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Mayan ApocalypsePresentation kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month

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NDSU’s second annual Hispanic Heritage Month kicked off on Wednesday with a presentation on the Mayan prediction of the apocalypse, purported to oc-cur later this year.

Bradley Benton, an as-sociate professor of history, gave his presentation at noon to an audience that could barely fit in to the Memorial Union’s Arikara room.

Benton’s area of research focuses on Mexico and Cen-tral America. He has two published works and is now working on a journal article and a book manuscript.

The presentation focused around the Mayan prediction of the apocalypse.

Benton began with a de-scription of the Mayan cal-endar system. He said the Mayans who predicted the end of the world were from the classic period, which lasted from around 300 to 900 A.D.

The calendar the Mayans used had something called a “long count,” Benton said,

which is a system they used to make a date concrete in time.

He compared this system to how modern cultures put a year at the end of a date.

According to Mayan be-lief, the gods destroyed ev-erything on Earth at the end of the long count. This way they could start over.

The media hype comes from two pieces of evidence that come in the form of glyphs, Benton said. Both of these sets of glyphs refer to the end of the long count – which happens to be Dec. 21, 2012.

The media connected

these two strands of infor-mation creating the hype, Benton said. The apocalypse set to come upon us is in only a few short months.

In response to this, Benton pointed out other monuments also had dates inscribed upon them that reference dates far in the fu-ture past the end of the long count.

According to Benton, other groups of Mayans had time and date systems, which put the end of the long count billions of years in the future.

Hype also comes from the west, new age thinkers

and Medieval Europe, Ben-ton said.

He said most of the apoc-alyptic imagery from Medi-eval Europe comes from the book of Revelations in the Bible. These images have continued to pass through time all the way to the pres-ent.

“Bottom line – we are living in an age of perpetual apocalypse,” Benton said at the end of his presentation.

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‘Out of the Darkness’ sheds light on suicide Mataya Armstrong | The Spectrum

Fargo-Moorhead citizens walked to raise awareness Sunday as people across the nation participate in similar events during Suicide Pre-vention Month.

This is the seventh year

of the North Dakota Out of the Darkness walk, which took place at Lindenwood Park in Fargo.

Under the Rotary Pavil-ion approximately 850 par-ticipants gathered to listen to speakers, and prepare for their walk.

Teams walked while wearing shirts and carry-ing signs with pictures and

names of loved ones they lost by suicide.

They also wore colored beaded necklaces. Each col-or symbolized who died by suicide and their relationship to the individual. Mothers wore white necklaces and friends wore purple. Some participants wore multiple necklaces.

The proceeds from the

walk go to the American Foundation for Suicide Pre-vention.

AFSP funds scientific research, and education for professionals and the public about mood disorders and suicide prevention.

It also promotes policies and legislation that impact suicide and prevention and reaches out to survivors of

suicide and people at risk. “Suicide is the third lead-

ing cause of death among those 15-24 years old,” Jill Brandt, an event coordinator for the North Dakota AFSP chapter said.

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The NDSU Freedom by Design Chapter held a 5k fundraiser Saturday and raised awareness of home accessibility issues.

The 5k Mobility for Mo-bility began at 10 a.m. in the Wallman Wellness Center parking lot and continued through NDSU campus. Registration for the event was $15, and proceeds went towards Freedom by De-

sign’s next project.The event also featured

accessibility awareness activities, including an ac-cessibility tour of several NDSU buildings.

Freedom by Design, a component of American In-stitute of Architecture Stu-dents, is a community ser-vice program that uses the talents of architecture and environmental design stu-dents to “radically impact the lives of people in their

community through mod-est design and construction solutions,” according to the

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The community cele-brated International Day of Peace with the dedication of a new Peace Pole, a monu-ment with the phrase “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in-scribed in several languag-es, on Friday evening at the University Lutheran Center.

The Peace Pole has eight different languages inscribed on it: Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, German, Spanish, English, Braille and Lakota. The Univer-sity Lutheran Center board wanted the Peace Pole to be welcoming to all.

The peace committee put a lot of thought into the choice of each language inscribed on the pole, said Laura Oster-Aaland, a Uni-versity Lutheran Center board member.

Chinese, Arabic, Hindi and German were chosen because those languages are some of the most prominent international student popu-lations, and Lakota was cho-sen for its place as one of the original languages in North Dakota.

The committee also

wanted to recognize those with disabilities in the com-munity, with Braille as their representative. Last, English was chosen for its place as a primary language, and Spanish as a language spo-ken very commonly in all of the states.

The night was windy and cold, but that did not stop the group from celebrating the day and the dedication.

A representative of each language spoke the phrase, and the celebration of peace ended with a chant of “May Peace Prevail on Earth” by everyone in the group.

Gongjun Shi was chosen as a representative to speak the phrase in Chinese. A graduate student at NDSU, Shi studies genomics and bioinformatics and has been here since 2009. Shi was

happy and excited to be part of the ceremony “Because I love peace,” he said.

“The reality…is a little bit cruel, even nowadays, and we just want everyone to know this phrase,” Shi said.

After the dedication of the Peace Pole, the NDSU Alumni Center hosted an event of peace with music and readings from sacred

texts. Kristin Majkrzak provid-

ed music; she sang “Song of the Open Door” in Russian, as well as three other songs. Ten speakers shared read-ings sacred to their beliefs on peace, such as readings from the works of Dalai Lama, Gandhi, Maya An-gelou, and Writings of the Baha’i Faith.

Majkrzak led the audi-ence in the song “Let There Be Peace on Earth” to end the event.

In August 1945, the cit-ies of Hiroshima and Na-gasaki were bombed in the final stages of World War II. Ten years later, Masa-hisa Goi dedicated his life to spreading the message “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in response to the event. On Sept. 21, 1982, the first International Day of Peace was celebrated.

The Peace Pole project was proposed to the Luther-an Center Board by the Hun-ger and Justice Committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Oster-Aaland said. The Lutheran Center was chosen because “they thought this would be a wonderful, prominent place,” she said.

Community celebrates International Day of Peace

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University Lutheran center dedicates Fargo’s first Peace Pole

Mataya Armstrong | The SpectrumCommunity members gather arounf Fargo’s first Peace Pole in celebration of Internation Day of Peace.

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Re-elect Senator Tim FlakollMore than 30 years of combined presence on NDSU campus.

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Provost for Tri-College University.

Member of Governor Dalrymple’s Select Task force to improve

Member of the NDSU President’s Council.

scholarships and support increasing needs based scholarships.

“Tim Flakoll is among the best Senators in the chamber. He is

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The Mayan Apocalypse presentation was only one event happening during the month of September for His-panic Heritage Month. Oth-ers include:

Salsa Dance NightA salsa dance night will

be held in the Great Plains Ballroom from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Sept. 22. There will be live music and food. Non-perishable food items will be collected for the Equity and Diversity Center Pantry.

Pan y Café An event called “Pan

y Café” will be held at the Equity and Diversity center

from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 25. This event involves a Span-ish book and film exchange for a way to celebrate the Spanish language.

Dan Guerrero Documen-tary

In October, Dan Guerrero will be visiting NDSU. Guer-rero will show a documen-tary honoring his late father, Lalo Guerrero, a celebrated Chicano musician. It will be shown at 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the Century Theater.

GaytinoGuerrero will perform his

one-man autobiographical show, “Gaytino.” at 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 at the Concert Festi-val Hall.

World iView SpeakerThe last event of Hispan-

ic Heritage Month will be a World iView speaker pre-senting at noon Oct. 11 in the Century Theater.

All of these events offer opportunities for students to learn about Hispanic Heritage, according to Kara Gravely-Stack, director of diversity initiatives of the Office of Multicultural Pro-grams.

“These programs serve as an excellent opportunity for people who share this cultur-

al heritage to celebrate that culture,” Gravley-Stack said. “And for those of us who do not share that cultural heri-tage, to learn more.”

Other pride months will be observed throughout the year that students can be in-volved in.

“Students are all entirely welcome (and encouraged!) to attend any of the events that we have scheduled,” Gravely-Stack said.

To help plan events such as Hispanic Heritage month, contact the Equity and Di-versity Center.

October: LGBTQ Pride MonthNovember: American Indian Heritage Month

February: Black History MonthMay: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

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The Blue Key Nation-al Honor Society is now looking for applicants for the annual homecoming show. This year’s theme is “Remember the Bison.”

Blue Key President Kyllie Artz, a senior ma-joring in microbiology, says the audition process is open to any student organization or group on campus.

“They must fill out an application and those are all located in the student activities office next to the organization mailboxes,” Artz said. “After submit-ting an application they can perform a dance, skit, comedy routine, or enter-tainment piece that they prefer.”

