thefourth.

Northern came out inthe fifth and went three andout, and unfortunately theycould not help from theMustangs scoring yetanother run in the bottom.Northern’s sixth was okaygetting one hit, but left theplayer on base with a dou-ble play to end the inning.

Morningside wouldcome and score three moreruns in the bottom of thesixth and Northern wouldfall short in the seventh asthey went three and outand fell 10-3.

Senior pitcher/infielderKelley Suggs, Vancouver,Wash., got the loss for theWolves as they had threehits, five walks and leftfive runners on base.

Game two of the daywould start in the wrongmanner for Northern asthey went three and out tostart the game, but thedefense would show as theMustangs had only one hitand they were unable to getthat player across homeplate.

The second inning wasthe same outcome for theWolves, going three andout, and Morningsidewould only have a littledifference in that they left

two runners on base on onehit again but still remainedscoreless. Northern’s thirdwould leave a runner onwith no hits, but one erroron the Mustangs.

Morningside wouldagain get a hit, but wouldalso again get nowherewith it leaving her strandedon base. Inning four forNSU had yet another per-son left on base, this timedue to a walk, but no hits.Morningside would comeout in the bottom half andscore two runs taking thelead.

The fifth was a quickthree and out for bothWolves and the Mustangs.The sixth would be arepeat of the fifth as nei-ther team got to theirfourth batter of the inning.With Northern down two,they needed to pull throughin the seventh, but theywould fall just short asthey had one hit and onerunner left on base, but noruns across.

Junior pitcher KelliBornander, Lakewood,Wash., would get the 2-0loss while the Wolves as awhole had one hit, onewalk and left three runnerson base.

After Sioux City, theWolves headed up to SiouxFalls to take on AugustanaCollege. The Wolveswould fall to a quick threeand out in the first whilethe Vikings jumped to aquick 2-0 lead in the bot-tom of the first, getting twogirls to cross home.

The second inning wouldbe the same fate for theWolves as they again wentthree and out, butAugustana was able to addanother run to their lead.The third inning for theWolves was a three andout, but yet again theVikings extended their leadthis time by four runs.

The fourth inning, theWolves would get on theboard with an RBI singlefrom junior pitcher/out-fielder Rachel South,Bloomington, Minn., scor-ing Norris.

Unfortunately, theWolves would not be ableto stop the Vikings fromscoring more runs as theygot three more to add totheir lead. In the fifth,Northern was able to get ahit, but it was not enoughas the Vikings got the 10-1win. Suggs got the losswhile Northern ended withtwo hits, one walk and tworunners left on.

Game two againstAugustana would startbadly for the Wolves againas they went three and outand Augustana was able toget four runs in the bottomof the first. Northern hadtwo hits in the second but

was not able to bring any-one across the plate whilein the bottom half of theinning the Vikings scoredfive more runs. With theWolves down by nine, jun-ior infielder WhitneyLuhring, Bloomington,Minn., was able to get anRBI single, scoring seniorinfielder Lindsey Cegla,Circle Pines, Minn. Withthe one run, Northern wasable to bring the deficitdown one run and also keptthe Vikings from scoring inthe third inning. Junioroutfielder Ashley Gabler,Minnetonka, Minn., startedout the fourth with a homerun while more runs camethanks to Robling singlingto left, scoring Suggs,Cegla scoring on a bases-loaded walk and Norrisscoring on a single up thegut from South. Now withthe score 9-5, Augustanaagain could not get anyoneacross the plate eventhough they had a hit andleft two on. Northern’sfifth was a quick three andout, as well as Augustana’sfifth. The sixth inningstarted with the Wolvesgetting a walk and thensloppy play by the Vikingsallowed her to get aroundthe bases to third and anerror allowing a secondrunner, but neither wereable to score whileAugustana went three andout. The seventh was thelast chance for the Wolvesas they got one hit, but theycould not do anything withit as they got defeated leav-ing a runner on, 9-5.Bornander was chargedwith the loss as the Wolveshad 10 hits, five walks andleft 11 on base.

