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ENROLLMENT SPIKES

The University of North Dakota and North Dakota State Univer-

sity are both reporting an increase in enrollment numbers in com-parison to last year. Although both universities have shown an increase in overall enrollment, UND has

overshadowed NDSU with 13,431 students (a 6.9 percent increase from last year’s statistics). NDSU wasn’t far behind with a total of 14, 204 students (a two percent increase). The increase here is partly due to a healthy growth across the board for UND. According to a university press release, the graduate program showed the greatest increase with 2,400 students (up 15 percent from last year). Just behind the graduate students, the number of transfer stu-dents increased nine percent with a total of 812. The freshmen class has

also increased 6 percent from last year with a total of 2,113 students. In the press release when asked to explain the rise in enrollment UND President Robert O’Kelley responded: “UND has emerged as a nationally ranked research univer-sity with a strong liberal arts core surrounded by a constellation of professional programs. Our focus on teaching and learning and our growing scholarly reputation are attracting the best and brightest

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INCREASE UND sees a 6.9 percent elevation in student body for the 2010-2011 academic year.

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RESTRICTION Employ-ees and patrons of local establishments comment on the recent change.

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With school back in session, it’s hard not to notice the increase of traffi c in the streets. Students walk, ride bikes, drive cars and take the bus to various locations of their next important class, but amongst

the many automobiles traveling on the streets, there are two that are striving to make Grand Forks a more eco-friendly city.

The Cities Area Transit (CAT) has recently begun to use two hy-brid busses as part of their public transportation system. For the next three weeks, the busses will be used for two of the cities busiest routes. After that, they will begin to run on University Avenue for another three weeks. Dale Bergman, CAT’s Transportation Superintendant,

said they would be looking at how well the busses perform on each route. They want to use the new hybrids to their fullest potential, so the reduced fuel emissions and fuel savings of each route will come into question. Bergman says that we could expect to see a 15 to 30 percent saving in fuel, a 50 percent reduction in emissions and better miles per gallon, the hybrids get-

Smokers, bars adjust to ban

TRANSPORTATION Citywide public transit system recieves newer, greener vehicles.

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The hazy and highly addictive element of bar culture has disap-peared from the bustling nightlife scene in Grand Forks. Earlier this summer, the Grand Forks City Council voted to disallow cigarettes in bars, casinos and truck stops.

The vote was a 3-3 tie until ban en-thusiast, Mayor Mike Brown, broke it. As of August 15th, club hoppers are expected to reside at least fi fteen feet from the entrance of their favorite establishment if they hope to light up. The decision to exclude smok-ing from clubs has raised a debate between some bar owners who fear that business may suffer and pa-trons who like to go out, but hate coming in smelling like smoke.

On a busy weekend night, Joe

Black’s tavern and restaurant has been known to hold close to three hundred people within the two level club. Bartender Mike Wegsc-heider estimates over one fourth of these patrons were regularly smok-ing inside this bar before the ban.

“When you get that many peo-ple in this place smoking, it’s almost like a haze. And this place has high ceilings,” comments Wegsheider.

Wegscheider says attendance at the popular downtown hot spot has been practically the same since the ordinance took place mid Au-

gust. “I for sure

like it better. I can come home from work and not smell like smoke. My eyes don’t burn anymore,” says Mike. “I think the people for

sure appreciate a cleaner bar.” When asked if there had been

any blatant protests from regulars who enjoyed smoking at the bar, Wegscheider claimed that there had been no negative discourse be-

‘I for sure like it...I can come home from work and not smell like smoke.

Mike WegscheiderBartender, Joe Black’s

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World Brief ‘Rebuild America’ rallys in Detroit

>NAOMI R. PATTONDetroit Free Press

DEMONSTRATION Bernero, Jesse Jackson, UAW headline march for justice, jobs and equality.

D E T RO I T — T h o u s a n d s of people made their way from Jefferson Avenue in downtown Detroit to Grand Circus Park in what was billed as a march to “re-build America” for jobs, justice and peace.

The march, on the anniver-sary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s march on Washing-ton, brought many of Michigan’s Democratic politicians—many of whom were attending the party’s convention at Cobo Center. The march and rally were organized by the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and the United Auto Workers union.

Along the way, the march grew as convention-goers and others joined in. Among the marchers were the Rev. Jesse Jack-son; Bob King, UAW president; Mayor Dave Bing; U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit; U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif.; Congressman-elect and state Sen. Hansen Clarke, D-Detroit; and Democratic gubernatorial can-didate and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, and his running mate Southfi eld Mayor Brenda Law-rence.

Workers from the United Auto Workers, Service Employees International Union, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Michigan Council 25, American Federation of Teachers and the Detroit Pub-lic Schools fi lled the Washington

Boulevard and Grand Circus Park, advocating for jobs.

“We’re not here to tear any-body down ... to divide anybody ... we care about all the unem-ployed in America,” King said.

He also asked the crowd to return for the city’s annual Labor Day march next week, and to vote in the November elections.

“We have to put Americans to work,” he said.

“I care about jobs,” said Tanya Ball, 44, who works at the Ford Wayne Assembly Plant and at-tended the march with her sister, Betty Ball, 55, both of Inkster. “I just came in the spirit of what was

happening to our people 47 years ago (during the riots in Detroit) ... there’s hardly any change,” Betty Ball said.

Tom Hopp, 52, of Lake Orion, said he has always been a fan of Jackson’s and came to the march to support the call for jobs. He has worked for General Motors Lake Orion for 32 years.

“It’s never a waste of a day coming out to an event like this,” he said.

Though political speeches and slogans nearly dominated the day’s event, it was Conyers who reminded the crowd of about 5,000 of the historical signifi -

cance of the day. It was King’s march down Woodward Av-enue with then-UAW President Walter Reuther that served as the precursor to the march on Washington in which King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.

“We’re celebrating jobs, foreclosure moratoriums, uni-versal health care – cheer for that,” he said.

“Today’s march commemo-rates one of the most important days in our history,” Bing said after the march. “Our greatest challenge is creating jobs and that’s something I will continue to fi ght to bring to Detroit.”

Doug Gardner of River Rouge, Mich., makes his statement during the Rebuild America: Jobs, Justice and Peace march on Saturday, August 28, in Detroit.

Governor’s assassination causes unrestSECURITY From one Afghan setback, United States’ strategy man-ages to fi nd success.

>DION NISSENBAUMMcClatchy NewspapersARGHANDAB, Afghanistan

—Chris Harich was catching up on e-mails at his cramped south-ern Afghanistan offi ce in mid-June when a colleague popped his head in to deliver the news: The Arghandab district governor, America’s main political point man in the volatile valley, had just been assassinated.

Harich, 35, hired by the State Department for a year to help Afghans build their government and legal system, was stunned, and the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy in this showcase district of embattled Kandahar province

was suddenly very much in ques-tion.

“I was devastated,” said Harich, a lawyer, former white-water rafting guide, U.S. Ma-rine Corps veteran from Baton Rouge, La., and the only State Department political strategist in Arghandab. The district gover-nor, Haji Abdul Jabar, “had been my mentor, my teacher, my ad-viser and my friend. He was al-most like a grandfather to me. It was a big blow to my morale.”

In many parts of Afghanistan, a political assassination such as this would have been a fatal blow to American attempts to set up a competent local government.

Insurgent assassinations of Afghan leaders averaged about one a day in the fi rst six months of this year, according to the Af-ghanistan NGO Safety Offi ce, an independent group that analyzes

security risks for aid groups.In Arghandab, however, lo-

cals picked a strong successor to Jabar, reinforcing a U.S. strategy that’s been plagued by more set-backs than successes.

The aftermath of the assas-sination puts a spotlight on the largely overlooked civilian surge that’s as critical to the U.S. strat-egy in Afghanistan as the infl ux of 30,000 additional American fi ghters is.

The number of American ci-vilians working at remote Afghan bases has grown nearly fi vefold over the past year, to 300 from 65. Their challenge is to synchro-nize military operations with po-litical development.

“You can’t get security until you have stability, but you can’t have stability without gover-nance,” said one Western strate-gist in Arghandab who was given

permission by the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to speak only if his name wasn’t used.

Within days of the assassina-tion, local offi cials bypassed a candidate preferred by U.S. of-fi cials and selected a boisterous fruit trader to succeed Jabar as district governor.

Although he was a wild card to Harich and his American col-leagues, Haji Shah Mohammed Ahmadi quickly became an out-spoken leader and a reliable U.S. ally.

“Jabar’s death, though a very bad thing, did nothing more than solidify the government he started,” said Army Lt. Col. Guy Jones, the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division forces from Fort Bragg, N.C., in the Arghandab district. “That will

Detained Americans in Iran expecting verdict

TEHRAN, Iran—The case of the three Americans detained in Iran is to be closed soon, Ira-nian Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi said Saturday.

“The investigations in the case of the three (Americans) is nearing its end and the verdict to be announced soon,” Moslehi told ISNA news agency.

Iranian authorities arrested Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal more than a year ago when they allegedly crossed an unmarked border into Iran while hiking in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

The three hikers’ mothers were allowed to visit them for the fi rst time in May and despite hopes, there was no release then on humanitarian grounds.

Tehran earlier this month re-jected a call by President Barack Obama to release the three Amer-ican hikers, saying Obama would have no role in the legal process and his efforts for their release would remain futile.

The three hikers also face spying charges but the Iranian foreign ministry said that the main charge against the three was still illegal entry into Iran and es-pionage charges have not yet been fully confi rmed but were still be-ing investigated.Egypt to inspect all art collections to avoid theft

CAIRO, Egypt—Egypt’s Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni formed several committees to con-duct an evaluation and inventory of all antiquities and masterpieces in museums across the country in the wake of the theft of a priceless Vincent van Gogh painting, his offi ce said on Saturday.

“All art and national museums will do a comprehensive assess-ment to gather all data about their collections,” the ministry said in a statement, without elaborating further about the inventory.

The committees, which were created in the wake of an embar-rassing robbery of the van Gogh artwork last week, will report on a daily basis to the minister.

Last week, the ministry launched plans to set up a secu-rity control room to monitor all museums after thieves made off in broad daylight with a valu-able painting by the Dutch Post-Impressionist from Cairo’s Mah-moud Khalil Museum, on the west bank of the Nile.

The robbery of van Gogh’s “Poppy Flowers” painting, re-portedly worth an estimated $50 million, was blamed on poor se-curity, including broken cameras and a failed alarm system at the museum.

A deputy minister and four museum employees were arrest-ed, accused of negligence and not enforcing better security measures to protect the collections.

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Pakistan has suffered its worse natural disaster to date, but with the news concentrating on Glenn Beck’s rally and President Obama’s [supposed] mystery religion, we haven’t seen much coverage of the catastrophe.

