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Construction for the buildingthat will temporarily houseHendrix Health Center — aswell as academic personnel inthe future — has begun.

After mold in the basementof Dahl began affectingHendrix employees last winter,administrators agreed to findthe health center a new loca-tion.

“The transition building iswhere Hendrix will be placeduntil we figure out where thepermanent building will be,”said Warren Wiese, vice presi-dent of student affairs. “We

hope the staff will be able tomove over there [transitionbuilding] betweenThanksgiving and Christmasholiday break or at one ofthose breaks.”

Hendrix’s temporary facilitywill be located southeast of theCenter for the Arts, replacingan old tennis court that hadbeen converted into the park-ing lot C annex.

“We put it there as close aswe could to preserve as muchparking space as we could,”Wiese said. “They’re taking upsome space right now for con-struction, but two-thirds ofthe building will be on greenarea and trees, and one-third

will be on the tennis courtarea.”

Early construction will focuson underground work and thebuilding will be completedsooner than typical construc-tion time, Wiese said.

“This is a building that willbe constructed differentlyfrom other buildings on cam-pus,” Wiese said. “It’s more ofa standard commercial build-ing than other buildings oncampus that were built to last100 years.”

Penny Klein, director ofHendrix Health Center, saidher staff is pleased to see con

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Starting this fall, the formula for cal-culating Minnesota grants will be cus-tom to individual students’ tuition andallowable fees.

Carolyn Zehren, MSUM director ofscholarship and financial aid, said stu-dents previously received funding forup to 15 credits, and many students

felt restricted to that number. Thechange in grant policy removes the ceil-ing on credits per semester, she said.

“Part of the dilemma with the workfunds program is the change in the for-mula for calculating Minnesotagrants,” Zehren said.

Students with 18 credits would previ-ously be capped at 15 and have threecredits without additional funding.

“With the new formula, it will take all

of the 18 credits and allowable fees andcalculate on 18 instead of 15 [credits],”Zehren said. “[The grant] doesn’t paythe whole tuition, but it’s a portion thatcan be added to Minnesota grant eligi-bility.”

Zehren said average cost used to bebased on students taking the samenumber of credits and, if students hadsimilar estimated family contributions,they would receive identical funding.

Now, students with the same back-grounds and credit load may receivedifferent funding due to differences intheir program fees. Zehren also saidthe amount on a student’s award letterwill only be an estimate.

“I’m expecting lots of students withpuzzled looks on their faces when theylook at their award letter,” Zehren said.

Free pop now costs 6 centsat MSUM because of astatewide mandate.

Lawmakers removed the taxexemption status from vend-ing machines and mealsserved on college campuseseffective July 1.

Warren Wiese, vice presidentof academic affairs, said thenew law adds tax to all mealsserved on campus exceptthose under a meal plan.

Tax is also added to pop soldin vending machines andcampus convenience stores.

Allison Johnson, an EtceteraShop employee, said cus-tomers who redeem free popcaps still have to pay sales taxof 6 cents.

The university doesn’t getany revenue from the extratax, Wiese said.

“I’m sure we’ll collect thou-sands of dollars this year thatwill affect students and theirpocketbooks that will get sentto St. Paul,” he said.

Vending machines in thelibrary, academic buildingsand residence halls now

charge $1.25 for 20-ouncebottles of pop.

The union’s vendingmachines charge $1 for thesame size bottle, said JeanHollaar, CMU business man-ager.

Vending machine prices varyon campus because buildingsare funded differently andhave separate contracts,Wiese said.

Rep. Ron Abrams, one of thelaw’s authors, said the law isintended to make collection ofsales tax consistent.

For example, a McDonald’srestaurant on a college cam-pus should collect the samesales tax as a McDonald’sdown the street, Abrams said.

But the law ends up hurting

college stu-dents whodon’t havedisposablei n c o m e s ,Wiese said.

“It’s justone moreu n f o r t u -nate inci-d e n c ewhere stu-dents are

being taxed in a differentway,” he said.

Johnson said Etcetera Shopcustomers are more surprisedthan upset about the addi-tional tax.

It gets confusing for employ-ees because they have toremember which items aretaxable and which are exclud-ed.

Bottled water and beveragesthat are at least 50 percentfruit juice are tax exempt.

All food items and candyproducts with flour are alsonon-taxable, Johnson said.Candy excluded from the taxinclude licorice, Kit Kats,Starburst and others.

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Wham Bam Jam

ENTERTAINMENT, page 7

Music fest organizerspromise expanded fourth year show.

New Minnesota lawgeared to track underage drinkers.

FEATURES, page 3

Power struggle

SPORTS, page 8

Dragons, Cobbers meetin fourth annual Power Bowl Saturday.

Ups and downs of charity

Interim Hendrix Center constructioncompletion scheduled for December

Tax takes free out of free popBy AMY DALRYMPLE

Editor

By TERI FINNEMAN

News Editor

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I’m sure we’ll collect thou-sands of dollars this year thatwill affect students ... that will

get sent to St. Paul.

Warren WieseVice president of student affairs

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Change in state grant formula customizes student awardsBy TERI FINNEMAN

News Editor

Hendrix Health Center Director Penny Klein points out a damagedspot on one of the walls of the center in the basement of Dahl.

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Sophomores Josh Orr (left) and Tyler Schepper (center) andsenior Tami Behnke (right) help fellow campus Greeks spend 48hours on a teeter totter to rasie funds for the Red Cross.

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State removes tax exemption for colleges

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9.9Speech and debate, 5:30 p.m.,Center for the Arts Room 43.

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Organizational events oncampus

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Get your organization listedin the Dragons’ Den. Send usthe time, date and location of

your next event and watchthe people come rolling in.

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Meeting plannedfor China tour

MSUM will offer a 20-daystudy tour to China from May17 to June 5. An information-al meeting is set for 4 p.m.Sept. 12 in MacLean 261.

MSUM language professorJenny Lin will lead the tour.Scheduled stops include theGreat Wall, Forbidden City,Temple of Heaven and LeshanGiant Buddha.

The tour is open to students,faculty, staff and the public.Approximate package cost is$3,995. Credit is available forChinese 390. For more infor-mation, contact Lin at 236-2913 or [email protected].

HESO publichearing scheduled

Hearings for HigherEducation Services Office’sbiennial budget request forfiscal years 2004-05 will befrom 4 to 6 p.m. today(Thursday) in Room 129 ofNorthwest Technical Collegein Moorhead.

HESO representatives invitecomments and suggestionsfor a variety of issues, suchas state financial aid pro-grams, interstate tuition reci-procity and technology relat-ed issues.

Australian studyexchange available

MSUM students are nowable to study during springsemester at the University ofthe Sunshine Coast,Queensland, Australia, andreceive credit at home. A USCrepresentative will be oncampus Sept. 27 to visit withanyone interested. CallInternational Programs at 236-2956 for more information.

Study abroad repsoffer program info

Students interested instudying abroad in Spain,Australia, England, France,Costa Rica, Chile, Argentinaor Mexico will have a chanceto visit with a representativeof International StudiesAbroad from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. Sept. 18 in the CMU.