After Sioux Falls, theWolves headed down toWayne, Neb., to take onthe Wildcats. With the firstinning not going as well asplanned, the Wolves wentthree and out and WSCwas able to get the first runand the lead. The secondinning was also a three andout, but the Wolves alsomade it a three and out forthe Wildcats. Inning threewas yet another three andout, but again Wayne Statecould not do anythingeither, also going three andout. Northern’s half of thefourth was not pleasant,going three and out again,but this time WSC wouldbring in two more runs inthe bottom half of theinning. The fifth inningshowed no better for theWolves as they again wentthree and out, but theywere able to hold theWildcats to no scoring. Thesixth was yet another threeand out for the Wolvesonly this time Waynewould get more run sup-port and took the game,

scoring five runs. With the8-0 loss, freshman pitcherJordan Florey, Fort Dodge,Iowa, was charged the lossand offensively, Northernhad no hits, walks, or run-ners on base.

Game two of the daystarted like game one forthe Wolves, going threeand out and Wayne Statehitting a two-run homer,taking the early lead.Northern would get theirfirst hit of the day in thesecond, but unfortunatelycould not capitalize, leav-ing her on base. After athree and out in the bottomof the second for theWildcats, Northern shotback with a sacrifice flyfrom Norris to score soph-omore outfielder AllysonTeclaw, Alexandria, Minn.In the bottom of the third,the Wildcats would getanother run to take theirlead back to two. Thefourth inning would allowthe Wolves one hit, butagain left her on whileWayne State was not evenfortunate for that, goingthree and out. Northern’sfifth would end with onewalk and no hits, runs, orrunners left on base.

Wayne State would endtheir half of the fifth withone hit and two runners onbase. Inning six for theWolves ended with anotherhit, but also ended withanother runner stranded onthe bases. Wayne wouldget a hit, but Northern’sdefense was able to getthem into a double play,allowing no runs and leav-ing no runners on base.With the seventh beingtheir last shot, the Wolvesfell 3-1, going three andout in the seventh.Sophomore infielder/pitch-er Stephanie Horkey,Burnsville, Minn., wascharged the loss whileNorthern had four hits, onewalk and left three strand-ed.

Northern was supposedto play Jamestown here inAberdeen, but it was post-poned. The Wolves facedConcordia-St. Paul, St.Cloud and the Universityof Mary respectively onthe 8th, 9th and 12th, butstatistics were unavailableas of press time. The nexthome game for the Wolveswill be April 16 againstMinnesota, Crookston at12 and 2 p.m.

Zachary AndersonSports Reporter

BaseballApril 14 — Valley City State (DH) at Valley City, N.D., 2 / 5 p.m.April 16 — Minnesota Crookston (DH), 12 / 3 p.m.April 17 — Minnesota Crookston (DH), 12 / 3 p.m.April 20 — Southwest Minnesota State (DH), 2 / 5 p.m.April 22 — Bemidji State (DH) at Bemidji, Minn., 12 / 3 p.m.April 23 — Bemidji State (DH) at Bemidji, Minn., 12 / 3 p.m.April 26 — St. Cloud State (DH) at St. Cloud, Minn., 2 / 5 p.m.April 30 — Concordia - St. Paul (DH) at St. Paul, Minn., 12 / 3 p.m.May 1 — Concordia - St. Paul (DH) at St. Paul, Minn., 12 / 3 p.m.Outdoor Track and FieldApril 15-16 — Sioux City Relays at Sioux City, IowaApril 19 — Cobber Twilight at Moorhead, Minn.April 25 — SDSU Twilight at BrookingsApril 29-30 — Drake Relays at Des Moines, IowaApril 29 — Kip Janvrin Open at Indianola, IowaApril 30 — Al Sahli InvitationalMay1-2 — NSIC Multi EventsSoftballApril 13 — U-Mary (DH) at Bismarck, N.D., 2 / 4 p.m.April 16 — Minnesota, Crookston (DH), 12 / 2 p.m.April 17 — MSU Moorhead (DH), 12 / 2 p.m.April 19 — Bemidji State (DH) at Bemidji, Minn., 12 / 2 p.m.April 22 — Winona State (DH) at Winona, Minn., 12 / 2 p.m.April 23 — Upper Iowa (DH) at Fayette, Iowa, 12 / 2 p.m.April 27 — Minnesota-Duluth (DH) at Duluth, Minn., 1 / 3 p.m.April 30 — Southwest Minnesota State (DH), 12 / 2 p.m.May 1 — Minnesota State (DH), 12 / 2 p.m.TennisApril 16-17 — NSIC Conference Tournament at Minneapolis, Minn.

