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Four NDSU students are helping area middle school kids “take a stand” with their anti-bullying campaign.

McKenzy Olson, Dani-elle Anderson, Nathanael Macy and Lauren Sobolik created “I Stand,” a cam-paign that targets the by-stander effect, for the Public Relations Student Society of America’s competition, Bateman.

This campaign is being put into effect at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton middle school. Anderson said that, per the rules of the compe-tition, their campaign can only be in the school during February.

The group has created various content to support their campaign, such as a banner that is being used as a pledge board and posters throughout the school.

Students can also write down situations where bul-lying was stopped and put them in an “I Stand” box in the school office, Anderson said. This box is painted red, which is the primary color of the campaign to remind students that while everyone looks different, we are all the same on the inside.

The campaign also in-cludes a Facebook page, Twitter account and Word-press blog associated.

Anderson said this cam-paign is targeting bystanders

because it is more positive and empowering. She said that bullying can turn into a negative topic with middle school students.

This negativity is mir-rored in what the students at DGF middle school said in a survey. As part of the campaign, the NDSU stu-dents did a focus group and pre-campaign survey to get a better understanding of the bullying situation at the school.

Anderson said that many students in the focus group said that namecalling, teas-ing, texting and cliques were the biggest problems. Almost all 20 of the focus group students anonymously admitted to being bullied.

The campaign group planned a number of events at the school, including the

initial kickoff event. Ander-son said during the kickoff, one student took her to the side and explained that she loved what the campaign was doing and what it stood for.

“That was so touching and emotional,” Anderson said. “I was surprised a middle schooler had enough confidence to say that.”

The NDSU students will also visit with parents at DGF’s parent-teacher con-ferences today.

Olson said they will of-ten talk to the kids during lunch, as the students can’t be taken out of class. They call this time “Cafeteria Crashers” and do a variety of events during this time.

At the end of the month, these four NDSU students will prepare their campaign

to be sent to the competi-tion, but Anderson said that DGF students are hoping for more.

“When we talked with the students during one lunch, they said that they can see a difference and that they hope it stays in the school af-ter February,” she said.

For more information about the “I Stand” cam-paign, visit the campaign blog at www.IStand2013.wordpress.com, Face-book at www.facebook.com/IStand2013 or Twit-ter at www.twitter.com/IStand2013.

NDSU’s Legacy Program, in partnership with LRN Cor-poration, is hosting free work-shops this week to educate students on the importance of ethical conduct in the business profession.

The theme for this year’s workshop is the “HOW” phi-losophy. This philosophy is based on the book “How: Why How You Do Anything Means Everything” by Dov Seidman, the founder and CEO of LRN. Shawn Heinen, a junior majoring in account-ing and member of the Legacy Program, has been actively involved in facilitating the event. He explained that the “HOW” philosophy is largely about using “ethics, values and guiding principles” to de-termine how to approach busi-ness situations.

“Companies aim to create a culture by using key values and ethical guidelines,” Hein-en said. “The HOW helps to enhance your understanding of all that.”

Heinen suggested that the HOW philosophy encourages professionals to be mindful of their actions.

“You can’t just get some-thing done; you have to do it right,” he said.

Doug LePelley, the lead educator at LRN,

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Taking A Stand Against BullyingNDSU Students Help Area Middle School in Anti-bullying Campaign

Legacy Program Presents Thought Leader Workshop ‘The Year of the How’ Ethics Ses-sions Held at NDSU Logan CurtiContributing Writer

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McKenzy Olson, Danielle Anderson, Nathanael Macy and Lauren Sobolik present a banner of middle school student pledges to take a stand against bul-lying as a part of their “I Stand” campaign for the PRSSA Bateman competition.

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Eating Disorder Awareness WeekWeek to Advocate Positive Body ImageLisa MarchandContributing Writer

The NDSU Counseling Center and several student organizations will shine a spotlight on the importance of positive body image and healthy lifestyle habits dur-ing national Eating Disorder Awareness Week Feb. 25 to March 2.

The demands of college life have attributed to nearly 25 percent of college stu-dents nationwide suffering from eating disorders, ac-cording to the National Insti-

tute of Mental Health.Although eating disorders

such as Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and Obe-sity have much to do with genetic predispositions, the intense external pressures of a college lifestyle can wreak havoc on a person’s men-tal health, which may lead to an eating disorder. They are the deadliest of all men-tal health problems, but the key, according to Counsel-ing Center Assistant Director Marlys Borkhuis, is preven-tion through education and maintaining a positive body

image. “It is such a time of

growth, being in college,” Borkuis stated. “It is a time of change for students and part of that is figuring out your balance. People don’t get into an eating disorder purposefully; people fall into it very innocently.”

The student organiza-tions involved with EDAW include the Athletic Training Organization,

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Food is essential for life. However, have you ever thought that role of food is more than just tummy satisfaction? Yes, we all know food tastes good and we usually eat more than we need to, but that’s not my point. Have you ever noticed how food delivers comfort and brings people together? Being in college, most students won’t go to an exhibit just to see it; it’s been proven that more people attend events when there is food. Another example is if you haven’t seen your friend in a long time, the next time you meet will most likely involve food. It doesn’t have to be a three-course meal; it can be as simple as a cup of coffee with a warm cookie. Another interesting factor about food that NDSU has taken into consideration is the dining services. As fresh-men we didn’t have unlimited dining just so we could eat all the food. It was unlimited because eating is like a social gathering. It’s the one time people are able to sit down and socialize. It allows you to meet people and catch up with friends. Therefore, when you sit down for your next meal today, thank your food for giving you friends and a social life.

Fashion Apparel Busi-ness Organization, Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics and Residence Life. Various presentation boards, booths and fundrais-ers will be seen around cam-pus throughout the week.

The Athletic Training Organization will present a board in the Memorial Union Monday, Wednesday and Thursday that features student athletes and their insights on the body image issue. According to Presi-dent Samantha Narveson, windows of opportunity to improve your health present themselves every day; tak-ing the stairs instead of the elevator, wall sits during a favorite television show and calf raises in your morning routine are just a few.

“Everyone is different, and there is a healthy way to be happier with your body,” Narveson said. “You don’t have to go to an extreme, and that’s what the week is about. The more we make it a posi-tive thing to pursue health, the better it will be.”

FABO will feature a board in the Memorial Union on Wednesday entitled “Dressing for Your Size” that will highlight different ways a person can dress to fit their body in a flattering way, said FABO President Shelby Heimbuch. The board, which

can be utilized by men and women alike, will also be at the Wallman Wellness Cen-ter.

“The focus of the week is finding peace within your-self,” Heimbuch said. “Col-lege should be more about who you are as a person.”

The residence halls across campus are also par-ticipating in EDWA by wag-ing a Penny War against one other. Every penny collected is counted positively towards a hall’s overall points, while silver coins will be counted against them, encouraging hall residents to bring down the competition while do-nating more. All proceeds collected by the residence halls will be donated to the National Eating Disorder As-sociation.

The Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics will set up a photo booth at the Wellness Center through-out the week where people can take a picture of their body so they can celebrate it without any negative com-ments. There will also be a “Yay! Scale” for students to step onto that will not reveal their body weight, but will only respond with positive phrases and adjectives.

“We can get too caught up in our own negative talk. [The Week is] about helping people to be more positive

with our bodies and celebrat-ing all the things it does for us in a day,” Borkhuis said.

Many other events will occur around campus in honor of EDAW beginning Monday at noon with a dis-cussion in the Wellness Cen-ter classroom called “Stop the Insanity.” Guest speak-ers will cover the pros, cons, facts and myths surrounding extreme workouts like P90X and Insanity and products such as Spray Your Fat Away.

Tuesday will feature another discussion in the Wellness Center classroom at noon surrounding what a person should do if they suspect, or even know, that a friend has an eating disorder. Both classroom discussions are free and anonymous and all are welcome to join.

The Counseling Center will continue to boost morale every Monday at 11 a.m. for the next seven weeks through its workshop, “Learning to Love Your Body.”

If you or someone you know may be suffering from an eating disorder, keep an eye out next week for these free and insightful activi-ties around campus. There are also anonymous eating disorder screenings avail-able at the Counseling Cen-ter in 212 Ceres Hall. The Counseling Center can be reached at 701-231-7671.