According to MSNBC, “the disaster has killed at least 1,643 people, forced more than six million from their homes, and infl icted billions of dollars of damage to infra-structure and the vital agriculture sector.”

Monsoons in late July are to blame for the fl oods, al-though the issues continue to grow even after the storms. Standing water is a major threat, as disease can spread rampantly.

To make the matters even worse, the death toll is pre-dicted to rise signifi cantly as more bodies are found—it’s almost impossible to know the numbers, because the fl ood has separated families. The country is in utter turmoil, yet the attention paid to this disaster has not at all represented its seriousness.

It’s true that we’re still in the wake of the Haiti tragedy, and along with the fi ve year anniversary of Hurricane Ka-trina, the attention may be simply elsewhere which could explain the negligible media interest.

There is a sneaking suspicion, however, that Pakistan is not seeing its name in print as much as it should simply because it is, well, Pakistan.

Islam is the state religion in Pakistan, which is prac-ticed by nearly the entire population. With the increas-ingly outspoken war against Muslims in our own country, it seems that the reaction to a tragedy in an Islamic nation would be quite different compared to a country like Haiti which is predominately Catholic.

That is not to say that the United States is doing noth-ing. We have given over 200 million in aid to the country, although that does little to stop the anti-American senti-ment. At the same time we are giving aid packages, we are bombing different parts of Pakistan, in the seemingly never ending “War on Terror.”

This ambivalent attitude toward the country could be the reason the reaction to the fl oods is rather odd. It’s a humanitarian crisis mixed with a war-time attitude, and people do not know how to respond to that. Innocent ci-vilians have died and the survivors are disbursed, but when they come from a country that has strained ties with the U.S., fewer people seem to care.

We need to remember that people of all faiths and creeds deserve the basic human materials to live, and Amer-icans should be there to lend a hand in a number of ways: aid, news coverage, sincere concern and support. If you want to donate to the cause, you can go to www.WorldVi-sion.org/PakistanFloods among many other sites.

And, as with any world crisis, one of the best things you can do is to just remain open-minded and informed.

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(Re)discovering Grand ForksWhether we like it or not, Fall is

now upon us. Hordes of freshman are making the annual right-of-passage stumbles over the Coulee and across Columbia Road and back for a night of “academic tours” of the Greek houses on campus complete with ful-ly-laden backpacks fi lled with what I can only assume are books for this se-mester’s classes.

Dining Services and the Parking Offi ce continue to wage an ever-con-stant battle to see who can increase their prices more indiscriminately. Right now, the Parking Offi ce is win-ning, with their poor customer service and lack of actual improvement in in-frastructure. These two things are just two examples of what new students, faculty and staff to the area have to look forward to in the coming months and years. For those of you that have just arrived in the Grand Cities, wel-

come! This marks my fi fth year writing a

“Welcome to UND” column. Things in the twin cities of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks have changed greatly during that time. Restaurants have come and go, stores have opened and closed, and global warming has yet to hit our winters, much to the dismay

of those of us here in January and February. For such a small city, there’s a fair amount of new things to learn about, see and do. As a voice of experience, hav-ing been here for the past six years, I’ve experienced

almost everything there is to see, hear and do in these Grand Cities. Here’s your (brief ) guide of the places and people you need to hear about in your academic and professional careers.

Grand Forks’ mayor is Mike Brown. He can sometimes be seen in the com-munity and on campus. Mayor Brown is an OBGYN--Freshmen hopefully won’t need his prenatal services during

their sentences here. The President of the University of North Dakota, Rob-ert Kelley, can often be found in and around his lair in Twamley Hall. Un-like past presidents of UND, Kelley is a very student-focused administrator that genuinely cares about our con-cerns as paying customers of the uni-versity. If you get the chance, introduce yourself to him or any member of his cabinet (those people with titles like “Vice President” and fancy nametags). The administration here at UND used to be markedly less friendly toward stu-dents, but has seen several changes in personnel that have greatly improved the student experience here.

In Grand Forks proper, there are several places to go and things to see that are out of the ordinary for Grand Forks. Stop by the North Dakota Mu-seum of Art behind Twamley Hall for a dose of culture unlike anywhere else in GFK. Their current exhibits: Fantastic and No Lo Se are fascinating and very different. Get over your hangover and stop by the Farmer’s Market in down-town on Saturday mornings. Fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs abound.

Leaving comfort zone useful

It is at moments like this when I ask what I’ve gotten myself into. I’m not, surprisingly, referring to the fact that it is only the second weekend of this spry semester and I, a junior, who -let’s be honest with ourselves-should’ve gotten the hang of this “going out” and “hav-ing plans” bit by now, am instead sitting in my dorm room writing my very fi rst opinion column.

My anxiety also has nothing to do with the fact that this column works un-der the two delusional assumptions that I have wise advice (a stretch, indeed) to impart upon my fellow students and that even if I did, anyone would listen. Right now my heart is beating, mind racing, palms–well, my palms are fi ne, but still. This is severe.

There’s a lump in my throat, my stomach perhaps, all because I have de-cided to audition for a musical. And be-lieve you me, anyone who has heard me sing lately would agree with the stomach

prognosis. You might ask yourself why anyone

would put themselves through something that the mere thought of makes them physically ill. That’s a good question. It’s my mom’s fault, really; she cared about my feelings when I was younger and said “Sure, honey” when I asked if I could be Annie when I grew up. I had the curly hair; I was search-ing around for an orphaned dog...It felt meant to be. Needless to say, I didn’t become An-nie, and my small town adolescence came and went with very little opportunities in the musical theater world at my beck and call.

Although I was a mess of nerves as I read through online monologues this morning, I take comfort in the fact that I’m doing it. This fall I will audition for UND’s production of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” quite simply because at one point I would have

given anything for one lousy chance to be apart of a musical, regardless of my involvement’s capacity.

It would appear as though I am faced with two choices: 1) to get over myself and wolf this audition, or 2) to chicken out and fl ee in shame every time I see a

DS reader. I’m choosing

option one be-cause I don’t think I could physically take on a horde of angry readers and live, and because I earnestly believe that some things are worth getting

a little stomach-throaty over. Because misery loves company (and it does love company); and because I plan on visibly making a fool of myself on a stage in a few short hours (palms!); and because I truly believe that doing so will make us

‘Stop by the North Dakota Museum of Art behind Twam-ley Hall...

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Can you smell that? It is the start of fall and the school year. That can only mean one thing: the start of football season. Now, I know that the Viking’s loss to the Saints left a sour taste in many of this university’s students’ mouths, but that season is not the one I am re-ferring to. I am talking about fantasy football! “Fantasy football?” You might ask, “that child-ish thing online boys do?” Well, not entirely.

My most favorite league, “The Whiney Girls Club”, was started by me my freshman year at UND and has evolved into a constant discussion piece between friends for at least nine months during the year.

We have a facebook group page that we use to discuss league topics, ideas, etc. Beyond the fact that I love fantasy football, it is a great way to extend friendships within the dorms. My first week of school I went to every guy in the wing asking if they wanted to play; this was a great way to meet people and to have something to talk about beyond the fact that our quiet hours were unfair.

This league presents many challenges be-yond just trying to beat your friends. Last year, the big sleeper picks were Miles Austin and Ce-dric Benson. They swung a few teams from middle of the pack to top teams even though they came out of left field.

Predicting that kind of outbreak is what separates the men from the boys. Thus, my picks sent me to the middle of the pack. I would personally like to thank Matt Forte for making my team be awful last year. When you are drafted 5th overall, you are supposed to be good; I guess he never got the message.

Solid early picks and at least one great sleep-er are what’s needed to be successful. While I have rarely had the number overall pick in a draft, for the sake of this column, lets pretend that I do. I absolutely love Chris Johnson. I love that he went to East Carolina. I love when he breaks free around the end. I love that he has the gold grill. I love that he wants to race Usain Bolt (I guess that if I could run a 4.2 forty yard time, I would, too).

However, I don’t love his chances at repeat-ing last year’s 2000 yard season. Even though he is a young guy and his legs may still be fresh, there has never been a running back to get more than 1600 yards the year after rushing for 2000 (thank you AP for the info). So as much as I love Chris Johnson, my love isn’t for his duplication of a great season.

Last year, quarterbacks led the way as far as overwhelming success went. Two years ago, I drafted Kurt Warner very late in the draft as my so-called “sleeper pick.” Well, he led his team to resurgence in the desert and me to the number one seed in the playoffs (of course only to be upset). Picking sleepers is seemingly easy, but if you hit the jackpot it can lead to glory.

The player that I most want to draft late this year and hope for his best is Kevin Kolb. During the 2009 season, he stepped in for Donovan McNabb for two weeks and played remarkably well as a rookie—741 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions. All 3 of his interceptions came in a game where he was asked to throw 51 times against a New Orleans team that ended up winning by 26 points. He is currently the projected starter, and if he does not fall to injury, he could have a very nice year.

Now, I am not saying he is going to throw up Manning, Brady or Brees numbers, but he has the opportunity to be a very nice pickup

Fantasy Football

Stonings a current problem

Several months ago, I was given the opportunity to see the film “The Stoning of Soraya M.” through the Global Visions Film Series. As a loyal audience member, I consistently tried to attend the various screenings with little to no knowledge of the films’ con-tents. Despite this, I shouldn’t have been as surprised as I was when a stoning oc-curred.

Prior to see-ing the film, I had generally visualized stonings as Biblical punishments and blew them off as ancient equivalents to capital punishment, only with an emphasis on adulteresses.

These previous, Sunday school-influ-enced conceptions of stonings as righteous actions did not prepare me at all for what I was to see in “The Stoning.” In the film, based on a book written by a reporter who was given the story by a witness, Soraya M., an Iranian woman, is accused of adultery and is to be stoned to death.

Throughout my viewing experience, I desperately hoped Soraya would live and reign victorious over the extremist, patriar-chal society in which she lived and even be-lieved that she might survive, even though the film’s title should have made the result-ing stoning apparent. And so when the ex-ecution itself finally rolled around, I was stunned by the sheer violence of the event. Even as a reproduction, the scene is prob-ably one of the most brutal things I have ever seen. I cannot begin to imagine what the real event would be like.

Because the film is probably somewhat difficult to obtain and stonings are not well

publicized, I will describe the elements of a stoning, based on the film’s depiction. I’m not completely confident all stonings are identical to the stoning of Soraya, as they are not exactly public, media-covered events, although I imagine they are at least somewhat similar.

First, the accused (often a woman), is forced into a pit and is then encased in dirt to ensure he or she will not be going

anywhere. Then, people throw stones at the ac-cused until they are dead. For some reason, I had imagined this as a brief process. It is not. It was long and very diffi-cult to watch.

Upon thinking about the issue further, I find my horrified reaction to

this all quite interesting. I like to think of myself as a cultural relativist, which means that I try to see beyond a Western cultural lens and approach issues from a more ex-pansive, relativistic perspective. Cultural relativism is often brought up with contro-versies like female genital modification and bride burning, cultural practices deeply im-bedded in their respective societies.

