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Events CalendarAug. 27- Sept. 1

Tuesday

-Music Alumni Recital: Clara Osowski

7:30 p.m. Beckwith Recital Hall

Wednesday

-Student Involvement Expo 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

East Patio Memorial Union

-Information Technology Division Open Forum

2 p.m. Century Theater Memorial

Union

-Campus Attractions Movie: Act of Valor

7 p.m. Century Theater Memorial

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Thursday

-Information Technology Division Open Forum

10:30 a.m. Century Theater Memorial

Union

-Part-time Jobs Fair 11 a.m. - Great Plains

Ballroom Memorial Union

Friday

-Men’s and Women’s Cross Country: Bison Invitational

5 p.m. - Rose Creek, Fargo

-Campus Attractions Movie: Act of Valor 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Century Theater Memorial Union

-MU Live Grocery Bingo 9:30 p.m.

Lower Level Memorial Union

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-Bison Football vs. Robert Morris

6:07 p.m. Fargodome

Three miles of down-town Fargo and Moorhead were alive with bikers, walkers, dancers, rollerblad-ers and all sorts of moving people from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Streets Alive! is an event organized by the Cass Clay Healthy People Initiative and Active in Moorhead and began in August 2010. Their mission is to make the Far-go-Moorhead community healthier and to specifically promote healthy living in children age 19 and younger.

Melissa and Ryan Brod-sho, as well as little Hendrix in his stroller, spent the after-noon walking around look-ing at events. The event was

well advertised in the com-munity, said Melissa, “how could we not hear about it?” The couple walked through the entire area, enjoying ex-citing events such as NDSU alum and triple jumper Olympian Amanda Smock, and enjoying free veggie kabobs on Eat and Greet Street.

The Eat and Greet Street station, on the bridge on 1st Avenue North, had farmer’s market produce, corn on the cob and grilled veggie ka-bobs. NDSU Team Maker and Track and Field coach Don Larson was kept busy grilling the kabobs until the very end of the day. Larson is a friend of the Healthy People Initiative Director Rory Beil, who approached him last year to ask if he would want to help with the Streets Alive! event. As an active member of the NDSU community, as well as a

proud NDSU father, Larson said he has “been using this grill for quite a while.” New to the kabobs were purple potatoes that tasted even bet-ter than they already looked.

Back for his second Streets Alive! NDSU Soph-omore Karl Klindworth was dressed up as a carrot at the booth to promote the free kabobs. Klindworth also supported the NDSU food science club, running over to grab some fresh grilled corn at the club’s station.

Klindworth and the club members joked, “All we need now is a pea!”

Students from the food science club handed out freshly grown and grilled corn, which allowed them to not only promote fresh and healthy food but also to raise money for scholarships.

“We’ve already raised about $1000,” the club members said. “The NDSU cafeteria has bought quite a bit of corn, and we also sell it on the streets,” food sci-ence club president Saman-tha Briss added.

The members of the club picked the corn on Saturday, and grilled it fresh as pass-erby bought a piece. To pro-mote healthier eating, it was extra to add spread butter on the corn. Grilled corn was $1 without butter, and they also sold half a dozen fresh for $2.

Anyone could partake in the event and could start anywhere on the three-mile route. Activity stations in-cluded Zumba, whirling hoola hoops, martial arts demonstrations and dancing.

The headquarters of Streets Alive! was located

at Broadway and 2nd Av-enue in Fargo, where Streets Alive! t-shirts were on sale for $10 and a sign up for “Join the Movement” helped spread the word of continu-ing healthy living after the event.

The highlight of the event was Olympic Hour at 2 p.m. on Broadway, where participants could run, jump and throw with U.S. Olym-pians such as Smock, who drew a lot of the crowd.

Before and after Smock, NDSU pole vaulters were launching near Fargo The-ater, and participants could join Fargo Force members in shooting pucks by the US Bank Plaza.

Streets Alive! is an an-nual Fargo-Moorhead event to promote healthier living. For more information visit www.fargomoorhead.org

Emilee RuhlandContributing Writer

Holland Lind | The Spectrum

Streets Alive! took over three miles of downtown Fargo and Moorhead Sunday providing activities and booths to help promote healthier lifestyles in the community.

‘Streets Alive!’ returns to F-M downtown area

Event encourages community to live healthy

Tips for staying active throughout the year

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Bill Cordes presented “YOGOWYPI” or “you only get out what you put in,” a motivational speech aimed at freshmen, which included tools for being successful in college and life.

Cordes, a national mo-tivational speaker, spoke to NDSU freshmen Wednesday evening in the Festival Con-cert Hall.

Cordes, 49, is from rural Kansas and received his edu-cation from Fort Hays State University and the University of Hawaii. According to his website, he has presented in 49 states and spoken to more than 2.5 million students and educators.

Cordes admitted to the audience that he was not the best student when he was in college.

“I didn’t think I was smart enough,” he said. He explained that he struggled with feelings of insecurity as an undergraduate. However, once he went back to get his masters degree, he received all straight A’s and attributed the improvement to self-con-fidence.

The presentation centered on a set of tools that Cordes offered to the freshmen to help make the most of their college experience. He ex-plained at length how the de-cision to come to college is a “cause set in motion” and how it affects everything that happens afterwards.

“You doing this now is bigger than you right now,” he emphasized.

Cordes’ first tool of moti-vation was telling the fresh-men that they cannot have fun unless they get involved.

“Only boring people get bored!” he exclaimed.

He went on to explain that college is like a “tabula rasa,” or a clean slate. Cordes emphasized that people don’t get the chance to get a tabula rasa very often, but college is

one of those chances.Another tool Cordes gave

the freshmen was how to overcome difficult times in their lives. Cordes referred to this as the “D’s,” which could be anything from drama to depression.

He explained that when we run into the “D’s” in life, we do one of the following: feel shameful, blame some-one else, freak out on some-one, deny that it is happening or quit all together.

Cordes himself has dealt with these reactions in his personal life, and especially during his college years.

His message was that none of these five methods work, but there is one that does. Cordes calls it “next.” He explained that when peo-ple run into the “D’s” in life they should say “next” rather than dwell on it to make it easier to move on.

“You’ve got to have the ability to respond,” Cordes said.

Cordes presented a third tool to the freshman: the ac-ronym “SLANT.”

The “S” stands for sit straight. By sitting straight, the professor knows that the student is not just physically but mentally present and ready to learn.

The “L” stands for lean forward. By leaning forward, the professor knows that the student is readily taking in information and paying at-tention.

The “A” stands for ask questions. Cordes said that by asking questions, the pro-fessor gets to know the stu-dent and creates a relation-ship with them.

The “N” stands for nod. By nodding, the professor gets feedback that what they are teaching is being received and understood.

The “T” has two mean-ings. The first is “T-zone.” The T-zone is the front row and middle column of the room or auditorium. By sit-ting in these areas, the stu-dent gets a good view of the board or projector and sits in

an area that communicates that he or she wants to learn.

The second “T” is talk to professors. A student can cre-ate a deeper relationship by talking to a professor and not just asking questions.

The last tool is to learn to laugh. After presenting this tool, Cordes told a series of jokes and the entire audito-rium erupted in laughter. He explained laughter makes people present, and “life hap-pens in the present.”

“The greatest gift you can give yourself is to live with no regrets,” Cordes said, of-fering his last piece of infor-mation for the freshmen.

