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After crafting a new team in
April and practicing some-
times more than twice a day,
NDSU’s bison dance team
took home the title after a stel-
lar performance in the 2012
Universal Dance Association
College National Champi-
onship.
Coach Meghan Wabner ex-
plained the difficult road to the
national championship in Or-
lando, Fla. Jan. 13-15 where
the team finished champion in
Division I pom and third in
Division I jazz.
“These championships are
the most prestigious competi-
tion in the country,” she said.
“To be able to compete, teams
must attend spirit camp, send
in a video audition and put to-
gether a spirit tape which
highlights a team's role within
their school, athletic depart-
ment and community. Once at
nationals, each dance goes
through a preliminary round
where after half are elimi-
nated, then it is onto the final
competition.”
“All the dance teams stay to-
gether in the Disney All-Star
Resorts during the competi-
tion,” sophomore and dance
team member, Sasha Steichen
said. “There are no studios or
gyms to practice in, so we pick
a secluded part in the parking
lots and practice there for a
couple hours before bed.”
“We bleed green and yel-
low,” bison dance team cap-
tain and junior Emily
Sumpmann said. “That is why
we worked so hard each and
every day, so that we could
fulfill our own dreams and
bring back another title to our
school.”
Kristen Oldyn, also a cap-
tain on the dance team and a
senior, said “the only time
anyone gets to see us dance is
at football games, which is
only one-tenth of what we do.
Football games are easy,
crowd-appealing dances while
our competition dances are
some of the hardest dances
made; and they have to be to
win.”
“This season alone, we’ve
had two torn meniscuses, one
girl with severe plantar fasci-
itis so bad she can't walk, three
girls with previously fractured
spines and so many torn mus-
cles I couldn’t count them all,”
Oldyn exclaimed. “We all
danced through it though be-
cause we knew when the
championship came, we were
going to win and none of us
wanted to sit out on that.”
“You almost forget that a
world exists around you,”
Wabner said. “Christmas be-
comes something that’s more
‘in the way’ and all your fam-
ily and friends hear is ‘I can’t,
I have practice.’”
Wabner started with the
Bison Dance Team in 2004
and served four years as a
member and one year as a co-
coach before graduating from
NDSU. Wabner also assisted
the team with nationals in
2010 and has been the head
coach ever since.
“The entire nationals experi-
ence is just awesome, espe-
cially when you get to make
your mark. It is a passionate
and intense competition, but it
also breeds camaraderie,”
Wabner said. “All who com-
pete at this competition do so
for two reasons: their love for
the sport and their love for
their school.”
“These women are incredi-
ble athletes that endure some
of the most intense physical
practices I could possibly
come up with,” Wabner said.
“They are stand-up represen-
tatives of their school and
have truly been my dream
team, as well as a dream team
for NDSU.”
At the 2011 National Cham-
pionship, the bison dance team
was disappointed after a sec-
ond place finish in the Divi-
sion I pom category and fourth
place in the Division I jazz
category.
“Instead of letting that get us
down, we used that as motiva-
tion to push ourselves beyond
our best abilities as athletes;
that’s how our team works. Fi-
nally receiving that national
title this year was the greatest
feeling in the world,” Steichen
said.
“Considering this is the sec-
ond national championship
title for NDSU this year, it
shows that our school is all
around dedicated; we don't
settle for any less than we de-
serve,” Steichen said.
“NDSU has so many ac-
complished athletics and clubs
that are unrecognized, but be
Dance continued on page 2
The 3rd annual NDSU Inno-
vation Week will take place
from Jan. 23 to Jan. 27 across
campus. The NDSU Research
and Technology Park puts on
Innovation Week.
According to Executive Di-
rector of the Research and
Technology Park,Tony Grind-
berg, the Park has been bring-
ing students and businesses
together for both business and
educational reasons for nearly
11 years.
Innovation Week ‘12 is
comprised of two main com-
ponents, and the second is the
competition.
The break out sessions has
speakers who teach the audi-
ence about different aspects of
business and how to find and
take charge of opportunities.
These break out groups are
taking place all day on Tues-
day, Jan. 24 and Thursday, Jan.
26.
This is the first year that the
Research and Technology
Park has implemented a com-
petition into Innovation Week.
Each group must create a pres-
entation that is central around
an innovative business idea.
These presentations will be
given to a panel of judges
whom are involved with entre-
preneurship and business.
There are 20 groups that
consist of a broad selection of
students. The competitors
range from sophomores to
graduate students, are from all
over the world and study an
array of majors. This competi-
tion isn’t just for engineering
or other technology-based stu-
dents; some students on the
list are studying zoology, Eng-
lish, education, finance, and
even university studies.
The competition consists of
an oral element and a visual
element, and will be held on
Wednesday, Jan. 25. Posters
can be viewed at 9 a.m. in the
Memorial Union Prairie Rose
Room.
Contestants will be judged
on the object, purpose of their
idea, their methods and appli-
cation, and the outcome.
Bonus points will be given for
style. First place winners will
receive $5,000. Second place
winners will receive $2,500
and following suit, third place
winners will receive $1,000.
The winners will be an-
nounced on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m.
in the Great Room.
Another one of the judges,
and also the keynote speaker,
is Tom Walker, the CEO of
Tasty Catering. Walker is from
the Chicago area and speaks
nationally about leadership,
employee engagement, entre-
preneurship and brand image.
He has been in business for 40
years and in that time has
started 29 companies and ac-
quired three. He is still a prin-
ciple in nine of those
companies. His speech will be
given on Jan. 26 from 3 p.m.
to 5 p.m. in the Great Room.
Brenda Wyland, Associate
Director of the NDSU Re-
search and Technology Park,
stresses that all students
should get involved with Inno-
vation Week.
“Innovation Week provides
a platform for NDSU students
to see firsthand how innova-
tion drives entrepreneurship
and that leads to opportunity,”
Wyland stated.
Students will be able to at-
tend the break out sessions and
listen to what successful entre-
preneurs have to say about in-
novation and business. Bruce
Rafert, NDSU provost, agrees
with Wyland.
“We all live in a global
knowledge economy, and
higher education is on the
front lines. At NDSU, innova-
tion is everywhere. This is a
chance for students to hear and
learn from some of the best
entrepreneurs in North
Dakota—in both formal and
informal one-on-one discus-
sions,” Rafert said.
Students who don’t think
that Innovation Week is right
for them could find Innovation
Week a useful tool for the fu-
ture, especially if they are in-
terested in entrepreneurship
and business.
“It’s about creating opportu-
nities for yourself as well as
others,” Grindberg said.
Students can find more in-
formation about Innovation
Week and the full schedule by
visiting http://www.ndsure-
searchpark.com/about/Pages/
Events.aspx.
Overlooking the south en-
trance of the Memorial Union
is a familiar sight, now re-
turned and restored after ap-
proximately a month of
absence. The bison statue, ti-
tled A Foot in the Past, An Eye
to the Future, made its debut in
Fargo in 2006. Since then, it
has endured the abuse of stu-
dents and nature alike, which
both prompted its most recent
restoration.
Don Larew, the artist behind
the Butte Lounge bison's de-
sign, has had a history with
both the NDSU community
and the molded statue. He was
chiefly responsible for the lat-
est restoration as well as the
original conception.
“I, at the time, was doing a
whole lot of research on the
history of the theater. I taught
here for 40 years, and that's
what really prompted me, I
think, to start thinking about a
past and then the future and
the current in terms of the look
of the bison,” Larew said.
To accomplish this, the
bison has two very unique
sides. One side features an Ag-
gies shirt, knee-high socks, a
beanie and vintage spectacles
to capture the history of the
university; the other features a
flip-flop shoe, dynamic sun-
glasses, a replica iPod, a nose
ring and an earring to cele-
brate the present and future.
“So, it's got the look of the
early bison, when we were
known as the Aggies, so that’s
the more historic part, and
then the other side has a more
contemporary look to it,”
Larew said.
In December, the Memorial
Union Gallery took in the
Bison continued on page 2
NDSU dancers take second national title
Submitted photograph The bison dance team grabbed the championship title for the pom category and third place in jazz over the weekend during the Universal Dance Association College National Championship.
Bison team places nationally in Division I dance categoriesCate Ekegren
Co-News Editor
Innovation Week prompts involvement with NDSU research and tech Hannah Dillon
News Writer
Familiar bisonfinds home
Matt Severns
Spectrum Staff
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More than 90 organizations participate inevent aimed at student involvement
Student involvement expo
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ND schools rekindle historic rivalry at theRalph Engelstad Arena
NDSU, UND face off
Students attended the Stu-
dent Involvement Expo on
Jan. 18 in search for their
place on campus.
With over 275 student or-
ganizations at NDSU, stu-
dents are able to get involved
in a variety of different ways.
The expo allowed an
overview of the options avail-
able.
There was a great turnout of
organizations with 93 booths
set up in the Memorial Union
Great Plains Ballroom. Stu-
dents were able to eat popcorn
and handfuls of candy as they
explored the array of opportu-
nities.
Organizations at the event
ranged from fraternities and
sororities to the Gaming
Guild, and many student or-
ganizations created for stu-
dents’ majors in mind.
Information for the organi-
zations was provided to in-
quiring students.
“We have gotten waves of
people who are interested in
joining. The people that are
seeking it out are the people
that are really want to get in-
volved on campus,” Lauren
Wilvers, executive commis-
sioner of congress of student
organizations, said.
