Dakota Student

Vehicles on Universi-ty Avenue could soon be a thing of the past.

The Grand Forks-East Grand Forks Metropoli-tan Planning Organization is currently heading a study to find if a lack of cars on-campus would be beneficial.

The MPO is considering the idea of turning University Avenue into a pedestrian mall with increased campus shuttle bus access. Decreasing the number of pedestrian and vehicle interactions would be one goal of the transition to a vehicle street.

“University Avenue is a very heavy traffic area,” UND Facilities Management Director Larry Zit-zow told the Grand Forks Herald on Wednesday. “The vehicle-pedestrian traffic is terrible.”

Some from the UND community think this could be accomplished without the change.

“Well, I feel students need to pay attention to traffic, simple as that,” said 2012 UND graduate Matt Lakner. “The laws may be in students’ favor, but physics isn’t.”

The study’s conclusions are scheduled to be re-leased in February 2013.

Going greenPart of the inspiration for a vehicle-free Uni-

versity Avenue came from the university’s Climate Action Plan, released April 2010.

According to the report, 25-to-90 percent of the traffic on University Avenue comes from stu-dents and faculty driving from one part of campus to another.

The plan proposed several ideas for lowering the carbon dioxide emissions generated by the uni-versity.

UND community members could be encour-

DSInsideCrime Notes — page 2

Wildeman: Degrees — page 4

Whitman: Farewell UND — page 5

U-Card printing money — page 6

Reiki therapy gains following — page 10

Springfest preview — page 11

USA olympic training — page 14

Pro Bowl on chopping block — page 15

Tuesday May 1, 2012Volume 129 | Issue 48

Reaching the students, faculty and staff of the University of North Dakota since 1888 | www.dakotastudent.comTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

Citizen Cope performs at Fritz Page 9

Securing your rent deposit Page 3

UND baseball secures more wins Page 13

This is the last issue of the year. Good luck on fi nals! - The DS Staff*

Avenue’s future may be vehicle-free

JAYE MILLSPAUGHTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

Senate d i s cu s s e s fees, bylawsMEETING Senators agree to committee additions and chang-es to help with budget

KAITLIN BEZDICEKTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

Alumni center nears completionCONSTRUCTION Build-ing will hold uses for alumni and current and prospective students.

BRANDI JEWETTTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

TRAFFIC City committee studies possibility of pedestrian mall on University Avenue.

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UND students vie for state board position

HANNAH ROSENTHALTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

HIGHER ED Joe Moen and Shane Gerbert campaign to be gov-ernor’s selection.

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Two UND students are cam-paigning to be the governor’s choice for a student position on the governing body of the eleven schools in the North Dakota University System.

Joe Moen, a junior in Elec-trical Engineering, and Shane Gerbert, a senior in Air Traffic Control, are vying to be the stu-dent representative on the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education. The position begins

Joe Moen (Left) and Shane Gerbert (Right) are both campaigning to be the next student member of the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education. The win-ner will be appointed by the governor and begin serving July 1 . Photos by Nathan Twerberg

its next term July 1.The current student mem-

ber, NDSU student Robert Val-lie, finishes his one-year term June 30.

The position, created in 1995 to give students a voice in the State Board, is an official seat involved in all of the deci-sions made by the board.

Gerbert, who has served on the Student Senate as a student representative and State Gov-ernmental Affairs Coordinator since last June, is focusing on tensions currently seen between the Board and the Legislature.

“I want to run because I feel that there are a lot of issues to address, specifically the tensions between the Higher Board of Education and the Legislature,” Gerbert said. “I want to build

credibility between the board, the legislature, and the people of the state.”

The tension Gerbert speaks of revolves around which body has the authority to make certain decisions concerning education.

A main issue that has come between the State Board and the Legislature is the current dispute over the Fighting Sioux logo and nickname.

The board and the legislature have taken conflicting stances on the issue, failing to agree on im-plementing regulations or laws.

“I’ve built relationships with the legislature and have had ex-perience with the State Board,” Gerbert said. “I enjoy being the student voice of the people. I’ve

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Almost a year after its groundbreaking, the Gorecki Alumni Center is on track for its grand opening during the university’s 2012 Homecoming celebration.

Once it opens, the Alumni Association hopes to see it take a prominent place in the univer-sity community.

“We want it to be students’ first stop on campus,” said Sarah Kotelnicki, director of Alumni Relations. “They start and end their journey at UND in this building.”

Prospective students will begin their campus tours in the center while alumni will visit the center to make donation and give presentations to students.

Current students can also en-joy the center as well says Spring Bakke, director of services for the center.

Meeting rooms will be avail-

ALUM [page 7]

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This Sunday, Senators took measures to improve the alloca-tion process of student fees after a semester full of tough deci-sion making, especially after the Student Organization Funding Agency dried up.

Former President and Vice President Kylie Oversen and Nate Elness introduced to Senate the creation of a new committee to work with student fee alloca-tion.

This committee, termed the Student Fee Advisory Commit-tee, will be made up of student government members and staff as well as students-at-large.

The goal is to increase stu-dent input in fee allocation es-pecially in the case that student fees are increased.

Essentially, each year an amount of student fees is al-located to various committees such as Student Organization

FEE [page 8]

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1 instance, marijuana

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bacon overcooked

[THEFT]1 instance, bicycle

[DUI]1 instance

[DOMESTIC DISPUTE]1 instance, parties

separated

[POLICE ASSIST]1 instance, lost keys

DATEBOOKTODAY, MAY 1, 2012

[EVENT] School of Engineering and Mines exposition, Memorial Union Ballroom, 9 .am. to 3 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012

[PARTY] “Thank You Dean Rice!” Education Building Lobby, 2 to 4 p.m.

[FILM] “Transamerica,”Memorial Union Lecture Bowl, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

[PLAY] Night Shadow Performance & Reading, ND Museum of Art, 5 to 7 p.m.

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Getting the most out of your rent depositTips and tricks for cleaning stains and making repairs

done it before and feel I can continue to do it well.”

Moen feels that he is a good candidate because of the way he approaches issues.

“There are different ways to look at a problem,” Moen said. “You can look at just the possible solutions, just the problem, or the process of getting from the problem to a solution.”

“I feel that I do best at looking at the process in-stead of just looking at only the problem or the solu-tions.”

Moen has served on the North Dakota Student As-sociation for the past three-and-a-half years.

“I believe it is necessary to have a member who is cor-rectly representing students needs,” Moen said.

One of the problems that Moen feels he can address is tuition sustainability.

“I want to make sure that tuition and fees go up at a reasonable rate,” Moen said. “Not too high, but not so low that they hurt the fu-ture.”