Auditions will be held Sept. 25-26. Applications are due Sept. 25 at 5 p.m.

Selection of appli-cants will be based on the amount of organizations

to audition and how the show line-up will be.

“I would like to guess that we will have some-where between 6-10 groups participating,” Artz said. “In years before we’ve had skits, dance routines, the dance teams on campus, the march-ing band and the comedy group on campus as well. We like to have diverse groups to keep the show fun and entertaining for all.”

Artz expects this year’s auditions to be full of va-riety. She also hopes the auditions will help to pro-mote the diverse groups on campus.

“Remember the Bison” will take place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 in Festival Concert Hall. Tickets are $5 in ad-vance and at the door.

For questions regard-ing applications or the audition process, contact Lauren Wilvers at [email protected] or Dane Swartz at [email protected]

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Suicide can affect every-one in the community and does not discriminate by demographics Brandt said. Suicide is connected to psy-chiatric disorders, depres-sion, alcohol or drug abuse or post-traumatic stress dis-order.

“The more I’ve learned about mental health issues being interconnected to suicide, it makes me real-ize how important it is for people to not hesitate to get help,” Brandt said. “It can save lives.”

Every four days someone in North Dakota commits suicide and 36,000 die by suicide nationally each year. “Is it a crisis?” Brandt said. “Absolutely yes!”

Each of those statistics has a face and a story.

The North Dakota chap-ter of Out of the Darkness was started by Mary Weiler, and her family, after she lost her daughter Jennifer by sui-cide in Oct. 2005.

Weiler researched to find help for herself and found the AFSP. The Weiler fam-ily organized the first walk in

two months and every year since it has grown and plan-ning begins 5-6 months in advance.

Brenda Weiler said her sister Jennifer was de-pressed and had anxiety for many years. The family was shocked by her death and did not see the warning signs.

“Looking back you have 20/20 vision,” Brenda Weiler said. If people in Jennifer’s life had known the warning signs someone could have intervened sooner.

Out of the Darkness strives to bring awareness

and light to the topic of sui-cide. It is not talked about due to the shameful stigma people feel Brandt said.

“No one hesitates to get medical treatment for physi-cal illnesses, like diabetes or a broken bone, yet people are embarrassed to get help for a broken bone” Brandt said.

The walk was approxi-mately a two and a half mile loop around Lindenwood Park, South University and the surrounding neighbor-hoods. Afterwards there was an open mic for participants to share stories about their

loved ones lost by suicide or their personal struggles.

Brenda Weiler said the purpose is to create a safe space for people to share sometimes about someone they lost 20-30 years ago.

The walk was free to participants, but each was encouraged to donate or find sponsors to contribute $150. The Out of the Dark-ness walk wanted to raise $60,000 this year.

There are many local sponsors for the walk includ-ing: Prairie St. Johns, Gate City Bank, Sam’s Club, Val-

ley News Live and Y-94. To-gether the sponsors donated over $12,000 to this years walk.

The ND AFSP chapter also offers an anonymous online screening program to target high-risk students at NDSU and UND.

Anyone can donate on-line through December 31st at www.outofthedarkness.org

For more information about the warning signs of suicide visit www.afsp.org

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One of the most common questions asked to an inter-national F1-Visa applicant during his or her visa inter-view is “Why the United States?” While the question may seem fairly complex with no single right answer, almost always the student applicant knows the prefect reason: somewhere in the back of their mind they know they have chosen America as their destination not just be-cause it’s a super power.

What is it exactly that brings hordes of internation-al students to the “land of dreams?” People would of-ten argue that the quality of education and the technolog-ical advancements here are the major reason why student come to United States.

But that is not entirely true, as there is often much more advanced technologies in Germany or Australia, or even Japan for that matter.

While these countries do offer you the variety in edu-cation, they lack the variety in environment that America has to offer. The diversi-

fied culture map of America is what makes it unique. The look of the new United States, which invites about half a million students each year, is heterogeneous and does not have a color.

You could be coming from a small country in eastern Africa and not find yourself alone here. The beauty of this culturally rich environment reminds one of the grandeur of 14th century Constantinople.

Just like the Central Asian city was the education capital around 1200-1400s, American community has come to be recognized as the education hub of the world. The reason Constantinople was famous was because it attracted scholars from ev-ery nook and corner of Eu-ropean, Asian and African continents.

It was the only city of its kind that had people trans-gressing political, racial and social border in the pursuit of knowledge and under-standing. The colorful en-vironment that canvassed Constantinople can be mir-rored onto the blueprints of the modern American soci-ety, where every student is a student first and student only.

The way American soci-ety treats its guests in their conquest for treasures of

knowledge is something to learn from.

In my interaction with other students coming from different countries, I found that they were not afraid to interact with the society as they felt safe in this “foreign home away from home.”

One of the biggest rea-sons for this is the great American value of “equality

in opportunity” for all. No one person is placed above the other here and each has a fair chance at making it big in the world.

While most students come from countries having a more uniform population or culture, it is not hard for them to get accustomed to the new diversified environ-ment. All credit for this goes to the people in the American

society, who accommodate one and all.

The question that arises now is how we, as interna-tional students, can benefit from all America has to of-fer? There is but one true thing to learn from our fel-lows here -- that is humanity.

We must remember to be humans first and serve each other, and work to foster the peace that America so dedi-

catedly works to preserve. Besides this, we always have so many things to learn from this “culture broth.”

All these values are the real treasures we must try to take back home so we could make ourselves and our countries proud of our U.S. education.

Many people doodle while in class; the same can be said about Moorhead’s Erik Meyer, a substitute teacher, Red Raven coffee shop co-owner, writer and cartoonist.

While filling in for teach-ers around the Fargo-Moor-head area, as well as during any downtime he manages to find, Erik sketches out new drawings and brainstorms new plotlines for upcoming cartoons for his latest anima-tion project, “2125ish.”

This project is a humor-ous animation series that will eventually comprise of at least 12 episodes depict-ing Fargo about 120 years into the future. Each epi-sode will be about 11 to 12 minutes long and follows the same animation style as Brad Neely, a popular ani-mation cartoonist known for his work with “The Professor Brothers” as well as contrib-uting to “South Park.”

“Back when I was a kid

there was a lot of really pro-found dystopian and sci-fi literature … they’re inspir-ing,” Erik mentioned.

The pilot episode entitled “Office Wrangler” introduc-es the main characters Jerry, Ruben, Nygard and Susan who all work in a “volatile” office environment amidst a futuristic Fargo (“Fargone”) that is very unlike what it is now.

“I’ve taken Fargo and stretched it … I’m taking what’s already here and am-plifying it, making the poor poorer and rich richer,” Erik said.

Robots are rampant, the country goes bankrupt, the population of Fargone is well over one million, no one trusts each other and people hunt caribou with “particle beam rifles.”

“I am very concerned about what [Fargo] is go-ing to look like in 50 or so years … we have some seri-ous environmental problems and we are all very comfort-able where we’re at, and it wouldn’t take a lot for all of that to go horribly wrong,” Erik said. “I want to have a safe space to talk about that.”

One of the only things

that remain the same about Fargo in the “2125ish” car-toon is the harsh winters; however, we haven’t quite encountered enough frozen bodies to term them “meat popsicles” due to the cold weather.

Although Erik grew up in Eau Claire, Wis., he chose to write this animation series based in Fargo because of the misconceptions outsiders have of the area.

“A lot of people have this weird view of Fargo, that it’s Narnia or something,” Erik said. “But if you’re going to talk about a dystopia, Fargo is hilarious. What if there were robots and homeless people looking for egg bake? I’m just pulling on these very comfortable, Mid-western values.”

Erik’s Wordpress goes into great detail explain-ing the background to this animation series: “Homeless children scavenge alongside robots and dogs for treasure in cities of dust-bowl mid-dens slumping into wilt-ing tenements flanked by concrete walls, barbed wire and police checkpoints. The domes of the wealthy sink beneath tent cities… Far-gone follows a history of gradual decay, failed initia-tives and increasing corpo-rate rights at the cost of hu-man rights.”

Erik does all of the writ-ing for “2125ish,” which enables him to put his mas-ter of fine arts degree in cre-ative writing to good use. He earned this degree back in 2005 at MSUM.

If the writing and incred-ibly detailed background in-formation for “2125ish” isn’t impressive enough, it’s hard to believe that Erik only be-gan drawing cartoons rough-

ly three years ago. “When I started subbing,

I basically taught myself how to draw because I had all these hours where I would just sit and watch kids take tests,” Erik explained.