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The weather is warming up, the TwistCone is now open, and graduation isless than a month away.

I cannot even contain my excitement when Ithink about that glorious day on May 7.

However, as it gets closer I keep thinking ofthe things I have yet to do to finish my list of“What To Do in Aberdeen Before YouGraduate.” Here’s the list….

“Completed” List— Get some ice cream at the Twist Cone.— Volunteer at the Humane Society. Not

only are you doing something nice for a non-profit organization, but you get to play withanimals!

— Go to Chicken on a Stick on Thursdaynights at Lagers. Yum… Sweet Chili andHoney Mustard, my favorite.

— Wings at Shenanigans on Wednesdaynights.

— Wings at the Circus on Monday nights. — Wings anywhere.— Go skating at Skate-Away. Honestly, it’s

a lot of fun. Especially when your friends falldown and you play skate limbo with 3rdgraders…

— Go ice-skating either at the Expo or thatoutdoor rink by the Salvation Army. LikeSkate Away, it’s hilarious when your friendsfall down.

— Get a group of friends together and getyour bowl on at Village Bowl. Even better if itis Cosmic bowling.

— Once 21, karaoke at the Zoo onWednesday nights and Shenanigans on Sunday

nights. It’s a lot of fun to hear your friends singlike idiots.

— Go to an NSU play production. Even ifyou aren’t into theater, I think it should berequired as a duty to school to make it to one.

— Attend a Gypsy Days football gameand parade.

— Attend the I Hate Winter activities andbasketball game.

— Visit Storybook Land and take thesame pictures that everyone else takes andpost to Facebook.

— Have breakfast at Sammy’s in down-town Aberdeen.

— Go to the Great Aberdeen Pig Outmusic festival.

— Join a gym or play city-league sports. — Get some friends together, make or buy

some picnic food, and go to one of the parksand have a picnic. Bring a Frisbee or baseballmitts and toss a ball around.

“To Be Completed” List— Visit the Dacotah Prairie Museum and

learn more about Aberdeen and South Dakota.I mean, I did come to college to actually learnsomething.

— Go to the Water Park. Uh, this will not behappening I believe.

— Rollerblade at Wylie Park. This probablywon’t be happening either, as I believe thatWylie Park doesn’t open until later in May.

— Golf on any of the golf courses. — Get a burger at Big Fella’s. Attend a class at the Aberdeen Recreation

and Cultural Center (ARCC).— Go to every restaurant in Aberdeen at

least once. Ithink I only have Big Fella’s left actually…Ibetter get on that this month.

Now I’m sure I’m forgetting something, butthis is the list that I have compiled throughoutmy five-year tenure here at Northern StateUniversity.

I hope that everyone will try some of thethings on my list, especially when you’re feel-ing that there is just “nothing to do” inAberdeen.

I have only a few things left on my list andwhile some of them won’t happen before grad-uation due to it being too early yet, but I amgoing to try my hardest to get them done so Ifeel like I have the full college experience!