Stop by to pick up a catalogdescribing various spring,summer and fall programsthat International StudiesAbroad offers.

10 Percent Societysets first meeting

The 10 Percent Society’sfirst meeting will be at 7 p.m.Sunday at the Pride Collective,116 12th St. S., Moorhead.

Contact [email protected] for moreinformation.

Safe Zone offerstraining sessions

Anyone interested in attend-ing Safe Zone training willhave the opportunity inSeptember. Safe Zone pro-vides training to identifythose who are sensitive andunderstanding to gay, les-bian, transgender and ques-tioning issues or concerns.

Training will be from 3 to 6p.m. Friday in Dahl mainlounge, from 7 to 10 p.m.Monday in Grantham mainlounge and from 6 to 9 p.m.Sept. 24 in Snarr mainlounge. Call the Center forLeadership and Organizationsat 236-2790 to register.

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Mock trial beginsThe first meeting of the

MSUM Mock Trial team willbe at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday inBridges 267. Attendance atthis initial meeting is impor-tant. Contact Paul Kramer [email protected] ifunable to attend. Anyoneinterested in law and the legalprocess is cordially invited.

College survivalworkshops begin

The first session of the col-lege survival workshop will beat 4 p.m. Wednesday in CMU205.

This session will be devotedto examining specific strate-gies that lead to efficient useof study time.

Helpful hints for effectivereading and proven studytechniques will be dis-cussed.

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Construction chaos

Construction crews close 17th Street in front of Nemzek thisweek. The road will re-open Friday.

MSUM administratorshave been discussingadding card readers tovending machines, Wiesesaid.

St. Cloud (Minn.) StateUniversity has card readerson vending machines thatcharge less. With a card,pop costs $1.05. But withcash the price is $1.25.

But adding card access tovending machines wouldn’tcome at a small cost.Installing a card readercosts $800 per machine,Wiese said.

Plus, student ID cardswould have to be updatedto accommodate them.

Wiese said the card accessis an issue officials will con-tinue to research this year.

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Dalrymple can be reached at [email protected].

If you’re under 21 and consider-ing ordering a keg for the PowerBowl this weekend, think again.

Mothers Against Drunk Drivers,Minnesota First Lady TerryVentura, and Minnesota state leg-islators Rep. Steve Dehler (R-St.Joseph) and Sen. Don Betzold(DFL-Fridley), among others sup-ported and sponsored the kegregistration law, becoming the16th state requiring registrationof all beer keg purchases.

The law, which took effect Aug.1, is aimed at keeping alcoholfrom minors. Under the law,liquor stores must keep thenames and signatures of buyersof 7-gallon and larger beer kegson file.

Eric Upton manager of BottleBarn Liquors in Moorhead, saidthe new law hasn’t affected salesat his establishment.

“We’ve already been doing thatfor a long time. I’ve been here forone year, and we’ve alwaysrequired a driver’s license and thekeg registration number. I used towork at Bottle Barn in Fargo forabout six or seven years and wewere supposed to do it there too,”Upton said.

Keg registration or keg taggingrequires kegs to be marked withunique identification numbersusing metal or plastic tags, stick-ers, invisible ink or engraving.

At the time of the keg purchase,retailers are required to recordthe keg identification number, thepurchaser's name, address, tele-phone number and driver'slicense number. These recordsmust be maintained for an ade-quate length of time, usually sixmonths to a year.

Before, it was up to the individ-ual business in Minnesotawhether or not to require a dri-ver’s license number at the timeof purchase. Only a deposit wasrequired in the past — $10 for thekeg and $80 for the tap.

Mark Nicolai, manager ofBernie’s Wines and Liquor inFargo for 12 years, said the lawaffects all off-sale liquor retailersin North Dakota and Minnesota.

The deposit fee that is requiredfrom the purchaser at the time of

the keg sale is forfeited if a keg isreturned with an identificationtag that is defaced or missing.

Keg purchasers can also berequired to sign a statementpromising not to serve alcohol tounderage individuals. This state-ment can be used as an educa-tion tool.

According to MADD, beer kegsare often a main source of alcoholat parties where underage drink-ing occurs. In addition, kegs mayencourage greater amounts ofalcohol consumption, increasingthe risk of driving under theinfluence of alcohol and otheralcohol-related problems.

The organization maintains kegregistration may reduce youthaccess to beer kegs by providing amechanism for identifying andpenalizing people who providealcohol to underage youth.

Nicolai said Bernie’s in Fargohas a zero-tolerance policytoward employees and underage

customers. Any employee caughtselling to a minor is fired.However. Nicolai said his storerewards employees who catchminors.

“We offer a sort of bounty at ourstore. If an employee catches anunderage buyer and calls thepolice, the employee earns anextra $25. We dothis to cut downon the amount ofminors in ourstore,” Nicolaisaid.

Upton said everyonce in a while,Bottle Barnemployees comeacross fake IDs. In that situation,they usually just tell the personto leave and employees keep theID.

Occasionally the police taskforce will send an underage cus-tomer with no ID into their store,but no identification is unaccept-

able and therefore not a problemfor Upton.

Compared to Bottle BarnLiquors in Moorhead, Bernie’s inFargo has much more experiencewith minors trying to purchasekegs. Nicolai said they also inter-act with police more frequently

Nicolai claimed in the past year,they havekicked outapproximately300 minorsfrom their store.

“If we cardthem, and theydon’t have anID, we just askthem to leave. If

we card them and they give us afake ID, we try to keep them inthe store while we call the police.We keep their ID, call the policeand let the police handle it fromthere,” Nicolai said.

During the school year, Uptonsaid 65 percent of beer keg buy-

ers are college students.When a keg is confiscated by

police at a party at which under-age youth have consumed alco-hol, the purchaser of the keg canbe identified — and arrested orfine — for supplying alcohol tounderage persons.

However, Upton doesn’t dealwith the police very often.“Usually the person who boughtthe keg is there at the party.”Upton said.

Although Upton has never dealtdirectly with police at hisMoorhead store, he encounteredthe police when he worked inWest Fargo. The police oncecalled to notify him that they hadconfiscated a keg purchased athis store.

When police arrive at underagekeg parties, people often scatter.Without keg tagging, there is noway to trace who purchased thekeg. Keg registration allows policeto identify and take actionagainst adults who provide kegsto underage youths.

Nicolai said usually the minorshave no ID.

“Fake IDs are getting to beharder to track, with all thetechnology out there, computersand scanners. We have caughtquite a few where the customerhas borrowed a friend’s ID.Those we can usually spot,.” hesaid.

Some establishments just keeptheir IDs in a drawer, but Nicolaihands them over to the police.On weekends there is anincreased frequency of minorsattempting to buy beer kegs,according to Nicolai.

“On average, we get about oneto two minors in our store everyday,” Nicolai said.

Although the number may seemhigh, Nicolai said minors don’tcause many problems.

He said about 25,000 cus-tomers come through their storeevery year, so 300 minors is nota big problem. Nicolai said theminors are mostly college-agestudents, 18- and 19-year-olds.

