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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Anew state law that orders theUniversity of North Dakotato keep its Fighting Siouxnickname won’t shield theschool from penalties forcontinuing to use a monikerthe NCAA considers hostileto American Indians, anNCAA executive told theschool Tuesday.

Grand Forks, N.D. (AP) --Many cities in eastern NorthDakota are moving into theflood cleanup phase, eventhough there still is floodingin some rural areas. All RedRiver bridges in Grand Forksare open. And the border portof entry at Neche has reopened. It was closed lastweek because of a floodedhighway.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) --Yemeni residents in scores ofcities and towns across thenation launched a civil disobedience campaignWednesday to bring down thecountry's long-serving president, activists said. Thecampaign is the latest inYemen’s uprising that startedin early February, inspired byrevolts across the Arab world.Massive near-daily protestshave called for the ouster ofPresident Ali Abdullah Saleh,the country’s ruler of 32years.

BEIRUT (AP) -- The Syrianarmy sent more tanks and reinforcements into Daraa onWednesday as part of awidening crackdown againstopponents of PresidentBashar Assad’s authoritarianregime, and gunfire and sporadic explosions wereheard in the tense southerncity. In addition to the unrestin Daraa - where the uprisingbegan more than five weeksago - security forces conducted sweeping arrestsand raids elsewhere in thecountry, residents said.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) --Eight American troops and aU.S. contractor died Wednesday after an Afghanmilitary pilot opened fire during a meeting at Kabulairport - the deadliest episodeto date of an Afghan turningagainst his coalition partners,officials said. The Afghan officer, who was a veteranmilitary pilot, fired on theAmericans after an argument,the Afghan Defense Ministrysaid.ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Alesbian cadet who resignedfrom West Point last year hasbeen rejected for readmissionto the academy even as themilitary moves toward repealing its “don’t ask, don’ttell” policy. Officials at theU.S. Military Academy saidthey had no choice but to reject Katherine Miller’s application, because the repeal of the policy barringgays from serving openly inthe military is not in effectyet.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --NFL players told a federaljudge Wednesday she shouldreject the league’s request toessentially put the lockoutback in place, saying their careers are at stake. Attorneysfor the players filed their response to U.S. DistrictJudge Susan Richard Nelson,who is weighing a requestfrom the owners for a stay ofher order Monday lifting thelockout. A stay means the injunction she issued wouldbe frozen during the appealsprocess.

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At 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3in the Great Ballroom in theMemorial Union, student gov-ernment will recognize stu-dent leaders and members oforganizations at this year’sBison Leader Awards andState of the Student Address.

Appetizers and dessert willbe served at the event.

“This is a great way for us torecognize student leaders, or-ganizations, programs andevents on campus,” Jon Ok-stad, executive commissionerof the congress of student or-ganizations, said.

Okstad explained that mem-bers of the NDSU communitycould nominate individuals,

programming, and organiza-tions for the awards until 12p.m. on Sunday atwww.ndsu.edu/sg.

“There are eight differentcategories awarded,” Okstadsaid. “The event is a way for usto showcase what students onour campus are doingthroughout the year.”

Nominations include awardsfor the year’s best cultural/di-versity program, communityservice program, educationalprogram, social program, andoverall program.

Student government willalso recognize the student or-ganization of the year, organi-zation advisor of the year, andthe student leader of the year.

According to Okstad, morethan 1,500 students on campusare involved in leadership po-sitions at NDSU in the cam-puses approximately 300student organizations.

He went on to say that of theover 14,000 students on cam-pus, more than 6,000 of themare involved in some type oforganization.

While the event will show-

case several different organi-zations, student governmentwill also take time to reflect ontheir year.

The 2010 – 2011 studentgovernment team and theircommissioners, headed byStudent Body President KevinBlack and Vice PresidentShawn Affolter, will discussthe goals and accomplish-ments they have made for stu-dents and the universityduring their term in office.

They will then introduce the2011 – 2012 leaders who willbe taking over.

The new executive team,headed by incoming StudentBody President Cam Knutsonand Vice President KeenanHauff, will be inaugurated onSunday.

Recognized for leadership

This is a great wayfor us to recognizestudent leaders, organizations, programs andevents on campus.–Jon Okstad

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KATERINA VORONOVANews Reporter

Fifteen seniors majoring ininterior design have beenshowcasing their work in theRose Room of the MemorialUnion this week. The show-case is open from 9 a.m. to 5p.m.

The showcase has given thestudents an opportunity toshow what they have learned,as well as some experience inpresenting in front of large au-diences and network with theinterior design community. Ithas also been a way for the de-partment to advertise interiordesign as a major.

“The showcase gives us agreat platform to educate thepopulation on what interiordesign really involves, whichincludes the quality of life, op-timizing human potential,space planning and makingthe interior of any building,whether commercial or resi-dential, work the best that itcan for the users of the space,”Roxanna Tetzlaff, a lecturer inthe apparel, design and hospi-tality management depart-ment said in a press release.

Students have been workingon their project throughoutthe whole school year.

During the fall semester, stu-dents analyzed reality-based,

end-user requirements such ascodes, regulations, standards,material specifications, sus-tainable interior applicationsand design solutions, and cre-ated their designs this semes-ter based on the research theyhave done.

The show has different de-signs, including a substanceabuse recovery center, high-end lofts, and an airport ter-minal.

“Students selected spacesthat would allow them to ex-plore new ideas, test acceptednorms and gain a greater un-derstanding of interior de-sign,” the press release said.

The projects include a full

set of construction documents,presentation boards with floorplans, three-dimensionaldrawings, as well as a pro-gramming binder with re-search, preliminary designprocesses, and schedules ofspecified finishes, furnitureand lighting. The projects alsoinclude a model and a presen-tation, which have been takingplace at the Century Theaterthroughout the week, endingtoday.

According to Tetzlaff, theshowcase will be viewed bymany family members,friends and professionals;however, everyone is welcometo visit the show.

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MATT SEVERNSSpectrum Staff

While many students were far from campus enjoying the re-laxation spring break innately carries, four students were busyrepresenting NDSU in a national tournament in Ft. Benning,Ga.

The Marksmanship Club, a group of approximately 30 mem-bers, saw success in their air pistol discipline, sending a four-man team to compete against 130 shooting programs in thecountry, 85 of which have a pistol division.

When qualifying for sectionals, the NDSU air pistol team took10th place, but in just a few weeks, they had improved enoughto take sixth nationally.

“They take the top eight to 10 teams and invite them to na-tionals and we were number 10,” Rob Sailer, advisor for themarksmanship club, said. “They took sixth at nationals, so evenfrom the three weeks they found out they were invited until thetime they actually competed, their scores went up dramati-cally.”

Sailer cited hard work from the student side, as well as guid-ance from two national junior olympic assistant pistol coaches,Eric Pueppke and Steve Faught, who come down from Amenia,N.D. and help the team frequently.

Members of the team also give credit to the coaching staff,each citing their effect on the team before anything else.

“I feel that our coaches are the largest reason that we made itas far as we did. ... Our coaches worked with us and brought usfrom novice pistol shooters to shooters who are able to competeat the national level in just three months,” Jesse Myers, a seniorin construction management and member of the air pistol team,said.

The team is made up of members who have had very little ex-perience with competitive shooting through those who havebeen shooting for most of their lives.

Matthew Pueppke, a freshman in agricultural systems man-agement, represented NDSU at nationals, both with the teamand individually.

Pueppke, in addition to shooting team air pistol, competed inthe free pistol discipline and ranked fourth nationally. The onlyschools to outshoot him were Pike's Peak and the United StatesMilitary Academy.

“It was a great experience to be down there at nationals shoot-ing with NDSU shirts on. The college received quite a bit of at-tention down there because Matthew (Pueppke) finished in thetop four place individually,” Jacob Longlet, a freshman in agri-cultural systems management and a member of the air pistolteam, said.

Though two of the four members of the air pistol team willbe graduating, Tim Jacobson, a senior in social science educa-tion and member of the air pistol team, seemed optimistic aboutits future.

“The team needs some more shooters for next year, as Jesseand myself will be graduating, but it will be equally solid, if notbetter, than it was this year,” Jacobson said.

