More than 150 area and visiting residents showed up to protest corporate-political collusion near the U.S. Bank Plaza Saturday afternoon. The event, called Occupy Fargo-Moorhead, drew pro- testers aging from early youth to elderly. Signs, such as protester Nicholas Jones', whose read, "Honk if your government is corrupt," prompted passing traffic to show their support, though a small counter- protest across the street gar- nered some support of its own. Protesters began to gather before noon, and by the peak of the demonstration a col- lection of unique voices began to be heard. Judd Hoff, a key organizer in the Occupy Alexandria, Minn. movement, came up to Fargo to help with the event. "I came up here about two weeks ago to one of the Fargo-Moorhead Occupy meetings and I found out about the consensus process that they're using, which im- pressed me," Hoff said. "Be- fore I came to the meeting, I wasn't sure if this movement would be able to hold to- gether, but after the meeting I was 100 percent sure that it would." The consensus process has been pivotal since the move- ment's beginning. The col- lective identity as the "other 99 percent" has been the driving force behind no lead- ers emerging from within. Story continued on page 3 WEATHER H 47º TUE WED THU FRI H 45º H 49º H 57º The Spectrum WWW.NDSUSPECTRUM.COM INDEX News Features A&E Opinion Sports 1-3 4, 7 6 8 9 Have a story idea? The Spectrum wel- comes all students and staff to submit story ideas for any section. Editorial Staff: Editor-In-Chief: Matt Severns at [email protected]Co-News Editor: Cate Ekegren at [email protected]Co-News Editor: Michelle Full at [email protected]Features Editor: Linda Vasquez at [email protected]Arts and Entertainment Editor: Nick Proulx at ae@ndsuspectrum Opinion Editor: Jaime Jarmin at [email protected]Sports Editor: Travis Jones at [email protected]Cowboys and cowgirls sad- dled up their horses for the 46th Annual Bison Stam- pede Rodeo on Friday, Sat- urday and Sunday at the NDSU Equine Center. This event was organized and hosted by the NDSU Bison Rodeo Team. Over 240 students from North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin competed against one an- other while donning their re- spective school colors, cowboy hats, Levi’s, and if they were a girl: sparkly rhinestone belts with match- ing jewelry. These cowboys and cow- girls were seen winding around barrels, tying up goats, bucking on broncos, wrestling steers, riding horses bareback, roping calves and bull riding. The students competing at this rodeo were among the 16 teams which make up the Great Plains Region within the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA). The NIRA consists of eleven regions in the nation. Teams within the Great Plains Re- gion compete in 10 rodeos per year, one of which is hosted by NDSU. The NDSU students com- peting this weekend have been tirelessly working and practicing to prepare for this year’s event. “They are the most spec- tacular, wonderful bunch of students. They put hard work in, really rodeo-driven, motivated type of students… and they’re at every practice wanting to get better, want- ing to learn,” Tate Eck, NDSU Rodeo Team adviser and coach, said. “It’s really been a phenomenal group. They’re there wanting to compete and win, so it’s been great.” The NDSU Rodeo Team currently stands fourth in the men’s division and sixth in the women’s division within the Great Plains Re- gion, according to Eck. “We’re still a building pro- gram, but we’re definitely getting better,” Eck said. “These rodeo kids are a little more down-to-earth, and we don’t mind if we get a little manure on our pants.” Preparing for the NDSU Bison Stampede Rodeo is done months in advance, taking countless hours of time and effort to ensure that the event runs as smoothly as possible. “It took a lot to put to- gether this event because we had to get ads together, get money raised, practicing, getting the barn ready,” Dena Flom, a junior major- ing in agriculture education, said. “We had to do a lot of cleaning and the team was awesome.” For Flom, this year’s rodeo is very different than last year’s because not only is she competing, but she is also one of the managers for NDSU’s team. Last year Flom primarily acted as the assistant manager for the team, not taking part in the competing end of things. “A lot of the students put in a lot of time and practice, and when the rodeo time... Story continued on page 3 F-M protesters gather downtown Matt Severns Spectrum Staff ‘‘ "We have a very serious problem in this country and we have a huge amount of ab- solute wealth, but the relative equality is nearly nonex- istent." -- Adam Wiese Matt Severns/The Spectrum Above: Protesters hold a demonstration on Broadway and 2nd Saturday afternoon. Below: Bryce Heustis (left) debates with Justin Vega (right) about economic-political philosophy. Rodeo team stampedes at competition Jaime Jarmin Spectrum Staff Rylee Nelson/The Spectrum Chase Peterson competes in the steer wrestling event at the Bison Stampede Rodeo Saturday night at the Equine Center. 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More than 150 area and
visiting residents showed up
to protest corporate-political
collusion near the U.S. Bank
Plaza Saturday afternoon.
The event, called Occupy
Fargo-Moorhead, drew pro-
testers aging from early
youth to elderly.
Signs, such as protester
Nicholas Jones', whose read,
"Honk if your government is
corrupt," prompted passing
traffic to show their support,
though a small counter-
protest across the street gar-
nered some support of its
own.
Protesters began to gather
before noon, and by the peak
of the demonstration a col-
lection of unique voices
began to be heard.
Judd Hoff, a key organizer
in the Occupy Alexandria,
Minn. movement, came up
to Fargo to help with the
event.
"I came up here about two
weeks ago to one of the
Fargo-Moorhead Occupy
meetings and I found out
about the consensus process
that they're using, which im-
pressed me," Hoff said. "Be-
fore I came to the meeting, I
wasn't sure if this movement
would be able to hold to-
gether, but after the meeting
I was 100 percent sure that it
would."