“The bottom line is, don’t eventry it. We’ll catch you,” Nicolaisaid.

Ronhovde can be reachedat [email protected].

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On average, we get about oneto two minors in our store

every day.

Mark NicolaiBernie’s Wines and Liquor manager

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FEATURESBeer keg law crosses the borderMinnesota joins North Dakota in attempt to reduce underage drinking

By GINA RONHOVDE

Features Editor

ILLUSTRATION BY MEREDITH DILLMAN

Current states anddistricts requiringkeg registration:

• California• Connecticut• Georgia• Idaho• Maryland• Massachusetts• Minnesota • Nebraska• New Hampshire• New Mexico• North Dakota• Ohio• Oregon• Vermont• Virginia• Washington• Washington, D.C.

*Source:www.madd.org

For me, admitting I have an eat-ing disorder is about as appealingas running across campus naked

in daylight.It is difficultfor me to tellthis, espe-c i a l l ybecause Istill don’tview myselfas “the type”to have thisp a r t i c u l a rproblem.

Ten yearsago, Ithought thatif I readeverything, Iwould knoweverything.

Since the age of 10 I had beenpreparing to avoid all these so-called calamities that, accordingto the majority of books I’d read,magically happened once age 13rolled around: rebellion, promis-cuity, alcoholism, academic defi-ciency and eating disorders.

I was bound and determinedthat none of these teen afflictionswould enter my life. I pridedmyself in having an educatededge, knowing what downfalls layahead.

Experience and education arenot the same thing, however.People are all different. No onehandles stress and change in theexact same way. I did not takethis into consideration.

I was not aware that the highexpectations I placed on myselfwere unusual. At 13 I was notsuffering from low self-esteem,but rather perfectionism.

Perfectionism is an oxymoron,because your level of expectationis always changing. Nothing isever good enough, never “perfect.”

Disappointment can lead to bet-ter or worse decisions. By 17 Iwas tired of feeling depressed. Iwas always dissatisfied with mygrades, scores, looks and my levelof happiness.

I’d felt this way for four yearsand, in my senior year of highschool, I needed some sort ofrelief. I found it, not really on pur-pose, in bulimia.

Bulimia is an addiction, andaddiction can happen to anyone,no matter how intelligent andeducated that person may be.

For me the reasons I got soaddicted to this eating disorder ofbinging and purging were com-plex, not simply to lose weight. Iknew that bulimia did not neces-sarily make you lose weight, butthe feeling was comforting andallowed me to handle stress.

I threw up after eating to easediscomfort, to feel release and, ofcourse, so I would not gain

weight. It was a coping mecha-nism and, the sad thing is, itworked and made everythingworse at the same time.

An addiction is like having acontract with the devil. You mayappear to be normal and all right,but part of your soul is missing,because you have to give up apart of you that used to exist inexchange for temporary comfort.

Addiction is also a cycle. It func-tions to take the stress away andmakes life either OK or better forthe moment, but it leads to moreproblems and unhappiness, andthe only way you know how tomake those feelings go away isthrough your addictive behavior,whatever it may be.

Some people try drugs or alco-hol for peace of mind. In my opin-ion, bulimia has similarities todrug addiction, in terms of thelengths you will go to hide andmaintain it.

In a way, it’s more addictivethan drugs, because food andbathrooms are everywhere andunavoidable.

To me, it never felt like anaddiction. Bulimia honestly feltlike a “just-this-one-time” and“I’ll-stop-tomorrow” kind of habit.I kept lying to myself that I wasreally OK.

Yet on some level I always knewfrom the beginning that I had aproblem.

It was so difficult then, just asdifficult as it is to admit this in apublic forum now, that I hadbulimia. The word seems scary tome even right now.

I was afraid people would thinkless of me, label me as vain andstupid and avoid me.Consciously I knew this wasn’ttrue, but it was a phobia com-bined with perfectionism.

The entire time, I thought self-criticism and self-knowledgewould make it disappearovernight.

I kept up this insane optimismas the years passed by.Stopping“tomorrow” never works, becausethere’s always a tomorrow. I did-n’t realize the past is full oftomorrows and the future is fullof yesterdays.

Tomorrow is essentially rightnow.

Right now is why I am writingthis. My bulimia got much worse

once I entered college, due toincreased changes and moreopportunities. It kills me to imag-ine someone else going throughwhat I went through.

From what I’ve observed in fiveyears of college is that not onlyare eating disorders extremelycommon, they are extremely pri-vate and there are limited sourcesof help.

Currently there are no supportgroups for eating disorders rightnow in the Fargo-Moorhead area.I sought help on my own andrarely talked about it outside thedoctor’s office.

At times it felt like an uphill bat-tle of swallowing my pride and anendless sea of evaluations andconfidentiality forms. These pri-vate sessions made it feel like Iwas still alone.

I’ve gone through many stagesand attitudes about my eatingdisorder, but the only thing thathas ever really helped me is thebulimia study I’ve been partici-pating in at the Eating DisordersInstitute in Fargo the past 16weeks. It hasn’t been easy, but ithas been a consistent method ofsupport.

Consistent methods of supportare the backbone of success forsupport groups such asAlcoholics Anonymous.

I’ve asked my doctors at EDIwhy there aren’t any supportgroups for people with eatingdisorders, and their answer isthat they've tried it in the past,and they haven't ever really got-ten off the ground or stayed con-sistent.

From what I’ve heard, they arein the process right now of start-ing a support group over theInternet. There is a weekly groupfor the friends and family of eat-ing disorder patients, but not theactual patients themselves. Thereis Overeaters Anonymous, butthis doesn’t help people sufferingfrom anorexia.

I don’t have all the answers, andI can’t say in one column whatwould help people or make this goaway. All I can say is for anyonesuffering from an eating disorder,alcoholism, or addiction of anykind, seeking help is the first cru-cial step.

It also doesn’t just disappearwithout help from others, no mat-ter how special or different youview yourself from other people.

I can honestly say I do knowthis for a fact, and it came fromexperience, not from a book.

For help, call the EDI at 234-4111, or check the yellow pagesand The Forum for listings of allsupport groups.

GINARONHOVDE

Features Editor

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Senate’s decisionreflects poorlyon student body

Last week at the first student senate meeting, sena-tors passed a motion that allows President Peter Hartjeto represent campus while being a part-time student.

Student senate’s constitution requires candidates forpresident, vice president and treasurer to carry a loadof at least 12 credits.

But if an officer drops below 12 credits after beingelected, he or she can request that the requirement belowered. The issue must be brought forward at a senatemeeting and pass with a two-thirds majority vote.

Hartje requested the lowering of the standard duringhis first day behind the gavel, saying he wants to dedi-cate more time to serving the student body.

Student senate president is a demanding position.Hartje is required to chair weekly meetings, serve onthe Student Activity Budget Committee and representcampus at statewide meetings.

The president is also supposed to be the spokespersonand representative for the entire MSUM student body.Whoever holds that responsibility should be held to ahigher standard than other students.

The senate’s constitution requires a two-thirds majori-ty vote to approve this type of proposal. Most other sen-ate motions only require a simple majority to approveit. The constitution’s authors had students in mindwhen they wrote the two-thirds requirement.

