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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP)-- A raccoon has ended aNorth Dakota team’s bid for afourth consecutive regionalchampionship in high schoolwrestling. The CarringtonHigh School team was pulledfrom Saturday's tournamentwhen officials discovered theathletes had been exposed to alive raccoon.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) --Authorities in North Dakotasay a man who had just beenconvicted of two felonies forallegedly molesting a younggirl pulled a gun in a court-room. Adams County SheriffEugene Molbert said VicenteChacano pointed the 9mmpistol at an assistant attorneygeneral who had prosecutedthe case.

BERN, Switzerland (AP) --Police in Italy, Switzerlandand France searched on Sun-day for 6-year-old twin girlswho disappeared after theirfather died in an apparent sui-cide. The body of MatthiasKaspar Schepp, 43, a Cana-dian-born resident of Switzer-land, was found by a railwaystation near the southern Ital-ian port city Bari shortly be-fore 11 p.m. on Thursday,according to Swiss police inthe canton (state) of Vaud.

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) --Tunisia’s interior minister onSunday suspended all activi-ties of the country’s formerruling party amid the most se-rious protests since the coun-try’s autocratic ruler fled intoexile. Fahrat Rajhi suspendedall meetings of the Demo-cratic Constitutional Rally,known as the RCD, and or-dered all party offices ormeeting places it owns closedand intends to seek its disso-lution, a ministry statementsaid.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Whenmembers of Congress met re-cently to discuss revitalizingpassenger trains in the UnitedStates, they chose Grand Cen-tral Terminal, a majestic hubof New York’s vaunted masstransit system. From a bal-cony above the main con-course, Mayor MichaelBloomberg told lawmakers herides the subway every dayand called high-speed passen-ger rail “the track to the fu-ture.”

WASHINGTON (AP) --Sarah Palin says the Obamaadministration must tellAmericans what it knowsabout who will be Egypt’snext leader. In a ChristianBroadcasting Network inter-view released Saturday, the2008 vice presidential candi-date says the administrationshould level with the Ameri-can people on what it knowsabout the Egyptian crisis.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- AMinnesota Girl Scout coun-cil’s decision to sell some ofits camps has so upset oneScout that she and others inher troop plan to sit out thebig annual cookie sale thatstarts Saturday. Kim Zaiman,who leads a troop of 12 girlsin the St. Paul suburb ofMaplewood, said Thursdayher 10-year-old daughter,Elizabeth, will sit out the salealong with some other troopmembers.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.(AP) -- Former Vice PresidentDick Cheney on Saturdaycalled Egyptian PresidentHosni Mubarak a good friendand U.S. ally, and he urgedthe Obama administration tomove cautiously as turmoilcontinued to shake that na-tion's government.

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The elimination process ofSquirrelMail will graduallytake place throughout thecourse of the semester.

Groups of students will ran-domly be chosen and emailedwith instructions to deactivatetheir SquirrelMail and switchover to NDSU Live.

According to Communica-tions Coordinator for Infor-mational Technology Services(ITS) Cloy Tobola, studentsare already beginning to re-ceive their emails that theirSquirrelMail accounts will bedeactivating.

The first group of randomlyselected students was notifiedby email last Monday and willbe receiving one more re-minder email.

Students who receive theseemails have a brief grace pe-riod before their SquirrelMailaccounts get deactivated.

The next group of studentswas notified this Monday andthe same protocol will apply tothem. This cycle will continueuntil everyone is switched overto NDSU Live.

Tobola encourages studentsto call ITS with any questionsthey have about the switch, asthis might be a confusing time.

“The help desk is gettingcalls with questions,” Tobolasaid. “Feel free to call the help

desk, that’s why we’re there;to help people out.”

Tobola said the server usedfor SquirrelMail, IMAP, isbeing retired. The switch isscheduled to be complete bythe time final exams rollaround.

The reason ITS is makingthe switch in staggered groupsinstead of all at once is becausethe IMAP server is several

years old and they do not wantto overload the system andrisk a crash.

“I think it’s going to be agood move, change is alwaystough but this will be a changefor the better,” Tobola said. “Ithink students are going to likethe new features in live.”

According to a press releasefrom ITS, Chief IT SecurityOfficer Theresa Semmens is

confident that the switch willbe well received.

“The NDSU Live service hasbeen very well-received bystudents and provides a greatimprovement over the simpleinterface in SquirrelMail,”Semmens said. “The move toNDSU Live will provide realbenefits for students.”

According to the ITS pressrelease, the switch is simple

and allows students to pull inmail from other email ac-counts. In addition to the sim-plicity, students will be able tokeep all of the emails savedfrom SquirrelMail and pickup right where they left off onNDSU Live.

For further instructionsabout the switch, go towww.ndsu.edu/its/ndsu-live.

SquirrelMail retires this semester

KATERINA VORONOVANews Reporter

This year’s Little Interna-tional (Little “I”) contest willbe taking place the weekend ofFeb. 11 and 12. It will be the85th largest annual, student-sponsored event at NDSU.

Events will take place start-ing at 8 a.m. Saturday, andwill conclude with a dance inthe chips at 10:30 p.m. on Sun-day.

This year’s theme is “proofthat the legacy lives on.”

The showmanship cate-gories of the event are beef,dairy, sheep, swine and horse.Other activities include hamcuring and public speakingcompetitions. The group willalso be announcing this year’sagriculturist of the year.

The contest will featureevents such as crop and ani-mal judging.

According to an officialNDSU statement, events of theLittle “I” competition will betaking place at both the Shep-perd Arena and Bison SportsArena.

The Little “I” contest, whichis planned by the Saddle andSirloin Club, is an organiza-tion intended to get studentsinterested in animal hus-bandry. The Little “I” contesthas been taking place since1922.

“The Little International is aproduction filled with prideand a sense of tradition thatwill continue for many yearsto come,” Manager MitchellBecker said in a press release.

During Little “I,” the crown-ing of the queen and twoprincesses will also take place.

Candidates are selectedform the student body andserve as liaisons of the Saddleand Sirloin Club during someof the main events.

Quynn Larson was selected

to be this year’s queen, whileKatie Carlson and SarahSchaible were voted to be thisyear’s princesses.

Another major event in theLittle “I” contest is the awardceremony for agriculturist ofthe year. The banquet will takeplace 6 p.m. Friday in theFargo Civic Center. Accordingto an official NDSU statement,Paul Berg, Bert Moore andRuss Danielson will all be re-ceiving the award.

Berg was born and raised inNorth Dakota, attendedNDSU and has a degree in an-imal husbandry. He has alsoreceived a master’s and doc-toral degree in animal scienceand has worked as a farmer.He has taught animal scienceat NDSU, as well as coachedjudging teams.

Moore was born and raisedi n

Iowa and has also lived in Ne-braska. He taught variousclasses at NDSU, includingmeat animal evaluation, live-stock selection, breeds of live-stock, feeds and feeding, andsheep and horse production.He is currently the secretaryand treasurer of the AmericanShorthorn Association inOmaha, Nebraska.

Danielson grew up in NorthDakota and has a degree inanimal husbandry fromNDSU. Danielson taughtcourses in introduction to ani-mal science, meat animal pro-duction, livestock evaluation,beef cattle pedigrees and beefproduction. He was also thefaculty advisor for the NDSUJudging Club and the Saddleand Sirloin Club. Danielsonretired from NDSU in 2010.

Celebrating agriculture

DANIELLE MANTHEINews Reporter

Whether students are fresh-men still undecided or seniorsgearing up for graduation,those looking for professionalemployment opportunitieswill have the chance to attendthe NDSU Career Fair tomor-row from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. atthe Fargodome.

More than 120 employerswill be at the event, searchingfor students to fill their posi-tions for internships, co-ops orfull time employment oppor-tunities.

Even if students are notlooking for employment at thistime, Director of the CareerCenter Jill Wilkey recom-mended that students still at-tend and begin to makeconnections.

Wilkey expressed the impor-tance of networking and ex-ploration at any stage of astudent’s education.

“Although it is hard to trackhow many students gain em-ployment from attending thefair, many will make their firstcontact with future employers,possibly even as freshman,”Wilkey said.

This year’s fair is alreadysetting record attendance byemployers.

