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Amy Smith, previously an Adjunct Professor at the University of Nebraska, has traveled 473 miles from Lin-coln, Neb., to Fargo, N.D. to exemplify her creativity as an artist and educator.

Smith is residing in Far-

go for the spring semester through the James Rosen-quist Artist Residency Pro-gram at NDSU. Since 2007 this program has been draw-ing in artists from around the world to develop their personal vision and connect with students and the com-munity.

“I’m really excited to be here, I feel like I’m be-ing introduced to a new culture within America,” said Smith. “I think I’m sur-prised at how stoic people can be but they’re so kind, at the same time, I feel very welcomed.”

Smith has had her work on display and for sale all over the nation. Recently, her porcelain has traveled to the Crimson Laurel Gal-lery in Bakersville, N.C., San Anglo Museum of Fine Arts in Texas and the Santa Fe Clay Gallery in Santa Fe, N.M.

“I’m really looking for-ward to this time of focus on the work and to see what I come up with,” she said. “See how the winter here

affects me, how the wind might affect my work in a different way, the brisk cold-ness. A lot of my glazes are described as icy or glacial.”

Smith describes herself as a multi-faceted artist.

“I’m working in clay but I have this background in drawing, and the class that I’m teaching for The Rosenquist is advanced fig-ure drawing, which I am just thrilled about,” Smith said. “I love getting back to the figure.”

Smith began her first ceramics class at Ohio Uni-versity as a sophomore in college.

“There where so many

people in my class that threw in high school, and I felt so behind but really it just made me work harder to catch up with them and do well,” Smith recalled.

Smith soon realized that she would become a pro-fessional potter. “I applied for the program and got in. There were maybe four or five other majors… it’s amazing how much progress I made in three classes,” she said.

While attending gradu-ate school at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Smith shared a studio with Michael Strand, NDSU’s department head of visual arts. The

pair is once again sharing a charming studio in the base-ment of Renaissance Hall in downtown Fargo.

“In a male dominated de-partment I am offering my femminity, my femaleness, my woman hood!” Smith jested about being NDSU’s only female ceramics pro-fessional on staff. “So that’s exciting, I get to come here and be myself.”

Smith also has an up-

coming feature in the March edition of Ceramics Month-ly on her existing collabora-tion with ceramic artist, Si-mon Levin.

Smith encourages any students who are interested in seeing what she is work-ing on to head down to the studio in the basement of Renaissance Hall and “find me throwing and trimming and making pots,” she said.

An open forum regard-ing student fees revealed a small discrepancy over the request to raise the amount of money students are dish-ing out for library fees per semester.

On Thursday, a small group of approximately twenty people gathered in the Mandan Room at the Memorial Union to hear Michele Reid, dean of li-braries, and Marc Wallman, interim vice president for information technology, explain their requests to in-crease student fees for their departments.

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Amy HilgersContributing Writer

World-Renowned Ceramics Artist Visits NDSU Amy Smith visits NDSU as Rosenquist Artist in Residency

“I’m really excited to be here, I feel like I’m being introduced to a new culture within America”

Student Fees Requested to IncreaseStudent Speaks Against In-creased Fees at Open Forum

Amy Smith createsa porcelain work in her studio at Renaissance Hall, downtown Fargo.

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Michele Reid, Dean of Libraries, explains the NDSU Library’s fiscal year cuts of 2011-2012 at a student fee open forum on Thursday. The Libraries are requesting a student fee increase of $1.66 per credit.

Livestock Expert Speaks at NDSUTemple Grandin on Livestock Handling, AutismLogan CurtiContributing Writer

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Temple Grandin speaks in the Memorial Union Ballroom Friday.

Renowned livestock specialist and autism expert Temple Grandin spoke at NDSU on the topics of au-tism and livestock handling.

Grandin, a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, spoke pri-marily about the functioning of the minds of animals and those of autistic people.

Grandin has worked in the animal science depart-ment of Colorado State Uni-versity for over 20 years. During this time, Grandin has worked to overcome her personal struggles with au-tism, and her work has led

to dramatic improvements in the livestock industry, according to the Colorado State University website.

“If you want to under-stand art, autism, animals or math, you have to get away from verbal lan-guage,” Grandin said. “An-imal thoughts are sensory-based… autistic brains are sensory-based.”

By paying attention to sensory details, Grandin believes we can gain a bet-ter understanding of an animal’s perspective. This perspective is similar to the autistic mind.

“Both animals and peo-ple with autism are bottom-up thinkers. They form

concepts based on specific examples or details,” Gran-din said “To understand their behavior, details and sensory clues are crucial.”

Grandin explained that the autistic mind is spe-cialized on certain sensory thoughts, whereas individu-als who are not on the autis-tic spectrum typically think in words (auditory). She defined three types of au-tistic minds: visual, spatial and verbal, and people with these types of minds think in pictures, spatial terms and facts, respectively. Grandin considers herself to possess a visual mind.

“All my thoughts are pictures,” Grandin said “For

me to have a thought, I need to have a picture.”

She explained that her ability to visualize the cat-tle’s perspective enabled her to design a more humane, calming method for cattle slaughterhouses to use.

“I can see things about the cattle that most people can’t. All animals deserve to be treated well before and during their death,” Grandin asserted.

Grandin’s interest in the cattle industry began at age 15 when she spent the sum-mer at her aunt’s ranch.

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The United States is cur-rently under attack, but not from human soldiers.

Armadas of the influenza virus are once again waging a war against the country, and the immune systems of the people are trying to fight back.

In North Dakota alone this year, there have been nearly 2,500 cases of report-ed influenza and six reported deaths. The Student Health Services website reports 400 people a year die from influ-enza in North Dakota.

Fortunately, the numbers are not as bad as years in the past. The Center for Disease Control updates a weekly “FluView” website with sta-tistics about how the current influenza season is faring.

According to a graph of percentage of visits for influ-enza-like illnesses, this sea-son is on a current decline. This is nothing compared to 2009-2010, which the CDC declared a “pandemic” on the graph.

However, for people who have lived to tell the war sto-ries of this year’s influenza outbreak, it still was not

pleasant.“It was pretty nasty,”

said Alyssa Haglin, a se-nior majoring in human de-velopment and family sci-ence, who recently got over the flu. “When it started, I

thought it was a head-cold. … Throughout the night, the symptoms got worse.”

The symptoms of influ-enza can mimic those of a cold, but there are some ma-jor differences.

The NDSU Student Health Services website says that the influenza is charac-terized by high fever lasting three to four days, prominent headache, severe aches and pains, two to three weeks of fatigue and extreme exhaus-tion. For the common cold, most of these symptoms are rare or mild.

Influenza is also different than gastroenteritis, or what people commonly call the stomach flu. Influenza usu-ally doesn’t cause diarrhea, nausea or vomiting but may in some children, according to the influenza Wikipedia article.

Another difference is that

gastroenteritis usually lasts about 24 hours, while influ-enza can last a full week.

“You are contagious from one day before your symp-toms develop until 24 hours after your fever is gone with-

out the use of fever reduc-ing medication,” said Donna Lipetzky, the lead registered nurse at the Wallman Well-ness Center.

Haglin went to Student Health Services less than 24 hours after she began show-ing symptoms and was able to get a prescription early enough to actually help with the illness.

“The fever and body aches lasted for about four days, but the lingering cough has lasted for just over two weeks!” she said.

Medication is not al-ways effective, according to the Student Health Services website. If you have the flu, ensure a speedy recovery by getting plenty of rest and non-caffeinated and non-alcoholic fluids. Over-the-counter pain medication and decongestants can be used to treat symptoms as well.

The Student Health Ser-vices website says that peo-ple who are stressed do not get much sleep and live in crowded areas – the defini-tion of a college student – are more likely to catch in-fluenza.

Staying healthy by drink-ing plenty of fluids and keep-ing a well-balanced diet as well as keeping away from people who are sick can help reduce a student’s chances of contracting influenza.

Getting the flu shot can also help prevent the onset of influenza. The Student Health Services website urges that it is never too late to get a flu shot, as the influ-enza season goes well into March.

Students can make an ap-pointment to get a flu shot at Student Health Services by calling 701-231-7331. Students may also make ap-pointments if they believe they have contracted influ-enza.