For more information about Bill Cordes and YO-GOWYPI, please visit his website at http://www.bill-cordes.com/.

Motivational speaker gives tips to studentsBill Cordes speaks at NDSU Festival Concert Hall

Hannah DillonContributing Writer

Mataya Armstrong | The Spectrum

Motivational speaker Bill Cordes presented “You Only Get Out What You Put In” to a freshmen audience Wednesday at NDSU.

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Advice from Bill Cordes:

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“SLANT” S – sit straight L – lean forward A – ask questions N – nod T – sit in the T-zone

and talk to professors

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Construction on 10th Street North is on track to be completed this week.

The construction project included a complete reconstruction of the 10th Street North roadway and underground between 12th and 17th avenues north.

Many students live along 10th Street and make the commute to school each day.

Because of its heavy use over the years, the road “re-ally needed a big facelift,” Kevin Gorder, assistant dis-trict engineer for N.D. De-partment of Transportation (NDDOT), said. “Deterio-rated pavement was the big driver for the project.”

The average traffic count for 10th Street North was nearly 10,000 daily vehicles in 2010. A 10 percent in-crease is estimated for 2030.

The project im-proved the road’s load-car-rying capacity, ride quality,

sidewalks, residential drive-ways, lighting and safety features. The project also included underground work for drainage, storm and sani-tary sewers, and water lines.

The improved roadway also incorporates more dura-ble striping and the addition of a bike lane.

“The city has plans to take the bike lane all the way to the downtown cam-pus, from 12th to 4th av-enues north,” Gorder said.

Construction will begin on University Drive North to add a bike lane once 10th Street construction is com-pleted.

The detour converted a section of University Drive to two-way traffic. Once construction on the Univer-sity Drive bike lane begins, traffic will be converted to one-way, one lane for about a week, Gorder said.

Plans for the construction project began in 2009, with the help of NDSU students working with the NDDOT.

Actual construction be-gan in the beginning of April and was scheduled to be

complete by mid-September. The construction is ahead of schedule, despite difficul-ties with underground work,

thanks to great working weather, Gorder said.

The NDDOT cautions drivers that more pedestrians

are filling the streets now that schools have started their fall semester, Gorder explained.

“Traffic patterns change

instantly once school starts,” he said, “so drivers need to be on guard.”

Tri-College University has doubled the maximum grant amount for students, staff and faculty applying for its annual collaborative grant.

Members of Concordia College, North Dakota State University and Minnesota State University Moorhead can apply for grants to help start a new program, which involves members from at least two of the three cam-puses.

Tim Flakoll, the Provost of TCU, says the maxi-mum amount of the award increased from $1,000 to $2,000 this year and that the lowest amount given has been $250. The newer aspects of the program are brought by the applicants and their ideas for programs.

“The newness comes from those that apply” Fla-

koll said. Grants can be awarded

between $200-$2,000 ac-cording to a TCU press re-lease.

The purpose of the TCU collaborative grant program is to give collaborative op-portunities to members of the campus community who share interests and goals.

TCU is looking for new programs and ideas that need financial help to begin.

“Projects or programs that haven’t been done or haven’t been tried before,” Flakoll said. “Someone who has a new idea… we want to have this [grant award] as a launch pad in essence, for programs that may be ongo-ing…or a one time opportu-nity.”

According to the press release there have been suc-cessful collaborations in the four years the program has been available.

Previous grant winners include a women’s colle-

giate lacrosse club and the design of an electronics lab manual used by physics and engineering students across tri-college campuses.

One usage of the grant money was setting up a wire-less Internet service called “Eduroam” across all three campuses. The origin of the name is from education and roam. This wifi allows mem-bers of campus to register at their home campus and use the same Internet service at CC, MSUM, NDSU and possibly other universities internationally who are us-ing the network.

Visitors between cam-puses will no longer have to create separate wireless ac-cess accounts for each cam-pus or request a visitor log in code at another campus.

Daniel Heckaman, the CIO and director of technol-ogy at MSUM, was quoted in a TCU press release in regards to the potential of Eduroam.

“Eduroam allows our students to stay connected throughout their studies lo-cally and abroad. Connec-tivity is a key component to the learning process,” Heck-aman said.

NDSU and CC already have Eduroam and MSUM will install it this fall.

Flakoll says applicants should be aware that TCU is not looking to fund proj-ects that already have major funding or could find grants elsewhere through their own departments.

“We would like to be a significant portion of the overall expenditure. We don’t want to have our 2,000 be part of 200,000,” Flakoll said.

According to Flakoll, an Angels on Wings program was discussed. Even though it did not come to fruition it is a good example of the type of collaboration TCU is looking for.

“One thing we talked about was an Angels on Wings riding program at the equine center… but also work with students at MSUM who are going into social work that deal with children who have physical or mental challenges and give them an expanded op-portunity.”

In this scenario students across campuses would be sharing resources and creat-ing an opportunity for real world training they could

not supply alone. Flakoll says the programs

awarded must be acceptable to all campuses. TCU does not want to misuse grant dollars.

“We don’t do anything partisan politics wise. So if people are thinking about let’s have a rally for so and so…not happening,” Flakoll says.

Students who wish to ap-ply must submit a grant ap-plication explaining the de-tails of their program.

The application dead-line is October 15, 2012. For more information go to: http://www.tri-college.org/tcu_program_criteria_how_to_apply/

Josie TafelmeyerHead News Editor

Construction comes to completion on 10th Street North

150 ways to participateStudent Involvement Expo shows what NDSU has to offer

Kelsi NovitskyContributing Writer

The Student Involvement Expo will showcase over a hundred booths, offering dif-ferent ways that students can get involved at NDSU.

The Student Involvement Expo provides student clubs and organizations the chance to showcase themselves and what they are about. This year, 150 clubs and organiza-tions will be represented from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday on the East Patio of the Me-morial Union.

A tradition at NDSU, the Student Involvement Expo has been occurring annually for over a decade. This year, Alice Arnetson, a senior ma-joring in public relations, or-ganized the expo.

“We really want students to get involved,” Arnetson

said. “Employers look for student involvement, and it broadens your horizons.”

Sophomore Preston Gild-erhus, majoring in industrial engineering, aided Arnetson in organizing the expo.

“The Student Involve-ment Expo encourages stu-dents to become more in-volved on campus,” said Gilderhus. “It has benefited NDSU by showcasing the student leaders on campus and promoting NDSU’s pil-lar of being a student focused university.”

Arnetson and Gilderhus have added a bit of flair to this year’s expo. Unlike pre-vious years, 20 student orga-nizations will get on stage to perform at the expo.

“At this year’s expo, we’re inviting organiza-tions to show a unique activ-ity, which could range from dancing or speeches to skits,” said Gilderhus. “We are also

planning a Bison pride con-test for the booths.”

Arnetson and Gilderhus both hope to make this year’s expo a success.

“I really like seeing all the students and seeing it so busy on the East Patio,” said Arnetson. “I can’t wait to see it all come together.”

With all the opportunities offered by the Student In-volvement Expo, Gilderhus feels it is a must-see, he said.

“My favorite memory of the expo last fall was when I was looking into fraterni-ties and hearing about all the different social and philan-thropic activities each fra-ternity decides to participate in,” Gilderhus said. “From Nokomis Child Care to Make a Wish Foundation, Greek life and NDSU organizations have been great for giving back to the Fargo/Moorhead community. ”

Mataya Armstrong | The SpectrumConstruction crews are slated to finish up the project on 10th Street North this week.