Each company will be look-ing to fill a number of differentpositions for all majors fromlocations all over the Midwestand beyond. There will also bemany new employers thathave never attended an NDSUfair before. According toWilkey, a great way to siftthrough all 120 companies isto attend an employer presen-

tation. At the career fair, stu-dents will have the opportu-nity to sit in on presentationsabout certain companies, giv-ing them a full overview of thecompanies they will have theopportunity to meet with.Wilkey also stressed that busi-ness casual or professionalwear is recommended for theevent.

“Even if you are just explor-ing, dress appropriately,” saidWilkey.

Students attending may alsowant to bring copies of theirresume. The Career Center isoffering a drop-in resume cri-tique today from 1 p.m. to 4:30p.m. or by appointment.

No resume critiques will beaccepted after today. Wilkeyrecommended using OptimalResume Software to help stu-dents build a strong resumefor employers to review.

For more information aboutthe fair, tips on appropriatedress, and a list of employersattending this year’s careerfair, visit the Career Center’swebsite athttp://www.ndsu.edu/career/.

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All students on campus will soon be required to make the switch from SquirrelMail to NDSU Live.The Spectrum

Although it is hardto track how manystudents gain em-ployment from at-tending the fair,many will maketheir first contactwith future employ-ers.-Jill Wilkey

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This year’s Little “I” will take place this Saturdayin Sheperd Arena and Bison Sports Arena

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While many students atNDSU dread the cold snow ofwinter, for a select few, it is thetime of year their student or-ganization waits for.

This fall, students BrianKaeter, a freshman majoringin management, and BenKoenig, a freshman majoringin accounting, put their deter-mination and passion forcross-country skiing togetherto form a new organization atNDSU, the Nordic Ski Club.

The co-presidents of the club

had both skied in high schoolon competitive teams, and saidthey wanted a way to continuecross-country skiing while incollege with others that en-joyed the sport as well.

“We’re both pretty passion-ate about it,” Kaeter said.

The group skis togetherevery Tuesday at Viking ShipPark in Moorhead and on Sat-urdays at Edgewood GolfCourse in Fargo. Occasionallythe club travels to other loca-tions on the weekends as well,such as the Rainbow Resort inWaubun, Minn., which offersa more “hilly” terrain, accord-ing to Koenig.

Outside of their ski outings,the club meets every Thurs-day at the Wellness Center tocondition on exercise bikes orby running laps.

According to the co-presi-dents, while the number ofskiers at each outing varies,approximately ten people usu-ally ski with the group.

In their first season together,the Nordic Ski Club partici-pated in one race -- the Edge-wood Winter Blast -- whichwas held in January at Edge-wood Golf Course.

However, Kaeter andKoenig said they are lookingto participate in more races in

the 2011-2012 season. “We’re getting more com-

petitive,” Kaeter said. “We’rescheduling races for next year,and have five or six lined up.”

While the ambitions of thegroup are growing, the groupsaid they are also looking togrow in number as well.

After the Nordic Ski Clubformed in October, the twopresidents put up posters toadvertise their club, and thegroup’s events are now listedon the NDSU event calendaron the university’s website.

The club is looking for bothexperienced skiers as well asthose with little or no experi-

ence. “If you don’t have any expe-

rience you can just come hangout with us ... You can rent skisa couple of times and just seeif it’s right for you,” Kaetersaid.

For more information aboutthe Nordic Ski Club and theirevents, students can reach theco-presidents Brian Kaeter [email protected] andBen Koenig [email protected].

“Skiing is a good workout todo in the winter to stay in goodshape and it’s a lot of fun,”Koenig said. “You can do it forthe rest of your life.”

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Skiing is a goodworkout to do inthe winter to stay ingood shape and it’sa lot of fun. You cando it for the rest ofyour life.–Ben Koenig, Co-President of theNordic Ski Club

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From the Associated Press

ARCADIA, Ohio (AP) -- Afreight train carrying volatilechemicals derailed about 50miles south of Toledo Sundaymorning, causing at least 15tanker cars to catch fire andexplode and forcing evacua-tions of nearby homes, a fireofficial said. No injuries havebeen reported.

Capt. Jim Breyman of theArcadia Fire Department saidthe call came in at about 2:15a.m., and estimates 15 to 18tanker cars carrying ethanolderailed.

About 20 homes were evac-uated in the area about twomiles west of the village of Ar-cadia, but it was unclear ex-actly how many people werein those homes, he said.

The scene was intense anddramatic.

“We’re talking fireballs,” hesaid of the explosion. “Whenthey went thousands of feet inthe air, they could be seenfrom 20-plus miles away.”

Authorities were assessing

whether to send in crews toput out the blaze or to wait forit to burn out, he said. A pri-mary concern was that oneend of a string of seven chem-ical-filled cars was near thefire and could not be movedbut had not vented or burned,creating the possibility of achain reaction if it were to ex-plode.

The burning cars, scatteredon either side of the tracks,had been separated from mostof the rest of the train.

The Ohio EnvironmentalProtection Agency was testingwaterways in the area Sundaymorning to see if there wasany contamination, but Brey-man said he expected most ofthe fuel to be burned up in theblaze.

An initial concern was thatthe derailment and explosionshappened next to a fertilizerplant, and Breyman said itwas fortunate the fire didn'tspread there.

“I’ve been a fireman for al-most 30 years now and I’veseen a lot, never seen anythinglike this,” Breyman said. “Itwas beyond words.”

The train was headed fromChicago to North Carolinawith 62 cars loaded withethanol, and preliminary in-formation indicated about halfthose cars derailed, NorfolkSouthern spokesman RudyHusband said. He said he hadno information on whatcaused the derailment.

Train derailment,fire forces OhioevacuationsFrom the Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- ASomali man with a history ofviolent crime has been inter-viewed as “a person of inter-est” in the deaths of hisdaughter's mother and threeothers and is being held byU.S. immigration officials, au-thorities said Thursday.

Omar Mohamed Kalmio,26, is the father of an infantgirl found alive last week inthe Minot apartment of 19-year-old Sabrina Zephier, whowas found dead Friday, MinotPolice Chief Jeff Balentinetold The Associated Press onThursday.

Sabrina Zephier’s mother,Jolene Zephier, 38; brother,Dillon Zephier, 13; and JoleneZephier’s boyfriend, JeremyLongie, 22, were found slain innearby mobile home less thanan hour later.

“We have interviewed(Kalmio), and he is a person ofinterest,” Balentine said.

Shawn Neudauer, aspokesman for U.S. Immigra-tion and Customs Enforce-ment, said Kalmio wasarrested Tuesday in Minot forfailing to abide by the terms ofsupervised release stemmingfrom an assault charge. He de-clined to give details, citingprivacy issues.

Minnesota court recordsshow Kalmio was convicted in2006 of second-degree assaultwith a dangerous weapon, afelony, and sentenced to oneyear and one day in prisonwith credit for 143 daysserved.

Kalmio and a group of otherSomali men attacked a man inMinneapolis in January 2006,and Kalmio stabbed him threetimes in the back with a knife,according to a criminal com-plaint in the case.

The victim also was stabbedin the face and shoulder andsuffered a collapsed lung andconcussion.

That same year, Kalmio was

convicted of theft and orderedto pay a fine. Court recordsshow he lived in the TwinCities suburb of Eagan whenthe crimes happened.

Minneapolis police said theyhave had no contact withKalmio since 2006.

Kalmio had been ordered toreport to immigration officialsin Grand Forks last Augustbut failed to do so, Neudauersaid.

Kalmio, who was being heldThursday in the Grand Forksjail, has been in the custody ofimmigration agents before.ICE issued a statement sayingKalmio was released fromcustody in May 2010 as a re-sult of rules stemming from a2001 U.S. Supreme Court de-cision.

That decision required acourt review before immi-grants convicted of certaincrimes could be deported, aprocess that had been auto-matic before. The decision alsosaid criminals with no country

to accept them couldn’t bejailed indefinitely.

Somalia has not had a func-tioning government since1991.

ICE officials would not com-ment on whether they triedand failed to deport Kalmio,citing privacy rules.

Balentine said police intendto interview Kalmio again. Hesaid Kalmio had been living inMinot but had been workingin the northwest NorthDakota city of Williston.

The Zephiers were membersof South Dakota’s YanktonSioux Tribe. Officials havesaid they and Longie diedafter being shot. Their bodieswere sent to Bismarck onMonday for autopsies, and po-lice are waiting for the results,Balentine said.

He would not comment on apossible motive for the slay-ings.

Man tied to slain ND familyheld by immigration

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MATT SEVERNSSpectrum Staff

Newfound attention is beingpaid to DUI enforcement, asreports of DUIs and alcohol-related incidents seem to beflourishing. The past monthhas seen everyone from pas-tors to bus drivers, and even aformer Fargo TV anchor ar-rested on suspicion of DUI.