Joseph Mettler, a senior
studying crop and weed sci-
ence, and president of Circle
K International, stressed the
benefits of getting involved.
“It provides an opportunity
to volunteer, which looks
great on resumes. It is also an
organization that helps build
up leadership,” Mettler said of
Circle K International.
Circle K is an organization
that presents volunteer oppor-
tunities to NDSU students
around the Fargo-Moorhead
community. It also provides a
great opportunity to receive
scholarships.
One of their upcoming
events is the Kiwanis Pancake
Karnival, which will be held
on Feb. 11 in the FargoDome.
Getting involved in organi-
zations such as Circle K Inter-
national allows students to
build on their leadership
skills. Other groups focus on
other skills.
The Model United Nations
Club, another organization
featured at the event, repre-
sents the United Nations on a
smaller scale and is involved
with competitions at two dif-
ferent conferences held over
the academic year.
“This is a great way for stu-
dents to learn about the polit-
ical issues going on in the
world,” Shalin Rathnasighe,
graduate student studying
food safety and member, said.
The Model United Nations
Club also allows students to
hone in on their public speak-
ing skills.
The expo provided only a
portion of the opportunities
that are available through stu-
dent organizations at NDSU.
To receive more informa-
tion and a complete list of stu-
dent organizations, visit
http://ndsu.orgsync.com.
During the North Dakota
Legislature Special Session in
November, a law directing
UND to continue using the
“Fighting Sioux” nickname
and logo was abolished,
meaning the Fighting Sioux
apparel can no longer be sold
in stores.
A new law passed during
the November Special Session
allows UND to now begin the
process of transitioning away
from using the controversial
nickname and logo.
Sean Johnson, senior asso-
ciate athletics director at
UND, recently wrote an email
to officials of athletic confer-
ences UND teams compete in.
The email stated that UND
will discontinue using the
Fighting Sioux nickname and
logo as of Jan. 1, 2012 and
asks for the UND athletic
teams to now be referred to
only as the University of
North Dakota.
Although the transition
process is mostly complete,
items such as new team uni-
forms are not able to be com-
pleted until February
sometime.
Some exceptions to the fu-
ture use of the “Fighting
Sioux” nickname and logo re-
main. Use of the Betty Engel-
stad Sioux Center, a facility
that is not owned or operated
by UND, and the Ralph En-
gelstad Arena will be allowed
and the “Fighting Sioux”
nickname and logo will be al-
lowed in historical references,
among other exceptions.
The transition will not in-
clude a ban on wearing Fight-
ing Sioux apparel at athletic
events. However, March 31
has been set as the last day
that licensed vendors are able
to produce Fighting Sioux
gear. After that, licensed ven-
dors will have three months to
liquidate their stock of Fight-
ing Sioux apparel.
“I haven’t noticed as many
people buying Fighting Sioux
merchandise lately, but when
the name dilemma was first
announced, it got crazy! Peo-
ple were buying Sioux stuff
like it was already the last day
it would be available,” Nikki
Schneider, a senior at NDSU
and long-time employee at
Scheels Sporting Goods, said.
Sarah Anderson, a recent
NDSU alumnus, frequently
attends UND hockey games
and wanted to make sure she
got Fighting Sioux apparel be-
fore it’s picked over.
“The shelves were getting
very limited and a sales per-
son at the store I went to said
all Fighting Sioux apparel
they had left in stock was al-
ready out on the floor,” An-
derson said. “There were still
tons of people wearing Sioux
gear at last weekend’s hockey
games too.”
“Our customers will defi-
nitely be upset when our stock
of Fighting Sioux apparel is
out,” Schneider said. “Any
sports fan can understand the
anger one might feel when
your favorite team’s (usual)
apparel is no longer avail-
able.”
“A family member of mine
who has never even been to or
watched any UND sporting
event in his life heard about
the loss of the Fighting Sioux
nickname and bought a jersey
with the old logo on before the
end of the year,” Anderson
added.
Despite rumors, the iconic
Ralph Engelstad Arena and
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center
will not be required to remove
all Fighting Sioux logos. The
settlement agreement allows
championship banners, photo-
graphs, trophies and more fea-
turing the Fighting Sioux logo
to still be displayed as well as
the Sitting Bull tribute state
and the granite Sioux logos
embedded in the floor.
There has been no new
nickname and logo chosen
yet. The law passed during the
November Special Sessions
states that neither UND nor
the State Board of Higher Ed-
ucation may adopt a new
nickname or logo before Jan-
uary 2015 as a matter of re-
spect.
More information and cur-
rent updates can be found on
the UND nickname and logo
blog online at www.nick-
name.und.edu/logo.
Cate Ekegren and Emma HeatonCo-News Editors
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statue for repairs. The beanie,
glasses, earring, nose ring and
replica iPod had disappeared,
and the bison was in need of
restoration.
Larew was the right person
for this job, as he had previ-
ously worked on the statue for
other reasons.
“Initially, it was outside. It
was located outside by South
Engineering and it was dam-
aged some, and I fixed it,”
Larew said. “And, when they
had it outside, northwest of the
Union, it got more banged up
there, so that's when they
moved it indoors. The idea
was they wanted to get it re-
furbished and back again. I
said that I'd done it enough
times, so they took on the task
here.”
Larew, along with the help
of Leroy Grant and other stu-
dents, spent the past month
collaboratively restoring the
bison.
The statue will remain in the
Butte Lounge on the second
floor of the Memorial Union
for the foreseeable future. It
currently has velvet ropes
around it in hopes that it will
not need another restoration
any time soon. The ropes,
however, are temporary.
“We're going to do a sign
next to it that says, ‘respect the
bison,’ and has the history on
it, and we're hoping that can
kind of push that as a way of
saying, ‘don't touch,’ without
saying, ‘don't touch,’” Amy
Nash, a graduate student in-
volved in the restoration proj-
ect, said.
cause of these recent wins,
each student can share the
pride of achievement with us
even if they aren't a part of the
team or club,” Sumpmann
said.
“I know I'm speaking for the
Bison football team as well as
the dance team in saying the
fight doesn't stop just because
we have the ring on our finger;
the finish line is just the begin-
ning of a new race,” Steichen
added. “Bring on 2013.”
“[Our university] is the
pride of North Dakota, and
bringing multiple national ti-
tles home gives the university
and the state yet another rea-
son to be proud,” Sumpmann
said.
Dance continued from page 1
Bison continued from page 1
The Wellness Center is
launching Healthy Mondays –
a way for students to renew
their possibly dwindling New
Year’s resolutions at the be-
ginning of each week.
Each Monday, a different
challenge will be posted on the
Wallman Wellness Center
website. Students are then
asked to take a quiz on Black-
board and are entered in a
drawing to win prizes.
The Healthy Mondays cam-
paign started from research
done by Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity. Research has shown
that people are more likely to
back up their healthy habits at
the beginning of a new week.
Healthy Mondays is a part
of the Monday campaigns,
which include a variety of dif-
ferent ways to start your week
off right. Participants can take
a part in Meatless Monday,
Quit & Stay Quit Monday,
Move It Monday, Man Up
Monday and Caregivers’ Mon-
day.
Individuals and organiza-
tions take a part in the move-
ment nationwide.
“Mondays are the day of a
fresh start,” Stacey Holm, cer-
tified health educator from the
Wellness Center, said. “It’s
kind of like resolution Mon-
day, except you have 52 Mon-
days a year to keep reinforcing
your goal.”
The challenges will focus on
different areas such as finan-
cial health, time management,
exercise, diet and tips on how
to reduce stress.
Students’ financial situations
are major causes of stress for
many at NDSU. Holm hopes
that Healthy Mondays can
provide tools to assist students
in this area, beginning the first
Monday with “Money Mon-
day.”
The first Healthy Monday
provided tips to use while in-
corporating a budget into your
spending and how this can be
beneficial for struggling col-
lege students.
Healthy Mondays can be
used as an incentive for any
type of unhealthy behavior.
Students may be consuming
too much alcohol, eating un-
healthy foods or spending too
much money.
“It gives you a reason to be
healthier on Mondays. If you
start off the week healthy, you
will be better for the rest of the
week,” Danielle Simenson,
sophomore in the pre-Nursing
program and participant of
Healthy Mondays, said.
The Wellness Education
Leaders are also contributing
to the Healthy Monday expe-
rience. They will be rotating
between the Union and the
Wellness Center, giving re-
sources with information re-
garding abstinence,
relationships and how to pro-
tect your sexual health.
“We are excited to be able to
offer this to students, and
hopefully help improve their
quality of life,” Holm said.
Prizes will be awarded to
participants every week and
include gift cards to the NDSU
Bookstore.
Students can register on
Blackboard to take a part in
the campaign. To receive
more information on the Mon-
day campaigns, students can
visit the Wellness Center web-
site or www.mondaycam-
paigns.org.
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Co-News Editor
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Co-News Editor
Final decision made regarding UND nicknameFighting Sioux apparel disappearing from shelves
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The 2012 Golden Globes re-
vealed more than just the
award winners for TV and
movies this year; it revealed
stunning beauty trends from
the red carpet. Most of these
looks are great for formal
events, but I’ve got the scoop
on three makeup looks that
you can re-create with only
three items.