Good luck on fi nals from the Dakota Student!

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Hannah Rosenthal is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]

The fact is, money matters, both for you and your landlord - especially when it concerns the security deposit that you put down a year ago.

On top of finals, many students have their housing situation on their minds, wondering where to live next and how to move out of their current residence.

Here are some quick tips on how to get the most back on your security de-posit and make quick fixes to fiscal reductions.

1. Move everything out. If there are some items of furniture or art no lon-ger wanted, sell them. Host a yard sale, post them on UNDerground or donate them. Everything must get taken out your place or else moving fees may be as-sessed.

2. Clean everything. General cleaning throughout the year can help make this chore a little easier, but sometimes that doesn’t always happen. Remember to get a checklist from your landlord that explains what they expect to be cleaned. Then, take a walk through with them to see if anything else can be done.

Often, a landlord will require a professional carpet cleaning company clean the floors in a home. Speak with the landlord about this, and if there is a cheaper company other than the one suggested, work out an agreement to use that one.

3. Work on removing stains. They’re sometimes unavoidable, and can be nasty to remove — red wine stains especially. A way to MacGyver them out of your carpet or flooring involves hydrogen peroxide and carpet cleaner, two com-mon household items.

Dampen the stain with hydrogen peroxide and let sit for a few minutes to penetrate the carpet fibers. Next, use a spray bottle filled with one part carpet cleaner and one part water to mist the stain. Blot the area with a clean cloth until the stain is no longer visible.

4. Burns are an immediate security deposit redactor. Unfortunately, there is no good way to remove a burn mark from carpet or hardwood. They involve placing more damage to your flooring than before. In the end, you may need to bite the bullet on this one, and try preventing a future incident from happening.

The most important part of retaining a security deposit is communication between the tenant and landlord. Let them know as soon as possible when inci-dents happen that could be damaging to the property.

Also, remember the renter’s rights. The landlord is responsible for general wear and tear on a property. For example, if a dishwasher breaks from old age, it is not the tenant’s responsibility to replace it.

[STORY AND GRAPHIC BY SHELBY THORLACIOUS] THEDAKOTASTUDENT

Shelby Thorlacious is a contributing writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]

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TRANSITION The university finds itself in a time of transformation as it moves for-ward to excellence.

Tuesday May 1, 20124

Success, as we, the students, see it on the University of North Dakota’s campus, is measured in credits. How many credits have you procured? How many have you failed? How many left un-til you’re handed your degree and thrust out into the w o r k i n g world?

Just from these ques-tions, we can see how we glean that success from the classes we enroll in and the pro-fessors we are taught by.

Credits measure your prog-ress through college, and the only way to get credits is through de-cent grades. Grading, as I see it, is fairly arbitrary. One of the first things I learned at UND was that in order to get the grades I want, I need to know my professor. I need to know what they like or dislike, how they grade, the for-mats they prefer and the kinds of ideas they want to see fleshed out.

It didn’t matter how I felt about the system, because once I hit the enroll button on Campus Connection, I was subject to the whims of the professor or lecturer in question. A student who sees this system as the way to succeed is doomed to failure.

All a degree says is this: I have enrolled at this college on this campus; I have completed this program, which required these classes and I have completed these classes in such a manner that I was given the approval to graduate. It doesn’t mean that I worked very hard.

Every college has professors or entire majors that are noth-ing more than the fast track to a bachelor’s degree.

There is so much more to col-lege than getting that sheet of pa-per after four (more or less) years. Sadly, this isn’t what is widely thought in our society. We, the college students, have become consumers of the commodity of

e d u c a t i o n . Mind you, I did not say we are consum-ers of knowl-edge; these are two different things.

A con-sumer of knowledge is someone who

comes to college in search of someone to teach them, to share ideas and thoughts with them, to expand their knowledge.

A consumer of the commod-ity of education comes to college for a degree, that piece of paper that says: “I’m eligible for higher paying jobs than I was four years ago.”

I hate to burst your bubble, but if you’re the latter, you’re do-ing it wrong.

I came as the former and have remained in college for the latter. I can learn on my own; I don’t need to be giving a univer-sity thousands of dollars to learn. Why I do give them thousands of dollars is for that damnable piece of dead tree; the paper on which my name, major and degree are printed upon.

Even if or when I receive a de-gree, I will not have succeeded in college. There are so many other factors that the modern day stu-dent doesn’t consider, see or care about.

Have you ever volunteered?

Have you held a job for a year or more? Do you have financial credit? Is it good credit? Have you met professionals in a variety of fields, expanding your profes-sional network? Have you devel-oped any leadership skills? Do you have professional references? Did you even learn anything from those thousands of dollars you spent?

There are sloughs of practi-cal resume builders that college alumni should consider before judging their success.

But, there are also things to be considered that you wouldn’t put on your resume. How’s your self-worth? Have you stood up for something you believe in? Did you enjoy college? Are you happy?

There’s so much opportunity at a university to branch out and do the things you may never have the chance to accomplish again. Did you take advantage of these things? If not, do you wish you could go back and do it over again?

Measuring the success you have in college by the degree you’re holding and the grades you’re leaving with is, simply put, delusional. It’s time for us to stop buying into this system of mea-suring intellect with an “A” or “F,” and to stop looking at a col-lege degree as the only thing that needs to be gained in college.

The world no longer works in such ways, and young profession-als with degrees have become the norm, not the exception.

There needs to be something else, professionally and mentally, to make you stand out from that crowd.

‘We, as college stu-dents, have become consumers of the com-modity of education.

Caitlin Wildemancolumnist

CAITLIN WILDEMANTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

Caitlin Wildeman is a columnist for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at caitlin.wildeman@

my.und.edu

Degrees: more than paper

This year has been one of ups and downs for UND.Students saw a nickname disappear and reappear

multiple times, new buildings started and completed and tuition and fees increase.

They saw the loss of one of their own, a fraternity shut down and a chance at a hockey championship slip through UND’s fingers.

In several days, a group of graduates that helped shape this university over their four or more years spent here will don caps and gowns, walk across the stage and move on to the next step in their life. It may be to graduate school, to a job or maybe a trip to Europe, but wherever they go, they will carry the flag of UND with them.

This year our own paper saw many changes, and now, as we turn over the reigns to our new staff mem-bers, we charge them with the mission to keep campus informed on things that matter in the most fair and accurate way possible.

They, and the rest of the student population, will have to endure an even bigger year of change next year.

The nickname issue will go to the ballots this June, the outcome of the vote no one could guess at this point. However, one thing the outgoing staff can tell you is this issue will not be settled with the vote. It will remain a contentious issue for years to come.