But senators failed to show the same concern for con-stituents when they passed the request unanimously.Not one senator brought up any dissenting discussionat last week’s meeting.

Senators’ duties include considering what studentsthey represent will think about each issue. By passingthe request, senators ignored what the student bodymay think of a president who carries a smaller academ-ic load than many MSUM students.

Many students handle a full-time class load as well asone or more part-time jobs. Our student body presidentis supposed the highest model of MSUM students, soit’s not unreasonable to expect that he does the same.

What Hartje must consider is what comes first —being an MSUM student or being the MSUM studentbody president.

If our president cannot put being a student beforebeing president, that reflects badly on our studentbody.

Although Hartje does demonstrate a clear commitmentto students, he must remember he has a responsibilityto be the best representation of the MSUM studentbody.

The decision for Hartje’s academic status has comeand gone, but MSUM students should expect greatthings to come from a senate led by a student withfewer academic distractions.

“An addiction is likehaving a contractwith the devil.”

Lack of support only helpskeep eating disorders private

boardAmy Dalrymple

EditorTeri FinnemanNews editor

Bronson LemerA & E editor

The opinions expressed in The Advocate are not necessarilythose of the college administration, faculty or student body. TheAdvocate encourages letters to the editor and Your Turn submis-sions. They should be typed and must include the writer’s name,signature, address, phone number, year is school or occupationand any affiliations. Letters are due by 5 p.m. Monday and canbe sent to MSUM Box 130, dropped off in The Advocate office

or e-mailed to [email protected].

All I can say is, for anyonesuffering from an eating dis-order, alcoholism, or addic-

tion of any kind, seeking helpis the first crucial step.

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Ronhovde can be reached at [email protected].

Thursday, Sept. 5, 2002

Hi there, and welcome back toschool. I hope everyone had thesame exciting and invigoratingsummer I did while living in the

r e s i d e n c ehalls anda t t e n d i n gclasses hereat MSUM.

The hallswere ovent e m p e r a -tures thissummer.

I shouldhave knownwhat I wasgetting intowhen thethermometerin my roomballooned uplike the veinin my fourthg r a d e

teacher’s head would when Icouldn’t stop urinating in theclass fish tank.

To tell you the truth, I thinkSpartacus, our class Siamesefighting fish, had a hustler-esqueattitude towards the golden show-er.

He would always swim to the topas if I was emptying a box of hisfood into the tank, and not drain-ing my bladder.

But I digress. The true purposeof this column is to shed light ona very important issue facing theFargo-Moorhead area: The abduc-tion and forced intoxication ofpenguins.

My awareness to this issuebegan as I approached the 14thStreet bus stop. At the vestibule, Inoticed a backpack-wearing,Snapple-drinking penguin stand-ing in front of the bench, appar-ently waiting for the next bus. My

family raised penguins, so thebird itself was no big shocker. Itwas the sour look on this seabird’s face that troubled me.

After an uncomfortable silence Iasked, “What’s your name, bird?”as I sat down on the bench nextto him. “Midge,” he answered, fol-lowed by the loudest belch I’dheard since my Uncle Jimsobered up.

“Midge?” I inquired, “Isn’t that awoman’s name?” I received the

short answer, “Not for a penguin.” It was at this point I smelled the

sweet tinge of whiskey on thispenguin’s breath.

“Have you been drinking?” Iasked with genuine concern. “Yes,unfortunately,” he replied in aslur.

It was then that Midge openedthe floodgates and regaled mewith the tale of a lifetime.Apparently, he’s been working foran unnamed sandwich shop indowntown Fargo for the last twoyears. He wears a placard thatadvertises the shop while peopletake coupons for free subs out ofhis backpack.

On this particular day at workhowever, Midge was abducted offof 25th Street by a band of com-mon hooligans who forced him todrink alcohol and walk aroundtheir living room, all the whilefilming the intoxicated bird in dig-

ital video. After he told his story I was

more shocked to learn that thiswas the third time he was abduct-ed and forcibly intoxicated thatweek.

To add insult to injury, there isa Web site that pays good moneyfor this footage of drunkseabirds.

After our exchange he waddledonto the arriving bus and headedback to work in a drunk stupor.

Following some research, Ifound out that this has beenhappening all over the F-M areafor months. I bring this issue toThe Advocate readership becauseof this lingering question: If wedon’t speak out against theabduction and forced intoxicationof local flightless sea birds, whowill? Who will indeed.

Two weeks ago, I stood at thewindow of my dorm room, wavinggoodbye to my mom and dad, as Iwatched them pull away.

When theminivan wasno longervisible, Iturned awayfrom thewindow andsurveyed mynew digs,t h e npumped myfist into theair andh i s s e d ,“ Y e s s s s !Freedom!” Iwas now onmy own andit was good.

Sadly, free-

dom turned out to not quite bethe joyride I had expected. Sincemoving into my lovely room inDahl Hall, I’ve realized that, asgreat as freedom is, I’ve justmoved from one set of restrictionsto another.

After the inevitable staying upas late as I wanted and sleepingin until 2 p.m., I began to realizethere are downsides to being onmy own. Now, I have to be respon-sible. If I want milk, I have to goout and buy it. If I get hungry atthree in the morning, I can’t justwalk to the fully stocked pantryand decide what midnight snacktickles my fancy, I need to planahead to have food options onhand. If I want to see if I havemail, I can't just ask my mom ifanything arrived for me, I have towalk downstairs and check myown box.

At home, whenever I did laun-dry, if I forgot about it, when Ireturned to the laundry room, mylaundry would either be still inthe washer or have been moved tothe dryer by some member of myfamily.

During my first dorm laundryexperience, I forgot about mylaundry. I returned to find it lay-ing on the floor, wet and now

much dirtier than before it wentin the washer.

At home, when I wanted to takea shower, I just went in the bath-room, locked the door and took ashower. Now, I enter into the bigcommunal bathroom and hopethere's a shower open. When Ishower, there's only two flimsycurtains separating me fromeveryone else who uses the bath-room. Two flimsy curtains which,I learned recently, don't stopsomeone from pulling them asideto see if the shower stall is in use.

Which is not to say that collegelife and dorm living don't havetheir redeeming qualities. Athome, if I wanted to go out withfriends late at night, I'd have toget permission from my mother tostay out past my curfew. In col-lege, I come and go as I please. Ican return to my room at 5 a.m.

and no one blinks.At home, if I decided not to go to

class or to call in sick to work, I'dget a lecture from my motherabout responsibility and “doingwhat you have to do to do whatyou want to do.” Now, no one saysa word about an absence fromclass. On the first day of class,some of my professors even saidthey couldn’t care less if I didn’tshow up to class.

Moving out of my parents’ houseand into a place that’s my ownhas been a huge step for me. Mostdays, it seems like a step in theright direction. Being on my ownis a frightening, awesome, fantas-tic, joyous, terrifying, wonderfulnew experience.

I’m looking forward to weekthree.

After the inevitable staying up as late as I wanted andsleeping in until 2 p.m., I

began to realize there aredownsides to being

on my own.