In reaction, the Fargo PoliceDepartment dispatched theFargo Regional DUI TaskForce to saturate the South-east region of Fargo over theweekend.

While a reactionary ap-proach helps deter future inci-dents, some at NDSU prefer totake preventative measureswhile they have the opportu-nity.

Erika Beseler Thompson,assistant director for alcoholand other drug preventionprograms, thinks that drink-ing and driving is a risk thatmany do not fully considerand that planning ahead canprevent financial, professionaland conscientious issues fromarising.

“Oftentimes, people think oftheir choice to drive as a deci-sion that impacts themselves. Iguess I would say to reallyconsider that this risk goes farbeyond the self; it affects oth-ers as well,” Beseler Thomp-

son said.With life endangerment

being the primary concern,often the financial and profes-sional implications are over-looked.

“There are many ramifica-tions for someone cited fordrinking and driving, not theleast of which include employ-ment applications.” BeselerThompson said.

According to a study re-leased in 2010 by the presi-dent’s council on alcohol andother drugs, of the 270 re-sponding NDSU-graduate em-ployers surveyed, 21.4 percentwould not hire a person with aDUI on his or her record, 36

percent would treat DUI inci-dents on a case by case basisand 50 percent would not hirea person with a felony, whichin North Dakota would be aresult of a fifth offense.

In order to avoid complica-tions, the simplest thing to dois simply not drink and drive.

If, however, drinking isgoing to be central to a nightout, there are ways to avoidunnecessary endangerment.

“Plan before you go out.Choose a designated driver atthe beginning of the night.Don’t pick the person whodrinks the least because oftenthat judgment is impaired,”Beseler Thompson said.

Additionally, simply not get-ting into a car with someonewho has been drinking, callingsomeone who hasn't beendrinking or taking advantageof the herd hauler programare good ways to avoid poten-tially endangering someone’slife or future.

The herd hauler allowsNDSU students to access safetransportation at reducedcosts during the hours MAT-BUS isn’t running.

"I've never once met a per-son who has paid for a cab andregretted it. I have met peoplewho regretted drinking anddriving," Beseler Thompsonsaid.

NDSU offers DUI prevention advicePlanning ahead is a good alternative to facing consequences

Oftentimes, peoplethink of theirchoice to drive as adecision that impacts themselves.I guess I would sayto really considerthat this risk goesfar beyond the self;it affects others aswell.-Erika BeselerThompson

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With the dangers associated with drinking and driving almost incomprehensible,NDSU officials urge students to avoid getting behind the wheel while tipsy.

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A few days ago the nomineesfor the 2011 MTVU WoodieAwards (WA) were an-nounced.

One of my favorite thingsabout the WAs is that thenominees are usually emerg-ing artists who are not com-monly known.

Once honored, they then be-come more popular and some-times even enter themainstream.

But what really are theWAs?

Well first, MTVU is a divi-sion of MTV Networks thatproduces a 24-hour televisionchannel.

According to MTV.com,MTVU is available on morethan “750 college and univer-sity campuses across theUnited States, as well as sev-eral digital cable packages.“

MTVU provides a more tar-get alternative to MTV, espe-cially to college-age viewers,and broadcasts exclusive con-tent dedicated to aspects ofcollege life (including music,news and on-campus events).

The music played on thechannel is primarily indierock, pop punk and hip-hop ofunderground and emergingartists.

The WAs featire an annualaward show that honors theseartists and recognizes themusic voted best by collegestudents.

Past winners have includedDeath Cab for Cutie, 30 Sec-onds to Mars, Paramore,Green Day and Kings of Leon.

Woodie of the Year, Break-ing Woodie, Best VideoWoodie, Performing Woodie,Left Field Woodie and CollegeRadio Woodie are all awardcategories.

This year, some music artistswe might already know are upfor nomination.

Both B.o.B’s “Airplanes”and Wiz Khalifa’s “Black &Yellow” are up for Woodie ofthe Year.

This award honors the artistwho made the biggest splashon the college music scene in2010.

Kanye West is up for LeftField Woodie.

According to MTV.com, thisaward goes to the artist thatresists classification. “Theycame out of left field, andwe’re still not sure what sec-tion of our favorite jamsplaylist to put them in,”MTV.com noted.

Although MTV throws aspotlight on the undergroundsounds that are making themost noise on college cam-puses across America, we, thecollege students, choose whowins.

Voting will be available onWoodies.MTV.com untilMarch 1.

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Socks; who cares, right?Well guys, when going out

into the business world, socksare an important factor thatcan either help or hinder yourappearance.

If you are looking your best,you know that it is often thedetails that make all the differ-ence.

Socks are details of an outfitcommonly neglected andoverlooked, so here are somequick tips on the fundamen-tals to pairing socks to thatperfect business outfit.

First and foremost, let it beknown that there are threetypes of socks: casual, athleticand dress.

Casual socks come in cottonand wool, and are available ina wide variety of colors, pat-terns and thicknesses.

The best time to use these ison a regular basis when wear-ing jeans, sweats or pajamas.

Athletic socks are usuallycotton and are available inwhite, gray and black.

They also come low-cut sothat when sneakers are beingworn, the socks are almost in-visible.

Now these socks are not sim-ply meant to be worn duringintense athletic workouts, butaccording to Esquire Maga-zine, they also should be worn"while wearing any type ofshorts, such as khaki or jean."

Dress socks are usuallymade from silk, cashmere, finecotton or wool, and normallyare long enough to stay up on

the calves.This brings me to my next

point: Dress socks are meantonly to be worn with businessattire.

But how do you know whatcolor is the most appropriate?

According to GQ.com,"when wearing dress shoes,the fashion rule is to blend thecolor of the socks with the suitcolor or pants."

The reason you want tomatch sock color to the dresspants being worn is becauseyou want the outfit to visuallyflow from top to bottom.

If socks are matched withthe shoes instead, then peo-ple’s eyes will stop at the endof the pants because the pantsand shoes seem separate.

When the socks match yourpants, you let the flow of visionall the way down to the sole ofthe shoe.

For example, a navy suit andbrown shoes should be wornwith navy socks rather thanbrown socks.

Similarly, a charcoal suitand black shoes appears morestylish with dark gray socks.

When wearing lighter suits,make sure the socks aredarker than the suit, but ashade or so lighter than theshoes.

Never (and I emphasizenever), wear white socks withdress shoes. Not only is it un-professional, but also it fails toflatter.

If wearing dress socks with atie, make sure the socks extendover the calves.

This prevents people fromseeing your bare leg whenseated; it doesn't leave a good

impression when socks areconstantly being pulled up thelegs.

Silk socks with a slight lustercomplement tuxedos andother fine formal wear andthicker wool dress socks aremore appropriate for heavierwinter wear.

So next time the need forbusiness attire presents uncer-tainty, remember that for for-mal wear, match socks topants and match sock textureto the rest of the outfit.

Finally, keep the white ath-letic socks for the gym; youwant to impress, not look un-flattering.

Appropriate socks for business

One of the biggest fashion mistakes for men is wearing white socks when sportingbusiness attire.

Photo Courtesy of TooManyMornings.com

JAIME JARMINSpectrum Staff

Make a “flashy” statementthis spring by wearing brightneon colors.

Neon colors are booming onthe runways for many bigname designers’ spring 2011collections.

Designers who have re-vamped this color trend intheir collections include JasonWu, Versace, Nina Ricci andBurberry Prorsum.

The January issue of Voguemagazine states, “spring has anew lease on light: brightneons that illuminate theroom.”

You are sure to “illuminatethe room” while wearing thishot new trend to classes thisupcoming spring.

Although this shift is fabu-lous on the runway, what is thebest way to pull it off withoutlooking like a constructionworker?

This is where smart pairingcomes in handy.

Try coordinating brightneons with darker-coloredclothing.

This will cause the neon col-ors to pop even more, withoutlooking like your wearing abright stop sign.

Instead, others are bound to“stop” and check out yourfabulous outfit.

Feeling really adventurous?

Try experimenting withthese stunning colors by wear-ing a neon dress.

Many designers’ collectionshave recently included electri-fying dresses featuring head-to-toe neon.

According to Elle magazineonline, “Designers looked toacid tones for their spring col-lections, from electric yellow tofluorescent orange. Not justfor the thrill seeker, these neoncolors work wonders as gownsand ladylike skirts as well.”