Cultural relativism has sort of a nega-tive reputation outside of anthropology; one of my psychology textbooks stated that cultural relativists were able to justify geno-cide and could actually support it, but this is cultural relativism taken to its extreme.

The point of cultural relativism is to understand other cultures and their prac-tices, but I can’t seem to understand ston-ings. I understand the circumstances that allowed the stoning of Soraya to occur, but I can’t allow the strong and solid presence of patriarchy in Iran to serve as a justifi-cation for such violence. I can’t justify or really understand anything about the ston-ing, but maybe I shouldn’t be able to.

Perhaps the role of intent in all of this is

the determining factor. To elaborate, female genital modification occurs in multiple con-texts, not all of which are the oppressive act that attracts media attention; some contexts actually express female empowerment and are the result of a conscious choice. Ston-ings, however, appear to be filled with hate; the throwing of the stone is a very involved act and the victim, at least in Soraya’s case, can identify the executioners.

Such apparent violence and brutality seem like a fixture of the past, but stonings are actually still a current issue; they’ve been present in the headlines lately. Specifically, I want to discuss Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. Ashtiani is currently being held by the Iranian government and is sentenced to death by stoning for possibly commit-ting adulterous acts.

The evidence, as in Soraya’s case, isn’t particularly convincing. Unlike Soraya’s case, Ashtiani’s situation is quite public and has already instigated multiple protests around the world. Unlike Soraya’s stoning, this one can actually be stopped.

Stonings have the potential to become a thing of the past. I strongly encourage viewing “The Stoning of Soraya M.” to un-derstand the situation more. It’s difficult to watch, but an entirely necessary experience. I’ve also found that letter-writing and peti-tion-signing actually works and can make a difference.

Stonings are characterized by “cruel and unusual” and have no place in today’s world. Ashtiani wrote in a letter—“I think to myself, how can anybody be prepared to throw stones at me; to aim at my face and hands? Why?”

I don’t have an answer, nor should one exist.

>MaDi WhitManThe Dakota Student

‘Generals’ cause unforseen issuesI’m one of those weird people who were

counting the days down until the start of school. I raided the shelves of Wal-Mart for cheap and neon colored school supplies at ri-diculously low prices. About a week before my return to educational bliss, I loaded all of my highlighters, notebooks and pens into my bag and placed it by my bedroom door (so that I’d be ready at a moment’s notice in case the start of school was pushed forward for any reason).

Now I was prepared; I had my supplies in order and was sure that my first week would go off as uneventful as the previous three. I was excited for my senior status and the con-trol I felt it would give me over campus and the respect it would surely garnish me from my peers.

I ended up enrolling in a science class due to the sudden realization that I was slightly short on my generals (note to all freshman holding this amazing student newspaper in your hands: get your generals out of the way because nothing feels more awkward and em-barrassing than having your classmates call you ma’am or ask you to buy them booze). Unfortunately for me, this class ended up be-ing on the opposite side of campus than my other, major-related classes, so I had to sprint in order to make it on time (no small feat, con-sidering that I had felt a skirt was the way to make a decent first impression).

With scarcely a minute to spare I rushed

into geology and snagged a spot in the back row on the end. It took me roughly a min-ute to realize that I was unable to hear the professor or see the board. Did I let this get me down? No. I used my calm, cool, “I’m a senior” energy and decided this would be the perfect opportunity for me to hone my listen-ing ability.

Then it happened. The guy to my left went to grab something from his backpack and his hand touched my shin and slid down to my ankle. He, let’s call him Drake, removed his hand and rooted around his backpack for something and then gave up, returning to his paper to take notes. Immedi-ately I wondered if it had been a mistake. Maybe Drake had been so embarrassed that he was hoping I hadn’t noticed. I decided to let it slide because hey, who doesn’t sometimes mortify him or herself when there is a cute girl wearing a skirt to his or her immediate right?

Unfortunately, it didn’t appear to be a mis-take, because Drake touched my leg on two more occasions on his way to fish around his backpack for some mysterious item.

Now, my friends will tell you that I’m a huge feminist and that nothing frustrates me more than a female who will not stand up for herself when she is being taken advantage of or made light of because of her sex. For those friends who think of me as a champion of women, please stop reading here. Leave this

>Sara tezelThe Dakota Student

article behind and think that I told off the guy or that I made a huge stink that attracted the attention of the professor, or at least of those students within a five-foot radius. For those friends, thanks for reading this article and see you in next Tuesday’s issue.

Now for the rest of you, I’m afraid to say that I said nothing. I sat there in shock, not outrage, just simple shock. After another min-ute or so, my brain started working again and I stood up, in the middle of lecture, and walked out.

So this, my first column of the school year, is to serve as a warning to my female class-

mates: watch out for creepers. Don’t let some creepy upper-classmen, or a class-mate of your own age, intimidate you because he seems old-er and wiser. Don’t let yourself be made uncomfortable, be it in a classroom, at

a party or any other campus or non-campus related situation. And, perhaps my most important nugget of information for all you freshies, which is why I’m reiterating it…get those stinking generals out of the way while you’re still young.

>Kirby GraffThe Dakota Student

DS> Madi Whitman is a columnist for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at madisson.whit-man@und.edu

‘Such apparent vio-lence and brutaility seem like a fixture of the past...

Madi Whitmancolumnist

18Kirby > page

‘...I’m afraid to say-that I said nothing. I sat there in shock, not outrage...

Sara Tezelcolumnist

DS> Sara Tezel is a columnist for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at sara.tezel@und.edu

06 NEWS tuesday august 31, 2010

07NEWS the Dakota Student

Kathryn Korsmo, DDS

Campus gets credit smartMONEY UND business students learn and edu-cate other students on managing fi nances.

>RACHEL SMERERThe Dakota Student

In this time of economic turmoil, students at UND can fi nd free guid-ance on something that can set them ahead of the rest—credit scores. The UNDerstanding Credit program on campus, funded by US Bank and ran by many members of College of Business and Public Administration, can aid students in learning more about all the confusion credit scores can incur.

Business majors have the oppor-tunity to apply to be a “credit spe-cialist” in the program, glean what they can from the professionals who deal with credit scores, and then turn around to teach UND students what they need to know. The program generally gives 15 presentations around campus each school year.

“The current economic envi-ronment has caused tightening of lending practices and higher unem-ployment. These two issues require students more now than ever before to be diligent with their fi nances,” said Jeff Payne, a student in his fourth semester as a credit specialist.

“As the department heard more and more stories concerning student loan debt and problems with credit scores, we began to investigate of-fering the UNDerstanding Credit Program,” said Steve Dennis, an ad-visor of the program, along with Yilei Zhang.

In 2005, the UNDerstanding Credit program started after the need for it was apparent, and in dealing with students through the program for over fi ve years, Dennis said that the biggest misunderstanding stu-dents seem to have is “that credit scores don’t matter, and that the debt students accumulate today won’t be a big obstacle to their future.”

College years are when most people both establish, or don’t estab-lish, credit and accrue mass amounts

of debt to pay for college. Many stu-dents coast after initially fi guring out how they will fund their schooling with a combination of loans, schol-arships, payments and grants.

“Students are undereducated on credit and other personal fi nance is-sues. The misunderstanding is that this is due to its lack of importance, which is far from the truth,” said Payne.

“Credit scores are now used reg-ularly by employers to determine if you are someone they want to hire,” Payne said. It is already diffi cult for individuals, and even more recent graduates, to fi nd jobs that pay bills.

The National Association of Colleges and Employers found that out of the 2009 college graduates who applied for jobs before gradu-ation, 19.7% had landed one by graduation day. Compared to the rate for 2007 graduates of 51%, it doesn’t seem like things are getting better. If students start early in think-ing about how their use of fi nances is affecting their credit score, they can be competitive on one more level in DS> Rachel Smerer is the News Editor

for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at rachel.smerer@und.edu

IMPACTing studentsSAFETY The Women’s Center on campus offers classes to teach students to defend themselves.

>ALLEE MEADThe Dakota Student

Nobody wants to be in a danger-ous situation, but too many people are. Violence can happen to anyone at any time, whether someone is walking home from class, going to a party or even watching a movie at a friend’s house, so it’s in everyone’s best interest to be prepared.

The IMPACT class through the UND Women’s Center has been preparing women for the worst since 2000. The 20-hour weekend class creates real-life scenarios while keep-ing its participants in a very safe en-vironment. While IMPACT is called a self-defense class, it does not focus solely on teaching physical skills. Harnessing one’s emotions is taught as well.

“Protecting yourself is emotional as well as physical,” Director of the Women’s Center Kay Mendick said. “This class is about using your emo-tions to help you become stronger and safer.”

IMPACT teaches its participants how to trust their intuitions and re-minds them that if a situation feels

unsafe, it is. The physical skills in the class are very easy skills that everyone can do, whether they’re 5’2” or 6’4”.

The class focuses on muscle memory, meaning that a participant’s muscles will remember the skills well after the class is over. If an unsafe situation arises, many IMPACT graduates fi nd that their bodies can react without their minds having to consciously remember the moves. Some studies have shown that many participants have maintained what they learned 15-20 years after taking the class.

IMPACT also uses a method called state-dependent learning. Par-ticipants practice their new skills in everyday scenarios so they will better remember how to defend themselves if they ever fi nd themselves in dan-gerous situations. Participants will also have a better understanding of how they would react, emotionally or physically, in the event of an at-tack.

The class goals are to help wom-en sharpen their instinct and recog-nize when their boundaries are not being respected; to teach them how to defend against verbal, emotional and physical attacks; and to teach how to use emotions to keep partici-pants safer.

The two sections of IMPACT available this fall are already full, but there are still openings in the three DS> Allee Mead is a staff writer for The

Dakota Student. She can be reached at allee.s.mead@und.edu

NATHAN TWERBERG > The Dakota Student

their fi eld.The next program will be within

business courses this fall, but Payne says they are trying to expand the program this year. “In years past the group has presented in various loca-tions: dormitories, a sorority, class-rooms, and various student organiza-tions. This year, though, the goal is to present in all the various colleges at UND,” said Payne. Knowledge about credit scores doesn’t just ben-efi t fi nance or banking students, it’s a matter that affects every adult regard-less of the amount of attention one pays to it.

As a student, Payne said the expe-rience of being a credit specialist has been invaluable, through the process of learning and teaching, answering questions and researching answers, he “found that you never really know something fully until you teach it to someone else.”

Business majors interested in being a credit specialist can contact Jeff Payne or Steve Dennis for more information.

sections offered in Spring 2011. This class is worth one credit through the Physical Education, Exercise Science and Wellness Department.