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The caretakers of the Olym-pics may have inadvertently accomplished what has eluded diplomats: Galvaniz-ing Iran and the U.S. on a common goal.

Wrestling officials from the arch foes appeared to be in bonding mode Tuesday on the sidelines of a Tehran tournament less than a week after the stunning decision by the International Olym-

pic Committee that will force the ancient sport - as old as the Olympics them-selves - to lobby for a spot at the 2020 Games.

Already, the fight to keep wrestling in the Olympics has brought the U.S. and Cuban federations into a possible alliance. But close cooperation between Iran and America would be an even more remarkable dis-play of common cause with almost everything else driv-ing them apart - led by an impasse over Tehran’s nu-clear program and Western sanctions that have upended

the Iranian economy.It’s unlikely that any

kind of wrestling detente would spill over into the wider issues, but it’s certain to at least draw attention to the power of sports as a low-risk icebreaker going back to the historic 1971 “ping-pong diplomacy” between China and the U.S.

“We’ll be standing arm-in-arm with Iran, and we’ll be standing with Russia as we will with lots of other countries,” said Mitch Hull, national teams director for USA Wrestling, in an in-terview in Tehran with AP

Television News before the World Cup Tournament.

“Those (countries) really do make a difference be-cause politically we’re not always on the same page, or politically with Russia, but in wrestling, there’s no doubt that we are all to-gether in this effort and we consider Iran one of our strongest allies in the sport of wrestling,” Hull said.

Hull described them as “sport rivals, but they are friends in sport, too.”

“We have great confi-dence that we can work with the Iranian wrestling federa-tion, Iranian wrestlers and the Iranian people to show the world that, no matter what’s happening politi-cally, we have the same goal and the same belief and pas-sion about the sport of wres-tling,” he said.

U.S. wrestling coach Zeke Jones called the sport an important “ambassador” that has “brought closer the people of Iran and the U.S.” - both often on the medals podium at the Olympics.

“I am sure the world will become united in sup-port of wrestling, and this will lead to a change of the view of the IOC. It will keep wrestling in the Olympics,” Jones was quoted as saying by the semiofficial Mehr news agency after arriving

in Iran with his team.Hojatollah Khatib, the

head of Iran’s wrestling fed-eration, said the tournament would offer “the best oppor-tunity to confront the deci-sion” to drop the sport from the Olympics.

“We should resist the decision, determinedly,” Khatib was quoted by the Mehr agency as saying. “We should show our unity in the current event.”

On Monday, U.S. wres-tling officials agreed to create a special committee charged with seeking to save Olympic wrestling, which will remain in the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. But it must compete against seven other events - including squash, roller sports and wakeboarding - for one open slot in the 2020 Games, which have yet to be awarded to a host city.

Iran also has said it is looking to join wrestling’s “big powers” to reverse the IOC decision. Last week, Iran’s wrestling federation and its Olympic committee said they would send a pro-test letter to the IOC.

The independent Ete-mad newspaper ran a report that described the “axis” of wrestling - Iran, the United States and Russia - as join-ing forces to keep the sport in the Olympics.

For Iran, it’s a mission of serious importance. Wres-tling is considered by many to be something of a nation-al sport - not as popular as soccer or with the deep Per-sian roots of polo, but one that gives Iran a chance to shine in international com-petitions. Wrestling also is Iran’s major medal sport at the Olympics.

Iran won three gold med-als, its first in the Greco-Roman division, out of six overall in wrestling at the London Games, and the U.S. took two gold medals out of four overall.

“Do we destroy our his-torical sites which are sym-bols of humanity? No. Then, why should we destroy wrestling?” Iranian gold medalist Ali Reza Dabir said shortly after the IOC deci-sion on Feb. 13.

In the current 14-team World Cup tournament in Tehran, the U.S. is joined by other freestyle wrestling powers including Russia and many of the former Soviet republics. Last week, Alex-ander Mamiashvili, the head of the Russian wrestling federation, said President Vladimir Putin had ordered a committee be formed to contest the IOC decision.

is this year’s Thought Leader Series speaker. Le-Pelley came to NDSU on Monday, and will continue speaking to students until Friday. His mission is to edu-cate students about the How philosophy by delivering two-hour training sessions at various times and locations across campus. LePelley is giving 11 seminars to differ-ent organizations on campus, and he is also leading four open sessions to provide any interested students with an opportunity to learn about the HOW philosophy.

“This [workshop] is a free opportunity to learn more about how corporations do things and how you can fit your ethics and moral guide-lines into your career,” Hein-en said. “You’re not going to find that anywhere else.”

All students who at-tend a session will receive a free copy of Dov Seidman’s book, an electronic copy of

the HOW Report and online training. If students complete the online training over the summer, in October they will receive a HOW Certificate and will be able to attend a luncheon with Dov Seidman. As a follow-up to LePelley’s seminars, Seidman will visit NDSU on Oct. 16 and 17 for the luncheon, as well as to speak to NDSU students.

The remaining sessions will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Alumni Center and 12:30 p.m. Friday in the Meadow-lark Room of the Memorial Union. Heinen especially en-couraged NDSU students in the college of business to at-tend.

Members of the Thought Leader Workshop Series, a division of the Legacy Pro-gram, organized the event. Tim Peterson, the associ-ate dean of NDSU’s College of Business, proposed the project in 2010, and began recruiting speakers in 2011,

according to a College of Business news report.

“The concept of the Thought Leader Workshop is to bring major speakers to North Dakota so our students, faculty and the community will have the opportunity to learn from them,” Peterson told NDSU. The workshop series also strives to advance the greater mission of the Legacy Program, which is “to develop team-oriented leaders prepared to advance the organizational world,” ac-cording to a flyer distributed by the program.

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Hurry up and wait! That was the phrase frequently ut-tered by us new recruits dur-ing our several weeks of Air Force basic training many years ago. I had for the most part forgotten about it until this past week while going through the orientation pro-cess here at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. We newly-arrived in-ternational students by no means had drill sergeants screaming orders at us or marching us around, but our assimilation into the system certainly required some pa-tience on our behalf.

Armed forces basic train-ing has a main goal in mind of reprogramming a person to survive within a military culture. What the Interna-tional Student Office put us through over our first few days and still is has an ob-jective of creating thriving members of a foreign coun-try’s culture. In all likeli-hood, constant waiting is a tactic used by the Air Force to weed out those who don’t belong. Throughout the southern Pacific islands, however, it’s just the way things are and adaptation to it is necessary for a many months stay.

Those who are en-trenched in American culture have become accustomed to getting their needs and wants provided in lightning quick fashion. We want our food fast, information now, trans-portation right away and en-tertainment at our fingertips. You can of course get all of that here in Fiji, but that usually happens in due time, especially when you are just beginning to establish your-self. Rather than finding a way to speed up acquirement of my desires, I’m quickly learning it’s best to let things come your way when they will.

Having met most of the freshly arrived U.S. students, it’s apparent that we all knew just how slow paced of a lifestyle that would have to be taken on, but some obvi-ous frustration with it even-tually set in. Everybody has their breaking point and most of us hit that almost exactly a week after we all assembled here together. Al-though nobody was break-ing down and crying, some complaining had risen to the surface where there seemed to be very little in the form of concerns. Culture shock

was bound to materialize somehow.

Despite a little whin-ing, waiting for everything to fall into place is gradu-ally becoming more accept-able. Considering that Fiji is still very much a develop-ing country our needs really have been satisfied within a reasonable amount of time. Although I’m speaking for myself, the others seem to be mirroring my attitude. We’re all gradually realizing that going hungry for just a little while longer or not knowing the latest news doesn’t affect our daily lives as much as one would think. You actu-ally have more appreciation for it once you get it.

An unplanned event to cap off the orientation week probably was a blessing in disguise in terms of how it altered our perspectives. A ferry boat ride was scheduled to Fiji’s former capital city on one of the other islands, but when the ship broke down we hopped on buses and drove to a village on the other side of the main island. After losing the opportunity to stay in a hotel and dine at restaurants, the villagers took us into their homes and fed us more food than ever could have asked for. It’s rather incredible as to how a community that Americans would view as impoverished was able to pull this off on such short notice.