TCU doubles max grant award for colloborative programsLarisa Bosserman

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The Sudent Involvement Expo features a variety of student organizations on campus. This year’s expo will take place Wednesday.


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Now that the freshman have had a week to appropri-ately pace themselves among the herd, it will be harder and harder for us upperclassmen to immediately spot them from afar.

Perhaps this is attributed to these pieces of fresh meat plac-ing their free Bison t-shirt they received during orientation away in their dorm drawers until they’ve successfully fin-ished their first year of school. Either that or they’ve decided to send their high school “Class of 2012” t-shirts home to mom to make into a nostalgic t-shirt quilt. Or perhaps they’ve de-cided to stop wearing their lan-yard around their neck… the list goes on.

Sure, there’s a delicate bal-ance for us upperclassmen to feel superior and wise com-pared to inferior and ignorant, but we have to remember that we all were freshmen once, too.

I’m sure every one of you seasoned Bison read-ing this were just as guilty to have clutched a campus map as tightly as you could while walking to each of your class-es, terrified to show up late.

I’m also positive that some of you have even sat in on a class that you thought was Math 104 and you didn’t real-ize until a half hour into the class that it was actually Eng-lish 120. And seriously, that is a dead giveaway to showing how fresh of a man (or woman) you are.

There’s something very intimidating about being sur-rounded by people who actu-ally know where they are go-ing. There is something even more intimidating about know-ing these professional campus navigators -- ahem, upperclass-men -- are silently judging you because of your ignorant navi-gation of this strange new land.

But this is our time as up-perclassmen to set a new tone on our campus. We need to re-assure these fresh faces that it’s OK to be a little inexperienced sometimes.

Perhaps a big reason why we upperclassmen are so hard on the freshman is because we are simply jealous of them. We’re jealous of their next four years that they get to spend on such an awesome campus, meeting great new people, and taking in more information than they can handle at times.

We’re also jealous that we don’t have the opportunity to spend the next four years get-ting to learn about ourselves, and instead we’re going to be thrust into the real world. (And quite frankly, some of us Bi-son will probably get trampled along the way).

Therefore, we experienced upperclassmen need to take these little calves under our wings (which are anatomically incorrect, I know, but you get my point). We need to accept them for the inexperienced be-ings that they are. We need to remind them that yes, even we get lost sometimes … although we’d never admit it.

Not gaining the “fresh-man 15” is safely said to be a goal held by the majority of incoming college freshman. Too often, physical fitness solely defines the meaning of “health” in the minds of incoming college students, when in fact there are a wide variety of aspects involved in maintaining a healthy lifestyle in college.

Be physical. Begin-ning with the most obvious, maintaining physical fitness is an important part of build-ing a healthy lifestyle. Most institutions provide an as-sortment of opportunities geared toward promoting exercise. Organize an in-tramural sports team, join a group exercise class, form a personal fitness plan or take the stairs to your room or classrooms -- there are many different ways to fit physical fitness into your daily rou-tine.

Schedule sleep. Often-times, sleep is taken for granted by college students, which might in turn hinder performance in other areas of life, such as physical and academic fitness. Accord-ing to the National Sleep Foundation, college stu-dents or young adults need 7-9 hours of sleep per night. With full schedules includ-ing classes, part-time jobs, club meetings, social gather-ings, volunteer activities and homework, sleep gets the last slot on the list of priori-ties. However, giving your body and mind an adequate amount of sleep will boost your success in each of those areas previously mentioned.

Stay studious. College is a place specifically fash-ioned to give high school graduates an opportunity

to further their educations. However, college is often referred to as “the best time of your life” and academics are set aside to make room for socializing. Although it may be difficult, balancing a social life with school and work is an extremely impor-tant part of being a healthy student, and the sooner you figure out how to do so by trial and error, the more en-joyable your future college years will be.

Acknowledge anxiety. Stress is nothing to dismiss. Try to manage it by setting appropriate priorities, get-ting plenty of sleep, and talking to someone at the Counseling Center on cam-pus if you feel overstressed or overwhelmed at any point in your time at school. You can find additional informa-tion by visiting the Counsel-ing Center’s website: http://www.ndsu.edu/counseling/personal_counseling/.

Plan meals. With the foreboding “freshman 15” looming over many new college students, planning healthy and regular meals is a great method of com-bat against putting on those extra pounds. Eat breakfast, as it is said by doctors on WebMD.com to enhance learning and even help with weight loss. Fuel your mind and body with a small healthy lunch, and finish your day by eating a filling, health-promoting meal.

Budget wisely. Being financially healthy can be difficult after gaining such a significant amount of in-dependence upon arriving at college. Keep track of your spending and earning, and budget your money by allowing yourself to only spend so much of your earn-ings. Look for coupons, search for deals on grocer-ies, attend the cheap theater and seek out the “free” or

low-cost activities on and off campus.

Get social. Make ac-quaintances, make friends and make connections. In-teracting with peers will help keep you sane when trying to deal with busy school schedules or work or other relationships. Commu-nicating on a more personal level with professors and

advisors will begin to weave your networking web and will help you obtain credible references and recommen-dations during future career searches.

Live safely. Last but not least: safety. Familiarize yourself with the locations of hospitals or clinics in the area, memorize the phone number of campus police,

use the buddy system, know the risks associated with alcohol intake or driving under the influence, take a self-defense class, learn CPR and always be prepared for emergency situations to arise. Look both ways be-fore you cross the street, and enjoy the road through college by keeping yourself wholly healthy.

We’re just jealous of the freshman

8 back-to-school basics for avoiding the ‘freshman 15’

Jaime JarminFeatures Editor

Jessie BattestStaff Writer

Mataya Armstrong | The Spectrum

Honest

Graphic designed by: Troy Raisanen| The Spectrum

Dear Honest Truth,I am a freshman this semester, and I am realizing that I am becoming lonelier as the days go by. My hometown is a few hours away, and I

can’t just go home and hang out with my family and friends. My roommate is sweet, but we really do not have anything in common. She has made friends with other people on our floor and I get the feeling that she is not interested in being my friend. I feel like I have no one to talk to or connect with -- until recently. During orientation I met a really nice, funny guy, and we exchanged numbers and now we text all the time. He even started calling me a few days ago, and we can sit and talk for hours before bed. Even though he is exactly what I need right now, here is the problem: I have a boyfriend who goes to college in another state. I really do love my boyfriend, and I’m not sure if he’d like it if he knew I was talking to this new guy the way I am. I’m pretty sure my new friend is looking for more than just a friendship, but I’m not. I don’t want to lead him on -- I just really need a friend right now. Please help!

Sincerely,Lonely and in Love

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The summer produce se-lection offers juicy fruits and vegetables that are hard to find with the same ripeness and flavor in the winter. One of the stars of the season is the avocado.

Whether you like avoca-do alone, sliced inside a sub, or creamed in guacamole dip, the fruit’s flesh is filled with nutrients. One avocado totals about 276 calories, ac-cording to caloriecount.com. The majority of the fat is un-saturated, making it a better health choice compared to saturated fats.

Avocados naturally con-tain vitamins K, C and E. In addition, the fruit boasts a healthy quantity of folate, potassium, riboflavin, niacin and fiber, according to avo-cado.org.

While some may associ-ate avocados with guaca-mole, Bon Appetit’s website suggests recipes using the delicious fruit in a smoothie, soup and ice cream, just to name a few of the creative options. Feeling inventive? Endlesssimmer.com has rec-

ipes for chocolate-avocado macaroons, avocado donuts and double chocolate avo-cado muffins.