Reese Witherspoon’snatural makeup
Most would say that natural
makeup looks are only for
summer, but they are wrong.
Natural looks are a great way
to wear makeup without look-
ing like you have too much of
it. Here’s how to get the look:
Items you’ll need: bronzer,
mascara and pink lip-gloss.
What to do: Apply a single
coat of voluminous mascara
on upper lashes. While that
dries grab the bronzer and
your preferred brush, apply
the bronzer unto the edge of
the cheeks with your brush
working it towards the apples
of your cheeks. Then, also
apply on the bridge of the nose
and right above the eyebrows,
creating a “T” shape. Finally,
apply the light pink lip-gloss.
Sofia Vergara’s sultrymakeup
Red lipstick is scary. Not
only is it a big move, but also
most females feel they can’t
find the right shade for their
skin. The key is not the red lip-
stick you choose, but the eye
makeup that you match it
with.
Item’s you’ll need: Pencil
eyeliner, mascara and red lip-
stick.
What to do: Grab your pen-
cil and swipe the tip of it on a
sheet of paper until the tip is
not sharp. Then apply about
half an inch of the eyeliner to
your eyelid. Also apply the
eyeliner to your waterline and
to the upper rim of your eye.
Apply two coats of mascara to
upper lashes and one coat to
the bottom lashes. Finally,
apply the red lipstick twice by
starting on the outside and
working your way in.
Emma Stone’s va-va-voom makeup
This look is great for a night
out at the bar or for an evening
out on the town. Stay away
from using this during the day
because it will only seem like
you are trying too hard instead
of pulling off the sexy look.
Items you’ll need: Black eye
shadow, mascara and pink
blush.
What to do: Apply the
black eye shadow on your eye-
lid and crease. Use your eye
shadow brush and sweep the
shadow until it creates a
smoky eye. To do this you can
start at the crease and sweep
back and forth. Apply two
coats of mascara to upper
lashes and on the farther half
of bottom lashes. Finally,
apply the pink blush to the ap-
ples of the cheeks.
The Golden Globes may be
over, but these looks will def-
initely pass the test of time.
Now it’s your turn to be a star.
Social networking is rapidly
progressing in China as users
seek legal ways to stay con-
nected since some globally
popular sites have been
banned.
“Facebook, YouTube, and
Twitter are all blocked, but we
can [still] use MySpace,”
shared Zhengyang “Jeffrey”
Ruan, a sophomore majoring
in marketing. Ruan is an inter-
national student originally
from Jinan, the capital city of
the Shandong province in
Eastern China.
“It’s weird,” Ruan said. “It’s
just a government policy. It
could be because the govern-
ment wants people to use Chi-
nese websites more.”
Ruan believes that these site
bans will last for a long time,
but he does not think that they
are very effective. Despite the
fact that these websites are
blocked, it is no surprise that
some Chinese individuals do
have accounts on them. How-
ever, Ruan suspects that the
ban on Facebook will eventu-
ally end.
Instead of the illegalized
Facebook and YouTube, many
Chinese students have taken to
using legal websites that are
very similar to the banned
sites. Renren, a popular Chi-
nese social networking site, is
one of many from the country.
According to Ruan, the
name “Renren” is suitable for
the website because it means
“people.” Although Renren
may seem small compared to
Facebook’s massive popular-
ity, the booming website is ex-
pected to grow tremendously
and gain more users. Accord-
ing to Ruan, one of its most at-
tractive features is that it is
legal and safe to use.
Weibo, another Chinese
website, is a unique fusion of
the services offered by Twitter
and Facebook. Users can up-
load pictures or videos and
post comments. “Weibo”
means “microblog.”
Social networking is popular
in China for the exact same
reasons that it is popular in the
United States and all around
the globe.
“Social networking makes
you part of life. It connects
you,” Ruan said.
As new Chinese social net-
working websites blossom on
the web, their lingo is becom-
ing more widespread. Some of
the new lingo is Chinese, but
English lingo is sometimes in-
corporated as well. For exam-
ple, the classic LOL is very
recognizable.
Although there is definitely
more to life than Facebook,
the site’s ubiquitous presence
around the world is hard to ig-
nore. In the exciting age of
technology, social networking
sites thrive on the simple want
that humans from all cultures
seek connecting and staying in
touch.
The recent campaign by the
city of Fargo has people flock-
ing downtown uttering the
quotes “Downtown, Baby!”
Shopping downtown has
flourished in the past couple
years filling storefront win-
dows with clothes, artwork
and furniture. One World
stands out from the crowd
claiming its place as long time
resident of block six on Main
Avenue.
Monte Schmidt, the owner
of One World, considers the
store as a funky boutique.
One World opened its doors
25 years ago and has been suc-
cessful ever since. Schmidt
emphasizes the success has
been due to the uniqueness
and huge client base of univer-
sity students and community
members.
“We are trendy, unique and
affordable,” Schmidt said. “It
is different than any store in
Fargo-Moorhead and even
Minnesota.”
The character of One World
does not stop at the façade of
the historic building. Walking
through the doors, customers
are transported to a one-of-a-
kind shopping experience.
Courtney Schure, store man-
ager, has been working at One
World for five years since she
was a freshman in college.
She explains the store has a lit-
tle something for everyone.
“[One World] caters to a lot
of different people,” Schure
said. “We have customers
from all over the world and
everyone can find something
here.”
The merchandise filling the
shelves consists of original
pieces. Schmidt states that the
most popular items are the
dresses and jewelry but One
World carries anything from
books to incense and tapestries
to wall art. Jenna Miller, a
local college student, loves
going to One World for herself
and to find gifts.
“I really like that they have
such a nice variety,” Miller
said.
Through connections locally
and worldwide, the store is
able to constantly evolve
bringing the latest trends to the
F-M area. Schmidt is always
seeking out new young artists
around the nation and even in
areas around the world. One
World usually carries a small
number of each item to ensure
plenty of variety and everyone
will have his or her own look.
The constant change of One
World is seen in the merchan-
dise they bring in. Soon the
store will be bringing in more
home goods to decorate with.
Schmidt describes that the
new items will be decorative
pieces such as statues, candles
and other worldly items.
“We are worldly and will
have a lot of cool stuff for
apartments,” Schmidt said.
One World is a great option
for college students on the
look out for new and unique
items. Whether going out for
the night or decorating an
apartment, One World contin-
ues to provide conversation
pieces that attract new and re-
turning customers.
“We have a very trendy fol-
lowing, so I have to keep up
with them,” Schmidt said.
In order to continue being a
Fargo legacy, Schmidt relies
on the word of mouth and his
clients to be his advertising.
One World is located at 614
Main Ave. and can be found
on Facebook at One World
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This past weekend, “Music
for Hope” took place at The-
atre B to raise funds and
awareness for the Rape and
Abuse Crisis Center. NDSU
student Michael Weiler put
the event together with
Shape Then Shift, which he
describes as a collaborative
effort of area musicians.
“It’s basically me playing
with a bunch of other musi-
cians,” Weiler said, explain-
ing that while he writes the
compositions, different mu-
sicians offer their own instru-
mentation and unique voice
to the music. “People come
in and out all the time and it’s
basically a hodgepodge of
different musicians, but they
know my songs and other
stuff too,” he continued.
Performers that played
over the weekend included
Deb and Mike Jenkins, Sar-
rah Morrau with Tim Hoffelt,
Mark Proulx, Morgan
Ranstrom, Amanda Stand-
alone and the Pastry Shop
Girls, Darrin Wentz and
Brooks West. Weiler admits
that it was an opportunity for
these musicians to show off
their talents, but the overall
focus was on who would
benefit from the event most:
In this case, the Rape and
Abuse Crisis Center.
The motivation for organ-
izing the event came from a
tragedy Weiler experienced a
few years ago when he lost
his sister to suicide. Natu-
rally, the first event that he
put on like this was geared
toward suicide prevention.
“It kind of started with the
idea that music was very im-
portant to her, and I took the
idea that music can bring
hope to people as well,” he
said. “I didn’t do it right
away, but in 2011 I decided
that I had to go ahead and do
it.”
Theatre B’s stated mission
is to engage regional audi-
ences through innovative
theatrical productions that
are culturally and artistically
invigorating. Carrie Winter-
steen, executive director at
Theatre B, says that coordi-
nating with Weiler to put on
“Music for Hope” plays right
into the non-profit organiza-
tion’s goals.
“We try to invite a lot of
conversation within the com-
munity. We try to get people
to think differently about as-
sumptions they may have,
and we see storytelling as a
great way to do that,” Win-
tersteen explained.
It’s not the first time The-
atre B has opened its doors to
an initiative like this. In
2008, they collaborated with
the Soroptimist Clubs in both
Fargo and Moorhead to raise
funds for the Rape and
Abuse Crisis Center. Theatre
B casted and directed read-
ings of “Body and Sold” by
Deborah Lake Fortson, help-
ing Soroptimist spread their
message of awareness to-
ward violence, exploitation
and sex trafficking of women
in Minnesota. In all, over
$6,000 was raised for the
Center that year.
In much the same way,
Theatre B offered their build-
ing free of charge for
Weiler’s efforts to support a
variety of non-profit organi-
zations. While Weiler
brought in the musical talent
for “Music for Hope” via
Shape Then Shift, Theatre B
promoted the event to their
usual audience. Wintersteen
says it was delightful to see a
number of regular theatergo-
ers come out for it.