The consensus process has
been pivotal since the move-
ment's beginning. The col-
lective identity as the "other
99 percent" has been the
driving force behind no lead-
ers emerging from within.
Story continued on page 3
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‘ ‘"We have avery seriousproblem in thiscountry and wehave a hugeamount of ab-solute wealth,but the relativeequality isnearly nonex-istent." -- Adam Wiese
Matt Severns/The Spectrum
Above: Protesters hold a demonstration on Broadway and 2ndSaturday afternoon. Below: Bryce Heustis (left) debates withJustin Vega (right) about economic-political philosophy.
Rodeo team stampedes at competitionJaime JarminSpectrum Staff
Rylee Nelson/The Spectrum
Chase Peterson competes in the steer wrestling event at the Bison Stampede Rodeo Saturdaynight at the Equine Center.
Bison update
April 15,2011:‘Approvedcapital projects’
Update on page 2New campus tree trail
March 11,2011:‘Center forChild De-velopmentscheduledto close’
Update on page 2Child Care Center to
remain open
New life to
old news
Page 9
Local businessowner fusesthrift, style
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NDSU Results forOct. 14EventMen Overall
5th Place 233.00 Women’s Team4th Place 157.50Women’s Total3rd Place 47.00Bareback RidingAustin Martin4th Place 64.0Bull RidingJames Kapp1st Place 76.0Barrel RacingJordan Rist2nd Place 12.81Goat TyingCourtney Sletton4th Place 6.6
NDSU Results forOct. 15-16EventMen’s Team5th Place 140.00Bareback RidingAustin Martin2nd Place 135.00Barrel RacingRachel Stewart3rd Place 25.98
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In celebration of Coming
Out Week Oct. 10 through
14, NDSU Campus Attrac-
tions sponsored Bebe Za-
hara Benet in “Divas of
Diversity” in the Lower
Level of the Memorial Union
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Benet performed a drag
show, shared her story of re-
pression and acceptance and
answered questions regard-
ing her lifestyle.
As students and faculty
waited in anticipation, they
were greeted by sounds of
upbeat music in a warm,
comfortable environment.
Benet entered, accompanied
by Keri Hilson’s “Pretty Girl
Rock,” dancing, lip-syncing
and interacting with mem-
bers of the audience. Her vi-
brant personality became
contagious as attendees
began clapping to the beat.
Benet’s journey began in
the traditional culture of
Cameroon, Africa. She
found herself born and
raised as a boy who was in-
terested in things believed to
be just for women such as
hair, makeup and the fash-
ion industry.
She described herself as
being constantly “sur-
rounded by beautiful
women” who were unaware
of how incredible they were.
Benet is a strong believer
that “women underestimate
themselves a lot.”
Benet’s first drag experi-
ence occurred in Paris while
she was working as a male
model. One of the models
had dropped out, and she
stepped in for the missing
woman. Her first planned
performance in drag was on
stage with Cyndi Lauper.
She stated that she “created
her persona from that and
developed [her] alter ego.”
There was no support sys-
tem for drag or homosexual-
ity in Africa, but America
offered a lot of backing in
the drag scene and there was
always “somebody you can
talk to.”
Benet has become well
known for being crowned
the first season winner of
“Rupaul’s Drag Race” on
Logo Television. She speaks
and performs around the
country in colleges and at
red carpet events alike. Her
new single was also recently
released.
Benet admitted that for
her, dressing up is a “cre-
ative outlet,” but also a busi-
ness venture. She shared
“this is what I do for a living
… this is my purpose.” She
specified that the most re-
warding part of her job re-
mains, “I feel so comfortable
in my space … it’s liberat-
ing.”
Benet’s presentation pri-
marily focused on the under-
standing that “There is
always the opportunity to
embrace others and em-
brace diversity.” She af-
firmed that she had soul
searched a long time to ac-
cept herself. She says, “let
yourself be open to experi-
ence.” She has huge faith in
the quality of respecting an-
other person for being who-
ever they want to be.
Benet will continue to
share her background.
“When I finally stop telling
my story, I’ll be six feet
under,” Benet said.
Regina Ranney, diversity
program coordinator at
NDSU said, “The Equity
and Diversity Center was ex-
cited to help promote Divas
of Diversity. We expected the
event to draw a broad audi-
ence with different reasons
in choosing to attend. We
hoped that people who were
‘just curious’ would leave
with a positive message, and
I think Bebe Zahara Benet’s
story and performance pro-
vided that.”
Ranney also wants to in-
form students that, “The Eq-
uity and Diversity Center
invites you to attend Safe
Zone training, which pro-
vides education about sexual
orientation and gender iden-
tity.” For more information,
call 231-5728 or visit
www.ndsu.edu/safezone to
view upcoming sessions to
attend.
Jones, who was holding the
sign asking drivers to honk
if they thought their govern-
ment was corrupt, was there
because he wanted to ex-
press his personal view on
corruption.
"Everyone knows there's
corruption in the political
system, and I'm really tired
of watching politicians on
the Sunday talk shows ...
talking about corruption as
if it is abstract, as if it does-
n't happen. They talk about
it as if it's not right in front
of their face, and everyone
knows that it is."
Adam Wiese, who could be
seen holding a large red flag
throughout the demonstra-
tion, was there to expose the
injustices he perceives are a
result of financial influence.
"We have a very serious
problem in this country and
we have a huge amount of
absolute wealth, but the rel-
ative equality is nearly non-
existent," Wiese said.