An easy way to cut an avocado is to slice it in half lengthwise and remove the pit. Then, cut half-inch sec-tions horizontally and verti-cally through both halves of the avocado. Once both halves are sliced, flip the flesh inside out and easily cut off the chunks of avocado.

Another favorite use for the avocado, however, is not in cooking. The avocado’s creamy green flesh is also excellent for use in hydrating facials.

Dry skin makes a face feel tight, dull and irritated. Not to mention, dry skin is “prone to natural wrinkling” because “UV rays penetrate deeper into dehydrated skin,” according the “Beauty Book” author Helen Foster. If you’re up for enjoying some simple pampering, the avocado is an easy, fun solu-tion.

Using simple kitchen ingredients, you can easily make an avocado facial that moisturizes and exfoliates without any added chemi-cals. This natural facial also gives you more bang for

your buck because it is less expensive than over-the-counter moisturizers.

Scoop out two table-spoons of the creamy flesh when the fruit is ripe. Mash until its texture is smooth. Combine with two teaspoons of sugar. Mix well until smooth. Apply to washed,

clean face and leave on for 15 minutes. Remove with warm water using a gentle washcloth to remove the fa-cial.

Before the summer sea-son’s abundant produce goes down with the warm weath-er, pick up an avocado or two, and try something new

with the creamy, green fruit.

Chocolate avocado milkshake recipe

1 avocado1 cup chocolate ice cream1 cup milk1 limeDirections:Combine avocado, choc-

olate ice cream and milk in a blender. Once blended, squeeze half of a lime’s juice into the mixture and blend all ingredients together again. Enjoy!

Recipe courtesy of http://www.endlesssimmer.com.

Avocado facial targets dry skin, recipe inspirationHouda Abdelrahman

Contributing Writer

Fresh uses for healthy, delicious avocados

Mataya Armstrong | The Spectrum Avocados provide healthy nutrients for both beauty treatments as well as interesting recipe options.

Honest Truth continuedfrom page 4

Dear Lonely and in Love,Even though your motives are innocent, your new friend’s motives might not be. Let’s

face it: Guys can be led on easily. There are so many people on our campus, and I’m posi-tive that you’ll find another girl (or girls) who you can connect with. Having girl friends is so rewarding, and not experiencing that is almost cheating yourself out of a great gift col-lege gives you. Speaking of cheating, you probably shouldn’t continue talking to this new friend of yours like you would talk to your boyfriend. How would you feel if the roles were switched and your boyfriend was the one talking all day and night with a new girl he just met? You’d probably feel lonelier than you do now, that’s for sure. Try going to a campus organizations meeting! We have hundreds of organizations at NDSU where you will find someone you can connect with based on your interests. Besides, college just started! It takes time to find true friends who are willing to invest in you, not just them.

Sincerely, Insightful Bison

Dear Lonely and in Love,Have you been upfront with your new friend and told him you have a boyfriend? Hon-

esty is the best policy. I don’t think there is anything wrong with having him as a friend as long as you both know what the other expects. Make sure you tell him that you are only interested in being friends. At the same time you may want to re-evaluate what you want out of a relationship at this stage in your life. Do you want to be in a long distance relation-ship where you won’t get to see your boyfriend very often? If you do, then I would suggest telling your boyfriend about your new friend too. It is better for him to be aware of your new male friend so if he does hear about him later on he won’t jump to the wrong conclu-sions. Your boyfriend may be suspicious if in a month you are recounting your day to him and mention that you went to the pizza shop between classes with this friend. He probably would feel that you were hiding him, and honestly, weren’t you? So decide what you want, be honest to your boyfriend and new friend and avoid the suspicion and awkwardness.

Sincerely,Realistic Bison

Dear Lonely and in Love,I know it’s hard at this time, but you need to remember that this is only your first week

of school. You have no idea what the next semester let alone the next few weeks will bring. Making friends that are willing to invest in you takes time and effort on your part. From my experience, being best friends with your roommate is not always a good plan. Living with people you love the most can be very detrimental to your relationship. You need to get out of the dorm and meet people who don’t live across the hall or in the same room as you. Join an organization, join an intramural team, go on a student-led trip or try meeting people at a religious meeting, if that’s your thing. There are many people in the same situation that you are in, and they are probably just waiting for a new friend. That could be you! As for your new male friend, I would advise you to be upfront and honest to both your boyfriend and to yourself. Do you want to leave your boyfriend? Or do you have feelings toward this new guy? You need to remember that the best relationships come from good friendships, so take a hard look at yourself and invest in the relationship you feel is best for you. It is OK for you to be friends with people of the opposite sex, but make sure your motives match your actions. Keep your head up, Lonely! Everything will turn out the way it is supposed to in the end.

Sincerely,Concerned Bison

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Fargo, Aug. 25, 2012:

Before arriving to the Land of Liberty, we all have a certain perception about America, its people and its society. And like any other student, I had anticipated a culture shock upon my ar-rival.

However, hailing from a country which advertises such vast cultural diversity, the transition was fairly easy for me. But I’m sure students from many nationalities didn’t have that comfort. The two weeks I spent in Fargo have been like a lifetime of learning. I would like to perceive this period in three phases; the phase of excite-ment, the phase of anxiety and the phase of acceptance.

The excitement was for the joy of visiting a new land, the anxiety stemmed from differences we came across and the acceptance was more by the American society than by us. It was wonderful to experience the collage of in-ternational cultures while we learnt a thing or two about the American System and the American Living. Be it crossing roads or counting money, everything different that we tried here was a new achievement under the belt.

The fun of being in a class with 300 students and yet being heard, the freedom to design your own educa-tion and the opportunity to choose your way of life were some of the things I re-

ally appreciated and I’m sure most of us did. The Fargo community and the Bison Nation left no stone unturned in making every student feel at home. The surprising part was that people really knew what to expect from you if you belonged to a particular nation or community.

I believe what really made me comfortable in adapting to my new hosts was this little flower of Dan-delion I came across on the lawns of my apartment. Just like this so called “weed” makes its hosts comfortable

and promotes acceptance among them, we should help our new home to understand us better and we must make an effort to understand it bet-ter.

We should work to break the stereotypes and enrich our new community with the goodness of our culture and our legacy; like the Dande-lion does by providing nutri-tion to the surrounding flow-ers. Only then will we be able to gain the support and love that we desire from our fellow Bisons.

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2012’s worrying trend of game development stu-dio closures continued last week as Sony shut down the UK-based Studio Liverpool.

The studio was best known for the popular “WipEout” series of Play-station exclusive racing games, as well as being re-sponsible for the publishing of the original version of the classic title “Lemmings” in 1991.

In a statement released to gaming news blog Ko-taku, Sony said, “We do regular reviews to ensure that the resources we have can create and produce high

quality, innovative and com-mercially viable projects in an increasingly competitive market place.”

“It has been decided that Liverpool Studio should be closed. Liverpool Studio has been an important part of Sony Computer Entertain-ment Worldwide Studios since the outset of PlaySta-tion, and has contributed greatly to PlayStation over the years. Everyone con-nected with Liverpool Stu-dio, past and present, can be very proud of their achieve-ments.”