Not the type to wear “lady-like skirts” and dresses?

There is a solution: try outneon accessories.

Brighten up an existingwardrobe by adding acces-sories, such as neon belts,purses or jewelry.

Voguemagazine.com statesthat there was a “collection ofpatent bags in neon lime orturquoise” designed byBurberry Prorsum.

Items like these are sure towow those around you andelectrify attire.

Some of the shades that lookfantastic this spring includelime green, hot pink,turquoise, bright orange andhighlighter yellow.

Now that spring is creepingup around the corner, be pre-pared to meet it with somefunky neon clothing and ac-cessories.

You are bound to “shedsome light” around campus.

Neon trend to explode in spring

ALYSIA LARSONContributing Writer

LINDA VASQUEZFeatures Editor

Everyone at some point inhis or her life wants to make adate memorable.

Many people get stuck whenthey try to plan a date that isnot part of the norm, so hereis how to make a date a bitmore special.

According to Ehow.com,when planning a more uniquedate, “you need to be able tothink outside of the box [and]get creative.”

When the person that isbeing taken out on a date issomeone you know very well,it will be easier to figure outwhat to do because it limitsyour range of ideas.

For example, if dating some-one who doesn’t like animals,do not go to the zoo.

If dating someone who doesnot like overly showy gestures,then do not go to a sportsgame and get on the bigscreen.

A lot of the planning for aunique date starts with know-ing your date.

Once you have that figuredout, try to start thinking out-side of the box.

If you really want to go to amovie, perhaps instead act outthe movie together and film itto watch later on.

Links2love.com states thatthe key to making a dateunique is “by making it mem-orable.”

If this is a first date, trysomething different and tryspinning off ideas that are al-ready there.

Take a walk in the park andtake along a one-time usecamera.

Throughout the date, use itup and take turns taking pic-tures of each other, as well astogether.

Then for the next date, de-velop the pictures together,look at them and pick a pic-ture to exchange with one an-other.

Once both of you have cho-sen the pictures, write on theback of them and share thememento.

This way, your date willthink of you every time theysee it and remember theunique experience.

Maybe the girl or guy in artclass is whom you are takingout on a date for the first time.

If so, go purchase hugesheets of paper, pens, charcoal,crayons and watercolors priorto the date.

Then take your date to anart museum, art gallery or artfestival.

Look at the artwork andthen go home and try to recre-ate a favorite piece.

Once dry, exchange artworkwith one another. This will bea special reminder of theunique date.

Want extra points?Guys: Give her flowers and

bring a special one for hermother.

Also, be on time and do nothonk the horn for her to comeout, but actually walk up tothe door to get her.

Girls: Be engaging, appre-ciative, do not play dumb, andtry complimenting him onwhat he is wearing. Men oftengo through a lot of trouble tolook good, but rarely get asmany compliments as womendo.

Remember that when plan-ning a date, nothing usuallyhappens as perfectly as youthink it will.

Be open to change and knowthat the most unique ideashappen when you are simplywith that special someone.

When you’re with someonespecial, even the most horriblemistakes can make a datemore meaningful.

Just breathe and have fun.

Make a date unique

Be open to changeand know that themost unique ideashappen when youare simply with thatspecial someone.

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In the 1969 film adaptationof Charles Portis’ novel of thesame name, John Wayne’sperformance as Rooster Cog-burn would win him his firstand only academy award. Thefilm quickly went on to be-come one of the most cele-brated westerns in UnitedStates cinema.

Critical darlings Joel andEthan Coen, who wrote anddirected the film, as well astheir all-star cast, had a lot tolive up to with their remake ofthe classic and they were com-pletely aware of this fact goinginto production.

The film opens with asomber and depressingly clin-ical narration by Mattie Rossrecounting the murder of herfather by Tom Chaney (JoshBrolin), one her father’s hiredhands, when she was only 14years old. The true story thenbegins with the teenager Mat-tie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) outin search of a man with “truegrit” to kill, or otherwise bringto justice, her father’s killer.

She enlists help of U.S. Mar-shal Rooster Cogburn (JeffBridges), described to her asthe meanest and most pitilessof lawmen. The duo begrudg-ingly accepts the aid of a TexasRanger by the name ofLaBoeuf (Matt Damon) whohas been tracking TomChaney since he murdered aU.S. senator. The three finallybegin their hunt for Chaney,who has been rumored to havefallen in with a gang of out-laws in Native American terri-tory.

"True Grit" is a film thatlives and dies on its perform-ances. Bridges, who had themost to prove in filling JohnWayne’s near-mythic shoes,proves that he is every bit theactor that Wayne ever was. Asthe gruff and nearly unintelli-gible Marshal Cogburn, hedisplays a kind of father-likedishonorableness. In recentyears, the anti-hero characterhas been put on a pedestal. Weare told to revere the actionheroes who murder wantonlyand joke about the destructionthey leave behind.

Rooster Cogburn is a drunk,a degenerate and most impor-tantly, a normal human beingwho does things that no regu-lar person should even con-sider doing. Watching himproceed to drink, fight and killthe way that he does evokesthe feeling of when a child firstdiscovers their own father isnot invincible and omnipotent.

At times, you almost feelashamed for liking Cogburnas much as you do as he dropsendearing one-liners andmakes a fool of himself whilesimultaneously saving the day.Bridges conveys this with allthe skill and loose likabilitythat anyone could have askedfor and more.

Surprisingly, however, it isactually Steinfeld’s portrayalof the young Mattie Ross thatwill endear most moviegoers.I have often taken issue withthe portrayal of children incinema, as more often than notthey are not children, butadults written small. Steinfeldand the Coen Brothers seemedto be acutely aware of this asMattie Ross’ cold and calcu-lating nature takes this clichéto the extreme. However, al-most heartbreakingly, this isthe person that Mattie hasbeen forced to become.

Young Steinfeld’s perform-ance completely steals theshow from the previous, andthis will hopefully lead to along and active career for the

actress."True Grit’s" tale of revenge

is nothing new, but the way itis conveyed to the viewer car-ries so much heft and weight

as to completely make us for-get about that. The film nearlyforces the audience to demandjustice in a lawless world.Most importantly, it invokes a

pre-"Unforgiven" era when awestern could just be fun."True Grit" is a true joy of afilm.

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Arts and EntertainmentEmily HansonArts and Entertainment EditorPhone: 231-5261 | Email: [email protected]

STEVENSTROM

ContributingWriter

CATEEKEGREN

Spectrum Staff

Thief River Falls natives Little Winter brings Fargo a unique new sound. Submitted Photo

MICHAEL WEILERContributing Writer

Rebellion has always hap-pened quietly in Thief RiverFalls, Minn. The biggest act ofrebellion, and maybe the mostimportant, is to get out oftown. Where the known nick-name of the Mayor SteveNordhagen is “Beaver,” get-ting out for this fact aloneseems almost necessary. Witha population of 8,472, it’s notcompletely po-dunk, but it isvery close.

Small towns can havestrange effects on music. Andfor Little Winter, it was no dif-ferent. With nothing better todo in Thief River Falls, whatdoes one do to pass the time?

Starting a garage band is oneoption.

“We were always gettingcomplaints from the neigh-bors and they would call thecops complaining that wewere too loud and they could-n’t hear their television,” KrisAdamson said. “They wouldcall my parents and my par-ents were cool about it and de-fend us and tell them to turnup the volume because that’swhat they did.”

It was then that Little Win-ter rebelled like all bands do,and got out of town. One byone, they slowly made theirway to Fargo.

Though they are definitely a“band” in everything they do,Adamson and band mate

Ryan Weiss seem to be theheart and soul of the group.They both formed the groupapproximately six years ago.That’s when the other Adam-son family members came intothe group. Ben Adamson playsbass and sings while CalliAdamson sings, plays celloand keyboard.

“We all kind of contribute indifferent ways. Calli sings andwrites, Ryan writes, I write,” said.

Stunningly soft-spoken yetplayful, they all listen to eachother talk and never really in-terrupt each other when theother is speaking, which letseveryone describe their musicand what it means to them.

“I don’t listen to as much

music as I probably should,”Kris explained. “We spent alot of time in the beginningplaying a lot of those battle-of-the-bands-type shows fromCrookston to Mockingbird.We would either win them orlose them.”

“I guess we just could notplease everybody,” Weiss said.