Classes fi ll up very quickly, so those who are interested should sign up well before the scheduled week-end. There is a fee of $30 to join. Since everyone deserves the chance to learn self-defense, classes are also available for men.

If some students still feel a little wary about taking this class, they should remember that they will be better off knowing how they react to dangerous situations in a safe envi-ronment than to face these situations in real life without feeling prepared.

“I know that there are a lot of survivors of violence who blame themselves, but there’s nothing that anybody does to cause another per-son to hit him or her,” Mendick ex-plained.

“It’s not about the survivor’s be-havior. It’s about a choice that the other person made to use violence and control against others.”

If anyone has further questions about IMPACT, call the Women’s Center at 701-777-4300 or stop in. The Women’s Center is located across from the Memorial Union.

08 NEWS

New programs in engineering beginEDUCATION Under-graduate and graduate degrees in petroleum now offered at UND.

>RAChEl SmERERThe Dakota Student

In a year of news about oil spills and pulling out of Middle Eastern countries with coveted oil reservoirs, UND’s School of Engineering and Mines (SEM) is pushing forward and adding more leaders to the oil industry by of-fering both an undergraduate and a graduate Petroleum Engineering degree.

North Dakota is a good place to start such a program, “North Dakota oil production has been growing rapidly in recent years, rising from No. 8 in 2005 to No. 4 in 2009, following Texas, Alas-ka, and California,” said Dr. Steve Benson, the director for the new program.

A Petroleum Engineering de-gree has likely been long awaited by petroleum companies in the state, as Benson said most have difficulty finding and sustain-ing petroleum engineers with the proper education. UND’s petro-leum program will be the first in the state. In the past, Benson said interested engineering students were forced to go to other states of Canadian provinces for a petro-leum engineering degree.

“With the US Geological Sur-vey’s 2008 reassessment of huge oil reserves in the Bakken formation in Williston Basin in North Da-kota (4 billion barrel recoverable reserves, 25 times more than the last assessment), many petroleum companies want to invest in this state,” said Benson.

“Petroleum is North Dakota’s top industry in creating revenues and jobs,” said Benson. Providing more petroleum engineers in the state has the potential to benefit all residents in this respect.

Students entering the program have many career options ahead of them, from searching for oil or gas reservoirs to ensuring minimal impact on the environment.

Petroleum engineering gradu-ates also have good odds at find-ing employment after graduation;

according to the Society of Petro-leum Engineers, in 2009 more than 90% of petroleum engineer-ing graduates were offered jobs, or moved on to graduate school.

Benson thinks this is due to the retirement of many engineers from the baby boomer generation, as well as the increased need for energy on a global scale. More pe-troleum engineers are also needed

as the amount of op-portunities in CO2 sequestration is ris-ing.

UND itself has been conducting petroleum-related re-search and education programs, so a large body of faculty are already knowledge-able and interested. This being said, the addition of the new degree program in the SEM was fairly eco-nomical.

“Many SEM fac-ulty members have significant expertise related to geology

and engineering as related to the oil resources as evidenced by sev-eral ongoing research programs in this area,” said Benson. They’ve developed a team of four faculty members who are taking on the program by developing the cours-es required for the degree and plan to hire three new faculty members in the next three years.

Area students seeking to ulti-mately work in Petroleum Engi-neering now have a place closer to home where they can study and partake in research. This addition to UND is one that will surely at-tract more bright students to the school, and after a long time com-ing North Dakota can now say it has in-state petroleum programs to support it’s oil industry.

DS> Rachel Smerer is the News Editor for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at rachel.smerer@und.edu

New aerospace awardOPPORTUNITY Donors create scholarship for deserving aviation stu-dents on campus.

>JOE CATANzARITIThe Dakota Student

At the annual University of North Dakota Aerospace Alumni & Industry Reception, held this year during the 2010 AirVenture air show in Osh-kosh, Wisconsin, the Univer-sity of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences unveiled a new schol-arship program available for aviation students.

The scholarship, which is referred to as the Odegard Mis-sion of Excellence in Global Aviation Scholarship (abbrevi-ated “OMEGA,” is, according to UND Aerospace Founda-tion board member and sup-porter of the Scholarship, Clay Lacey, intended to “ensure that young people with a passion for aviation are able to follow their dream,” as stated in a recent UND press release.

In addition to relying on financial contributions from alumni such as Mr. Lacy, him-

self a recent National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee, the Foun-dation also has available a fund of some $250,000, with which pri-vate contributions to the scholar-ship program shall be matched.

“The UND Aerospace Foun-dation established the OMEGA Scholarship to financially benefit students,” explained Bruce Smith in a UND press release, the dean of the Odegard School.

“The Foundation has a fund to match contributions... on a 1:1 ratio. So as we receive your dollar toward the scholarship, we also contribute a dollar, in essence doubling your contribution.” Thus, for every private contribu-tion received by the Foundation, a donation of the same value shall be contributed by the Founda-tion itself, a system which should ensure the continued availability of the OMEGA Scholarship well into the future.

“We are grateful for the sup-port of the founding donors and look forward to offering addi-tional funding resources to our students,” said Smith, expressing his gratitude toward those indi-viduals who have worked to make the OMEGA Scholarship a real-ity and, subsequently, helped to foster an environment in which more aviation students might

hope to achieve success in their chosen field of study. “These remarkable donors,” Smith ex-pressed “have made an impact on the future of aviation.”

Intended to ease the often intimidating financial burden that faces a great many prospec-tive pilots as they work toward their career goals, the OMEGA Scholarship will provide a great opportunity especially for in-coming freshmen in the aero-space school, as those awarded the scholarship as freshmen will automatically qualify to con-tinue receiving it through their sophomore and junior years, on the condition that they work to maintain a grade point average of at least 3.0.

“Although UND represents a true value in education,” Mr Lacy remarked, “it is important to ensure that young people with a passion for aviation are able to follow their dreams.”

The introduction of the OMEGA Scholarship should certainly represent a new op-portunity for the next genera-tion of aviators to achieve suc-cess at UND.

DS> Joe Catanzariti is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at joseph.catanzariti@und.edu

Jogging with Josh a success

NAThAN TWERBERG > The Dakota Student

EXERCISE UND medi-cal students join Dean Wynne for a run to start the year off right.

>COlE AllICkThe Dakota Student

On August 12, Joshua Wynne M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., Vice Pres-ident for Health Affairs and Dean of the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences planned an afternoon jog. However, this was no ordinary jog. What is now re-ferred to as “Jogging with Josh”,

medical students, faculty and staff joined the dean for an infor-mal five kilometer jog.

As a first time event, it had a total of 96 registrations, which is an excellent turn out for a first time event and a hot day. The event was a group effort between the dean’s office and the Office of Alumni & Community Rela-tions. It was structured to be a welcome back event for the medi-

cal students.The event encouraged healthy

lifestyles by exercising and it was a place to mingle with others who were interested in healthy living. There were no timers and no places, so it provided a good environment for everyone partic-

JOG > From page 17

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Senate holds fi rst meeting

GOVERNMENT Vice President Boyd talks about logo and wellness center changes.

>BRANDI JEWETTThe Dakota StudentDuring its fi rst meeting of the

year, Student Senate welcomed Vice President for Student Affairs Robert Boyd to speak about the topic of the nickname and logo retirement pro-cess.

Boyd was chosen by President Robert Kelly as the Transition Offi -cer for the process of retiring the cur-rent nickname and logo and for the process of creating a new one. Boyd would oversee two task groups cre-ated to make the process as smooth as possible.

The fi rst is the Honoring Histo-ry and Traditions Task Group. Boyd explained the group is charged with “researching the nickname’s 80 year history” and fi nding ways to honor the nickname in its retirement with-out being disrespectful to the Higher Board of Education and NCAA’s de-cision.

The second committee would be the Communication Task Group, focused on reaching out to those af-fected by the name change using all forms of media to ease the tension surrounding the retirement.

A third committee would be ac-tivated in the future, whose purpose would be to research a new nickname and logo. Currently “North Dakota” is being used during the transition process, but Boyd acknowledges that may not be enough for some people.

“They want something they can be inspired by and cheer on,” he ex-plained.

ENROLL >From page 1

DS> Dan Draovich is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at daniel.draovich.2@und.edu

tween patrons and servers. “People usually just go outside

to have their cigarettes without any trouble. I don’t know how nice they are going to be about it in the winter, when it’s thirty below,” Wegsheider says.

Down the street at Gilly’s, fre-quent bartender Eric Bonn echoes Wegscheider’s sentiments by stating, “We’ve had the same attendance. And I like it [the bar] better.”

For those not downtown or with-in one of Grand Forks’ many alcohol serving establishments on the eve of the August 15th cigarette ban, many places had a farewell cer-emony of sorts to say goodbye to the common barroom habit.

“We had a countdown,” says Bonn. “When it came to midnight, we took the ashtrays off of the tables. People cheered.”

While some members of the Grand Forks community met the decision with open arms, others feel strongly opposed to the removal of smoking from their club experience. Currently, patrons of bars that would normally enjoy their cigarettes from bar stools can be seen smoking out-side of the establishments. One ada-mant group of smokers held strong negative opinions about the city-wide ban. Eric Jenson, a frequent customer at Gilly’s Bar and Grill states, “I thought we had the right to choose. We should have at least had the right to vote on the matter.” Jen-son went on to comment, “Bartend-ers know what they sign up for when

Following Boyd’s presentation, Student Body President Matt Bakke began the report section of the meet-ing with his own report, touching on various projects that he had worked on throughout the summer and changes that would be coming to campus this year.

One of the most noticeable will be observed by frequenters of the Wellness Center. Starting September 1, Northland Community and Tech-nical College students will be able to use the center and have limited access to intramural sports. Hockey will be one of the sports kept off limits to NCTC students.

Chief of Staff Dan Tienter also had an important announcement in his report. Student organizations and groups of students will no longer be able to use state and university fl eet vehicles to transport themselves to events classifi ed as social or recre-ational. According to Tienter stu-dents “representing the university at conferences or competitions” will still be allowed to use the vehicles. Other student use will be determined at the discretion of a competent authority fi gure.

A constitution and set of by-laws was also passed for the Student Or-ganization Funding Agency (SOFA). The agency was established in spring 2010 as part of Student Govern-ment’s standing committee reorgani-zation. SOFA will take the place of two previous standing committees, the Multicultural Activity Commit-tee and the Student Activity Com-mittee, and will provide funding to student organizations for transporta-tion and event costs.

they get jobs in bars. There’s going to be smoking.”

In the warm summer weather, smokers like Jenson and his friends recognize that going outside for a quick puff will not be so easy in the months to come. Patrons like Jenson believe that clubs and establishments of the like will accommodate smok-ers.

“I hope there will be heat lamps and shelters [outside the bars]. I hope that will be good enough,” Jenson states.