Experiencing such genu-ine hospitality firsthand truly does make an impact on a person’s assessment of the world, and even more im-printing is the Fijian’s adher-ence to religion. This is un-doubtedly a very important aspect to the Fijian culture, and their faith as a whole may be stronger than any I have ever witnessed. They repeatedly expressed their willingness to wait months or even years for God to give them what they need. Talk about humbling when we felt our mere wants should have been accommodated in only a handful of days.

Already feeling distinctly reprogrammed, I’m begin-ning to wonder just how dif-ferent I will seem to friends and family when I return home. Right now the cultural training is still basic, but as it becomes more advanced, the integration to island life will likely feel more natural each step of the way here in para-dise. It’s amazing how time doesn’t fly when nobody is in a hurry, so I will happily wait for the next few months to move along.

Uff da! I can finally re-lax now that Mother Nature dumped a solid nine-plus inches of snow in and around the surrounding Fargo area. I was beginning to worry that my new cross-country skis would serve only as a mere decoration or thought of outdoor recreation in my apartment this winter. Aside from the sometimes gruel-ing wind, the temperature is now in our favor to get out-side and utilize the multiple cross-country ski trails that dot the region.

Speaking from experi-ence, cross-country skiing is not a sport that naturally comes to mind with living in Fargo. Of the five years I’ve been here, I never took ad-vantage of the sport until last winter. I find this somewhat ironic since the plains region has a strong Scandinavian heritage. (It was our Nor-wegian and Swedish ances-tors that introduced us to the sport back in the 1850s.) I’m grateful our school finally has a ski club, not only of-fering a way to stay fit dur-

ing the winter months, but as a means of marketing the sport.

Cross-country skiing is something that people of all ages and skill levels can enjoy. From the recreational user who is just getting back into shape to the competitive athlete and is looking for a high intensity cardiovascu-lar workout, the sport offers a nice variety of flexibility that caters each individual’s needs.

Using ski poles as a means of propulsion, ski-ing is an efficient way to exercise a wide variety of muscles at once. In compari-son to other cardiovascular sports (such as running or bicycling), you’re using your upper body to propel you forward. The benefit? An overall body workout.

There is more to cross-country skiing, however, than skiing the trails merely for an endurance workout. It allows winter enthusiasts to reconnect with themselves and the surrounding out-door environment. Virginia Hausladen, an architecture graduate student and former competitive cross-country skier, skis not only for the

workout, but also as a means of self-meditation.

“Whether I’m with friends or by myself, cross-country skiing allows my mind to float free. Rather than thinking about [my] thesis or my future, I’m fo-cusing on my breathing, body movement and sur-roundings,” Hausladen said.

Hausladen also explains that even though her days of competitive skiing are over, the workout part of it has become secondary to the mental gratification that ful-fills her.

“I see the exercise part of skiing as an added bonus now, unlike before. There is so much more this sport of-fers than just a great work-out. It’s like outdoor yoga on skis,” Hausladen said.

One doesn’t have to es-cape the cold or spend a bunch of money to achieve such gratification that Haus-laden and others alike find during the winter months. Owning a pair of skis to experience this winter sport is not essential. Renting cross-country skis is rela-tively inexpensive, even on a college budget. For the past several years, I have

rented skis, poles and boots through the Rec & Out-ing Center on campus, and Scheels in Fargo. Both are viable options, however, I recommend renting through Scheels, although it will cost you a little extra.

So what are you waiting for? Before its too late, grab the skis and take advantage of the fresh air in a season that too often keeps us hi-bernating on the couch with a TV remote and popcorn. Some exercise and clearing of the mind could do you wonders.

If you go:Several ski trails in the

F-M area are groomed and easy to access includ-ing: Lindenwood Park, Buffalo River State Park, Viking Ship Park, Prairie Wood Golf Course and Rose Creek Golf Course. For a complete list, check out: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=218015976757081420995.00049bf3b407af25f5c5c

The International Stu-dents Organization of Con-cordia College hosted a cul-tural festival for Tri-College International students on Feb. 16.

Students brought to stage a variety of cultural activi-ties from their heritage in the form of dances, songs, mar-tial arts and a play.

Many NDSU Students performed at the event. In fact, the show was opened with a performance by NDSU student band “Blue Magic.” The band sang a song by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Damien Mar-ley. Bala, a graduate student, plays acoustic guitar and organized the band with per-cussionist Samuel Oguny-emi, vocalists Aliba Kalema and Juvaughn Mahabeer.

Another NDSU student, Mohamad Hamdan, a Pal-estinian national, recited

an Arabic poem. The Cen-trum auditorium at Knutson Center, where this event was held, was filled with fun, music and intermittent laughter. The hosts had also organized a grand buffet for all their guests.

The International Stu-dent Association of NDSU showed great enthusiasm by having about 22 of its members attend the show. The students also enjoyed a dance performance from a girl group of MSUM and an MSUM rock band perform-ing a Nepali and an English song.

The show was adorned by some rare and beautiful performances like a Per-sian belly dance, a Pakistani Urdu song and an Ethiopian dance.

The grand celebration of culture was concluded with a skit performed by Concordia ISO members showing soli-darity among students from diverse origins, all across the Tri-College campuses. Alex Ntwali Cyusa, a member of ISO said, “The idea behind

organizing such events is to show the students on campus how culture sharing is bene-ficial to all of us.” Cyusa be-lieves that International Stu-dent Organizations across campuses must focus more on cultural sharing than on merely uniting international students.

The skit brought to-gether by ISO Concordia showed the need for stu-dents to make equal efforts to bridge the gap and turn

the diversity into unity. “In the modern world, where the global village is constricting at a steady pace due to com-munication advances, unity must begin on campuses first,” Cyusa said.

NDSU is soon to follow the lead of Concordia and host its own International Night in April where Inter-national Bison will exhibit their own cultural mosaic.

Becoming Part of Fiji’s Culture is Worth the Wait

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Architecture students Virginia Hausladen and Brad Benke take advantage of the fresh snow as they ski along the Red River in Fargo.

Blue Magic Lights Up Tri-college FestivalNDSU Students Attend International Student Festival at Concordia College in Moorhead

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International Students present their cultures and talents at Concordia’s ISO Night.

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Did anyone else see this off of 94 about 15 miles from Fargo? -Peter Day

When I was a freshman in sociology with Loretta

Smith?(I think) she was giving her lecture and was talking about the differences between guys and girls. She then something along the lines of, “Did you know that it’s been found that men interrupt almost twice as often as women? Why do you think that is?” to which I promptly answered, “Because women never stop talking!”........she made me leave :( -Phil Haggerty

In Communications 114: Mass Media Communications,

*discussing credibility in journalism*Professor: So why am I not as credible of a source as the New York Times? (to student)...why do you trust the New York Times over me?Student: Because...well...you’re just a woman...

-Chelsea Nicole Sandwick

He Said: “Minimum of three months, but it is situational. How quick-ly you get past the pup-py-love stage will show whether or not the love is real,” Aaron Warner, a freshman majoring in architecture, said.

She Said: “There is no particular amount of time that is right…when

you know you know,” Brooke Hoese, a sopho-more majoring in ac-counting, said.

So, you have been dat-ing your significant other for a couple of weeks, and he or she is—to say the least—absolutely wonder-ful. He brings you chocolate or flowers “just because,” and she wants to play video games while you are hang-ing out. You miss them when they are gone, are on top of the world when you see them and love that they un-derstand your weird sense of

humor. You think it might be the right time to drop the l-bomb.

While that is all fine and dandy, you need to consider a few things before you ut-ter the three words that can completely fast-forward your relationship to “seri-ous.”

First, think about your-self. Do you really love the other person, or are you say-ing “I love you” for another reason? If you realize that you just want the security of a relationship, or you only like the fact that he calls you beautiful, or you really just want to get lucky, then say-

ing I love you will make you feel stuck with this person later on if you discover that you said it too soon.

Second, think about the other person. Examine if you know them well enough to truly love them. Observe how they handle anger, who their best friends are, what they live for or believe in, how they treat their parents, and what their values are. You may find that you ac-tually just loved the ultra-charming, super-thoughtful first impression of them.

Finally, just think if you drop the bomb too soon your entire relationship will like-

ly change. They might not be ready and will be scared away. They also may think that your confession of love was insincere since it came so quickly, which will cause a whole slew of problems. Or they might not say it back, which will end up hurting you to know that your love is not reciprocated.