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On May 14, NDSU’s BisonCard Center will fully transi-tion into using one design forthe university’s identificationcard, a green and yellow cardcontaining a bison graphic.

Students, faculty and staffwho will still be affiliated withthe university in the fall andare still using the old version,a brown card depicting abison grazing in an open field,will be required to switch afterMay 13 for the full charge of areplacement, $20.

However, Wendy Clarin,manager of Bison Connectionand the Bison Card Center ex-pressed that there is still timefor individuals to receive theirnew card at no cost.

“We’re exchanging themfree of charge and we have

been [since the transition],”Clarin said.

In 2008, the university re-placed its brown bison ID cardwith the green and yellow cardto enable proximity scanningcapabilities on campus.

With the new card, students,faculty and staff can simplypresent their card to sensorson campus and be allowed ac-cess to buildings, offices andthe dining center, whereaswith the brown card they hadto swipe it, similar to swipinga debit card.

Clarin expressed that the fi-nality of the new card hasbeen a long time coming.

“It’s just time to get the cam-pus on one ID card,” Clarinsaid. “There’s a lot of peoplethat use it visually…[and]there are many that no longerhave a relationship with theuniversity that have the [old]card.”

Those needing to exchangetheir ID card can visit theBison Card Center behindBison Connection on the mainlevel of the Memorial Union.

Bison card transition nears completion

It’s just time to getthe campus on oneID card. There’s alot of people thatuse it visually…[and] there aremany that nolonger have a relationship withthe university thathave the [old] card.–Wendy Clarin

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MATT SEVERNSSpectrum Staff

On Tuesday, student government and SigmaAlpha collaborated with the Volunteer Net-work to host NDSU’s second annual Big Event.

The event, which was started in 1982 at TexasA & M but has since expanded to other cam-puses around the country, aims to get studentsout and into their community to help area res-idents.

According to the Texas A & M event website,“The Big Event is the largest, one-day, student-run service project in the nation.”

NDSU used the Big Event as a celebratoryhappening, incorporating it into Thundar-Stock 2011, which, like the day of service, fo-cuses on exhibiting positive Bison pride.

This year, NDSU saw a turnout of approxi-mately 335 volunteers, which despite beinglower than the expected participation rate, stillmanaged to have an effect on the community.

“Students went all over to individual homes,doing things like yard work for the elderly,”

Luke Brodeur, vice chair of the student senatesaid.

Yard work wasn't the only activity volunteerscould spend their time doing. Projects for theBig Event ranged from painting to everyday,more casual tasks.

The point of the volunteer work, whethersimple or laborious, was to send to the commu-nity a message of thanks.

In order to ensure that the work done wouldbe appreciated, members of the community in-terested in receiving help from the Big Eventhad to fill out a job request form.

Once these were collected, students were sentout from campus to the various residences toprovide services as necessary and help with theintended betterment of the community.

When speaking about the turnout this year,Brodeur cited the establishment of the BigEvent’s name as one of the reasons for its suc-cess.

“A lot of people from last year were excitedabout it this year. It was nice that it happenedduring ThundarStock,” Brodeur said.

A Big Event for the community

JOSIE TAFELMEYERStaff Writer

He Said: “They are a good ice breaker. I’ve actually

used one and it worked!” -David Mueller, a sophomore majoring in ge-

ology.

She Said:“They definitely catch a girl’s attention if

they are funny or corny, but if a guy was usinga pick-up line to be serious I would probablyjust blow him off.”

-Chelsea Lingle, a freshman majoring innursing.

Striking up a conversation with that attrac-tive stranger across the room can be daunting,but a pick-up line can be a great tool to helpease the awkward tension.

A Google search will provide you with hun-dreds of pick-up lines to choose from.

There is the classic line: “If I could rearrangethe alphabet, I’d put U and I together.”

Or how about the sweet line: “If I had a starfor every time I thought of you, I’d have awhole galaxy in my hand.”

And even that line dripping with cheese:“You must be tired because you’ve been run-ning through my mind all day.”

Pickuplinesgalore.com lists 29 different cat-egories of unique pick-up lines such as a cre-ative Harry Potter line: “If you were adementor, I’d become a criminal just to getyour kiss” and a Star Wars line: “Forgive myKirk-like boldness, but do you want to go backto my mom's place and watch 'Dr. Who'?”

With so many pick-up lines to choose from,it would seem like an easy task to break the icewith someone. However, a pick-up line attemptcan go horribly wrong and result in embar-rassing rejection if done incorrectly.

Here are some tips from ehow.com on how toeffectively use a pick-up line:

Tip one: Prepare a strategy before you makeyour move.

Take time to assess the situation and haveseveral pick-up lines in your arsenal.

That way you can choose a pick-up line thatis appropriate for the person you are trying toimpress and the setting that you are in.

Tip two: Make it unique.We have all heard about the angel that needs

a band-aid because she fell from heaven. The best pick-up line is one that is creative

and specifically targets the person’s interests. The last thing you want is for the person to

think you have used that same pick-up line onmillions of people before.

Tip three: Be confident.Confidence is a big contributor to attractive-

ness. Maintaining eye-contact with the person you

are wooing is important, but be careful not tocome off as creepy or arrogant or your pick-upline may be dismissed.

Tip four: Handle the response gracefully.If your pick-up line receives a positive re-

sponse, be prepared to take the conversationfurther and remain genuinely interested in theperson.

If you receive a negative response, take therejection with poise.

Smile and nod, and walk away with confi-dence.

Using pick-up lines effectively is a tricky art,so shed your embarrassment and better lucknext time.

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LINDAVASQUEZ

Features Editor

Friday will be a historic mo-ment.

Maybe not so much for usAmericans, but for England itwill be.

What am I talking about?Well the Royal wedding ofcourse.

Son of the late PrincessDiana and second-in-line heirto the throne, Prince Williamwill be marrying his fiancéeKate Middleton.

And although this is a his-toric moment in itself, one ofthe things that will be consid-ered as most historic is the factthat Prince William will bebreaking tradition.

Prince William will not (yes,you read right) be wearing awedding ring following hismarriage to the soon-to-beprincess.

The use of Welsh gold inroyal wedding bands has al-ways been a long-standing tra-dition for royal families.

Though Middleton will bewearing a gold ring alreadyowned by the Royal Family,Prince William has decided hewill not.

According to the Prince ofWales, the reason behind hisuntraditional decision is sim-ply due to “personal prefer-ence.”

This broken tradition got methinking: is this maybe a newtradition- choosing not wear-ing a ring?

So I ventured through cam-pus and decided to ask twomale students and two femalestudents on their perspectiveof the issue.

The students:Brianna Slinger, a freshman

majoring in public relations.Andrew Koch, a sophomore

majoring in journalism,broadcasting and mass com-munication.

Irena Lazic, a sophomoremajoring in advertising.

Ty Wilson, a freshman ma-joring in public relations.

The question:How would you feel if your

significant other did not weara wedding ring after gettingmarried?

Here’s what theythought:

Well, really it wouldmake me suspicious of them.It would make me second-guess what they are doing be-hind my back. If it were forwork where you didn’t wantto wear it because it could getdamaged or lost than that’sunderstandable, but not ex-cusable not to wear after,”Slinger said.

I would take it as asign of disrespect mostly. Thewedding ring is a signifier ofmarriage, it let’s people knowthat you have found someone.It would be OK if you forget itor lost it, but even if you didn’tlike it, or didn’t like to have iton, you still have to wear it toshow loyalty, honor and re-spect to your significantother,” Koch said.

It’s a symbol ofunity and if he didn’t wear it,it would make me feel like heis ashamed to be married,”Lazic said.

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Jones Boat Shenanigansstole the show at this year’sBison Brevities Talent Show.

This five-part singing groupcame away from the eventwith three awards: BestGroup Act Award, which goesto the outstanding ensembleselected by the judges; Audi-ence Choice Award, which isselected by the audience; andBest Overall Act, which is se-lected by 50 percent judges’vote and 50 percent audiencevote.

Jones Boat Shenanigansconsists of five guys that arecurrent students and alumniof NDSU.

They met while singing forthe NDSU Concert Choir andcame together out of a desireto spice up their classicalmusic literature with songsgeared more for a college au-dience.

The group formed about ayear ago.

