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Pep Fest fun for all

Pep Fest drew hundreds to the Wellness Center Wednesday night. The event included a cheer and dance competition called Yell Like Hell (pictured above), a Hot Mess Re-lay and banner and costume contests. Homecoming royalty winners were announced at the event. Emmett Lynch was crowned king while Amanda Heubach was crowned queen. Other nominees were Mitchelle Bjerke, Shaun Klee, Cal Nauman, Will Young, Abby Alberda, Stephanie Ge-froh, Samantha Hogan, and Grace Torguson. This is the fi rst time Pep Fest has ever been celebrated. Homcoming continues with a Get Your Green on Grand Forks Homecoming Celebration, the annual parade, football game and Women’s Hockey games.

Senate to d i s cus s nicknameLEGISLATION Senate to vote on opposing reso-lutions regarding support for “Fighting Sioux.”

>ROBB JEFFRIESThe Dakota Student

PRESENTATION First Lady Marcia Kelley speaks to students about accomplishing goals.

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DISCUSSION Students gather to inquire about graduate school process and experience.

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Greek god and goddess picked

Student org hosts panel

COMPETITION Stu-dents gather to select this year’s offi cial God and Goddess.

>CULLEN DONOHUEThe Dakota Student

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A crowd of about 30 students gathered in the Badlands Room of the Memorial Union on Tuesday to listen to UND First Lady Marcia Kelley’s presentation on leadership.

This was the fi rst session of the Student Leadership Series put on by the Student Involvement Cen-ter. This session, called Women in Leadership, covered traits of leaders, accomplishing goals, and struggles women may encounter in the workforce.

Kelley began her presentation by interacting with students. She had students identify their own leaders in their life.

“A leader is somebody who stands out from the rest,” said Kel-

ley. “A leader is able to see the goal, knows how to get to the goal, and inspires people to reach the goal.”

Using the examples provided by the students Kelley defi ned the traits a leader must have. She em-phasized the importance of having a vision and acting upon it.

“Believe in your vision and care deeply,” said Kelley.

As fi rst lady, Kelley explained how her vision has spurred change at UND. Because of her love for the outdoors, Kelley was promi-

nent in the Ski UND movement. While focusing on this vision, Kel-ley said the next step is following through with action.

In this case she worked with local ski and bike shops, Student Government, and students fa-miliar with skiing. The result has been a widened opportunity to ski because, through her leadership,

Sorority and fraternity mem-bers battled for the title of Greek God and Goddess Tuesday night.

The Loading Dock was fi lled

with students where a multi-fac-eted competition took place to determine who would be crowned Greek God and Goddess. The competition consisted of a toga contest, a UND Greek Life trivia contest, a partner-based trivia con-test, and a talent competition.

Adam Magy, Kappa Sigma, and Haylee Swanson, Delta Gam-ma, were crowned Greek God and Goddess. They competed in a com-petition against 24 other members

of Greek Life. “We prepared quite a bit for

the competition; we had to cho-reograph our dance for the talent portion, and prepare questions for the interview competition,” con-testant Swanson said. “The only part we were iffy on was the Greek life trivia.”

All of the contestants seemed to

Marcia Kelley. Photo by Keisuke Yoshimura

Student Senate seems to be in agreement about one thing: the state law protecting the Fighting Sioux nickname has to go.

Two Student Senate resolu-tions will be presented at this Sun-day’s senate meeting. Both resolu-tions, in preliminary drafts, state the UND Student Body “encour-ages the North Dakota Legislature to repeal NDCC § 15-10-46.”

Senate Resolution 1112-04, in addition to asking for the repeal of the state code, calls for the student body to support “respectful and timely retirement” of the Fighting Sioux logo and nickname. Co-authored by Law School Senator Jacob Geiermann and Shane Ger-bert, State Governmental Affairs Coordinator, the resolution cites the opposition of the nickname by the Standing Rock tribe, a failure to meet contractual obligations with the National Collegiate Ath-letic Association (NCAA), and concern about entry into the Big Sky Conference as its justifi cation.

Senate Resolution 1112-05 was drafted by Off-Campus sena-tor Eric Watne. It differs from the aforementioned resolution in

A new student organization hosted a panel on the graduate school process this week.

Women in Science was found-ed during this past school year. Their inaugural event that took place last April.

WIS hosted a question and an-swer panel Wednesday. The panel focused on what the graduate school process is like for women studying science and featured fi ve female graduate students as pan-elists. They included atmospheric science student Yingzi Shi, medi-cal student Lisa Burnett, and space studies student Jessica Blagen, among others.

Most of the questions were asked by Gretchen Mullendore, an assistant atmospheric science pro-fessor and the event’s moderator, and then she passed off her duty to the audience, who could ask what-ever questions they wanted.

The questions included top-ics such as what graduate courses are like compared to undergradu-ate courses, how much work is in-volved for graduate students and what dating is like while in gradu-

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THE ROAD TO

FREEDOM

IS PAVED WITH

SNOW

Dear P. H. Honey Badger,I am a single, divorced 40 year old male

looking for love in all the wrong places. I am looking for a companion between the ages of 27 and 40. Where should I be look-ing for the love of my life?