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Freshman comes face-to-face with cold realities of collegiate life

Copy editor

With freedom comes great responsibility

ALICIASTRNAD

“Sadly, freedomturned out to not

quite be the joyride I had expected.”

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Strnad can be reached at [email protected].

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ADAMQUESNELL

Advocate columnist

“It was then thatMidge opened the

floodgates and regaledme with the tale of a

lifetime.

Preventing abduction, forced intoxication of penguins

Quesnell can be reached at [email protected].

The true purpose of this columnis to shed light on a very

important issue facing the Fargo-Moorhead area: The abduction

and forced intoxication of penguins.

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Have you ever had one of those Tom-Cruise-in-“Jerry-Maguire” kind of moodswhen you roll down the window, crank

up the Tom Petty andbelt out “Free Fallin’”at the top of yourlungs?

I have. However,after a handful ofthese days and hoursof repetitive radiomusic, there isn’tmuch to stop a per-son from swervinginto oncoming traffic.

This past summer Iworked as an internfor the Detroit Lakes(Minn.) Newspapers.Yet, I continued to

live in Fargo because finding someone tocover my half of the rent for the summerjust wasn’t worth it.

So, I drove to Detroit Lakes every week-day, spending an average of two hoursper day in the car.

As one can imagine, riding alone in acar on one of the barest stretches of roadin Minnesota can be quite tiresome.Some of my driving activities includedmaking fun of fellow drivers and their ve-hicles (some of the homeliest vehicles,and drivers for that matter, are residentsof the lovely state Minnesota), imagininghow well I would do on the Buffalo Riverdirt bike track and teasing truckers withmy hand gestures and actions.

When I grew weary of these activities, Iturned my attention to the radio.

Summer radio is often filled withsunny, over-saturated tunes that fit intothe summer attitude of relaxation andpartying, i.e. Sheryl Crow’s “Soak up theSun,” and unintelligible banter fromlocal DJs about upcoming artists or the

latest trends in Fargo-Moorhead.And so, I feel at liberty to share with

you some of the many radio momentsthat highlighted the summer of 2002 inFargo-Moorhead.

On my way to work I listened to themorning shows provided by several radiostations. I mostly skipped between Y94,Q98 and Light Rock 105, with my fa-vorite of the three being 105’s morningshow with Chris, John and Jane.

One of the most annoying, and yet stillfun, aspects of morning radio is the nu-merous radio trivia con-tests hosted by DJs.

At the beginning of thesummer, Y94 had onecaller who called in andsaid “Am I on the radio?”To this the DJs repliedyes. The caller then yelledinto the telephone, “I’mon the radio! I’m on theradio!” as if it was thebiggest accomplishment of her life. TheDJs got such a kick out of the womanthat they continued to play the bit allsummer.

Several of the trivia contests during thesummer involved winning tickets to anupcoming concert in Fargo-Moorhead. Atthe beginning of the summer, it wasCreed. Toward the end of the summer, itwas Cher.

I bloodied my fingers dialing into Y94for Cher tickets for five straight days onlyto get a “Sorry, you’re caller number six”response.

One of the most pleasing programmingmoments of the summer was when for-mer talk radio station 96.7 went all“Louie Louie” for over a week.

The station played close to 30 versionsof “Louie Louie” mixed with commercialsand promos about the station. The dif-

ferent versions ranged from punk to reg-gae to techno.

My roommate and I would drive aroundFargo listening to “Louie Louie” all after-noon, hoping to hear a new version orone of our favorites.

Whenever the pep band version cameon, we would reminisce about playingthe classic song in our high school bandduring sporting events.

When the station abruptly stoppedplaying “Louie Louie,” I consoled myroommate on her loss and hoped that

someday the “LouieLouie” marathon wouldreturn.

During the week of“Louie Louie,” I alsothought about how thestation’s marathon run ofthe song was a lot like mylife over the summer.

This past summer wasmy first taste of the “real

world,” working from 9-5 Mondaythrough Friday. The different versions of“Louie Louie” conveyed the idea thateach day is identical to the next, withonly a slight variation in tone, mood orstyle.

That is the real world. One day might bea big band “Louie Louie” kind of daywhile the next might be the angry femalegrunge band “Louie Louie” kind of day.But each day is the same, with only aslight twist.

Here’s to hoping that everyone doesn’thave a pep band “Louie Louie” kind ofday every day. Instead I hope everyone’slives are filled with “Louie Louie”-on-a-kazoo kind of days.

Those are the days that really matter.

Come “park it” in Lindenwood Park thisSaturday for an afternoon of music andliterature.

Park It: An Outdoor Celebration ofMusic and Literature will be held fromnoon to 5 p.m. Saturday in LindenwoodPark in Fargo.

The event will feature music from sixlocal and regional music entertainers in-cluding Bill Isle, The Villians, Tom Robleand Scot Kelsh.

Three creative writers will also join theentertainers for the event. The writers allcome from the MSUM English depart-ment — one being a faculty member, onea graduate student with the master offine arts in creative writing program andone a MSUM alumna.

The event is a fund-raiser forRepublican incum-bents TimMathern andMary Ekstrom.

Yet, Dean Hulse, Park It organizer, saidthe event isn’t all political.

“There is a political undertone,” Hulsesaid. “But the tone is more entertain-ment than anything. It’snot a campaign thing. It’sentertainment.”

Hulse and Bob Jensen,both graduates of MSUM’smaster of fine arts in cre-ative writing program,gathered the writers forthe event.

MSUM’s professor JohnEarly, MFA student KarenKohoutek and MSUM pro-fessor Kevin Zepper willread from their work, dur-ing the event.

Kohoutek has been read-ing her poetry in Fargo-Moorhead forseveral years, at Atomic Coffee and TheTrentino. She has also competed in alocal poetry slam.

Through her connections at the MSUMEnglish department, Kohoutek gladly of-fered to read at the event.

“It’s kind of a small world in the Fargo-Moorhead literaryscene,” Kohoutek said.“They asked me and Isaid I’d be glad to.”

With the literature as-pect covered, JackSchauer went aboutgathering musicians toperform.

Schauer, a formermember of the bandSweet Justice, has beeninvolved in the Fargo-Moorhead music scenesince the early ’70s.

In June, Schauerhelped organize a folk festival in Fargo.

Schauer decided to host another eventto celebrate music and literature inFargo-Moorhead and to help get youthsinvolved in politics.

“We were talking about getting youthinvolved in politics,” Schauer said. Imentioned the folk festival and the seedwas planted.”

The Villians have played in Fargo-Moorhead for a few years, with memberSam Heyn going to MSUM.

Bill Isles is a Duluth, Minn.-basedsinger-songwriter who has performed

throughout Minnesota. In 2001, Isleswon the Minnesota Folk Festival NewFolk Songwriter contest.Tickets are $10 and can be pur-

chased the day of the event or bycalling 239-9326.

A ‘Louie Louie’ kind of summer

Party in the parkPark It event raises funds through music, literature

By BRONSON LEMER

Arts and Entertainment Editor

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Per Halas (left) and Sam Heyn of The Villians will perform Saturday at Lindenwood Park.