“It was a pretty informal
and relaxed atmosphere. The
musicians and the audience
were able to have a comfort-
able relationship because of
the intimate seating we have
here,” Wintersteen said.
The event only brought in
around 100 people and just
over $600, but Weiler says
he’s just getting his feet wet.
“Half the battle is that most
people don’t even know
about Theatre B, so we’re
fighting basically a two
pronged battle,” he said. “We
are having good responses
though, and even if we
weren’t, it’s all about taking
action,” he noted.
Two more “Music for
Hope” events are planned for
this year: one on March 9-10
benefitting the Jeremiah Pro-
gram, which helps single
mothers, and another on May
6 for the North Dakota
Autism Center. Weiler sees
supporting autism efforts as
a way to give back in partic-
ular to one of his biggest sup-
porters, someone that has
two autistic children.
He also plans to continue
next year with a total of four
shows. For more informa-
tion, find Shape Then Shift
on Facebook.
Millions of students, schol-
ars, businesspeople and aver-
age individuals might have
noticed on Wednesday when
large parts of the Internet, in-
cluding Wikipedia, suddenly
went offline for 24 hours.
The worldwide silence was
in protest of the Stop Online
Piracy Act (SOPA) and its
counterpart, the Protect Intel-
lectual Property Act (PIPA),
and much of the free world is
not happy about either one of
them.
SOPA and PIPA are anti-
piracy legislation designed
with the intent to stifle Internet
copyright infringement. Under
these new laws, websites
caught hosting pirated content
or content that has not been li-
censed for public use would be
subject to full lockdown by
order of the U.S. government.
For example, a website like
Youtube could be totally and
indefinitely shut down in the
event that a copyright holder
noticed that someone had
posted a video of themselves
singing karaoke to a song that
they did not have the license
for. If someone used a non-li-
censed song in the background
to their latest cute cat video,
Youtube would be just as li-
able and just as restricted.
While many agree that
measures should be taken
against Internet piracy, many
feel that the bills go too far in
terms of allowing the govern-
ment to regulate what can and
can’t be seen on the Internet.
This draconian level of pun-
ishment and information re-
striction has had many experts
dismayed, from some of the
very founders of the Internet
to Twitter, Google and Face-
book.
While many high level com-
panies still support the bills (or
at the very least have yet to
speak out against them), the
bills have been losing more
and more supporters as public
opinion has violently swayed
against SOPA and PIPA. Many
organizations and individuals
stand out against the igno-
rantly proposed bills on gen-
eral principle. The
proliferation of free informa-
tion as we know it would be
heavily changed and even re-
stricted. Other opponents of
the legislation realize that the
bills could be damaging to
small businesses and large-
scale entertainment.
The blackouts no doubt wit-
nessed by millions are meant
to simulate what the effects of
the bills may look like should
they pass. Many of the web-
sites involved in the blackout,
including Wikipedia, also con-
tained links to anti-
SOPA/PIPA organizations, or
simply directed users to con-
tact their local representatives
about the issue.
While this is certainly a
heartening development for
those against SOPA and PIPA,
others are less happy. The Mo-
tion Picture Association of
America, which regulates
movie ratings and content and
has famously been incredibly
strict with their rights manage-
ment, has now spoken out
against those sites supporting
the blackout.
Not all hope is lost for those
against the laws, however. Just
before Wednesday morning’s
Internet blackout, SOPA was
put into suspension thanks to
the heavy opposition against it
while representatives discuss
the issues with the bill.
Only time will tell which
camp ultimately wins the
issue, but with more and more
experts and industry leaders
flocking to denounce both
SOPA and PIPA, we can all
hope that the laws will eventu-
ally be put to rest.
A once-in-a-lifetime show is
arriving to NDSU that is sure
to bedazzle the people who at-
tend. The Golden Dragon Ac-
robats, the world’s most
premiere traveling group
based out of China, is coming
to the Festival Concert Hall
Jan. 24.
According to their website
www.goldendragonacrobats.c
om, the Golden Dragon Acro-
bats have been in existence for
more than 25 centuries, and
have made a name for them-
selves all around the world for
their fine display of award
winning acrobatics, their tradi-
tional and ancient music, their
spectacular costumes and their
theatrical techniques.
The event is sponsored by
the CA Lively Arts Committee
who take pride in their efforts
to bring the Golden Dragon
Acrobats to NDSU.
Sarah Nitschke, who works
with Campus Attractions,
weighed in on how the Lively
Arts Committee brought such
a world-renowned group into
NDSU.
“The CA Lively Arts Com-
mittee had a lot of open book-
ings, plus we are always in
contact with other agencies
who work with groups such as
the Golden Dragon Acrobats.
Past performances from other
schools around the area al-
ways play a factor in bringing
events such as this to campus
as well,” Nitschke explained.
Another big part in why the
CA Lively Arts Committee
brought in the Golden Dragon
Acrobats was for students to
experience an event like this
that they have probably never
seen before. Nitschke ex-
plained that the Golden
Dragon Acrobats will provide
students with entertainment
that is out of the ordinary, and
that hopefully an event like
this will be appealing to the
students here on campus.
Matt Zimmerman, president
of Campus Attractions, shared
a preview of the upcoming
show.
“The Golden Dragon Acro-
bats have not been here to
NDSU for some years now,
but expect to see a lot of dif-
ferent floor dances and rou-
tines from them,” Zimmerman
said. “The event will also con-
sist of more than one per-
former at a time; the Golden
Dragon Acrobats perform as a
group.”
If you are someone who en-
joys seeing the art of music
and dance at its finest, or
someone who enjoys acrobat-
ics performed in a unique way
with performers who are
dressed up in unimaginable
fashion, then this event is a
must-see.
The event is open to the
public. It is free for students
with a valid student ID and $5
for the public.
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even be nutritious. However, some frozen foods can have neg-
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and author of Good Housekeeping’s “The Supermarket Diet”,
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from the freezer aisles:
1. Look at the Nutrition Facts label. Buy frozen meals with
300 to 400 calories and no more than 5 grams of those artery-
clogging saturated fats.
2. Examine the package of your frozen food item. Meats and
vegetables should not feel crunchy, and boxed meals should not
be torn or dented. Also pay attention to the sell-by date, making
sure that you don’t purchase anything marked with a date that
has already expired.
3. Frozen foods can be a great protein source. If you don’t
have time to cook chicken or fish, then frozen meat is the way
to go. However, look for buzzwords on the packaging, such as
“grilled,” to ensure that product is not breaded or heavily fried.
4. Frozen vegetables are often more nutritious than their fresh
counterparts. Because they begin to lose their nutrients once
they are harvested, fresh vegetables may lose more of their im-
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it is known to be nearly impossible to go without a sweet treat
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Sadly, our mild winter has
turned bitter. Probably just the
thought of going outside fills
you with chill, and if it weren’t
for classes or a job, you prob-
ably wouldn’t leave your
warm bed.
The weather may be fright-
ful, but there is still more to do
than sit on the couch in front
of the TV with a blanket. Ac-
cording to
allwomenstalk.com, here are
some fun ideas to try when
winter is giving you the blues.
Throw a themed party.
Hanging out with friends is
something most people do on
a regular basis, so amp it up a
bit and have a themed party.
Reuse those old Halloween
costumes that you never
thought you’d be able to wear
again or pick some other
theme and have everyone fig-
ure out their own way to incor-
porate it at the party.
Create your own holiday.
Find something that you
love and celebrate it. You
don’t need a national holiday
doesn’t mean you can’t cele-
brate your own.
Invite your friends to cele-
brate with you and make sure
you make traditions that you
can keep for years to come.
Have a rock band/ guitar
hero night.
Who hasn’t dreamed of
being a rock star at some point
in their lives? Live out the
dream by playing with your
friends and seeing who is the
biggest rocker of them all.
If you’re more of a dancer,
there are games for you too,
such as Dance Dance Revolu-
tion and Dance Central. If you
search for it, you can certainly
find a game that would be fun
for all the people involved.
On the occasion that some
winter days will be warm
enough that you won’t want to
stay cooped up inside, here are
some ideas to enjoy the winter
outdoors.
Go ice-skating.
If you’ve never gone or
aren’t very good at it, take the
opportunity to have a great
new way to get some exercise
while having fun. Pretend
you’re a professional skater
and show off your moves to all
your friends.
Have a snowball fight.
If you’ve never had a mas-
sive snowball fight with all
your friends, now is the time.
Pick a prime location such as
a park (just make sure you
warn others that might be
there) and make sides.
Start with a stash of snow-
balls and let ‘em fly. Losers
treat everyone to hot chocolate
when it’s over.
Winter can be depressing at
times with the cold weather,
but there are plenty of things
to do inside and out. Take ad-
vantage of doing things that
you won’t be able to do during
the warmer months.
Have you ever heard about
the Tri-College program? Can
you imagine taking courses in
other colleges? What do these
colleges look like? What do
you need to prepare for your
trip? How are the teachers and
the quality of the classes
there? This article about my
recent experience in this pro-
gram may give you some
ideas.
Basic Information
Before I chose courses from
the Tri-College program, I re-
searched and got some basic
information about the pro-
gram. Tri-College is a pro-
gram amongst three
universities: Concordia Col-
lege, Minnesota State Univer-
sity—Moorhead and NDSU.