Yours,DB Cooper

Dear DB,Luckily for you, my dear DB, this honey

badger has bountiful experience with the La-dies. Now, where to begin? I’d say the fi rst thing you should probably think about doing is changing your name, if your name is indeed “DB.” Such a name has no soul. You should also lower your expecta-tions considerably, my good sir. You see, you are what those in the dating pool commonly refer to as “used goods.” A 40 year-old male that has been divorced and probably has braces is not going to attract a Lady friend by going out on the weekend and acting as if he were still 25. Using your friends to fi sh in the proverbial pond for you is also not an acceptable tactic; that is, unless your friends are griz-zly bears and the pond is more a stream full of salmon mating with one another. If the overlords that employ me were not so insistent on me keeping this advice column on the lighter side of things I would launch into a soppy diatribe about how important it is that you love yourself before you are ready to love someone else. Unfortunately for you, they are rather insistent. And, so, I say this: Less fraternizing like a college “bro” and more gentlemanly, genuine interaction with mem-bers of the opposite sex. Then, you will fi nd what you are looking for.

Most Affectionately,

P.H. Honey Badger

Have questions for P.H. Honey Badger? Email them to [email protected].

Brilliant advice from P.H. Honey BadgerUND now provides equipment and

trails for students to use.Kelley challenged students to

be leaders in their own way. Senior Nursing Student, Amanda Dulcart, attended this session as a require-ment for a professional development class and saw how Kelley’s advice could be applicable in her career.

“I like that you don’t necessarily need to be in charge to be a leader”

KELLEY> From page 1 said Dulcart. “In nursing if you want

to change practice, you need to be a leader, which involves collaborating with others to make a change.”

Kelley concluded her presenta-tion with a discussion on women in leadership. Studies have found that women tend to work with an asser-tive attitude and the feeling of need-ing to prove themselves.

As women begin to be more vis-ible in male dominant occupations, there can be tension. Kelley believes that once one woman enters the fi eld and breaks the ice, society naturally

begins to adjust.Overall, despite gender, leader-

ship style or personality, Kelley said integrity is essential for a good leader.

“One thing that we need in our leaders is that ability to have that moral compass,” said Kelley.

Next Tuesday, the Students Leadership Series will continue with speaker Dr. Gordon Henry on The Art of Caring Leadership.

DS> Kaitlin Bezdicek is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]

GREEK > From page 1

DS> Cullen Donohue is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]

prepare diligently for the competi-tion.The talents at the competition ranged from singing to cheering to playing guitar.

“Our talent was a dance set to a mix of songs. The majority of the houses seem to have a song that they all get together and sing at parties, and we decided to mix a number of these together.” Swanson said.

Swanson and Adam Magy, a brother, found that a number of the songs had signifi cance to many of the houses and wanted to represent that aspect in their performance.

Neither Magy nor Swanson knew each other before this event, or before they were paired up to compete in the contest.

“The winners of a competition

get the title of Greek God and God-dess along with the chance to ride in the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council fl oat in Satur-day’s parade.” Magy said. The title does not hold any offi cial power, but is similar to that of homecom-ing king or homecoming queen.

The event went smoothly and gathered a good crowd contestants said.

“Every team seemed to put forth a full effort in the event and every-one seemed to have fun regardless of what the outcome was going to be. It was really a lot of fun,” Magy said.

The event was fi lled with stu-dents laughing and cheering on each other, and smiles were found all around the room.

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Is hating on a great-grand-mother really the best use of your time, UND?

On October 17, Grand Forks Herald news writer Ryan Johnson reported that President Robert Kelley has asked Ralph Engels-tad Arena offi cials to discontinue highlighting the Beer Grandma at hockey games.

U N D University Re-lations spokes-man Peter Johnson said that President Kelley asked the REA to do this to feature other fans and students at the games.

The main reason President Kelley made this request, Peter Johnson said, is to help cut back the reputation the school has earned from national rankings as a top binge drinking school.

The Beer Grandma, Beth Delano (who actually prefers to be called the “Beer Lady”), can hardly be considered a cause of the national spotlight on the school’s drinking habits. An 85-year-old woman enjoying a beer at a hockey game is, in fact, a perfect model of responsible drinking. If I were a parent that brought my impressionable child to the Ralph for some hockey, I would much rather have my kid see Delano on the Jumbotron than a couple im-

mature students that high fi ve and down their drinks, killing their few remaining brain cells.

To contrast, in UND’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, there were 135 reported instances of liquor law violations in the time period that Delano has been fea-tured at hockey games, which in-clude public intoxication and un-derage drinking violations.

Be real, students: you and I both know there were at least 10

times that much under-age drinking h a p p e n i n g on campus. In fact, at the men’s hockey game against Maine last Saturday, I was punched in the face by a

student I know who was under the infl uence, holding a beer, and un-der the legal drinking age. Perhaps by aggressively reducing the actual amount of binge drinking that goes on here, we would begin to lose that reputation that has school of-fi cials in a tizzy.

If this was really done to help protect the school’s national repu-tation, this was horribly misguided. The video feed of the Jumbotron above center ice does not get sent out on television broadcasts, mak-ing images of Delano localized.

Crowd noise and music from the Pride of the North Hockey Band and the loud speakers, how-ever, do end up on telecasts. You would think if the school is serious

about cutting back the drinking reputation of the school at hockey games, they would put a stop to playing songs that are obviously drinking songs after every goal: “Chelsea Dagger” by The Fratellis over the PA, followed by the hon-orary fourth school song played by the band, In Heaven There Is No Beer.