It is a big decision to give your love to someone else. While no exact time frame can be given to figure out how soon is too soon, just make sure that you both are ready for the commitment of a serious relationship.

“How soon is too soon to say ‘I love you?’”

Meghan BattestContributing Writer

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Based on The 20th Century Picture • Flying Effects provided by ZFX, Inc.Music and lyrics by Dolly Parton

Book by Patricia Resnickthe musical

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Oh, the jokes to be made at the expense of the movie’s title. They sit there staring at me and every other reviewer in the world this week. They beg to be used, to fulfill their one purpose in this world and burn out in a brilliant blaze of irony and self-aware derision.

However, I’m going to do my best to avoid such frivoli-ties, as they would serve only to shift the focus from my real in-tention here. That is, to tell you and everyone you know that “A Good Day to Die Hard” is bad. Incredibly bad. Embarrassingly bad. To try and obfuscate that message behind homogenous jabs at the title would be giving the film a retreat from the rak-ing over the coals it so rightly deserves.

“A Good Day to Die Hard” is actually Die Hard 5 for those keeping count. Unfortunately, it takes all of 15 seconds to re-alize that this is not actually a Die Hard film in any sense of the word.

The film opens up like an early concept shooting of an episode of “24” with bands of CIA agents spouting literally meaningless military jargon and nonsense to one another which the audience knows per-tains to a group of Russians only because they were shown onscreen spouting literally meaningless “bad guy” non-sense at one another moments before.

Bruce Willis, who plays the franchise’s recurring hero John McClane, doesn’t even appear on screen until after about 10 minutes of this garbled non-plot. However, any shimmer of hope that his smiling, back-talking attitude has swept in to save the day is quickly dashed the moment he opens his mouth, only to allow a differ-ent breed of pointless dribble to pour out.

You see Willis (and I won’t

be referring to him as John Mc-Clane because that would have actually required the actor, his the screenwriter and the direc-tor to have bothered making sure he actually acted as that character) is in search of his son, who’s become wrapped up in this Russian/CIA nonsense.

What follows is a string of meaningless, unexciting action scenes and movie clichés that the production crew somehow managed to get wrong perpetu-ated by exactly four scenes with plot-relevant dialogue (I know this because I counted). Along the way, we witness Willis arguing with his charac-ter’s preternaturally whiny and annoying son while the two wrestle with their own terrible chemistry.

Every once in a while, Wil-lis bothers to shout something jingoistic or curmudgeonly. Honestly, he sounds more like Chevy Chase’s character from “Community” than John Mc-Clane: Action Hero; a mouth-piece for conservative Rea-ganism screaming “I’m still relevant!”

All of this barely con-nected, plodding and frankly embarrassing garbage finally culminates in what I imagine an 80-year-old American ex-ceptionalist’s vision of a Rus-sia-based plot would be. That is to say, the movie treads into the most stereotypically and pos-sibly offensive “Russian” terri-tory possible. Following in that same ideology, it also ignores the laws of science, brushing off the threat of radiation with a glib remark, action-hero invul-nerability and by literally intro-ducing magic. Honestly, it’s an almost frightening celebration of ignorance.

“A Good Day to Die Hard” fails in so many ways its hard to pick a favorite. It fails as a Die Hard film, as an action movie, and as a movie at all. It’s loud, meandering, senseless and dumb. And worst of all, it’s never once any of these things in a fun or entertaining way.

With such a high density of Scandinavian residents, you would think the equally dense number of metal bands appearing in Fargo would be less shocking. However, it always seems like a surprise whenever an international death metal group drops by a small town in the Midwest.

The latest such band to grace our hamlet with their own brand of rhythm and noise is In Flames, a Swedish affair with shades of Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden, and they’re bringing Demon Hunter, All Shall Perish and Battlecross along for the ride.

The heavy line-up will be making their presence known at 6 p.m. next Sunday at The Venue.

Those that go can expect to see founding member and guitarist Jesper Stromblad on stage.

Along with Stromblad, the band also originally fea-tured Johan Larsson and Glenn Ljungstrom, vocalist Anders Friden and drummer Bjorn Gelotte.

The band’s membership remained largely unchanged up until 1999. It still features both Stromblad and Gelotte, along with the additions of Peter Iwers, Daniel Svensson and Niclas Engelin.

Stromblad stepped out of the band Ceremonial Oath to start In Flames in 1990. Since then, he and the rest of the gang have managed to release ten studio albums and one live DVD.

The band from the ap-propriately named Gothen-burg, Sweden has hit the world stage, becoming espe-cially popular in Japan and throughout Europe. Now, they’re trying their hands at an American audience and Fargo is one of their latest test beds.

Those that follow the

death metal scene may know the band from the singles off of their latest studio album, “Sounds of a Playground Fading.” Of that album’s 13 tracks, “Deliver Us” and “Where the Dead Ships Dwell” are likely the most well-known.

However, the public at large is likely most familiar with their song “Take This Life” from the earlier album “Come Clarity.” The song in question was one featured in Guitar Hero 3, one of the ear-lier entries in the once-pop-

ular rhythm game franchise. In 2009, In Flames continued their support of the periph-eral driven game franchise by optioning off their song “Disconnected” as a down-loadable track for Guitar Hero: World Tour.

Whether you’re surprised by the rash of death metal finding its way to Fargo or not, it’s there for your enjoy-ment. Advance tickets for the show are currently available for $20.50. The show is also open to all ages.

Review: ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’More Like a Good Day For... Oh, Never Mind.

Swedish Metal Band ‘In Flames’

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For some movies, their stories start on the stage be-fore hitting the screen. For “9 to 5,” this sequence has been reversed, as the classic com-edy film from 1980 is taking to the stage at NDSU’s Fes-tival Hall tonight through Sunday.

“9 to 5” stars Jane Fon-da, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin as three frustrated secretaries working in an of-fice jungle who kidnap their sexist boss. A smash hit, the movie resulted in a spinoff TV series and a number one country single for Parton. While the song “9 to 5” was written for the movie, Parton included it on her 1980 al-bum “9 to 5 and Odd Jobs,” a best-selling album of hers that includes other work-related songs such as “But You Know I Love You” and

“Working Girl.”Success from the film

also eventually resulted in a musical adaptation of the beloved comedy, which pre-miered in Los Angeles in 2008. A nationwide tour en-sued and the show was nomi-nated for four Tony Awards.

When it came time for NDSU’s turn to take “9 to 5” onstage, director Lori Horvik was excited from the very start, as “9 to 5: The Musi-cal” is her second show as director.

“All the songs are origi-nal and written by Dolly,” said Horvik. “There’s lots of music and so many dif-ferent styles. I really don’t think there’s a bad song any-where.”

NDSU’s adaptation features 20 songs, all Par-ton-penned, as well as an impressive amount of cho-reography, aided with the ef-forts of choreographer Ryan Domres. Domres worked on the national tour of “9 to 5:

The Musical” and met Dolly Parton.

“The set design has piec-es that come in and out so we can dance with desks and re-ally move with the choreog-raphy,” said Horvik.

While those unfamiliar with the film and story will undoubtedly ooh and ah over the music and dancing, “9 to 5” fans will love the show for a whole other reason: it

stays faithful to the film. “I think people will love

it because they’ll know it and hear it and feel the familiar-ity,” said Horvik.

With a verbatim dialogue and small amount of changes to the plot, attendees can ex-pect the same antics that

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Musical ‘9 to 5’ Mirrors Movie in Parton-composed Production

Jack DuraStaff Writer

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It is not too often when a concert’s opening act is as legendary as its main per-former. Such was the case with the big-voiced Martina McBride and country leg-end George Strait, who hit the Alerus Center in Grand Forks on Feb. 16 as part of Strait’s The Cowboy Rides Away Tour.

One stop on the first leg of Strait’s final tour, the Alerus Center was packed to the gills with over 20,000 fans. Unofficial reports have declared Strait and Mc-Bride’s concert as the most-attended in Alerus Center history, edging out the 2002 record set by Cher. This comes as no surprise to those who recognize George Strait as the king of country music and Martina McBride as one of its biggest voices.

McBride’s 20-plus years in country music were high-lighted in her 70-minute set list. Hauling out a string of hits that never failed to im-press, McBride gave an ex-

plosive performance that proved her voice was as un-tarnished as ever. From the rocking “Teenage Daugh-ters” to the beautiful “I’m Gonna Love You Through It” and the empowering “This One’s for the Girls,” McBride soared through her set list. Reaching her peak on “A Broken Wing,” McBride shook the Alerus Center like a can of coke in a performance that showed the songstress can still contend with her younger country counterparts.