However, Erik is not cre-ating “2125ish” on his own. With the help of his friends Alissa Allery and Julio Vil-lamil, this team works tire-lessly to create a cohesive storyline that viewers can hopefully identify with. All of the voice recordings are performed by Erik, Alissa, Julio, as well as other friends Erik manages to rustle up to provide the series with addi-tional audible variety.

In order to create a single episode of 2125ish, Erik,

Alissa and Julio dedicate roughly 24 hours of writing, scanning, voice and music recording and editing. Even though that amount of time is considered to be fairly quick to produce an entire episode, it gets to be a lot to juggle when Erik is also raising a 6-year-old daughter, running a coffee shop and substitute teaching.

As part of their efforts toward creating more epi-sodes of “2125ish” with bet-ter equipment, they chose to promote their newest ani-mation series “2125ish” on the website Indiegogo. This website allows people to contribute money to differ-ent campaigns during a set amount of time. In this case,

the “2125ish” team hopes to raise $5,000 by Oct. 21 at 11:59 p.m.

The Fargo we live in to-day may not be the same one hundred years from now, and perhaps by watching “2125ish” we will be able to catch a glimpse of what is to come.

To check out the pi-lot episode of season one’s “2125ish,” check out their Vimeo page: http://vimeo.com/45045099

To contribute money for the 2125ish Indiegogo cam-paign to help them reach their goal of $5,000, check out their page: http://www.indi-egogo.com/2125ish#team

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REWINDSU

The Bison Turf:Safe haven from blizzards, bomb threats

After Mike Luidahl graduated with a degree in university studies from NDSU in 1997, he returned to NDSU for a second ma-jor and is currently studying broadcast journalism. With years of wisdom and real world experience under his belt, he hopes to enlighten the student body by rewind-ing back to NDSU experi-ences from back in the day and describe how it differs now in his column entitled “RewiNDSU.”

Hundreds of people con-verging at The Bison Turf all at once like they did during last week’s bomb threat may be something the establish-ment has ever experienced in its colorful history. Howev-er, events such as this aren’t why thousands have walked into the NDSU campus ver-sion of “Cheers” throughout the decades.

Outside of football game day, homecoming parades and perhaps graduation days, “The Turf” has mostly been the convenient and casual place to go for students and faculty alike. The occasional throng of customers certainly can’t hurt its revenue for that day, but the thousands who frequently patronized the place during their time here have been its bread and but-ter.

It can easily be assumed that the building, as it is, has been around forever and that it has always gone by the same name. That sort of as-sumption is nothing more

than a misconception. Before it became The

Bison Turf in 1985, the tav-ern was known as Nick’s Place and was also quite a bit smaller. That’s when a back room, which is now always open to all customers, was added on for special occa-sion use only. Actual artifi-cial football playing surface was stretched across sec-tions of the floor during the remodel as well to give it its namesake.

Despite having a fake field for a floor, The Turf be-gan to build a legacy of gen-uineness that has remained intact until today. Other than the removal of the green rug, not much has changed physi-cally with the pub since the mid-80s. A sense of belong-ing and familiarity has also

continued on for the alumni and current students who stop in for food or drinks.

As mentioned in a 1987 Spectrum article, “Looking to the bar, you always see a friendly face among beer posters, lights and signs for the nightly drink specials. You’re sure to see the name of someone you know carved into the top of a wooden ta-ble.”

Etching initials into fur-niture wasn’t my preferred thing to do at The Turf during the hours upon hours I spent there during the ‘90s. There we played a lot of darts and watched enough sports to make us feel like we were getting the exercise needed to balance out the beer con-sumption.

Many are aware that

the flood of 1997 nearly swamped Fargo like it did Grand Forks, but the periods of snowfall leading up to it were quite impressive too. This is important to bring up because The Turf was the only place close to campus that ever stayed open during the weekly blizzards experi-enced across the region that winter.

I can’t remember the ex-act amount, but am quite certain that President Plough cancelled classes for the day at least half a dozen times over the two semesters. More than 10 feet of snow accumulated during that span, and led to the green and gold painted Turf experi-encing complete depletion of inventory a handful of times.

With stories like that, it’s

a bit tough to believe that The Bison Turf was ever in danger of shutting down for good. About three years after opening its doors un-der the new name, a lease dispute caused a temporary closing that was followed by a reopening under another name. Apparently, “The Fun Company” naming experi-ment didn’t go over all that well with the owners revers-ing their decision shortly thereafter.

A more serious threat to The Turf remaining open came many years later in 2002 over allegations that over-serving of alcohol had become a trend at the bar and that minors were being served. Much concern was shown by students living next to campus in the form

of signs that sported phrases such as: “Save The Turf, if it closes we’re moving to Moorhead.” Ultimately, the punishment ended up not be-ing harsh enough to force a closing with the owner hav-ing to refrain from selling al-cohol for only two days.

Of the City Commis-sion’s decision to hand out a short suspension, owner Dave Sabo said, “I believe students had a big part of this. This is their bar.”

Realistically, if The Bison Turf wasn’t right next to the NDSU campus, it probably would just be another bar. Although the daily specials are effective, other attempts have occasionally been made to draw more people in like booking comedians. It has even served as the official lo-cation for the announcement of student government elec-

tion results. In my opinion, however, the best thing ownership ever did was

finally pave the parking lot out back. I’m by no means elaborating in saying that the old gravel lot was almost al-ways cratered more than the surface of the moon.

Regardless of improve-ments happening at a slow rate and occurrences that caused turmoil, The Bison Turf still stands for what it was always simply meant to: It’s the place closest to cam-pus where students can go to release after taking a test or hang out with friends.

Whether as a place of sanctuary during campus-wide evacuations or a comfy place to unwind, The Bison Turf has consistently been there as much for us and as we have been for it.

Mike LiudahlContributing Writer


The turf was a retreat for students in the ‘90s during the blizzard of ’97 as well as last week’s bomb threat.

HEALTH TALK

Energy is one form of power necessary for getting through days and weeks of work and school. It is easy to find energy in unnatural ways, such as shot-gunning a 5-Hour Energy drink, sip-ping on coffee, gulping soda or popping an expensive and potentially dangerous energy pill.

However, we need to be aware that there are various forms of natural energy-boosting mechanisms avail-able and that they can leave you feeling lively without harming your health.

Using your five senses can be a simple key to natural energy enhancement. Experts at LiveStrong.com warn that energy pills can cause side effects like headaches, in-somnia and increased heart rate. They also state that en-ergy drinks can cause strain on your kidneys, weight gain and dehydration, among sev-eral other negative health consequences.

No. 1: Sight It is important to give

your eyes a break while studying, reading or exam-ining your professor’s Pow-erPoint lecture. Look away from the screen every now and then to relieve the strain on your eyes and lessen your

sleepiness. Also contributing to natu-

ral energy boosting are the colors yellow, orange and lilac, according to Harvard Medical School research. Wear bright colors on days when you feel tired, sit near a window or bright light while studying, and fill your room with bright colors to keep your mood and your energy vibrant.

No. 3: Taste Citrusy or tangy fruits are

capable of pumping up your energy “by activating nerves in the mouth, throat and nasal cavity that trigger a height-ened level of brain activity,” as stated by sensory scientist David Labbe. Another great way to relieve tension and increase alertness, says psy-chologist Andy Smith, is to simply chew a piece of gum. Citrus or sour gum could be the Energizer Bunny’s secret weapon -- maybe it can be yours as well.

No. 4: Smell According to the North

American Journal of Psy-chology, the smell of pep-permint can suppress your stress, leaving you feeling more stimulated and alert. Lemon, orange and cinna-mon scents also have the same effect. Therefore, con-sider purchasing a lotion or hand sanitizer that fits any of these scent descriptions and dab a drop on your wrists when you feel like you need a shot of energy.

No. 5: Touch

Convince a friend to give you a massage, even if it is a simple hand or foot mas-sage. Trade your masseur or masseuse hands for theirs and you both will end up feeling sprightlier. Research conducted by staff at Yale, MIT and Harvard found that touching rough objects cre-ates anxiety and apprehen-sion. One way to become more assured and spirited would be to use a smooth-sided pencil while taking a test or wearing a smooth ring that you can rub.

No. 6: Sound

“Hearing a supportive, familiar voice prompts the brain to release oxytocin, a stress-fighting, mood-elevat-ing hormone,” says Doctor Leslie Seltzer in Madison, Wis. Also an effective tech-nique: listening to an hour of upbeat music every day. Biochemist Miguel-Angel Mayoral-Chavez informs readers of Women’s Health magazine that cell growth and repair occurs while lis-tening to your favorite tunes, and this will also help you feel less tired and much more energized.