In fact, UND itself is respon-sible for most of the proliferation of the Beer Grandma.

Who decided that featuring President Kelley and Delano in a continuing education commercial for the school was a good idea? Last year’s commercial was a hit with students, but if you want a prime example of the university saying one thing and doing another, here it is.

Even more astonishingly, Presi-dent Kelley asked the REA to limit showing Delano on screen around the same time this commercial be-gan to air on television. This is the defi nition of complete insanity.

This university has bigger problems on its plate than a local woman and hockey fan legally en-joying a frosty beverage on a giant video board.

My recommendation to deci-sion-making university offi cials: get on the same page about all the issues affecting this great institu-tion, and drop this non-issue that has been a complete waste of your time.

‘President Kelly asked the REA to limit showing Dela-no on screen...

Robb Jeff riesnews editor

>roBB JeffrieSThe Dakota Student

DS> Robb Jeffries is the news editor for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]

Administration off target with Beer Lady

Another school year has begun and with it the con-tinuation of the saga surrounding the “Fighting Sioux” nickname and logo.

During an August meeting with university and leg-islative offi cials, NCAA representatives told these offi -cials they would not budge.

Here we are three months later. The issue of keep-ing the nickname and logo remains heavily divided: the proponents, the opponents, and a growing number of people who just want the fi ght to be over.

Until the issue is resolved, tempers will continue to fl are and members of the campus community will re-main at odds with one another.

But it is clear this debate cannot be avoided with the nickname and logo’s future hanging in the balance. We urge students with any opinions on the nickname and logo situation to utilize the appropriate venues to voice these comments, compliments or concerns. One of these venues is Student Government and Student Senate.

Student Senate will be discussing two resolutions this Sunday that are related to the nickname and logo. Students are encouraged to speak to their appropriate senators beforehand or to attend the meeting. These are your representatives and they cannot make informed decisions without knowing what you’re thinking. Let your voice be heard.

Another channel is your state representative. The North Dakota State Legislature will be holding a special session next month and one of the proposed bills seeks to repeal ND CC 15-10-46. This part of the Century Code, created in March, dictates that the University of North Dakota will always be known as the Fighting Sioux starting Aug. 1, 2011.

Whether you support or oppose repealing the law you should make it clear this is an issue that effects stu-dents just as much as the administrators, the sports fans and of course the alumni with open pocketbooks. Con-tact your legislature or organizations on campus that will do it on your behalf. Your representative should be aware of your thoughts on the issue.

However, prior to expressing these opinions, we advise you to educate yourself not only on the facts supporting your own stance but the opposing stance as well. Without these facts any debate will turn into a screaming match fueled by emotions instead of by logic.

By no means do we expect the student body to not be emotionally invested in this issue because from emo-tions comes passion.

Instead we ask that emotions are kept in check as the process continues. Our campus will not benefi t from tearing itself apart over this matter.

05the Dakota Student friday october 21, 2011

During high school, many teens are searching and touring the nation for potential universities to pursue a degree at. But when choosing these schools, many stu-dents do not pick them for the right reasons.

Many are lucky, arriving on campus and loving every second of the college experience. But, others are floundering, wondering if they made the right choice. So, now that it’s all said and done, is UND right for you?

Many consequences can result if a student is unhappy at school, they lose opportunities to make friends, their grades flounder, they get homesick or they drop out. I wouldn’t wish any one of these things upon anyone. Therefore, making your experience worth-while can change your whole per-spective.

I’ve spoken to several differ-ent students throughout my col-lege career who have considered the idea of transferring. They had experienced a few difficult semes-ters and desperately wished to be

somewhere else. Each student had a unique reason: the college was too far from home, their boy-friend/girlfriend went somewhere else or the university didn’t have the program they wanted…the list goes on and on.

Being a transfer student my-self, I remind myself each day of how happy I am now that I am here.

D u r -ing move-in weekend at my previous university, I felt welcome and ready to begin a new chapter of my life. I was living a half hour from my home-town, and my new acquaintances were growing each day.

But as the semester set in, my surroundings weren’t fitting me like I would have expected. My group of friends had become small, I had some bad encounters with some of my peers and running home on weekends was all too easy.

I can’t say there weren’t good times. I have plenty of wonder-ful memories from the two years I

studied at that university. I went to Twins games, musi-

cals, took afternoon trips to Min-neapolis and walked to the banks of the Mississippi River for geology labs.

Some of the people I met along the way will probably stick with me to the end of my life, and to this day, I can’t help stepping on

campus with-out feeling a bit of nostal-gia for the old days.

Although I greatly enjoyed those experi-ences, I still wasn’t com-pletely happy.

Something was missing and I could feel it every morning when I woke up to go to class. I often felt I never belonged in that com-munity at all, even though for the next ten years the 2010 Census will geographically place me there.

Surprisingly, it was a force of nature that actually forced me to transfer. It was well out of my con-trol. By April of last spring, I had mailed off several applications to a variety of universities, renewed a

few at others and even toured the University of Manitoba.

Three years ago, during my se-nior year of high school, I toured UND on one of the coldest fall days imaginable. I hardly remem-ber the experience due to the dis-traction of keeping my hands from going numb. But, UND managed to stay near the top of my list.

Quite a few people ask me why I chose to come up to Grand Forks after spending two years in the Twin Cities, and I always tell them that UND was made for me. I should have come up here sooner.