For more information about influenza, visit http://w w w. n d s u . e d u / s t u d e n -thealthservice/seasonal_in-fluenza_information/.

The Bro Code Brown Bag Seminar will feature a 50-minute presentation about the “bro code” among men, and women who live within the code.

The Bro Code Seminar will aim to shed light on

masculinity and femininity in our culture and discuss what it means for men and women having to enact it. The presentation is focused on showing how a set of rules dictates how men should act around other men.

The Bro Code promotes a set of guidelines that men have vaguely established to define their masculinity.

Barney Stinson, a character from the TV series “How I Met Your Mother,” illustrates the Bro Code with a quote: “When out with the guys, never ac-cept a call from your girl-friend—unless she’s dying or trapped under a burning fuel truck, and if that’s the case, make it quick.”

Erienne Fawcett, of the women and gender studies department, explained this seminar is meant to be in-teresting and educational about a deeper insight into the two different genders and how our culture has set

them up. “The hardest part to

break down is the under-standing of masculinity and femininity,” Fawcett said. “Guys who have feelings and aggressive girls who play sports are looked down upon, but it is important to look at who you are.”

Fawcett encourages students to appreciate how they were made and know that it is okay to be your-self.

“This event is about gaining more respect for each other and community building,” Fawcett said.

The event will be held at noon on Wednesday in the Arikara Room in the Me-morial Union. This event, co-led by the Compass Foundation and women and gender studies department, is open and free to the pub-lic.

“One of the hardest things is to get an under-standing of what masculin-ity and femininity are and what it means,” Fawcett explained. “The better you understand that, the more freedom there is to be your-selves.”

The Brown Bag Semi-nars are scheduled periodi-cally throughout the semes-ter with different topics to interest and educate faculty and students alike.

The presentations range from video, round-table, monolog, PowerPoint and lecture presentations.

The seminars are la-beled “Brown Bag” be-cause they are given at noon and people eat their lunch while listening to the presentation.

For more information about future Brown Bag Seminar topics and times, visit http://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/ihas/IHAS_Schedule/2013_Archive/ihas01152013.pdf.

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Morgan RichertContributing Writer

Nation and State React to Influenza Outbreak

“When it started, I thought it was a head-cold… Throughout the night, the symptoms got worse.” – Alyssa Haglin

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“The hardest part to break down is the understanding of masculinity and femininity. Guys who have feelings and aggressive girls who play sports are looked down upon, but it is important to look at who you are.” - Erienne Fawcett


The influenza outbreak has affected many people in the area, including students.

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The advancement of the LGBTQ community in North Dakota is poised to take a big step forward.

Press conferences were held in Bismarck, Fargo and Grand Forks on Tuesday to announce the introduction of Senate Bill 2252, designed to protect the rights of LG-BTQ individuals at home and in the workplace. In Fargo, lawyer Tom Fiebiger expounded on the measures that SB 2252 takes to prevent discrimination.

“[The bill] extends basic protections in the home and workplace to members of the LGBT community of North Dakota by including sexual orientation in the North Da-kota Fair Housing Act and the North Dakota Human Rights Act,” Fiebiger an-nounced.

A similar bill was intro-duced in the state Senate in 2009, but after passing through the Senate, it failed to pass through the House of Representatives. Fiebeiger

believes that the reintroduc-tion of the bill is timely, ref-erencing the second inaugu-ration of President Barack Obama on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which occurred just a day before the an-nouncement of SB 2252.

“In the words of Martin Luther King Jr., ‘The time is always right to do what’s right,’ and the time is right now, in 2013, to pass this im-portant legislation,” Feibiger said.

Though the previous bill failed in the House, the re-introduction was done with bi-partisan support and is not projected to be opposed by a major party-line divide.

“The legislation has not been a partisan issue, with support from both sides of the aisle,” Feibiger ex-plained. “It’s a family and business issue. Its about creating inclusive, support-ive communities as our state continues to progress.”

Supporting the bill at the press conference was Dave Lanpher, chair of the Fargo Human Relations Commis-sion. Lanpher expressed that the City of Fargo already in-cludes a sexual orientation

anti-discrimination clause in its own purpose statement.

“Some of my customers, who are gay, choose to live in Minnesota because they have this protection there and they feel more at home,” said Lanpher, who is also a realtor in the area. “What we want to do is create that same environment for our citizens that live in North Dakota.”

The bill has also garnered support from local religious communities. Pastor Peter Schmidt of Faith Lutheran Church offered his endorse-ment at the press conference.

“This is a justice issue for maybe 10 percent of the pop-ulation,” Schmidt said. “And we want peace, don’t we? I do. I want peace in my fam-ily and in my community and in my world, and if you want peace, work for justice.”

Fiebiger said that though the passing of the bill would represent a big step for the LGBTQ community, there still remains discrimination and hate crime barriers in the state of North Dakota for the LGBTQ community and oth-ers as well.

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Anti-Discrimination Bill Introduced in N.D. Senate

Sexual Orientation Clause to be Included

Fee Increase continued...While no opposition was

heard toward Wallman’s proposal, one NDSU student found issue with the added library fee.

The NDSU Library is re-questing a $1.66 increase per credit in order to prevent ad-ditional fiscal year fourteen cuts, which would result in limited resources for teach-ing, learning and research, Reid said. However, upon making this proposal, Reid was met with disapproval by one attendee.

Derek Jorgenson is a Ph.D. student in the com-munications department, a previous employee at the library of nine years, and he had some poignant opinions of the requested increase. His main claim, among others, was that the library should not be reaching out to students to make up for its shortcomings in funds.

“My question is, isn’t this just the low hanging fruit for you to reach out to?” Jor-genson said. “That’s a place where you don’t get as much resistance. It’s probably eas-

ier to get students to provide the money directly than go-ing through the channels and getting it directly from the administration which is the standard model to use in li-braries.”

However, Reid referred to increasing the student fee as “the only fruit we have.” The library only has three options for funding. Those options are student fees, appropriated and external endowment. The library is hoping for a massive infu-sion over the course of sev-eral years, and the admin-istration has been seeking increases in appropriation for years without success.

Although she admittedly felt reluctant to require this of students, she felt that the increase was a modest one and “this has been an issue that we need to settle now,” Reid said.

“What faculty senate and library committee has rec-ommended in short term,” she said, “is asking the stu-dents for one more increase, which our library fee is only

$1.66. It doesn’t mean that it doesn’t hurt you paying it. But with the additional $1.66 it’s still the second lowest fee of all student fees.”

The library is not the only institution asking for addi-tional funds. On behalf of IT, Wallman requested a $1.99 increase in student fees per credit. The money is needed for cost to continue, cluster computer increases, Tegrity, next generation wireless and Google apps, he said.

Currently, students are required to pay the follow-ing fees each semester: $130.80 Student Activity fee, $46.20 MU expansion bond fee, $21.96 Career Services fee, $97.44 Tech-nology fee, $151.40 Health/Wellness fee, $19.92 Library fee, $0.36 Student Associa-tion fee and $81.00 Connect ND fee.

It remains to be seen whether or not the aforemen-tioned increases in library and technology student fees will be applied in the future.

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“I started out visiting feed yards, and that’s how you get interested,” Gran-din said. She added that her work at the feed yards in the early ‘70s also served as inspiration for the design of her cattle-friendly slaugh-terhouse.

Grandin is regarded as one of the most accom-plished individuals with au-tism today. In 2010, Gran-din’s work as an author, speaker and autism advocate were recognized by TIME magazine, which included her in its “100 Most Influ-ential People in the World.” This honor was shortly fol-lowed by the release of the film “Temple Grandin,” an HBO biopic based on her own life. “Temple Grandin” won seven Emmy awards and a Golden Globe, accord-ing to the Colorado State University website.

“Claire Danes kind of became me in the ‘60s and ‘70s [in the movie]; she did just a great job,” Grandin

said, “and they show all my projects accurately, and that makes me happy.”

Grandin’s career is

packed with accomplish-ments. She mentioned one achievement of which she was especially proud.

“I implemented an ani-mal welfare auditing pro-gram for the American Meat Institute for McDonald’s

corporation and developed a really simple auditing tool for them,” she said. She

also noted that she is very proud of her best drawings and engineering projects.