Ending on her signature hit “Independence Day,” McBride left the center-placed stage and gave the venue enough time for its fans to recharge for the main event: George Strait.

Preceded onstage by his Ace in the Hole Band, Strait claimed the spot left by McBride to an uproarious reply from the 20,000-plus fans. Upon introducing his bandmates, Strait dove right into his show, rattling off hit songs and album high-lights like “Here For a Good Time,” “Ocean Front Prop-erty” and “A Showman’s

Life.” Several songs in, Mc-

Bride scampered back on-stage for two duets with Strait before departing once more. Strait then took his audience on a time machine ride back

to 1978 and his first days in Nashville, performing early songs like “80 Proof Bottle of Tear-Stopper” and “Hon-kytonk Crazy.”

Strait also treated each section of fans to some

face-time, as the stage was centrally located, allowing everyone in the venue to have a view of the perform-er. McBride performed in a similar fashion, but moved and danced around the stage during her set list.

Strait’s performance seemed to end with the bit-tersweet “Troubadour,” but he and his band returned once more for four final songs that included the clas-sic “All My Exes Live in Texas.” Strait then bowed and waved goodbye to his adoring fans, leaving the stage for what very well may have been the last time in North Dakota.

While the venue’s con-cert was exceptionally im-pressive, the venue itself left a very different impression upon leaving it.

The Alerus Center’s sys-tem of directing traffic and providing parking and trans-portation was a travesty; in fact, the entire operation was handled just a little better than the sinking of the Titan-ic, but only because nobody died during this disaster. Ar-riving at and leaving from

the venue was nothing short of a nightmare and those in charge of coordinating the catastrophe must rethink the venue’s capabilities of han-dling A1 acts like Strait and McBride.

With extremely lim-ited parking available at the Alerus Center, many fans were redirected to the Ralph Engelstad Arena and Altru Hospital. Police offi-cers directing traffic forbade concertgoers from being dropped off at the Alerus Center by their party’s driver once the venue’s parking lots were at capacity. Unplowed overflow lots at Altru Hospi-tal and confusion surround-ing shuttles to and from the venue also plagued attend-ees’ means of how to get to and from the concert.

While the parking and traffic coordination was a bitter frustration, the per-formances of two of coun-try music’s superstars made spirits very high indeed. Mc-Bride was a bombshell and Strait said goodbye to his fans of the Midwest in the best way he could-- by just singing his songs.

George Strait, Martina McBride Blow Apart Alerus CenterVenue’s Parking, Traffic Management Leave a Lot to Question

Jack DuraStaff Writer

Martina McBride lights up the Alerus Center with her powerhouse ballad “A Broken Wing” during her opening performance for George Strait on Feb. 16.

JACK DURA | THE SPECTRUM

happened in the 1980 film to occur in this late-2000s musical. Stealing the wrong corpse from a hospi-tal, the secretaries’ dreams of doing in their boss, and even the garage door opener contraption that keeps him at bay are still firm fixtures in this new adaptation. The garage door opener rig has been an especially fun bit of storyline silliness for the cast and crew.

“ZFX has helped us with

rigging [the garage door opener] for flying,” said Horvik. “We had some train-ing with that and it’s going to be really fun.”

Those who love it and those who just learned of it will all find something about “9 to 5” to like, whether it be the songs, story or special effects. Whatever attendees fall in love with, Horvik al-ready knows what is to like about this show.

“The ensemble cast in

this show works so hard,” said Horvik. “It’s been really fun seeing the characters come to life. We’ve made sure to stay true to the char-acters.”

“9 to 5: The Musical” runs at NDSU’s Festival Hall from Feb. 21 to 24 with shows at 7:30 p.m. and a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, $10 for non-NDSU students and $8 for NDSU students.

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Earlier this semester, I reported on a breaking news press conference here in Far-go, where local officials re-leased the news of the intro-duction of a bill in the North Dakota Senate that would do

away with anti-LGBT dis-crimination in our state.

The parameters of the bill were very limited in scope. In the state’s anti-discrimination laws, the bill would add the word “sexu-ality” to the list of items against which it was illegal to discriminate. This would apply directly to fair housing laws and equal-opportunity employment laws.

While it is currently il-legal to turn someone down for housing or for a job due to their race, gender, reli-gion, etc., it is not currently illegal to turn them down for these things due to their sex-uality. It was this issue that the bill sought to resolve.

The bill itself garnered what appeared to be wide-spread support. Its writers represented both political parties. It had the support of the city of Fargo, which already has anti-LGBT dis-crimination clauses for its own employees. It even had the support of the religious community here in town.

Those who introduced the bill projected it not as a partisan matter, but as a humanitarian matter, and an economic matter. Real estate agents in Fargo-Moorhead confirm that, because North Dakota does not grant ho-mosexuals this protection, many of them choose to live in Moorhead rather than Fargo simply because Min-nesota does offer them the protection they deserve.

The religious commu-nity, unlikely though it may seem, has even rallied be-hind the cause. Supporters claim that these basic rights are deserved by all individu-als, that no cause can be well served by hatred and that inclusion of basic rights for homosexuals is a step to-wards greater peace in the community.

Yet even with a clear, reasonable argument laid out before them, and even with the backing of many,

many citizens of our state, the North Dakota Senate still saw fit to shoot down the bill last week. State Rep. Kylie Oversen of Grand Forks, one of the key legislators behind the bill, reflected on what the vote meant for North Da-kota.

“It speaks volumes about how far behind we are so-cially right now. Not only on this issue, but abortion and voter ID. Every single

controversial social issue is coming up this year and they are passing with flying col-ors. We are saying that citi-zens of our state can be dis-criminated against for who they are and who they love.”

She could not have hit the nail more sharply on the head. With the rejection of anti-LGBT discrimina-tion laws, North Dakota has further alienated itself from the rest of the country. In a state as isolated as we are, in the middle of the vast, emp-ty prairie and so far north that most Americans would freeze at the thought of our daily winter temperatures, how can we possibly afford to make our state even less attractive?

The rejection of equal rights could have far-reach-ing consequences. Though North Dakota is still not as far behind as some other states – Montana still has laws in place that outlaw gay sex – it is falling behind in a region that presents the potential for rapid growth. Sure, North Dakota is one of the few states in the na-tion without a budget deficit, thanks to our fossil fuel re-serves.

But what is North Da-kota going to do with all that oil money if they can’t get people to live here? Make no mistake, this develop-ment won’t only keep LGBT individuals from settling in North Dakota – liberals, progressives and many more open-minded people will take issue with living in and supporting a state govern-ment that doesn’t grant equal rights to all people.

Let us hope North Dako-ta learns its lesson soon. For its own good, yes, but more importantly, for the good of its people.

Nathan is a senior ma-joring in landscape architec-ture. Follow him on twitter @nwstottler.

Maybe I’m overstepping my grounds when I question whether or not Black His-tory Month, also known as African-American Month, should fade into history. Just to make a couple of things clear: I’m not a racist or an

extremist of any sorts. My intentions are not to awake a sleeping dragon on the reader’s behalf. I am only proposing a different per-spective of the effectiveness of this annual monthly ob-servance.

The beginnings of Black History Month date back to 1926, and have been ob-served in both Canada and the U.S. since 1976. Its in-tentions are that of observ-ing, honoring and celebrat-ing important leaders and events in shaping the history of the African race and their contributions to the world that were often ignored in the history books of previous generations. I feel strongly that our education system in the United States should cel-ebrate and recognize black culture and its forthcoming throughout American his-tory. However, I think we have reached a time where designating a specific month out of the year to honor a specific racial group is un-necessary.

The election and re-

election of our 44th presi-dent Barack Obama, who is classified as an African-American, has opened a new chapter in our racial journey in this country. In an article published by USA today in 2009, Stephan Donovan, a 41-year-old lawyer states, “If Obama’s election means anything, it means that Af-rican-American history IS American history and should be remembered and recog-nized everyday of the year.” Why are we not incorporat-ing black history month into our classrooms on a regular basis, rather than waiting for the much-anticipated month of February to arrive?