So the question is: did you choose the right university? Is UND for you? If you feel un-happy, you spend your weekends locked in your dorm room or you barely show up for class due to lack of interest, than perhaps it is not.

But I can’t help but remind people what they would be miss-ing out on if they left UND—D1 athletics, small class sizes, three fully staffed dining facilities, a state-of-the-art wellness center, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, constant sporting events, Greek life, an involved and supportive Grand Forks community and a massive student health building

with far more resources than my old school could ever have thought imaginable.

Yes, the university I went to before was small and private, well-known in the Twin Cities area and had small class sizes, but, it cost over 40,000 dollars per year which is more than twice the price of UND’s tuition.

I’m not advocating for people to transfer, nor am I advocating for people to stay.

However, if you think UND isn’t right for you, than do your research. Another school might be the answer, or it might not be. At private universities, you pay for the name; at public universities, you pay for the experience.

Either way, if you stick it out you’ll get your degree. Neverthe-less, just think about how much fun you can have, how many friends you can make and what you might learn along the way. College is what you make of it and you cannot succeed unless you make the choices that are right for you.

>chriSten furlongThe Dakota Student

DS> Christen Furlong is the position for The Dakota Student. He/She can be reached at [email protected]

‘Although I greatly enjoyed those expe-riences, I still wasn’t completely happy.

Christen Furlongcolumnist

College: finding the right fit and place for you

I have had the pleasure and the misfortune of knowing our present GOP candidate for the House, i.e. Brian Kalk. This column will be a bittersweet one for me because I had the opportunity to known Mr. Kalk for some time.

Brian Kalk is a marine (once a ma-rine, always a marine). He has served in two conflicts and retired as a major with-in the Corps, much to the good report of his peers and fellow service-man. He has a Doctorate in Natu-ral Resource Management, and is an honorable man on all accounts; therefore, since we are living in the red state of North Dakota, we will more than likely be seeing him elected into a higher office than the PSC—which would probably be for the better.

And although it is true that Dr. Kalk and I have obvious political differences, I would not let them get in the way of my proclaiming the decency of the man himself, as well as the high respect I have for him and what he stands for. There is an immense difficulty in putting not only yourself but your fam-ily out into the public arena to be scrutinized from all sides.

There is almost no doubt that Brian Kalk is a “perfect fit” for not only this state but this country and the popular set of values he up-holds; and, although I may not en-tirely agree with those values, there are things in this country that we must agree on because we are not a nation held together by ethnicity or religion.

No, we are held together by a very intense agreement of ideas

given to us in writing from our Founding Fathers, and these ideas are, at times, the only things holding us together.

Y o u may be ask-ing your-

selves a simple question at this point: Why does this columnist, a self-proclaimed moderate-liberal, endorse a rather conservative can-didate?

The answer is quite simple. It does not need to be said, quite honestly, that the Democratic Party is not strong here, and, as a result, I do not know of any strong contenders to go against Dr. Kalk. At least, not any that will do as good of a job as I expect from his campaign come next November.

In other words, we don’t agree on many things, but I do know we agree that the basic structure of our government is in trouble; and Brian Kalk will do what he can to make this federal government stronger than the state in which

he will initilly find it, after having immersed himself in it. He also has a commitment to our country. One that is quite admirable and evidenced in his serivice to this country and in his desire to run for public office.

The only thing that I yearn for is that he does not forget the educational foundation necessary to it. Knowing him, I believe there is a good chance he will not forget the plains from which he came. No, I like to believe that all the students at UND, NDSU and all the other schools of this state will be taken care of by this man in every way he knows how to, so that they will be able to live pros-perous lives with the education they come out of college with.

Lastly, I want to make a brief comment on this column com-pared to my other columns. I am not an anti-conservative mongrel, and I am not an anti-liberal mon-grel. I am the man caught in the middle, like so many others.

I like to believe there are good things on both sides, but, at the same time, there are terrible things on both sides. And this is why I will always be a columnist and closeted thoughtful analyzer, not a public official. I am in actuality a man without a party. I am both a republican and a democrat, and this column proves that I am able to go through quite a lot of pain to make this known.

‘It does not need to be said that the Democratic Party is not strong here.

Daniel Draovitchcolumnist

>Daniel DraovitchThe Dakota Student

DS> Daniel Draovitch is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]

Brian Kalk right man for job in upcoming elections

What makes homecoming fun? Is it the insane amounts of alcohol consumed by so many? Or is it the fact that our parents and family come up to visit? Maybe it’s the sports. This weekend the UND Sioux football team takes on Cal Poly, and I would like to see another home victory. The Sioux have one of the top ranked teams in the conference this year, and from what I hear, this game is very important if they want to keep that status.

This year looks like it will be good. Of course, everything will kick off with the parade in the morning down University Avenue. Then an amazing set of activities are planned. There is going to be tour of the campus and a dedication of the education building. Fun, right? Yeah, I’m sure there will be other things to do. Our planning c o m m i t t e e generally does a pretty good job here on campus.

A n o t h e r cool thing go-ing on this weekend is the women’s hockey game. Our women’s hockey team is extremely good this year. I would definitely recommend going to that. Seriously, they are good. I heard that they are picked to win it all this year. Hell, go to both sport-ing events. That way you can get

your football fix in for the week-end, especially if you’re a Vikings fan like myself, and you can see some Sioux hockey. Win-win situ-ation in my book.