Grandin has also au-thored six books, and con-tinues to travel around the globe to speak about autism and animal science.

The event was held at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Me-morial Union Ballroom. The department of animal science organized Gran-din’s visit. Several hundred people were in attendance,

including dozens of NDSU faculty and students.

Temple Grandin continued...

“If you want to understand art, autism, animals or math, you have to get away from verbal language.” -Temple Grandin

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Lawmakers See Immigration Overhaul this YearMichele SalcedoAssociated Press

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican and Demo-cratic lawmakers were cau-tiously optimistic Sunday that a long-sought overhaul of the nation's immigration system that includes a path-way to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the country will clear Congress this year, the result of changes in the po-litical landscape shown in November's election.

"We are trying to work our way through some very difficult issues," said Illi-nois' Sen. Richard Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate. "But, we are com-mitted to a comprehensive approach to finally, in this country, have an immigra-tion law we can live with. We have virtually been go-ing maybe 25 years without a clear statement about im-migration

policy. That's unaccept-able in this nation of immi-grants."

Sen. Robert Menendez, who along with Durbin and Sen. John McCain, is part of the six-member, bipartisan Senate group working on a framework for immigration legislation to be announced this week, said current poli-tics dictate that a pathway for citizenship must be in-cluded.

“Let’s be very clear: having a pathway to earned legalization is an essential element. And I think that we are largely moving in that direction as an agreement,” said Menendez, D-N.J.

But the package “will have the enhancement of

the border security,” he said, nodding to Republi-cans’ priority to tighten bor-ders to prevent future illegal immigration.

He also said the package would have to crack down on employers hiring undoc-umented workers.

Arizona Republican Mc-Cain has returned to the is-sue after having led a failed push to fix the nation’s bro-ken immigration system ahead of his 2008 bid for the White House.

McCain said: “What’s changed is, honestly, is that there is a new, I think, ap-preciation on both sides of the aisle - including, maybe more importantly on the Republican side of the aisle, that we have to enact a com-prehensive immigration re-form bill.”

Despite making little progress on immigration in his first term, President Barack Obama won more than 70 percent of the La-tino vote, in part because of the conservative positions on immigration that Repub-lican nominee Mitt Romney staked out during the GOP primary. Asians, who immi-grated to the U.S. in higher numbers than Hispanics in 2010, also overwhelmingly backed Obama. Latino vot-ers accounted for 10 percent of the electorate in Novem-ber.

Obama is to press his case for immigration chang-es during a trip to Las Ve-gas Tuesday: a pathway to citizenship for illegal im-migrants that includes pay-ing fines and back taxes; increased border security; mandatory penalties for

businesses that employ un-authorized immigrants; and improvements to the legal immigration system, in-cluding giving green cards to high-skilled workers and lifting caps on legal immi-gration for the immediate family members of U.S. citizens.

In an opinion piece published online Sunday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sen. Marco Ru-bio, also a member of the bipartisan Senate group, laid out his proposal to ad-dress the issue. The Florida Republican, son of Cuban immigrants, wrote that “sig-nificant progress” on en-forcing immigration laws must be certified before un-authorized immigrants now in the country are allowed to apply for residency and “get in the back of the line.”

Rep. Paul Ryan, the 2012 Republican candidate for vice president, said he backs Rubio’s proposal.

“Immigration is a good thing. We’re here because of immigration. We need to make sure it works,” Wis-consin’s Ryan said.

If Republicans fail to act, they will pay the price in elections for generations, McCain warned.

“Well, I’ll give you a lit-tle straight talk: Look at the last election... We are losing dramatically the Hispanic vote, which we think should be ours for a variety of rea-sons,” McCain said.

McCain and Menendez spoke with ABC’s “This Week,” Durbin appeared on “Fox News Sunday” and Ryan was on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

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Last Monday was not only MLK day, but also brought the debut of the new FOX show The Following.

The show stars Kevin Bacon (of six-degree fame) as former FBI agent Ryan Hardy. Originally dismissed, Hardy is called back into action when a former se-rial killer by the name of Joe Carroll played by James Purefoy (Rome) escapes. This is not just any serial killer, though. Hardy was the only one able to catch Car-roll years ago, and is asked to do so again. So now Har-dy, a potential alcoholic with not the greatest people skills, is forced back into action years later after being let go to try and catch the man that changed his life forever.

For those worried a show of this magnitude can’t get away with enough on a network channel, they have nothing to worry about. This show is not for the faint of heart.

While watching the pi-lot, one could easily envision the show on par with others from AMC or FX. The Fol-lowing certainly doesn’t shy away from violence just be-cause it is on FOX.

The entire pilot was filled with twists and turns, while keeping the audience

on the edge throughout most of the hour. With a Silence of the Lambs vibe, there was great chemistry between Ba-con’s agent and Purefoy’s killer.

Not only is the chemis-try between the two leads strong, but the other sub-plots add some much needed intrigue as well. The rela-tionship angle is played up between Hardy, Carroll and Carroll’s ex-wife Claire played by Natalie Zea (Justi-fied). How the three of them interact along with Carroll and Claire’s young son add an interesting dynamic to the on-going mystery.

If just chasing Carroll was bad enough, as fate would have it, Carroll has his own little cult of fol-lowers, each of who will do whatever Carroll instructs, which includes committing copycat crimes throughout the country. Adding to the suspense, some of Carroll’s followers could be closer to our hero and the case than may be originally expected.

The murders are not just any old murders either. All artists need a muse, and Car-roll, a former college Eng-lish professor, prefers the stylings of Edgar Allen Poe. All of the killings are in-spired by Poe’s works. One doesn’t need an understand-ing of Poe to enjoy the show, but some basic knowledge could add another level of

enjoyment to the show. The cast is rounded out

by Shawn Ashmore (X-Men) and Debra Parker (Person of Interest), both of whom as-sist Hardy in the case.

At the end of the day, The Following is an intriguing new show with some solid performances from its leads. Fans of murder mysteries and crime shows, along with

Edgar Allen Poe fanatics, could do worse than check this one out. That being said, the show is not for every-one. The Following doesn’t shy away from its content, and pushes boundaries. For some people it may end up being too graphic. Others should strap in and enjoy the ride. The Following airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on FOX.

The Rourke Art Museum will play host to a much more active look at art over the next few weeks. Local artist Carl Oltvedt will not only have his work featured in the museum, but will actually be providing live demonstrations as he paints his latest work on the scene.

The exhibit -- titled “Ob-servations” -- will be on dis-play until March 17. Many of the artist’s works will also be accompanied by studies taken to help him “‘capture the scene’ in the moment.’” However, Oltvedt’s live painting sessions will only be available for viewing on a limited number of oc-casions. Specifically, these events will be held on Feb-ruary 3, 8, 22 and 23 from 1 to 4 p.m.

When he’s not working on his art, Oltvedt spends his time as a professor for the Minnesota State University Moorhead department of art and design. His work has been featured in the Minne-apolis Institute of Arts, the Minnesota State Historical Society, the North Dakota Museum of Art, the Plains Art Museum and the Hono-lulu Academy of Arts, and can also be found in numer-ous private collections.

During the live paint-ings, patrons will be able to get a better sense of Olt-vedt’s work. The artist him-self went on to describe his process in the event’s press

release. “A significant portion of

my creative work is done in direct response to the land-scape environment,” Olt-vedt said. “The landscape of northern Minnesota has been the principal focus of my work during the past five years.”

For most, this will be a rare opportunity to see a pro-fessional artist during their creative process.

Oltvedt’s work is very heavily influenced by the nature of our region.

“Perhaps it is my north-ern European heritage, as I feel deeply connected to the light, textures, colors, con-trasts of open and confined spaces, as well as the sounds and smells of those land-scapes. My process begins with taking walks to engage my mind and experience the environment as openly as possible. Most often I walk without a specific site in mind and look until I am moved by the power of form suggested by a subject in a particular light.”

A reception for the artist will also be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. this Friday eve-ning.

The Rourke Art Museum is located at 521 Main Ave in Moorhead. It is open during the week from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. However, by calling the mu-seum at 218-236-8861, ap-pointments for special view-ings can be made. There is no fee for admission to the exhibit.