Bryce Heustis, one of the
few counter-protesters at the
event, advocated that the
current system is just fine as
is.
Though engaged in de-
bates about healthcare and
bailouts and occasionally
heckled by protesters, he
and his friend had an unde-
niable presence throughout
the event.
"I was there as part of a
counter protest that repre-
sents the 53 percent move-
ment," Heustis said. "The
movement is promoting an
equal taxation rate for all
Americans. As of right now,
only 53 percent of Ameri-
cans pay taxes, and 47 per-
cent do not," Heustis said.
"The movement as of right
now consists of a bunch of
ill-informed citizens who
need to fully understand the
situation before they protest
it," Heustis said of the Oc-
cupy protesters.
Justin Vega, a major
player in the public relations
side of the Occupy Fargo-
Moorhead event, took ad-
vantage of the public forum
the event provided to debate
with the counter-protesters.
"What's awesome is you
see there are ... counter-pro-
testers here and it also gives
us the opportunity, as I just
did with Mr. Bryce Heustis
here, to comment, to talk, to
find out about the other side
of it ... you know, why people
aren't in support of the
movement," Vega said.
Unlike in other cities, the
Occupy Fargo-Moorhead
protest wasn't meant to be
ongoing. They gathered on
Saturday in observance of
the Global Day of Action.
Occupy continued from page 1
comes you can tell which stu-
dents have been practicing
and have been putting in the
time,” Flom said. “It shows
when they’re the ones sitting
on top.”
For those of you who have
never been to a rodeo before,
it is unlike any other sport at
NDSU.
“Rodeo is kind of a sport
that they took from the way
it used to be ‘back in the
west,’” Flom said. “Some of
these events are how they’d
get stuff done on the
ranch...It’s a way to put a
competitive edge on ranch
work.”
Competing in events like
rodeo not only requires indi-
vidual skills but also the
ability to harmoniously
work among animals.
“If your horse isn’t happy,
they obviously aren’t going
to perform as well as they
can. Usually the horses come
first when you do the
rodeos,” Flom said. “The
horses do play a big role in
how well people do, so it’s
the teamwork between the
rider and the horse.”
As for the competition, stu-
dents like Jared Odnes, a
senior majoring in animal
science at South Dakota
State University, shared
what it is like to be involved
in college rodeo: “Rodeo is
really fun, really team-ori-
ented and a really great
time.”
Odnes has been part of col-
lege rodeo the last two years
of his collegiate career, and
he mentioned that he has en-
joyed traveling to Fargo
both times to compete. “It’s
been really good. I [person-
ally] haven’t done very good
here so far, but it’s been a re-
ally good rodeo and ran very
smoothly.”
Rodeo continued from page 1
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Temporary cardboard box houses are set up outside of Theta Chi fraternity for their Homeless and Hungry event. Theta Chiraised $2,200 during the overnight event this weekend.
Matt Severns/The Spectrum
Bebe Zahara Benet came to the Memorial Union to speak ofher experiences as a transvestite.
He Said: “I don’t believe it’s the amount of sleep I acquire butthe amount of effort I put into my studies.” Mark Tibbets, afreshman majoring in business administration.
She Said: “Yes, when I don’t get enough sleep, I find it difficultto pay attention in class or study for exams. I fall asleep whentrying to study or do homework and then lose that time to doschool-related things.” Kasey Peterson, an undecided sophomore
Life as a college student can get pretty crazy. There are always assign-
ments to complete, tests to study for, a job to work at, a social life to have,
and sleep to get. When our schedules become too hectic, usually something
that seems less important gets bumped off the list. For a lot of college stu-
dents, sleep is that thing that gets bumped off the list.
According to stanford.edu, when you don’t get the required amount of
sleep -- which is eight hours minimum for a college student -- you “create a
sleep debt.” And you can only compensate for the sleep debt by going above
and beyond the required amount of sleep that you are supposed to get.
When you aren’t getting enough sleep, it can affect every part of your life.
Drowsiness from sleep deprivation is the main reason other parts of your
life change. When you feel drowsy, you aren’t taking in everything that you
could be. When you are drowsy in class instead of being attentive and ab-
sorbing more information, you are feeling sleepy and not learning every-
thing you could be.
Drowsiness doesn’t just affect academic work. If you’re driving while
drowsy you could fall asleep at the wheel, which could be fatal. Drowsiness
doesn’t help anyone, especially you. There are always reasons for why you
think you could skip out on sleep. Particularly, with the rise of energy
drinks and shots, sleep seems like a low item on the priority list. But getting
sleep affects all areas of life, so make sure that you are trying to get enough.
Young entrepreneur sets a trendin downtown Fargo
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Instant beauty guide:Using blush and bronzer the right way
Does not getting enough sleep affect you academics?
Alysia LarsonStaff Writer
In 1944, Dwight D. Eisen-
hower led U.S. troops in
what was the largest and
bloodiest battle fought by
America in World War II:
Battle of the Bulge. Today,
our country faces a new bat-
tle, one that is thought to be
the largest and bulkiest bat-
tle of the 21st century.
According to the Center
for Disease Control and Pre-
vention website, about two-
thirds of U.S. adults are
either overweight or obese.
Combating unhealthy fat
molecules can be a struggle,
but with a proper diet and
exercise plan, any individual
is capable of losing weight.