Through this program, stu-
dents in each of these univer-
sities can pick courses that
their own university may not
have.
For example, Concordia
College has its own Chinese
department and thereby it has
lots of courses in Chinese,
which is lacking at NDSU. In
general, this is a program
about sharing course re-
sources. There is only one
limit attached to it: students
can only take one course per
semester from each university.
Campuses: different designs
The campus of Concordia
College is very beautiful.
There are large bells on the
spire of Campalle, a tall build-
ing right behind the front door
of this little college. All kinds
of finely designed houses are
dispersed everywhere
amongst trees and meadows,
just like the tranquil country-
side. To study in such a mar-
velous place is fun and
exciting for me.
The building I have been to
on the MSUM campus is quite
interesting. It is a large build-
ing with various hallways and
seemingly disordered room
numbers. It took me a while to
finally locate my classroom,
but I do enjoy this tortuous de-
sign. Also, there is a classical-
style café right next door of
the classroom. It’s great to
pick up a cup of coffee beside
the red-colored wall and the
big window with an obstructed
view of the outside after class
and read some books.
Time spent on the bus:
prepare in advance
Matbus 1 and 2 can help you
go to the other two colleges
from the transit station GTC.
Yet the two routes don’t run
respectively after 6:15 p.m.
and 6:45 p.m. However, there
are two special evening routes:
Matbus 7 and 8 for students
involved in this program.
Have a careful arrangement of
your time in advance to take
the bus.
Don’t confuse Matbus 13A
with 13X. When I went for my
first class, I thought 13X,
which looks like 13A, could
take me to GTC to get trans-
ferred, but it didn’t. This led
me to take the next 13A,
which was almost half hour
later and I missed almost half
hour of my class!
Also, don’t confuse the
schedule day “T” with “Th.” I
don’t know if this is a situation
for American students, but I
do believe that this point may
be a problem for some interna-
tional students like me. In fact,
the scheduled day for my class
in MSUM is “T” while I mis-
took it for “Th.” I went for this
class on Thursday and of
course the room was dark be-
cause there was no class.
Teachers & student body:
I give them five-stars
As a Chinese exchange stu-
dent whose major is English
and education, this semester I
chose one course in Chinese
civilization from Concordia
College and one course in sec-
ond language acquisition from
MSUM. I hope the Chinese
course here in this country is
different from China and can
give me a different perspective
in learning Chinese culture,
and the course about language
acquisition can give me some
theories and practices in lan-
guage teaching.
The teacher of Chinese civi-
lization is a Chinese native.
What has impressed me the
most is his patience with his
students. From a perspective
of an education major, I found
that he uses various teaching
strategies to engage the stu-
dents into the lecture. He
brings the unique “Chinese
friendliness” to his students
and makes the class an ex-
tremely warm and harmonious
environment.
As for the students in this
class, they are quite fluent in
Chinese. Most of them have
never been to China, but one
student has traveled in China
four times. Other than that,
there is also a student who just
came back from France. The
students here have various cul-
tural experiences, which can
contribute to their greater cul-
tural tolerance.
I missed the first class of my
language course at MSUM be-
cause I was confused with the
day. Yet the teacher later
replied to my email and she
not only gave me all the mate-
rials used in the first class, but
also gave me some informa-
tion of another student from
NDSU who was in this class
and helped me contact her.
The teacher seemed to be
quite understandable. More-
over, this is an upper-level
course open to both under-
graduate students and graduate
students, which means it re-
quires almost the same work
as that for graduates. I appre-
ciate that because this way it
can be more challenging and
definitely more fun.
It doesn’t matter who you
are; young or old, everybody
likes music. Once in a while a
friend or someone you know is
the first person to discover a
new artist or song and every-
one is impressed. They all ask
who this artist is, and where
you heard about them. Now
you can be that person, and to
make it even better all the
songs are free.
Amazon is officially offer-
ing over 200 albums for free.
Just go to the Amazon MP3
store and scroll down to the
bottom where you will find
“Featured in the MP3 Store.”
Once there, look underneath
and you will find a button that
says “Free MP3 Albums.” Just
click on it, and you are good to
go.
Before everybody gets ex-
cited, you are not going to find
any top 40 songs or artists
here. However, these albums
are a great way to experience
and find new music. Instead
of your standard radio fare, the
free compilations consist of
up-and-coming or under-the-
radar indie bands. All of these
bands are still trying to hit the
main stream.
It may take a while to sort
through over 10 pages of
songs and artists, a lot of
which you probably have
never even heard of before.
However, if you stick with it
you are sure to find some fa-
miliar names sporadically
thrown in the mix including
songs by “The National,”
“Flogging Molly,” “Spoon,”
“Deer Tick,” “Of Montreal”
and others. If you enjoy indie
rock or just like finding new
artists, then it is worth check-
ing out.
The compilations predomi-
nantly consist of indie rock,
but there is a good amount of
classical, country, rap, heavy
metal, reggae, and even a few
foreign tracks thrown in for
good measure. Each compila-
tion contains one or two songs
from multiple artists all on the
same label. All the albums are
different, so if you don’t like
one it doesn’t mean you won’t
like the next one.
In a time in which indie rock
stations and just rock stations
in general are becoming more
and more sparse, this is a great
way of keeping the genre
alive. As a lot of people know,
there is more to music than the
three or four songs repeatedly
played every hour on your
local radio station. For some
reason, these artists don’t
seem to be able to break out
into the mainstream.
For Amazon, this not only
brings more traffic to their
own music store as they try to
establish themselves in a
highly competitive market, but
it also helps all of these
smaller bands find a larger au-
dience. By listening to one
song and hopefully going back
to check out the band’s previ-
ous work it allows these
smaller bands to become
known.
Amazon giving these songs
away for free not only helps
the site and the bands but also
the listener. This is something
all indie music fans or just
music fans in general should
check out. The next time you
are with your friend,s you can
be the one to play an obscure
song that people like and be
the center of attention. Your
time is now.
After the Martin Luther
King Jr. Day weekend,
“Contraband” is now cur-
rently at the top of the box
office across the nation, and
it may be due to vast popu-
larity of the actor in the lead
position, Mark Wahlberg.
His character, Chris Farra-
day, has recently retired
from the “business,” which
one assumes is smuggling a
variety of items from co-
caine to counterfeit money
into New Orleans. The con-
flict begins when his
brother-in-law Andy (Caleb
Jones) botches a drug-run
and is put into the hospital
by the dealer (Tim Briggs),
who was expecting the
drugs. Farraday takes the
responsibility for Andy and
reluctantly agrees to make
up the money that was lost
so that Briggs doesn’t kill
Andy or Farraday’s wife
and kids.
He assembles a team of
former fellow drug-runners
to smuggle counterfeit
money from Panama back
to New Orleans by ship. As
you can guess, the trip
doesn’t go as planned and
Farraday is forced to use his
fast-acting and clever skills
to arrive back to the States
alive, with the money, and
doing so by safely avoiding
the ever suspicious border
patrol. A series of close
calls, minor twists, and be-
trayal closes out the movie
where you find out if Farra-
day makes it back safely to
save Andy, his wife and his
kids.
I personally value a little
originality in movies, and I
can honestly say I was not
surprised to see the main
character was classic
Wahlberg. His character
was handsome, quick-wit-
ted, confident, and the over-
all alpha male with a bad
and risky attitude. He had
the answer and solution for
every problem and always
seemed to be in complete
control of the situation. You
sort of expect that from the
main character in most ac-
tion and adventure thrillers.
Director Baltasar Kor-
makur seemed to put forth
an effort for this movie to
be more focused on the plot
than a lot of extreme action,
but it fell short. For a ma-
jority of the movie, I no-
ticed a number of clichés
from the main character
going above and beyond to
protect his family to the
“bad guy” dealer intimida-
tion techniques, among oth-
ers. The twists at the end
seemed to be a little too
much, messily put together
and leaving a few holes in
the plot. This made many of
the viewers ask themselves,
“How did that happen?” All
the negatives aside, it was
still a decent story with de-
cent action, and Mark
Wahlberg did well with
what he was given. To me,
this all added up to an aver-
age movie that left me hop-
ing for something a little
better.
An international exchange student’s perspectiveMy recent experience in the Tri-College program
Dandan Chen
Contributing Writer
Fun ideas forwinterIndoor and outdooractivities to enjoy
Alysia Larson
Contributing Writer
Amazon offering free music downloadsMatt Paulsen
Staff Writer
Review: ‘Contraband’A slightly better-than-average action flick
Christian Dubzik
Contributing Writer
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When I attended one of the
first Bison football games of
the season, I was swept away
with the Bison pride the fans
at the Fargodome displayed.
However, I was not moved,
and quite frankly embarrassed,
by the “Sioux suck shit” chant
our student section is so proud
of.
The chant shouldn’t come as
a surprise to me due to its
prevalent appearance at almost
every athletic event our uni-
versity has to offer, but I just
don’t understand why our stu-
dents find it necessary to
scream it when we’re not even
playing the Fighting Whioux.
The reason I don’t agree
with the chant is not that I
have no school pride or I don’t
acknowledge the infamous ri-
valry between the universities;
in fact I quite enjoy the UND
vs. NDSU debate. I just think
that NDSU as a whole should
ditch the monotonous mantra
when we’re not playing UND.
You don’t have to think too
hard to realize that most of the
time the chant just gets us into
trouble rather than motivating
our players on the field or the
court.