Designating a particular month to a racial group also suggest that discrepancies in racial equality still exist. As Detroit Free Press colum-nist Rochelle Riley puts it, “I propose that for the first time in American History, this country has reached a point where we can stop celebrating separately, stop

learning separately, and stop being American separately.” When something is denoted to a specific month, it tends to become compartmental-ized to that month alone. It is time we establish a common, rather than categorized, his-tory.

Furthermore, why don’t we have a European-Amer-ican month? Even though my ancestors are from Eu-rope, I classify myself as an American rather European-American. The same holds true for most African-Amer-icans living in our country today. They are living life as Americans with an African ancestry.

Looking at this issue from another angle, suppose Black History Month no lon-ger existed. What implica-tions would result? Would our nation’s youth and young adults lose sight of black heritage? Would teachers forget or even overlook the importance black history and its role in society amongst

the midst of meeting state standards? As one St. Louis, Mo. teacher puts it, perhaps its current establishment is a reminder of why men and women of color were included in discoveries and contributions in shaping our lives. Furthermore, it could remind young blacks of their own history and where they came from.

Whatever your take on the matter, it is important that we honor all and rec-ognize the contributions, the struggles and voices that blacks have provided in shaping our nation, and current society. Maybe the means in which we go about doing this, however, takes a more inclusive approach or method, rather than setting aside the month of February for one’s annual reminder that black people too served an important role in shaping our culture as it stands today.

Jeff is a senior majoring in environmental design.

In order to prevent racism...

...we must look beyond our differences

North Dakota: Socially IneptState Senate Rejects Anti-LGBT Discrimination Ban

“With the rejection of anti-LGBT discrimina-tion laws, North Dakota has further alienated itself from the rest of the country.”

Celebrating ‘African-American Month’Perhaps a Bit Obsolete?

“Designating a partic-ular month to a racial group also suggest that discrepancies in racial equality still exist.”

“A �ought Less Traveled”

NATHAN STOTTLEROpinion Editor

Story by Jeff Bauer

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I was, like many over the weekend, prevented from re-turning to NDSU last Mon-

day morning. Twenty hours into a bus trip back from a Delta Tau Delta conference in Ohio, I found myself un-able to sleep or do anything else besides watch movies and catnap outside a gas station in Alexandria as my brothers and I waited for I-94 to reopen after Sunday’s massive snowstorm. As we spent time on our computers and phones, someone who had been checking the news called my name. “Hey Josh-ua, you’re Catholic, right? Did you see that the pope resigned?” At first I thought it was a joke, but one look at a Reuters news release con-firmed the shocking news.

I had never heard of a pope resigning- I didn’t even think it was possible. Indeed, no pope has re-signed in almost 600 years. Since 2010, however, Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, has affirmed publicly that, “If a pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically,

psychologically and spiritu-ally capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right, and under some circumstances, also an obli-gation to resign.” The news still caught all Catholics by surprise; no one except his brother Georg, also a priest, had any idea that the news

was coming. This unprec-edented move will have a significant impact on the Church and on the world as a whole in many ways.

What Benedict Will Leave Behind

Despite some inane claims by the press that Benedict was an anomaly by comparison to John Paul II, Benedict was an influ-ential person as a cardinal and continued to be as pope. Among the landmarks of his papacy, Benedict made the Vatican the first “green” country in the world. He was a pioneer in social network-ing, becoming the first pope to use Twitter and creating a Vatican playlist including a track by Tupac. In 2010, he assembled the Pontifical Academy of Science to in-vestigate the possibility of extraterrestrial life and its religious implications.

Benedict may not be memorable to most, but this is not surprising in the wake of the extraverted John Paul

II. Benedict prefers the quiet life of a contemplative and intellectual. He has made a list of the world’s top think-ers on a couple of occasions and has written numer-ous academic and popular books, including two parts of a three-part historical and theological analysis “Jesus of Nazareth,” making him perhaps the most prolific pope there has ever been.

Benedict is also known for his conservative stance on Church doctrine, and this certainly will not make waves. However, he is in-credibly intelligent, perhaps more so than John Paul II- and that is saying a lot, as John Paul was a mental gi-ant. Despite the shoes Bene-dict had to fill in 2005 when he was elected, he deserves to stand on his own as a significant pope, and who-ever follows in his footsteps should take heed of the shad-ow they stand in.

What to Look for in the Next Papacy

In the next month, expect to see the trends in the cur-rent state of the Church to play a big role in the choice of the Conclave, the elec-tion of a new pope. The most significant trend in the last years of the 20th century into the 21st is the shift of influ-ence on the Church from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere. As North America and Europe are becoming more secular-ized, experiencing a steep-ening decline in religious belief, South America, Af-

rica and Southeast Asia are growing steadily, and their livelier worship, steeped in the cultures of their coun-tries, are having an influence on the culture and character of the Church.

Though the list of car-dinals considered possible candidates includes a num-ber of Italians, as is usual for papal elections, the list also includes Marc Ouellet of Canada, Peter Turkson of Ghana, and Leonardo Sandri of Brazil. The last two popes have come from outside Italy, and I predict this will continue. Do not be surprised to see the newly elected pope to come from a country south of the equator.

As “declining age,” in Pope Benedict’s own words, was a decisive factor in his abdication, it is likely that the Conclave will be look-ing to younger, more vibrant candidates. Almost none of the list of possible candi-dates are younger than 70.

Further, even though John Paul II was known for his strong emphasis on so-cial issues, he was no less conservative than Bene-dict is now. The theme of Benedict’s papacy has been a struggle against the “dic-tatorship of relativism,” a term that is reactive not only to European secularism but also to the liberalized mem-bers

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Farewell, Pope Benedict XVIWhat Happens Now and What it Means For the Future

“The future pope will be expected to be an asser-tive preacher of the Gospel without coming off as prudish or condemnatory.”

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The Spectrum OPINION Thursday, February 21, 2013

I don’t know if you all knew this, but the very first day of spring is in 32 days. It’s all uphill from here. In just over one month we will officially be on our way to sunshine!

Winter is my absolute least favorite time of year. Everything about it is hor-rible. I hate when my breath turns into frost on my scarf. I hate when I can’t feel my legs moving on the way to class. I hate having to wear four shirts in order to main-tain a stable body tempera-ture.

The worst part of winter though, is the lack of sun-light. I think of summer and being outside and being able to feel the warmth of the sun on your shoulders and it seems like a dream. I miss the sun so much.

But in 35 days, the worst will be behind us. Snow will (hopefully) start to melt, and birds will come back from the south. I can’t wait. Even the groundhog said spring would come six weeks early. How could we not believe Punxsutawney Phil?

Winter in North Dakota has definitely been the worst one I’ve ever experienced. I grew up in New Orleans,

and have been moving north since I turned nine. My first real white Christmas was in Omaha Nebraska in fourth grade. From Nebraska I moved to Minnesota, where I experienced an “oh so this is what cold is like” attitude for my first winter there.

But, no. That is not what cold is like. Cold is walk-ing to class in -28 degree wind chill and emailing my mom to ask for money for thermal underwear. Cold is tears freezing to my face and my toes burning from being outside for only 10 minutes. North Dakota is the coldest I’ve ever been.

Although it was really hard to not lie down in the middle of the street and lose all hope of going on, I re-ally do respect people who do this every single winter. I can’t even imagine doing it for another three. My room-mate, who’s from Fargo, told me cold weather builds char-acter. I believe her.

This spring will be the most excited I’ve ever been for winter to be over. It’s definitely been a long time coming. I can’t wait to drive with the windows down and lay on the lake, but I think the snow melting will be a fantastic start. Only 35 days to go.

Shannon is a freshman majoring in business admin-istration.

Shortly after settling into my coach seat in the Amtrak Cascades train from Kelso Washington to Seattle, I heard the distinct horn an-nouncing our departure. Though not as loud, from the inside of the train car the sound is ever more re-sounding. In a single blast, it captured the prospects for an exciting adventure ahead. Turning the page of an un-folding tale is so exciting that the ink recording a hos-tel name and address on my palm began to smudge with sweat.

As we slowly pick up speed, Eddie Vedder’s Set-ting further added to the excitement. It has become a routine for me, playing the Into the Wild soundtrack ev-ery time I travel as far as to a new city. When I hear the words “Being, no concern, point of no return,” I be-gin to ponder what it is that makes being on a train so exciting. Is it simply leaving

Kelso and Longview? Or is it not knowing what Seattle will bring?