Natural energy boostersJessie Battest

Staff Writer


He Said: “I would say that holding hands and a good hug are super-duper and maybe a goodnight kiss -- but if you’re just mackin’ in the street, that’s not OK. ‘What would Jesus do?’” Ben Krall, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, said.

She Said: “I think making out and groping in public is a little too much. Holding hands and a casual kiss is cute and doesn’t make people uncomfortable,” Rikki Jensen, a sophomore majoring in university studies, said.

We have all seen or sat next to that couple who gropes each other at a party, gets all touchy on the sidewalk or makes out in the backseat while you are driving. Public displays of affection (PDAs) have been a “touchy” subject for centuries and in some countries, people can still be arrested for public loving today.

Webster’s online dictionary defines public display of affection as “physically demonstrating affection for another person while in the view of others.” A fine line exists between PD-Yay and PD-No way.

PDA No. 1: Save the pet names for your dog. PD-No way. Babe, Honey and Sweetie count as acceptable, but save the personal pet names for behind closed doors. Why? “Snuggleupagous” just sounds

like a sneeze and “Smootchie Pooh-bear” causes others to feel nauseous.

PDA No. 2: I want to hold your hand

PD-Yay! Interlaced fingers, mitten-style and pinkies only -- they’re all OK for public.

PDA No. 3: Open up! Here comes the plane!PD-No way. As romantic as feeding each other an entire meal may appear in movies, in real life it is awkward, especially if you are at a restaurant. Chances are as you put a spoonful of pudding into your date’s mouth; a mother is doing the same thing for her three-year-old child a few tables down.

PDA No. 4: Can I get a witness? PD-No-way. Forcing a third wheel to observe your newest version of tonsil hockey is just downright rude.

PDA No. 5: XOXOXOPD-Yay, to an extent. Hugs generally do not offend those around you, as long as hands remain far away from X-rated areas. As for kisses, pecks on the mouth or cheek are totally fine. You will know that you have reached PD-No way status when the people around you begin yelling, “Get a room!”

Look around. Know where you are and who is near you. Also, abide by this general rule: Don’t do anything you wouldn’t want to see your grandparents doing.

HE SAID SHE SAID

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Arts & Entertainment Steven StromA&E Editor


With Sony’s Tokyo Game Show press conference out of the way, we can finally begin talking about the com-pany’s new plans for their hardware. Specifically, the press conference confirmed the existence of a new ver-sion of the Playstation 3 as well as new colors for the Playstation Vita.

The new, second revision of the Playstation 3, or the Super Slim model as some outlets are calling it, is less than half the weight and in-ternal volume of the origi-nal. The new model will be available only in the standard ‘charcoal black’ color here in the North America, while Japan will also have the op-tion of purchasing a ‘classic white’ model.

In the United States, the new Playstation 3 will be available at retail in two bun-dles. The first will be avail-able for purchase tomorrow at $269 and will include

both a copy of “Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception” and a bonus pack containing $30 worth of digital goodies for the free-to-play, upcoming first-person shooter/massive-ly multiplayer game from CCP, “Dust 514.” The $269 version will come with 250 gigabytes of internal stor-age while the second bundle, which will be available on Oct. 30, will contain 500 gigabytes and retail $299. It doesn’t look like the second variant will include either “Uncharted 3” or the “Dust 514” package.

Meanwhile, the Vita is getting a less dramatic, but far more colorful revision.

Sony showcased new color options for the Vita in Japan. Sony’s handheld will now be available in ‘Cosmic Red’ and ‘Sapphire Blue’ in addition to the current white and black editions already available in the land of the rising sun. Thus far, there hasn’t been any word on whether or not these variants will make it across the Pacif-ic and into U.S. retailers, but it seems like that would be a

likely conclusion. And hey, if they do happen to remain Japanese exclusive there’s always the option of import-ing.

While they were showing off the system’s new colors, Sony also announced that their Playstation Plus service will finally be coming to the handheld in October. The subscription-based service, which provides discounts, free games, automatic up-dates and clouds storage to members on the Playstation 3, has been mysteriously ab-

sent from the Vita since its Japanese launch.

What was not announced at the Sony press conference, however, was a price-drop for the ailing handheld. Mul-tiple media outlets had pre-dicted that the Tokyo Game Show would be the most likely event to play host to such an announcement, but for now the price remains at $250.

Playstation Vita sales have been quite low in both Japan and North America since launch with a handful

of sales spikes in Japan fol-lowing the releases of certain major titles. There is some speculation as to whether or not the new colors will be enough to boost sales of he device, or if a price drop is absolutely necessary.

What will definitely help to move the handhelds, how-ever, is new games. Thank-fully, Sony’s press confer-ence also showcased several new and already announced games that will be released for the Vita in the coming months. These included Kei-

ji Inafune’s “Soul Sacrfice,” a remake of “Muramasa: The Demon Blade,” a new title from the developers of Dy-nasty Warriors and the next installment in the “Gundam” franchise.

While these are obvious-ly Japan-centric titles, they do indicate a higher number of developers moving to-wards development on the platform.

For now, we’ll have to wait and see what Sony has planned for the future of the Playstation Vita.

With school starting up again, and Labor Day of-ficially in the books, it can only mean one thing. The start of the fall television sea-son. Throughout the next two months, all four networks will unveil their fall sched-ule. Last up is FOX. The network has found success with their Tuesday comedy block, and hope to continue that success adding two more comedies to the night. FOX already airs one less hour of original programming a night, so every show counts in the long run. The network has decided to add two new comedies, and one new dra-ma for the fall season.

“The Mob Doctor”: Airs Mondays at 8 p.m.

With Doctor House call-ing it quits last year after eight seasons, they can’t just have any doctor take his place. So how do you top someone so iconic? By turning to the mob. “The Mob Doctor” focuses on Dr. Grace Devlin, a young tho-racic surgeon who becomes

indebted to the South Chi-cago mafia and is forced to moonlight as a mob doctor, while also working full time at Chicago’s most prominent hospital. The show stars Jor-dana Spiro (“My Boys”), Zach Gilford (“Friday Night Lights”) and Zeljko Ivanek (“24”). “The Mob Doctor” premiered Sept. 17. The pilot can be found on fox.com

“Ben and Kate”: Airs Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.

The show follows a pair of odd couple siblings and their friends as they push each other out of their com-fort zones and into real life. Kate Fox always follows the rules until she gets pregnant in college and drops out to take care of her daughter Maddie. She’s uber-prepared for every possible catastro-phe except for the arrival of her older brother Ben Fox. The show seems to be a solid companion with the net-work’s other family comedy “Raising Hope.” “Ben and Kate” stars Dakota Johnson (“The Social Network”), Nat Faxon (“Bad Teacher”), Lucy Punch (“Dinner for Schmucks”) and Maggie Elizabeth Jones (“We Bought a Zoo”). Ben and Kate Pre-

mieres Sept. 25.

“The Mindy Project”: Airs Tuesday at 8:30 p.m.

Mindy Kaling (“The Of-fice”), stars as Mindy Lahiri. Lahiri is a young Ob/Gyn doctor trying to balance her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small office. Mindy is unlucky in love and desperately needs to get her personal life back on track before her friends and fam-ily are forced to stage an intervention. The show is nicely paired with another single woman comedy and last year’s breakout hit “New Girl.” “The Mindy Project” premieres Sept. 25.

As for other changes to the fall schedule, Wednes-days will be dedicated to mu-sic with the second season of the “X-factor.” Fan favorite “Glee” moves from Tues-days at 7 p.m. to Thursdays at 8 p.m. Finally, the Keither Sutherland starrer “Touch” moves into the Friday at 7 p.m. timeslot starting Oct. 26. At the end of the day only time will tell how the fall season should shakeout. Let the games begin.

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Yasser Shaikh, a senior majoring in biotechnology, will provide The Spectrum with a fiction story every issue that depicts the life of a college senior law student who happens to get involved in a Mexican mafia drug cartel and soon finds himself running from the cops. This story is called “eMe.”

PrologueNew York City, 22:50.

Bored after sitting for almost four hours, Officer James Monroe decided it was time to end the duty. This was the third time in two weeks his partner had called in sick. James knew all along that Ramon was not sick and had only gone to see his new French girlfriend at her apartment, but he let it pass.

Anyways, the sheriff was

on official vacation and his other superiors at the precinct were too busy with their critical investigations to inquire why an officer was off duty so early. He crossed his fingers and checked the scanner one last time before radioing in, “Dispatch, this is Unit-57, I am 10-19, heading back to the station.”

The dispatcher took some time to respond, “Unit-57, what’s your 10-20?”

“Dispatch I’m around the basketball court on E10th Street.”

Another short pause and the dispatcher replied, “A 911 report about a 10-54 on E 13 th Street near St. Emeric’s Church just came in, please investigate.”