The “Sioux suck” remark
made by Bison cornerback
Marcus Williams seemed to
cast a negative shadow on our
university as well as our stu-
dents after an incredible win
for the Division-I FCS Cham-
pionship a few short weeks
ago. Instead of the community
reveling in the victory over
Sam Houston, most were pre-
occupied with the infamous
UND remark.
UND students and support-
ers, as well as some NDSU
supporters, were littering local
news stations with their dis-
gust following Williams’
“Sioux suck” comment. I sup-
pose the comment would have
made more sense if we actu-
ally played UND, but we
didn’t. There was literally no
reason the phrase “Sioux
suck” had any significance to-
ward our football team win-
ning the national
championship title.
Even though Bison athletic
director Gene Taylor apolo-
gized to UND’s athletic direc-
tor Brian Faison for Williams’
remark, the “Sioux suck” inci-
dent took away from the hard
work the players put into the
season, as well as the fans’
dedication to the team over the
past few months.
I wonder what our opposing
teams and fans think of us
when we’re incorporating
Sioux chants during games? If
I were on the other side I
would probably think NDSU’s
student section needs to learn
the importance of relevance.
There’s a time and place for
UND chants, and that would
be when we’re playing UND.
At the NDSU vs. UND
men’s basketball game this
past Tuesday, the infamous ri-
valry heated up and the “Sioux
suck” chant unsurprisingly
made news again. Although
the chant is obnoxious, the rel-
evance was there: We were in
fact playing against the Fight-
ing Whioux.
I’d like to bet that every per-
son on the NDSU campus
would agree that our school is
simply better in comparison to
UND. How about we make
our chants that way as well.
Jaime is a junior majoringin English education.
On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin
Luther King Jr. gave his
renowned “I Have a Dream”
speech in which he called out
to America and the world for
equal rights protection for all
people, no matter what their
race.
Earlier this week, upon Mar-
tin Luther King Jr. Day, the
nation once again commemo-
rated the life and work of this
influential leader. This public
holiday also serves as a re-
minder of the issue of civil
rights and of the great strides
that have been made in this
area throughout America’s his-
tory. Despite this, Jan. 22 will
mark 39 years of legalized
abortion in the United States.
The approaching anniversary
of the Roe v. Wade decision of
the Supreme Court is a glaring
reminder that America still has
far to go in recognizing and
protecting the rights of all per-
sons.
What many fail to realize is
that the movement toward
civil rights for all persons and
the prolife movement are nec-
essarily intertwined, for they
both strike at the same prob-
lem. That is, they both deal
with the failure of society to
recognize the human dignity
of all persons. From the issue
of slavery, to segregation in
schools, to the legality of the
killing of unborn children, this
problem has plagued America
throughout its history and con-
tinues to do so in the present
time.
Just as slavery long ago dis-
regarded the right of every
person to “life, liberty and pur-
suit of happiness” as stated by
the U.S. Constitution, so does
abortion. Both of these prac-
tices are rooted in the regard-
ing of a certain class of
persons as sub-human.
At one point in American
history, slaves were counted at
only three-fifths the value the
freedmen in the evaluation of
congressional districts before
the amendment of the Consti-
tution. Now abortion poses a
more sinister affront to human
dignity, as living, growing and
developing unborn children
are passed off as mere “blobs
of tissue.”
To end such error, the true
value of every person must be
acknowledged and respected
entirely, throughout every
stage of life. Therefore, in
order to be a true advocate of
civil rights, one must also be a
defender of the unborn.
Slavery has long been abol-
ished, and while surely not
wholly eliminated, the influ-
ence of racism in American
culture has been greatly di-
minished. However, the issue
of civil rights issue is not sim-
ply a phenomenon that oc-
curred up until the 1950-60s
when the rights of people of
all races increased in recogni-
tion by society; it is a cause
that requires a continued ef-
fort.
The dream of Martin Luther
King Jr., as well as all others
who value human dignity, that
all people be treated with jus-
tice cannot be realized until all
persons, born and unborn, are
first allowed to live.
Ryan is a freshman majoringin the college of engineeringand architecture.
North Dakota has a legend
and wants people to know it,
but it is doing so in the wrong
way. The North Dakota De-
partment of Tourism has de-
veloped a series of 10 print
ads to boast the legendary na-
ture of this apparently not so
ordinary Peace Garden State.
It was peaceful until the
tourism department released
a rather uncharacteristic and
incredibly suggestive ad
about the apparent racy
nightlife to be found in North
Dakota. The ad sparked soci-
etal backlash and inevitably
led to the revocation of the ad
as indicated in the Thursday
edition of the Fargo Forum.
The ad in question depicts
two men inside the Hotel
Donaldson in downtown
Fargo, exchanging smooth
flirtatious glances with three
women outside on the side-
walk. The words on the ad
read: “Drinks, dinner, deci-
sions. Arrive a guest, leave a
legend.”
The Forum’s story on
Thursday indicated that the
Department of Tourism took
the ad down from its prelimi-
nary release on Facebook
after several individuals re-
sponded with negative senti-
ments of disgust and
displeasure toward the ad’s
depiction of Fargo’s nightlife.
Most feared the ad dis-
played North Dakota and
specifically Fargo as sleazy;
it was an image that most did-
n’t feel accurately repre-
sented North Dakotan values
or how they wanted North
Dakota to be presented to a
national audience.
This “legendary” ad pro-
motes a dangerous and sug-
gestive theme that relays to
prospective visitors that if
they visit North Dakota, they
will be guaranteed to experi-
ence a rather promiscuous
nightlife. The ad’s themes
also objectify the women pic-
tured identifying them as the
object of these men becoming
“legendary.” It promotes
North Dakota as a place of
promiscuous activity and a
place to come for a sleazy
scene.
Besides being rather un-
characteristic of this gener-
ally conservative state, the ad
suggests that this nightlife
scene may be among the de-
sire of the future of North
Dakota tourism.
North Dakota does need to
be more creative than most
states in promoting their state
as a desirable place to visit
due to its lack of curb appeal.
Appealing to the younger
crowd by emphasizing a hap-
pening nightlife is a smart
move by the Department of
Tourism and having options
for the younger crowd is es-
sential to maximizing tourism
revenue in the state.
However, this recent ad has
crossed lines of decency and
has taken with it a whole-
some appeal to enjoyable so-
cialization. It is a cheap road
to rely on sex to sell for
micro-economies such as the
Department of Tourism. This
appeal to sex, in hopes to win
over otherwise uncooperative
audiences, is cheap because it
objectifies parties involved
(such as the women pictured)
and loosens respect due to an
economy that invests in
meaningful tourism. It is safe
to say that North Dakota is
above this ploy and owes its
citizens a reputation of de-
cency and respect.
North Dakota has a good
thing going with its “leg-
endary” series of ads but
needs to bear in mind its lat-
est flub up and subsequent
public response when plan-
ning its future ads.
North Dakota is worth
more than objectification and
cheap advertising. Substance
and real legends are what
brings people to North
Dakota, not a promiscuous
nightlife.
Rylee is a senior majoringin communications.
Crime in the Fargo area
must have been rather slow
this weekend considering part
of the force was prowling out-
side of downtown bars for
hardened criminals to make
their move. Turns out I was
one of these criminals on Sat-
urday night.
My friend invited me on a
party bus for her 21st birthday,
and like the good friend I am,
I told her I would happily join.
After making a few stops to
rural bars, the bus hauled us to
the Hub and then downtown.
I will admit, at this point I
had a few drinks and was not
ready to quit. I waited for my
friend to get off the bus, which
was fine and dandy, except I
was doing the waiting on the
street.
The police officer did not
think this was a good idea for
my safety, which I agree. She
called me over and told me I
was impeding the right of way
traffic.
I told her I was sorry, but
that was not enough for this
officer. She then asked if I had
any dangerous weapons that I
could harm her with. First of
all, who carries dangerous
weapons on a party bus? And
second, why would I use it on
her for calling me off the
street?
But we are still not done.
She then proceeded to pat me
down and put me in the back
of her cop car (for a minor
traffic citation, mind you).
After she asked me five min-
utes worth of entertaining
questions, she let me out of the
car with a $20 ticket. Yes, I got
a $20 ticket for walking across
the street in downtown Fargo.
What I do not get is why
wouldn’t she just tell me I
can’t cross the street in that
manner and let me go with a
warning? Instead she took 10
minutes of her and my time to
give me a meaningless cita-
tion.
I can tell you right now that
ticket is not going to stop me
from crossing the street again,
and I think the Fargo Police
Department should invest their
time in more serious police
work.
Lately we have heard of
multiple robberies at banks,
hotels and gas stations, but
maybe if our police force was
patrolling those areas instead
of the downtown scene they
could stop these robberies
from taking place.
Cops are also spending a
good amount of time chasing
minors around north Fargo
hoping to catch young college
students drinking. Most of
them drank in their college
years, which makes these cita-
tions quite hypocritical if you
ask me.
I guess the true criminals
(which is apparently the col-
lege students) need to watch
out for the Fargo Police De-
partment because they are def-
initely watching us.
Lukas is a junior majoring in
political science.
Whioux suck?