One thing to be aware of for this weekend is that MEA break will allow for a lot of prospects to arrive on campus. Expect to see a lot of families being lead around by people with nametags; which means that the campus will be crowded like crazy, even more so than it usually is on the weekends.

Anyway, you know what I’d love to see on campus during homecoming weekend? Other than students parachuting off a Ferris Wheel, I think it would be pretty sweet to have a concert on campus, right out on the quad. How sweet would it be to see Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, or Pink Floyd performing at UND? What? What do you mean you don’t know who

these people are? You guys suck. Fine, I guess it would be pretty cool to see Katy Perry or Bruno Mars perform-ing on cam-pus. Anyway, homecoming week should be

a blast. Go check out some of the stuff, and have a good time. After all, you only get a few Homecom-ings in your life.

‘Another cool thing going on this week-end is the women’s hockey game.

Patrick Cavanaughcolumnist

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Great Home-coming events

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that it requests the student body to “maintain its neutrality on the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo issue.” SR 112-05 references SR 1011-06, passed last January, which opposed the approval of NDCC § 15-10-46 by the North Dakota Congress.

The university faces significant sanctions from the NCAA for not adhering to their contract. The Spirit Lake tribe has also stated they negatively react to the retirement of the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, for which they have stated their support. Individual teams have also pledged to not schedule sporting events against UND while they still use the current nickname.

Students who wish their opin-ion to be heard are encouraged to attend the Student Senate meeting in the River Valley Room at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

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Pi Kappa Alpha hosted their annual Spaghetti Feed for Breast Cancer Awareness Wednesday in the Memorial Union North Ball-room. All proceeds from the event are going to Altru’s Cancer Coali-tion, an organization that provides free mammograms to women in our community who are unable to afford them.

Last year through the Spaghetti Feed, the Fraternity raised $750. The brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha hope to donate $2,000 this year to the cause of Breast Cancer Aware-ness, and have almost reached their goal. “It means a lot to the broth-ers of Pike to support such a good cause that will benefit local women and their families affected by this disease,” Michael Badurek, Philan-thropist Chair of Pi Kappa Alpha.

Previously, the Spaghetti Feed was held at the Fraternity’s house, but this year, it was held at the Memorial Union, which they were excited about. The new venue al-lowed more room in the kitchen for the brothers cooking as well as more seating for the guests upstairs.

To generate the money, the Fraternity charged $5 a plate, held a raffle, and sold pink breast cancer awareness wristbands for $1. They relied on the charity of businesses in Grand Forks to donate gift cards for both door and raffle prizes. Pita Pit, Rhombus Guy’s, Papa Mur-phy’s, Wal-Mart, and McDonald’s are some of the many who contrib-uted. Caribou Coffee also donated coffee for the event, and XL93 ra-dio station broadcasted live from the Memorial Union.

For some of the brothers, like Tommy Portelli, junior at UND, the fundraiser has a very special personal meaning. Portelli’s mother Donna was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer the summer follow-ing his sophomore year. He spent the next two years at home with his family to support her and help her recover. He is now back at school,

and Wednesday was his third year as head chef of the event. “I do it for my mom”, Tommy said.

Kyle Kreb’s aunt Evonne is also a breast cancer survivor. He recalls the struggle his family went through when she was diagnosed. “We helped out my aunt, and now if I can help out and give back to other families in need, I will do what I can to raise money and spread awareness,” Kyle Kreb, Pi Kappa Alpha brother and sopho-more at UND.

The reason that spaghetti con-tinues to show up on the menu year after year for this event is that it is inexpensive, filling, easy to make, and a college student fa-vorite. “You’re not American if you don’t like spaghetti,” Kyle Kreb jokes. President Alex Krauss attri-butes the success of the dish to the sauce that head Chef Tommy Por-telli makes.

If you missed the spaghetti feed on Wednesday, there is still another chance to get involved with breast cancer awareness this month. Val-ley Dairy gas station on 36th Street South has pledged to donate the money earned from every car washed there today, October 21st and tomorrow, the 22nd to the Al-tru Cancer Center.

CHARITY Fraternity hosts a pasta benefit dinner to support breast cancer research.

>JILLIAN DuNNOmThe Dakota Student

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Spaghetti for a cureate school.

A common response among all of the women was that graduate school involves a smaller amount of courses but more work involved within each individual course, mostly much more reading and writ-ing papers.

They all agreed that the extra work doesn’t seem so bad because they’re so passionate about what they’re studying. They said the biggest differ-ence between graduate and undergraduate school are that undergraduate school is much more competitive and they were all at the top of their class-es, but in graduate school, ev-eryone else was also at the top of their undergraduate classes, so they’re always surrounded by very intelligent peers.

There’s also much more of a bond between graduate students and the faculty they work with according to the panelists.

“I was really surprised that the relationship I have with my faculty and mentors is so dif-ferent than it was when I was an undergrad,” said Burnett. “It’s more on a peer level.”

Everyone agreed that there were advantages and disadvan-tages to being a female in a sci-entific field.

A common advantage was

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that since females are a minority in these fields, they’re often pro-vided more grants from state and federal governments as a way to encourage other women to be-come involved with science.

“You have a better chance of getting money if you’re a wom-an,” said Blagen.