Lemer can be reached at [email protected].

“I hope everyone’s lives arefilled with ‘Louie Louie’-on-a-

kazoo kind of days.

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“We were talking about gettingyouth involved in politics. Imentioned the folk festivaland the seed was planted.

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Summer radioin Fargo-Moorhead

A&E editor

BRONSONLEMER


Lately you may have noticed blue andyellow flyers, heard a murmur of somekind of party.

So what is the buzz all about? WhamBam Jam creators Jay Barton, JamesGullekson and Zac Hasler gave us thelow-down on the concert this weekend.

The first Wham Bam Jam was actuallya party held on a local band member’sfarm in Perley, Minn.

The Snacktones, along withGreenhouse and the One-eyed Jacksplayed for a crowd of 175.

It started out as a one-time thing, butgrew into another year.

As the next year rolled around the buzzabout the first Wham Bam [Thank You]Jam got out and everyone was pumpedup to do it again.

So Barton, Gullekson and Hasler de-cided to host the event again. Threeyears later the crowd size has nearlytripled from the first year, outgrowing its

party spot. On Friday, everyone will gather and

camp for the weekend on a 15-acre lotcovered with trees and cut off by a riveron three sides.

With two stages and more than 20bands, music styles range from punk toreggae, hip-hop to funk and even a littlegroove and techno.

With a hand-picked selection, thisyear’s list of bands has gotten longer andlouder. Some of the many bands playingat this year’s Wham Bam Jam areWookieFoot, Inebriation and TheAllMighty Senators, along with Fargo-Moorhead’s own Curious Yello,Brookdale, Flying Rock Show, EBGB andMothertruckin.

But it’s not just about the music. It’sabout people getting together, having funand supporting local bands and artists.

Barton, Gullekson and Hasler men-tioned that last year even some localfarmers stopped by the Jam to “check itout” and ended up staying all night.

On the other hand, the police haven’t

shown up once. The local sheriff hasbeen impressed with the Jam’s level ofcontrol. Wham Bam also carries it's ownsecurity.

Besides the fact that this year will havebetter camping, better staging and bettermusic, it will also offer temporary wed-dings, fire juggling/eating, alien abduc-tions and a beer garden.

A big-top tent featuring WookieFoot’sall-famous “Make Believe” world, withcircus performers and other amusementitems, will also be set up.

Local and national vendors will carry-ing everything from food, jewelry, andclothes to their own paintings and glasspieces.

Tickets can be purchased at VinylConnection, Mellow Mood, Tobacco Cityand Playmaker’s.

“[You’re] gonna have fun even if [you]don’t know what [you’re] up for,” Haslersaid.

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Fargo-Moorhead events and performances

9.5 -9.8“A Streetcar Named Desire”

7 p.m. Today (Thursday); 8 p.m.Friday and Saturday;

2 p.m. SundayFM Community Theatre

Pushin’ Daisies8:30 p.m.

25th Street Market

9.6

9.10Tab Benoit

8 p.m.309 Broadway

9.6 - 9.7“Much Ado About Nothing”

8 p.m.Fargo Theatre

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Staff Writer

9.5Mitch Hedberg

with Chad Daniels8 p.m.

Fargo Theatre

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Editor’s pick

Stephen Corey, associateeditor of the Georgia Review,will read from his work 4p.m. Wednesday in King.

Corey will answer ques-tions about the GeorgiaReview, one of the country’smost distinguished literaryquarterlies, and literarymagazines in general.

He will also talk about thecraft of writing and aboutpoetry as literature.

Alan Davis, MSUM englishprofessor, says the event willgive the community the op-portunity to come togetheron the first anniversary ofthe terrorist attacks.

Stockstad can be reached at [email protected].

Thank you sir, may I have another?

Wham Bam Jam serves up fourth helping


The Dragons crashinto their 80th all-timemeeting withConcordia onSaturday with a lot onthe line.

The Dragons’ loss toConcordia last seasonsent them off to a 0-5start.

“We were five playsaway from [starting] 4-1,” said RalphMicheli, head MSUMfootball coach, whoenters his 20th sea-son as head coach.

However, theDragons won four of their lastfive games, and are currentlyriding a three-game winningstreak in NSIC play. Michelisaid the wins were due to theteam making plays when theyneeded to.

The largest buzz around theDragons’ practices has beenconcentrated on senior run-ning back Shane Carter, atransfer from Northern StateUniversity, Aberdeen, S.D.

“Shane is a blessing for us,”Micheli said. “He’s played at a

good program in NorthernState.”

With the addition of Carter,Micheli said thinks he has foursolid backs that will see signif-icant playing time this season.Joining Carter in the backfieldwill be juniors Cody Wang andJake Sternhagen, along withfreshman Tim Zupke.

The Dragons are returningfive starters each on offenseand defense, so Power Bowl 4will prove to be a big game forthe new starters.

On offense, Wangreturns in the backfield,with Larry McCulley andRoss Montgomeryreturning on the line.Wide receiver ChadDavison and quarter-back Brad Duerr returnat the other skill posi-tions.

The defensive unitretains redshirt fresh-man tackle JasonSatter, senior tackleJoel McCue, senior endCorey Hoppe, juniorlinebacker DaveSustercich and cornerDesmond Daniels.

While most of therecently vacated starting

positions have been filled,Micheli said there are still bat-tles going on at free safety andthe second cornerback posi-tions.

Micheli says his biggest con-cern is the offensive and defen-sive lines.

He indicated a lack of depthon both sides of the ball at theline positions.

“We’ve got good playersthere,” Micheli said. “We just

Temperatures were souncomfortable in Nemzek lastweekend that spectators usedgame programs as fans. Butthe swelling heat didn’t appearto affect the MSUM volleyballteam.

“You’ll see less wiping of thefloor as the season progress-es,” said senior defensive spe-cialist Becky Serbus, whoremarked on the number oftimes the Dragons used towelsto dry up the floor.

Riding a three-matchunbeaten streak, the Dragonslost their tournament-finalematch to cross-town rivalConcordia 30-21, 26-30, 30-28, 28-30, 15-11, finishingthe tournament with a 3-1record.

Despite their success lastweekend, head coach TammyBlake-Kath said the team wasincomplete, noting injuries tofreshman middle hitterMackenzie Close and fresh-man outside hitter JamieChristianson.

The Dragons opened playwith a convincing 30-20, 30-18, 30-24 win over ValleyCity (N.D) State on Friday.

A .449 kill percentage — theirhighest of the tournament —

was a major factor in theDragon’s win over the Vikings.

Against Mayville (N.D.) State,the Dragonsrecorded a tour-nament-high 14blocks, cruisingto a 30-25, 31-29, 30-28 victory.

Junior Val Wolfsaid the secret tothe Dragons’ success was thecohesion on the court.

“The returners were the key,”Wolf said. “Last year we allplayed together.”

Junior MelindaFreer said atti-tude was also acontributing fac-tor.