The outcome of this vote will most likely be the first challenge faced by our university’s newest vice president position created this year. We hope the cho-sen candidate turns attention away from the nickname to more positive stories coming out of UND, such as student philanthropy efforts, research, experiential learning and other accomplishments our peers com-plete on a daily basis.

Students will also be rubbing shoulders with more peers than ever before. Next fall’s enrollment numbers are expected to be the highest ever achieved in univer-sity history. That means students will be fighting for space in residence halls, apartment buildings, Greek houses, dining centers, computer labs, classrooms and parking lots. We hope the university is ready and will in turn prepare its students for this population increase.

Next year, programs and departments will continue to expand and shrink as student interest shifts from one job sector to another.

Even with all this change, UND’s spirit will remain.We wish all the movers and shakers of the univer-

sity, whether they are students, faculty, staff or admin-istrators luck in their endeavors next year.

The Dakota Student will be here to capture all of their successes and failures as it has done for the past 124 years, just with a new set of hands on the helm.

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When I first began college, I had very few expectations. This was not because I felt college would be a letdown, but because I had no idea what expect. I had no older siblings to offer me ad-vice, my parents had been in col-lege so long ago that the system had completely changed and the tours barely dig into the surface of university life.

After spending eight hours a day trapped in one room to the next in high school, the thought of three to four hours of class a day in college sounded like a dream. There would be am-ple time to meet new friends, wander about campus or goof around; I was in for a treat.

This is no longer the reality.Between my two part-time

jobs and full-time class load, I sometimes feel as tough the phrase, “rip my hair out” will someday come true for me.

I learned to balance my life by taking one day at a time, and slowly make my way through college as a modest procrastina-tor. But, that too often backfires and I find myself in utter chaos trying to get everything done on time.

I get the feeling that many UND professors forget how much students have on their plate with courses, jobs, friends, family and extracurricular activi-ties.

College is tough. Hardly anyone can deny that; its meant to be a challenge. And while I am definite-ly not some-one who can make assumptions about what life is like outside the bounda r i e s of campus, I find it dif-ficult to be-lieve it is anything like this.

Because universities are sep-arated into colleges, students are quick to make assumptions about workloads of those in dif-ferent fields or concentrations. They compare homework and schedules to other discourses and assume they are the higher breed.

Engineers and physicists are often inclined to think com-munication majors have little to nothing to do in their classes, while communication majors tend to think English majors

aren’t applicable to “real world” writing or journalism positions. Not to mention all the avia-tion majors who often surround themselves in their own little bubbles.

The truth of the matter is that every major is challenging in its own regard. Academics

are meant to push a s t u d e n t ’ s l imi ta t ions and students who pay their own way through college by working two or more jobs have more

on their plate than the average student.

Between my coursework, ap-proaching finals, and employ-ment, I am drawing closer to pulling out clumps of my own hair, or having a full-on panic attack. This is especially true when I ponder how my profes-sors will view my work. Will they see my papers as being “A” worthy or “C” worthy? Will my GPA be high or low this year? Will I even have time to finish everything on my list that needs to get done? This is the whirl-

wind within my brain at the mo-ment.

My father told me, when I was set to transfer to UND, that it would be a far more chal-lenging university than the pri-vate one I had attended for the last two years. I laughed and thought it was a joke of a com-ment. But looking back, I know he was right. Private does not mean better or more challeng-ing. Higher tuition costs do not mean higher quality. If anything, private means fewer resources than public due to less funding and financial aid. All four semesters at that university combined were less challenging than the two I have experienced at UND.

Honestly, I’m happy. I couldn’t be more thrilled that I’m finally getting the college ex-perience I was meant for.

The most rewarding aspect of my time at UND has been outside of the classroom. My two jobs are not traditional minimum wage jobs; obviously one of them is as a columnist for the Dakota Student, which has continually been one of the best experiences I could have wished for.

But there are so many other students who walk off campus

after graduation and have abso-lutely no applicable experience toward their field. I, on the oth-er hand, will at least have some and it might give me a leg up against fellow applicants in the future.

I often find myself pushing my friends to discover the same opportunities.

At least a stress-induced heart attack will not have been for nothing if I can formulate a good resume at the end of my four years. But, looking back, I sort of wish I could kick my 18-year-old self in the butt and tell her it won’t always be easy and that she should start plan-ning immediately for the fu-ture—both academically and financially.

The undergraduate years go by fast, and in the spring of 2013 when it comes time for me to graduate, I can only hope my expectations have changed. Between my courses and jobs, I find little time to stop and con-sider my self-confidence for my future endeavors, but I know its deep down in there somewhere and it’ll be ready when I need it.

CHRISTEN FURLONgTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

‘The truth of the mat-ter is that every major is challenging in its own regard.

Christen Furlongmanaging/opinion editor

Christen Furlong is the Managing/Opinion Editor for The Dakota

Student. She can be reached at [email protected]

College workload helps and hinders students

This is my final column for the Dakota Student. I’m not one to be especially sappy, nor do I enjoy reading columns that remi-nisce about specific experiences that are never fully described and are irrelevant to the readership, so I will try to avoid doing that.

I have spent the last several days thinking about how I would use this space. I kind of wanted to do a political piece, but I don’t have time to do the research. I thought about writing about roller derby or a scathingly feminist re-sponse to the sexist backlash I re-ceived on Area Voices after my day of celebrity last week, but that felt inappropriate. I considered writ-ing a goodbye column with advice for those who have a few years left in their stay at UND, but I figure someone else will do that and, if they don’t, it might be a bit con-de scend ing of me to as-sume that you all need advice to get through the next few years because you have clearly man-aged to make it through this one.

So, instead of these topics, I have decided to write about what I have learned both from writing opinions and from being a student at UND. Take or leave it.

1. People read the paper. They don’t always like the content, but a few do, and that’s what matters. I can’t describe how flattering it

was to have someone with whom I hadn’t spoken in several years tell me how much he liked my Slut Walk column from last spring. It canceled out all “the Dakota Student is a liberal piece of trash” comments on the old website.

2. On the other hand, because people read the paper, account-ability is important, and my name is attached to what I write. This small box on a piece of paper has power, even if it’s hard to realize how much power. Therefore, con-sideration of the consequences of publishing is necessary. I have tried to be somewhat sensitive of local issues and contexts; some-what.