Spokesperson for the groupMike Fairbairn, a senior ma-joring in music education,talked about how the groupchose its name.

“One day I was walking toschool and someone had writ-ten ‘Jones Boat’ in the snow onsomeone’s car,” Fairbairn

said. There also happens to be a

faculty member in the musicdepartment named Dr. Jones,so according to Fairbairn “itjust seemed like destiny.”

Fairbairn also described hisgroup as “slightly goofy --hence ‘Shenanigans.’”

Indeed, this male harmonygroup shows signs of a keensense of humor.

The members gave a littleinformation about themselvesalong with a quirky fact theyconsidered their “guilty pleas-ure”.

Jim Sele, who graduatedfrom NDSU with a history de-gree, sings the second bass lineand his guilty pleasure is“Dragon Age 2.”

Pat Thiel graduated fromNDSU with a music educationdegree, sings the baritone lineand his guilty pleasure is star-ing at walls for extended peri-ods of time.

‘So You Think You CanBrev’ talent show winners

MATTHEW KURTZContributing Writer

After a disappointing loss to the University of North Dakotain last year’s NDSU vs. UND 40-mile bike race, the folks atNDSU’s Newman Center are adopting a different approach fortheir fundraiser this spring.

“UND is going to win this year,” said a stone-faced ToniaSplonskowski, the staff associate at St. Paul’s Catholic NewmanCenter on the NDSU campus.

But hard as she tried, Splonskowski eventually burst outlaughing, conceding that NDSU’s “reverse psychology” strategyis hard to keep up.

Deep down, Splonskowski and her fellow Bison are hopingthat NDSU can come away with the trophy in this year’s race,which will be held Saturday, April 30 along Old Highway 81between Fargo and Hillsboro.

“I think what makes it special is the competitive rivalry be-tween NDSU and UND,” Splonskowski said. “It’s competitivebut it’s friendly as well. It gives [the students] something incommon. Everyone who is riding has one mindset, and that’sto finish the race and win the race.”

To accomplish that goal, team NDSU has to come out on topafter calculations are made in three different categories: whichschool raises the most money, which school has the most riderscross the finish line, and which school can turn in the best timeslots on the top 20 times.

“Our monetary goal for this year is $80,000 and we want tohave 350 riders. We’re still working on the top times; they had14 of the top 20 last year,” Splonskowski admitted. Last year,NDSU fielded 283 riders and raised about $70,000.

The Bison still have some work to do to reach this year’s goal;only 290 riders are currently signed up. That’s where peoplelike Kristen Vetter come in.

Vetter, a senior majoring in mathematics education, is servingas a team captain for the second year and is trying to get themost riders on her team, which could earn her a Canon Pow-erShot digital camera.

While most people think the main goal of the race is to claimvictory over UND that is not the primary objective.

For Jennifer Kuntz, a freshman majoring in nursing andteam captain, “the fellowship and the evangelization; reachingout to some of the kids who don’t necessarily know what theNewman Center is all about” is really the purpose of the ride.“It’s not as serious as the Bible studies and daily Mass, but it’sa great way to still be an example of God’s love and reach outto a lot of people.”

Vetter agreed. “The Newman has definitely given me lots ofreally strong Christian friends; people that I trust being withwho can have fun without ever putting my morals at stake. It’sjust a community that supports me as I grow in my faith. Iwant to introduce that to other people I know, and the bike raceis an easier way to do that than by inviting them to come withme to Mass.”

While the race provides what Splonskowski calls “competitivebanter with a charitable heart,” all the riders enter the racewith different objectives.

“My goal as a rider is to meet as many people as I possiblycan,” Kuntz said. “I want to do my best, to push myself, butnot really compete against others. It’s kind of just a competitionagainst myself.”

Others are not as laid back. When asked her personal goalfor the race, Splonskowski didn’t even hesitate. “To beat FatherCheney,” she said with a smile.

Father James Cheney, the priest at St. Paul’s Newman Center,has issued a personal challenge to riders for the second straightyear.

He has promised to give anyone from team NDSU who canbeat him a dollar, which has people like Splonskwoski hopingto cash in.

Last year, Cheney only surrendered about 18 dollars. Splonskowski also emphasized that the idea of a 40-mile bike

race shouldn’t scare people from getting involved. “You don’tnecessarily have to race it,” she explained. “It’s really not thatphysically taxing if you’re just going to ride it. It’s good qualitytime with friends…and a great time to hang out together andsupport a good cause.”

Plus, beating UND doesn’t hurt either.If you would like to join team NDSU for the race or make a

contribution, visit bisonCatholic.org and click on “26th AnnualBike Race” for more information or call St. Paul’s at 701-235-0142.

Racing to defeat UND

Everyone who is riding has one mindset,and that’s to finish the race and win therace.-Tonia Splonskowski“

JOSIETAFELMEYER

Staff Writer

This year’s “So You Think You Can Brev” talent show featured many performerseager to win awards. The singing group, the Jones Boat Shenanigans, took the show.

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Dan Ingebret, a senior majoring in math and physics, will be performing at the Beckwith Recital Hall.Micah Zimmerman/The Spectrum

JAIME JARMINA&E Editor

Whoever said that those whoexcel in math are more likelyto do well in music may havebeen right in Dan Ingebret-son's case, a senior majoringin mathematics and physics.

Ingebretson is scheduled toperform an informal pianorecital at 7:30 p.m. on May 2at Beckwith Recital Hall atNDSU. You may have seen In-gebretson's face appear on lit-tle fliers advertising the recitalhanging up around places likeJitters Coffee Bar on campus.

This event is free and open

to the public and will featureclassical music includingpieces from Beethoven andChopin, among others.

"I'm not a music major, sowhen I asked to reserve thespace for my recital the peoplein the music building werepretty confused as to who Iwas," Ingebretson said.

The music for the recital waschosen because it is relevant tothe weather residents in NorthDakota experience.

"I kind of centered it aroundthe theme of weather...like na-ture's elements," Ingebretsonsaid. "I've always liked thatBeethoven's sonata remindsyou of a storm."

Ingebretson shares his lovefor music with his family,whom are all very musical."My little brothers and sistersall play piano...and my momplays piano and my dad playstrombone," Ingebretson said.

Ingebretson began playingpiano at age eight and washeavily involved with theFargo-Moorhead Youth Sym-phony playing viola while inhigh school. He eventuallywon the Fargo-MoorheadConcerto Competition whenhe was a senior, which Inge-bretson claims was "the mostfun I had while playingpiano."

Once Ingebretson entered

college, he could not find thetime to play piano.

"I didn't play in college atall; I haven't played for thelast three years just because Iwas too busy," Ingebretsonsaid. "But I started playingagain this semester actuallyand figured I'd throw togethera recital."

Ingebretson estimates thatthe recital will be about anhour long and the atmospherewill be "pretty chill."

"I don't play music for any-thing more than just the fun ofit," Ingebretson said. "SoNDSU students should comefor just the fun of it, and it'sfree!"

Piano Man DanNon-music major to perform at NDSU

What should have been oneof the biggest and best weeksin gaming this year explodedinto a massive scandal thisTuesday as Sony announcedthat their Playstation Network(PSN) has been hacked.

Late last Wednesday nightthe PSN, the service that al-lows Playstation users to playtheir games online, accesstheir friends list and downloadcontent, went unexpectedlydark keeping gamers from ac-cessing a sizeable portion ofthe system’s functionality.

What was expected to be aminor pause in activity hasturned into a week-long deba-cle culminating in the confir-mation of everyone’s worstfears: The personal user infor-mation of the PSN’s roughly75 million users was accessedby criminal hackers with anystored credit card informationalso possibly in jeopardy.

The information confirmedto have definitely been ac-cessed during this attack in-cludes users’ names,addresses, countries, birth-dates, PSN/Qriocity pass-words and login info as wellsas PSN IDs.

It is recommended thatthose that use the same pass-word on their PSN accountacross multiple sites and serv-ices begin changing their logininformation immediately.

Also, so far there is no evi-dence that this is the case,Sony has not ruled out thepossibility of stored creditcard information having beenaccessed as well.

Just to be on the safe side,they have urged all users thatstore card information on theservice, or have in the past, tomonitor their transactionscarefully, if not cancel replacetheir cards altogether.