Before I begin talking
about ways in which you
can lose unwanted stomach
fat, here are some important
terms you should know:
• Repetition, or
“Reps” – a motion or exer-
cise (such as a cruncher, or
sit-up) that is repeated and
usually counted
• Cardio, short for
Cardiovascular – related to
the heart: a workout per-
formed to cause a tempo-
rary increase in heart rate
• Metabolism – an
increase of the rate at which
the body turns food into en-
ergy. The faster your metab-
olism, the more energy you
have to burn fat.
• Diet – food and
drink regularly consumed
(Not to be confused with di-
eting, which is eating spar-
ingly or according to
prescribed rules.)
• Nutrition – the
process of eating nourishing
food so that the body can
Story continued on page 7
Battle of the bulge: Goodbye belly,hello healthy!Diet and exercise tips for losing stomach fat
Jessie BattestContributing Writer
Rylee Nelson/The Spectrum
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It's October and we're
now well into this year's
gaming season. And by gam-
ing season, I mean the horri-
fying torrent of major new
releases that threatens to
consume our every waking
moment.
It appears that next month
will be the main offender. It
seems almost downright lu-
dicrous to release this many
expensive games in such a
short period. However, that
won't stop me from trying to
expend as much time (and
money) as I can in an at-
tempt to play through all of
these great games.
“Uncharted: Drake's De-
ception” (Playstation 3) –
Nov. 1
The latest and probably
greatest in the blockbuster
series.
“The Lord of the Rings:
War in the North (Multi-
Platform)” - Nov. 1
The first, seemingly
worthwhile "Lord of the
Rings" game in a long while.
“Call of Duty: Modern
Warfare 3” (Multi-Platform)
- Nov. 8
This game will probably
make more money than the
national deficit.
“Metal Gear Solid HD
Collection” (Multi-Plat-
form) - Nov. 8
Metal Gear in high defini-
tion? Yes, please.
“The Elder Scrolls V:
Skyrim” (Multi-Platform) -
Nov. 11
Endless dragons to fight
and an endless world to ex-
plore.
“Ultimate Marvel Vs.
Capcom 3” (Multi-Platform)
- Nov. 15
Capcom is making you
buy a barely different ver-
sion of one of their games,
again.
“Saints Row: The Third”
(Multi-Platform) - Nov. 15
Easily the most over-the-
top game I've seen in a long
while, and quite enjoyable
by the sound of it.
“Assassin's Creed: Revela-
tions” (Multi-Platform) -
Nov. 15
The final chapter in the
saga of Ezio Auditore da
Firenze.
“The Legend of Zelda:
Skyward Sword” (Wii) -
Nov. 20
This is a Zelda game:
You're going to buy it just
like everyone else.
One has to wonder if some
of these lesser-known titles
wouldn't be better served by
a summer release. Tradition-
ally, the summer remains a
dry period for new video
game releases and I, for one,
would appreciate some of
these titles to be spread out.
Not to mention the fact that
a lot of these games might be
buried under their bigger
named brethren.
The fall games season is al-
ways jam-packed full of new
content. This year seems to
hold one of the most promis-
ing arrangements of new
content in recent memory.
This November will no
doubt be a heavy drain on
funds and time. Regardless,
there will certainly be a lot
of fun to be had next month.
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Features
The lower level of the Me-
morial Union resembled the
scene of an assembly factory
Friday night. No, of course
students were not assem-
bling real cars or houses; in-
stead, students were given
the opportunity to design
things with Legos.
Tabitha Bahl, a junior ma-
joring in hospitality and
tour management, gave the
synopsis of the event.
“Lego Night is a contest
where students build Lego
structures based on the cat-
egory,” she said. “The main
thing is that students learn
how to work on a team and
have fun.”
Lego Night was a team-
based event that was hosted
by Campus Attractions. The
event consisted of many
rounds of Lego building,
each round lasting 15 min-
utes.
In those 15 minutes, each
team had to assemble the
best Lego model according
to the current category. At
the end of each round, stu-
dents were graded, but the
grading process was uncon-
ventional. Whichever team
received the loudest ap-
plause from their peers won
the round.
One team weighed in on
their experience with the
event.
Jesse Weiand, a senior and
a computer science major,
was a member of the run-
ner-up team after the first
round.
“I absolutely love Legos. I
am all about building Lego
models and things of that
nature,” Weiand said. “This
event really helped show off
my creative side in a well-
presented manner.”
An observer of Lego night
could only recognize that
NDSU has some very cre-
ative individuals. Some of
the models the teams came
up with were brilliant, in-
cluding a helicopter with
propellers.
Lego night took place in
the lower level of the Memo-
rial Union and lasted until
1:30 a.m. The event was
truly not only a contest be-
tween students and their
teams, but also a way in
which students could have a
good time and meet new
people in the process.
Dear AlysiaMy roommate has her boyfriend over 24/7. He’s a nice guy and
everything, but I just think it’s unfair that he practically lives withus, and yet he doesn’t pay rent or anything. I also get really un-comfortable with him spending the night because I usually hearthings that I really don’t want to hear. I’ve tried talking with herabout it before, but she just kind of blew it off. What should I do?
Dear Cramped Space Roomie,
You definitely shouldn’t have to put up with this type of thing, especially since it’s your
own apartment. But you have to keep in mind that it is her apartment as well. This is a
hard situation because you both have a right to do what you want since you’re both paying
to live there.
The best thing to do in this situation is to approach the situation from a non-defensive
standpoint. Try to talk to her when it’s just you two, and when you both are feeling calm.