That instant James knew this was not going to be good. He started his ignition and stepped on the gas. “Why do dead bodies turn up on New York city streets every time I’m alone on duty and

want to go home early,” he wondered aloud.

Upon reaching St. Emeric’s church, he saw a small crowd of people huddled around something. He stepped out of the car and moved toward the crowd. “NYPD, everybody step away from the dead body or whatever there is…” He couldn’t think of anything better to say.

Reluctantly, the crowd dispersed and made way for the young officer. When he finally reached the spot, his head turned dizzy and he wanted to throw up.

He could see a lifeless body wrapped in plastic that lay curled beside some old condemned cars. The body itself was inconspicuous, except for the palm with an “M” tattoed on the back of the victim. James realized this was not just a simple homicide.

He immediately dialled his friend Norris in Narcotics.

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At an internal meet-ing last Tuesday, it was an-nounced that Bioware co-founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka, a.k.a. “The Doctors,” would be leaving the company and the video game industry in general. This was later confirmed in a blog post containing ex-planatory comments from both Zeschuk and Muzyka.

This announcement came almost immediately after the announcement of a new Bioware game -- that game being “Dragon Age 3: Inquisition,” which will be running on DICE’s Frostbite 2 engine -- and was followed by teases from Bioware Ed-monton and Montreal gen-eral manager Aaron Flynn concerning the future of Bioware’s flagship “Mass Effect” franchise.

Bioware was founded by Muzyka, Zeschuk and Au-gustine Yip -- then newly graduated medical doctors

-- in February of 1995. Yip left the company in 1997 to return to medicine, but the remaining two co-founders carried on with the com-pany long enough to make it one of the premier role-playing game developers in the industry. The com-pany is responsible for a slew of classics including “Baldur’s Gate,” “Never-winter Nights,” “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Repub-lic,” “Dragon Age” and of course, the “Mass Effect” trilogy. Bioware was also re-sponsible for lesser-known titles such as “Jade Empire” and “MDK2.”

In 2007, the major video game publisher Electronic Arts purchased Bioware. The acquisition was met with uncertainty and even outright anger by some fans, which worried that the larger company would stifle Bio-ware’s creativity. Since then, the company has been met with more and more contro-versy including a lukewarm response to the company’s first MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massive

fan campaign to change the ending of Mass Effect 3 and the renaming of an unrelated studio to take advantage of the Bioware brand.

In the blog post announc-ing the duo’s departure, Muzyka seemed optimistic about the future, even if it’s not entirely clear what that future might entail.

“I now desire to take on a brand new entrepreneurial challenge,” Muzyka said. “I believe strongly in the power of free enterprise to enable sustainable change, so my next ‘chapter’ will likely focus on an entirely new industry, something ex-citing, different and frankly downright scary -- investing in and mentoring new en-trepreneurs, and more spe-cifically, the field of social/impact investing.”

Zeschuk’s statement was considerably more down-trodden.

“This decision isn’t with-out significant pain and re-gret, but it’s also something I know I need to do, for myself and my family,” Ze-schuk said. “I’ve reached an

unexpected point in my life where I no longer have the passion that I once did for the company, for the games, and for the challenge of cre-ation. For the people I have had the privilege of working with, however, my passion burns as brightly as it did the day we started.”

He did leave room for the possibility of return-ing to the games industry at some point, but for now he has other plans. Specifi-cally, Zeschuk plans to host a web series interviewing beer brewers and showcas-ing their wares.

“If not, I’ll have drunk a lot of tasty beers and may be back in games or even some-thing else completely differ-ent,” he said. “Ultimately time will tell.”

This is definitely sad news for the video game in-dustry, as we’ve lost two of the minds responsible for some of the greatest games in history. They’re influence on the future of games will be felt for years to come, and their involvement will be sorely missed.

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NEW RELEASES

It can be hard to keep up with all of the new comic books that come each week. So, we’ve decided to start showcasing the biggest new releases alongside their Co-mixology descriptions so that you can keep up with the rest of us!

This week, the 50th an-niversary of “The Amazing Spider-Man” approaches and DC’s slew of zero issues con-tinues.

“Amazing Spider-Man #649”

Writer: Dan Slott Artist: Humberto Ramos Price: $3.99

“Spider-Man’s 50th An-niversary adventure ratchets up as an old foe returns! And an ALL-NEW character joins the Marvel Universe! WHO IS ALPHA?!”

“Aquaman #0”Writer: Geoff Johns Artist:

Ivan Reis, Joe Prado Price: $2.99

“ It’s the first appearance of Atlantis - and Aquaman’s first encounter with Atlanteans! How will this story of Arthur’s past set the stage for his fu-ture? Find out here!”

“Before Watchmen: Ozy-mandias #3”

Writer: Len Wein, Michael J. Straczynski Artist: Jae Lee, John Higgins Price: $3.99

“‘If a man has the opportu-nity to do good, he’s obliged to take it.’ Plus: The latest chap-ter in the CRIMSON COR-SAIR backup adventure from writer LEN WEIN and artist JOHN HIGGINS!”

“FF #22”Writer: Johnathon Hick-

man Artist: Nick Dragotta, Ryan Stegman Price: $2.99

“Concluding the crossover with FF #610, witness the fall-out of Bentley 23’s reunion with his father, the Wizard. It’s Bad Father, Worse Son.”

“The Flash #0”Writer: Francis Manapul,

Brian Buccellato Artist: Fran-cis Manapul Price: $2.99

“At last, it’s the origin of The Flash! The loss of his mother put Barry Allen on the road to becoming a hero, but only when he gains his powers will he understand her most important lesson.”

“Invincible Iron Man #525”

Writer: Matt Fraction Art-

ist: Salvador Larroca Price: $2.99

“Iron Man! Resuce! War Machine! Mandarin! Stane! Whiplash! Hammer! Detroit Steel! The rogue revolution! War in Mandarin City! And what is the shocking secret be-hind the Ten Rings?”

“Justice League Dark #0”Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist:

Mikel Janin, Ryan Sook Price: $2.99

“Find out what young John Constantine was like in the early days of The New 52, and meet the villain who plans to kill him and the entire team!”

“Red Lanterns #0”Writer: Peter Milligan

Artist: Tomas Giorello Price: $2.99

“Don’t miss this secret chapter of the Red Lantern Corps, as the legacy of Atroci-tus’s violent past unfolds! Wit-ness the prophecy of the Man-hunters’ return!”

“Secret Avengers #31”Artist: Rick Remender Art-

ist: Matt Scalera Price: $3.99“The Masters of Evil are

gathered. An army of villains unlike any ever collected be-fore. The Secret Avengers are defeated with no hope of back-up. The Shadow Council’s true goal and Max Fury’s ultimate scheme revealed. Enter the power of The Abyss!”

“Talon #0”Writer: Scott Snyder Artist:

Guillem March Price: $2.99“A new series featuring the

Court of Owls’ unstoppable killing machine! Meet Calvin Rose, the only Talon ever to escape the grasp of the Court of Owls. This former assas-sin just wants to live a normal life...but that’s impossible, since he’s being hunted by his former masters!”

“Ultimate Comics: Ulti-mates #16”

Writer: Sam Humprhies Artist: Billy Tan, Michael Ko-rmarck Price: $3.99

“United We Stand. The he-roes of the Ultimate Universe must come together to save the United States from its darkest days yet.”

“Wolverine and the X-Men #17”

Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Jorge Molina, Ed McGuinness Price: $3.99

“AVX TIE-IN! As the world burns, the Jean Grey School tries to continue on. One student ends up at the bar-rel of a gun.”

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Monday, September 24, 2012 | The Spectrum

Opinion Nathan StottlerOpinion Editor


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Still disgusting in every way

For several of us, including myself, it can be somewhat difficult to get into the election swing of things, especially with the overwhelming amount of media, news, and online coverage involving both candidates and their views for a ‘better’ America. Making an educated vote, therefore, may not be easy.

However, making an educated vote is critical for this election, as it should be with any other. That includes doing your research. I have read several Facebook statuses’ that attack Romney in favor for Obama’s vote. Aside from his emails favoring the Republican vote, my grandpa pulled me aside in Au-gust and told me how forever screwed my generation will be if Obama is re-elected another term.

Does this mean I should vote for Obama because of what people on Face-book are saying? Or even Romney because of what my grandpa told me? Not at all. Our decisions of who to vote for are often swayed from friends, family, or sources that don’t reveal both sides to the story.

I wish Michele Bachmann would be running against Obama in November instead of Mitt Romney. The reason: I want to pay only $2 for a gallon of gasoline, as was promised.A little over a year ago Bachmann chose to rally Republicans against Obama by stating, “Under President Bachmann you will see

gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again … That will happen.Even though her statements probably made those Republican hearts

beat fast with excitement and pump even redder blood, that’s like saying unemployment will forever end in our country once Romney is inaugu-rated.