“However, it was felt that by focusing our invest-ment plans on other studios that are currently working on exciting new projects, we would be in a stronger posi-tion to offer the best possible

content for our consumers.”The closure of the stu-

dio is perhaps not entirely a surprise as earlier this year many of the developer’s works in progress had al-ready been cancelled.

“It has been decided that production on a number of projects within Studio Liver-pool will cease immediately due to project prioritiza-tion,” Sony said in a public statement back in January of 2010. “Our North West Stu-dio Group has been and will continue to be a vital cog in the WWS family, with a history of producing genre defining games such as ‘MotorStorm,’ ‘WipEout,’ ‘Formula 1’ and ‘WRC’ and this decision will have no impact of the role that the North West Studio Group

will play in the future of all PlayStation platforms.”

Their last game was “WipEout 2048,” a pre-quel to their primary fran-chise, for the PlayStation Vita. However, a “reliable source” informed Euroga-mer that the Liverpool team was already at work on two new games for the untitled follow-up to the PlayStation 3 -- which rumors insist is codenamed “Orbis.”

The first game was sup-posedly a next-generation “WipEout” title that would have supposedly been “radi-cally different” than previ-ous entries in the franchise. The second was to be a game styled after “Splinter Cell” and featuring motion capture technology similar to that used in “L.A. Noire.”

The new “WipEout” game had reportedly been in development for 12-18 months, meaning that it’s likely that the assets will be re-appropriated elsewhere. Unfortunately for the stu-dio’s nearly 100 former em-ployees the assets simply won’t be used by them.

This incident is the lat-est in a rash of layoffs that have been plaguing the games industry for the past year and a half. While the most high profile instance was certainly the debacle surrounding 38 Studios and Big Huge Games, we’ve also witnessed the losses of Team Bondi (“L.A. Noire”), Bizarre Creations (“Proj-ect Gotham Racing”), Kaos Studios (“Homefront”) as well as many smaller devel-

opers.This is possibly due to

the lengthy lifespan of cur-rent generation consoles fi-nally winding down as we prepare for the next cycle. The next console cycle (which will technically be starting later this year with the release of the Wii U) will likely breathe some new life into the development scene and bring back some of the designers that help to make this industry possible.

If not, I expect we’ll be-gin to see the current migra-tion of designers towards the independent space really explode as more develop-ers look for other ways to spread their respective vi-sions.

The NDSU Music Acad-emy, a non-profit organi-zation working with the NDSU Music Department, is preparing for another successful year of offering music lessons to both chil-dren and adults in the Fargo-Moorhead area. The types of lessons include piano, voice and guitar, as well as a few other instruments.

The music lessons will be taught by graduate and undergraduate students who want to gain more teaching experience by working one-on-one with students rang-ing in age from four years old to adults.

What began last year as a way to provide the com-munity with more opportu-nities to take music lessons, the community’s response to the academy was over-whelming.

“We kind of started small just to see what the interest would be in a com-munity music program,” Prigge said. “Before we had even done a lot of advertis-ing we had a lot of people interested …so we knew there was a big need in the community.”

The demand for more music lessons was evi-dent when the fall registra-tion numbers had begun to trickle in more each day. “I think we will be bigger this year. By last spring we had 56 students and right now we’re sitting at about that number and we’re still get-

ting quite a few calls,” she added.

The positive response this program received right away highlighted the need for more music teachers in the area. “There are just never enough music teach-ers,” Prigge said. “This has kind of provided a way for people to easily find music teachers.”

As well as benefiting the community with more mu-sic teachers, the Academy also benefits the graduate and undergraduate students by providing them with valuable teaching experi-ence.

“This provides some of our graduate students and some of our undergraduate students teaching experi-ence and then it also helps provide what the commu-nity needs, which are more music teachers,” Prigge said. “It’s hard to find teach-ers with a lot of openings.”

As the director, Prigge organizes scheduling and contacts between the teach-ers and the parents. The Academy would most likely not run as smoothly as it does without her dedication to the planning of this pro-gram.

“I think it’s been inter-esting to see how much, just in the NDSU community – whether it’s faculty them-selves or children of the faculty -- seeing the interest in starting music lessons,” Prigge said.

She understands how important music is for de-veloping student’s critical thinking and listening skills, as well as their creativity.

“It’s fun to see all of the students showing up for les-sons, interacting with each other,” Prigge mentioned. “They’re able to be in a community of music stu-dents … So it kind of gives a neat group environment.”

Although this program is proving to be beneficial to this community, the grow-ing numbers pose a chal-lenge toward hiring enough students to teach in order to meet the demand.

“Finding students that have the time to teach has been one of biggest [chal-lenges] … having enough teachers to fulfill the need,” Prigge said. “Music stu-dents, and all students, are busy.”

Sarah Lien is the moth-er of two elementary-aged piano students who have been taking lessons from the Academy’s staff since last year. A musician herself, Lien mentions how grateful she is to have students will-ing to teach her children, 8-year-old Anna and 6-year-old James, instead teaching them herself.

“I know it’s not easy to teach your own kids some things, and I’ve just been happy to provide them the opportunity to take lessons and not have to do it my-self,” Lien said. “I think they listen better and re-spond better.”

The NDSU Music Acad-emy wants to expand toward organizing music camps as well as offering a wider va-riety of musical instruments for lessons to its students in the future.

“It’s a place that they can

go where they can be sur-rounded by music. It’s been pretty fun to expose them to that through the academy…It’s been a good routine for

them to do once a week,” Lien explained.

To learn more about the NDSU Music Academy, as well as register for music

lessons, you can go to ndsu-musicacademy.musicteach-ershelper.com.

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NDSU Music Academy provides community with music lessons, life skills

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ABC moves Jimmy Kimmel against Letterman, Leno

Jay Leno and David Let-terman better watch out, be-cause starting this January, the late night game is about to get a little more crowded.

ABC announced Monday that it has decided to move Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show up a half hour from 11p.m. The move puts Kim-mel in direct competition against the two late night mainstays, with Leno over at NBC, and Letterman at CBS.

With increasing ratings year-to-year, Kimmel is cer-tainly becoming more of a household name, which could be why ABC felt Kim-mel was finally ready for a leap to the big time. With the show debuting in 2003, the move has been a long time coming. The change comes on the heels of Kimmel host-ing last April’s White House Correspondents dinner. If

that is not enough time in the spotlight, last March, Kimmel was announced as host for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards airing Sep-tember 23 on ABC.

Kimmel may be mov-ing to 10:35 p.m., but fans of ABC’s “Nightline” do not have to worry. The news show will move up an hour to 11:35 p.m. For those “Nightline” fans unable or unwilling to stay up for an extra hour, ABC has them covered. The network plans on airing an additional pri-metime version of the show Friday nights at 9.

On Tuesday, Kimmel took to his Twitter account and had the following to say about the switch.

“Thanks to all for the kind words re. our move to 11:35 in Jan. I feel like a real life Princess…”

The shakeup is the big-gest thing to hit the late night landscape since 2010 when

Conan O’Brien briefly took over the “Tonight Show” for Jay Leno, only to see Leno reclaim his show not even a full year later.

Kimmel certainly throws a wrench into the late night game. The news comes just a few days after Leno’s “To-night Show” was hit with budget cuts resulting in a reduction of pay, and the lay-ing off of staff.

With the growing popu-larity of other late night shows even airing after Leno and Letterman such as NBC’s Jimmy Fallon and CBS’ Craig Ferguson, it will be interesting to see how the shakeup will impact the late night game in the com-ing years. Throw in Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report”, and there is definitely not a short-age of late night entertain-ment.