3. Controversy isn’t a bad thing. I still feel very strongly that what was written about a certain hockey player in the fall had to be said, even though the student body reacted very strongly and not in favorable ways. Controver-

sy is impor-tant because at least the dialogue gets opened and the conver-sation moves forward. And some of the controversial topics are impor t an t . The athlete

needed to be called out.4. Haters gonna hate. I have

tried to be educational and explain issues semi-neutrally. I have tried to be fair. I have tried to acknowl-edge a number of perspectives without vilifying and it doesn’t always work. It frequently doesn’t work because I can’t discuss social issues without having an opinion;

that’s the point of writing opin-ions. And because it’s an opinion, views are going to vary. I am sure I have a select-readership who think I spout nonsense every week. Bul-ly for them. I can’t please everyone and I don’t particularly care. If you’ve read the column, I’ve done my job. I don’t expect everyone to agree with what I write. That would be awesome, but also kind of boring.

5. This is the opinions section. I like writing humorous columns on Netflix, the duck face and all the other strange things that occur in my life, but I think the point of having this space is to say some-thing and really say it by offering an opinion. I view this space as an opportunity to bring topics up for discussion which may not normal-ly be open for conversation. The purpose of writing an opinion is to have an opinion on something, which is why it’s called the “opin-ion section.” It’s acceptable to be controversial and even better to be opinionated on topics more seri-ous than parking. A part of me doesn’t like writing about how exasperated I get with Netflix, be-cause really, what does it matter? But I also can’t write about how angry I am about certain issues every week, because that would become ineffective. I have to mix it up, and this column is me doing just that.

Anyway, dear readers, thank you for reading my columns. I have learned a lot about writing in my time at the newspaper, and I am grateful to my audience. Good luck with finals, y’all.

I come to the commentary pages today with an agenda, with a call to action to the students and adminis-tration of UND. There’s something that’s bothered me for a long time on this campus, and indeed on any campus I’ve been privileged enough to be a part of over the course of my undergraduate career.

C i v i l rights may not necessar-ily be some-thing that you think of when you think of UND; but, there is a civil rights issue at hand on this campus. Students, staff, fac-ulty and university administration: it’s time for gender-neutral housing at UND.

It may seem strange to you that I call housing a civil rights issue; but, I have good reason in doing so. You see, there is no community as affected by the lack of a gender-neutral housing policy as the GLBTQ community. It’s no secret that there are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and question-ing people on this campus; after all, UND does have a GLBTQ student organization in the Ten Percent So-ciety.

GLBTQ students on this campus face a somewhat terrifying experience when signing up for housing on this campus. They don’t know if the per-son that they end up rooming with will be supportive of their gender identity or sexual orientation. Living in a place like North Dakota, one can understand the apprehension over be-

ing forced to live with someone who may not approve of your “lifestyle.”

I was fortunate to have my best friend from high school as my room-mate at UND. I had come out to all of my friends during high school; so, I knew that rooming with him wouldn’t be a problem and that he was okay with my sexual orientation. However, for many on campus that

isn’t the experi-ence. Many students live in fear of dis-crimination or even physi-cal harm from roommate s that are hos-tile towards their gender identity or sexual orien-

tation. There’s a reason that most of my GLBTQ friends no longer live in the dorms. Many of them only spent a semester or one academic year in the residence halls before moving in with fellow GLBTQ students or friends who were okay with their sexual ori-entation or gender identity.

It might not be an issue for the campus at large; but, it’s an issue for every GLBTQ student. It’s time, UND. It’s time for gender-neutral housing. I think the Oklahoma Daily (the student newspaper of the Univer-sity of Oklahoma) got it right when earlier this year they published an edi-torial saying, “It means the choice to live with those who are most comfort-able with them, and, in turn, to live in the environment they find most com-fortable– a right taken for granted by every other student at OU.”

JON HAMLINTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

Jon Hamlin is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be

reached at [email protected]

Housing freedom

‘There’s a reason that most of my GLBTQ friends no longer live in the dorms.

Jon Hamlincolumnist

Madi Whitman is a columnist for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at madisson.whitman@

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‘I view this space as an opportunity to bring topics up for discussion.

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encouraged to walk, bike and ride the campus shuttle buses as alternative forms of transportation.

New study, old issueReducing the amount of

traffic moving through the campus isn’t a new idea.

In the 1990s, the city of Grand Forks researched the idea of building an under-pass underneath 34th Street, which would pass below the railroad tracks to divert traf-fic from the center of cam-pus.

In 2002, the MPO pro-duced the first University Avenue Traffic Calming Study to find ways to reduce traffic there. Its recommen-dations were never pursued.

The MPO is currently looking at whether or not the pedestrian mall could fit into the city’s traffic needs.

The potential pedestrian mall would run from Colum-bia Road to Stanford Road. Traffic around campus could use Sixth Avenue North and Campus Road. Traffic going through campus would be diverted to DeMers Avenue and Gateway Drive.

Another idea UND is considering as an alterna-tive to the pedestrian mall is simply limiting drivers’ ability to move cars from one parking lot to another, since this fills the roads with drivers looking for parking spots.

The effect on the city’s traffic is a concern for some students.

“This would affect those who don’t even attend this school, since University Av-enue is a pretty busy street,” UND senior Kyle Jefferson said. “It’s a simple solu-tion, pedestrians need to use crosswalks and not dart out in front of cars.”

The recommendations from the MPO study will be included in the committee’s transportation plan update that will be released in Feb-ruary 2013.

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Jaye Millspaugh is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at jaye.mill-

[email protected]

The swipe of a U-Card has replaced carrying around cash to pay for items at university print stations, but some students won-der what happens to the money they have left on their card at se-mester’s end.

For the students who don’t use up their specific printing a l l o c a t i o n a v a i l a b l e on their U-Card, the r e m a i n d e r goes back into the university’s technology fund, ac-cording to Craig Cerkowniak, Information Technology Systems and Services associate director of support ser-vices.

According to Cerkowniak,

U-Card remainder is reclaimed by UND

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PRINTING Students will not be paid for any of their leftover allocations.

this money is used to keep up with various aspects of the uni-versity, including computer labs.

The money does not go back to students because it is an allo-cation from the university.

The program continues to ex-pand to locations across campus.

“There has been a big push to bring the program to more areas on campus,” Cerkowniak said. “Targeting places where students want to print is what we have been working on.”

UniPrint was originally con-tained within general-purpose labs. Soon, it was available in

department labs, and e v e n t u a l l y moved to open ar-eas around campus.

T h e U - C a r d system, es-t a b l i s h e d

in the early 2000s, had replaced a punch card that students used for printing in a “pay-as-you-go” process.

UND Student Government

decided they wanted to do some-thing bigger.

After doing research and looking to the information tech-nology department, a company by the name of Pharos was dis-covered.

The company sets up pro-grams that can be used by stu-dents such as printing and pho-tocopying.