They are known for their blend of bluegrass and pop, flashy fashion sense and an offhand opinion that sparked a scourge of controversy. They are the Dixie Chicks, the Texas trio famous for songs such as “Cowboy Take Me Away,” “Long Time Gone” and “I Can Love You Better.” For ten years they charted hit after hit until they robbed the Grammys in 2007, taking home five tro-phies which included album, record and song of the year.

Six years later there has been barely a peep out of the Chicks, country mu-sic’s best-selling female band. Some have assumed they quit their careers on a high note after winning the highly-coveted trifecta of trophies at the Grammys. Others believe they broke up as a result of the incident from 2003 when lead singer Natalie Maines declared on a London stage, “Just so you know…we’re ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.”

On the eve of the war in Iraq, Maines’ remark spread like wildfire, stirring up po-litical and musical contro-versy. The band was black-balled and banned from radio, but managed to pull off a sold-out worldwide tour while political back-lash, public destruction of their CDs, and death threats swirled around them.

Three years later, the Chicks returned with their autobiographical comeback album Taking the Long Way which offered up all the emo-tions from the past few years in songs like “Not Ready to Make Nice,” “Lubbock or Leave It” and “The Long Way Around.” After winning every category they were nominated for at the Gram-mys, the Chicks seemed to vanish into thin air.

However, harmonizing sisters Martie Maguire and

Emily Robison (who found-ed the band in 1989), pulled themselves out of hiatus in 2010 to release a duo album under the name Court Yard Hounds, their small sub-group of the Dixie Chicks. A follow-up album is rumored to be released this year, as is Maines’ solo rock album Mother on May 7.

While many people as-sume this means the band has broken up (citing the singers’ separate albums), the Chicks have maintained they are still together. How-ever, no new material is anywhere in sight. A four-minute reunion on “You,” a track on Steve Martin’s 2011 album “Rare Bird Alert,” is all the Chicks have to show for the past six years.

Maines explicitly ad-dressed the band’s future in a recent interview with How-ard Stern.

“Honestly, I just don’t feel like it’s the Dixie Chicks’ time. I do feel like things were tainted perma-nently, and so I struggle with going out on five Grammys, or going out, you know, pe-tering out.”

The issue of Maines’ re-mark about President Bush has been a hotly debated topic in the past, an event that ultimately led to poor ticket sales for the Chicks’ 2006 tour amid of a host of other consequences. They are still to this day banned from radio in some parts of the United States, and while they have no plans anytime soon for a new album or tour, the Chicks are reunit-ing for two Canadian music festivals in July.

With a bleak outlook on their future from their lead singer, and separate music projects being released this year, it would seem that the Dixie Chicks could be a done deal. However, their hit songs and award-winning al-bums will always be around for fans to enjoy.

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From the Ancient Greeks’ gymnasiums to Boston’s introduction of the YMCA in 1851 to the most modern state-of-the-art workout facilities, desig-nated fitness areas have been the go-to places for billions of people worldwide. In the United States, about 15 percent of people purchase gym memberships every year, according to an article in the New York Times, but for fitness gurus who are not avid indoor joggers or stationary biking enthusi-asts, exercising during the winter months can prove to be much more challenging. Long story short, do not let the cold weather discourage you from getting exercise.

1. Dress in layers. This strategy will prevent underdressing as well as overdressing. Being overly warm while working out is uncomfortable, whereas not keeping your body warm enough can be an invitation for viruses. The staff at the Mayo Clinic recommends that your first layer be a material called polypropyl-ene that “draws sweat away from your body,” rather than cotton which accumulates sweat and sticks to the skin. The second layer is for in-sulation—fleece or wool garments are suitable for this purpose. Last, throw on a waterproof layer that is not too thick or heavy so that your skin is still able to breathe and you do not over-heat during exercise.

2. Don’t neglect your extremities. Mayo Clinic experts

state that, “when it’s cold, blood flow is concentrated on your body’s core, leav-ing your hands and feet vul-nerable to frostbite.” Wear wool-lined mittens over a

thin pair of gloves for extra warmth and easy removal if your hands get sweaty. Slip on an extra pair of regular or thermal socks, even if it means having to buy a pair of “winter” shoes that are a half-size larger. Protect your frostbite-prone ears by wearing a headband or hat, and don’t hesitate to wear a face mask or scarf on espe-cially chilly days so that the air entering your lungs isn’t so cold.

3. Warm up before heading out. Cold weather causes

muscles to tighten and injury to occur, according to fitness trainer Lyn Bode. Before beginning your run outside, take a few minutes indoors to warm and loosen your muscles. Stretch your legs, core and arms, and make your elementary school gym teacher proud by doing a few jumping jacks to alert your muscles to the oncom-ing exertion.

4. Protect your skin and your cells. The importance of drink-

ing water can never be stressed too much, and in the cold winter months it is as equally important as dur-ing hot summer days. The American College of Sports Medicine emphasizes the ef-fects of cold weather, stating that the thirst mechanism is dulled, making you feel less thirsty. Also, “exercising in the cold increases your ap-petite as your body tempera-ture drops,” so proper nour-ishment is crucial. Another hidden unknown: wear sun-screen while exercising in snowy environments. Sun-light reflects off of the snow and can irritate your exposed skin, so sunscreen is helpful in preventing burns and even drying due to cold winds.

It’s your first week on the North Dakota State Univer-sity campus. You’ve been feeling a little stressed about your new life away from home, and decide that you could use a good workout to relieve some tension. Since you are new to the campus, this is your first trip to the NDSU Wallman Wellness Center. Upon entering the doors, you are greeted by the friendly student employees working at the front desk. They scan your student ID card and you continue on to explore the rest of the work-out facilities. You see a huge rock wall, but unsure if that is the right form of exercise, so you continue on. As you move throughout the rest of the gym, you see young men lifting weights and young women on the cardio ma-chines. You feel incredibly overwhelmed and proceed to make your way to the doors to leave. However, be-fore you can make your exit, you look into a group fitness classroom and see a group of young men and women dancing, laughing and hav-ing a great time. As the class finishes up, students pour out of the group fitness stu-dio, and you have the cour-age to ask what the class is. You soon find out it is Zum-ba, and you are hooked.

Zumba is an aerobic dance workout that has be-come a fitness craze across

the nation in recent years. With its mixture of fun and fitness, it has been a favorite form of exercise for many different age groups, and it seems that it is here to stay. McKayla Artz, a Zumba in-structor and enthusiast said, “I realize that many exer-cises tapes and classes may just be a fad, but with the growing number of instruc-tors and Zumba enthusiasts, I think it is something that people all over the country will continue to do for a long time.”

Besides being the new-est way to get your sweat on, Zumba is also proven to be a great form or exercise, while still being fun. “You don’t even notice you are burn-ing 700 or more calories be-cause it’s so much fun. You get to dance like you would at a club to funky music, and before you know it... your workout is over, you’ve sweat like crazy, burned a ton of calories and feel awe-some. You can’t help but smile,” said Kylee Seifert, a Zumba instructor.

Participating in Zumba is a great aerobic activity, but also works many differ-ent areas of muscles groups around the body. “It varies. Obviously legs, especially thanks to the squat tracks, along with arms, definitely abs, and the booty. Overall, it works almost everything. You will be sore the next day without a doubt,” said Seifert.

Seifert, who teaches Zumba fitness classes at the

YMCA, Courts Plus and the Wallman Wellness Cen-ter, explained that a typical Zumba class takes around an hour, but many classes around the area offer 30-45 minute classes, for those who are on the go and in a time crunch.

Based on the instructor, each Zumba class you attend may be different, but does follow a lot of similar pat-terns. “Depending on the in-structor, the class is always different. Some instructors like to stick to a routine so students can learn all the songs, while others change up the music each time. I think it is fun to incorporate new songs as often as possi-ble to keep up with new mu-sic everybody knows, and to also do warm-up and cool-down songs,” said Artz.

Seifert described her typical class schedule, “I al-ways warm the class up with a lower intensity routine or two. Then we work more into the high intensity rou-tines. Throughout the class, there is a lot of high intensity followed by a little lower in-tensity routines... this actu-ally allows for your body to burn more calories, because the heart rate slows during the lower intensity ones and is bumped up during the high intensity routines. I usually try and get a couple routines that mainly focus on legs, squats within the class, as well. Then I have them cool down for one or two songs and the last song is always a stretching routine. I never

take breaks, so I encourage the participants to take water breaks as needed. We move right through each routine to the next,” said Seifert.