“We have thementality thatno one is goingto take a game

from us,” Freer said.Already familiar to the sound

of the crowd clapping in uni-son, which they did at set-point of each game won, theDragons kept the crowdactive, sweeping MontanaState University-Northern 30-21, 33-31, 30-18 in theirthird match.

With a successful openingweekend, the Dragons are ona course similar to the 2000squad, which opened the sea-son 9-0 on its way to a NSICchampionship.

But Blake-Kath doesn’t wantto jump the gun, pointing outa few differences between thetwo teams.

“There’s some resemblance,”said Blake-Kath of the twoteams. “I can see the potentialwith this. We’ll get there, butwe’ll take it in steps.

“Every match will be a learn-ing process. What this teamlacks is experience. But theyhave the same talent level.”

The Dragons are scheduledto play Michigan Tech,Mackinac Island, at 10 a.m.Friday in the NDSU tourna-ment.

They battle Arkansas Tech,Russellville, later that day at 6 p.m.

The Dragons then concludethe tournament with a matchagainst Quincy (Ill.) Universityat 6 p.m. Sunday.

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SPEAKING

NEWS & NOTESThe MSUM men’s club soc-

cer team is scheduled to playNDSU in its first homegame of the 2002 sea-

son. Game time isscheduled tobegin at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday at the soccer fieldsbehind Nemzek. Last year, theDragons defeated the Bison 4-1.After a two-year hiatus from theclub, senior outside midfielderAdam Ahonen will add speed tothe Dragons’ midfield. FormerConcordia standout Eric Singer ,defender/forward, who madeappearances with last year’ssquad, is returning in 2002.Singer — a three-time all-Minnesota Intercollegiate AthleticConference defender and votedDivision III NCAA All-MidwestRegion second team in 1999 —tallied 14 goals and 19 assists inhis collegiate career with theCobbers.

“The team that winsmakes the fewest mis-takes. If we complete

50 percent of our passes,we’ll be tough to beat.

Head MSUM football coach RalphMicheli and his predicted ‘keys-to-winning’

in Saturday’s Power Bowl IV.

POWER BOWL IVWHEN: Saturday • WHERE: Nemzek field • KICKOFF: 1:30 p.m.

Dragons 3-1 in weekend tourneyBy JOE WHETHAM

Sports Editor

MSUM head volleyball coach Tammy Blake-Kath, right, discussesstrategy in the Dragons’ home tournament last weekend.

JASON PROCHNOW /THE ADVOCATE

Fighting for powerBy HAYDEN GOETHE

Staff Writer

❒ FOOTBALL, page 11

Dragons seek vengeance in Power Bowl 4 thisSaturday after last year’s 18-10 loss to Cobbers

VOLLEYBALLFlawless in three of fourmatches last weekend,the Dragons opened the2002 season with a bang,losing only to cross-townrival Concordia 3-2.

Junior wide receiver Chad Davison breaks through a pair of defend-ers during practice Tuesday.

PETE MONTECUOLLO /PHOTO EDITOR

LAST YEAR: A crowd of more than 6,000 wit-nessed the Cobbers upend the Dragons 18-10 atConcordia’s Jake Christiansen field.

STATS: The Dragons’ option-styleoffense produced a modest

182 yards rushing last year.Quarterback Brad Duerr com-

pleted 5 of 15 passes, throw-ing for 34 yards.

SPOTLIGHT: Senior run-ning back Shane Carter, atransfer from NorthernState University, willmake his debut with theDragons on Saturday.

POWER BOWL BREAKDOWN

SP RTS

Freshman defender LeslieAnderson didn’t know what toexpect last weekend.

She didn’t know how fast andphysical colle-giate-level soc-cer would be.

And she didn’texpect — in herfirst collegiatematch — thatshe’d have todefend againsta pair ofTrinidad andTobago nationalteam members.

Teleshia Josephand AprilReyes, two for-wards from Central MissouriState, Warrensburg, were only twoof the surprises last weekend, asthe MSUM women’s soccer teamdropped a pair of non-conferencegames to Missouri Southern State, Joplin, 4-1 and Central MissouriState, Warrensburg, 3-0.

Head coach Eric Swanbeck saidthe Dragons’ inexperience showedand the speed and physical play of

collegiate soccer was a real eye-opener to the young Dragons.

“It was kind of going back toschool for us,” Swanbeck said.“The youngness took advantage ofus. They didn’t realize it was sophysical.”

Swanbeck also noted injuries tokey players, notably, senior mid-fielder/defender MeganSawarynski.

It took the Dragons nearly 10 hours to reach Joplin, Mo., fortheir first match against MissouriSouthern State.

After a morning trip to the JoplinZoo, the Dragons squared offagainst the Lady Lions, who fin-ished third in the Mid-AmericaIntercollegiate AthleticsConference in 2001 with an 8-4-0conference record.

“We could have beaten them,”Swanbeck said.

Missouri Southern Statenotched the game’s first goal inthe eighth minute, but sopho-more outside midfielder MandyAnderson tied the game in the17th minute off a rebound fromfreshman defender MaureenRoss.

MSUM freshman goalkeeperTammi Radder made her collegiate

debut, turning away eight shots.Leslie Anderson said the

Dragons were overwhelmedagainst Central Missouri State,who finished second in the MIAAlast year with 14-6-0 record.

Joseph and Reyes connected ontwo of three Central MissouriState goals.

Central Missouri State commit-ted 20 fouls, but the Dragons shyaway from contact, committing 11 fouls and picking up a pair ofyellow cards.

“It opened a lot of freshmen’seyes,” Leslie Anderson said. “Itwas a lot faster than in the past.It was very physical.”

The Dragons are scheduled toplay UND at 1 p.m. Sunday inGrand Forks.

The Dragons then play host toJamestown (N.D.) College at 4p.m. Wednesday.

The MSUM cross countryteam begins competition thisweekend with many surprises,including a new head coachand an initial roster of 21slimmed to 15.

According to distance coachTim McLagan, the large pre-season roster would have beena drastic improvement in num-bers compared to previousyears.

Keith Barnier, new head crosscountry and track and fieldcoach, would like to see 15 to20 on each team in future sea-sons.

Coaching staff Barnier replaces James

Williams, who was dismissedthis summer.

A 1987 graduate of MSUM,Barnier has 11 years of coach-ing experience, including oneyear as head coach at CarletonCollege, Northfield, Minn.

While attending MSUM,Barnier lettered each competi-tive season and in 1987received a degree in fitnessmanagement.

Barnier then began coachingat the University of St.Thomas, St. Paul, as a side jobwhile working on his mastersdegree.

He coached at St. Thomasuntil 1990, then spent twoyears with the University ofAlabama, Tuscaloosa, as thesprint coach, before accepting

the head job at Carleton. “I thought I was going to be

there forever,” Barnier said ofthe Carleton job. “[But]Clemson, [S.C.] who had justfinished the previous season asnational runner up, needed asprint coach.”

Barnier’s first task atClemson was to fill the shoes ofa 100-meter NCAA champ anda 200-meter world champ,both of whom had just gradu-ated.

Barnier said he wanted to getback into coaching as a headcoach and chose MSUMbecause of his former affiliationand contact with Dragon ath-letics.