Only time will tell if Kimmel can make a dent in

his earlier time slot. His re-cent exposure will surely not hurt his chances. When all is said and done, it will come down to Kimmel’s fans,

which he took time to thank on his Twitter account.

“I got so much love for the fans…you are always there for me and I will al-

ways be there for you. Much love. Thanks.”

Jimmy Kimmel officially makes his move to 10:35 p.m. January 8 on ABC.

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Opinion Nathan StottlerOpinion Editor


By now, with the first week of classes gone by, most of us have no doubt in becoming fairly comfortable with the daily routines that will soon be dominating our lives week in and week out over the next semester. Perhaps some of our newer Bison haven’t quite reached the comfort level of their upperclassmen counter-parts, but that will come soon enough. And, no doubt, any-one who has made the journey downtown to Renaissance, Klai or Barry halls has become incredibly frustrated with the amount of construction that is currently underway.

The usual five to 10 minute bus ride from the downtown campus to the main campus has been extended with a ridic-ulous detour that seems both wasteful and redundant. After one trip to Klai hall for my sec-ond class last week, I was so frustrated that I all but swore off riding the bus in favor of my bicycle – at least, until the onset of winter makes biking an invalid option.

And what a great year for cyclists on our campus! Soon, freshly painted bike lanes on University Drive, 10 Street (if it ever opens) and 4 Avenue North (again, when it opens) will provide bikers with a safe, direct route from the main campus to the downtown cam-pus and back again. No more will we be relegated to side-walks and back streets plagued with parked cars, potholes and dangerous intersections. Equal status is sweet, sweet bliss.

And if you are still one of those people who drive from main campus to downtown and back, you definitely need to perk up your ears. I used to be one of you. I used to struggle day in and day out with the lack of parking space around Klai hall, used to yell at my windshield when trying to park at Renaissance and used to throw fits any time I got a parking ticket. If the prospect of no parking woes, no ticket fees and less gas out of your tank isn’t enough to get you riding your bike, I don’t know what is.

So for anyone who is (al-ready) fed up with the bus schedule, anyone who has a mere 15 minutes to commute from main campus to down-town, and who doesn’t want to deal with parking, I encourage you to hop on your bike. You will make Fargo’s city plan-ners and commissioners feel like they made the right deci-sion, you will get a bit of ex-ercise and a good dosage of fresh air. And last, but certainly not least, if you are switching from driving to biking, you can take a sizeable bite out of both your carbon footprint, as well as your gasoline budget.

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

Everyone has an opin-ion; they outline our person-alities and make us different from one another. We need opinions, for they help us solve problems and allow us to have different styles and personalities.

Unfortunately, most of our society has turned opin-ions into a negative subject. We find that an opinion is usually negative or some-one simply complaining. However, an opinion is only an opinion if someone dis-agrees with it; if no one dis-approved it would just be a

fact.I can be the first to admit

that my opinions have been more negative, pointing out faults and not rejoicing or commending my subjects. As this year begins, I am making a goal of having a more positive tone in my writing; this will be a chal-lenge as the upcoming elec-tions approach. However, I am not the only one with this adverse problem.

In several newspapers that I have read, I have seen a negative hue to not only the opinions, but in the en-tire document. I believe that is because we want to hear the bad. There are millions of amazing things going on in our world, but we often

don’t hear about them be-cause we are drawn to the articles of something hor-rible or devastating hap-pening. Knowing about bad things that happen is impor-tant, however so is learning about the good.

Our war in Iraq is a per-fect example. Almost every day we hear how many sol-diers die or were hurt, and respect must be given to them. However, why was there so little information on all the positive things that came from the war? We provided hope for many people, supplying them with more of a structure than they ever had, gave children happiness, and showed the world that our country will

not sit back and let terrorist attacks happen.

This is no opinion on our presence overseas, but a mere point. The point I am trying to get across is that there are good things to say even about some more neg-ative subjects. Lets try and look for these rays of hope

in our society.In order to attempt to

see the brighter side of our world, I believe there are two simple steps to do so. First, respect what others say. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and we should all understand this and open our minds to new ideas. Second, we all can try hard-er to participate in positive activities or try and change our attitudes towards them. I personally will attempt to write articles that are more than pointing out flaws and turn my tone around to a more positive tone.

Holland is a senior ma-joring in apparel and tex-tiles/retail management.

Last Thursday, Presiden-tial hopeful Mitt Romney laid out his energy policy during a speech at a truck and supply center in Hobbs, New Mexico. He outlined a plan that called for a sharp increase in domestic pro-duction of gas and oil on federal lands and in waters off the U.S. coast. Romney plans to use this policy to both restart job growth in the U.S., as well as achieve energy independence by the year 2020.

While these goals are both respectable in their own right, Romney is tak-ing the wrong approach to attaining them. His energy policy includes no recogni-tion of the reality of climate change, and it would seem that no conservative in our country has a grasp on what the term ‘non-renewable resource’ actually means. Furthermore, the former governor has turned a blind eye to the history – and pres-ent – of oil and gas develop-ment in the United States, and what it actually means for local economies.

To know what I mean, you have only to turn to any former oil boomtown in any corner of the world, be

it as far away as Venezuela or Azerbaijan, or as close to home as Texas or Penn-sylvania. Non-renewable resources are just that – non-renewable; once they are gone, there is no re-creating

them. Unlike biofuels, which

can be grown, or wind and solar energy, which will be around as long as the sun is, fossil fuels are available to us in limited supply. So when a boomtown hits its heyday, the sand in the hour-glass is already half gone, and it will only be a matter of time before the ‘boom’ turns to ‘bust.’ In no time at all, streets that once were flowing with oil and money will be home to nothing but tumbleweeds and the sad ghosts of unfulfilled dreams.

So when Mitt Romney promises “good jobs for anyone who wants one,” I can only shake my head. Sure, increasing the rate of

extraction of fossil fuels on federal lands and in coastal waters will create more jobs in the immediate future. Heck, it may even lead us to energy independence – that elusive goal of each and ev-ery president since Jimmy Carter – but how long can this pipe dream last? How long before all of the oil wells are dried up, the gas wells run dry and the top of every mountain in the Ap-palachians has been laid to rubble in the search for coal?

As so many boomtowns across the world show, the jobs created by the oil and gas industries are not long lasting. Unlike jobs created by factories, offices or small businesses, oil industry jobs cannot provide anyone with a permanent place of resi-dence to settle down, raise a family, grow old and live out the American dream. The resources that sustain their livelihood will run dry far before any such dream can be realized, and they will be forced to move on.

On top of this, extract-ing energy at a faster pace will only bring us closer to a day without fossil fuels even sooner than we already an-ticipate. So, for the jobs that are already located in the oil and gas industries, the life expectancy just got shorter.

Furthermore, with the

faster extraction of fossil fuels, any energy indepen-dence gained can only be short lived if no plan is in place to replace them with renewable energy sources. Sure, it will be a boon to our economy if we can cease to purchase our energy from locales outside of North America. But by doing so, we move forward the hour hand on the countdown to the death of fossil fuels, leaving even less time for the development of renew-able energy technologies.

This year, a significant number of tax credits for the wind power industry are set to expire. This would mean a significant blow to the economies of such states as Iowa and Colorado, where wind energy provides tens of thousands of jobs. In a statement dripping with pure hypocrisy, Romney’s policy adviser Oren Cass stated that, “[Former] Gov. Romney is focused on actu-ally setting the wind indus-try up to be a competitive, innovative industry that can succeed on its own two feet, like so many other success-ful and profitable industries in the country.”