The music at a typical Zumba class has more of a Latin feel to it, but on oc-casion an instructor may choose to play a different genre of music to switch up the class a little bit. “It is usually 70 percent Latin in-spired and 30 percent other music, but this also depends on instructor choice,” said Artz.

Even if you do not have a dance background, you are sure to have a good time get-ting your Zumba on. It may be hard to keep up with the steps that the instructor is doing at first, but eventually it becomes easier. “The first class can be overwhelm-ing and intimidating. The second one isn’t so bad and then the third class you get the hang of it. You know what to expect... you recog-nize the songs and routines. That is when you can start to let loose and have fun add-ing your own flavor to the moves,” said Seifert.

Zumba is an activity that is made to be fun, while you work on your fitness. Ac-cording to Artz, the most important thing to remember when taking your first Zum-ba class is “to just have fun with it and remember that you are not doing anything wrong as long as you keep on moving and dancing!”

Study. Study. Study.The semester is now in

full swing, and that means that professors are begin-ning to pile on the home-work, papers and other busy work. And let’s be honest, YouTube star Sweet Brown said it best. “Ain’t nobody got time for that!”

However, if you want to succeed, which you prob-ably do, you need to find a space that makes having to read your least inter-esting textbook the most bearable. Even if you have been at NDSU for the past four years, finding the right place to do your homework or study for an exam can be difficult.

Some individuals need an extremely quiet space, while others can work in a bit louder environment. Some people enjoy music

or TV on in the background while they read or write, while others would find themselves too distracted.

Depending on how you like to study, or whatever helps you to focus the best, finding the right place for yourself is the key to suc-cess. Here is a list of some study spots that will aid in your search for the perfect study space.

1. The LibraryOh yes, the library. This

may seem like an obvious option, however Fargo-Moorhead offers more than just the NDSU Libraries. If you’re not a fan of study-ing at the library on campus, check out one of Fargo’s Public Libraries. They have three different branch librar-ies; 102 3rd St. N, 32nd Ave. S, and Broadway.

2. The Coffee ShopAnother alternative to

traditional study spots on campus, a coffee shop can be

a nice relaxing environment to write papers, read text or complete assignments. Not to mention that you can en-joy a nice cup of coffee or other hot drink to keep you motivated on whatever task you are trying to complete. The FM area has many dif-ferent coffee houses around campus, downtown and in various locations throughout the city.

3. The Memorial UnionThe MU is a study staple

for many students on cam-pus. You can grab a bite to eat while you study in the lower level of the Union next to the food court. You can also claim a comfy couch while you read for class on the main level. And you can meet with your group to work on your group project on the upper level. The MU is full of space for students to work and has great hours that are flexible for even the

busiest of students.MU hours:Monday-Friday: 6 a.m.- 11 p.m.Saturday: 10 a.m.-11 p.m.Sunday: 1 p.m.-11 p.m.

4. Loftsgaard HallA not-so-well-known

treasure on campus, the basement of Loftsgaard hall has one of the best study spaces for students. This room is designed spe-cifically for all students, not just plant science ma-jors, to come and work on homework or study for ex-ams. The Loftsgaard study area has plenty of room for individual and group work, as well as a small computer cluster. If you have yet to try doing your homework in this building, make sure to check it out.

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Last issue I scratched the surface of the national implications of President Obama’s gun control pro-posals. I recapped which ac-tions exactly the President recommended, and I estab-lished that a certain number of his ideas would, perhaps, breach the freedoms of a

significant number of law-abiding citizens in the name of saving lives. As much as I want to support the Presi-dent, my dilemma in the matter is threefold.

First, there is to be con-sidered the notion of a governmental overreach. Though most of the oppo-nents of the President’s gun control proposals have come off as raving lunatics (cue Piers Morgan-NRA inter-view), there is some legiti-mate concern behind their ranting.

Let us say, perhaps, that Congress decides to ban sales of assault rifles during this session. Then, in a year, a school shooter walks into a cafeteria with a 12-Gauge shotgun and tears into a crowd of kids, murdering dozens. Will the cry then go up for Congress to ban the sale of shotguns?

While it seems natural to ban assault weapons and not others – as shotguns are de-signed for hunting, and as-sault weapons are designed for killing people – the jump from one type of fire-arm to another is very easy to make, once one type has been banned.

My own knee-jerk reac-tion has been to say that, while the government can take away one type of gun, there is no way they would have the nerve to take away all of our guns. Yet a look at history tells us that removal of the freedoms of a nation usually does not happen all at once, but slowly and grad-ually, that the people might not rise up against the gov-ernment in anger.

Is that far fetched? Yes. But you have to admit that hearing it calmly laid out in front of you is at least slight-ly more convincing than listening to some hot-head shout at a British political pundit on CNN.

Second, the immediate proposals don’t affect me in the slightest. As I stated in the last issue, though I am a gun owner, I do not own any assault-type rifles, nor do I own a firearm that

is capable of holding more than five rounds at any one time. It was easy then for me to say that, since the propos-als do not affect me, I have no problem letting them go through!

And yet, as always, fur-ther consideration revealed complications with my log-ic. Sure, the proposals do not affect my lifestyle, my family’s traditions or my own culture. But they do af-fect the lifestyles, traditions and cultures of a great many other people. It is easy for a person to dismiss the habits and hobbies of other people as childish, crude or unnec-essary, while not consider-ing how others feel about his or her own lifestyle.

Is it really fair for me to say that hunting is a hobby, lifestyle and culture that is more deserving of the right to bear arms than gun col-lecting and sport-shooting?

Finally, though I am clearly very wary of the di-rection in which our govern-ment is moving, I cannot help but think that there is a very good chance these pro-posals could save lives. Is there not a compromise that could be reached here? A middle ground that could be found which maximizes the efforts to protect future lives and minimizes the breaching of our freedoms?

Personally, I look to the recent actions of one of my own Senator from Minneso-ta, Al Franken. In response to the President’s propos-als, Franken put his support behind all of the measures except the assault weapons ban.

Refusing to either sup-port or condemn the recom-mendation, Franken turned to his constituents to gauge their feelings and opinions on the matter. Imagine that – a representative actually attempting to represent his electors. How refreshing.

Though he may yet turn to approving the President’s recommendation of an as-sault weapons ban – as Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota’s other Senator did in 2004 – I have faith that he and Sena-tor Klobuchar will vote as they think their constituents would have them do so, even if it means crossing a party line in the process.

I am fully prepared to throw my support behind the President in almost all of his measures working against gun violence. Though I am not at all opposed to the idea of banning assault-type weapons, I am hesitant to support the measure, for fear of the breaching of freedoms now and in the future.

Yet, the hunting culture to which I so closely belong suffered not at all during the assault weapons ban of President Clinton’s tenure, and that alone gives me hope that such a measure could successfully be taken without encroaching on an unnecessary number of free-doms.

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

Most of us have been used to hearing about school shootings since we could remember anything at all. I remember that, as a kid, I would watch the news every day whenever my parents would turn it on, and I still remember a day when I was eight years old that I saw security camera footage of Eric Harris and Dylan Kle-bold terrorizing the cafeteria of Columbine High School; both were armed with 12 gauge shotguns, and in per-haps the best known image to come from the massacre, Klebold is carrying a TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun for which he had three high-capacity clips.

In the ensuing years, we heard of the shooting at Virginia Tech, the Au-rora Theatre shooting and the massacre at an Amish schoolhouse, among oth-ers. Locally, the Red Lake shooting in 2005 had been the deadliest shooting in five years, and research from the Rocori High School shoot-ing served to inspire Nine-teen Minutes, a novel by best-selling author Jodi Pi-coult.

Then something previ-ously unheard of happened recently. On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza took his mother’s Bushmaster XM15-ES2 rifle and, after shooting her four times in the head, shot through a glass door at San-dy Hook Elementary School on his way to kill 20 stu-dents, six adults and himself after firing 50-100 rounds in

11-14 minutes. Lanza car-ried out the second largest school shooting in history, and the deadliest elementary school massacre since 1927.