“I’ve had other opportunitiesto get back into coaching, butmy alma mater is the rightone,” Barnier said.

McLagan begins his thirdyear as a cross country andtrack and field coach.

McLagan is a distance coachduring the track and field sea-son and runs the day-to-daypractices during cross country.McLagan, a 1993 NDSU gradu-ate, competed in both crosscountry and track and fieldduring college.

McLagan also excelled at thesteeplechase, winning all NorthCentral Conference twice.

McLagan has taught at WestFargo high school since 1998.His previous coaching experi-ence includes head junior hightrack coach at Fargo North andassistant track and cross-country coach at West FargoHigh School.

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INTRAMURALSSport8-on-8 flag footballLeague nameTuesday-ThursdayGame timesBetween 3 and 6 p.m.

SportDoubles sandlot volleyballLeague nameTuesday-Thursday

SportTennisLeague nameTennis League

Registration dealine for all ofintramural sports mentionedabove is this Sunday.

There will be a captain’s meet-ing for every sport mentionedabove Sept. 12 at 9 p.m. .

Cross country Women’s soccerThe men’s and women’s cross country teams competein the Bemidji (Minn.) StateInvitational on Friday.

Men’s soccer The women’s soccer team hasa home game againstJamestown (N.D.) College at4 p.m., Wednesday.

RugbyThe men’s soccer team trav-els to UND for a matchagainst the Sioux at 1 p.m.Sunday.

The men’s rugby teamtravels to Minnesota StateUniversity, Mankato for amatch against the Maverickson Saturday.

AHEAD

Williams out, Barnier now in commandCROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW

Lynch, Smith lead young Dragon squads into season of uncertainty

Members of the women’s cross country team push the pace early inthe Viking Invitational at Valley City (N.D.) State on Sept. 21, 2001.

FILE PHOTO

Trevor Vossen, far right, and members of the men’s cross countryteam warm up for an 800-meter time trial Tuesday.

PETE MONTECUOLLO /PHOTO EDITOR

By SCOTT DCAMP

Staff Writer

❒ X-COUNTRY, page 11

Inexperience hampers women’s soccer

Sawarynski

M. Anderson

The women’s soc-cer team had itsdifficulties lastweekend, losing apair of games toMissouri SouthernState 4-1, andCentral MissouriState 3-0.Sophomore out-side midfielderMandy Andersonnotched theDragons’ loan goal.

THE SCOOP

By JOE WHETHAM

Sports Editor

Note: students can pick up regis-trations sheets at the Intramuraloffice in Nemzek. For more informa-tion on intramural programs, call236-2050.

MSUM vs. JAMESTOWN

WOMEN’S SOCCER At HOME Wednesday 4 p.m.

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struction begin. She said thestaff continues to deal withthe mold in the health center.

“We make sure everyonegets out of here at noon andgets fresh air,” Klein said.“Our physical plant will putsome fans in here to get goodair exchange. They’re learneda lot about adjusting ourhumidity and temperature.”

Wiese said students, admin-istrators, faculty and Hendrixemployees have beenresearching the idea of build-ing a health and wellnessfacility to permanently houseHendrix Health Center.

“This past year, the studentsenate and Hendrix Healthstaff and peer advisers took acouple of trips over to NDSU,”Wiese said. “That’s our clos-est model. That’s somethinglike what we’re thinkingabout.”

Wiese said possible ideas for

the facility include areas forfitness, aerobic equipment,weights, a track, a workoutstudio and various services tosupport wellness concepts ofnutrition and healthy living.

“I think we definitely needmore space for this activityon campus,” Klein said.

Wiese said different ideaswill be discussed by a varietyof campus representatives.

“A task force comprised ofstudents, faculty and staffwill do some research intolike facilities on other cam-puses and also do some sur-veying of the various con-stituencies to see what wouldmeet the greatest needs onour campus,” Wiese said.

He said the task force willthen meet with a designer todiscuss space, items andaffordability. Other ideas forthe facility include a rock-climbing wall, sauna and

whirlpool.“It will be

comparable toan off-campushealth clubfacility,” Wiesesaid. “Thething is, thiswould be afacility thatwould, in largepart, be sup-ported by student fees.”

He said NDSU charges stu-dents $50 per semester forunlimited use.

“It’s a pretty good deal,”Wiese said. “They’ve openedtheir facility to faculty andstaff with a monthly rate. Wewould certainly look at thatas part of the program ... andmaybe even communitymembers, if the students feltOK with that.”

Wiese said nothing is defi-nite yet, but discussion has

also includedbuilding thehealth andw e l l n e s sfacility on14th Street.

“It’s anoption thatmight pre-sent anopportunityto us to do

something different andunique here,” Wiese said. “Itcould be a facility that con-nects the CMU and Kise,Ballard Hall, Snarr Hall andDahl Hall.”

Wiese said students wouldbenefit by not only having aconnection to the health andwellness facility, but also toKise and the CMU.

Other advantages of placingthe facility on 14th Streetinclude creating more park-ing for students, as well as

reducing traffic for the neigh-borhood residents, Wiesesaid.

“We would need permissionfrom the City of Moorhead todo this,” Wiese said. “If wechoose to adopt this plan, wewould have to formallyrequest ... permission toclose that street. If that wereto occur, that would alsomean we would have to lookat different traffic regula-tions.”

Wiese said more researchwill begin this fall and idealcircumstances would havethe facility completed in thenext two or three years.

“It’s something that I thinkthe time has definitely comeon our campus to discuss theoptions,” Wiese said.

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We make sure everyonegets out of here (Hendrix)at noon and gets some

fresh air.

Penny KleinHendrix Health Center director

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“It will be different on thefinancial statement. We don’tknow how many credits a stu-

dent is goingto take. Itcould be awhole lot ofmoney dif-ference.”

Z e h r e nsaid anothersignif icantimpact for

some studentsis that tuition

and fee waivers will not beused in calculating Minnesotagrants.

“They key here is actualtuition fees charged and paidby the student,” Zehren said.“When we say paid, it could bethrough a financial aidresource. But it’s charged tothe student and not waived.”

Zehren said the number ofMSUM students receivinggrants this year is fairly com-parable to last year’s numberof approximately 1,100 stu-dents. She said total dollaramounts will be determinedafter the add/drop periodends.

Phil Lewenstein, director ofcommunications and legisla-tive services for MinnesotaHigher Education ServicesOffice, said the main goal ofthe plan is help students.

“What we wanted to do wasserve students better by recog-nizing the actual tuition andfees that a student actuallyfaces,” Lewenstein said.“Basically, the philosophy ofour grant program is based onhelping students keep up withthe price of their school andtheir program.”

Lewenstein said the initiativewas approved by the legisla-ture to go into effect this year,and a little more than $5 mil-lion in additional funds wasreceived for the initiative.There remains a limit on eligi-bility (10 semesters), butLewenstein said he thinks theinitiative will serve studentswell.

“We’ll get better estimatesafter this year, but it was agood initiative and we got goodfunding for it,” Lewensteinsaid. “We think it’s great thatwe now have the technicalcapacity to recognize actualtuitions.”

Zehren

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