The irony in that state-ment is at such a level that nobody outside of politics could possibly live with themselves after uttering it.

Romney is phasing out wind energy subsidies in order to force the industry to “stand on its own two feet?” In or-der that it may be come as successful as what, the fossil fuel industries?

Mr. Romney seems to have forgotten that fossil fuel companies receive far more American tax dollars in the form of subsidies than any renewable industry. That’s correct folks; those companies – ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, Hallibur-ton – that turn in millions of dollars of profit every quar-ter are being subsidies with millions of our tax dollars each and every year. And re-newable energy? The energy industries that will certainly be providing our society with its energy needs after the fossil fuels run dry? Mr. Romney will turn them out and throw them to the dogs.

With goals as lofty as energy independence and jobs for all, shouldn’t a president’s energy policy be progressive? Shouldn’t it look to the future, and learn from the examples of the past, rather than rolling in the greedy, wasteful reek of the present?

Nathan is a senior ma-joring in landscape archi-tecture. Follow him on twit-ter @nwstottler.

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Fargo’s new bike lanes are a blessing for students “Streets that once were

flowing with oil and money will be home to nothing but tumble-weeds and the sad ghosts of unfulfilled dreams.”

“Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and we should all under-stand this and open our minds to new ideas”

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Lots of days I feel like an odd hybrid between a twelve-year-old overdosing on sugar and an elderly cat lady. Let me explain. I have a youthful, eccentric mania that leads me to constantly be in motion, trying new ideas and struggling to relax. Yet I am also a homebody content to spend a Friday night in my pajamas. My boyfriend and I moved into an apartment in July. Although it is decidedly non-traditional and not the preferred choice of either of our parents, it is what works best for us. Luckily our par-ents have both embraced our decision and been sup-portive. Ever since then, my mom has lovingly joked that I am in the ‘nesting stage.’ “Nesting?” I quizzically asked my mom.

She explained and it goes a little something like this. Nesting is an innate instinct when mothers of the animal kingdom began preparing their proverbial ‘nests’ for raising a family. While nest-ing obviously does not apply to humans quite as literally as birds, it is nonetheless a stage that can bring out some pret-ty strange instincts and urges. Oh God, I sighed, “Am I re-ally getting that old?” My mom said she remembered doing the same things around my age and laughed as she looked at the assortment of recipes, crafts and home

décor projects scattered throughout the apartment.

See, I used to despise crafts. While I spent most of my formative years hunched over a book or writing, I could not muster the pa-tience or creativity to do art. In school, I would have rather done a spelling bee or mad-minute math than arts and crafts. During crafts, I inevitably ended up a mess of glitter, feathers and tears. I spent the required art class in junior high goofing off. After toiling over a ceramic mass I called a hippopotamus named Hester, my spirits were crushed when my sister asked why I made a pig blue. Evidently, I never thought I would be an avid Pinterest user, much less have half of the hall closet devoted to my crafting supplies and bins.

My evolution from being a craft-hater to a craft-mak-er was slow. I have always adamantly insisted that I am not creative and like every other facet of my life, I was plagued by self-doubt. My patient, kind friend would always encourage me to try new projects with her. I’d insist my project was woe-fully inadequate compared to hers. Comparison is the arch nemesis of creativity, and for that matter, self-esteem. The final project might not look like a carbon copy of the picture inspiration or like my friend’s ornate project; it is still something unique, something to call my own.

Thus, I began crafting and ‘nesting’ my little heart

out. This is where the youth-ful mania comes in. I tend to be all or nothing. The first few weeks of cohabita-tion, I was threatening to put myself into a home-making, craft induced coma. My boy-friend came in as I was ham-mering away at nine at night completely oblivious to the neighbors’ sleep and encour-aged me to take a break. “It will all be here tomorrow,” he told me. Alas, I put down the hammer and hot glue gun for the night, albeit reluc-tantly.

Doing little projects and crafts have been a fun new hobby, but also taught me lessons that I might not have internalized. I learned that part of the fun in creating and trying something new is the mess along the way. I learned that mistakes and imperfec-tions happen, and I can either embrace them or start from scratch if I feel so inclined.

Now, I would like to ad-dress my boyfriend who is sweet and patient enough to proofread my writing and to other guys in long-term relationships that might be freaked out by their girl-friend’s “nesting” habits. Nesting does not necessarily mean wanting babies (yet). Rather, nesting is the process of turning a house from mine and his separately into ours. It doesn’t get much more dis-gustingly lovey-dovey than that, my friends.

Tessa is a senior major-ing in English.

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Times have changed. Rules have changed. The game has changed. Football has come a long way in the last 10 years. Some of that is good, some is bad, and other changes are just out of neces-sity.

Football now stands on its own pedestal as the most popular sport in America to-day. Yet fans of this game are complaining now more than ever, especially when it comes to the NFL. In some cases, all the fussing is understandable. It particularly is irritating to hear about all the arrests that occur during the offseason and even throughout the regu-lar season. I mean, the Detroit Lions could probably give the Sons of Anarchy crew a run for their money on days spent in jail.

But even with all the hoopla off the field, the main thing fans are complaining about happens to be the main issue in the NFL, and football in general. Concussions.

Obviously fans aren’t complaining about the num-ber of concussions that occur, more so about the restrictions the league has enforced to diminish the injury. One of the most scrutinized policy, which began last year, is moving the kickoff up five yards to the 35-yard line. Kickoff returns, arguably the most exciting part of games, but also the most dangerous, is now overwhelmed with touchbacks.

Complaints upon com-plaints have been heard on TV, in the newspapers, and at your local sports bars. I dis-like this rule just as much as others, but I ask these fans to sincerely look at the situation commissioner Roger Goodell is in. Stuck in between crabby fans and lawsuit-filing former NFL players, Goodell had to make a choice. I believe he made the right one.

Concussions have always been a part of football. But the lasting damage sustained

from concussions has recently been under the scope. A string of former players have com-mitted suicide and the deaths may be linked through brain-related injuries sustained dur-ing their playing days.

Goodell has no other op-tion. Getting rid of concus-sions completely may be next to impossible. But if the com-missioner has to make a poli-cy, such as moving the kick-off up, that will greatly reduce concussions, he should not hesitate. And he didn’t.

Whether fans like it or not, the game is changing. If a safer game means a slightly less exciting game, then we may all just have to bite our tongues. Complaining about something that could possibly save lives, even if it’s one, is going to get you nowhere.

I think one reason most fans moan about all the safety measures is because they are not familiar with concus-sions. They see a dazed line-backer walk off the field fine and they think he should get right back in there after a few plays. The thing with concus-sions is that no one knows if one has occurred until the recipient has taken a proper test. Even trainers are still fa-miliarizing themselves with the symptoms and whether a player is ok to continue play-ing or not.

Here at NDSU, Sam Ojuri and Grant Olson, both huge contributors to their respec-tive sides of the ball, were held out of some fall camp practices due to concussion symptoms. Although it was just a minor thing, precau-tions were taken place and likely prevented more serious symptoms to occur.

Player safety is the num-ber one goal these days. That sounds weird when it comes to such a violent game like foot-ball. But that is where we’re at today. Changes have been made and more may come. Football is football though, and true fans will continue to watch every weekend, where the only moaning will be about play-calls, turnovers, and hangovers.