And pleasing everyone is notreally necessary when thechemistry is strong. It’s morethan blood, its something al-most unspoken. The audiencehears it drift in and out of theirlyrics and three-part har-monies. It is like when theytalk, never stepping on eachother; clear, concise and soft-spoken, but so very effective.

With influences ranging

from Death Cab to older folkmusic to their parent’s band,“The Reflections,” who werequite popular in the ThiefRiver Falls area, Little Winteris a quiet force to be reckonedwith.

And like their music, LittleWinter is currently craftingand creating their album theway they want to. Slowly andmethodically they trudge, nothurrying for anyone or for anyreason.

Little Winter opens forDann K, Black Casket andShane Maland at the RedRaven Saturday, Feb. 26. It isan all-ages show, music startsat 7 p.m., doors open at 6:30p.m. and the cover is $5.

Almost all in the family

Big screen review: "True Grit"

It’s easy to get stuck in aradio rut! Here are the top fivewebsites where you can listento and discover new music on-line.

5. iTunesYou don’t have to download

the iTunes program in orderto take advantage of their on-line store. The pros? Music islisted alphabetically and bygenre making it very easy tofind similar sounding artists.The store is very organizedand keeps information simpleand concise. The cons? Only asample of each song is avail-able for listening.

4. AOL MusicVery similar to the MTV and

Vh1 websites, AOL music fea-tures the latest in music news,artist bios, photos, etc. Thepros? My favorite thingsabout this website are the linksto other great music sites andthe “Listening Party.” Thereyou can listen to a selection offull CDs. It’s nice having CDspicked out for you to listen toand the majority of the time,the whole CD is better than aparticular single. The cons?This website definitely re-quires a lot of navigatingaround.

3. PandoraWith the ability to create a

free account, Pandora is one ofthe most popular internetradio websites. The pros? Youcan have multiple playlists.Type in an artist or a songname and a new station will becreated playing only musicwith similar qualities. Pan-dora is one of the best websitesI have found that introducesyou to new music. You cangive each song a thumbs up ordown, which refines each ofyour stations even further. Thecons? Although the musicplays continuously, you areonly allotted so many hoursper month on your account.The limit is quite high, how-ever if you listen to Pandorafor hours on end each day it iseasy to reach. There are alsoadvertisement breaks every sooften.

2. JangoJango is very similar to Pan-

dora. Users are able to createa free account that saves allmusical preferences. Thepros? Multiple playlists, theability to rate songs and find-ing new songs and artists areall great qualities. What sepa-rates Jango from Pandora isthe user’s ability to browse thewebsite, bios, photos andmore, all while still listening.The cons? Advertisements arestill the number one way toprovide a free web service.

1. GroovesharkWith the largest music selec-

tion available and the ability tolisten to what you want, notwhat the website wants, makesGrooveshark by far my fa-vorite website to listen tomusic online for free. Thepros? You can have multipleplaylists of your own or viewother user’s playlists or presetplaylists. Users can create afree account to save all prefer-ences and search easily forsongs, artists and albums. Ad-vertisements are only seen onthe sidebar instead of inter-rupting your listening experi-ence. This is a great website touse when you want to listen tospecific songs on demandwithout buying them. Thecons? The music on Groove-shark is available becauseusers upload their music li-braries. When users all uploadthe same CD onto Groove-shark, you get multiple copiesof each song you have to seewhen you search.

Top 5musicwebsites

True Grit an action-packed movie that is both suspenseful and fun to watch.Photo Courtesy of Facebook

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OpinionRylee Nelson

Opinion EditorPhone: 231-6287 | Email: [email protected]

Lately I have been wonder-ing if Bugs is on some islandsomewhere. Maybe Daffy andthe crew are off enjoying anearly retirement. I am won-dering if Tom may have finallygotten the best of Jerry. Eitherway it’s time for them to comeback.

I have memories as a littleboy waking up at 9 a.m. withmy big brother and watchingWile E. Coyote try his latesthopeless scheme on RoadRunner. Other times, wewould watch Elmer Fudd tryto catch the “waskly wabbit.”

Now, mostly movie-inspiredspin-offs control Saturdaymorning. It’s a real tragedy.Instead of the hilariouspredicaments of our favorite,poorly animated comrades,we have the latest version ofPower Rangers. The cartoonsof the present make it obviousthat there is more moneyspent on animation produc-tion than on actual script andsubstance.

Now some of you may bepulling the maturity card andsay that this is a child's topic,but I will be the first to admitthat if they brought back theold cartoons, I would make ita point to wake up early andschedule a little “Bugs Time”into my Saturday morning.

In fact, I was watching TVon a Saturday morning a fewmonths ago and to my ex-treme surprise and joy, anepisode of “Tom and Jerry”came on. At that very mo-ment, a truckload of child-hood nostalgia hit me like aton of bricks. I continued toenjoy watching Jerry escapebefore Daffy Duck trottedacross the screen and broughtgut-wrenching laughter forthe next ten minutes. For thatwindow of time, I hoped that Ihad found what I had beenwishing for, ever since thosechildhood memories. Butabruptly after Daffy exited,the announcer informed theviewers that this was simply aquick flashback and a “specialfeature.” I was heart-broken.

Now, in conversation withmy roommate, I realized thata major reason for the transi-tion is the meeting of a de-mand in the market: biggerand better computer graphics.However, he also brought upsomething that I had notthought of. Maybe the move tothe “new way of cartoons” is amove to political correctness.

While considering this, I re-membered that there wasquite a bit of violence. Howmany times did I see Wile E.Coyote ardently trying tobreak Road Runner’s neckwith an anvil, dynamite or hislatest rocket invention. I re-member seeing Bugs Bunny ina dress and wig trying tofiendishly seduce Elmer Fudd,Daffy Duck getting uncharac-teristically drunk, Sylvester

RYLEE NELSON

Opinion Editor

Death ofSaturdaymorning

The cartoons of thepresent make it ob-vious that there ismore money spenton animation pro-duction than on ac-tual script andsubstance.

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SARAH CHAMPAContributing Writer

We are all cranky and cold;a quality coffee café that carescan make a huge difference inour lives. So I say drink localand ignore big businesses.Local coffee shops prove thatquality, creativity and rela-tionships can last. We deservethe very best in these subzerotemperatures.

First of all, if you doubt myexpertise on the subject, justknow this past summer Iworked at a local coffee shopin a decent-sized town; a townlarge enough to house chainand local coffee shops compet-itively. At this cute place, I wasindoctrinated about coffeeshop ethics from my bosseswho had a real passion for the

java. Now that you know I am le-

gitimate, I don’t like to namenames, but Starbucks, Cari-bou, Dunn Brothers and manymore don’t emphasize and ex-ecute quality like local coffeehouses can. In these chains, in-gredients are pre-planned foreach shop. This makes it im-possible for the storeowners tocontrol the quality of ingredi-ents to better become one withtheir lattes, cappuccinos andso on. Local shops have theopportunity to buy what theywant from wherever theywant. They can buy six-dollarper gallon organic milk, maketheir own chocolate syrup andpainstakingly French presstheir coffee for all we know.This is because they love qual-ity and want to stand out from

the monotony of industry. It isa truly beautiful thing.

When I worked as a baristathis summer, I was encour-aged to create new drinks andtantalize the customers withmy concoctions. Because ofthis, the work did not drone; itinspired me to become a betterbarista. I created a latte withhuckleberry and hazelnut fla-vors. I cleverly titled it Huck-leberry Hazelnut Latte andasked people to try it. I amhappy to say that the newdrink became a constant onthe menu. You cannot do suchthings at chain coffee shops.The recipes are strict and pre-designed for the employees. Soif you want the tried and trueas well as innovative tech-niques, go local.

The most comforting aspect

of a coffee shop experience isthe relationship factor. No one

wants to walk into a coffeeshop and see a grumpy baristabehind the counter; a coffeehouse should be a place ofwarmth and welcome. I wastrained in barista-ship tomake friends with the localsflowing on through. I was eventrained to use a Southern ac-cent because if anything is hos-pitable, it is the South (that’s a

joke). Now, I don’t mean tosay that all big coffee indus-tries employ less happy peo-ple, but I just know that it ismore of a possibility due tohow systematic and watered-down big businesses have be-come.

I hope this has given you“drink for thought.” If any-thing, I want to inspire you tosearch for quality and care.The best way to arrive at qual-ity and care is to shop local. Itmay cost more, but isn’t itworth it? We live in the arcticFargo, ND; we deserve thebest coffee.