In the wake of the trag-edy, public insistence and quick government action has led to 23 proposals by President Obama for the restriction and control of firearms in the hopes that a tragedy of this nature hap-pens less frequently, if never again. Despite much pre-dictable resistance from the National Rifle Association, no reasonable person would disagree that many of these changes are necessary.

Certainly, such measures as increased mental health screening, more proactive warning of potential for harm and more thorough background checks before being allowed to buy a gun are very agreeable. How-ever, legislation like this is subject to a number of prob-lems.

The first question which occurred to me when I heard that this tragedy had oc-curred and that gun control measures had become a pri-ority on the political scene was, “Really? Just now this is becoming the thing to push through?” It was just in July that a major shooting had happened, and major high school shootings come about every three to four years.

I would hope that by now someone would have thought, “Wait a minute… this could happen to chil-dren, too. What if someone did this at an elementary school where the people within are most vulnera-ble?” Yet, since the Colum-bine High School massacre, there has been no proactive push for reasonable gun

control. There has been no noticeable consideration of the issue, unless it occurs di-rectly after a crisis.

Part of the problem on this issue is that we do not consider gun control a prior-ity until after a tragedy has occurred. This shouldn’t be a precondition of proactive policy.

Secondly, one particular clause of Obama’s proposi-tion for gun control is a ban on “assault weapons” and high-capacity ammunition magazines. According to U.S. law, handguns, rifles and shotguns can qualify as “assault weapons” on ac-count of possessing two or more cosmetic features of such guns, such as a tele-scopic sight and adjustable telescopic stock (the back part which rests against the shoulder), a pistol grip and less common features such as a mounting rail for ac-cessories or barrel threading for a flash suppressor or si-lencer.

Assault weapons are typically semi-automatic, meaning that for every pull of the trigger, a bullet is fired. At this point, I would wonder what, exactly, would such cosmetic features do to increase an assailant’s abil-ity to carry out a massacre. A telescopic stock or pis-tol grip will not make such a thing easier than a fixed stock and rifle grip, nor a suppressor, or even a high-capacity magazine.

Only 1-4 percent of all gun violence involves the use of “assault weapons;” most school shootings in-volve weapons which are typical to hunting or col-lecting, like Rocori (.22 cal. pistol), the Red Lake shoot-ing (.22 cal. Pistol, .40 cal. Glock pistol and 12-gauge

pump-action shotgun), or even the Columbine shoot-ing, in which one of the four guns used during the assault was an “assault weapon.”

Though Republican Sec-ond Amendment defenders constitute the majority of the resistance to Obama’s pro-posals, they have one good point. The Second Amend-ment was not written in ref-erence to acquiring rifles for hunting or collecting, but in the case that, were a tyran-nical government to exercise authority through military might, the people might be able to defend themselves with comparable armament. Provided that assault weap-ons reside in the hands of those who can use them responsibly, such people should be allowed to own them.

Obama’s gun control measures really are a val-iant effort. Truly, these have been needed for a while, and while these proposals are reactive when they should have been instituted be-forehand, it is nevertheless a good thing that they have been suggested now.

Congress should insti-tute most of the changes that Obama proposes, however, these changes should be in-stituted with two things in mind. First, that whatever changes are to be made will actually be efficacious for ending gun violence, and second, that these restric-tions will not overshadow the purpose of a second amendment. Our govern-ment certainly has the in-centive to institute such a balance.

Joshua is a senior ma-joring in sociology and phi-losophy.

All Fire(arm)ed Up Part 2 of a Look at Gun Control in America

“Though most of the opponents of the President’s gun control proposals have come off as rav-ing lunatics … there is some legitimate concern behind their ranting.”

Seeking a BalanceThe Good and Bad of Obama’s Gun Control Proposal

“A �ought Less Traveled”

NATHAN STOTTLEROpinion Editor

JOSHUA HAIDERSpectrum Staff

At the inauguration of our President, speeches are made, tears are shed and we prepare ourselves for the next four years. What do we notice? The appearance of our President, First Lady and their children. Sure, there are many people who listened to and analyzed the President’s speech, but a big part of conversation was what the First Lady, Mi-chelle Obama, wore all day and to the ball.

For a long time, we have looked up to the First Ladies of the White House to pres-ent themselves in a struc-tured, but fashionable way. Michelle is no exception; people are always ready to see what she wears next, and now that their two daugh-ters are in the spotlight, we look to see how they present themselves as well. Because if they dressed sloppy or un-fashionably, there would be plenty to be said by watch-

ers everywhere. The U.S. wants a good-

looking family to run its country. Studies have shown that voters tend to like more attractive looking candi-dates; it shows they are healthy and wise. You may disagree, but we all have a subconscious that does lean more towards people with a healthy and handsome look about them. It may not sway your vote, but it is ever pres-ent.

I wanted to use this as an example because if we ex-pect others to be his or her best why don’t we? First im-pressions make a world of a difference in our society. Today, many jobs are found through networking, which is possible every single day, especially in college. I know we are tired and it’s cold out, but is that a reason to look like you literally had a min-ute to get out of bed? I don’t think anyone has to come to school wearing dress clothes or a tie, but I do think some people should consider pre-senting themselves better.

College is the best place to make contacts and meet people who can help you

find jobs, so why not be ready to meet them at any moment? If you meet a po-tential contact for a job you want, but you are wearing sweats, will you feel as con-fident as you should? But if you we wearing some jeans and a shirt, even that small change could make a dif-ference. It also takes just as long to put on sweats as nor-mal clothing. Two legs, two arms.

I know some days we are overly exhausted, but I bet our president gets much more tired and stressed than some of us. We even look up to other countries leaders; Kate Middleton is always in the spotlight for her style and grace. She has made a statement by having her own style and is looked up to by many. We wouldn’t like to see her wearing sweatpants anytime.

Although I think some-one’s presence matters, it is hard not to judge on a first impression. We do have to be careful at the same time. You never know who some-one may be, although they look good or bad. Perhaps a handsome man wear-

ing well-tailored clothing is mean and up to no good. And a guy wearing baggy clothing with an unshaved face is kind and generous. That is were a first impres-sion may be deceiving. We must always be aware of them, and be kind to every-one. But that never gives us an excuse to walk around looking like we’ve never seen a hairbrush.

So take a couple ex-tra minutes in the morning and at least brush your hair and put on something that doesn’t resemble your pa-jamas. We are in college to find jobs, and the next opportunity could be right around the corner. Be nice to everyone you meet but remember that you want YOUR first impression to be the right one that represent you as you are, not the lazy person who just got up.

Holland is a senior ma-joring in apparel, retail management and design.

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In 1947, Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and his part-ner Estle Ray Mann filed for a patent request for an invention they could only describe as a “cathode ray tube amusement device,” thus starting what is more commonly known as video games.

Video gaming didn’t reach mainstream popularity until the late 1970s, when arcade video games, gam-ing consoles and computer games were introduced to the public. Since then, gam-ing has become one of the biggest forms of entertain-ment and is a huge part of our modern culture.

Even though gaming has been around for well over 60 years, it’s still considered to be one of the newest forms of media. And just like its predecessors, people are wary to fully accept them. This is because of the “vio-lence” that is appearing in more and more games.

In fact, out of the top 10 best-selling video games of 2012, seven of them had what is considered to be vio-lence. And with 97 percent of 12-17 year olds playing video games, it fuels the fire for what people claim to be the reason that our youth is becoming more and more aggressive and hostile.

This claim isn’t just a new and recent thing; vid-eo games have been facing controversy since the 1976 release of the game Death Race. Protestors of Death Race dragged the machines out of arcades and burned them in the parking lots; the

company had no choice but to cease production.

In 1993, public outcry occurred following the re-lease of the game Mortal Kombat. Congress stepped in this time to hold hear-ings on regulating the sale of video games. California Attorney General Dan Lun-gren testified video games have “a desensitizing impact on young, impressionable minds.”

Video game industries saw that the Government was going to take this into their own hands if the in-dustries didn’t do something about it. So they voluntarily set up the ESRB (Enter-tainment Software Rating Board) in September of 1994. It was a system that rated the video game based on its content. The ratings are as such “Early Child-hood,” “Everyone,” “Every-one 10+,” “Teen,” “Mature” and “Adults Only.” This calmed the protestors of vid-eo games down for a while.