The security debacle followsonly months after the Playsta-tion 3’s security was bypassedby modifier George “geohot”Hotz and the electronic ac-tivist group “Anonymous”

performed a similar dedicateddenial of service (DDoS) onSony’s network.

While Sony never an-nounced who attacked theirsystem the first time, Anony-mous took responsibility lateron.

However, the aptly namedorganization has gone onrecord on their website thistime saying, “While it could bethe case that other Anons haveacted by themselves, AnonOpswas not related to this incidentand takes no responsibility forit.”

What’s most infuriatinghere is Sony’s absolute silencethroughout the weeklongdowntime. Almost no infor-mation was given regardingthe attack, what informationcould have been accessed orhow long the system would bedown until seven whole daysafter the attack was con-firmed.

While it is entirely possiblethat Sony was not aware of thefull extent of the damage untilrecently and their aforemen-tioned examples of gross in-competence in the realm ofonline security can levy someof the blame for their shadowydealings, it is ridiculous to be-lieve that the corporation tookan entire week to draw somekind of conclusion as to whatwas accessed.

Sony’s silence on the matterwas not only disrespectful butalso counter-productive asthey allowed the rumor-mill tochurn the fears of tens of mil-lions of nervous consumers fordays.

Now that the truth is finallyout, this debacle is being madeinto the biggest video game re-lated disaster since the “E.T.”video game.

You know when FOX Newsbegins talking about videogames, and not just about howthey are “destroying Amer-ica,” that events have beenblown out of proportion.

Systems are hacked everyday of the year but to remainabsolutely silent about some-thing as important as otherpeoples’ financial security is adisgrace.

With this year’s impressivegame lineup, this was thoughtby many to be the “Year of thePlaystation.”

Now, Sony might have tospend the next few monthsearning back consumers’trust.

Playstation Network outage plagues

systems

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Staff Writer

MARY GILLENContributing Writer

Think you got talent? Well if you do, head down to the RedRaven Espresso Parlor for your chance at 15 minutes of fame.

The Red Raven Espresso Parlor in downtown Fargo will hostan event called “F-M’s 15 Minutes of Fame” talent show from7 to 9 p.m. on May 12.

This will be the third time the Red Raven has hosted the talentshow.

The event will continue to be scheduled for the first Thursdaynight of every month starting in June.

Those wanting to participate in the event can do so by signingup a half-hour before the show starts.

So if you are a musician, singer, actor, dancer, artists or evena quilter, they are looking for you to go show off your talent andreceive some recognition.

This event is free, open to the public and will have coffee avail-able during the show.

As well as the talent show, the Red Raven also hosts an openmicrophone night every Wednesday at 8 p.m.

The Red RavenEspresso Parlor

talent show

Around TownThe Belle Brigade performed with G Love & Special Sauce Tuesday at the Venue at the Hub.

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CHARLIE CRANEContributing Writer

I love long-form narrativestorytelling. If there is anevolving arc with rich charac-ters and a plot that I can ap-preciate over a period of time,I am happy with the story.

Ever since HBO released“The Sopranos” there hasbeen a wealth of outstandingnarrative dramas such asthese.

Recently, HBO again raisedthe bar for narrative televisionwith their fantasy drama“Game of Thrones.”

Based on the first install-ment of George R.R. Martin’sbestselling series “A Song ofIce and Fire,” the pilot for“Game of Thrones” heraldsan excellent series that com-pletely realizes its world andcharacters.

“Game of Thrones” exists ina post-magical world calledWesteros. Mystical creatures

like dragons have come andgone, and few, if any, practicethe magical arts. However, itstill has an otherworldly air toit.

The seasons in Westerosdon’t last months, but instead,they can last years.

Westeros is reaching the endof a particularly long summerand it is apparent winter iscoming.

Unfortunately, this changein the seasons also signals adarker turn in the lives of theresidents of Westeros.

The main focus of the seriesis the conflicts and squabblesover the Iron Throne. KingRobert Baratheon (MarkAddy) currently sits upon itbut he does not wear hiscrown very comfortably.

The King’s Hand, a kind ofPrime Minister, dies withoutwarning and he begins to be-lieve everyone, including hiswife Cersei, is out to get him.

Winter and war are coming

to Westeros and he must do allhe can to prepare.

He has no choice but turn tohid old war buddy, Eddard ofthe House of Stark, played bySean Bean.

Eddard is the only manRobert can trust and calls himto return to the capitol to havehis back during these turbu-lent times.

Bean looks right at home inthis role, having alreadyplayed Boromir in “Lord ofthe Rings.” He is the rockholding the series together andit seems like he was born toplay roles such as these.

While that may be the basicplot of the pilot, there are anumber of essential and inter-esting subplots.

These subplots vary fromthe factions vying for the IronThrone, to the activities of Ed-dard’s children.

There is a veritable tsunamiof locations and charactersduring this pilot but the film-

makers do a great job of mak-ing everything distinctive andmemorable.

The highlights in this pilotinclude the incredible set de-sign, the unique opening cred-its sequence which was unlikeany I have ever seen and won-derful acting.

These elements go a longway toward making the worldof “Game of Thrones” feel realand authentic, but whatmakes this show so inherentlywatchable is that it is centeredon plot and motivation.

Most people watching thisshow, like myself, are divinginto unfamiliar territory.However, since every aspect ofthis production is treated withsuch a careful and artful hand,it makes even the wildest andfantastical elements under-standable and vital.

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<< Ring fromPage 4

I’d probably would-n’t be the happiest camper ifmy wife liked jewelry but did-n’t wear a wedding ring, but ifshe didn’t ever wear jewelryI’d probably be fine with it. Iwould feel horrible though ifshe didn’t have it on throughthe ceremony though andsome time afterwards, Wilsonsaid.

So, maybe it just really doesdepend on personal prefer-ence.

But is personal preferencereally worth breaking tradi-tion?

Or really what’s in a ring?I guess that’s your question

to answer.

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“Just Can’t GetEnough”

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<< Talent Show from Page 4Mike Ritten, a sophomore majoring

in music therapy, sings the secondtenor line and his guilty pleasure is thecute kittens found onStumbleupon.com.

Evan Montgomery, a sophomoremajoring in vocal performance, singsthe first tenor line and his guilty pleas-ure is fashioning kilts.

Last, Fairbairn sings the lead vocaland his guilty pleasure is attending tohis water buffalo.

The group started off with bigdreams of performing for variousvenues, but their enthusiasm faded asthey lacked the funds for an expensivesound system.

They heard about Bison Brevities

this spring and decided this was theirchance to perform.

Jones Boat Shenanigans practicedand performed two songs at the talentshow.

“After the unexpected and tremen-dous successful feedback from theshow, the group wants to continue toperform,” Fairbairn said.

Jones Boat Shenanigans is excited toperform at new venues and see whatthe future holds for them.

“It seems the world does have aplace for five-part harmony in popmusic!” Fairbairn said.

The Jones Boat Shenanigans cameaway with the most awards, but theydid not steal the entire show.

Jordan Thornberg, a junior major-ing in business administration and mi-noring in music, received the BestIndividual Act Award.

This award is selected by the judgesand given to the outstanding individ-ual performer.

Thornberg has been involved inmusic most of his life, and he currentlysings baritone for the NDSU concertchoir.

This was his third year performinghis piano and voice routine for theBison Brevities Talent Show.

The first year he performed “PianoMan” by Billy Joel.

The second time around he sang,“Haven’t Met you Yet” by Michael

Bublé. This year he performed a song that

he wrote entitled “As Beautiful AsYou.”

Other awards given at the BisonBrevities Show include the ticket salewinners.

The Sardine Award goes to the actthat sells the most tickets to the showand was awarded to Kylie Artz andMike Fairbairn.

The Pie Award goes to the campusorganization that has the greatestnumber of people in attendance at theshow and was awarded to StudentsToday Leaders Forever.

SAMANTHA WICKRAMASINGHE

Contributing Writer

Although blindness and vi-sual imparities can make aworld seem dark, we can hearthe voices of impaired individ-uals taking part in social activ-ities to create awareness.

In fact, the North DakotaAssociation of the Blind(NDAB) is organizing its an-nual “Walk for Vision” to cre-ate awareness of thecapabilities and contributionsof people who have sight defi-ciencies.