Despite some of the negative feelings smokers may harbor about the cigarette ban, some bar owners have had a little fun advertising the

ban. At Cross-town Lounge, signs were post-ed directly after the law took place. These posters de-picted famous sitcom person-alities such as Growing Pains’

Kirk Cameron and characters from the famed television series, Golden Girls. Under each of the celebrity faces was the slogan, “Proud to Be Smoke Free.” While the managers of Crosstown Lounge expressed their desire to remain objective to the cigarette ban debate, their advertise-ments portrayed positivity toward the Grand Forks regulation.

How the loss of the smoking from hip downtown hot spots will affect the state of bar culture is un-determined at this point. But people twenty-one years of age and older can count on their two-dollar taps and roasted peanuts to be sans ciga-rette.

DS> Stephanie Liden is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at stephanie.liden@und.edu

‘We took the ash-trays off the tables. People cheered.

Eric Bonnbartender, Gilly’s

BAN >From page 1

KYLE SCHROEDER > The Dakota Student

country and world, particularly at the graduate level where stu-dents seek high quality research and professional programs taught by internationally recog-nized faculty.”Another exciting aspect of the enrollment numbers this year is in the diversity of the UND student body. “A few years ago,” says Peter Johnson, ex-ecutive associate vice president for university relations, “we reached a point where we have more students from out of state. As a result, we have access to a richer diversity, a greater number of other cultures and backgrounds, which benefi t all students. And we currently have students from all fi fty states as well as more than sixty coun-tries.”The benefi ts of this diversity aren’t limited to the UND cam-pus, however; Grand Forks has much to gain from it as well as the student body. Experienc-ing cultural differences can indefi nitely open doorways to better understanding. Cultural enlightenment is not the only benefi t Grand Forks may re-ceive from the campus diversi-ty. Due to the infl ux of college students into Grand Forks, the local economy may also see a boost as college students fi nd employment and consequently spend money at the local busi-nesses. “We are very happy about the growth of enrollment.” Johnson says. “We want to watch the numbers closely so we have classes, housing, and can pro-vide the right learning environ-ment for the students.” With the higher enrollment, these tasks may begin to require more re-sources of the school; however, growing pains are often the best kind to hope for. UND may have its hands full as it contin-ues to provide for its students; it is also an exciting time for the university where faculty and students alike can look forward to the bright future that is sitting just ahead.

tuesday august 31, 2010

DS> Brandi Jewett is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at brandi.jewett.1@und.edu

10 NEWS tuesday august 31, 2010

tuesday august 31, 2010DS> Inside: Rhombus Ruckus on the Roof set for launch

On the Technology of the Youthwhereby It is imported and utilized in the Classrooms

whether by Sanction or Otherwiseand ‘pon which this Advancement in Luminescent

Screens doth TEETERScribed by Young Master Joshua M. BRORBY

The Development of electronic Devices in recent Years has rais’d the Standard for Information Commodification and the Free Exchange of Ideas, Concepts and general WHAT-HAVE-YOU to the point where Pupils in Courses as divers as Hamartiology and Techniques of Medicinal Bloodletting can easily communicate to One another Renderings of laugh-out-loud Felines and cellular Ringtones of one Master Antoine DOD-SON. Such puerile Distractions leave the Attention of Undergraduates uncontain’d, leading to substandard Marks and heretofore unseen Disinter-est in scholarly STUDY. A Portion of Instructors and the Administration at large find Them-selves unsure of how to stem this Tide of Unresponse, but at the Behest of faraway Colleagues, select Pedagogues have embrac’d the Interculture of today’s Youth. Certain Professors require their Pupils to attain accurs’d CLICKERS to be henceforth utilized to obtain in-class Points. Others make Use of the TWITTER, a Forum for the Great Unwashed wherein Scal-lywags detail their daily Schedules for Strangers and Adolescents debate the Merits of the latest Elegies penned by Young Master Justin BIEBER in 140 Letters or less.

Also of Note is a Registry of Collegians designed as an electronic Replication of our more common Yearly Ledgers, or “Face Books.” Stu-dents and voting Adults alike can be found in this Directory, aptly named the W.W.W. Book of Faces DOT COM. The Book of Faces is a Tool for Communication set to replace E-Messages as the primary Medium of clock-work Conversation, but like the TWITTER, It altogether too often serves as a direct Source for Gossip, News on Mistress LOHAN and Symposiums for Discussion of Monsieur Tay ZONDAY. These divers Technologies have their Place in the Modern World. Students and Professors alike should be aware of common Courtesy and Protocol regarding such Devices, whereby Heeding of said Protocol will al-low for better Education and prompt bureaucratic Maneuvering, improving both Campus and daily Living. Adherence, Abidance &c. to polite Behav-ior and societal Mores does, after all, allow for Freedom from foreseeable Regulations regarding Technology pass’d down by Headmaster Robert KELLEY.

Here doth a Professor of the Department of Psycho-logical Studies demonstrate divers and varied Treat-ments for Hysteria in traditional Professorial Garb. Students watch in AWE as the Professor advances to the Theories of one Barber Sigmund FREUD. The Lec-ture is now available on YOUTUBE.

Two Gentlemen discuss the merits of the TWITTER as a Collegian cavorts by out of the Frame of this rendered Tableau.

A Lady sends a handwritten Message and at-tached Gift through the W.W.W. Book of Faces DOT COM’s Delivery Service. The Courier stray’d off-path and was soundly beaten for his Misstep.

A poor ingrate BUSKER attempts to mimic the sounds of an “I-POD” with his Instrument. The animal Crowd left unim-pressed, and the Minstrel later succumbed to and died of CONSUMPTION.

The here-pictured tri-wheeled Contraption is this Scrivener’s best ESTIMATION of the Technology to come.

Photos courtesy of http://www.john-leech-archive.org.uk/ DS> Josh Brorby is the Features Editor for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at joshua.brorby@und.edu

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Two albums released yes-terday, Jenny and Johnny’s I’m Having Fun Now and Radiohead drummer Philip Selway’s first solo album, Familial, and both were available to listen to (le-gally) free on npr.org’s music ser-vice. Though at the time of this printing, the albums will no lon-ger be streaming, they are avail-able in seedier locations online.

Familial offers a more pleasant and satisfying aural experience, frankly being the better (much better) of the two. Selway, at-tempting to distance himself a bit from Radiohead’s “pretentious” sound, offers a work that would fit perfectly in a smoke-filled room. Light melodies and inspir-ing lyrics provide a soundscape that will leave the listener both satisfied and content. From the first single, “By Some Miracle,” Selway acknowledges mistakes made in the past and how they can perpetually haunt someone no matter what attempts are made to rectify an issue.

“As a black dog down in the basement, Is barking out my name, Snapping at my heels when I falter, Kick it but it won’t go away, Kick it but it won’t go away.”

The imagery is very concrete, allowing the listener to create a lasting image that can also be seen in “Ties That Bind Us.” Here, Selway makes a case for re-demption — not that it can nec-essarily be had — but others can learn from mistakes made. In an attempt at breaking a cycle of ma-lignant behavior, he attempts to teach a younger generation about repeating mistakes of the past.

“You my son I held in my arms / Close and keeping you safe from harm. / I wanna show you another way, / I wanna keep you from my mistakes.”

Jenny Lewis, of Rilo Kiley, and Jonathan Rice, who have been working together for the last

five years on each other’s projects, have finally joined together for-mally to create Jenny and John-ny. Their formulaic rock-pop is easily dismissed and forgotten. I’m Having Fun Now would only be said if you were telling the name of the album to someone, not something you would say to describe how you felt if you were listening to this tripe.

Rice’s vocal range manages to sound somewhere between Matt Scannell of late 1990s Vertical Horizon fame and the 1980s rock star Michael Stipe of R.E.M. Their attempt at creat-ing a “vintage” sound comes off as cheap. Perhaps I’m just bit-ter, but I prefer my pop to have a little more gaga than Jenny and Johnny are attempting to put forth. Oddly, biblical places and figures are mentioned; how Beth-lehem and Abraham fit into pop side-by-side with slavery (of a sexual nature) is lost on me. The song “Animal,” one of the better songs on the album as far as com-position goes, still falters from nonsensical lyrics that attempt to be edgy while at the same time pandering to the Christian crowd.

“We will organize in Bethle-

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>NICHoLAS GoWANThe Dakota Student

hem / Able bodied women / An agnostic head strong man / We will meet at ten.”

Don’t let the ouroboros on their website jennyandjohnny-music.com fool you; this eleven track, 35 minute album will leave both a hole in your wallet and one in your brain.

If cheap pop is your thing, I’m Having Fun Now may be just the thing for you. Requiring less commitment than a one-night stand, Jenny and Johnny will do little but leave you with less mon-ey for cab fare. With Familial, you will get your money’s worth.

Accompanying Selway on se-lect tracks; Lisa Germano, bassist Sebastian Steinberg, and (from Wilco) Patrick Sansone and Glenn Kotche. Certainly not the biggest names in the business, but the quality of the album is owed in part to their collabora-tive powers.

Both albums are available on your favorite digital distribution sites, as well as in local brick and mortar stores. While Familial may be worth checking out, I’m Having Fun Now would be bet-ter stolen and then immediately trashed, chalk up the wasted bandwidth to a lesson in manu-factured pop. Summing up I’m Having Fun Now in five words couldn’t have been done better than when senior English student Meg Brown stated, “I wouldn’t want this album.”

DS>Nicholas Gowan is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at nicholas.gowan@und.edu

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Ruckus reaches for great heightsLoCAL MUSIC Rhom-bus Guys put on rock festival at a new yet familiar location

>JoSH BRoRByThe Dakota StudentAttentive, keen-eyed students

(and excitable, nightlife-loving ones, too) will remember that last year in Town Square there was some-thing of a ruckus. Mu-sic pounded across the d o w n t o w n p a v e m e n t , and young folks hustled, bustled and g e n e r a l l y linebackered their way to the source of the sound. Rhombus Guys, the pizza place and bar stacked neatly in a three-story brick-house, was holding their annual live music event: The Rhombus Ruckus.

This year, the Ruckus has moved to a tighter location — the roof of Rhombus Guys — but the music promises to meet or exceed expectations. Rhombus Guys co-owner Matt Winjum said that the

move to the roof will make for “more of an intimate concert.” He seemed unconcerned about the slight decrease in venue size, saying, “there won’t be so much space out there to pack in as many people or feel empty. This one will be much more intimate and feel more fun due to every-one being in close quarters and up on a roof, which we’ve never done in the past.” The roof has already impressed bar-goers when

it served sim-ply as a place to chill out and drink; the ad-dition of local musicians can only help.

W i n j u m also said there will be more bands com-ing through

the venue in the future. “If you just keep an eye on our Facebook page and our Rhombus Regulars website, you’ll see we’re doing a lot more things with live music. My business partner Arron [Hen-dricks] has gotten a lot more into that.” Several bands have played at Rhombus Guys this summer

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‘This [Ruckus] will be much more in-timiate and feel more fun...