A common disadvantage was pressure from others to start families while or instead of going to school. None of the panelists had children but three of them are married. One was single by choice because she knew she couldn’t balance a relationship with graduate school very well.

WIS was the result of conver-sations that took place between UND atmospheric science stu-dent, Korey Southerland and Mullendore. They wanted a safe place for female UND science students to be able to talk about their experiences and network for their careers.

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Theology for Lunch

Anyone who has spent much time on UND’s campus has probably taken notice of the number of student groups that they can join. No matter what hobby or interest a student has, they can probably find a group that promotes that interest and where they can converse with others who share it. The UND Freethinkers is one of the newer groups on the UND campus. Founded in September by UND student Kenneth Flagg, the Freethinkers UND group is an organization that supports atheism and freethinking in the Grand Forks area. Flagg says that the goals of the Freethink-ers UND are, “advertising our existence in the community and on campus. Eventually we plan to raise money for philanthropic causes to

show that atheists can be ‘good without God.’ We also plan to host well-known speakers on campus to promote atheism as a positive view. Overall, Freethinkers of UND will promote and practice the open, rational and scientific exami-nation of the universe and our place in it.” Even though atheists can be seen as an unpopular demographic in today’s culture, the Freethinkers UND group hopes to “straighten out any misconceptions and promote being non-religious as a positive lifestyle.” One of these misconceptions that Flagg points out is, “atheists are commonly judged and discrimi-nated against in society. We want to prove that non-religious people can be a force for good in the community. Atheists deserve basic civil rights, such as holding public office with-

out fear of cultural backlash.” He also makes the point that, “it is common to make the false assumption that being atheist implies that [an atheist thinks that] life is meaningless. Freethinkers UND will advocate that atheism is not a nihilistic world-view. Freethinkers are open to cel-ebrate everything in life without restriction from religious doctrine.” “We are not immoral people for lacking belief in a deity,” Flagg added. The first Freethinkers UND group meet-ing will be on Thursday, October 20 in the Badlands room of the Memorial Union at 8 p.m. “Most of our meetings will be open to

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Lunch series discusses theologyLECTURE Campus Ministry Association provides free food and a presentation on religion.

>MEgAn sEvIgnyThe Dakota Student

Those who frequent Archives and Christus Rex, or at least walk by the building on campus, might be familiar with the phrase “Theology for Lunch,” though they might not know just what that term means. Sponsored by the Campus Ministry Associa-tion, Theology for Lunch is a three-part lecture series on reli-gious holidays, particularly those that occur in the fall. These lec-tures take place at Christus Rex; free lunch is also served.

This semester’s series is al-ready over; a lecture of the Islam holiday of Ramadan was present-ed on October 5, followed by a presentation of Jewish fall Holy

Days on October 12. However, I was able to catch the tail end of the series last Wednesday as Theology for Lunch presented a lecture called “The Season of Ad-vent,” led by psychology profes-sor Tom Petros and Christus Rex minister Kathy Fick.

The personnel who greeted the guests and served the food were extremely friendly, and soon I found myself sitting down with a plate of what they termed ‘good seasonal advent food,’ which in-cluded mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, corn and turkey. The room gradually filled with a mix of college students and other Grand Forks residents of all ages.

Petros started the presenta-tion with a dictionary defini-tion of the word ‘advent’—“the coming or arrival of something important.” He explained that the season of Advent, which be-gins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas day, is heralded as the beginning of the Christian litur-gical year.

Petros also took the time to

explain the significance of the colors that are used while deco-rating the season of Advent. Most people associate the Christmas season with red and green; how-ever, the primary color that sym-bolized Advent was historically purple, due to its connotations with both death and royalty. To-day, though, he explained that many churches have replaced the purple with the color of blue, which signifies hope. “Originally, Advent was a time of penitence,” Petros explained. “It still is today, but it is now also a time of hope for the coming of Christ.”

Petros and Fick also explained the significance of the Advent wreath, which may not be a fa-miliar object to non-Christians. The Advent wreath is an ever-green wreath that encircles a white candle; it is winged with four additional candles that are usually blue or purple, though occasionally one of those candles

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Religious StudentOrganizations

For those students who would like to get involved with a faith-based group on campus but don’t know where to begin the search for the perfect group for them, here is a listing of each religious club listed on UND’s Student Organization Page. For more information on a particular group, go to und.collegiatelink.net/organizations.

Baptist Campus Ministries (BCM)

Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU) (a worldwide organization dedicated to sharing the gospel with campus and the community)

Chi Alpha (XA) (a group that meets weekly to build friendships)

College Life (a Bible study group at the Hope Covenant Church)

Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS)

H20 ( a student-led campus ministry devoted to Bible study and outreach)

Jewish Student Organization (JSO)

Lutheran Student Fellowship (LSF)

Lutheran Student Movement (LSM)

Muslim Student Association (MSA)

Prepare Ministries (Prepare)

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SERVICESwill be pink. An Advent wreath serves as a kind of countdown to Christmas day. The first candle is lit on the first day of Advent, and another candle is lit each following week until Christ-mas Eve, when the white candle is lit.

Petros explained that churches often have a parishioner light the candle and read from the scriptures instead of the priest or minister; this can help achieve a sense of being part of a “community waiting together for Christ.”