That is, until the Col-umbine Massacre in 1999. Two teenage boys killed 13 people at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado. The two boys were avid players of weap-on-based combat games Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. People became convinced that these video games were the cause of the shooting.

This case was what sparked the whole “video games are the cause for kids to become violent” debate. Not much had been men-tioned of it until the Virginia Tech shooting of 2007, when attorney and anti-game activist Jack Thompson claimed that the video game

Counter-Strike was the rea-son behind this shooting. It was later revealed, however, that the shooter did not play video games.

That hardly seemed to have mattered though; crit-ics of violent video games argue that playing these games make real life vio-lence seem acceptable be-cause they are getting away with it in the game. They

also claim that it’s respon-sible for the increasing rate of bullying in schools.

For every critic there will be someone to defend. Defenders of video games argue that the research about violent video games is fal-lible at best. The correla-tions between these video games and violent behavior do not mean there is causa-tion. There are other factors that play into the violent behavior, such as violence at home or mental disorder/instability.

It’s simple: there isn’t enough proof that video games have a direct effect on violence in real life.

On a more personal note, I, for one, don’t believe you can link the two together. I may not be an avid gamer, but I’ve watched my boy-

friend, who is an avid gam-er, play a fair share of vio-lent video games. I’ve even played a few myself. I can promise you that neither one of us have ever felt the urge to go out and shoot some-body in the face because of the video game we had just played.

That brings me to the point I wanted to make. The source of all this tension started with shootings. Peo-ple wanted to immediately blame something. They didn’t look into the fact that these men were all mentally unstable and probably suf-fered from chronic depres-sion. Video games were not the cause of these shootings. These men themselves were the causes of the shooting.

I find it a bit ridiculous that people are trying to pin the violence of individual gunmen with serious men-tal issues on widespread consumer products that mil-lions of well-adjusted, law-abiding citizens consume on a regular basis. If violent video games really caused people to be violent, we’d have a shooting everyday by millions of people. Do we? No. Stop trying to blame something that’s perfectly harmless when put into the right hands.

So, instead of funding all this research for video games, why don’t we fund some more mental rehabili-tation centers and find out what’s really the source of the violence rather than play something materialistic?

Cassie is a sophomore majoring in journalism.

Violent Games Do Not Make Violent PeopleCassandra RohlfingContributing Writer

“So, instead of funding all this research for video games, why don’t we fund some more mental rehabilitation centers....”

Recently, while I was answering a text on my old “dumb” phone, someone looked at me curiously and said, “I thought someone as tech-savvy as yourself would have a smart phone by now.” Though I have some decent knowledge about the world of technol-ogy, I have a love affair with toys that aren’t the newest, coolest thing on the market. I still have a flip phone, one of the only reasons I have a Wii is for Super Mario 3, and I adore my 35mm Can-non camera.

In the summer of 2003 I had two extended trips across the country. The first was to visit my sister down in Las Vegas. Her newborn baby had just been afflicted by SIDS and had stopped breathing. I’m not sure of the full reasoning behind what was going on, but a trip that should have only taken a few days ended up lasting the better part of three weeks.

During that time, be-cause there was no room in any of the hotels to stay, we ended up staying at a charity house. I didn’t re-ally have very many qualms about it, other than the heat (there’s a reason I live in North Dakota!), but for a few tense days I ended up taking care of not just my younger brother and sister, but a couple of the other kids as well, simply be-cause they were there and I was the oldest, being 16 at the time.

After my trip to Ve-gas and before my trip to Georgia for the National Lutheran Youth Organiza-tion, I was with my father picking up a few supplies for the trip, and I had said I’d like to get a few dispos-able cameras for pictures. We stopped in front of the tech portion of the Target we were shopping at.

He related to me that ac-cording to the charity house rules where we were stay-

ing, I shouldn’t have been able to stay without adult supervision; their rule was that I “must be at least 18.” After my parents had talked with them, they agreed to give me a test run (without my knowledge that this rule existed) to see if I was ma-ture to stay by myself and keep track of my siblings.

After that first day though, they were so im-pressed with the way I stepped up and took charge of the situation that they were fine with me ad-hoc babysitting the rest of the kids there. For my time and service that wasn’t request-ed of me, my father bought me one of my favorite toys to this date, and it’s one that still works today: a 35mm Cannon Powershot.

I love film cameras, and I think digital cameras are one of those breaking points where I will never want to upgrade. I love the ele-ment of surprise that you’ll never know what you’re going to get when you use a film camera. For me, it’s like a miniature Christmas all over again. Opening a recently developed set of prints is a surprise of memories that I will always enjoy.

I love the humming feel when my camera winds to the next picture ready to take or when it reels the en-tire roll back into place so it can be ready to be devel-oped. For those of you that still aren’t convinced, I love that if I want to have a pic-ture that looks terrible, I can just use dim lighting and no flash and then I don’t have to have Instagram digitally “enhance” my pictures to look like crap.

While cleaning my room I found a roll of film that has been used but hasn’t been developed yet, so I dropped it off for processing. I am anxious to hear back from my film store to see what’s on the reel. It might be pic-tures from a few thanksgiv-ings ago, but we’ll see.

Stanley is a senior ma-joring in computer science.

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Bison football is year-round in frigid Fargo.

Even during the winter days, when every NDSU stu-dent silently curses their par-ents for raising them in such a torturous climate, there is always room for some Bison talk.

This time around, the main topic is recruiting. The Bison have re-established their winning traditions, and many fans follow the recruit-ment process in hopes of landing that next big player to continue the winning ways.

The biggest need in this year’s recruiting class was knowledgeable to everyone: linebackers.

All throughout the 2012 season, the question mark around the nation’s top de-fense was their depth at the linebacker position. Grant Olson, Travis Beck and Carlton Littlejohn probably played 95 percent of the snaps, with little backup as-sistance. If one of those play-ers went down with an inju-ry, the road to repeat would have become that much tougher.

The team is in need of more depth next season, and with the 2013 recruiting class, they may have found some of that instantly.

So far, the Bison have gone outside the Dakota borders and locked in four linebacker commitments, a group with very talented re-sumes.

NDSU grabbed Alex Hahn out of Oak Creek, Wis. and also nabbed James Gates of Menomonie, Wis.

Wisconsin Sports Net rated Gates the No. 1 line-backer in the state.

The other two verbal commitments have many fans intrigued, due to the players’ physical stature that makes them ready to play Division I ball right away.

NDSU received a ver-bal last week from two-time all-state selection Matt Plank, a six-foot two-inch, 215-pounder from Kansas. The Bison then went to Ne-braska and received another verbal that had fan’s eyes widen when they saw the

size of this middle lineback-er. Nick Deluca is a six-foot four-inch, 235-pound inside linebacker that will be big-ger than most linebackers already on the Bison roster.

If NDSU needs depth, they may have found some right here.

Now, a high school ath-lete may have the physical qualities and all the acco-lades in the world, but that doesn’t mean they are cut out for the college level. The Bi-son coaching staff have four very good linebackers com-ing to Fargo this summer. The developmental program will decide if any of these four are ready to contribute right away.

And let’s remember that the Bison aren’t shy of a young depth chart. Olson, Beck and Littlejohn have all played as either a true or red-shirt freshman.

Coach Bohl has pulled redshirts for consecutive years now, this year being guard Zach Johnson due to lack of offensive line depth. Johnson was a solid contrib-utor and started one game.

NDSU’s defense next year will be a force, maybe among the best in FCS his-tory. They are stacked from the line to the secondary. But injuries happen. When two injuries to the strong safety position occurred this year, the Bison didn’t miss a beat with Bobby Ollman in the starting lineup.

If the starting linebacker trio plays the amount of snaps they did this year, the chances of rundown bodies and injuries happening are a sure thing.

Depth is the question, and some true freshmen may be the answer to that.

I can already here the conversation next fall.

“Wow, who the heck was that with the tackle?”

“No idea, probably some young gun.”

That young gun will be at least one of the four fresh-men linebackers.

Come next year at this time, fans will know if their team hit the jackpot with these players.

And at the same time, we will know how tough these players truly are when they are walking across campus with the fierce Fargo wind against their face.

“Herd’s Hunches”

SAM HERDERSports Editor

Linebacker Depth May be Solved With 2013 Recruiting Class

The NDSU women’s basketball team went to Omaha, Nebraska Thursday to take on the University of Nebraska Omaha Mavericks in a Summit League match-up, losing 61-52.