Sarah is a senior majoring inUniversity Studies.

Drink local. Drink warm.

So if you want thetried and true aswell as innovativetechniques, golocal.

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JAIME JARMINSpectrum Staff

The Fargo Forum got methinking: How would peoplesurvive if blue laws were reen-acted in North Dakota?

I’m sure all of the compul-sive shoppers out there wouldbe extremely upset by this actof legislation and quite possi-bly all of the procrastinatingshoppers as well. But maybe ifwe decided to put the kiboshon shopping for unnecessaryitems on Sundays, peoplewould be less materialistic andcloser to their families.

Blue laws were in effect inNorth Dakota until the early90s. These laws stated that

anyone wanting to shop foranything other than gas orconvenience store items,among other things, was out ofluck. Stores that were open 24hours were generally forced toclose at midnight on Saturdayand would not be able to beopen the following day until acertain time on Sunday, or insome cases, not at all.

Having the option of shop-ping on Sundays does helpstimulate the economy, butdoes it help stimulate our abil-ity to interact with our fami-lies, or dare I say, our faith.

I can’t help but notice theplethora of vehicles filled withenthusiastic shoppers waitingoutside places like West Acresto open at noon. Then I ask

myself, would they be as en-thusiastic to spend time withtheir family or spend time atchurch -- if they go to church,that is?

It’s ironic that those who arein church tend to bolt out assoon as they can, just to be thefirst in line when the doorsopen at Fleet Farm. I haveseen this firsthand, I might

add. It’s time some peoplestart worshipping theAlmighty God instead of theAlmighty Dollar.

When I used to work at asmall-town gas station, Iwould hear a lot of the oldergentlemen talk about the“good ol’ days” when the townwould be quiet and peacefulon a Sunday. I often imaginehow Fargo would look if thereweren’t shoppers causing traf-fic-jams and road rage alongthe major routes on these“days of rest.”

I guess back in the “good ol’days” it was a luxury to goover to Minnesota or Montanato shop on a Sunday. One gen-tleman told me that in NorthDakota some items would be

covered by tarps in the storesthat weren’t allowed to be soldin accordance with the bluelaws.

Our society seems so ob-sessed with the buck andshopping, but it’s hard not tobe when the best sales are usu-ally on the weekends. It’s a lit-tle disheartening to think thatpeople go out of their way topurchase a flat screen televi-sion that they just need fortheir family room.

How about instead of shop-ping and spending money fortheir family room, they actu-ally spend time with their fam-ilies in their family room?

Jaime is a sophomore major-ing in English.

Bringing back the blue

It’s time some peo-ple start worship-ping the AlmightyGod instead of theAlmighty Dollar.

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I feel like I’ve been very neg-ative lately. I’ve pointed atflaws in technology, Google,left-handed awareness and so-cial networking. For those ofyou who have been loyal to myarticles, I hope to uplift yourspirits that I so thoughtlesslydestroyed. In doing this, Ihope to enlighten you as tohow some of the “disadvan-

tages” of living in the 21st cen-tury that experts seem to in-form you on are staticallyspeaking, simply wrong.

For starters, lets addresshealth care. It has gotten bet-ter! I’m not here to argue yourpolitics on “Obamacare” oraddress any flaws in insuranceor paying for it. That’s a wholenew ball game; but the simplefact is, healthcare is better. Byand large, our medical proce-dures have grown beyondwhat people were dreaming of100 years ago. From polio toTB to small pox, some of thedeadliest and most damagingdiseases of our time have be-come so uncommon that amajority of us don’t even havevaccines for these diseases ashumans have almost com-pletely wiped the species off

the planet. Environmentalistmight argue that genocide of aspecies is bad, but I don’t seeany problems with a polio-freeworld.

Second, as hard as it is to be-lieve with shows like “JerseyShore” on the air, humanity isgetting smarter. College ismore affordable than it hasever been with financial aidpaying more than a billiondollars to students to allowthem to pursue college. Almost60 percent of graduating highschool students go on to col-lege; a whopping increasefrom 1970’s 30 percent gradu-ating classes.

For further evidence, letstake a gander at IQ scores. Forthose of you who doubt thatsimply going to college makesyou smarter (which statistics

claim does), 100 is the averagescore of IQ tests. However, aspopulations consistently scorehigher on IQ tests, we have tothen re-work the scoring so100 is average again. So, whileIQ scores may appear to besimilar from one generation tothe next, the scores have to beconstantly adjusted backdown to 100 because childrenare doing better and better onthe test. And finally, to lendsome goodwill to my majorand my criminal justiceteacher, lets state once and forall that crime rates, since 1996,have been steadily dropping(except for cyber crime for ob-vious reasons). Violent crimeshave received the largest drop,seeing a huge decline of 13percent. That may not seemlike a lot, but from a national

perspective, it is enormous. 13percent of our population isroughly 40,558,508, so roughlythat many people have beenspared a violent crime duringthe last 14 years. I think wecan all agree that’s a numberto be proud of.

Yes, the world could be bet-ter, and in fact that’s the maindriving force for us to be atthis university. We want to im-prove the world. Maybeyou’re just after more money.Either way, the world is still onits way toward improvement,so we can all be a little happier.

Jesse is a freshman majoringin criminal justice.

A little positivity is good

JESSE SCHUER

ContributingWriter

BRANDON REBERContributing Writer

As Congress fights over thebest way to handle Oba-macare, something that hasnever happened in the historyof our nation is on the vergeof taking place; the UnitedStates. may default on its na-tional debt. Basically, whilethe left and the right are in an-other one of their fights, thebills have come due and wedon’t have the money. That’sright, the United States has a$14 trillion credit card bill andthey can’t make their monthlypayment.

Now instead of doing what anormal American familywould do if they were in thesame situation, Congress isworking in the opposite direc-

tion. Instead of trying to findmoney to pay these bills, theycontinue to spend and fightabout spending while a typicalfamily makes a budget andonly spends what they can af-ford. If you can barely make

ends meet, you do not go buya brand new Cadillac. Thefederal government, on theother hand, does not under-

stand this concept. They makea yearly budget that is forevergrowing and if they cannot af-ford some unnecessary things,they just charge it. Every year,they take out more and morecredit to pay for what theycannot afford.

It is not just limited to thefederal level however, as moreand more states are complain-ing about mounting debt anda lack of funds. North Dakotais a rarity in that it has abudget surplus, and that canbe largely attributed to the oilfields out west. According tothe Center on Budget and Pol-icy Priorities, 44 states willspend more than they earnthis year. California is $25 bil-lion in the red, Illinois is out$15 billion, and New York is$9 billion in debt and growing.

This showcases that a large

government policy is not andcannot be the answer for theUnited States. As bureaucracycontinues to grow ever moreexpansive and expensive, theeconomy, and thus the Ameri-can people, will continue tosuffer. Governments maketheir money from the peopleand as more and more moneyis needed to pay off these hugedebts, more and more money(taxes) is going to be requiredfrom the American people. Asour elected officials can con-tinually spend however andwhenever they please, the av-erage American family willhave less and less to spend onwhat they please. We, the peo-ple, are the ones getting theshort end of a big spendingstick.

Now this is a call to bothsides of the aisle as both De-

mocrats and Republicans areguilty of this unnecessaryspending. Instead of arguingabout spending too much tooverhaul health insurance orspending too much on the war,they need to sit down like afamily would and figure outwhat they need to spendmoney on (groceries, housepayment, infrastructure, na-tional defense) and what theyneed to rethink and trulyoverhaul (new TV, new car, so-cial security, pork projects). Itis also a call to all the votersout there. We have to do ourhomework and make surewe’re casting votes for thosewith the people’s (not the bu-reaucracy’s) best interest inmind.

Debt: A hidden enemy

Now instead ofdoing what a nor-mal American fam-ily would do if theywere in the samesituation, Congressis working in theopposite direction.

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the cat smoking a mouthfulcigarettes, and provocative fe-male characters such as BettyBoop or Jessica Rabbit baskin their grip on the male car-toon population.

Upon reflection, maybe formorality’s sake, it is a goodthing that an emphasis oncomputer graphics has re-placed the controversial crazyantics of the “good ol’ days.”However, maybe the lack of

animation and the length towhich reality was distortedprovided some sort of discon-nect in our mind. This couldcause what we saw to not beas influential as today’s morerealistic, say, video games.