The UniPrint program, set up by Pharos, was determined to be the best fit for the campus.

UniPrint assigns a certain amount of money to be loaded onto each student’s U-Card for printing. UND decided that, based off of other universities, eight dollars would be a suffi-cient amount.

At four cents per page, an eight dollar allowance would al-low a student to print 200 pages.

“Initially, it was built on the fact that 48 percent of the stu-dents would use the program,” Cerkowniak said. “However, not everyone will use their printing allocation.”

Freshman Marie Lindgren sees many benefits of the Uni-Print program.

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dent. She can be reached at [email protected]

‘There has been a push to bring the program to more areas on cam-pus.

Craig Cerkowniakassociate director

“I usually print things about twice a week, so I think the allot-ted amount of printing that we get is definitely enough.” Lind-gren said. “Everyone prints a dif-ferent amount of pages depend-ing on the types of classes they are taking, so I think $8.00 is a fair amount.”

The allocation on each U-Card comes from the Student Technology Fund. Each student currently contributes $50 to the fund per semester.

The original cost of the Uni-Print program was picked up by Student Government at the time and was to be part of the technol-ogy fee.

Some students are starting to recognize the potential savings they could see through their use of UniPrint.

“By having money available on my U-Card for printing, I don’t have to spend my money buying a printer since I can just use the ones around campus to print things,” Lindgren said.

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available for students to study, read or practice presentations.

Student organizations will also be able to reserve the cen-ter’s community room and fire pit.

Bakke says the center will also play host to a variety of community, campus and ath-letic events. Organizers requir-ing food for their event are given the option of having it prepared on-site in the center’s five-star kitchen.

“We have a lot of ideas for things we like to see held in the building,” Bakke said.

Bakke and Kotelnicki said they hope to see the number of student uses for the building continue to grow.

In the meantime, crews are continuing to assemble the building’s interior and exterior infrastructure.

Since the Gorecki Center’s construction process began, the layout of the building has changed from the original plans.

“We started with just a base-ment, and now it’s full of peo-ple,” said James Galloway of JLG Architects, the firm in charge of designing the center.

The Alumni Association call center and Enrollment Services will now reside in the center’s basement, leading to some struc-tural changes.

“We had to create window wells to let daylight into the basement for the people working down there,” Galloway said.

Proper daylight is one of the standards the Gorecki Cen-ter needs to meet in order to be LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) cer-tified.

The changes added to the building’s $12 million price tag. but Kotelnicki says student money wasn’t used to fund the alterations.

“All the money used for the windows came from state and private funds,” she said.

LEED certification is based on the building’s design, opera-tion and construction in rela-tion to being environmentally friendly.

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There are multiple levels of LEED certification. If the Gore-cki Center follows its require-ments, it will be the first LEED Platinum building in North Da-kota.

The desire to reach this level added $2 million to the build-

An artist’s rendering of how the Gorecki Alumni Center’s community room will look when setup for an event. This room and others will be available to students and stu-dent organizations. Photo submitted.

ing’s cost. “With platinum, there really

isn’t a return on investment,” Galloway said. “It doesn’t pay back, ever.”

Despite this, Galloway says the building will be used as an educational tool, noting that

visitors will be able to see how much energy the building is con-suming at any given time on a special screen.

The building will produce 13 percent of its energy on-site through geothermal wells and solar energy.

Brandi Jewett is the News Editor for The Dakota Student. She can

be reached at [email protected]

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Funding Agency, Student Com-munication Funding Commit-tee or University Programming Committee. With SFAC, each committee will have to propose their bud-get in the fall for SFAC to review and make recommendations for. President Robert Kelley will have the final say and the Pres-idential Fi-nance Com-mittee will work with the amount agreed on.

“ T h i s c o m m i t t e e calls for in-creased com-municat ion with students including expla-nations of existing fees and any changes proposed throughout the year,” Oversen said.

The SFAC will meet month-ly in an effort to review spending and then prioritize and respond to student needs.

“I think this committee has a lot of potential to improve the organization,” Senator Jacob Gapp said. “It will keep a lot of these organizations in line and

build clarity for students.”Senators unanimously voted

to approve this committee.Funding discussion contin-

ued as Senator Adam Swigost in-troduced a bylaw change aimed at preventing student groups from double dipping into SOFA and Student Government funds.

“If one organization goes to SOFA, they can’t again come to Student Government for the

same event,” S e n a t o r Adam Swi-gost said. “We want all student groups to be treated the same way.”

S t u -dent sena-tors have dealt with

different organizations groups that have come to student gov-ernment after SOFA ran out of funds.

“If SOFA does run out of money, we do want them to come to us,” Swigost said. “We just want to have a structure in place to ensure we aren’t flying through money.”

Ensuring that SOFA main-tains its role as a funding agency was the goal for Senator Kristin

Emmons.“SOFA has guidelines, limi-

tations and equations that Stu-dent Government doesn’t have,” Senator Kristin Emmons said. “This isn’t to crush student groups or keep them from get-ting money but to show organi-zations they either go to SOFA or Student Senate, not both.”

Overall, Senators saw the bylaw change as a beneficial im-provement for SOFA.

“I’m in support of this so we

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have some clarity with the orga-nization,” Senator Jacob Oster-man said. “Also, there are excep-tions for when SOFA runs out of money.”

This was the last Senate meeting until meetings resume next semester. There are still open Senate spots and interested students can apply in the fall.

Kaitlin Bezdicek is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be

reached at [email protected]

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CULTURE&MEDIA Tuesday May 1, 2012

Exploring the use of Reiki therapyPage 10

Springfest PreviewPage 11

Story by Brandi Jewett

Thousands of music fans descended upon the campus this weekend, gathering for a performance from Citizen Cope – an alternative singer/songwrit-er hailing from the East Coast.

Cope captivated thousands of his fans at the Chester Fritz Auditorium this Saturday, playing an acoustic show for the audience.

“The students seemed really into it,” said Bailee Vaughn, chair of the Association of Residence Halls Programming Board. “There were a lot more people who were familiar with his music before his concert than I though there would be.”

Though the Chester Fritz is designed for viewing a performance from a seated position, concertgoers were soon out of their seats and crowding around the stage.

The UND performance was the second North Da-kota performance for the singer this week. Friday night Cope appeared in Fargo at the Fargo Theater.

The beginnings of CopeCitizen Cope, born Clarence Greenwood, began

his musical career as a DJ with Basehead, a Wash-ington, D.C. area, hip-hop group.

In 1997, he signed with Capitol Records and has since held contracts with Dreamworks, Artista and RCA record labels.