Matt WinjumCo-owner, Rhombus Guys

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(and autumn). Speaking from experience, the second floor of the bar lends itself to the cozy feeling Winjum was alluding to, and the roof allows concert-goers to let their hair down and really get into the atmosphere.

Three bands will be mak-ing their way to the top floor of Rhombus Guys for the mini-festival, which will go down on Saturday, Sept. 4th from 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM. The North Riv-er Ramblers, Seven Dollar Shift and P.B. and the Jam will all be on hand to play some tunes. Each band has their own style, and there seems to be something for everyone between the three.

The North River Ramblers are described by Winjum as “a very fun, upbeat group of blue-grassy-style guys.” He said of Seven Dollar Shift: “They’re a real popular band around Grand Forks, and the guys are kind of each going their separate ways. This will be one of their last shows downtown.” The band

plays a lot of cover songs, but ac-cording to Winjum, they add their unique twist to each.

The final band, P.B. and the Jam, is just finishing up a national tour where they opened for famed Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man and Wu affiliate Redman. Said Winjum, “They’re more of a jam-band funk-style with horns, saxophones, etc. and a really big set-up.” All three bands have ties to the local scene, whether it be through just one member or the entire group.

The event, which again goes down on Saturday, Sept. 4th, will be the first of its kind held on the roof of Rhombus Guys. Tickets can be purchased for fifteen dol-lars at the pizzeria, and students, possible attendees and the like should remember that the event is for people of ages 21 and up. Winjum’s only advice for attend-ees beyond rules (21 and up) and regulations (no outside food and drink): “Be ready to come down and have a lot of fun.”

DSJosh Brorby is the Features Editor for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at joshua.brorby@und.edu

Art & Wine Walk charmsCULTURE Event enter-tains patrons and gives local artists a showcase for exhibition

>JOE LEISSThe Dakota StudentEach summer and fall here in

Grand Forks an opportunity to sample area art and cuisine is of-fered by the The North Valley Arts Council and the Greater Grand Forks Convention and Visitors Bureau. The Art & Wine Walk, taking place on the third Satur-day of each month, covers several disparate bases in town, from res-taurants and coffee shops to the inveterate Empire Arts Center, and offers its participants the op-portunity to win prizes in addi-tion to exposing them to an eclec-tic array of local flavors, visual and gustative. Taking place in the downtown of the Grand Cities, it also serves to bring people to the vibrant small business scene that can sometimes be neglected by the general population. The event has drawn considerable crowds and has been popular enough to sus-tain for four straight years, so far.

“I think it’s been good for the city, for sure,” says Marlene Stiles, who does work with Urban Stampede’s World’s Smallest Gal-lery, a locale for those partaking in the Walk. “It brings many, many people downtown who maybe haven’t seen what it has to of-

fer, even from out of state.” The World’s Smallest Gallery, for its part, is currently displaying the work of three artists: Gretchen Bederman, Gretchen Kottke, and Mary Lingen. Because the Urban Stampede is a coffee shop, free samples of the pastries and coffees they offer will be available, while elsewhere red, white, and dessert wines can be expected, alongside whatever food is offered by the es-tablishment.

The Walk begins either at the Blue Moose in East Grand or the GuestHouse Town House in Grand Forks, with the event’s website ad-vising the second option so as to beat the crowd. Those attending purchase a map for $10 and are sent on their way, with wristbands to indicate being of legal drink-ing age, to the locations specified. Said map doubles as a surface for stamps from each destination. The completion of the map quali-fies its holder to enter into a raffle held at the Empire Arts Center at 5 p.m., with the prizes including gift baskets assembled by local businesses — Happy Harry’s and Blue Moose among them — and, if the event’s website is to be be-lieved, items like jewelry from River City Jewelry. Much of the art on display will be for sale, and there is nothing to stop purveyors from also purchasing a drink or a meal from the businesses from which they sample. Artists can be expected to be present, and will

have business cards or guest books at each location to let participants get in touch. Artists or those as-sociated with a business who want to take this chance to display what they have to offer can apply online for participation in future Art & Wine Walk events.

There are two more opportu-nities to partake in the Walk, on September 18 and October 16, both beginning at 1 p.m. and ending with the mentioned 5 p.m. raffle and champagne toast held at the Empire Arts Center. All ages are welcome, and children under twelve are given free admission to the events.

MARTIN> From page 4

DS> Martin Rottler is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at martin.rottler@und.edu

Culinarily “diverse,” in Res-taurants that have colors in their names, Grand Forks offers a wide array of places that offer fried foods and meat repackaged with differ-ent seasonings to meet a very bland North Dakota palate.

The dining beat for the Grand Forks Herald is covered by a very grandmotherly-woman affection-ately called the Grand Forks Grand-ma by members of my family. Her Wednesday Eatbeat restaurant re-views have provided many enter-taining insights about napkin sizes, Shirley Temple refills and hummus being “disgusting food dredged up by people with strange tastes.”

The University community continues to grow and develop, and is completely different than the school I came to as a freshman in 2004. There have been some things that remain the same (the Parking Office’s wanton raising of park-ing fees), but many things have changed. Some have been for the better (the divisive and racist Fight-ing Sioux nickname retiring) and other things for the worse (have you activated your UND Pride Card, and therefore shared your private information with a third party yet?). Grand Forks as a com-munity is far from the perfect para-dise many people here will try to convince you it is.

There still aren’t cultural food options, and the community’s at-titude toward outsiders of both origination and race/religion/sexual orientation/political belief needs improvement. Some of the things I’ve seen and experienced as a Jew-ish person here are unlike anything I’ve encountered in 38 states and 23 countries. If you do happen to fall into one of those “different” groups, please stay strong. If you are one of the majority, be open to new people, new ideas and new experiences.

Like it or not, Grand Forks is the place we have chosen to live, study, eat and play in. Make your experience here for the duration of your degree the best possible—par-ticipate, have fun, make mistakes, see the world, and, most impor-tantly, don’t die from hypothermia. Good luck this year!

DS> Joe Leiss is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at joseph.leiss@und.edu

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DS> Erin Barta is a columnist for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at erin.barta@und.edu

each a little better, I’m chal-lenging you each to become a little uncomfortable with me.

Maybe it’s for a former self ’s dream, to cross an item off your bucket list to shake things up or to make a new friend; there is an abundance of auditions, sports teams, hall governments and ge-ology clubs across our campus where you could discover someone or something about yourself that would not leave you unmoved.

I am also hoping now that I’ve shared this story out loud I will feel obligated, nay compelled, to keep my word come Tuesday. I’ll put on my acting shoes and will myself through the auditioning process. I’m a chicken; I admit it.

I could find a very plausible, al-beit fictional, tropical ailment that would prevent my showing up if it weren’t for this. “Oh, what’s that, body? Come down with a bad case of the collywobbles, have you? Let’s have a right, good nap instead. Au-dition, schmaudition.” Before

I know it, I will have found a reason to stay within that boring ol’ comfort zone of mine and will have another semester just like the rest.

So who knows? It could be that my only responsibility is to hold a prop up in the background. Even if that’s true, my mom will still think I’m pretty great, and that pitchfork I’ll be holding won’t move an inch (unless it is supposed to).

As for you, maybe you’ll strike up an interesting conversation in the laundry room, make a new friend over a love of pineapple or mismatched shoes or be a walk-on stud at women’s rugby. A little cour-age is in order, a little putting your-self out there, collywobbles and all. Let’s go forth and be uncomfort-able. Chances are in our favor that we’ll get something cool out of our experiences, but on the off chance that we fail, that my voice cracks and I faint during the dance, we can still join the geology club and go to Hawaii over spring break. The point is we will have tried.

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> Inside: Superbowl contenders, Coach Grandall’s retirement, women’s soccerDS

>scores &schedules

UND: 3Cal-Bakers-field: 0

Vball UND: 0UW Green Bay: 2

Soccer UND: 1Drake: 3

UND: 3Gonzaga: 2

UND: 2Drake: 3

UND:3San Jose:0

The Norh Dakota women’s volleyball team hosted the North Dakota Classic over the weekend at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Cen-ter.

It was the beginning of the season for UND as they began their journey to try and repeat as Great West Conference champi-ons. They opened the season with four games in the tournament over this past weekend.

Friday, UND defeats San Jose St. 3-0 Junior Devin Trefz had 16 kills as UND cruised to a victory over San Jose St. North Dakota domi-nated the Spartans throughout the first match winning the three sets by scores of 25-9, 25-12, and 25-14.

Freshman setter Nikki Hus-feldt, in her collegiate debut, assisted on 26 kills. The win was UND’s 13th in a row dating back to last season and ninth straight win at home.

The Spartans were unable to crack the Sioux defense as they only had an attack percentage of -0.013. Junior outside hitter An-nika Smed played a large part in shutting down the San Diego St. offense.

She had two block assists to go along with two solo blocks.

Friday, UND defeats Gonzaga 3-2

After cruising to their first victory of the season over the Spartans, UND had to rally back to defeat the Bulldogs. Gonzaga

The UND volleyball team excels ...but falls short in championship SPIKE The North Da-kota women suffered a heartbreaking loss last weekend to Drake.

>BranDon BECKErThe Dakota Student

Grandall says goodbye after three decades of coaching

>DEVon roEhrIChThe Dakota StudentIt has been an incredible time

of change as late here at the Uni-versity. We still are not exactly sure what our nickname will be a year from now, still looking for a long-term conference to call home, and our move to Division I has

created a schedule of opponents that many s t u d e n t s have not r e m o t e l y heard of.

But the big-gest change might have h a p p e n e d on July 27th, when after 31 years of affiliation with UND Athlet-

ics, Men’s Track and Field Coach Mike Gran-dall an-nounced his retirement.

Gran-dall official-ly took over the Men’s team before the 1982-83 season, taking the reins at a

time when the North Dakota had

not had an individual national champion since 1969 or even an All-American since 1977.

Fast forward 28 years later, and Grandall’s tenure produced a whopping 58 All-Americans, 29 academic All-Americans, 9 individual national champions, and 63 North Central Confer-ence and Great West Conference event titles. Three of his former athletes – Steve Burian, Norm McGee, and Dave Levos – have already been enshrined into the UND Letterwinners Association

Hall of Fame. A native of Lignite, ND,

and a graduate of Minot State, Grandall has spent his life con-tributing to the betterment of North Dakota’s education sys-tem.

But every man needs his own time, and Grandall felt that the time was about right to move on to the next stage of his life.

“As I look back on the fond

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‘To work with UND athletics, its just such a special place.