Fick and Petros also discussed the music of Advent. “They’re songs of waiting,” Fick explained. One example of this style of song is the classic, “O Come, O Come Em-manuel.”

Before the presentation, I had an opportunity to talk with Chris-tus Rex minister Chad Brucklacher about coming Campus Ministry Association events. According to Brucklacher, an Interfaith Week is in the works for the week of Janu-ary 29 through February 4. Last year, several Tibetan monks constructed a sand mandala at the North Dakota Museum of Art for Interfaith Week; according to Brucklacher, many lec-tures and presentations can be ex-pected this year as well.

Christus Rex will also be host-ing guest speaker Sara Miles, author of the books “Take This Bread” and “Jesus Freak,” on October 26-28. Her Wednesday, October 26 perfor-mance will be at the Memorial Union at 7 p.m. and is free to all viewers. A cost of $50 will be charged to general viewers for her Thursday and Friday lectures, which take place at the Me-morial Union from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with lunch provided (Thursday) and at Christus Rex from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Friday).

Theology for Lunch will contin-ue next semester with a three-week lecture on spring Holy Days.

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the public,” Flagg said. “We will advertise meeting locations around campus, but the most reliable place to receive information will be the collegiate link website through UND and the Facebook page. We are a young and active group on campus; therefore, our meetings and events will be varied.”

Of the approximately fifteen religious affiliated student organi-zations, Freethinkers UND is also the first on campus that is dedicat-ed to non-religious purposes. “We hope to provide a community for atheists, agnostics and freethinkers in a very religious demographic,” adds Flagg.

Anyone who is interested in Freethinkers UND is invited to the group’s first meeting. Those who want more information on the group can visit them on Face-book and facebook.com/undfree-thinkers.

sportsfriday october 21, 2011

> Inside: UND prepares for Mustang stampede, Sioux to open WCHA playDS

>scores &schedules

vs. Ohio State10/21-22 @ 7 p.m.@REA

WHKY@ UW-Madison10/21-22 @ 7 p.m.@ Madison, Wisc.

MHKY@ Northern Iowa10/22 @ 11 a.m.@ Cedar Falls, Iowa

WSWIMvs. Cal Poly10/22 @ 1 p.m.@ Alerus Ctr.

Football

UND cycling club pedals onward

Have you ever been inter-ested in cycling? Then the UND Cycling Club is the place to look. The cycling club is open to any UND student who wants to join. The club is also open to anyone who just wants to ride. If interested, it is not required that members race.

In fact, most members of the UND club are just people who go on rides, the others are racers. UND’s cycling club team has about 15 members with seven or eight who actually race. The

ROAD RACE The stu-dent organization will be holding their own compe-tition this weekend.

>MARIAH HOllANDThe Dakota Student

club’s main focus is just getting people involved and promoting a healthy lifestyle.

U N D ’ s cycling team travels all over the sur-rounding ar-eas, includ-ing Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Minne-sota in the spring. The team com-petes in the North Central Collegiate Cycling Conference which is part of the National Collegiate Cycling Association. Racing is viewed as a way for the team to see where they are at compared to other teams in the same competition. The length of a race depends on the category of the racer.

There are four different cat-

egories a racer can fit into. The categories are just the letters A, B, C and D with A being the

elite racers and D being for beginners, everyone else fits into the middle cat-egories B and C. Their race season is gen-erally around six weeks of competition,

and most of the time they have three races in one weekend. The weekend competitions are simi-lar to a track or cross country event. All the teams meet at one place, usually a college campus. The weekend consists of three different types of racing.

First is the road race, similar to the Tour De France, it’s a day long race, that can be anywhere DS> Mariah Holland is a staff writer for

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‘The club’s main fo-cus is just getting people involved and promoting a healthy lifestyle.

Mariah Hollandstaff writer

from 25-65 miles long depend-ing on the category the racer is in. After the road race, there is the team time trial, which is similar to swim meets. There are usually four people from a team who basically compete against the clock and the other teams. The team with the fastest time wins, and the race usually runs around 10-15 miles depending on the course. Sunday morning is the Criterium race, which is less than one kilometer in length and is comparable to how a NASCAR race is run where the racers complete laps, at slower speeds of course. The Criterium has been held around the Ralph Engelstad Arena in the past.

For racing the team has to provide its own transportation to get to venues and there is also usually a race entry fee. Most race fees are around $30 for the entire weekend. If racing isn’t

your thing, the UND Cycling Club also hosts events through-out the year.

To find out how to join, or when the events are check out the UND Cycling Club’s Face-book page, the team’s page on UND’s website, or check out their message board on Colle-giate Link.

After learning more about the cycling club, I plan on trying it out. Jordan Riley is a sopho-more at UND and is in his sec-ond year with the team. He has been racing since his freshman year of high school and he sums up cycling the best, “Five years of nothing but bikes, it’s fun,” said Riley. “It’s a blast.”

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The UND Fighting Sioux football team, now ranked 18th in the FCS Coaches’ Polls, will take on Cal Poly for their homecom-ing game this Saturday. Cal Poly is also undefeated in the Great West Con f e rence . S a t u r d a y ’ s game will mark UND’s 93rd homecoming football game against Cal Poly.

The Sioux are ranked highest in the Great West Conference polls.