His self-titled album produced the single “Let The Drummer Kick” in 2002. The song has reached the status of certifi ed gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Copeʼs work has also been featured in television

and fi lm. His music can be found on the soundtracks of

fi lms like “Accepted” and “Coach Carter” and vari-ous television series like “One Tree Hill,” “Entou-rage” and “Scrubs.”

Currently, Cope records under his own label, Rainwater Recordings.

Bringing in the big one Vaughn, a junior, and the ARH Programming Board

were responsible for bringing the singer/songwriter to the campus, paying $25,000 for him to perform.

She says about 11,000 tickets were sold prior to the concert. One strategy the board employed was making tickets available at UND dining centers for easy pick-up.

Vaughn says that she received a lot of positive response about this tactic and plans to encourage next yearʼs board to use it.

Overall, she was very satisfi ed with the concert and attendance.

“I canʼt believe our board did it,” she said. “This was a great test for us. It shows we can get per-formers of this caliber to campus.”

The ARH Programming Board is composed of representatives from the campus residence halls. Its mission is to provide the campus with education and entertainment events.

Vaughn hopes to see the board bring in even big-ger names next school year.

“The board is small, but that didnʼt stop us from putting on an event like this,” Vaughn said.

Citizen Cope takes Grand Forks by Storm

Brandi Jewett is the News Editor for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]

Photo courtesy of citizencope.com

Tuesday May 1, 201210|CULUTRE&MEDIA

After a school year of tests, projects and other stresses, some students may leave the campus feeling broken and bruised. If they’re feeling adventurous, they can try out an alternative healing therapy available in Grand Forks.

T h e therapy is called Reiki and is of-fered to a variety of people by Reiki Mas-ter, Lisa Howard.

“I work with ani-mals, ba-bies, children, men, women, people with sports injuries, chemotherapy patients, people with anxiety and the list goes on. There is no way you can put the

Reiki therapy promotes relaxation and stress reliefHEALTH Local Twelve Houses offers alterna-tive to traditional med-ical treatments.

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people who come to me in a cate-gory,” said Howard. “Reiki is the universal life force energy to pro-mote healing through relaxation and stress relief. It’s pamper time - we just relax and be calm.”

Howard opened a store called The Twelve Houses shortly after she completed Reiki coursework, becoming a Reiki master. She runs the business with her hus-band Robb and provides Reiki services to the Grand Forks Community.

The Twelve Houses sells vari-ous novelties, everything from handmade jewelry and hand bags

to mini Bud-dha figurines. Belly dancing, yoga, tarot reading, gem-stone therapy and Reiki are just a few of the sessions taught at The Twelve Hous-es.

Many of the classes and knick-knacks at The Twelve Houses are created with holistic health in mind.

“We give power over to oth-ers to heal our bodies through

surgeries and pills, but we don’t stop and allow our own bodies to start to heal,” Howard said.

Reiki is a holistic therapy. It involves hands on energy, where hands are placed on the body. People have what are called chakras in their hands. When conducting Reiki it uses these chakras to let energy flow through them to the person re-ceiving the therapy.

“Trust that you can create a channel and let energy flow through you to that person. It is not my energy or any other practitioners’ energy, it’s about being quiet within the body to let the energy flow through the chakras,” Howard said.

Chakras are the centers of spiritual power in the human body. Reiki may sound eccentric to people who have never heard of the practice before. “People can take it or leave it. I’m not here to convince anyone of any-thing,” Howard said.

Though it works to heal the body, Reiki is not a replacement

for going to the hospital. Reiki is not as ancient of a

practice as it may sound. It was developed in 1922 by Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui.

“Reiki is the Japanese form of the Chinese energy chi,” Howard said. “Chi is the universal life force energy that runs through everything, what makes plants grow and us breathe.”

She says she believes those

who participate in Reiki therapy reach a new level of self-enlight-enment.

“Reiki means freedom. It opens up so many things in your life,” she said. “It changes your perspective on what your body can do for you.”

There are seven major chakras in the body. They are energy centers along the spine located at major branches of the human nervous system, beginning at the base of the spinal column and moving upward to the top of the skull. Photo courtesy of health-thruenergy.com.

‘Reiki is the univer-sal life force energy to promote healing through relaxation and stress relieve.

Lisa Howardreiki master Katie Fletcher is the Features Editor for The

Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]

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Springfest 2012 is scheduled to be held Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. at University Park in Grand Forks.

Springfest is a popular, city-funded event held annually in Uni-versity Park at the end of the UND school year. It typically draws in crowds upwards of three or four thousand people.

This will be the fourth year in a row that Rhombus Guys Pizza will be hosting Springfest.

“It’s a lot of work, but it’s get-ting simpler every year,” said Aaron Hendricks, one of the co-founders and current owners of Rhombus Guys.

Three bands will play at Spring-fest: Capo 3, India Ink and Tower-ing Smile Trio.

Springfest 2012 promises bands and comedians

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cELEBrATION Spring time entertainment will be found at University Park.

Capo 3 and Towering Smile Trio are comprised of current UND students, and India Ink is com-prised of UND medical students.

In between sets, there will be performances from comedians Me-gan Hjelle and Paloma Segel.

Food, beverages and alcohol will be available on-site for pur-chase.

There will be a cover charge of $5 per person for entrance. There is no planned parking. No age limit will be enforced, though only those 21 and over will be allowed to drink.

Springfest has traditionally been a source of public safety concern for the local government and police.

Formerly a UND-sponsored concert, Springfest was made alco-hol-free and moved to a different location on-campus in December 1999 by the University Program Council amid concerns that the concert had grown too rowdy.

Springfest stayed unofficially in University Park, gaining spon-sorship from local businesses and funding from the Grand Forks Park

District.It remained just as large and

just as rowdy.In 2002, about 80 citations

were issued, mostly for underage drinking and disorderly conduct.

A small riot also broke out, with event-goers throwing beer bottles at buildings and vehicles, and burning couches, picnic tables and even a foosball table.

Last year, though a riot failed to break out, about 80 more citations were handed out for disorderly con-duct, public intoxication and other similar violations.

Nine businesses also failed an alcohol compliance check.

Hendricks said that they’re do-ing everything in their power to make sure the event goes as smooth-ly as possible.

“We try to make sure people are being safe and responsible,” Hen-dricks said. “Nobody likes throw-ing a party and seeing it go out of control.”

Zack Schuster is a contributing writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]

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The red Solo cup is the weapon of choice for many stu-dents who will celebrate Springfest and Cinco De Mayo this weekend. This year’s Springfest’s festivities include the bands Capo 3, India Ink and Towering Smile Trio. In between sets, there will be performances from comedi-ans Megan Hjelle and Paloma Segel.Photo courtesy of Drinkstuff.com

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Jumping to gold Page 14

More changes for NFLPage 15

How happy was Sioux fresh-man Andrew Thome to be pitch-ing at home?