Whatever the case may be,all I know is that I miss thosecartoons. I think we shouldbring them back. We don’tneed to abandon morality todo so either. With a little selec-

tion and discretion, we can re-vitalize the Saturday morn-ing. I bet that if we did, luckycharms and fruity pebbleswould make a dramaticcomeback. Everyone knowsthat nothing goes better witha bowl full of milk and cerealthan a coyote, a roadrunnerand a stick of dynamite.

Rylee is a junior majoring incommunications.

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There’s a new Big Brother intown, and it’s called LikeALit-tle.com. No, it isn’t some Or-wellian government agencyspying on us day in and dayout. It’s us. It’s your friendsand classmates, and they areconstantly watching you. TheLikeALittle website is a rela-tively new website whichseems to be inspired by the“Missed Connections” sectionof Craigslist. Your peers atNDSU are using it to try to getto know you.

For those of you unfamiliarwith the concept, these web-sites are essentially personalads for someone who sawsomeone attractive, has noidea who they are and wantsto get to know them better.Take this example from lastFriday, “At Union DiningCenter: Female, Brown hair. Isaw you today wearing a whitenorth face vest. You have gor-geous blue eyes and a smilethat makes me laugh. I wouldlove to get to know you better!;).”

The hope is that the girl willcheck LikeALittle and mes-sage the original poster to gettogether and talk. Of course,meeting your crush throughthe Internet on an anonymouswebsite does seem far-fetched,but apparently it does happen.I’ve recognized at least threeof my co-workers on the siteand have told them they havesome random person oglingthem from afar, pining for alittle interaction. To myknowledge, none of them haveresponded to their stalker, butthat doesn’t mean they won’t.

I would highly recommendtrying this website out, if onlyto see if you need to be lockingyour door and shutting yourcurtains at night. But if you dopost something for your crushto see, for the love of all that isholy, at least put enough infoin the person’s description sothe person you’re creeping oncan recognize his or herself.Take this post from Saturday,“At the R dining center: Male,Brown hair. You were eatingwith lots of friends and all Icould think was 'please look atme' :).” Come on, that couldbe literally hundreds of peo-ple. You’ll never get a responsefrom the actual guy; you haveto put some effort into it.

Also, if you post about some-one in detail, at least get thefacts right. Unlike this post,“At Wellness Center: Male,Brown hair. You work behind

the rec desk, I think you juststarted this semester. You lookso hott when you wear yourglasses, but you seem kindastuck up! Maybe you canteach me how to rock climbbecause it seems like that'syour specialty ;).”

Obviously this person istalking about me, but I don’twork behind the Rec Desk, Iwork at the Front Desk. I alsodon’t wear glasses, or rockclimb for that matter. And forcrying out loud, I’ve workedthere for three years. This is aclassic rookie mistake, andyou’ll never find love if youcan’t even describe the correctperson.

All in all, I love this websitebecause it shows the true na-ture of our species. We are abunch of narcissistic egomani-acs that think any vague posi-tive reference made by anyonecould be about us. Not to men-tion we are constantly judgingeach other without evenknowing each other, basedsolely on appearance. Whenwe are allowed to speakanonymously, our true selvescan come out, and I truly be-lieve that this website showsthat we’re all just a bunch ofshallow, creepy stalkers.

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The Super Bowl is here andgone and Packer fans can re-joice. You guys destroyed theonly hope that ESPN had ofmaking a story out of thegame. Ben Roethlisberger wassuspended for the first fourgames of the year. If he leadshis team to victory, the moth-ership (sorry Dan Patrick, Ihad to borrow it) has amonth’s worth of stories thatcan lead off another pointlessSportscenter. How great is BigBen? Big Ben and his risefrom the bottom to the top.Yeah, I know. It makes mewant to puke as much as see-ing that NDSU is adding an-other frat. Seriously, ifanything, downsizing is the di-rection we need to be taking inthat department. Like a com-plete and entire downsizing.But, I digress.

If anything, the Super Bowlis the ultimate climax tosports. After you have downedthat final beverage and at thelast helping of beanies andweenies, you realize tomorrowis going to be a day withoutfootball. What are you sup-pose to do until the NFL startsagain? It is time for the cure tothe Super Bowl hangover.

See, the sports year begins inMarch, when the 300 plus bas-ketball teams that have beenbusting their butts are down-sized to 68. March Madness isthree weeks of college basket-ball heaven. You can add thefact that Opening Day forMajor League baseball iscrammed in there. Throw insome meaningless hockey inJune and another Celtics ver-sus Lakers NBA champi-onship series, and we hit July,the dog days of summer. Bythis time, the Twins will bemaking a run at the CentralDivision title, making us allhope for a World Series run.Spoiler alert, no matter whathappens we will play the Yan-kees and we will lose. This willcause me to chuck a remotethrough a wall and stare at itfor the next eight monthsthinking, “I really need to fixthat before we check out ofthis apartment.”

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Last week, I wrote about myofficiating career. This week, Iwant to pay homage to theman who makes my officiat-

ing career possible. This isgoing to sound like an out-landish statement, but if youare any sort of fan of collegefootball you have seen him be-fore.

Remember back when VinceYoung beat USC in the na-tional championship? He wasthere. How about college foot-ball kick-off weekend featur-ing Boise State and VirginiaTech? Or let me go a littleways back to Boise State’sstatue of liberty play to win theTostitos Fiesta Bowl.

Yeah, he happened to bethere too.

I’m saving the best for lastbecause we all watched theNational Championship gamebetween Oregon and Auburnthis year right? Yeah, he wasthere too. Did I mention hewas an official for all thesegames?

None of us officials are per-fect, as I mentioned last week,but Mike Cannon is as close asthey come. Originally fromCampbell, Minn., Mikestarted officiating in 1979when he was 20 years oldwhile he was attending NorthDakota State College of Sci-ence in Wahpeton.

He then transferred to Min-nesota State University Moor-head and lived in theFargo-Moorhead area aftergraduation.

Officiating is only his part-time job.

He serves as the vice presi-dent of Citizens bank inHutchinson, Minn. for his full-time job. He has three chil-dren, two of whom attendNDSU.

He became a member of theold North Central Conference,officiating many Bison basket-ball and football games.

He remained a member

until 2000, when the Big Tenconference came calling.

As an official in the Big Ten,he has officiated eight bowlgames, including the Cottonbowl, the Rose bowl, the Or-ange bowl, the Fiesta bowl andtwo national championships.

He currently serves as a fieldjudge on most of his officiatingcrews and is working his waytoward becoming a head ref-eree. He currently gets a fewgames a year as the white hat.

Officiating is not a one-dayper week job though.

He runs five days everyweek to keep up with the

speedsters on the football field,reads his rulebooks regularlyand studies for exams. Yes,there are exams on the rules.

He attends an annual clinic,has to travel on Fridays forSaturday games, has a meet-ing with his officiating crewFriday nights, another pre-game meeting before the gameand then the game itself.

Add all of this to the hours ofmeticulous game film reviewand you get one of the best of-ficials in any game today.

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RYAN NELSONContributing Writer

After a thrilling weekendbeating Southern Utah andUMKC the Bison men’s bas-ketball team, showing new life,was back in action on the roadtrying to keep the momentumrolling.

At only 3-8 on the road, in-cluding five straight losses, itwas not an easy task.

However, starting their roadtrip with 0-24 Centenary, theBison had little to worry aboutin game one of the weekend.Grabbing the lead at the 15:41mark of the first half, theBison did not look back, hold-ing the lead throughout for the83-63 win.

The young guns MarshallBjorklund and Taylor Braunled the Bison to the win.Freshman Bjorklund led theteam with 22 points while red-shirt freshman Braun addedhis first career double-doublewith 18 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.

The Bison had three otherplayers in double figures in-cluding Michael Tveidt, EricCarlson and Mike Felt.

The Gents were led by MaxxNakwaasah with 17 pointsand six rebounds, but weredominated on the glass, grab-

bing only 19 rebounds toNDSU’s 40. Centenary alsoturned the ball over 15 timesto NDSU’s 11, with the Bisononly recording one turnover inthe second half. Centenarywill move to Division III in allsports next year.

The Bison then turned theirattention to Oral Roberts, ateam only one game ahead ofthem in the Summit League,with standings at 7-5.

The Bison got the best of theGolden Eagles earlier thisyear, finishing with an 80-74score.

The Bison surged to an 11-3lead right out of the gates andfinished an impressive firsthalf up 44-34, shooting 63 per-cent from the floor.