Jaime Jarmin
Opinion Editor
Civil rights movement, prolife movement:
Ryan LePlante
Contributing Writer
Not-so-legendary adRylee Nelson
Contributing Writer
Catching true criminalsFargo Police need to focus on real crime
Lukas Croaker
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Monday was Martin Luther
King Jr. Day, and all over the
United States thousands of
people volunteered. President
Barrack Obama and his family
volunteered.
USA Today reported that the
President said there was no
better way to honor King than
to do something on behalf of
others. The President, along
with his wife and daughter,
volunteered at the Browne Ed-
ucation Center in Washington
to build bookshelves and a
reading nook for students.
I also volunteered Monday
morning and learned a few
things about volunteering. I
volunteered through the Bison
Service plunge, which was
held at the Memorial Union. I
was assigned with my group to
work at the Family Life Center
on campus.
Of course, you couldn’t re-
ally say it was work. I worked
with a friend in organizing the
shelves for textile objects for
the children as well as their
shelves of paper, and later we
went through puzzles to or-
ganize them and match miss-
ing pieces.
To call it work would be in-
accurate. I had more fun than
going to a movie or sleeping in
as I had originally intended. I
felt like I had accomplished
something, and I also had a
great deal of fun. Those who
assigned us the tasks at the
FLC understood that working
in groups always makes a job
more fun.
If volunteering can be such
a positive experience and if
the leader of our nation takes
time out of his busy schedule
(and I can guarantee that his
schedule would beat yours any
day), then why don’t we do it
more often?
From those I saw at the Me-
morial Union on Monday, I
doubt more than 10 percent of
the student population volun-
teered on Monday. Though the
importance of volunteering is
stressed over and over again,
why do students remain reluc-
tant to do it?
My answer: Recent genera-
tions have become self-serv-
ing -- they think about
themselves first and others
second. They would rather
have a nice, relaxing day of
doing nothing than using the
free time they have been given
to serve others.
Yes, your life can get hectic,
and it is hard to find time to
volunteer. I understand this,
but we were given Monday off
completely free.
What did you do Monday?
Sleep in, hang with friends
and do nothing? You could
have gathered a group of
friends and went to the Memo-
rial Union and volunteered. It
would have been way more
fun than sitting around doing
nothing.
This admonition comes too
late, but then again maybe not.
Spring semester gives us a
few Mondays off. Presidents’
Day, which is Feb. 20, is an-
other upcoming free Monday.
I challenge you to use this free
day to serve others. It is an
extra day with no classes that
you can make use of.
There may not be another
service plunge, but check out
the volunteer network in the
Memorial Union and they will
find a place for you and your
friends to volunteer and have
fun.
Don’t waste it, go give back
to the community. Get out of
your selfish rut and think of
others first. Climb out of your
warm bed on Feb. 20, and you
will be glad you did.
Anne is a sophomore major-ing in communications.
I stopped by the NDSU
Union this morning to have a
cup of coffee and look over a
few items.
I must say I’m impressed.
First, a student held the doors
and greets me with more than
a casual “Hello.” Next, you’ll
see perhaps a hundred stu-
dents sitting in the lounge
area, working on laptops or
immersed in other projects.
They are well dressed, cor-
dial and uninvolved.
It’s nice to be in North
Dakota!
Vern Whitten
Follow the leaderVolunteerism as a pastime
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Contributing Writer
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The rivalry that was born in
1905 was on display for the
285th time on Tuesday night
in the Ralph Engelstad Arena
in Grand Forks. The “Ralph,”
which holds 11,640, wasn’t
full, but it was loud, and it cer-
tainly felt like a long-time,
heated rivalry as 7,169 fans
were on hand in the UND
hockey arena.
A hard foul delivered by
North Dakota’s Patrick
Mitchell to North Dakota
State’s Taylor Braun late in the
first half was seemingly the
lone highlight of the first half.
After the foul, Braun got up to
exchange words with
Mitchell, which led to techni-
cal fouls for both players.
“It’s just two guys playing
basketball,” Head Coach Saul
Phillips said after the game.
“A lot of people handled this
[rivalry] really good, including
our players and their players.”
For a rivalry that seemed to
lack something that it used to
have, especially during the
game last season in the Far-
godome, the two schools, both
fans and teams, seemed to
have a little more emotion on
Tuesday night.
“It means so much to not
only the guys in that locker
room,” North Dakota Head
Coach Brian Jones said, “but
to the community, the student
body and the administration.”
Both offenses came out of
the locker room looking like
totally different teams on their
respective ends of the floor.
Early three pointers for
Mitchell and guard Aaron An-
derson of North Dakota set the
tone early on in the second
half.
Mike Felt had a three of his
own to start the half, and the
Bison found their way into the
paint to get back to their brand
of basketball.
“I think most of the time
we’re getting shots that we’d
like,” Felt said of the team’s
offense in the second half.
“We need to get back to work
and try out best to bounce
back.”
Coach Phillips went to his
sophomore center to try get
back some of the momentum
that UND gained following an
alley-oop from Jamal Webb to
Patrick Mitchell and an Aaron
Anderson layup.
“They were pretty physical
down there,” Marshall Bjork-
lund said of the low post play.
“They played well down there
all night.”
Two free throws from
Bjorklund pushed the Bison to
a 50-45 lead, but UND was
able to pull even with NDSU
on the strength of their low
post play and a Josh Schuler
three with just over five min-
utes to go in the game.
Fargo native Jordan Allard
hit two free throws with three
minutes to go to give UND a
52-50 lead. Taylor Braun hit
two free throws to tie the game
at 52, but an intentional foul
by Dylan Hale with just over
two minutes remaining set the
stage for an exciting finish.
“We were in that position a
year ago down in there build-
ing,” Jones said of his team’s
adjustments. “The Bison are
killers out of halftime, they
come out and really just put it
on people offensively.”
UND held the ball until the
final seconds of the shot clock
on two straight possessions
with under two minutes to go.
A missed three by Patrick
Mitchell on the first stalled
possession led to a stop on the
defensive on by North Dakota.
On a third try on the next
UND possession, North
Dakota got the tip-back to go
down and took a 55-52 lead.
Aaron Anderson sank two
free throws to give UND a 57-
52 lead with 19 seconds left.
NDSU’s TrayVonn Wright hit
a baseline six-footer to bring
the score to 57-54, but Schuler
hit two free throws with six
seconds left to preserve the
win for North Dakota, as they
won the Interstate-29 rivalry
59-54.
“Our coaches emphasized
on making our free throws,”
sophomore guard Aaron An-
derson said following his
team’s win. “The second half
we just settled down.”
Marshall Bjorklund finished
as the leading scorer for the
Bison as he threw in 13 points,
grabbed seven rebounds and
had two blocks. Mike Felt had
12 points on 4-12 shooting for
the night, all of those coming
from behind the three-point
line. Three players had eight
points for NDSU in Taylor
Braun, TrayVonn Wright and
Lawrence Alexander.
North Dakota was paced of-
fensively by Cavalier, N.D.
native Brandon Brekke with
17 points. Aaron Anderson,
Josh Schuler and Patrick
Mitchell were all in double-
digits for UND with 12, 11
and 10 points respectively.
The Bison will continue
their stretch of former NCC
foes with a Summit League ri-
valry against South Dakota
State on Saturday in the Bison
Sports Arena starting at 7 p.m.
I first really started follow-
ing North Dakota State ath-
letics when I was in the sixth
grade. My brother had set his
sights on this school, and he
introduced me to all that it
had in store during his col-
lege tenure and my high
school days. The only thing
that I seemed to know, the ri-
valry with the University of
North Dakota, he wasn’t able
to tell me a whole lot about.
I think it’s safe to say that
most students at NDSU don’t
know the passion and the his-
tory of this rivalry that dates
back to the early 1900s. Un-
less a student comes from a
family that lives, eats and
breathes NDSU, they proba-
bly don’t appreciate this ri-
valry and respect the history
driven behind it; this includes
myself.
There has been so much
talk swirling around about
what to do with scheduling
North Dakota in all sports,
most notably football. Would
it be nice to see these two
teams strap up the pads and
battle it out on the gridiron?
Of course it would be; I
would love nothing more
than to see that, but it’s not
going to happen any time
soon. It’s more than simply
taking the Interstate-29 trip
and playing. It’s much, much
more than that.
After Tuesday night’s
men’s basketball game at the
Ralph Engelstad Arena, there
was more talk about how the
scheduling between the two
schools needed change, and
fans seemed to have strong
opinions on how it should be
done.
I’ll be the first to admit that
I love the way it is right now.
For starters, North Dakota
State doesn’t play any other
non-Summit League oppo-
nent more than once in a sea-
son unless they happen to
meet in a tournament some-
where along the line, but it
will most likely never hap-
pen.
I understand that the fans
would love to see the two
teams meet up for a home-at-
home scheduling. Why not?
The biggest rivalries in col-
lege basketball do it, such as
Duke and North Carolina or
Kansas and Missouri.
The reason they meet up
more than once is because
those rivalries are within the
same conference, for one
more season at least. Until
UND and NDSU are in the
same conference, which
won’t happen for a while, at
least not in basketball, there
is going to be one meeting
between the rivals and they
will rotate hosting rights.
My last thought on it is that
I love the way the two ath-
letic departments are promot-
ing this basketball game.
Instead of the Bison Sports
Arena, the Bison hosted last
year in the Fargodome. On
Tuesday, I was sitting court-
side of a hockey arena watch-
ing a basketball game, and if
you would have sat me down
as a complete stranger clue-
less to anything about North
Dakota, I would have said it
was an awesome basketball
environment.