Starting the first of a four-game set to kick off UND’s Great West conference home schedule, Thome made history, blanking the Bears 9-0 Friday. The four-hit shutout was the first of Thome’s career and the first in the Division I era for the Fighting Sioux.

The Sioux went on to earn a series split with the Bears, im-proving their GWC record to 3-13 and a overall record to 9-30.

“It feels pretty good to actually have some success after the first part of the season was kind of a struggle,” Thome said.

Thome struck out seven and faced just six over the minimum, and the Sioux offense gave him more than what was necessary to

Baseball splits series against UNC

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DRAW UND gains a win and sets a few re-cords against Northern Colorado.

nail down UND’s fourth straight victory. Five players had multi-hit games, including Jeff Camp-bell, who punctuated a five-run second inning with his seventh home run of the year. All of that seemed to only give Thome more confidence, retiring nine in a row at one point.

“When you can locate your fastballs and have three pitches to work with, it’s just a lot of fun to pitch,” Thome said. “To-day I had some good run on my fastball and could locate all my pitches. Pitching’s fun when you can do that.”

“Andrew has pitched really well,” head coach Jeff Dodson said. “He’s gotten better each time he went out. He’s worked really hard on the game plan. He’s very studious, number one, about his game and evaluating his performance post-game.

“ W e have to play well at home here at Kraft Field and here in Grand Forks for a lot of rea-sons, but there’s a lot

more comfortability here.”Northern Colorado got their

revenge in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday, tagging Tyler Ruemmele for six runs

in the first inning. Ruemmele lasted 3 2/3 innings and took his sixth loss of the season (0-6), giving up seven hits and eight runs (all earned). Zach Salfer and Pete Gagne also pitching in the early game Saturday.

Campbell homered in his third straight game, but that would be far from enough in the seven inning affair, as UNC kept swinging away, coming away with a 13-3 victory.

UND came back to take game two Saturday 4-2, over-coming a shaky first inning to earn their second victory of the weekend—the first two-victory weekend of the season.

Ben Clark allowed four of the game’s first batters to reach, but settled down in 3 2/3 in-nings, giving up just two runs.

UND’s hitters picked up the slack, meanwhile, with Kyle Bo-lander’s two-run double in the first inning erasing that deficit. Bolander came around to score on an infield single by Sam Alt. Alt’s high chopper caused trou-ble for the Bears’ infield, as the pitcher missed the first base bag.

UND pushed across one more run in the third frame thanks again to Bolander, who drove in Campbell for a 4-2 lead. That stood as the final for the Sioux and Brett DeGagne’, who came on in relief of Clark to earn the victory (1-4).

Northern Colorado escaped with a big 11-3 win Sunday to

cap off the series. The Bears (19-24, 9-7 GWC) scored in each of their first three at-bats to bury Campbell and UND in the se-ries finale. Alex Twenge’s RBI groundout and Kris Kwak’s dou-ble provided the only scoring for the Sioux.

UND will continue their

fifteen-game home stand with a four-game set with New York Tech next weekend at Kraft Field in Grand Forks.

‘We have to play well at home here at Kraft Field... there’s a lot more comfortability.

Jeff DodsonUND head coach

Timothy Boger is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can

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There are few in this uni-verse that can call themselves “lucky” or “fortunate.”

I’ve always considered my-self as a go-getter, but now as I look back, everything I’ve earned or strove for has been presented to me in an almost guaranteed manner based off of previous hard work.

As my two-year career with-in the Dakota Student finally comes to an abrupt end, I do value everything—the good and the ugly—that has oc-curred within these white office walls.

A student peer and a noble friend hired me to this posi-tion, whereas I developed into a determined writer.

With passion and realism protruding from my thunder-

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ous opinions of any topic to my choosing, I’ve had command of UND athletics from a student perspective, which is tantalizing to think of.

My time here has been cru-cial to the forging of my many friendships, some intelligent and some not.

The time I’ve dreaded com-ing to the DS office for the bet-terment of the UND community has been put into a humble per-spective as I hold my head high through my departure.

Many can attest that I’ve made mistakes within my ath-letic section and to that they are correct. In the late Andy Rooney’s goodbye address, the television personality sums it up best with the description of a writer:

“People have often told me that I’ve said the things they’re thinking. I probably haven’t said anything here that you didn’t already know or haven’t already thought. That’s what a writer does.” Rooney said.

This last year has been some-what tumultuous for me as a member of this institution.

Everyday I see countless

stacks of our articles left on the shelf only to be devoured by a green recycling bin. It kills me and I wish there was something I could do about it.

Unfortunately, I realize that there is nothing. The awaken-ing to me is that UND needs to become more involved with it’s periodical.

The outgoing Managing and Opinions Editor Jon Hamlin wrote in the February 17th issue, “While I’m not entirely sure we need newspapers, we need news institutions to gather informa-tion and to make it into a story.”

As the digital age pushes print media into giving up, print media—specifically The Dakota Student—needs to push back.

The Dakota Student is in dire need of its constituents to be informed and more-or-less interested in the paper’s exis-tence. I’m nervous for the future of this paper.

As the 124th year of this periodical comes to a close, the new staff will face challenges that have plagued most profes-sional institutions within the last few years.

My two years here sitting

behind this computer will most likely be forgotten with time, and rightfully so, but as my ex-istence in this institution will be long forgotten tomorrow, the paper deserves to be solidified as a campus staple for generations to come.

While compiling a sports section for my 15,000 peers, I’ve always tried to present the me-dia in a creative, non-traditional manner that captivates the read-er’s attention.

The goal of increased reader-ship and developing a fan-base has always been a goal of mine. I sometimes would go to bed thinking of headlines and names that received proper accredita-tion.

There aren’t too many origi-nal thoughts in the world any-more.

Creativity has been abolished within the American people and is now being replaced with fi-nancial success.

I know that I’ve been wrong a few times in articles and have given the impression that I don’t care, or at times incorporate in-tolerable behavior against op-position, but reality is that I do

care. I care an awful lot. I’ve always appreciated be-

ing liked for the word phrases I’ve constructed, but being liked was never the intent for reporting the truth. It’s hard to accept being liked by strangers.

So as I draw to a close, I en-courage you, UND, to actively pick up the paper. I don’t see the hassle in not promoting something you love. Everyone chose to attend this institu-tion for whatever reason, but the Dakota Student has always been here to inform.