However, the Bison couldnot finish, missing six of theirfirst seven shots from the fieldat the start of the second halfen route to an 81-73 loss.

The Golden Eagles grabbedtheir final lead of the game atthe 6:55 mark and went on an11-2 run from there to pick upthe win. The Bison were out-rebounded 27-9 and shot just31 percent from the floor inthe second half during theeight-point loss.

Tveidt finished with 19 andCarlson added 15 to lead theBison. Bjorklund also chippedin with nine points and eightrebounds.

The Golden Eagles had fourplayers in double figures, in-cluding 18 a piece for DamenBell-Holter, Roderick Pearsonand Warren Niles.

Dominique Morrison added14 points for the Eagles, whoimproved to 11-14 overall, 8-5in the Summit League.

With the win, ORU headcoach Scott Sutton broke theschool record for career winswith 215.

The Bison fall to 12-11 over-all, 6-7 in the Summit League.

They currently sit in seventhplace in the conference, agame behind rival SouthDakota State. With only fivegames remaining on theschedule, the Bison will takeon Western Illinois and Indi-ana University-Purdue Uni-versity at Indianapolis at theBison Sports Arena this week.

Road woes continue for Bison


They currently sit inseventh place in theconference, a gamebehind rival SouthDakota State.

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Senior Michael Tveidt goes up for the one handed run-ner against Southern Utah Jan. 28 at the Bison SportsArena. Tveidt and the Bison split this week's roadgames against Centenary and Oral Roberts.


It is really hard to believe,but the Bison men’s basketballteam is heading into its lastfive games of the regular sea-son.

The Herd will be hosting twoof its last three home gamesthis week, as the Leathernecksfrom Western Illinois come totown on Thursday, and Indi-ana University-Purdue Uni-versity at Indianapolis willmake the trip to Fargo on Sat-urday.

Western Illinois (7-16, 2-10)will be looking to take the sea-son sweep against NDSU, asthey were able to beat theBison 67-62 earlier in the sea-son.

The Leathernecks are leadin scoring by senior guardMatt Lander, who averages16.5 points per game, and isthe Leathernecks’ main offen-sive threat.

Lander is one of only twoLeathernecks who averages indouble figures, as scoring hasbeen a problem for them all

year.IUPUI (15-10, 9-3) is an-

other team that the Bisondropped a close contest to ear-lier in the year, but that gamewas at Indianapolis in the Jun-gle, an extremely tough placeto play.

The Jags are lead in scoringby junior guard Alex Young.Young averages 20 points and6.9 boards per game, both ofwhich are team highs.

The Jags second leadingscorer, Leroy Nobles, averages16.9 points per game.

NDSU (12-11, 6-7) is lookingto make a late surge in theSummit League standings.After a tough loss to OralRoberts, the Bison will onceagain look for a little homecooking to help them out.

Michael Tveidt continues tolead the Bison in scoring, as heis the team leader with 15.2points per game.

Eric Carlson has continuedhis recent scoring streak as hehas bumped his average up todouble figures with 11.6 pointsper game.

As stated earlier, the Herdwill take on Western Illinois 7p.m. Thursday at the BisonSports Arena. Saturday will bea double-header with thewomen starting at 5 p.m. andthe men’s game at approxi-mately 7:30 p.m. Both men’sand women’s games are onceagain at the BSA.

Hoping for astrong finish

TRAVISJONES

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Bjorklund (42) puts up a good fight in the paint to put the ball back up for twopoints against (team unknown) on (date unknown).


I want to be like Mike

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Junior Leslie Brost pole vaulting. Brost set a new NDSU and Bison Sports Arena record of 13 feet 11 1/4 inches in the pole vault at the Bison Open on Saturday,Feb. 5.


about to kick off. While this isexciting, it is also equally frus-trating. You should realizethat Texas Christian winningagainst a mid-level majorconference team like OregonState will mean nothing in theend. No one in the footballbowl subdivision likes thingsto be fair. At least NDSU givesyou hope that they can win atitle in a fairer setting. Of

course, if you count the refswe had in that Eastern Wash-ington game as fair, then wemight as well join the FBS.

Finally, it is the first week-end in September and theNFL is kicking off again. Newstorylines will be written andteams will battle for the ulti-mate trophy in the ultimatesport. That is, of course, ifthey are actually playing foot-

ball next September. If this isthe case, stock up on the Advilbecause we are in for theworld’s longest Super Bowlhangover.

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Junior Christine (Bruins) Schmaltz finishes up a race at the Bison SportsArena on Saturday, Feb 5.


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DALLAS, Texas – TheGreen Bay Packers' won theirfirst Super Bowl title in 14years at the hands of AaronRodgers, who completed 24-of-39 passes for 304 yards andthree touchdowns to lead a 31-25 victory over Pittsburgh.

Quarterback Rodgers, play-ing in his maiden Super Bowl,helped secure the victory withan eight-yard touchdown passto receiver Greg Jennings withjust under 12 minutes left inthe fourth quarter.

"It is a dream come true,"Rodgers said. "It is what Idreamed about as a little kidwatching Joe Montana andSteve Young and we just wonthe Super Bowl."

The eventual winning drivestarted with a Steelers' fumbleon the first play of the finalquarter as Green Bay was ableto convert three Pittsburghturnovers into touchdowns atCowboys Stadium.

"It feels awesome," saidGreen Bay's Mike McCarthy,who won his first Super Bowlin his fifth season as headcoach. "It is great to bring theLombardi Trophy back toGreen Bay."

Rodgers, who was named theMost Valuable Player of SuperBowl 45, connected with Jen-nings in the end zone to makeit 28-17.

Not only did Rodgers win theMVP in his first try but heearned 83,000 dollars in bonusmoney that goes to each mem-ber of the winning team.

Jennings finished with fourcatches for 64 yards and twotouchdowns while teammate

Jordy Nelson had a game-high140 yards receiving for thePackers who captured theirfourth Super Bowl title andfirst since Super Bowl 32 whenthey beat the New England Pa-triots 35-21.

"Wow, wow, wow. It's a greatday to be great, baby," Jen-nings said. "It was a cornerroute. They dropped me andlet me run free the play before.They dropped me on anothercorner route and we cameback to it and scored on thatplay."

Kicker Mason Crosby putthe finishing touches on thewin for Green Bay with a 23-yard field goal with 2:07 re-maining in the fourth quarter.

The game between two of theleague's most storied fran-chises lived up to its billing.Rodgers won the battle of thestar quarterbacks as Pitts-burgh's Ben Roethlisbergergot off to a shaky start. Roeth-lisberger threw two intercep-tions in the first half that thePackers converted into touch-downs.

Rodgers threaded the needleon a couple of game-changingplays, including a touchdownstrike to open the scoring in thefirst quarter when he and Nel-son hooked up for a 29-yardscore.

Roethlisberger was noslouch, completing 25-of-40passes for 263 yards and twotouchdowns. But he couldn'tescape the damage caused bythe early interceptions.

Packers safety Nick Collinsintercepted a soft pass fromRoethlisberger and returned it37 yards for a touchdown togive Green Bay a 14-0 leadwith 3:34 left in the first quar-ter.

Roethlisberger regrouped

after the second one and triedto rally the troops.

He engineered a seven-play,77-yard drive down the fieldbefore hitting receiver HinesWard for the touchdown to cutthe Packers lead to 21-10 with47 seconds left in the first half.

"We are not into moral vic-tories," Pittsburgh coach MikeTomlin said. "It (turnovers)was a factor in the game. Wecame here to win a footballgame and we didn't do thatand Green Bay did and wecongratulate them."

The game was expected to bethe most watched event in UStelevision history. Even USPresident Barack Obama gotinto the spirit by hosting a lav-ish Super Bowl party for abouta 100 VIPs and dignitaries atthe White House.

The Steelers were missing in-jured rookie centre MaurkicePouncey. Pouncey was helpedoff the field during Pitts-burgh?s opening drive againstthe New York Jets in the AFCchampionship game with afractured bone in his foot anda sprained ankle.

The Packers were not with-out injury problems. Star cor-nerback Charles Woodsoninjured his collarbone in thefirst half and did not returnand Green Bay veteran re-ceiver Donald Driver, whocaught a 46-yard pass early inthe game, injured his ankle.

"We've been a team that hasovercome adversity all year,"Jennings said. "Now our cap-tain goes down. It was emo-tional in the locker room. OurNo. 1 receiver goes down andmore emotions are flying in thelocker room but we find a wayto bottle it up and exert it onthe field."

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