Tell her your concerns in a non-judgmental way and let her know that it is nothing against
her or her boyfriend. If she thinks that you are judging her or don’t like her boyfriend,
that will probably make her more upset. Make sure she knows you aren’t saying that she
absolutely can’t be doing this but that you just want to make a compromise. Saying that
you miss having girl nights or just hanging out together during the day could help her see
that you don’t have a problem with him but just that you miss her.
When you do tell her about him sleeping over, just try to say that you don’t mind if he
does sleep over, but that you just don’t want to hear what they’re doing in the other room.
It’s uncomfortable for everybody. She should understand your view if you keep the atmos-
phere calm and keep your stance neutral.
If she still doesn’t change, then perhaps bring in another mutual friend to help mediate
between you two. Sometimes hearing the same thing but from another person can change
things. Just be patient and try to communicate in a peaceful way.
Sincerely,
Alysia
As a native to the Fargo
area, O’Day became very fa-
miliar with the downtown
scene. It only made sense for
her to start her own busi-
ness, when most of her fam-
ily members set the trend of
starting their own busi-
nesses.
“It’s always something I
wanted to do, and it’s in my
blood,” O’Day shared. Some
of O’Day’s family members
who have started their own
businesses include her great-
grandpa, grandpa, dad,
mom, grandma and aunt.
When O’Day began
searching for a location of
her business, downtown
seemed like the perfect fit
for vision of her store.
“I love downtown … I re-
ally enjoy the downtown
community, the people who
live here and work here,”
O’Day said. “There are
other business owners who
are really supportive of each
other.”
This support from other
downtown business owners
became extremely evident as
she began sorting out the de-
tails of opening her own
store.
“Taking risks was the most
challenging part,” she said.
“When I was starting out,
there were a few downtown
business owners that showed
me the ropes and helped me
out; showed me where to go,
what to do and how to do it,
so that was great.”
For students reading this
who may be interested in
starting a successful busi-
ness, this young entrepre-
neur has a few words of
advice for you: “I suggest
that young people really re-
search the industry and the
market,” O’Day said. “You
could have a great idea but
it’s not going to work out if
there’s not a market for it.”
Proper and Prim will be
celebrating its one-year an-
niversary on Oct. 20 by al-
lowing customers to come in
and enjoy an after-hours
party from 6 to 9 p.m. At this
event, there will be dis-
counts, cake, photo booth
pictures, a local DJ and red
carpet photos taken by
Tarynn Christine Photogra-
phy. The photos will be
posted after the event on
Facebook.
For more information
about this event visit Proper
and Prim’s Facebook page.
grow properly and be
healthy
Tom Venuto, author of the
books “Foods That Turn to
Fat” and “Foods That Burn
Fat,” states, “Burning stom-
ach fat is more about your
diet than traditional ab exer-
cises.” Venuto gives readers
insight into fat-burning tips,
including eating natural
foods with few calories and
focusing on intensity while
exercising.
Venuto reinforces that sim-
ply going cruncher-crazy is
not an effective way to lose
stomach fat. Your workouts
should be high intensity,
with short rest periods. This
will significantly increase
your metabolism, helping
you burn fat more quickly.
However, www.burnstom-
achfat.net stresses that you
should “incorporate high-in-
tensity exercises (with more
reps and lighter weights)
into your workout four times
a week in order to give your
muscles a chance to recover
and grow before you break
them down again with more
workouts.”
Aerobic activities are im-
portant to combine with the
high-intensity exercises as
well. These activities include
walking, jogging, cycling or
swimming. They should be
done for 30 minutes, three to
four times a week. Also, in-
volve regular cardio sessions
into your weekly routine,
such as joining a class at
your gym to help you burn
fat and keep you on a regu-
lar routine.
Nutrition is also an ex-
tremely important fat-burn-
ing tool. Eating frequently is
not the key. Only eat until
you are full, which will re-
quire eating substantial
foods with low calories. Here
are a few tips from
www.lose-stomachfat.org:
Foods rich in fiber.
Apples, peas, cereals and
nuts are several examples of
substantial foods. They will
help keep you full for longer
periods of time, and the fiber
in them will help burn fat
around your middle.
Drink plenty of water.
At least eight glasses every
day helps to remove toxins
from your body, and lose
weight faster as a result.
Eat smaller portions.
Using cups, bowls and
plates that are smaller in size
will help you take less food
at a time and, therefore, eat
less food during the meal.
Increase your metabolism.
Eggs, whole-wheat bread
and oatmeal for breakfast
will help increase your me-
tabolism by giving your
body essential sources of vi-
tamin B12 and carbohy-
drates. Other dairy products
also contain this vitamin,
and whole grain products
will assist in making you feel
full longer.
Go with high protein and
fiber foods.
High-protein foods, such
as peas, beans, eggs, lean
meats (chicken and fish) and
peanuts take more energy
for your body to process.
Your body burns fat while
breaking down the protein.
Eat soups, salads, citrus
fruits and berries for dinner
or a bedtime snack. These
foods are rich in fiber and
have vitamin C, which helps
dilute fats found in the stom-
ach area.
Remember not to load the
fatty dressing onto your
salad. Quick tip: Put the
salad dressing on the side,
and dip rather than drench.
Consume less junk food.
Items such as chips, cakes,
cookies, candy and so on will
turn right into belly fat once
they are ingested.
Instead eat yogurt, avoca-
dos and almonds are other
foods to contribute to your
healthy diet for losing stom-
ach fat.
As you can see, there are
many different ways in
which you can lose stomach
fat. It is important to bal-
ance diet and exercise, along
with getting an adequate
amount of sleep.