By promoting this walk,NDAB wishes to raise fundsfor its services and advocacyprograms.

NDAB offers service pro-grams in order to help peopleand families affected by blind-ness, and the profit earnedfrom this walk will be used tocover the costs of these serviceprograms.

Many local business and fi-nancial institutions have spon-sored NDAB by providingadequate financial contribu-tions.

Currently NDAB is gettingsupplements from different fi-nancial institutions, eye careproviders, area lion clubs andThe East Cass Chapter ofThrivent Financial forLutherans has committed tosupplementing funds andsponsoring the event.

Allan Peterson is the Co-Chair of the “Walk for Vision”project.

Currently, Peterson is tryingto affiliate with NDSU Studentorganizations that can provideNDAB help and support to or-ganize “Walk for Vision.”

“I’m trying to involve NDSUstudent organizations that dis-cuss about people’s health andsight,” Peterson said.

According to Peterson,today there are approximately

“3,700 North Dakotans whoare legally blind” and another“9,300 that are visually im-paired due to various causes.”

Representing NDAB and bycolleting funds, these partici-pants will acknowledge theFargo-Moorhead communityabout the common diseasesthat can lead to blindness suchas diabetes and many others.

“Walk for Vision” will beconducted under the guidanceof newly appointed honorarychair Gene Taylor, the currentathletic director of NDSU.

Taylor has been serving forNDSU athletics for 10 yearsand is excited to take part inthis event.

“I really enjoy being thechair for the walk. This is acharity that many times getsoverlooked and it is a veryworthy cause,” Taylor said.

The participants can eithersponsor a walker or choose tobe a walker and collect dona-tions and pledges for the walk.

Taylor encourages membersof the F-M community andspecifically, NDSU students toparticipate in the event.

“I think anyone who takesthe time to join this walkwould find a lot about the typeof people who experience sightloss. They are great peopleand the walk is very enjoy-able,” Taylor said.

“Walk for Vision” will beheld Saturday, April 30 at theBison Sports Arena.

Registrations will begin at 9a.m. and the walk will start at9:30 a.m.

Walking fora vision

This is a charitythat many timesgets overlookedand it is a very worthy cause.-Gene Taylor

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<< Thrones from Page 5Like most other HBO series,

“Game of Thrones” is not foreveryone.

If you are offended bycourse language, explicit sexand gratuitous violence, thegraphic content within“Game of Thrones” mayovershadow its high points foryou. “Game of Thrones” hasmore in common with “TheSopranos” than it does “TheLord of the Rings,” but thatdoes speak to the quality of itsartistry.

“Game of Thrones” con-tains the scope of a main-stream Hollywood epic withthe quality and complexity ofa Shakespearian play.

Every aspect of it stands out

and I haven’t been this satis-fied with a new show in quitesome time.

Martin’s books provideenough source material forHBO to make upwards of sixseasons of this show and theymay just do that as they re-newed “Game of Thrones”for a second season, not eventwo days after the premiere.

It is unlike anything else onTV today and I was honestlya little upset when the episodeended.

I crave more.Winter is coming just in

time for summer. This reviewer gives “Game

of Thrones” a well-deservedA-plus.

CHARLIE CRANEContributing Writer

As a consumer, there is noth-ing more crushing than get-ting wound up for somethingonly to be disappointed as youwalk out of the theater.

While my hopes weren’t as-tronomical for “Your High-ness,” I still expected it to beon the same level as the previ-ous work of those involved.

It sadly was not.In fact, this movie is a re-

union of sorts. “Your Highness” is a fantasy

comedy starring DannyMcBride and James Franco(formerly costars in the bril-liant “Pineapple Express”),and Oscar winner NataliePortman (Black Swan).

Its director is David GordonGreen, the director of theaforementioned “PineappleExpress.” Green and his twostars are good friends, andMcBride himself wrote thescript for the film.

This movie had pedigree;therefore, I placed expecta-tions on it.

McBride plays Thadeous,the lazy and unsuccessfulbrother of James Franco’smuch more valiant and nobleFabious. The film begins withthe kingdom celebrating Fabi-ous’s latest victory against the

evil sorcerer Leezar (JustinTheroux) and Fabious an-nouncing he wishes to marryhis virgin bride Belladona,played by an ineffectual andwasted Zooey Deschanel.

However, before they canseal the deal, Leezar arrivesand abducts Belladona.Leezar plans to use her in atwisted and diabolical cere-mony that would impregnateher with a dragon.

Yes, you did just read that. That detail should give you

an idea of the kind of humorthis movie has.

The rest of the movie followsThadeous and Fabious ontheir journey to save Bel-ladona from becoming adragon mom.

Along the way they convenewith a pedophilic weedshaman, are attacked by woodnymphs and join up with Na-talie Portman’s Isabel.

Isabel is a Xena WarriorPrincess analogue, but muchlike Deschanel, she is onlyused to fill a role.

Portman’s Oscar-worthytalents are not of any use inthis script and you can reallytell this was nothing but a pay-check for her.

Despite this review, I’m suremen and women everywherewill appreciate her now infa-mous thong dive in the middle

of the movie.“Your Highness” is an hon-

est and loving spoof of fantasyepics but it never goes as far asit should.

It skirts the edges of trulysuccessful parody that can befound in films like “BlazingSaddles” or “Airplane” but itfails to achieve the level ofdelirium one would expectfrom such a film and the cre-ative team involved.

When I first saw trailers for“Your Highness” I envisioneda fantasy equivalent of “Shaunof the Dead.”

Unfortunately, it wasn’tnearly as clever or complete asEdgar Wright’s modern clas-sic.

This movie is a result of abunch of friends who got to-gether and made a movie, andthey really seem to have en-joyed themselves making it.

The movie is rather funnybut it seems that the entire ex-perience was a waste of the tal-ents of everyone involved.

It strives to hit all the rightnotes but the pitch is still justa little off.

As far as its marks are con-cerned, it deserves what it gets.

“Your Highness” is middlingand unfortunately average.

This reviewer gives it a C.

‘Your Highness’ is just OK

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Kenneth Pike of Cocksacki,N.Y. is in need of a heart andwill likely die without one.This surgery would cost$800,000 and would inevitablybe the deciding factor whetherhe lives or dies.

What makes this case specialis that the cost and moral jus-tification will be at the expenseof taxpayers.

Pike is serving an 18-40 yearprison sentence for the rape ofa young girl and now by theprison systems constitution isdependent on the state forhealth care.

In this case, a service that formany people is simply unaf-fordable is now uncomfort-ably easy for someoneincarcerated for a violentcrime.

This recent case has exposeda blinding controversy in theprison system. Are we going toreward someone with some-thing such as a heart for doingsuch a heinous crime?

Are we going to pay to giveprisoners’ hearts so that theycan potentially renew their de-vious behavior?

Life is something to be treas-ured and respected on all lev-els, even in prison. With aprisoner being incarceratedand unable to provide per-sonal income, taxpayers -- theones being protected from theviolence -- should provide forthe system.

However there is a large dif-ference between fixing a cavityand replacing a major organ.

I, as a taxpayer should notbe held accountable to rewarda felon for being in prison.God gave us reason for a pur-pose and reason tells me thatmajor procedures that don’tsimply maintain, but ratherdecide life should be up to theresources of the family andfriends of the person, just likeeveryone else.

Mr. Pike made his decisionto transgress the laws of soci-ety and thus with that onechoice, he also has inevitablymade several decisions as tothe future treatment of his life.

With allowing the taxpayersto pay for this surgery, we aretelling society that prisonershave a higher right to health-care. Why not, when in theneed of a major surgery, or aany surgery for that matter, gocommit a felony, be put in jailfor a few years and get to livefor many more, for free?

We deny this right to everyother American everyday.Why would we give it to theperson that has largelywronged society, over some-one that has been an honor-able law abiding citizen.

Mr. Pike, as of Tuesday, hasturned down the surgery. Var-ious news sources cite his deci-sion as a reaction to the mediafirestorm that followed the an-nouncement of moraldilemma.

It seems that at least Mr.Pike has realized the injusticethat is truly being done in thiscase.

Rylee is a junior majoring incommunications.

RYLEE NELSON

Opinion Editor

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However there is alarge difference between fixing acavity and replacing a majororgan.