Keep it the way it is, the ri-
valry means something again.
Leave it,for now
Travis Jones
Sports Editor
UND, NDSU rekindle flame at Ralph Engelstad ArenaNorth Dakota tops North Dakota State on strength of second-half shooting
Travis Jones
Sports Editor
Matt Severns | The Spectrum TrayVonn Wright puts down a dunk against South Dakota last weekend in the BSA. Wright and the Bison willhost Summit League rival South Dakota State on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Track and Field
On Sunday, Jan. 15 the
men’s track and field team
came away with six event ti-
tles at the Bison Invitational.
Winning the 60 meters in 6.81
seconds, Donté Smart’s per-
sonal best ranks seventh all-
time at NDSU, while Matt
Tetzlaff took first in the 60
meter hurdles with a time of
8.01 seconds.
Coming in first in the 800
meters at 1:54.37 was Alec Es-
peland, and claiming first in
the 4x400 relay with a time of
3:19.42 was the team made up
of Smart, Andy Lillejord,
Jerome Begin, and Jason
Duchscherer. With a mark of
23 feet 7.25 inches, Lillejord
also walked away with first
place in the long jump. With a
personal best in the triple
jump, Nick Williams leaped
44 feet 11.5 inches to take
home the win.
Winning seven titles at the
same event as the men, the
women’s track and field team
was led by Emily Lesser, who
took home the weight throw
title with a 55 foot 11.25
inches mark, a personal best
for her and ranking sixth all-
time at NDSU. Lesser also had
a personal best in the shot put
with a throw of 47 feet 0.75
inches, ranking seventh in the
school’s history.
Taking first in the 200 meter
run with 25.40 seconds was
Brittany Page, triumphing in
the 60 meters with 7.72 was
Antoinette Goodman, and
Paige Stratioti pulled away
with the win at 57.15 in the
400 meters. Toni Tollefson
cleared the high jump at 5 feet
7 inches, leading in a Bison
sweep. Winning the 4x400
relay in 3:55.16 was the team
of Stratioti, Melissa Kitching,
Brittany Schanandore and
Ashlynn Simon.
Both teams will be compet-
ing this weekend to take part
in the Jack Johnson Classic in
Minneapolis, Minn.
Wrestling
Going 2-1 on the competi-
tion’s final day, the NDSU
wrestling team finished sixth
at the Virginia Duals last
weekend.
In the first match against
Arizona State, No. 19 Trent
Sprenkle earned a pin at 125
before Arizona State took a 9-
6 lead. No. 11 Steven Monk,
the only Bison to go unde-
feated through the weekend at
5-0, gave NDSU the lead at
157 pounds with an 18-0 tech-
nical fall. Following at 165
pounds with a pin was Tyler
Johnson. A 10-6 decision at
184 gave Mac Stoll a win, and
a 5-4 win at 197 was earned by
John Gusewelle.
Winning five of the first six
matches in the second match,
the Bison took a 15-3 lead on
The Citadel, advancing the
team, based on criterion 1, to
the fifth place bout.
Taking on No. 20 Rutgers,
the Bison dropped the first
three bouts to them and a 10-0
lead, before winning the next
three. Winning a 5-3 decision
at 149 was Mark Erickson fol-
lowed by Monk at 157 with a
pin. With an 8-1 victory, John-
son was able to give the Bison
a 12-10 lead before Rutgers
would go on and clinch the
win in a major decision.
The wrestling team will con-
tinue their season with a match
at Boise State on Jan. 20 at 7
p.m. and a match at Idaho
State on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 2
p.m.
Bison herd round-upCorrie Dunshee
Contributing Writer
www.ndsuspectrum.com
There are a few facts about
a rivalry that just don't change,
and at the top of the list is the
idea that when you lose, it just
isn't fun.
The men's basketball team
found that out the hard way on
Tuesday when they dropped a
59-55 decision to UND in
Grand Forks.
Watching the final seconds
tick away made me flash back
to the last few years before my
time at NDSU. It was 2003,
and following an overtime win
for UND over the Bison, the
announcement came that
North Dakota would keep the
Nickel Trophy and end the se-
ries between the two schools,
one that had run nearly the
length of the two schools' ex-
istences.
Across North Dakota, there
was outrage, confusion and
that smug satisfaction from the
party that thought they'd got-
ten the better of the other.
Then, the unthinkable hap-
pened.
NDSU moved on.
Maybe a place was still held
in the hearts of Bison Nation
for the state's chief sporting
event, that being anything
NDSU-UND. Whatever the
case, and whatever an individ-
ual's views on that diminished
rivalry might be, the competi-
tion became solely institu-
tional as the schools ceased to
meet on just about every level
of athletics.
Half a decade later Bison
fans found themselves at the
Fargodome after the football
team dropped a heartbreaker
to Eastern Washington in the
FCS playoffs. Depleted after
that, it was hard for anyone to
buy in to a basketball game,
even one that renewed the se-
ries between NDSU and UND.
The fire from that rivalry, at
least for Bison fans, was gone
for now.
A year later that fire is build-
ing back up, but it will take
time to get it back to where it
was.
Make no mistake; Tuesday's
basketball game meant far
more to UND than it did to
NDSU. It showed on the court,
and it shows on paper where
the Bison's conference record
is still solid at 6-2.
UND Head Coach Brian
Jones called it his team's sig-
nature win in transition.
NDSU's signature wins came
by way of victories over
ranked teams Wisconsin and
Marquette. When NDSU de-
feated UND by 26 last year in
Fargo, it was business as
usual. When UND pulled the
upset on Tuesday, their fans
stormed the court in celebra-
tion.
Those factors go to show the
levels the two schools are at
right now, and for those keep-
ing score at home, NDSU has
left its rival in the dust.
Maybe UND will catch up
in a season or two, or maybe it
will take years for them to
replicate the successes NDSU
has had in its short time as a
Division-I institution. What-
ever the result in that particu-
lar race, it's clear that right
now, though the rivalry is back
on in a few sports, the fire is
gone from it, and it won't be
back until UND can compete
at the level NDSU does.
The bottom line? Until
there's more on the line for
both schools, rather than one
or the other, the rivalry simply
isn't the same.
After going through a rough
stretch in December and pro-
ducing a record of 2-6, the
North Dakota State women’s
basketball team has seemed to
have found their groove in
January, winning three out of
their first four games of the
month and five of their last six
overall.
The Missouri-Kansas City
‘Roos came to a chilly Fargo
on Tuesday night looking to
move into a tie for third place
in the Summit League with a
league record of 3-3 heading
into the matchup. UMKC is
second in the Summit in scor-
ing offense, averaging just
over 74 points per game, and
continued that performance as
they cruised passed the Bison
76-58.
LeAndrea Thomas was
seemingly unstoppable early
on for the ‘Roos, as she fin-
ished the game with 24 points,
22 of those coming in the first
half. “LeAndrea Thomas was
very, very hot in the first half,”
UMKC Head Coach Candace
Whitaker said. “She has the
ability to do that, she can go
when she wants to.” Thomas
entered the game averaging
just under 10 points for
UMKC and surpassed her pre-
vious career high in points in
20, so the scoring outburst was
something the Bison hadn’t
expected.
“She got into a groove and
she got into a groove fast,”
Bison Head Coach Carolyn
DeHoff said. “It’s not like we
hadn’t seen her before, but it
got out of hand in the first
half.”
The loss puts NDSU at 7-13
(4-4 Summit), but most no-
tably the Herd looked like a
different squad on the floor
than they did in the previous
six games. “UMKC is a very
talented team,” DeHoff said
after the game. “Something
from the start of the South
Dakota game to the start of
this game we lost something.”
UMKC left a small window
open for the Bison in the sec-
ond half, as the ‘Roos put
North Dakota State in the
bonus with 15 minutes re-
maining in the half. Two trips
to the line and a pair of
turnovers gave the team a
surge of energy, but the ‘Roos
were able to shut the door with
points in the paint to quiet the
NDSU run.
“I think that we started to
hustle more [during the run],”
Brittany Gaines said after the
game. “We picked up our en-
ergy more that we didn’t have
in the first half.” Gaines had
11 points on 3-6 shooting from
the field. Gaines was the only
player for NDSU to hit a three,
as she went 2-5 from behind
the arc.
Abby Plucker moved into
the number 25 spot on the
NDSU all-time scoring list
during the game as she sur-
passed Jayne Boeddeker
(1997-2001) who previously
held the position with 1,080
points. Plucker finished the
game with 12 points to lead
the Herd, and she grabbed six
rebounds, four of those com-
ing on the offensive end.
Janae Burich and Dani De-
gagne were the only other
players in double figures, as
they both threw in 10 apiece.
Burich also grabbed seven re-
bounds, a team high on the
night.
Thomas lead the ‘Roos in
scoring with 24. “It felt good
to put the team on my back
and get the win,” Thomas said.
“I was a lot more focused.”
Thomas was one of four ‘Roos
who were in double-digits for
UMKC.
The Bison will close out
their three-game home stand
on Saturday with rival South
Dakota State coming to town
on Friday night. It will be the
last time that senior Abby
Plucker will play against the
Jacks in Fargo. Senior Jennifer
Lopez will also get her first
taste of the rivalry, having
joined the team last month.
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