The most difficult part is
getting your weekly exercise
routine started, but once you
have tackled the scheduling
portion, it’s goodbye belly,
hello healthy!
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Students accept a 15-minute challenge to build around atheme during Lego Night Friday.
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In an age of transparency
and efficiency, it is a miracle
that student organizations
on campus are even present
on campus. With 13 hoops to
jump through, three tiers of
classification, a five-point
ranking system and a 27-
page handbook accompany-
ing a 13-page list of
guidelines, the fact that stu-
dent organizations flourish
is testament to an undeni-
able and unrelenting will to
exist and represent.
The way the Congress of
Student Organizations oper-
ates is a result of persistent
swapping of interim execu-
tive commissioners. With
tweaks here and there to suit
the wants and visions of each
administration, a snowball
of bureaucracy has devel-
oped.
Lest the CSO should for-
get that its purpose is to
"provide quality resources
and information pertinent to
the sustainability of all cam-
pus student organizations,"
I urge them to remember
that they are here to serve
us, not vice versa.
To do this, they should
consider making mandatory
only the tasks and paper-
work necessary to keep
track of organizational in-
formation. Everything else
should be voluntary; give
student leaders a chance to
lead.
If an organization feels
that philanthropic commu-
nity efforts are aligned with
Story continued on page 10
Humanity has culminated
to the point where hundreds
of millions prosper and live
happily. We have opportu-
nity, especially in America,
but also around the globe;
we may travel, learn, love
and prosper freely. We may
be as we wish with liberty
and we may prevail upon the
seemingly insurmountable.
This is referred to as free en-
terprise, or perhaps the pur-
suit of happiness.
So long as we adhere to
our societal norms under
various laws and fight from
the depths of any given soci-
ety, only then may we pros-
per; we may find this
happiness, meaning and
purpose all within the infi-
nite realms of freedom.
Throughout America’s
history, an infrastructure
was built and new ideas gave
way for development on all
spectrums. This infrastruc-
ture was designed and
funded by few but built with
hands of many. A frontier
was developed into a nation,
even at the cost of lives
around the globe and suffer-
ing of its citizens, not to men-
tion the many who stood in
the way.
From the beginning,
minds came together and fa-
cilitated massive growth for
the nation, but these minds
were few and this was con-
tingent upon the hands of
many. This is all seemingly
well and good, omitting
death and suffering. How-
ever, America was estab-
lished on freedom for many.
But if America has already
built its infrastructure,
shouldn’t we have made a
progressively over-lapping
change to a people and sys-
tem more balanced?
That is to say, a switch
from the minds of the few to
the minds of the many, the
funding of the few to the
funding of the many, and the
new ideas of the few to the
new ideas of the many, so
that all may continue to
shape and facilitate perpet-
ual progression for a society
– of a free people – to ensure
even more opportunity for
future generations?
In 2007, the top one per-
cent of Americans owned 40
percent of the nation’s
wealth. The same one per-
cent took home 24 percent of
the nation’s income, held
above 50 percent of the na-
tion’s stocks, bonds, and mu-
tual funds, only to account
for five percent of the na-
tion’s debt.
These Americans were
doing better than ever previ-
ously so. Moreover, the bot-
tom 80 percent owned a
mere seven percent of the
nation’s wealth and inequal-
ity is growing.
What’s more is we have
fallen behind relative to the
world in science, reading
and math, and are consid-
ered average in our educa-
tion. I find this ghastly
because we all know the al-
ternative to hard working
citizens, and the alternative
explanation for a system
whose practices and policies
put education above all else.
As opposed to making pos-
itive strides, which is re-
quired when you consider
the world’s technological ad-
vancement, we’ve literally
taken steps back.
Americans were once de-
prived of the freedom we
enjoy today, whether they
were women denied of their
right to vote amid the domi-
nantly patriarchal system,
blacks among the Jim Crow
traditions of the South, vet-
erans from the war or per-
haps citizens that
experienced immense
poverty and whose struggles
never prevailed a system
that didn’t account for
greed, prejudice and finan-
cial disparity.
However, new ideas of
freedom emerged. Citizens
stood up to proclaim their
rights. For example, Presi-
dent Roosevelt leading a
country subsequent to the
Great Depression or Martin
Luther King Jr. leading a
people with a peaceful voice
for freedom.
Only then were the rich
men and women in state and
federal offices silenced to let
the people, who make this
country possible, stand with
the triumphant voice of
many to shout liberty.
We have a new imbalance
of values concerning time,
wealth and people. When
wealth, whether material or
fiat currency, outweighs
time and people, you have
counter-revolution.
We are bonded by chains
of desire for wealth and self-
satisfying practices, which
further bind us like everlast-
ing paste to our financially
based standards of living, as
opposed to the people-ori-
ented freedom many before
us fought and died for, and
continually renewed, and
preserved.
I believe freedom is within
us. We are free from our first
breaths. And it is for us, not
as individuals but as many,
to ensure the freedom of all
others whilst freeing our-
selves. Otherwise we forget
the many that suffered, sac-
rificed and devoted their
time for themselves and all
people, no matter the origin
or creed.
We can never be free if we
are in a system whose poli-
cies, promotions and leaders
politically and economically
maintain the imbalance of
wealth before people, and
wealth before time itself.
But if our sense of freedom
stretches no further than the
seemingly intrinsic value to
seek comfort and wealth
ourselves, we may never be
free anyway.