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Looking back through his-tory, we can admit that ourcountry has made a lot of mis-takes. We screwed up so badlyon occasion that we’ve had tocompletely amend our Consti-tution to right our wrongs.

For example, we’ve had toadd amendments to our Con-stitution and laws to our booksto specifically give women the

right to vote and give blackpeople the same rights as awhite person.

We know denying themtheir basic rights was a horri-ble thing to do. We know thatfighting tooth and nail to con-tinue to deny them their rightswas a terrible thing to do, butwe did it all anyway.

Today, there’s still at leastone group of people who don’thave equal rights, and it lookslike they won’t be gettingthem any time soon. Cur-rently, gays cannot marry theman or woman they love inthis country and be recognizedas legal spouses.

Now, in Minnesota there willbe a ballot initiative in Novem-ber to ban gay marriage. Ishouldn’t have to tell youwhich political party spon-

sored the bill, but just so we’reall on the same page, it’s theRepublican Party.

To me, it’s just baffling. Idon’t understand why twoadults cannot get married inthis country. The fact that oneperson can be in love with an-other person but not be able tomarry is just flat-out bonkers.

What really speaks volumesis that gay marriage isn’t al-lowed in Minnesota, andthey’re still considering a ban.To be clear, if the initiativedoesn’t pass, gay marriagewill not become legal. Nothingwill change in Minnesotawhether this initiative passesor not.

This initiative is just onemore way for conservativesand their ilk to keep suppress-ing change that is needed for

members of our society to beequals. The fact that this ini-tiative will be on the ballot hasalready knocked us down arung or two on the metaphor-ical civil rights ladder.

I will make this very clear:History will not be kind tothose who support the ban-ning of gay marriages.

We will legalize gay mar-riage someday, and 50 yearsdown the road kids will learnabout the people who stoodand fought for equal rights forgays, just as kids today learnabout Martin Luther King Jr.and Susan B. Anthony.

For those who think thatgays getting married will de-stroy the sanctity of marriage,just look at the divorce rate.Tell me, how can marriage beviewed as sacred if over half of

them fail? We’ve made itpretty clear in this society thatwe don’t take the “‘till deathdo us part” thing seriously. Ifanything, gay marriagesmight reduce the divorce rateand improve the sanctity ofmarriage.

If you don’t support gaymarriage, that’s fine. Marrysomeone of the opposite sex, ordon’t get married at all. It re-ally doesn’t matter to me or togay people who you choose tobe your spouse. I just ask thatyou extend that basic right toeveryone in this country.

Derek is a second-year pro-fessional in the college of phar-macy.

Let them get married

DEREKGAFFNEYStaff Writer

On that fateful day in mid-November, an announcementwas made that would foreverchange the life of every man,woman and child in Americafor years to come, or so it hasseemed.

Kate Middleton and PrinceWilliam have done to the newsscene what the Red River didto the weather scene in Fargoduring its tenure.

Between knowing that it willtake place at WestminsterAbbey and being over-whelmed with speculationabout what type of dress Katewill be wearing, I’ve been un-able to keep up with thingsthat really matter, like whatCharlie Sheen has been up to.

There have been a lot of peo-ple complaining that the royalwedding’s coverage in Amer-ica is a travesty because it isnationally irrelevant, com-pletely ceremonial and just

flat-out annoying.For the longest time, I

thought I was on board withthat frame of mind, but then Istarted to think about thetypes of things that were cov-ered that I didn’t seem to caretoo much about.

In recent months, I spentenough time focusing on “Fri-day,” Lindsay Lohan and thatbi-winning fellow, that Iseemed unable to keep focusedon more legitimate news.

But there is a reason we haveclicked on articles such as“Kate Middleton's likenessspotted on a jelly bean,” and“Prince Harry’s North Poletrip on ice.”

It's not that any of these ar-ticles will affect our lives inany direct way; in fact, it'squite the opposite.

These articles, and ulti-mately the unfolding story,have a particular function inour society.

If, for example, sometimebetween “The status of six re-actors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant,” and“What prompted the S&Pdowngrade and what's com-ing next,” we were deprivedthe opportunity to see KateMiddleton's jelly bean like-ness, we might very well loseour minds.

Kate Middleton and Prince

William are the Disney storythat is filling the void between"Toy Story 3" and "Cars 2."

Upfront, this marriage, likea Disney movie, seems like awash. However, this marriage,also like a Disney movie, man-ages to grab my attention forone reason or another fromtime to time.

Is the royal weddinggroundbreaking, front-pagenews? Probably not, but it issomething that needs to becovered.

Just as we cling to pop idols,the next cultural phenom orHollywood gossip, we look tothe royal wedding for a sourceof informational reprieve.

So, Kate and William, asmuch as I hate to say it, here’sto you.

Matt is a junior majoring inEnglish education.

A royal reprieve

MATT SEVERNS

Spectrum Staff

Kate Middleton andPrince William arethe Disney storythat is filling thevoid between "ToyStory 3" and "Cars2."

“Dear Honest Truth,

This summer I have landed an internship that is a non-paidposition and will require most of my time this summer. My par-ents think it is a complete waste of time, but I really think it willbe a great opportunity to get more experience under my belt.My parents see this as a lack of seriousness in my approach tocollege. They have even talked about not helping me out asmuch with school because “I’m not doing my part.” How canI get them to understand that this is going to be a really greatinvestment for my future?

Help!

Sincerely,Boxed In

Dear Boxed In,

Your parents need to relax. I went through the same thing twoyears ago and my parents thought that I could've gotten a jobto help out with me having an unpaid internship. It is some-thing that every student will go through at some point, but itseems to me that your parents don't get that.

Let's hit them with some knowledge, shall we. You gettingthis internship helps you career wise because it allows you to a)make contacts in your line of work and b) get experience in yourfield for the future. Maybe your parents were born under amoney tree and think that never having any is horrible. Hello!College kids are poor by definition. If I didn't live wonderinghow I was going to make some kind of money for food, I would-n't know the true value of money and work in general.

Do Pracs, give plasma, whatever to get by but do it. I knowthat your parents will understand after you get that $50,000 ayear job and are paying for them to stay in a rest home.

Sincerely,Get a clue

Dear Boxed In,

First of all congrats on receiving any sort of internship, be-cause I know from my own experience that internships arecompetitive and hard to come by. However, I also understandwhere your parents are coming from. My parents help me outwith paying for part of my tuition, but paying for my rent andgroceries is up to me. I’m guessing that you are currently re-sponsible for some expenses yourself, and without a job thatpays you somewhat decent you might not be able to afford tolive on your own without aid. Your parents might not have theextra funds to help you along this summer, so if it is at all pos-sible, I would strongly suggest you look for a small part timejob. At least with this extra work you will have some income tohelp offset costs, and hopefully will please your parents becauseyou are showing that you are being responsible and doing thebest you can.

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SARAH CHAMPAContributing Writer

“Republicans are the sourceof all evil.” My grandma com-fortably announced over aglass of wine this Easter.Though, semi-amused at herboldness, my heart stopped allthe same.

If Republicans are thesource of all evil, then what arethe Democrats the source of,all good? I find her statementto be wrong on many ac-counts. If she would reverse itin favor of the elephant party,it still wouldn’t seem right.

The two major parties, De-mocrat and Republican, havemajor moral issues festering intheir realms. We have beenbrainwashed to vote Democ-rat or Republican.

If we vote independent, our

vote is a waste. This is ap-plause to those who un-affili-ate themselves with the twomajor parties and go up to batfor the candidates who are forall that is good, not just somegood.

The two parties are set up aspolarized bodies. They are setup to be rivals. Republicansare the right and Democratsare the left. This makes it dif-ficult for moderate candidatesto fit the criteria of the parties,or even become effective can-didates in the race.

Americans feed off of thenegative battle between thedonkey and elephant. It is sad,but most like the hate speechand backstabbing politicalcompetition just so they canstand strong with their party.

If we allow the parties tostand on their own -- that is

eliminating the competitionbetween them -- the moral is-sues that both parties upholdare flawed.

For me, Republicans aren’tthat dandy because they allowcapital punishment. Also, be-cause of their small govern-ment philosophies,Republicans cannot promotesocial justice issues to thefullest.