So, as I walk on campus or downtown, I’ll always see the ones I’ve written about, but my face will never be recognized by those I’ve praised and those I’ve wildly discredited.

I think that’s one my favor-ite things about this occupa-tion.

Although, if someone does come across me for who I am, please, let’s avoid the conversa-tion.

Joel Adrian is the sports editor for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Olympic Gold is what the USA diving team will be striving for this summer at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England.

There are 22 divers on the U.S. Olympic Performance team look-ing to make it to the Olympics, ac-cording to the USA Diving’s team website.

There are now less than 100 days until the Olympics begin and the divers are training to be at their best in order to be selected to rep-

U.S.A. seeks gold in London OlympicsPREPARATION The U.S. Diving team is get-ting ready to beat the competition in 2012.

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resent the USA. Diving as a sport is a lot more

than just diving into a pool. There are different types of diving and each dive is judged by a panel. USA Diving’s website details each of the six different types (groups) of dives. First, there is the forward group, in which the diver has to face the front of the diving board. As they dive, the diver must rotate towards the water, for example, performing a front flip.

Following the front group is the backward group. These div-ers start at the end of the board, with their backs to the water. This results in the diver rotating away from the board as they dive.

The third group of six is called the reverse group, or “gainers”, as they used to be known. This type of dive requires the diver to face the

front of the board. This allows the diver to rotate toward the board as they dive, gaining more rotation and speed.

The next three groups begin with the inward group. This dive was originally called the “cutaway”. Starting on the end of the board, the diver has their back to the wa-ter. They rotate toward the board as they go through their dive. The re-sult is the diver jumping away from the board and performing a series of rotations towards the board.

Following this group is the twisting group, which is basically any dive that includes a twist. In this group there are four types of twist dives: forward, backward, reverse and inward. The divers are judged based on how well they ro-tate through the air and how clean their entries are into the water.

The last group is the arm stand dive. As the name suggests, the diver starts their dive from a hand stand on the edge of the platform they are using. It is important that U.S. Olympic hopefuls understand and are able to perform in all of these categories, if they truly want to represent the United States in London.

The types of dives mentioned above are just some of the things the diving team is preparing and perfecting as they get ready for the Olympics. The team had some members recently participate in the Road to London 100 days out cel-ebration on April 18.

The members passed our flags and participated in other activi-ties throughout the day. Both the men’s and women’s teams have been competing at different events

that will help them prepare for the Olympic time trials to be held later in June. The time trials are the final qualification meets for the teams and will determine who goes on to represent the U.S. and who has to stay behind and continue practic-ing.

There will be 14 divers total between the men and women’s teams. The will be selected out of 120 total applicants, according to USA Diving. Naturally, it will be a tight competition for all div-ers involved. The 14 selected will hopefully be the best trained and equipped to represent the U.S. and bring back the gold medal.

Mariah Holland is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at marhol99@hotmail.

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SharingplacesTIE After day one of the ongoing tourna-ment, UND men’s golf shares the No. 9 spot.

For those of you who missed out on the Men’s Golf tourna-ment, here are some facts to get you caught up after day one.

After shooting 4- over 76 in the opening round, UND fresh-man Samuel Matthew earned the tenth place spot, giving UND a shared ninth place with Texas Pan-Am.

Sacramento State holds the first place spot with Cameron Rappleye shooting a 1- under 76 in the first round.

Houston Baptist holds sec-ond, trailing Texas Pan-Am by 17 strokes. Play will resume May 1 at 7:00 a.m. E.T.

The top four teams will re-sume play the same day at 9:00 a.m. E.T.

Editor’s note:These results are based off

the first round. The tournament is still ongoing at the time of publication.

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has made his presence felt since taking over for former commissioner Paul Tagliabue. First, it was player safety and now Goodell is pondering elimi-nating the Pro Bowl altogether.

The game has fallen off con-siderably in the past few years, especially now that the game takes place in between the play-offs and the Super Bowl.

Those playing in the big game don’t play in the Pro Bowl, so it would be undeniably sad to see the most popular sport in the United States without its version of an all-star game.

There’s no doubt that some-thing needs to be done to im-

More changes likely to upset fansSTRESSFUL The NFL is considering removing the Pro Bowl, adding to fans’ frustration.

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prove the quality of play, though.This past Pro Bowl looked

more like a pick-up game played by a bunch of kids rather than NFL players. The effort wasn’t there; the players were careless with how they played and nei-ther team seemed to have the en-thusiasm to be on the field.

I understand that it is an exhibition game geared towards entertaining the fans, but the fans aren’t happy with what the game has become.

A change is necessary. The Pro Bowl has become a watered- down version of what it used to be. Players that are voted in don’t always want to go and will opt out, which takes away the appeal of the game.

The game is supposed to be about the best players from that particular season competing against one another, but when you have elected players choos-ing not to play, fans are stuck watching alternatives battle it out.

Maybe the NFL does need to suspend the game for a season or two and come up with a better plan of action.

Perhaps taking a couple years off and then bringing it back will stir up interest in the game once again.

T h e NFL has never had a great all-star game com-pared to the likes of the NHL, MLB and NBA.

Most of this is due to the fact that the other three sports’ all-star games take place during the season when interest is high.

For the longest time, the Pro Bowl took place the week after the Super Bowl in Hawaii, but Goodell and the NFL decided to move it to the week prior to the Super Bowl.

It seemed like a good move at the time because it does well to complement the week off in between the playofs and the Su-per Bowl.

Yet, just after two years of the new change, there’s talk of getting rid of the Pro Bowl.

The big-gest prob-lem with s a n d w i c h -ing the Pro

Bowl between the Super Bowl and the AFC and NFC champi-onship games is that those who advance to the Super Bowl are unable to play in the Pro Bowl.

This past year the Pro Bowl didn’t get to see Eli Manning or Tom Brady, along with a host of other players because of the Su-per Bowl. Couple that with play-ers opting out due to injuries or

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

my.und.edu

a lack of interest and you aren’t really looking at the best of the best, which is what the game is all about.

Odds are that Goodell will keep the Pro Bowl intact and the game will go on. Hope-fully changes will be made to give players more of an incen-tive to participate, not only for the players but the fans as well. Maybe the league will look at moving the game to after the Su-per Bowl, the way it used to be before the changes. This would allow those that made the Super Bowl a chance to participate in the Pro Bowl.

Goodell has been an aggres-sive commissioner in his time at the top. Despite all the changes that he has already made, it’s time for him to make another change to help out football’s all-star game.

‘The Pro Bowl has be-come a watered down version of what it used to be.

Brandon Beckerstaff writer

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