While listening to a sports analyst talk about a team’s chance of making a playoff run and eventually winning a championship, one constant factor is always highlighted: veteran leader-ship. This is something the Bison football team knows about all too well. Coming into the 2011 season the first team defense was littered with seniors. Battle tested veterans Coulter Boyer and Preston Evans carried the best defense in the FCS throughout the champion-ship season. The experience and senior leadership may have been the most powerful attribute of that team. What about this season?

Not so much. Sure, play-making defensive backs Colten Heagle and Marcus Williams have returned,

but it fails in comparison to what the 2011 team had. Coach Bohl knows this and explained experience as one of the glaring weaknesses of the team on the Front Row Show on the radio station, “Mighty 790” last week. Bohl is aware of the impor-tance of having guys on the field that have been there before. Guys who won’t panic if a play breaks down, if opponents shows a dif-ferent formation, guys Bohl can trust in the heat of the moment. One of the players Bohl was counting on to be one of those few leaders in the trenches was senior line-backer, Brandon Jemison.

As I’m sure many of you have heard, Jemison was dismissed from the team earlier this month for what Coach Bohl referred to as, “breaking team rules.” The ambiguity of Bohl’s state-ment has left this question unanswered: Exactly what

did a senior, on his last sea-son of eligibility do to get kicked-off the team?

Jemison was coming off his least productive season in his remarkable career at NDSU, tallying only 43 total tackles in an injury riddled season in which he made only five starts.

Coach Bohl has been known to run a no nonsense program which I applaud him for. There is no excuse for a Bison athlete to be put-ting themself in a situation that can hurt the reputation of a program, let alone do it during fall camp.

One may argue: why would Bohl be so quick in dismissing a veteran player after one slip up? We con-stantly see colligate athletes running into trouble with the law. Former Notre Dame wide receiver and Minne-sota native, Michael Floyd had several DUI arrest and was only suspended, never

dismissed. Should we be questioning the importance of Jemison, who was in his last year and coming off a tricky hip injury? Would Coach Bohl done the same to let’s say Ryan Smith or Billy Turner?

I hope to never find out the answer to the ladder of those questions. But I do believe that Bohl, without hesitation, booted Jemison because of his deteriorating role on the team. The emer-gence of stars Travis Beck and Carlton Littlejohn have made the second level of our defense crowded with little elbow room. Jemison has made over 25 starts in his career at NDSU and his presence will be felt.

It was a tragic way to end a spectacular career for Jemison and a start to the season the Bison cannot af-ford.

The game is changing

Dismissing seasoned veteran raises curiosity

Sam HerderSports Editor

Joe KerlinContributing Writer

NDSU’s freshman Lizzie Lukas’ first goal of her ca-reer was a big one. In the 84th minute, Lukas scored the winning goal on Friday to give the Bison their first win over Eastern Washing-ton, 3-2.

The win was the first career victory for first-year head coach, Mark Cook.

The Bison hit the score-board first. Sophomore Jac-lyn Scanlan scored in the seventh minute, but Eastern Washington was quick to re-spond with a score of their own at the 14th minute.

NDSU took the lead again in the 63rd minute with a shot from senior Hol-ly Christian, with Scanlan contributing with the assist. Again, Eastern Washington struck back. Just five min-

utes later, Alisha Stott knot-ted the match at 2-2.

The deciding goal oc-curred in the 84th minute. Lukas took a pass from red-shirt freshman Mary Kram-beer and snuck a shot into the net.

The Bison (1-2-0) were outshot by an 18-13 margin overall and a 10-6 margin in shots on goal. NDSU has yet to outshoot an opponent this season. Redshirt freshman

goalkeeper Sierra Bonham grabbed eight saves in the victory. Scanlan led NDSU’s offensive charge with her goal, assist and four shots.

The Herd will be back in action on Sunday, Aug. 26, when they travel to Moscow, Idaho. The match is set for 3 p.m. (CT).

Bison soccer picks up first win over Eastern Washington


For the Bison volley-ball team, their highly an-ticipated season started sour. NDSU faced Northern Il-linois and came away with a 3-2 loss on Friday. They then dropped their second straight game against New Mexico State, 3-1 on Satur-day.

On Friday, it was North-ern Illinois’ MacKenzie Roddy who sparked her team to a 25-23, 27-25, 18-25, 20-25, 15-10 win. Roddy has a match-high 18 kills for her team which has three starters back from last year’s Mid-American Conference and NCAA tournament ap-

pearance.Down 2-0, NDSU battled

back to tie the match at 2-2 but could not come away with the victory.

“We were going to be here for the long haul,” said head coach Kari Thompson. “Whether we came out with a win or a loss, we were go-ing to sit here and make it a 5-set match.”

For NDSU, Brynn Joki led the way with 14 kills and 17 digs. Lauren Cam-mack and Megan Lambert-son each has 13 and 11 kills, respectively.

Freshman setter Emily Reise had a nice debut, re-cording 30 assists and five digs.

“When you go down 0-2 in someone’s home court, it’s definitely going to take

a lot of physical, but then a lot of the mental focus,” said coach Thompson. “I think we were really mentally fo-cused for two sets and then once things kind of started to fall apart in the fifth, we didn’t bounce back.”

The Bison had a quick chance to avenge their loss, but were unable to do so against New Mexico State Saturday. Meredith Hays, last year’s Western Athletic Conference freshman of the year, had 25 kills to lead NMSU to a 28-26, 12-25, 25-17, 25-22 win.

“We just have to keep getting better,” said coach Thompson. “That’s what we’re here to do and we want to keep challenging ourselves.”

NDSU held a 22-16 lead

in the first set but could not maintain that lead. In the second set, the Bison started strong again and built a 14-4 advantage. This time, the Herd did not let up and tied the match at 1-1.

New Mexico State start-ed on 7-0 runs in the third and fourth set and the Bison never had a chance to gain a lead, losing both sets and the match.

NDSU’s Carissa Whalen and Lambertson each had eight and seven kills, respec-tively. Brynn Joki, despite hitting only .070, led the Bi-son with 12 kills.

The Herd closes out tournament play at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 26 against Wichita State.

NDSU volleyball loses first 2 on roadSam HerderSports Editor

STUDENT TICKET RESERVATION SCHEDULEDate Opponent Reservation Dates (8- 2:45 p.m. Mon- Fri.)

Sept. 1 Robert Morris Aug. 27-31Sept. 22 Prairie View A&M Sept. 17-21Oct. 6 Youngstown State (Homecoming) Oct. 1-5Oct. 13 Indiana State Oct. 8-12Oct. 27 Southern Illinois Oct. 22-26Nov. 10 South Dakota State Nov. 5-9

NDSU athletics announces student football ticket dates


The student football ticket dates for home games in the 2012 season has been announced.

Students may claim their tickets online at http://www.gobison.com/students, which will be activated on Monday, Aug. 27th at 8a.m. Using their NDSU User-name and Password, stu-dents will be able to reserve a ticket onto their student ID card. An email confirmation

will be sent out.Tickets may be claimed

starting the Monday of game week beginning at 8 a.m. and going until the tickets run out or Friday of game week at 2:45 p.m. If all tickets are reserved, stu-dents can add their name to the waiting list. Students

who receive tickets from the waitlist will receive email confirmation.

If a student reserves a ticket and cannot attend, they can return the ticket with the same method they used to reserve the ticket.

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