For example, immigrantsare not treated the greatestunder a true Republican gov-ernment. Democrats are verygood at distributing social jus-tice to all in our country, butthey allow the murder of un-born babies. When the gov-ernment can take away ourright to life, it is able takeaway all other rights.

So, I find myself torn. I amsure many others find them-

selves in this situation. Every-one wants their vote to count,so they either vote for the De-mocrat or the Republican.

I encourage all of you whoare torn to remain that way,because you are for your ownreason. Find a candidate thatreally fits your political crite-ria.

You don’t have to be an ele-phant or donkey just to fit in.If you do this, America mightactually vote for senators, gov-ernors and presidents that ad-vocate the values of theConstitution, to promote thegeneral welfare of its people.

By the way Republicans,don’t be offended by mygrandma’s political incorrect-ness -- no pun intended.

Sarah is a senior majoring inuniversity studies.

The bipartisan divide

TRAVIS JONESContributing Writer

Baseball is a game of inches,a saying that most followers ofthe game have heard fromtime to time. For an NDSUbaseball team, which has beenthe epitome of this famousline, they have known this say-ing all too well. After openingthe 2011 season with a 2-18record, nine of those losseswere decided by one run, mereinches kept them from being11-9. Here’s one more line:short term memory. TheBison are currently 10-2 intheir last 12 games and haveseemed to right the ship.

Tod Brown, head coach ofthe Herd, was optimisticthroughout.

“If you go back and look atour box scores, we’ve playedvery similar right from thefirst game,” Brown stated.“We’re in all the games but wedidn’t get that big hit or thatbig pitch.” Losing half of yourgames by one run is something

that’s not easy to swallow inbaseball, but coach Brownwas still confident that histeam could turn it around.

“What I told our team wasthat if we keep playing hardand learning from our mis-takes, eventually in baseballthings come around yourway,” Brown stated.

Such a start to a season isobviously going to hurt ateam’s confidence level.

“There’s no doubt that base-ball has a cruel way of givingit to you, our confidence waslow” Brown said. “I knewonce we had that big hit orthat big pitch or that big comefrom behind win that we’ll getour confidence back and that’scertainly what’s happened.”

NDSU (12-20, 8-4) is cur-rently tied for second place inThe Summit League standingswith Oral Roberts. CoachBrown crafted a tough non-conference schedule becausebeing at the top of the confer-ence was one of NDSU’s goals.

“This is exactly where wewanted to be,” Brown said.

“We expected to be in the topfour in the conference, that’swhat our goal was.”

Junior Zach Wentz has re-ally provided a spark for theBison, leading the team innearly every offensive cate-gory.

“Since we reshuffled thelineup we put Zach Wentz atthe leadoff spot,” said Brown.“He’s getting on base and get-ting his hits.” On the yearWentz is hitting .331 withthree home runs and 15 RBIs.Coach Brown also has a go toman out of the bullpen in KyleKingsley, something any coachat any level of baseball loves tohave.

“He’s offered us a reallygood, reliable guy out of thebullpen,” Brown stated. “Hethrows lots of strikes withmultiple pitches.” Kingsley is2-3 on the year with a 4.85ERA in 12 appearances on theyear.

After picking up a 13-0 winTuesday night over DakotaWesleyan, NDSU will continuewith their conference schedule

as they will host Centenary fora four game set starting onFriday at Newman OutdoorField.

You will be able to hear the

second game of Saturday'sdouble-header against Cente-nary on 96.3 KNDS FM at 4p.m.

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In the last issue, I wroteabout the top five players thathad played at NDSU duringmy time as a student here.With only a couple issues leftfor me, it is time to move on tomy second top five list, andthat is top five games. Frankly,this might be the most fun I’vehad researching a topic. Goingback and remembering allthose dramatic finishes put asmile on my face. It made merealize I’ve been present forprobably NDSU’s most suc-cessful run in athletics acrossthe board.

Of course, that last state-ment is a different argumentfor a different day. For now,let’s just get into the top fivegames starting with numberfive. One stipulation with thislist: I had to be in attendance.

5. Football, KansasUniversity vs. NDSU,Sept. 4, 2010

A team with low expecta-tions came into a game withFBS school Kansas and wasexpected to lose. What hap-pened was your typical game-winning drive or a highscoring affair full of twists andturns. It really was an uglygame, full of mental mistakesby both teams. What did be-come apparent, however, wasthe fact that NDSU’s defensewas for real. The “D” causedthree turnovers, including apick by Matt Anderson in theend zone and a fumble forcedand recovered by NDSU with3:10 left to go, helped theBison pull off the stunning 6-3upset.

4. Men’s basketball,University of Missouri-Kansas City vs. NDSU,Jan. 29, 2011

The men’s basketball teamwas struggling and in need ofa confidence boost. UMKCwas out playing other teams inthe conference they had noright to be competing against.

DANIEL GUNDERSONSports Editor

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As school is slowly windingdown, and I do mean slowlywinding down, students aregetting excited about the sum-mer ahead. Finally somewarm weather may be on thehorizon, no more homeworkfor a few months and we canrelax a little. But there is asports season nearing thateveryone should be gettingamped up about: football sea-son.

Last year was an outstand-ing year for the Herd as theymade a deep run into the FCSplayoffs. If there hadn’t beena bad call or two here andthere, we might still be cele-brating an FCS title. But thepast is the past and we all mustmove on. When we started theseason last year, I had oursquad sitting around .500 andmissing out on the FCS play-offs. They definitely outper-formed what a lot of expertsthough they would do.

This year is a different story.

I could easily see this Bisonsquad being ranked in the top10 when the polls are releasedthis fall. We’ve lost a few verygood players, but we’vegained some new faces.

This year’s Bison footballteam is once again going to beled by D.J. McNorton, whohad a humongous season lastyear at the running back posi-tion and should only improvethis season. QuarterbackBrock Jensen is going to havea chance to lead this teamfrom the get-go, which shouldease his mind a bit.

On the defensive side, theBison return a very talentedlinebacking core along withpossibly the best cornerbackin the Missouri Valley Confer-ence in Marcus Williams.Losing defensive tackleMatthew Gratzek will hurtthis team, but they have plentyof depth to help fill in and willfind a replacement at somepoint.

Depending on how the sea-son goes, this team could be inthe running for a top seed inthe FCS playoffs. Their thirdgame of the season will be atrue test when they travel tothe Bank to take on the hatedMinnesota Golden Gophers.Afterwards they will start themeat grinder that is the Mis-souri Valley Football Confer-ence schedule which willtoughen this team up for what

hopefully will be a long playoffrun.

If all goes well, we will havea few Bison home playoffgames come December. After

a few disappointing seasons, itseems that coach Bohl and theBison coaching staff havefound a way back into the na-tional spotlight. Ladies and

gentlemen, Bison football isback as a national powerhouseand its here to stay.

Sports

Sophomore Brock Jensen (16) throws out of the pocket during spring practices. TheBison will conclude their spring practice sessions this weekend with the annualGreen-Gold game 1 p.m. Saturday at the Fargodome. You can hear the scrimmageon 96.3 KNDS FM.


CAVIN BERUBE

Staff Writer

Bison football is back, baby

Junior Max Casper (4) swings at a pitch during Tues-day's game against Dakota Wesleyan. The Bison wonthe contest 13-0 with Casper going 1-4 with two RBI'sand two runs.


Baseball team finding a way

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A game with a great series of ebbs and flows, the Bison had thelast say. With the score at 88-87 in the Kangaroos favor in thesecond overtime, NDSU’s Eric Carlson inbounded the ball withabout a second left. The pass to senior Michael Tveidt was per-fect, and Tveidt laid it in for the 89-88 victory. Great ending toa great game and the fan reaction was equally as nuts as theystormed the court.