If Bachmann possessed the power as the commander-in-chief to drop prices that low, why did the Republican president at the time of the 2008 gas crisis allow gas to reach an average price of $4.11 a gallon?

It’s true that nearly six days after President Obama was inaugurated into office, the price of one gallon of gas was $1.84. It’s also true that now we’re paying roughly $3.89 per gallon.

However, Americans should be well aware of the constantly chang-ing gas prices that vary depending on a multitude of factors -- not solely whether an elephant or donkey is sitting behind the Oval Office desk. It also takes a lot more than a double-hyphened job title to make the guy at Loaf and Jug change the sign.

You may have already guessed it, but I believe, without a doubt, that environmental protection and clean energy advance-ment together make the most important issue in this election. These issues have not received much attention at all, from either the media or the candidates themselves. Most of the attention thus far has been given over to the economy – how to fix it, how to create jobs, how to raise the nation out of debt. Though it is true that the economy may be our most urgent problem, any economic solution that does not include environmental consid-erations is eventually doomed to fail. Because without the envi-ronment and the resources it provides, no economy can possibly last. Everything we have comes from the earth, thus it needs to be protected from utter destruction. Furthermore, if our society does not become more sustainable, we will eventually run out of non-renewable resources. Without replacement energy sources in place, our economy will collapse when worldwide oil produc-tion ceases. Therefore, clean energy and environmental protec-tion are the most pivotal – and underrated – issues in this presi-dential election.

You all remember the “birther” scandal, right? Where President Obama’s conservative opponents attempted to derail his campaign by claiming that he was not a natural-born U.S. citizen? We all know now, of course, that President Obama was indeed born in the United States, and that any allusions to his supposed “sketchy origins” are only a distraction from the serious issues facing the nation today.

It all seems quite unfair though, when you think about it. President Obama had to en-dure intense scrutiny about his origins, but nobody thought twice about questioning Mitt Romney’s. How do we know where he came from? Who he really is? Or, even, what he re-ally is?

I mean, lets think about it for a minute. When he was the gov-ernor of Massachusetts, Mitt was a man who got things done. He reached across party lines, made compromises and helped the state of Massachusetts make social and economic progress. He was a Republican back then, as he is now, and yet he was willing to reach to the left and grasp the hands of right-reach-ing Democrats in order to ben-efit the people he represented.

Now, as a presidential can-didate, his views have been seen as “too liberal” by the far-left conservative base that controls the Republican party. In order to win the nomination, then, Mitt allowed these people to tie strings to his arms and legs and parade him around the country, doing their will and acting at their beck and call. He has lost touch with his own self, left his own human nature behind in order to pursue a presidency. He has become, in many ways, nothing more than a puppet, controlled by conservative ide-als.

Switching tacks for a min-ute, let us look back to the abandonment of honesty by the Republican party during the Republican National Conven-tion. The slew of lies that issued forth from Tampa over the span of those three days are enough to make “Honest” Abe Lincoln roll over in his grave – three or four times, at least – at the thought that such a liar could be elected president. And puppets around the world shuddered to think of what would happen to Mitt’s nose when he finally stepped on the stage at the end of the convention.

Did you see it? I certainly did. By the time he finished flooding his misleading and de-ceptive slop across the stadium, his nose looked more like a telephone pole than a facial ap-pendage.

So yes, the “birther” scandal was a thing, and nothing more than a major distraction for ev-eryone involved. And no, I don’t advise the Democratic party to begin putting the screws to Gepetto in order to determine Mitt’s origins – more distrac-tions are not what this election needs. But just keep in mind how unfair it is that Mitt never had to endure the embarrass-ment of having his origins ques-tioned. Apparently nobody ever told him a puppet couldn’t be president. That position, Mitt, is reserved only for real boys.

Nathan is a senior majoring in landscape architecture. Fol-low him on twitter @nwstottler.

Books are etched into the core of my identity. Books have always been my clos-est company, with my pen and pad as my armor. Walk-ing through the library with the comforting smell of old books always evokes excite-ment and fascination for me. This is a timely topic because the last week of September, libraries and bookstores will be graced with displays cele-brating the 30th anniversary Banned Books Week.

Banned Books Week is an annual event that “cel-ebrates the freedom to read” in opposition to censorship

according to the American Library Association. As an English major and lifelong avid bibliophile, I have al-ways adored reading.

Some controversial banned books were pivotal in shaping my identity: from classic books like To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye to coming-of-age books like Are you There God, It’s Me Margaret and Perks of Being a Wallflower. These books opened my mind, transported me to other realms beyond my sheltered Mid-western existence. They also gave me a refuge, a safe place to slip away from fears and worries about the world.

Books allow us to ex-plore, to question, to be en-tertained, to be challenged. They can be a bridge be-tween the fantastical and sur-real and normalcy, between the exotic and the mundane,

between the philosophical and tangible. It is obvious that books are my passion and have shaped my life from an early age. Due to the haze of infantile amnesia, I do not remember what first drew my little toddler mind to books. I just knew I was hooked.

Home movies from me as a toddler show me nestled my nose in a book while sprawled out in my bright teal Little Mermaid tent. I would mutter jibberish in an attempt to translate the language I did not yet un-derstand. My mom tells me I would often fall asleep amidst a sea of books.

Every night, my little sis-ter and I snuggled close to my mom’s warmth with my sister’s yellow rubber duck blankie she called her “deet deet.” My mom would make the pages come alive, with

her expressive narration and cast of characters. My mom taught us about the power of stories and imagination. I was in awe and wonder.

My miniature frustrated hands would grasp the pages of a book. I longed to com-prehend the words, the sen-tences, the very nuances of language itself. I was deter-mined. A few months later, my world was illuminated when I could finally read.

Possibilities were in-finite! Things would have been vastly different if my book choices had been cen-sored. I spent a lot of time during my formative years nestled in the musty, dim basement of the Bismarck public library. I would inevi-tably max out my allotment of books and beg my sister to check some out under her card.

Head erupting with

imagination, I would fill my unicorn covered Lisa Frank diaries with bad poetry, moody musings and con-fessions of a juvenile spy. I planted a walkie-talkie in my little sister’s room when friends were over and use it as fodder for my journals. I also wandered around the yard clutching it to pick up secret frequencies and inter-fere. That is, until I had to abandon my spy aspirations in fear of getting in trouble.

Before I begin on my Harriet the Spy obsession, I just want to urge students to pick up a favorite book (even if it’s not controver-sial) for fun. Transport your-self to another era and enjoy your freedom to read.

Tessa is a senior major-ing in English.

Pinocchio’s revenge

Confessions of a literary nerd

They wouldn’t let him be a real boy, so he’s running for president

“A �ought Less Traveled”NATHAN STOTTLER

Opinion Editor

“Miss Adventure”TESSA TORGESON

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What’s the one issue I think is important in the upcom-ing election? Image. Well, let me clarify it isn’t the only issue I think is important to examine, but it’s an issue that bothers me. It bothers me that we as Americans vote on im-age and how a candidate is perceived instead of what they truly are representing.

If you take a look at all the ads and campaigns on po-litical candidates, whether in this election or past ones, it’s apparent that image is high on the list of the public relations team of each candidate. Who is the better looking one? Which one is cooler? Which one wears nicer clothes? Ques-tions like these about our candidates scare me. We should be voting on what their platform stands for. We should be voting on how that person will improve and stabilize our country, not how good they look on TV. Rather, it is time to put a stronger emphasis on our own

beliefs of the matter. Before you hit the polls, sit down and spend some time doing your research on both candidates this election and make a well-informed decision.

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We are all in college for the same reason, to get a job that we will hopefully like sometime in our near future. We all choose ma-jors and minors based on our preferred interests and talents. The college road is fun, but a hard one as choos-ing your life isn’t the light-est of all decisions we face, perhaps right under children and marriage. As much as we care about what we are studying, do we care enough about our future job? I think caring isn’t enough, dream-ing and striving for a job sound much better in my opinion. In the past year I have observed many people aiming low for their career. You can only make it far in life if you dream just as big.

During the past year I have had several conversa-tions with people who are less than enthusiastic about their majors and ever more

dreary about what job they are going to have. Why?! I understand when people are confident and I think it a desirable trait, but there is a difference between being over-confident and being passionate and excited about what you do. When people ask me about my major I get too excited about tell-ing them about it, I love my major and minors. Shouldn’t everyone do the same? Even if you have a harder career path, such as a medical route, even you should be excited for the future that waits even though your path is longer and perhaps more difficult.