Mike Grandallformer coach

won two hard fought sets (25-23, 26-24) to start the game, leaving UND in a big hole. The Sioux offense struggled converting in the first two sets but came back firing in the third, fourth, and fifth sets to complete the rally. Fi-nal scoring for the final three sets were 25-17, 25-17, and 15-8 in favor of North Dakota.

Senior right side Erin Joki and Devin Trefz led the offensive attack throughout the night.

Joki finished with a team and career-high 17 kills, while Trefz ended the night with 16. Courtney Halvorson was a key contributor defensively as she finished with a career-high 32 digs. Husfeldt continued on her 26 assists in the previous match against the Spartans and finished with 52 assists.

Saturday, UND defeats CSU Bakersfield 3-0

The Sioux extended their winning streak to 15 games early on Saturday afternoon as they cruised to another victory this time over CSU Bakersfield.

UND took care of the Road-runners in three sets (25-19, 25-14, 27-25). After winning the first two sets by a comfortable margin UND battled back from a 23-18 deficit to sweep the Road-runners.

Trefz and Smed once again led the Sioux attack as they both combined for 26 kills.

Husfeldt once again led UND in assists with 32. UND hit .336 as a team for the game compared to CSU Bakersfield, which hit .112 as a team.

The victory also gave the Sioux their 11th straight home win.

Bottom: Joki (15) and Husfeldt (8) are congratulated on a play. Upper Right: a UND hitter spikes the ball while (upper right) a UND setter places the ball as junior Taylor Bohannan looks on.

photos by nathan Twerberg > The Dakota Student

Football UND@ Idaho9/2 @ 8pm

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TraCK Former coach retires after thirty years in the position, leaves legacy.

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TRACK > From page 15

DS> Devon Roehrich is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at devon.roehrich@und.edu

MATCH >From page 15

DS> Brandon Becker is ta staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at brandon.becker2@und.edu

Saturday, Drake defears UND 3-2. UND’s school-record 15-game winning streak was snapped as the Drake Bulldogs won the North Dakota Classic in fi ve sets (19-25, 25-17, 25-19, 24-26, 15-10). An-gela Bys ended her impressive cou-ple of days, which resulted in her being named MVP of the tourna-ment, with a game-high 18 kills. UND snagged the fi rst set, but the Bulldogs comfortably won the next two before North Dakota ral-lied to force a fi fth set. Unfortunately for UND, they came up short in the tournament’s fi nal set as Drake moved to a per-fect 4-0.

memories of competing in the North Central Conference and at the Division II level and as we move forward into Divi-sion I, I felt it was time for me to move into retirement,” said Grandall.

Grandall oversaw many changes to the program dur-ing his career, but the most impactful had to have been the renovation to Memo-rial stadium. From giving the athletes the daily resources to compete at the highest level to enticing potential recruits on the modern amenities of UND’s Track and Field pro-gram, Grandall felt that the outdoor facility upgrades were necessary to take the team to the next level. “When UND stepped forward and redid the stadium, that was a major step for us. You still need the in-door facility, but the outdoor facility at that point was big”, Grandall said.

Success on a national level has been occurring for decades now, even as lately as 2008, when Matt Litzinger won the national title in the Javelin at the 2008 NCAA Division II Outdoor championships. Grandall guided Litzinger to become UND’s 1st individual national track & fi eld cham-pion in 19 years, and it was UND’s 6th overall national title from the outdoor event.

As with any job, however it is truly the people that keep you coming back. As a lifelong North Dakotan, Grandall un-derstands and appreciates the way people around here treat each other, a type of ‘North Dakota Nice’ that one does not fi nd anywhere else in the country. “To work with UND athletics…it is such a special place. The people I have met here, not only the athletes, but all of the faculty and staff across campus, have shown me how incredibly special the University of North Dakota is.”

It’s the man’s heartfelt and sincere appreciation of what he has experienced that made Grandall such an important part of UND’s athletic pro-gram. His time and efforts will resonate with the Track & Field teams for years to come. “Over the years, it’s been a pleasure and an extremely ex-citing time to just be a part of the University of North Dakota...I can’t name every-body, but there have been many different people mean a lot to our program in so many ways. And to see them come through and see what successes they have had in the world…as a coach those are the things

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Deer sleep only fi ve minutes each day.

Sure, veteran quarterback Brett Favre is back. Adrian Peterson is healthy, and the talented rookie Toby Gerhart provides fresh depth and versatility at the halfback posi-tion. The third-ranked defense from a year ago remains largely intact.

Optimism maxed out last week when Brett Favre arrived at the team’s practice facilities in Eden Prairie, escorted—if not wooed—back from his Mississippi digs by teammates Ryan Longwell, Jared Allen, and Steve Hutchinson. Favre is banged up, but his injuries were largely dismissed because, after all, Favre is always injured.

The Vikings won a weak NFC North in 2009 thanks not only to their talent, but to a combination of two things: fi rst, momentum built from an easy start to their regular season schedule, and secondly, a Packers team—still the only threat to challenge the Vikings for the di-vision title—that struggled to fi nd consistency until late in the season.

All indications are that the Vi-kings will have the benefi t of neither of those things in 2010.

While last season allowed Favre to build confi dence with Cleve-land, Detroit, and San Francisco in the fi rst three weeks of the regular season, this season’s schedule sends Minnesota back to where their 2009 heartbreak occurred: the Superdome against the defending NFL champs, the New Orleans Saints.

It was fortunate for Brett Favre’s ego (and the Vikings too) that both meetings with the Packers in ’09 were early in the season. Perhaps most no-table about the Vikings’ two victories over Green Bay were the sacks: Jared Allen and the Minnesota defensive line sacked Aaron Rodgers thirteen times in those two games.

It wasn’t just the 2000s version of the Purple People Eaters, either: Rodgers was sacked 31 times in the fi rst eight games of last season. But after the second Packers game at

Lambeau Field, something clicked during the Packers’ bye week. Green Bay’s offensive line gave up just 19 sacks during the entire second half of the season, although they did also give up fi ve sacks in their Wild Card Playoff game in Arizona.

Green Bay enters 2010 with one key loss: defensive end Johnny Jolly, who has been suspended by the NFL for a violation of the code of conduct. Most of the rest of their starting lineup remains unchanged the Packers pose a very real threat to Minnesota.

Actually, the only bigger threat to the Vikings’ hopes than the Pack-ers are the Vikings themselves. And it all starts with Favre himself.

Favre is nearly as inconsistent as he is indecisive. But let no one doubt that he has the ability to be great. His 2009 numbers were some of the best of his career: 4202 yards, 33 touch-downs, and just 7 interceptions.

His completion rate and passer rating were by far the best of his ca-reer, and only eleven quarterbacks in history have had a higher single-season passer rating than Favre did in 2009.

So it would be naïve to think anybody could duplicate those numbers. And as any Packer fan will remind you, Favre’s glory days of consistently great numbers are be-hind him.

He has had three 4,000 yard seasons this decade, none of them consecutively. Favre is still apparent-ly dealing with an ankle injury and his arsenal is not what it was in ’09. Sidney Rice is lost for the fi rst half of the season with a hip injury, and Percy Harvin’s migraine problems continue to affect his ability to play.

It appears that the Vikings have many more questions than they did entering 2009. There might be sev-eral more obstacles in their quest for another NFC North title, too.

Vikings looking at uphill battle>TIMOTHY BOGER

The Dakota Student

DS> Timothy Boger is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at timothy.boger@und.edu

Smed led North Dakota in kills with 17 followed by Trefz and Joki who both fi nished with 14, respec-tively. Husfeldt and Ellen Krueger combined for 57 assists of UND’s 60 assists.

Drake had three players end up on the North Dakota Classic All-Tournament team, while Halvor-son and Joki represented UND.

UND’s next game is Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa against Wis-consin-Milwaukee.

UND will look to exact re-venge against Drake this upcoming weekend as they will partake in the Drake tournament, which is also happens to be in Des Moines.

NATHAN TWERBERG > The Dakota Student

Saturday, Drake defeats UND 3-2

UND’s school-record 15-game

Outside Hitter Annika Smed

17SPORTSthe Dakota Student

BUS > From page 1

ting 5.34 mpg while the diesel only gets 3 to 4 mpg.

The idea to incorporate this new mode of transportation came about for several different reasons. The use of hybrid busses for public transpor-tation has been growing over past several years. According to the com-pany from which the city bought the vehicles, “there are currently 2,688 hybrid busses in service or on order, and they are being used in 30 states and provinces,” Bergman stated. Be-cause of those 30 states and provinces and the savings in fueling and main-tenance, other states and cities, like Grand Forks, have begun to consider the switch over to hybrids.

So exactly how does a hybrid bus work? Bergman gave a simpli-fi ed breakdown. “The busses run on a diesel electric engine. Between 0 and 25 miles per hour, the bus runs on 100 percent battery power, while the diesel is needed to power the rest of the system.” The bus also has a unique throttle system in which it recharges the battery when the foot is let off the throttle. “The bus is de-signed for start and stop traffi c. That’s how the system pays for itself,” said

Bergman. Each bus is 35 feet long, they are handicap accessible and can hold 29-seated passengers and 22 standing.

When asked what the commu-nity’s response has been like, Berg-man stated, “It has been very well received. People often comment on how quiet and smooth the ride is and there have been nothing but compli-ments.” While federal funding came from the ARRA program and use the capital dollars, the city used 121,000 dollars of its own money to pay for the vehicles bergman seems optimis-tic about new additions to the Grand Forks bus routes. “We’re all for effi -ciencies,” he said. “We want to see this thing really take off.”

While visiting the CAT website, the last part of their mission state-ment reads, “These services will be geared toward improving the qual-ity of life for residents and increas-ing the economic vitality of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks.” After speaking to Bergman, it seems that the city of Grand Forks has taken a step toward the preservation of our enviromnemt and can look forward to a future of clean air.

DS> Xavier Pastrano is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at xavier.pastrano@und.edu

JOG > From page 8

environment for everyone participating. Jennifer Gero, a medical student who participated in the event, felt the event was successful in being positive.

“Any event that combines ex-ercise with fun is bound to be a success and that is exactly what Jogging with Josh did. Whether one ran across the fi nish line or walked, it was all about having a good time and appreciating the importance of a healthy lifestyle. I am really glad I was able to par-ticipate!”

The idea of the event is to kick start a healthy lifestyle for all of those who are participat-ing and even those who are able to see or hear about the event. Bryn Putbrese, another medical student who participated in the event had a good feel about the purpose of the event.

“The event had a great turn out and was a lot of fun. The Dean was trying to promote physical activity, and I think he was successful. Both students and faculty participated in the event. Since the event wasn’t a competi-tion, it wasn’t restricted to super athletes, but rather anyone inter-ested in being physically active. I know the event caused a lot of my classmates to become motivated to maintain a regular workout schedule.” DS> Cole Allick is a staff writer for The

Dakota Student. He/She can be reached at cole.allick@und.edu

Jessica Sobolik, director of the Offi ce of Alumni and Com-munity Relation at the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, helped to coordinate the events. “Although it is the fi rst year we are doing this, we have experienced a great turn out, so far. There are no plans at the time to continue this event on a yearly basis, but with the interest shown it is not out of the ques-tion. We encourage the students to keep going with their own ex-ercise regimen.”