Josh is a junior majoring inhistory.I was recently on a seven-
hour drive home and de-
cided to take seriously the
new, hit music simply by lis-
tening and analyzing it.
I started my trip on Y94
then eventually tuned into
South Dakota as well as
Iowa hit music stations.
What I discovered didn’t
surprise me: Some of the
songs I shut off due to bla-
tant immoral content, others
I laughed at with tears of
disgust running down my
face, and others I did the
shoulder dance with.
At the end of the trip, after
many hours spent with Ma-
roon 5, Rihanna, Lady
Gaga, and LMFAO, I began
to wonder: What happened
to the soul? This is really my
only thought worth expand-
ing on. I could rip that music
apart in other ways, but I
honestly only care to know
what happened to the soul.
The constant theme in
popular music from the ‘20s
to the millennium was tran-
scendence. Popular songs
back then, even if they were
about sex and drinking, had
a spiritual quality to them.
In fact, I think the only
way any musician could get
that pumped about a cele-
bration is from divine help.
Another example is Jeffer-
son Starship’s “We Built
This City.” When I hear that
song I feel like I am floating..
Story continued on page 10
I doubt that the moment
The Forum hired former
local TV anchor Michele
Turnberg as a weekly Sun-
day columnist that she
would begin hypnotizing
those around her.
It’s probably because
Turnberg’s columns about
her glory days working at
the local TV news stations,
running marathons, dealing
with bullies, Sarah Palin and
poor sportsmanship at col-
lege sporting events are re-
ally beginning to cut deep
for not only her readers, but
also the big wigs at The
Forum.
On Saturday night, Bill
Marcil Jr., the publisher of
The Forum, posted a short
message on Inforum.com
mentioning they are no
longer allowing readers to
post anonymous comments
on their website. Instead, in-
dividuals wanting to post a
comment about their
thoughts on a story must in-
clude their names and ad-
dresses before it can be seen.
“As publisher of this news-
paper, I can no longer justify
giving a platform to vultures
who comment on our con-
tent,” Marcil wrote.
But all this seems rather
familiar. Didn’t Turnberg
say basically the same thing
a few months ago? “That
said, if you choose to be neg-
ative, sign you name,” Turn-
berg said earlier this August
in The Forum.
Yes, yes she did.
It seems lately that Turn-
berg’s columns are begin-
ning to come true little by
little and are deeply affect-
ing people like Marcil.
The “vultures” analogy
Marcil used was quite clever,
but people have been using a
pseudonym to state their
opinions and ideas for hun-
dreds of years in our coun-
try.
Take Benjamin Franklin,
for instance; he used the
fake names Silence Dogood
and Richard Saunders when
he didn’t want to reveal his
real name when writing
about his opinions.
“We have had people tell
us they do not want to be in
the newspaper because of
anonymous comments on
news stories and other fea-
tures in the newspaper,”
Marcil said.
These “people” that The
Forum is interested in fea-
turing in their paper need to
invest in a backbone or
thicker skin, although I’m
not sure if those things are
on sale at the moment.
Any major news corpora-
tion should allow its readers
the chance to speak their
minds. Of course, there will
be a few ignorant comments
left, but there will always be
a few ignorant people. But,
maybe the next Benjamin
Franklin needs to get a few
things off his chest.
Oh, I almost forgot: My
name is Jaime Jarmin and I
live in Moorhead, Minn.
Jaime is a sophomore ma-joring in English education.
Turnberg is hypnotizing
Jaime JarminOpinion Editor
Imbalance of wealth destroyingAmerica
Josh MassingillContributing Writer
@www.ndsuspectrum.com
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With only seven matchesremaining on the SummitLeague schedule, the Bisonvolleyball team find them-selves one game out of firstplace, making every match abig match.
NDSU traveled to Indi-anapolis and Macomb, Ill.for Summit League matchesagainst IUPUI and WesternIllinois.
IUPUI, fourth in the Sum-mit League standings,
hosted the Bison last Friday,and NDSU was able to takedown the Leathernecks infour sets, 3-1.
The Bison had four offen-sive players with double-digit kills on the night, asMegan Lambertson led theway with 14 kills and 15 totalpoints. Brynn Joki backedLambertson up with anothersolid performance as shehad 12 kills; Janna Deyleand Carissa Whalen chippedin with 11 and 10 kills, re-spectively. Jennifer Lopezhad 50 assists on the match.
NDSU traveled to Ma-comb on Saturday for theirfinal match of the weekendto take on the Leathernecksof Western Illinois, ninth inthe Summit standings. TheHerd took care of business ina hurry as they swept WIU3-0.
Lambertson led the Bisonin kills once again with 13;Carissa Whalen had her sec-ond straight match withdouble-digit kills with 12.Chrissy Knuth was at thenet for nine kills and added14 digs on the night as well.
The Bison defense was at thenet on defense as well; theytotaled 10 blocks on thematch and held the Leather-necks offense in tact as noopponent had double-digitkills.
The Herd battled withnon-conference opponentNorthern Iowa on Monday,however, this issue of TheSpectrum went to press be-fore the match ended.
The Bison find themselvesranking near the top in mostoffensive categories in theSummit League. As a team,NDSU ranks first in hittingpercentage, assists, kills andaces. Megan Lambertsonleads the Summit League inhitting percentage and Jen-nifer Lopez ranks second inassists per set with 10.62.
The Bison will returnhome to Fargo this weekendfor a four-match homestand. NDSU will battleIPFW and Oakland thisweekend. The Bison, 16-7 (9-2 Summit), are in secondplace in the conferencestandings, behind OralRoberts, 16-4 (9-1 Summit.)