Super Senior: What to do in Aberdeen before you graduate

Aries (March 21-April 19)Have you always wanted to start your own

band? Is there a type of music you have justalways wanted the world to hear? Good newsfor you, my Aries friend, the stars say it willfinally happen. In fact, they say the world isultimately ready for a reggae/polka/ heavymetal band. You will have fame beyond yourwildest dreams.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)If you had a bad Valentine’s Day, no fear!

This month you will find great love in unex-pected places.

Be sure to check out homeless shelters,rummage sales in trailer parks, prisons andmental health hospitals for potential lovematches. If you had a great Valentine’s Day,be careful. Your luck may soon run out.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)The nicer weather means that spring has

finally sprung, putting a little extra spring inyour step. Make sure to get outside and playsome hopscotch and leap frog. Don’t bealarmed though, Tigger, if people look at youfunny while you’re skipping around campus.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)Your parents will suggest they buy you a

trailer house upon graduation. You will findthis to be a very good idea as you can thenthrow a trailer house warming party completewith NASCAR, screaming drunken relatives,broken down lawnmowers in the front lawnand fried chicken.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)This month sibling rivalry will reach new

heights. If you get a 98 percent on a test, yourbrother or sister will get 101 percent. If youget a promotion to a managerial position, yourbrother or sister will be promoted to CEO. Ifyou get a canary, they will get a parrot. If youdon’t have siblings, I guess you don’t have toworry about it.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)The stars have shown me that you will have

a very productive month in the form of a mas-sive, mind-blowing shopping spree. You willfind treasures you never even dreamed of hav-ing. Don’t fear for you bank account though,as this shopping spree will be occurring at TheDollar Tree.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Your favorite news anchor will be getting a

new job this month in Fairbanks, Alaska,leaving you to find a new T.V. personality toidolize. While your shrine to the current newsanchor will be obsolete, do not fret becausethe replacement will come with merchandisespecifically catered to obsessive news fans.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov.21)The position of the moon in its second,

third, and seventh position this month willleave you feeling extremely sick. Sick ofschool! To counteract this feeling, make sureto spend plenty of time outdoors doing pro-ductive non-school related activities. Justmake sure you go to class; school ain’t overyet!

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.21)Hot! Hot! Hot! This word is going to play a

huge part in your life this month. You are

going to meet hot girls/boys (all already inrelationships), have an unfortunate incidentwith hot coffee, while driving, find yourselfdealing with a “hot” car, find that yourDominos pizza is not hot, and find the hotfashions at Wal-Mart.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)The stars will be whispering in your ear this

month. Pay attention and listen to their tinyvoices as they enter your head.

Of course, this could just be schizophrenia.Maybe consult a psychiatrist before you fol-low any of their advice.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)“April showers bring May flowers” has

always seemed a little bit of a vague conceptfor you.

Basically it means that the rain in Aprilhelps grow flowers that bloom in May.

It doesn’t mean that taking showers in Aprilmeans the Mayflower ship will be docked.Get outside this month and appreciate thebeauty of Spring.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Love is in the air for you as you find your-

self fascinated by the mating season of thegrouse.

If you are a female, you will soon hear amelodious, imitation call of the grouse by aman that shares your affection for grouse. Ifyou are a male, you will impress your ladyfriend with your impression of the matingdance and imitation of a grouse.

You will find your soul mate with these no-fail techniques.

Horoscopes: fame beyond your wildest dreams

SurveyPhoto

What would you liketo see at Northern StateUniversity?

— Rita Zappa

“I would die to seeCarrie Underwood”

Jaymi Leingang, senior,Mandan, N.D.

“I want to see moreintramurals”

Zach Anderson, sopho-more, South Sioux City,Neb.

“Wet T-shirtContest”

Ty Williams, fresh-men, Aberdeen

“I want to see Skilletperform here”

Amber Brant, freshman,Rapid City

“More bands andacoustic to get the placemoving”

Seth Gosch, sophomore,Aberdeen

“A big main musicevent”

Brandon Kinder, junior,Aberdeen

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