The last time the Mustangs and Sioux met in 2009, Cal Poly was knocked out of 16th place after UND defeated them 31-17. Both teams have a home record of 3-0, however the Mustangs have not been successful on the road with a record of 0-3. The Sioux’s record on the road has been 1-2. Overall, Cal Poly is 3-3 and 1-0 in the Great West conference. UND is 4-2 and 1-0 in the Great West conference.

“Cal Poly will be the best FCS football team we have faced this season,” said Head Coach Chris Mussman. “I know how good these guys are, and this is a big confer-ence game. The team who wins this one is up 2-0 and has a head up in the league. There is a lot for us to be playing for.”

Cal Poly is a strong team offen-sively. The Mustangs rank at the top of several offensive categories in the Great West Conference. An-dre Broadous, starting quarter back for Cal Poly, has had 105 carries for

484 yards and 11 touchdowns this season. Star running back Mark Rodgers 72 carries, 382 yards and three touchdowns. Full back Jake Romanelli, has had 107 carries, 550 yards and a team-lead of six touchdowns.

“I think Cal Poly is definitely under-rated. They have had a heck of a schedule this season. We re-ally have to come to play,” said junior defensive lineman Ross Brenneman. “The run game is huge for them. They are all quick and they are all athletic, we have to stay disciplined.”

Senior Asa Jackson has led Cal Poly de-fensively, and is one of the premier cor-nerbacks in the FCS. Jackson has returned both of his interceptions this season for touchdowns.

Linebacker Johnny Millard is also a leader for Cal Poly on defense with 55 tackles this season.

“I think if we can throw some more outside stop screens and keep the defense on their toes and not be so predictable it will help us out a lot,” said Senior quarterback Joey Bradley. “They are fast and they are physical. They are going to come in here ready to play.”

The Fighting Sioux will look to start a new winning streak on Saturday after loosing 31-21 in last season’s homecoming game against Southern Utah. The Fight-ing Sioux own a 7-3 record in the 10 Homecoming games played in the Alerus Center.

“It’s a big game, but every week is a big game. There is no added pressure or extra emphasis on this game,” said Bradley. “If we want to win the conference championship, we have to win this week and the week after that.”

The homecoming game will start at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the Alerus center.

Football readies for homecoming

>NamaRa KibiRaThe Dakota Student

CaL POLY UND will be in their 93rd homecom-ing game against anoth-er tough GWC foe.

DS>Namara Kibira is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]

‘Cal Poly will be the best FCS football team we have faced this season.

Chris Mussmanhead coach

UND to visit WisconsinWCHa The North Dakota team travels to Madison to begin their conference play.

>TimOTHY bOgeRThe Dakota Student

What a way to start the Western Collegiate Hockey As-sociation conference schedule.

North Dakota (2-1-1) kicks off their second-to-last season in the conference they helped found with a trip to Wis-consin, an-other program whose long history in the WCHA will soon elapse.

Both pro-grams go their separate ways beginning in the 2013-14 season—North Dakota

to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, Wisconsin to the Big Ten Hockey Conference—mak-ing this weekend’s trip to the Kohl Center UND’s last as a regular season conference foe. The two teams will play only one series in the 2012-2013 season—in Grand Forks.

There’s no denying that the Kohl Center is an electric environ-ment. The largest college hockey venue in the United States is also one of the wildest. The Kohl has a seating capacity of 15,237, cre-

ating a loud and chal-lenging en-v i r o n m e n t for visiting teams on a nightly ba-sis.

“It’s a good one,” said senior captain Ma-

rio Lamoureux, who makes his third trip to Madison this week-

end as a member of the Sioux. “This will be a fun trip. It’s a fun building to play in, usually they pack it up pretty full. The atmo-sphere should be good and ten-sion should be high.”

As the team’s first road trip of the season, Hakstol sees the trip as an important step in their building process. “It’s nice to get on the road as a team,” Hakstol said. “We’re going into one of the most challenging environ-ments in our league and definite-ly in the country. It’s an exciting atmosphere.”

The Badgers (1-3, 0-2 WCHA), like North Dakota, have a flurry of freshmen that are trying to carry a heavy load. Wisconsin lost a significant amount of their leadership last season and they have an uphill climb in their attempt to avoid missing the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row.

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‘We’re going into one of the most challenging envi-ronments in our league...

Dave Hakstolhead coach

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Their season has not started off well. They began the season with a series split with Northern Michigan but were swept in two 3-2 overtime losses last weekend at Michigan Tech.

Needless to say, the Badgers are hungry to get back on track this weekend. “Obviously with Wiscon-sin coming off two losses in Hough-ton, we’re probably walking into a hornet’s nest on all fronts,” said

Hakstol. “It’s a good challenge for our team.”

UND got the sweep last year in Madison, winning a tight 1-0 battle Friday and knocking the Badgers off 4-2 Saturday. But they’ll have to keep playing hard to have success again in 2011 at the hostile Kohl Center.

“We know that they’re going to have a lot of motivation and I’m sure they had a hard week of prac-tice,” Lamoureux said. “We’re go-ing to have to be ready for that. We expect them to be at their best, es-

pecially coming off of two losses to Michigan Tech last weekend.”

Hakstol knows that the trip will be an important one, especially for his younger players who have yet to play in such an environment.

“It’s a challenge for our first road trip of the year. We look for-ward to going on the road with an ‘us against the world’ mentality.”

BADGERS > From page 11

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Sophomore Derek Rodwell takes a shot earlier this season.

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