3. Football, Sam Houston State vs. NDSU, Sept. 15,2007

Two reasons this game is so memorable: First, it was the firstgame I actually got to see as an NDSU student; and second, itfeatured an Oklahoma University castoff in Rhett Bomar. Nei-ther team brought their defense in this 41-38 slugfest won bythe Bison. The ending was one written for Hollywood or maybesome smaller known cinema town. With 26 seconds left, DarnellJones of SHSU scored on a seven-yard pass from Bomar. Peoplestarting heading for the exits, certain of the outcome. A badkickoff set up the Bison at their own 46-yard line. Steve Walkerthrew a 27-yard strike to Kole Heckendorf, and then followedthat up with an incomplete pass to Jeremiah Wurzbacher. With13 seconds left, Walker stepped up in the pocket, and fired apass that only Heckendorf could catch for the TD. The Far-godome went nuts. I was hugging more cute girls then I wouldever hug in the rest of my four years at college. Just an amazingfinish.

2. Volleyball, Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne vs.NDSU, Nov. 20, 2010

It was the Summit League Championship game of 2010 andit was a rematch of last year’s devastating loss to the same team.To top things off, it had been a roller coaster of a year for theBison volleyball team. They had lost one of their star players,Jennifer Lopez, early on in the season to what appeared to bea season ending kidney laceration. Their head coach at the time,Erich Hinterstocker had resigned mid-season. Lopez was backand their new head coach, Kari Thompson, was trying to leada talent-laden team back to the NCAA tournament. In thefourth set, and NDSU already trailing 2-1, the Bison were star-ing match point in the face. It seemed that all was lost at onepoint when a ball was about to fall to the ground, but seniorLauren McLaughlin came out of nowhere to keep it alive. TheBison would go on to win the fourth set 27-25. The fifth set waswon by the Bison 15-10 and another Summit League champi-onship brought to the NDSU campus. For a team that put meon the edge of my seat consistently for four years, this was byfar the greatest game I had ever seen them play.

1. Men’s basketball, Oakland vs. NDSU, March 10,2009

Everyone will notice the non-inclusion of the NDSU game ver-sus Kansas that proceeded this one. Reason being, I never reallythink back to that game when I remember this team. They lostin the first round of the NCAA tournament. I hate losing. Win-ning is much sexier I would say. That is what the Bison did intheir Summit League championship game against Oakland, 66-64. They did it by being resilient, coming back from being down12 in the second half. They did it with team play, going on a 16-4 run to win the game. They did it with their star, Ben Wood-side, hitting the game winning shot and catapulting the Bisoninto the national spotlight. It was my first experience of beingable to rush the court. As I ran onto the hardwood to just grabsomeone, anyone. I knew it was the greatest game I had everbeen present for.

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BaseballThe Bison entered last weekend with a

6-2 conference record, good enough for atie in second place with Oral RobertsUniversity. Wouldn’t you know it, thosetwo squared up for an important fourgame series in Fargo over Easter week-end.

The Bison would split the four game set,winning the first games of each day’sdouble-header 5-3, then losing the secondtime around. On Saturday it was a 10-0loss, then Sunday, an 11-4 loss.

The first game saw the Herd get an-other good pitching outing from ColbyTognetti, who went six innings, gave upthree runs, all earned and only walkedone. Kyle Kingsley and Jason Mattilacame in and faced the minimum throughthree innings combined, giving up justone hit.

The offense was provided by the fourthrough seven hitters in the NDSU lineup,all of them getting one RBI a piece.

The second game was over before theBison knew what happened. Mark Her-mes, who started the game, didn’t evenrecord an out giving up five runs andthree walks in 26 pitches. ORU wouldplate six in that first inning, on their wayto the 10-0 victory.

Game three would be more like thefirst, as the Bison got a great start fromLuke Anderson. Anderson when sevenand two thirds innings, giving up threeruns, all earned, on four hits. It was thetop of the order again for NDSU that pro-vided the punch, as the one through fourand six hitters in the lineup came up withthe five RBI’s in the 5-3 win.

Game four saw ORU get four in thefourth and six in the seventh to bury theBison 11-4. The series split means that the

Bison are still deadlocked in second withthe Golden Eagles with an 8-4 conferencerecord. Both teams are two games backof League leading South Dakota StateUniversity.

The Bison had a nice little tune-upgame on Tuesday at Newman OutdoorField against Dakota Wesleyan. TheBison won the game 13-0 behind five dif-ferent pitchers who combined to two hitDakota Wesleyan. The Bison also had abig fourth inning where they scored sevenruns on five hits. The Herd’s next confer-ence series is this weekend against Cen-tenary in Fargo. The Gents will take onthe Bison in a four game set.

SoftballThe Bison entered their weekend

matchup with rival SDSU knowing theyneeded to come up with big wins to keeppace with other top teams in the league.The Bison did just that, sweeping theJacks with a 9-0 and 9-7 wins on Sundayand an 11-0 win on Monday. The wins putthe Bison’s conference record at 13-5,which puts them in a three-way tie forfirst with Indiana Purdue Fort Wayneand University Missouri-Kansas City.

The big time players for NDSU werejunior Taylor Mortensen and sophomoreWhitney Johnson. Mortensen, who wonSummit League Player of the week, bat-ted .714 with two homers, five RBI’s, sixruns and four walks. She also had a slug-ging percentage of 1.571 and an .818 on-base percentage. Johnson, who wasnamed Summit League Pitcher of theWeek, won all three games of the series,two of them one-hit shutouts, and strikingout 30. She held SDSU to a .150 battingaverage with a 1.94 era over the series.This makes it 11 straight wins for theLake Crystal, Minn. native.

The Bison are on the road this weekendto take on Southern Utah in a three-gameset in Cedar City, Utah.

GolfBoth the men and the women were in

Primm, Nev. last weekend to compete inthe Summit League Championships. Themen, as a team, finished ninth overall,shooting a +56 for the tournament. Jun-ior Zach Stenstad was the highest finisherfor the heard, as he finished in ninth-place.

For the women, it was their best show-ing in school history, as they finished infourth place. As a team, they shot a schoolrecord 302 for the final round. The realstory of the tournament, however, wassophomore Amy Anderson. Anderson,who finished in second place last year,won the tournament by shooting a sixover 219 in the three rounds. She wasnamed MVP of the tournament as well asto the All-Tournament Team.

Anderson was not done delivering goodnews to the NDSU athletic department,as she was one of 18 at-large qualifiers forthe NCAA Division I women’s golf tour-nament. She will tee off in Auburn, Wash.at the Washington National Golf Coursein the NCAA West Regional. The Re-gional is set for May 5-7. This is the sec-ond time in Anderson’s career that shehas qualified for the NCAA tournament.

Track and FieldThe Bison men’s and women’s track

and field teams were in Brookings, S.D.for the SDSU Twilight meet. The men hada good showing from sophomore JesseMorrow, who won the pole vault and sen-ior Logan Hollenkamp, who won thehammer throw. Morrow was one of fivepole vaulters that finished in the top eight.

For the women, it was Lesile Brost win-ning in the pole vault, again. She was fol-lowed by teammate Amy Marquardt.

Both teams are back to work this week-end in the Drake Relays that will takeplace from April 28-30.

Sophomore Simon Anderson (26) delivers a pitch during Tuesday's game against Dakota Wesleyan. Andersonwent four innings, giving up only two hits and striking out three in the 13-0 Bison win.


Bison herd roundup

PICK THESTICK

Stamkos - 6 games*2 assists2 goalsPoint total - 6

Ovechkin - 5 games3 assists3 goalsPoint total - 8

*By the time this goes toprint, Stamkos will haveplayed in game seven of theEastern Conference Quarter-finals. His stats are subject tochange.

PICK THEBALLER

Durant - 4 games*Point total - 55 points

Rose - 5 gamesPoint total - 60 points

*By the time this goes print,Durant will have played ingame five of the Western Con-ference Quarterfinals. Hisstats are subject to change.

Pick the stick, pickthe baller updates


For the NHL and NBAplayoffs, I had two of our con-tributing writers pick a playeragainst me to see who hadmore intelligence in the

sports.For pick the stick, it was

Ryan Nelson who pickedSteven Stamkos, a TampaBay Lightning Center. Therules for this are one point foran assist and two points for agoal.

For pick the baller, it wasTravis Jones who pickedOklahoma City ThunderKevin Durant. The rules forthis are five points for scoringin the teens, 10 for in the 20s,15 for in the 30s and 20 foranything past that. For other

stats, such as rebounds andassists, the same thing goes.

My picks were AlexanderOvechkin of the WashingtonCapitals for pick the stick,and Derrick Rose of theChicago Bulls for pick theballer.

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