However, due to the success of the fi rst event, the Offi ce of Alumni & Community Relations and the dean’s offi ce are planning a second “Jogging with Josh” event this fall. Since the UND School of Medicine begins classes before the regular academic calen-dar, the second event is designed to include the undergraduates and anyone else who is interested in a healthy lifestyle.

The next event will differ from the fi rst in that it will be an optional 5k/10k jog. The event is planned for September 28th and registration begins at 4:00 p.m. in the school of Medicine and Health main lobby facing Columbia Road. The actual jog begins at 4:30 p.m.

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The city bus system is free for students to utilize, you need to pick up a cab crawler card from the UND student gov-ernment offi ce

The North Dakota women’s soccer team fought hard, but ultimately came up short on both games this weekend against Drake and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. They will face Bemidji state Friday at 4 p.m. at home.

photos by Peter Bottini > The Dakota Student

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CROSSWORD

The UND women’s volleyball team took part in the Great West tournament. They placed second, falling to Drake in the fi nal set 15-10.

to use late in the season during a bye or even as trade bait for some-one in need of a quarterback.

My dad always says that too much of anything cannot be a good thing. Maybe in November when my team has been mathemati-cally eliminated I will be singing that tune, but it is August—a new season—and a fresh opportunity to win the championship and the Golden Shovel.

Photos by NATHAN TWERBERG > The Dakota Student

KIRBY > From page 5

DS> Kirby Graff is the position for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at kirby.graff@und.edu

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Sure, veteran quarterback Brett Favre is back. Adrian Peterson is healthy, and the talented rookie Toby Gerhart provides fresh depth and versatility at the halfback posi-tion. The third-ranked defense from a year ago remains largely intact.å

Optimism maxed out last week when Brett Favre arrived at the team’s practice facilities in Eden Prairie, escorted—if not wooed—back from his Mississippi digs by teammates Ryan Longwell, Jared Allen, and Steve Hutchinson. Favre is banged up, but his injuries were largely dismissed because, after all, Favre is always injured.

The Vikings won a weak NFC North in 2009 thanks not only to their talent, but to a combination of two things: fi rst, momentum built from an easy start to their regular season schedule, and secondly, a Packers team—still the only threat to challenge the Vikings for the di-vision title—that struggled to fi nd consistency until late in the season.

All indications are that the Vi-kings will have the benefi t of neither of those things in 2010.

While last season allowed Favre to build confi dence with Cleve-land, Detroit, and San Francisco in the fi rst three weeks of the regular season, this season’s schedule sends Minnesota back to where their 2009 heartbreak occurred: the Superdome against the defending NFL champs, the New Orleans Saints.

It was fortunate for Brett Favre’s ego (and the Vikings too) that both meetings with the Packers in ’09 were early in the season. Perhaps most notable about the Vikings’ two victories over Green Bay were the sacks: Jared Allen and the Min-nesota defensive line sacked Aaron Rodgers thirteen times in those two games.

It wasn’t just the 2000s version of the Purple People Eaters, either:

Rodgers was sacked 31 times in the fi rst eight games of last season. But after the second Packers game at Lambeau Field, something clicked during the Packers’ bye week. Green Bay’s offensive line gave up just 19 sacks during the entire second half of the season, although they did also give up fi ve sacks in their Wild Card Playoff game in Arizona.

Green Bay enters 2010 with one key loss: defensive end Johnny Jolly, who has been suspended by the NFL for a violation of the code of conduct. Most of the rest of their starting lineup remains unchanged, the Packers pose a very real threat to Minnesota.

Actually, the only bigger threat to the Vikings’ hopes than the Pack-ers are the Vikings themselves. And it all starts with Favre himself.

Favre is nearly as inconsistent as he is indecisive. But let no one doubt that he has the ability to be great. His 2009 numbers were some of the best of his career: 4202 yards, 33 touchdowns, and just 7 intercep-tions.

His completion rate and passer rating were by far the best of his ca-reer, and only eleven quarterbacks in history have had a higher single-season passer rating than Favre did in 2009.

So it would be naïve to think anybody could duplicate those numbers. And as any Packer fan will remind you, Favre�s glory days of consistently great numbers are behind him.

He has had three 4,000 yard seasons this decade, none of them consecutively. Favre is still appar-ently dealing with an ankle injury

And his arsenal is not what it was in ’09. Sidney Rice is lost for the fi rst half of the season with a hip injury, and Percy Harvin’s migraine problems continue to affect his abil-ity to play.

It appears that the Vikings have many more questions than they did entering 2009. There might be sev-eral more obstacles in their quest for another NFC North title, too.

Viking woesREPEAT Can the Vi-kings really make a repeat of their 2009 season?

>TIMOTHY BOGERThe Dakota Student

DS> Timothy Boger a staff reporter for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at timothy.boger@und.edu

PROGRESS From page 3

be his legacy.”Some U.S. offi cials look to

Arghandab as a model for progress in the nearly nine-year-old war, but others are skeptical.

American troops have trans-formed one-time Arghandab killing zones into pockets of relative sta-bility. Special Forces working with loosely regulated local militias have made headway in diffi cult areas, and the infl ux of U.S. soldiers has put new pressure on Taliban forces on their home turf.

However, even Western strate-gists here aren’t convinced that the painstaking improvements in this pivotal valley can be replicated else-where in Afghanistan.

“I think the odds are stacked against us on that,” said a second Western offi cial working in the re-gion, who also was given permission by the U.S. Embassy to speak only if he wasn’t identifi ed.

Though they’ve made progress, the strategist said, the U.S. and its Afghan allies haven’t been able to make a critical breakthrough in Arghandab.

“It’s like a lock, but what is that last number?” he said. “We’re right there, but we don’t quite have the number. There is something that we’re missing.”

Ahmadi, the new district gov-ernor, remains a lonely fi gure who travels in a military bubble of tenu-ous protection. A few aides accom-pany him on risky trips around the valley, but most of his skeleton staff is too scared to come to work.

Most of the workers in Ahma-di’s two-story government center are American soldiers and civilians. The district center, nestled in a val-ley hillside not far from Mullah Omar’s former house, is encircled by American and Afghan forces.

Ahmadi relies on the U.S. mili-tary to fl y him into the most vola-tile parts of his district, and his life is always at risk. He still has to seek approval from local power brokers before turning up in their villages.

“Jabar built the boat out of matchsticks, and this is the guy who can sail the boat,” said Kevin

Melton, an energetic representative of the U.S. Agency for Internation-al Development in Arghandab.

Ahmadi was an unknown in late June, when about two-dozen Arghandab elders chose him to lead the district.

American strategists were sub-tly backing the district leader of the local shura, or council. How-ever, Ahmadi, a former muja-hedeen fi ghter and well-off farmer, emerged as the unexpected com-promise candidate.

He slipped quickly into his role. Recently, the district governor fl ew in a U.S. Blackhawk helicop-ter across the Arghandab River for his fi rst visit to the volatile north-west swath of the valley.

Though only a few miles from his government headquarters, it was too risky to drive, even in an armed convoy.

Inside a U.S. military base, Ahmadi met a small coterie of Arghandab leaders who com-plained about U.S. forces shooting at farmers.

American strategists hoped that Ahmadi could secure the local leaders’ help in launching develop-ment projects in the area, but the gathering quickly broke up with-out any agreements.

While popping bitter, green chewing tobacco in his mouth, Ahmadi castigated insurgents as an insidious virus—not as disaffect-ed brothers, as Afghan President Hamid Karzai and others trying to broker peace deals sometimes refer to the Taliban.

“If my brother is destroying my house, he is my enemy,” Ah-madi said in an interview at his district headquarters. “If my ene-my extends my hand in friendship, then he will be welcome.”

Jones, of the 82nd Airborne, touted the transfer as a sign that U.S. counterinsurgency strategy —known as COIN—is making headway in Arghandab.

“I think COIN is working,” Jones said. “There’s going to be fi ghting for 20 or 30 years from now. The question is: Is it to a level that the government can still stand and still continue on? That’s the true testament of whether COIN works or not.”

20 SPORTS tuesday august 31, 2010photos by PETER BOTTINI > The Dakota StudentPHOTOS BY PETER BOTTINI > The Dakota Student

North Dakota struggled in its second home match of the season, as UW-Green Bay broke away in the second half Sunday afternoon to top the Fighting Sioux 2-0 at Bronson Field.

Green Bay notched its second win in as many games against North Dakota (0-3-0). Their fi rst meeting came on September 5, 2008 in Green Bay where the Phoenix topped the Sioux 3-1.

The Phoenix, a Division I school in the Horizon League, controlled play much of the game but could not break out early. Green Bay was able to stave off an early North Dakota push and took command in the fi rst half. But while they outshot North Dakota 6-1 in the fi rst 45 min-utes, they had nothing to show for it going into the half. Each team had just one shot on net in the fi rst half.

The Phoenix (1-1-1) fi nally cracked it open in the second half with a pair of goals eleven minutes apart. Green Bay’s Laura Hamer scored her fi rst goal of the year, which was also the fi rst of the year for the Phoenix as a whole. Their previous games were a 1-0

Soccer team still searching for winBALL Offense strug-gles as North Dakota dropped two games this weekend.

>TIMOTHY BOGERThe Dakota Student

loss to North Dakota State and a 0-0 draw with Drake earlier in the week. The goal at 58:24 was assisted by Hekla Palmadottir.

And just a little while later at 69:34, Green Bay would put the game farther out of reach with another goal, this time by Anna Kouba. Palmadottir also assisted on the second goal.

North Dakota showed no quit, as they peppered Phoe-nix goalie Maddie Drusch with 9 shots, eight on goal. Drusch posted her eighth career shut-out in this, her junior season for Green Bay.

Senior Monica Stierman had fi ve saves in goal for North Dako-ta. She played all ninety minutes.

North Dakota continues their three-game home stand on Friday with a match-up with the Bemi-dji State Beavers. Bemidji State will visit Bronson Field in Grand Forks for its fi rst regular season game. They have had two exhibi-tion games against St. Kates and Minot State. Bemidji State, a Di-vision II team for soccer, is picked to fi nish sixth in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

The Friday match will be at 4:00pm at Bronson Field on UND’s campus.

They begin conference play October 8th against South Da-kota.

DS> Timothy Boger is a staff reporter for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at timothy.boger@und.edu

A Drake player eludes a UND soccer player (above). Senior Monica Stierman (be-low) makes a save during a game this weekend.

photos by PETER BOTTINI > The Dakota Student