So many times I have heard people say, “I would love to have that job!” They should be saying, “I will have that job.” I can’t guar-antee that anyone will get the job they want, perhaps they never will or maybe they will find something bet-ter. But that initial drive and passion will surely help you achieve your dreams. There are really amazing careers

out there, and as I see it, why shouldn’t I fill that position someday? Someone has to have the job you desire and if you want it enough it will get you closer to it than you would never dreaming about having it.

Our hopes and dreams push us to greater things. You will not get to your goals by only hoping of course, but that is part of life. We will all crash and burn a few times, but that should just push you harder. NDSU offers many services to better help us once we leave college: the career center, job fairs and of course our professors are all here to help us find our job we find most fits.

So aim high! Be excited about what you are doing! Remember that your dream job is out there, so fight for it and do whatever it takes. Through the rough times and the hard times remem-ber that it will get better.

Holland is a senior ma-joring in Apparel, Retail Merchandising and Design.

Aim high for your goals

If you could change one thing about our government, what would it be? A vast number of citizens would agree that they would enjoy a less bipartisan government, however, I have seen count-less scuffles take place when-ever these individuals debate politics. Whether talking about President Obama, the economic status of our nation or whether or not we should partake in more domestic drilling, Americans cannot seem to come to any agree-ments. We need to come to-gether at an individual level to encourage our political officials to do the same at a national level.

I do not understand why we expect our Congress to get along when we do not cooperate in our own friend circles. Now I know that we are not going to agree on ev-ery issue, but what happened to the little idea of compro-mise? If we get into disagree-ments on typical day-to-day matters, and we don’t blow up and bash our colleagues for their idiotic ideas and val-ues, we tend to compromise to find a solution to the prob-lem. Now, if we could apply this concept to politics, we

would have a stronger unity that enables us to make more effective, influential deci-sions that will help our nation grow and prosper.

Our country has become so focused on being liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat, left wing or right wing, that we have all

lost touch with what is best for our country as a whole. Hot button issues such as gay marriage, abortion and con-traceptives are truly impor-tant, but they should not force us to hate the “other side” so much that we cannot agree on other issues that matter every day. We need to focus on our economy; combining ideas from both sides of the isle will create jobs thus adding more dispensable incomes to help lower the deficit. We need to pay attention to in-creased tuition rates across the country, lowering these rates will lead to more gradu-ates obtaining higher paying jobs, further increasing dis-pensable income towards our

struggling economy. We also need a bipartisan government to help find a solution to the energy crisis taking place in the United States. Citizens should never have to pay $4 for a gallon of gas, they should be using this money on their kids or significant others. We also need solu-tions to keep our military the most influential, power-ful force in the world while avoiding wars that compel us to be the mediator between combating tribes or religions.

George Washington warned us that our govern-ment cannot succeed with two parties; we have more than that today, but only two seem to matter, and these two sides are breaking the bonds that formed this country. We were not built on one-sided politics; com-promise and understanding have shaped this nation into the powerhouse it is today. We are the “United” States of America, all the citizens of this country need to unite to encourage bipartisan so-lutions that will enable our financial sector to prosper, help us maintain a powerful military that will not falter and continue to improve our education system while en-couraging graduates to stay in the United States, further building our economy.

Lukas is a senior major-ing in political science.

Building a more perfect unionCompromise is our only path forward

“Our country has become so focused on being liberal or conser-vative … that we have all lost touch with what is best for our country as a whole.”

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Holland LindContributing Writer

Being students and all that jazz, we deal with a lot of stress with classes, dead-lines, papers, exams and so much more that I would rather not list. Where’s the relief other than no classes at all or a little get away with-out spending much money, let alone time? Maybe try stretching, breathing and meditating a bit!

Yoga has been around since approximately 3000 BC and was originally founded in India. Its main purpose was to bring en-lightenment to the individual who practiced as well as re-laxation and physical stabili-ty. If you’re a beginner, there are multiple sources you can access in order to learn how to chill out just a bit. You-Tube has many yoga videos you can learn from, DVDs you can buy online as well as the stores themselves, and there are also tons of books to choose from. Personally, I enjoy taking yoga classes because it’s easier to under-stand the body’s movement and you can learn so much from others around you. Al-though practicing yoga by yourself can be a little less intimidating and more self-focused, you have to start somewhere!

Now some of you might ask “Why on earth would I try Yoga?” and my response would be, “Why not?” It is very beneficial physically, psychologically and bio-chemically. And you don’t need to take a whole ton of time out of your busy class filled day! Even meditating is a part of yoga, as well as rhythmic breathing which you can do while studying or just sitting there twiddling your thumbs before class. Yoga isn’t just for women. Men can and do practice it as well. It’s limitless! Well, it may not be for babies, but you never know right?

Yoga can be great for you if you have trouble sleeping or focusing for those exams or projects. The stretching of the muscles and fresh focus can help you feel more loose, relaxed and revitalized and ready to take on those pesky assignments given to you on a daily and overwhelming basis.

Stress can take a huge toll on our minds and emo-tions, and can really affect our outlook on life and situ-ations. Yoga can help you focus on the tasks at hand. Believe it or not, it can help decrease those anxieties you burden yourself with, as well as decrease depres-sion. Meditating or focusing on certain things can help you sort them out easier and can help calm you down and

lower that blood pressure. Rhythmic breathing can also help calm your heart rate down, helping you focus and sharpen that memory of yours.

Those chemicals in your body that make you feel sluggish or tense can be decreased by practic-ing. Even 30 minutes out of your day once a week can help decrease that glu-cose, increase hemoglobin, decrease sodium and much more to your benefit. There are many health benefits we don’t even realize because we can’t see them going through our bodies.

Any time I’m stressing out or too anxious to sleep I try to meditate for at least 10 minutes or throw in a DVD or put my yoga mat in just the right place and just breathe. It’s amazingly help-ful when exams roll around the corner or there are a bunch of deadlines you need to match up to in one week. I highly encourage you to try yoga at least once in your college lives or even medi-tate or rhythmically breathe when you have time. You might just find a new outlet for stresses and anxieties. Good luck in your classes ladies and gentlemen!

Suzy is a junior majoring in journalism.

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Prairie View A&M’s long trip from Texas to Fargo will seem even longer on the way back after getting thumped 66-7 by the Bison football team Saturday. The Panthers couldn’t produce anything against NDSU’s defense and the Bison offense methodi-cally moved the ball series after series.

After forcing a three and out to start the game, NDSU drove 55 yards to the end-zone after Brock Jensen hit receiver Zach Vraa on a fade route for the 11-yard score. Vraa had a monstrous game for the Bison, finishing with eight catches for 156 yards and two touchdowns.

The Bison offense got the ball back right away after Ricky Hagen’s sack and forced fumble was re-covered by Brian Schaetz. NDSU’s drive stalled after a slant to Vraa was knocked

down at the line of scrim-mage. Adam Keller was sent in to kick and his 24-yard FG was good to put the Bi-son up 10-0.

Another sack by Kyle Emanuel and Mike Hardie gave NDSU the ball back and this time, they did not waste any time to score. On the first play from scrim-mage, Jensen hit Vraa deep across the middle. Vraa dragged a Panther defender the last 10 yards into the en-dzone for the 69-yard strike and a 17-0 lead with 5:34 left in the first quarter.

Hardie came up with an-other sack to force a punt and the Bison offense drove down the field again with ease. Passes to Vraa for 27 and 21 yards moved the ball into the redzone for NDSU. Jensen capped off the drive with an 11-yard TD strike to receiver Nate Moody. Keller’s kick was good to extend the Bison’s lead to 24-0 with 14:11 remaining in the second quarter.

The NDSU offense took

over the ball just two min-utes later at their own 43-yard line. Passes to Vraa and Kevin Vaadeland set up a 26-yard TD run by running back John Crock-ett. Crockett weaved and juked his way into the en-dzone to make the score 31-0 after Keller’s kick was good.

The defense of NDSU continued to torment the Panther’s offense, forc-ing numerous three-and-outs which led to more points being put on the board. Sam Ojuri plunged into the endzone from the 3-yard line and backup quarterback Carson Wen-tz’s 10-yard TD pass to Taylor Nelson put the Bi-son up 45-0 at halftime.

With the starters out, NDSU’s backups didn’t stop the scoring frenzy in the second half. Running back Deveon Dinwiddie scored twice in the third quarter with 9 and 10 yard runs and once again in the fourth from 4-yards out, putting the

Bison up 66-0. The Panthers eventually

reached the scoreboard with 5:17 remaining, something that seemed impossible to do all game long. NDSU

limited the Panther offense to 192 yards. Hardie had six tackles and two sacks to lead the defense.