The Bison football teambounced back from an early14-10 deficit with a sterlingperformance from quarter-back Brock Jensen to over-come Missouri ValleyFootball Conference foeMissouri State 51-21 on Sat-urday.
In what may have been hisbest game yet in his thirdyear as a Bison, Jensen deliv-ered a near-perfect passingattack that kept the Bears'defense on their heels allnight, connecting on 19-23passing for 211 yards andthree touchdowns. Jensenstarted the game a perfect15-15 through the first half,breaking Steve Walker’sschool record for consecu-tive pass completions alongthe way.
“We were up 10 at half-time and we had to makethat lead bigger,” Jensensaid of his record-breakingperformance. “I was notconcerned with statistics.”
The Bison offense was ableto bounce back after a pairof games against stingy 3-4defenses, registering 428yards of total offense thatfed off a rushing game thatfinally had success. After lastweek's 60 yards on theground, the Bison stormedback for 212 yards rushingas the team averaged justover five yards on theground.
That success allowed thepassing game to flourish,and Jensen connected ontwo big touchdown passes toreceiver Warren Hollowaythat helped open the score to24-14 at halftime.
“It was play action, therunning game got it going,”Holloway said. “The defen-sive backs kept peeking inthe backfield. We just kepttrying to make plays. Lastweek everyone on offensewas looking at everyone elseto make a play. This week wetalked about everyone mak-ing their play.”
Though the defense didstruggle early, allowing the
Bears to score once in eachof the first three quarters,they were still able to createthree turnovers that leftNDSU plus-11 in takeaways/giveaways on the year.
“Anytime you can turn thefield over and give the ballback to the offense in atimely fashion it’s great,”senior defensive end CoulterBoyer said, who had a pairof fumble recoveries on thenight. “We do a great job,and coach (Scottie) Hazletonin practice of stressing theimportance of turnovers. Wealso try and strip the balland pursue the ball becauseyou never know what is
going to happen. Tonight weexecuted that and ran to theball and had our chances.”
Corner Marcus Williamshad another superb night ashe kicked off a sequence inthe second half that saw theBison score 17 straightpoints without MissouriState able to complete a sin-gle play. Williams ran back90 yards on the openingkickoff for the second halffor a touchdown that electri-fied a packed Fargodome of18,027, and the Bison forcedfumbles on Missouri State'snext two possessions to cashin on a field goal and an-other touchdown. Williams
also played a big role in passcoverage as leading Bearsreceiver Jermaine Saffold,averaging 84 yards per gamereceiving into Saturday'sgame, was held to just 37yards on three catches.
After the game, HeadCoach Craig Bohl was com-plimentary of his team's ex-ecution. “That was a hardfought win; it was numbersix,” the ninth-year headcoach said. “Each one ofthese wins are so critical inthe Valley, and we arepleased with the win andhow we got it.”
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Who’s the best receiver inNDSU history? The questioncan be kicked around for alittle while, but most of thetime the answer ends up atKole Heckendorf each timeit’s brought up. As I sat inMcDonald’s after the gamewith my brother on Satur-day, we pondered whether ornot there’s another receiverwho may take that title.
With Zach Vraa andTrevor Gebhart out, BrockJensen has limited targets hecan throw to, or so someonewould think. We all knowthat Warren Holloway isJensen’s favorite target andfor good reason, Hollowayjust surpassed 1,600 yardsreceiving on his career andgrabbed his 11th touchdownpass.
What sticks out to me themost are the things that Hol-loway does away from theball. Throughout the season,and Saturday especially, theoffense has ran a lot of quickpasses to Ryan Smith in theflats. All but once that playwent for at least five yardson Saturday, mainly becauseWarren Holloway had hisdefender locked up in agreat block. On one occasionhe pancaked his defender; Idon’t think it showed up onthe stat sheet though.
Holloway had six catchesfor 109 yards and two touch-downs. Jensen was on targetall night, going 15-15 in thefirst half and finding Hol-loway often, but what im-pressed me the most aboutHolloway is his route-run-ning.
Both touchdowns werebrilliant plays by Warren.On both occasions I had myeyes locked on Holloway theentire time, and he gave nosign of which way he wasgoing on his route.
Is it possible to crown Hol-loway or Heckendorf as thehands-down best receiver inschool history? No. Hol-loway is now sixth on the all-time yardage leader list forreceivers, as he just sur-passed Stacy Robinson.Warren is also currentlyfifth on the all-time recep-tions leader list.
Heckendorf is the leader ofboth of those lists, but theamount of playing time com-pared between the two re-ceivers is significant.Heckendorf caught 37 ballsfor 470 yards his freshmanseason. In Holloway’s fresh-man year, he caught twopasses for 17 yards, possiblybecause Kole Heckendorfwas a senior that same sea-son.
Heckendorf also had SteveWalker throwing to him forthree seasons. Holloway nowhas what could be, the bestthing since Steve Walkerthrowing to him in BrockJensen, but had Jose Mohlerand Nick Mertens throwingto him for a good chunk ofhis career.
All comparisons aside,Heckendorf and Hollowayare two great receivers, but Iwouldn’t be surprised at allif Holloway has some looksfrom teams who play onSundays after this season isover.
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Brock Jensen hooks up with Ryan Smith for one of Jensen’s 19 completions. Jensen now holds the school record for consecu-tive completions.
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Jennifer Lopez goes above the net for a block at the BentsonBunker Fieldhouse. The Bison will return home next weekend.
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