I’d been away from Far-go for just four days, but it already felt like much lon-ger. In the short time, I had

already explored Portland, rekindled special friend-ships, witnessed one of my best friends marrying his sweetheart and spent time with family. All of these have inscribed into my memory positive experienc-es that will undoubtedly in-fluence my present thoughts and future motivations. So I thought, “No, there isn’t anything in Kelso that I am excited to be leaving.”

Going to Seattle for the first time brought obvious curiosity. I thought, “How do people get around? What kind of people will I find? Will the library live up to all its hype? Am I going to see more sunshine or actu-ally need my umbrella for once?”

But I’m not the type to plan out when and where I’ll eat a sandwich, and subse-quently allow it to make its bodily exit. No, I’ve learned that as much as you might plan ahead, the best memo-

ries you’ll make will happen by random chance. So even though I knew I’d visit my cousin and have a few differ-ent sights in mind, there isn’t actually anything in particu-lar about Seattle that made it so exciting to be on the train.

As we rounded a bend, the view out my window opened up to a panoramic view of the Pacific Coast. With land on either side, it was probably a bay and not quite the ocean. But certain-ly the waters I’d witnessed had withstood trips to the sea and eventually returned with the turning tide. It was a beautiful sight to drink in, but even still, not specifi-cally the reason for sweaty palms.

Maybe the excitement

of being on the train had to do with the tracks. Quite simply, they are continu-ous physical connections between many cities. They also unite many people and many landscapes. While on the train, one isn’t in an ex-act spot at any given time. In between Kelso and Seattle, I was but a dot on a line trend-ing north. It’s easy to feel connected when sharing the journey with so many other people between two places.

No matter what the trip will bring, the feelings of excitement settle into a re-flective calm as Vedder an-ticipates, “…Have no fear, for when I’m alone I’ll be better off than I was be-fore… Who I was before, I cannot recall.” While help-ing an elderly woman step down from the train, I real-ized its neither the leaving, nor going, but the simple being that breeds the excite-ment of traveling. No matter what, if we open ourselves to new experiences, we will in some way be changed for the better.

Troy is a senior majoring in environmental design.

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of the Church who are reactive to the concerns of the modern secular culture. The Church will seek some-one in Benedict’s tradition of steadfast guardianship of the Church’s firmly held beliefs.

Finally, the Church will need a great communicator. Part of the reason John Paul II was such a breath of fresh air to the Church and to the world was not that his ideas were unorthodox, but that he found a way to make ortho-doxy look cool. The future pope will be expected to be an assertive preacher of the Gospel without coming off as prudish or condemnatory. I anticipate a pope with a cheerful public disposition and an intelligence that is ac-cessible and attractive to all people.

If there is anyone I could throw my hat in for, it would be Francis Cardinal Arinze of Nigeria. While not high up on the list of the papabile,

he is solidly in the mix, and is an important figure in the Church as the former Prefect of the Congregation of Wor-ship, which dictates much of how Christian life is lived. He is at once sensible and vivacious, with a sense of humor that is attractive to those who know about him. He would be the first Afri-can pope in recent memory and the face of diversity in the Church, opening the door to further participation by countries outside Europe in shaping the life of the faith-ful. Whoever becomes the next pope will have many expectations to meet, but in the wake of a resignation, in this fast-paced world, they will be chosen carefully to meet the needs of the Church in modern times.

Joshua is a senior major-ing in sociology and philoso-phy.

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The old Bison Sports Arena got loud Thursday night, but when the final buzzer sounded, there was nothing but silence. The Bison men’s basketball team had a chance to pass Western Illinois into the top spot in The Summit League standings, but offensive woes haunted the Bison in a rare 49-36 home loss to the Leathernecks, the lowest scoring output in BSA his-tory.

“Anytime you’re play-ing a game that can put you in first place this late in the year and lose, it’s a gut punch,” NDSU head coach Saul Phillips said. “I don’t fault the kids’ effort. They played brilliant defense to-night.”

Fans expecting to see a flashy game certainly came to the wrong place. A high-intensity, defensive game between the Bison and WIU saw very few buckets being exchanged. Minute differen-tials between scores looked something like this: 2:09, 1:45, 1:59, 3:05 and 3:28.

“Those games can be hard to watch,” Phillips said. “They’re certainly frustrating to coach in from an offensive perspective … beautiful from a defensive perspective.”

Despite the lack of scor-ing, the crowd of 3,128 created a great atmosphere with first place on the line. Struggling to get things go-ing the entire first half, the Bison finally found some rhythm right before half-time. NDSU went on a 6-0 run into the half, highlighted by a huge one-handed slam from Lawrence Alexander before the buzzer that put the score at 22-17 and left the crowd on their feet.

But NDSU’s production went stale again coming out of the break. The Bison didn’t hit their first second-half field goal until the 10:51 mark with a Mike Felt jump-er. WIU held a 30-25 advan-tage at that point and didn’t relinquish that lead the rest

of the game. “They really pressure

the ball and are still able to pack it in,” forward Tray-Vonn Wright said on WIU’s defense. “They’re really long and they close out well, which causes problems for any team. And the open shots we did have today, we didn’t knock them down.”

Both teams showed why they are ranked in the top ten nationally in scoring de-fense. The Bison struggled to find high-percentage shots all game while forcing WIU to do the same on the defensive side.

“We played very well defensively,” Phillips said. “In fact, combined by two teams, I think that’s as good a defense that’s ever been played in this gym in the Di-vision I era.”

NDSU was held to only three field goals in the sec-ond half and went 13-46 in the game. The Bison shot 7.7 percent from beyond the arc.

“You can’t go one-for-13 when they’re packing it in like they did,” Phillips said. “We just couldn’t get the looks we needed.”

Even with the poor of-fense, the Bison were only down three with 4:34 re-maining. But three Leather-neck three-pointers in a two-minute span put the dagger in NDSU’s opportunity to climb back into the first place slot.

“Nine points in four or five possessions in a game like this is a monster run,” Phillips said.

WIU sank their free throws in the closing min-utes while comeback shots on NDSU’s end clanked off the rim. A gloomy crowd had already filed out of the BSA before seeing the final score of 49-36.

NDSU was only a half game back from the Leath-ernecks entering the game.

“It’s almost mathemati-cally impossible for us to win the regular season championship,” Phillips said. “I’m disappointed that this group didn’t get the pay-out I was hoping they would get and deserve.”

In the first match of the night Friday, Bison 125-pounder Trent Sprenkle defeated his opponent at South Dakota State to secure his 100th career match win and became the eighth Bison wrestler in school history to join the elite 100-win club.

At the end of the night, the Bison joined Sprenkle in the record books. NDSU defeated rival SDSU 36-9 to finish the Western Wres-tling Conference season with a stellar 5-0 record and the regular-season title outright.

The title is NDSU’s first Division I conference cham-

pionship. The Bison had 17 North Central Confer-ence titles under their belt in NCAA Division II ranks from 1979-2004.

“Winning the title is a good start on our goals,” NDSU head coach Roger Kish said. “We’ve set some team goals, and ultimately, it was an expectation of our guys to win the conference title.”

The Bison (10-8, 5-0 WWC) rolled to eight match victories on Friday evening in Frost Arena and scored bonus points in six of those eight wins.

Sprenkle started the dual off with a 12-3 decision of Aaron Pickrel to improve his career record to 100-44. The senior from Billings, Mont.

is now eighth on the NDSU all-time wins list.

Bison freshman Josh Ro-driguez posted a 6-2 deci-sion of Brance Simms at 133 pounds, and senior Mark Er-ickson recorded a 17-1 tech-nical fall over Ben Gillette at 141 pounds.

The Jackrabbits (5-11, 1-4 WWC) received bo-nus-point wins from No. 31 Dustin Walraven at 149 pounds and Cody Pack at 157 pounds to trim the Bi-son lead 12-9, but NDSU put their game faces on and took off in the final five weights to clinch the title.

SDSU chose to forfeit to No. 6 Steven Monk at 165 pounds and move normal 165-pounder Joe Brews-ter up to 174 pounds, but

NDSU’s Hayden Zillmer scored a takedown with two seconds remaining to defeat Brewster by a 3-1 score.