The Bison managed to take advantage of the Mav-ericks’ defense early, due to Marena Whittle and Katie Birkel’s combined 10 points in the first half.

Both teams were very competitive. The lead

changed four times and the score was tied five times in the first half.

However, the Mavericks started to pull away with only a few minutes left be-fore halftime. Paige Frauen-dorfer and Ericka House each had 11 points for Oma-ha in the first 20 minutes of the game, which helped them keep the momentum going into halftime.

NDSU couldn’t keep up, leaving them down 23-32 going into the second half.

Despite great ball dis-tribution, NDSU couldn’t slow down the Omaha of-

fense. Frauendorfer led the Mavericks with 14 points in the second half, giving her 25 points on the night. Ja-mie Nash also contributed 11 points and a game-high 11 assists for the Maver-icks. Omaha’s efficiency was tough for the Bison to overcome.

The Bison got within five points of the Mavericks with over 12 minutes left in the game, but Omaha man-aged to keep the lead out of reach for the Bison.

Many Bison players made contributions to help NDSU get the win. Birkel

ended the game with 15 points, while Dani DeGagne scored 11 points, seven re-bounds, four assists and a steal.

Despite this hard work, the Bison didn’t have enough to get another Sum-mit League victory and lost 61-52.

NDSU (7-13, 3-5 Sum-mit) are set to play Kansas City on the road on Thurs-day. The Bison now have eight games left on their regular season schedule, all of which are against Summit League opponents.

Colton PoolContributing Writer

Bison Take a Loss Against Omaha on the RoadWOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Going into a hostile en-vironment, the NDSU men’s basketball team was cool as can be in the first half against the SDSU Jackrab-bits.

But the Bison went from cool to cold, shooting 25 percent in the second half to relinquish a halftime lead, resulting in a 69-53 loss Sat-urday.

Frost Arena in Brook-ings, S.D., saw a sellout crowd of 6,064. The electric atmosphere pitted a battle between two teams at the top of the Summit League.

NDSU had a chance a secure sole possession of first place over the Jacks and Western Illinois, but the loss put both Dakota teams at a 7-2 conference record while WIU is sitting at 8-2.

The Bison looked at ease with the stipulations, play-ing sound basketball in the

first half. TrayVonn Wright and Mike Felt sparked NDSU to a 37-31 lead at the break.

But SDSU, with their 26 home game winning streak on the line, came out the ag-gressor in the second half. The Jacks took their first lead of the game after Mar-cus Heemstra’s 3-pointer put the score at 41-40. SDSU scored 17 straight points be-fore Wright’s jumper at the 9:47 mark, ending a nine-minute drought for the Bi-

son.NDSU couldn’t retain

their offensive production from the first half, shooting 6-24 from the field in the second. The Bison shot 58 percent to start the game.

SDSU closed the game out by going 16-20 from the foul line and pulled away for the 69-53 win.

The Bison (16-5) returns home to face Kansas City at 7 p.m. Thursday.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Bison Men Drop Big Road GameSam HerderSports Editor

The NDSU wrestling team finished the final five matches in style. The Bi-son claimed a 23-15 victory over Air Force in the West-ern Wrestling Conference opener for both schools at Clune Arena on Friday eve-ning.

The Bison (6-7,1-0 WWC) found themselves in a deep hole after the first five matches trailing 15-6, but then the Bison turned up the heat, after they posted a technical fall and four deci-sions to close out the dual on a 17-0 run.

No. 6 Steven Monk started the hot streak with a

dominant 17-1 technical fall over Air Force’s Tyler Mer-gen at 165 pounds.

Bison sophomore Kur-tis Julson (174) and senior Mac Stoll (184) each posted overtime victories in cru-cial matches to help the Bi-son get their first win in the WWC.

The Bison trailing 15-11 through six matches, Jul-son recorded a takedown on Daniel Barringer with a cru-cial nine seconds remaining in the sudden victory period for a 3-1 decision at 174 pounds. Stoll followed his teammate up with a 4-2 de-cision in the first tiebreaker period at 184 pounds, and Kallen Kleinschmidt and teammate Evan Knutson

were able to seal the victory with decisions at the final two weights.

The night’s first match opened with No. 11 Josh Martinez of Air Force pin-ning No. 6 Trent Sprenkle of NDSU to give Sprenkle his third defeat of the season. Sprenkle was leading the match 6-4 when Martinez earned the fall with 37 sec-onds remaining in the sec-ond period.

Bison freshman Josh Ro-driguez missed a close 7-6 decision to Dylan Hyder at 133 pounds before NDSU seniors Mark Erickson and Joe Garner posted a pair of decisions at 141 and 149 pounds, respectively.

Air Force scored its final

team points of the evening when N0. 16 Josh Kreimier pinned NDSU’s Tanner Car-lisle in the second period at 157 pounds. Carlisle was making his season debut for the Bison.

Air Force (8-2, 0-1) suf-fered just its second loss in their 10 duals this season. The Falcon’s only other loss came to No. 13 Oregon State on January 11.

The Bison wrestling team will traveled to Lara-mie, Wyo., for a dual against defending WWC champion No. 14 Wyoming Sunday. Check Thursday’s issue for complete results.

WRESTLING

Bison Wrestling Finishes Hot to Secure WinPace MaierContributing Writer

Historically, Hollywood does an extremely bad job of portraying football in the movies and on TV. Like, re-ally bad. So instead of listing the greatest sports movies of all time, I have decided to comprise a list of play-ers that I think should earn a spot in the Pantheon of Hol-lywood Quarterbacks.

Shane Falco – The Re-placements (2000)

In possibly his best act-ing role (no, seriously), Keanu Reeves plays the man-behind-center for the Washington Sentinels in one of the least funny comedies you will ever see. Falco leads a group of replace-ment football players to victory while scoring with the head cheerleader during the NFL player lockout. The players strike ends and the

real players come back, but not before Falco solidifies his legacy and claims his immortality as one of the top Hollywood quarterback to ever play the game.

“Steamin” Willy Bea-men -- Any Given Sunday (1999)

Jamie Foxx plays third-string, former seventh-round pick quarterback for the Miami Sharks in one of the greatest football movies of all time (again, not saying much). Beamen becomes the starter and leads his team to the playoffs while at the same time summing up Michael Vick’s career in about 45 minutes, you know, minus the whole dog-fighting scandal. Beamen’s Vick-like traits make him one of the more memorable Hollywood quarterbacks ever.

Junior Floyd – The Little Giants (1994)

After watching “The Lit-tle Giants” approximately 84 times during my child-hood, it’s tough to forget

characters like Junior and the Icebox. This toilet pa-per throwing hero played by Devon Sawa led his team-mates to victory along with Becky “Icebox” O’Shea in the greatest game in peewee history. Sawa has been on somewhat of a hiatus since the mid-nineties, mostly acting in small roles in films like “Final Destination 5” and “The Sibling.” But let’s be honest, how would he ever live up to his heroics again like he did in the win over the Cowboys?

Paul Crewe – The Lon-gest Yard (1974)

If you saw Paul Crewe and thought Adam Sandler, stop reading my column, go home and lock yourself back in a closet you poor, sheltered soul. Not only did Burt Reynolds play the heck out of a once foot-ball-player-turned-convict-turned-legend, he single handedly made it cool to be in a sports movie. In fact, he stared in another football movie called “Semi-Touch”

just three years after. Crewe returned to the field in the 2007 remake of “The Lon-gest Yard,” tarnishing his legacy but reminding people of his greatness.

Alex Moran – Blue Mountain State (2010-2011)

If Alex Moran isn’t liv-ing the red-blooded-male American dream, I obvi-ously have a misconcep-tion of what the “American Dream” really is. Moran is a back-up quarterback for the Blue Mountain State Billy Goats, who is more inter-ested in having as much fun as possible instead of read-ing his playbook. Thank-fully, the series ended after just three seasons when Moran becomes the starter and quits getting into all the crazy shenanigans we think college football players are getting into.

Have a problem with the list? Email my editor your list and we will continue the debate. Heck, maybe you will be in the next issue.

“�e Sports Czar”

JOE KERLINSta� Writer

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