Offensively, the Bison rushed for 312 yards and

threw for 285 yards.NDSU will begin confer-

ence play next weekend at they travel to Northern Iowa. Kickoff is set for 6:07 p.m.

Bison stomp Panthers, 66-7Sam HerderSports Editor

NDSU had plenty of moments to celebrate against Prairie View A&M, putting up 66 points.

Drew Weber | The Spectrum

There’s something se-rious I want to talk to you guys about today. No, not the presidential election or all of this 47 percent hoopla from Romney, I want to talk about something more important: our Minnesota Twins ball club. Back-to-back losing seasons and suddenly we

have become the laughing stock of the league.

“But Joe, why would you want to bring up the hope-less Twins when the Bison are rolling and are a lot sexier to talk about?” Be-cause I care. I care about the professional team with the longest tenure in the closest city from Fargo. I care about the fact the All-Star game is coming to Minneapolis two summers from now. I care about the team that has brought my hometown its only two championships

within the Big Four in the past 50 years. And this is my column; I’ll talk about what-ever I want.

Okay, so how did we get here? The Twins have been the backbone of professional sports in the area for over the past decade. They were the franchise that beat the in-famous Moneyball Oakland As and won six Central Di-vision titles in ten years. But they somehow have been the same franchise at the bottom of the American League for the past two summers. When

did the ship start sinking?A casual fan would tell

you the lack of payroll and the absence of a pitcher in the organization who can throw a mid-90s fastball are to blame, but I would ar-gue no. The Twins’ payroll is smack dab in the middle of the league, with teams in playoff contention like Oakland, Tampa Bay and Pittsburg near the bottom. It isn’t simply about the money anymore; it’s about the play-ers we invest our money in. Pitchers Scott Baker, Carl

Pavano and Matt Capps are tying up 20 million of the 94 million dollar payroll. Not only are they taking up cap space, they are doing it from the bench.

The Twins haven’t had a respectable pitching staff since Johan Santana was traded and can never seem to keep the potential horses healthy. Watching Kevin Slowey’s and Nick Black-burn’s careers fall apart was like witnessing a bad car ac-cident in slow motion, and Baker hasn’t pitched a full

season since his breakout year in 2009.

The Twins have club options on both Baker and Capps for the 2013 season, and if they choose to buy-out the contract, that could save the franchise nearly 20 million dollars. With all that available salary space, it would appear likely the Twins would chase a high caliber free agent this off-season.

Twinkies continued on page 11

The demise of the TwinkiesJoe KerlinStaff Writer

I may have picked the wrong game to do a col-umn like this but oh well. NDSU’s 66-7 win over Prai-rie View A&M was easier than the red Staples button. Picking the three most im-pressive performances by a player is tough to do in such a dominating performance. Well I did eventually choose three, but considering two of them didn’t even play in the second half is kind of funny to me. Anyways, the Bison owned the game but here are my three players that stood out above the rest.

Wide Receiver Zach Vraa, #82

Vraa absolutely domi-nated the first half. He made the Panther D-backs look like they 10-pound bricks

attached to their cleats. The WR had eight catches for 156 yards and two touch-downs. On one touchdown, Vraa went deep across the middle and Jensen hit him in stride. It looked as if Vraa was going to get tackled in-side the 20 but his long hair didn’t care and he just decid-ed to drag the defender with him into the endzone. The poor Panther looked like he had rollerblades on. I wanted Vraa to keep playing in the second half just so he could get himself into the record books, but Coach Bohl must not have heard me yelling. Maybe next time.

Defensive End Mike Hardie, #91

Hardie looked like Jared Allen out there. And when he took his helmet off, he looked even more like him. Six tackles and two sacks are pretty decent stats, for an entire game. Hardie did that

in one half. He consistently beat the Panther linemen and got to the ball carrier faster than freshman girls get to the Residence Dining Center after a football practice. The scary thing is that Hardie doesn’t start for the Bison. That shows just how deep this team is.

Running Back Deveon Dinwiddie, #25

Although Dinwiddie didn’t get a carry until the second half, his three touch-downs were very, very im-pressive. The agile back ran circles around the Panther defense. He’s just a little guy out on the field but the ankles of Panther defenders were still begging for him to get off the field. Dinwid-die juked, spun, stiff-armed, and moon-walked his way through defenders. There were more players on the ground than fans in the stands whenever Dinwiddie

got a carry. Number 25 is a dynamic back, and don’t be surprised to see him hit the field in future games.

There ya have it folks. The Bison had great perfor-mances by many players, but these three stood out the most. It may have been a boring game for fans to watch, but it was intriguing to watch how talented our backups were. That and it would have been pretty un-professional of me to join the flow of fans leaving at halftime. This game will be a warm-up for next week’s when the Bison face rival Northern Iowa. NDSU will enter a hostile environment in Cedar Falls and I can guarantee no fans will be leaving this one early, unless it’s the embarrassed parents of a UNI defender that got burnt bad by Vraa or juked silly by Dinwiddie.

My top 3 performances against Prairie View A&M

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The NDSU volleyball team’s home opener didn’t go as planned. The Bison looked sharp in the first set but Western Illinois battled back and shocked the home team with a 3-2 win in front of 1,173 at Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse.

“They played well,” Bi-son coach Kari Thompson said on Western Illinois. “They didn’t make the er-rors, but we did… they played aggressive defense and they attacked every sin-gle time.”

NDSU scored on 17 kills and hit .389 as a team in the

first set in their 25-19 win. The Bison fell behind 1-5 early in the set but battled back thanks to the offensive attack from Megan Lamb-ertson, who had 21 kills in the whole game.

Western Illinois came right back in the second set. The Bison committed four errors that led to a 7-0 run and the Leathernecks scored six of the final seven points to tie the match up at 1-1.

“We have to always take care of the ball… every time we get on the court, espe-cially at home” Thompson said.

The third set saw a bat-tle right away. NDSU was down 15-12 after a Brynn Joki kill, but Western Illi-nois went on a 10-2 run to

close out the set and take a 2-1 advantage.

The Leathernecks came close to ending the game in the fourth set but anoth-er Lambertson kill put the Bison ahead 24-23 and a Western Illinois error forced a final set.

NDSU fell behind 4-0 after three errors in the fifth set and could not produce a comeback for the home crowd, losing 8-15.

Libero Andrea Henning had a team-high 23 digs and Catherin Yager finished with 45 assists and nine digs.

Quotes courtesy of GoBison.com

Sam HerderSports Editor

The Bison battled into 5 sets against Western Illinois, but were unable to get the victory in front of their home crowd.


The women’s volleyball team lost three sets to one against IUPUI on Satur-day, marking their second straight loss in a Summit League home match at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse. Winning the first set 21-25, the Bison dropped the next three with the final scores of 25-17, 25-14, and 25-23.

Moriah Fair of IUPUI came away with 14 kills

for the night, leading four players in double figures. Brynn Joki and Megan Lam-bertson of NDSU brought their share of kills with 16 and 15, respectively. With the conclusion of tonight’s matchup, IUPUI improved to 10-6 overall and 4-1 in the Summit League. NDSU now drops to 4-10 overall and 1-3 in the Summit League.

Of the 18 Bison kills in the first set, Lambertson claimed six for her own, the last one giving the Bison their only set win. Hitting over .400 in five of the last

six matches, Lambertson hit .414 tonight against IU-PUI. Joki had no errors in the first two sets and con-tribute with 10 kills of her own.

NDSU was outhit to-night .253 to .177, outdug by 10, and came away with less blocks at 6-5. The women will be back in ac-tion next Friday, Septem-ber 28 against Oakland at 7 p.m. Following that match-up, the Bison will then face Fort Wayne at 7 p.m. next Saturday, September 29.

NDSU loses at home against IUPUIVOLLEYBALL

Corrie DunsheeContributing Writer

Carissa Whalen goes up for a kill against IUPUI. The Bison dropped their second home game in a row against the Jaguars on Saturday.


The Twins have an op-portunity to lock-up an ace this winter with Ray’s All-Star James Shields likely to hit the market along with former Twin, Kyle Lohse. All it takes is one guy to set the tone for the rotation and both of these hurlers can of-fer the Twins just that.

Look, the Twins summer was a bigger train wreck

than “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.” But unlike the horrid reality TV show, there is hope for the next season.

The Twins rank in the top 10 in the league in hit-ting and have a potent line-up with players like Denard Span, Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau still in their primes. With Josh Willingham and

Ryan Doumit signed-on for the 2013 season, the Twins line-up will remain a force to be reckoned with.

All Twins fans can do now is hope GM Terry Ryan makes the right moves with the rotation and the Twinkies can go back where they belong, atop of the Central Division.

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