Mac Stoll cruised to a 10-1 major decision at 184, Kallen Kleinschmidt regis-tered a 17-2 technical fall at 197 pounds and sopho-more Evan Knutson dotted the Is and crossed the Ts on the dual with a pin in 1:24 at heavyweight.

“This is one more step-ping stone for us,” Kish said. “I think we’re moving in the right direction, but we’ve got some important things in front of us with the con-ference tournament and the NCAA Championships.”

The Bison travel to Lara-mie, Wyo., for the NCAA West Regional on March 9.

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The NDSU softball team spent the weekend in Baton Rouge, La. for five games in the LSU Purple and Gold Challenge and came back with three more wins on their record, now 4-6.

The Bison defeated Memphis 4-0, Virginia 5-1 and Memphis again 4-1 while dropping games to LSU, 0-9, and Nicholls State, 1-2.

Whitney Johnson pitched big innings for NDSU, which resulted in a solid weekend. The senior from Lake Crystal, Minn. com-pleted the tournament with a 0.28 ERA while striking out 29, walking 11 and al-lowing 10 hits in 23-2/3 in-nings. Johnson was named to the all-tournament team along with freshman catcher Alyssa Reina.

The Bison put Johnson on the mound in their opening

game Friday and that deci-sion paid dividends. NDSU defeated Memphis 4-0, with Johnson only allowing three hits. Johnson and Memphis pitcher Sara Pearson looked to be in a pitcher’s dual with Pearson flirting with a no-hitter until the sixth inning, when the Bison exploded for four runs.

Katie Soukup and Logan Moreland led off with walks and advanced on a sacrifice bunt from Presley Glaser. Cheyene Garcia smacked a single to drive on Soukup and Moreland scored on a wild pitch. Maritza Lopez-Portillo then delivered an RBI single and Reina’s ground out scored another run.

NDSU struggled to get that offense going later in the day as they dropped a 9-0 loss to No. 10 LSU. The Bison dug themselves into a 4-0 hole in the opening inning, including a three-run home run from Allison Falcon. Katie Guillory hit a two-run shot in the third and LSU tallied 11 total hits

against the Bison.NDSU was held to one

hit, an infield single by Gar-cia to lead off the fourth. Krista Menke (1-3) picked up the loss for the Bison.

NDSU split another pair of games Saturday, losing to Nicholls State and coming back to defeat Virginia.

Nicholls State scored single runs in the second and fourth innings to take a 2-0 lead heading into the sixth. NDSU’s Amanda Grable singled with one out and came around to score on a fielding error. But the Bison were held to three hits and dropped a 2-1 loss. Menke and Johnson pitched for NDSU with Menke picking up the loss. Johnson struck out nine over the final 3-2/3 innings.

The Bison offense came alive later that day against Virginia. Reina started things off in the second inning with a solo shot over the left field fence on the first pitch. Sou-kup reached on a walk and advanced to third. Moreland knocked her in with an RBI

single and the Bison took a quick 2-0 lead.

The Cavaliers cut the lead to 2-1 in the bottom of the third but the Bison put the game away in the sixth, scoring three runs to extend the lead to 5-1. Johnson picked up the win, striking out eight, walking two and allowing four hits.

Johnson took the mound again Sunday in the final game of the tournament against Memphis. The Bison were down 1-0 but rallied in the sixth. NDSU scored four runs in the top of the in-ning, highlighted by Jenina Ortega’s pinch-hit two-run double that scored Grable and Jenna Isbel. The Bison scored 12 of its 14 runs in the sixth inning in the tour-nament games.

Johnson improved her season record to 3-2.

NDSU heads south again this weekend for the Caro-lina Classic in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Bison play two games Friday and two games Saturday.

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The NDSU women’s bas-ketball team was on the road last week for two games and came back to Fargo winless, dropping games to Western Illinois 55-50 Thursday and IUPUI 57-50 on Saturday.

In the final five minutes of the game against WIU, NDSU made a great comeback, only to come up short to give the Leathernecks a win after a five-game losing streak.

With over three-and-a-half minutes to play, WIU’s Paige Harmon scored 11 points in the second half to put her team up 50-38. Jamie Van Kirk, Katie Birkel and Dani DeGagne then stepped up for the Bison and went on a 12-2 point run. A couple of

three-pointers came from Van Kirk while a jumper from De-Gagne with 50 seconds left brought the Bison within two at 52-50. However, three out of four free throws were made by the Leathernecks to extend the lead for good.

Van Kirk and Birkel fin-ished with 12 points each for the Bison, and DeGagne finished with 15 points. With seventeen minutes left in the first half, DeGagne became the 30th NDSU women’s bas-ketball player to reach 1,000 points, and finished the night with 1,013.

From the field, NDSU only made 32.7 percent while Western Illinois shot 30.9 per-cent. Out of 35 attempts, both teams only made nine three-pointers on the night. The Leathernecks held the Bison at bay with rebounds with a 48-42 advantage.

The Bison looked to bounce back Saturday but fell to IUPUI 57-50 at The Jungle in Indianapolis, Ind. In the second half, IUPUI’s Dawn Luster led her team with 10 points to outscore the Bison 37-21. Kerah Nelson also added 10 points to the score-board for the Jaguars along with seven rebounds. IUPUI held a 48-29 rebound advan-tage over NDSU and scored 18 points off of 13 NDSU turnovers, even with 20 turn-overs of their own.

IUPUI shot 40.7 percent from the field with NDSU shooting 26.3 percent. Dani DeGagne led the Bison in this game with 11 points and eight rebounds.

Sitting at 9-17 on the sea-son and 5-9 in The Summit League, NDSU is set to host Omaha on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Bison Sports Arena.

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Bison Drop Two on the Road

The NDSU men’s bas-ketball team played Summit League opponent IUPUI at the Bison Sports Arena and were hoping to bounce back from their disappointing pre-vious loss against Western Il-linois and did just that. The Bison blew out the Jaguars 75-39.

“We didn’t want to let Western Illinois beat us twice,” guard Lawrence Al-exander said. “We just came out with more intensity.”

IUPUI started off hot and got the early lead. However, NDSU took the lead back with about three minutes into the first half and never gave it back.

The Bison were very dy-namic on offense. Everyone that stepped on the court in the first half scored for the Bison. Guard Kory Brown led NDSU in the first half in scoring with nine points.

“Kory Brown certainly made a statement that he wasn’t happy with how the last game went,” NDSU head coach Saul Phillips said. “You can’t question that kid’s effort.”

NDSU’s play has always been about defense, and Sat-urday was no exception. The Bison played very tough de-fense around their own rim and held IUPUI to only 10 points in the paint in the first half.

“Our defense as a team was great,” Brown said. “We talked it out a lot.”

Fast break plays also ben-efited the Bison in the first half. They had eight points from fast breaks, while the Jaguars had none.

After the first half, the Bison led the Jaguars 41-19. NDSU had more points in this half then they did in their game against Western

Illinois total. “At some point you need

results,” Phillips said. “We got results tonight.”

The Bison continued to roll on the in the second half.

Forward Marshall Bjorklund scored six points early in the second half to help NDSU get further ahead before Phillips put the bench in. Bjorklund led the Bison with 12 points. He also ended the night with six rebounds.

NDSU also remained stout on defense. In fact, the only standout scorer for the Jaguars was forward Lyo-nell Gains, who came off the bench for IUPUI. He ended the night with 14 points.

NDSU scored with effi-ciency throughout the game. They went 31-63 from the field while keeping IUPUI down to only 16-49.

In addition to their shoot-ing effectiveness, the Bison only committed four turn-overs, which tied a school record. IUPUI turned the ball

over 15 times.“I don’t think it’s been

possible that a rational hu-man being could question this group’s effort anytime they step foot on the floor this year,” Phillips said. “As a coach, that’s gratifying.”

With an enormous lead and a win in the bag, NDSU had only reserves in for the last eight minutes of the sec-ond half. After coasting in the finish line, the final score was 75-39 in favor of the Bi-son.

“We just came out and played our basketball,” Alex-ander said. “It’s a good feel-ing after this game.”

NDSU (20-7, 11-4 Sum-mit League) have their next game at Akron on Friday. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2.

“It’s another milestone for this program,” Phillips said. “’We’ve got a chance to do something here.”

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