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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) --Gov. Jack Dalrymple has pro-claimed March as Pride ofDakota month. Pride ofDakota is a program adminis-tered by the state AgricultureDepartment that helps morethan 450 businesses promoteproducts made in the state.Agriculture CommissionerDoug Goehring says specialactivities are slated through-out the month, including Prideof Dakota day at the stateCapitol on March 29.

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) --A new study shows that morethan 163,000 acres of farm-land has been lost since 1993.The North Dakota State Uni-versity Extension Service re-port says the flooding tookplace near Devils Lake andStump Lake. Officials say theestimated economic loss fromthe flooding is more than$194 million this year.

WELLINGTON, NewZealand (AP) -- A powerfulaftershock has rocked the dev-astated New Zealand city ofChristchurch and the con-firmed death toll from lastmonth’s magnitude 6.3 Earth-quake has risen by one to 166.The GNS Science monitoringagency says the magnitude4.8-aftershock struck Satur-day night causing minor dam-age.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Lib-eral filmmaker MichaelMoore urged Wisconsin resi-dents Saturday to fight againstRepublican efforts to stripmost public workers of theircollective bargaining rights,telling thousands of protestersthat “Madison is only the be-ginning.”

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) --Some neighbors consideredAaron Thomas an odd nui-sance, a man who liftedweights in the front yard,parked a loud tractor-trailer intheir residential neighborhoodand ran or rode his bike un-fathomable distances. Hisgirlfriend's son called him laidback. But authorities say theunemployed truck driver isthe East Coast rapist, sus-pected of terrorizing womenwith sexual assaults from Vir-ginia to Rhode Island over 12years. New Haven police saidSaturday that DNA confirmedThomas is the East Coastrapist.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- ANorth Dakota legislator hasproposed an amendment tothe state’s constitution thatwould give the state the rightto return money directly totaxpayers. The constitutioncurrently prohibits gifts. Op-ponents say tax cuts are a bet-ter alternative.

RAYNE, La. (AP) -- A tor-nado slammed a southwesternLouisiana town Saturday,killing a woman and injuring11 other people. More than100 homes were damaged,many of them destroyed, au-thorities said, and about 1,500people were evacuated be-cause of natural gas leaks.

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Gov-ernment forces in tanks rolledinto the opposition-held cityclosest to Tripoli after blastingit with artillery and mortarfire, while rebels captured akey oil port and pushed to-ward Moammar Gadhafi’shometown in a seesaw Satur-day for both sides in thebloody battle for control ofLibya.

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Every year, students in BisonAmbassadors honor staff andfaculty members they feelhave impacted their lives inspecial ways.

This year, 29 employeeswere chosen and are recog-nized throughout the week.The Apple Polisher award al-ways centers on an appletheme.

Every day each honoree wasgiven a special gift from theBison Ambassadors to say“thank you.”

Bison Ambassadors give Apple Polisher honors

LIANNE THOMPSONInternational Student

Advisor

RONDA KLUBBENAcademic Assistant,

Department of Health, Nutritionand Exercise Science

JIN LIAssistant Professor,

Management and Marketing

ALAN KALLMEYERProfessor, Chair of

Mechanical Engineering

DANA DAVISDirector of Recruitment,

Pharmacy, Nursing and AlliedSciences Dean’s Office

AMY O’CONNORAssociate Professor,

Communication

STEPHANIE MARTINBison Ambassadors Advisor;Alumni Association Program

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NADENE VEVEAGraduate Student and

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AMBER RAILEAssistant Professor,

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STEPHENSON BECKAssistant Professor,

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ERIC BERGSaddle & Sirloin Advisor; Associate Professor, AES

Animal Science

AMY FISHERAssistant Professor,

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DONNA THEUSCHStudent Service Coordinator,Department of Architectureand Landscape Architecture

STEVE WINFREYDirector, Memorial Union

JANNA STOSKOPFDean of Student Life

LINDA MANIKOWSKEAssociate Professor,

Department of Apparel, Designand Hospitality Management

LYNETTE WINTERSAssistant Professor of Practice,Department of Health, Nutrition

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STACY DUFFIELDAssistant Professor,

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NATALIE LEERCareer Counselor, Counseling

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PRAKASH MATHEWVice President for Student

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JOEL HANSONStudent Support Center

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MICHAEL STEWARTAssistant Professor,

Mechanical Engineering

POLLY OLSONSenior Lecturer, Director of

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CARLA GROSSAssociate Professor,

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LAUREN BJORKContributing Writer

The end of the spring semes-ter will be here before youknow it. With all the excite-ment over summer vacation,forgetting to make plans aboutthe coming year is easy to do.

The question of whether tolive on or off campus is a deci-sion all returning college stu-dents have to make. There arepros and cons to both livingsituations that may help mak-ing this decision a bit easier.

Melissa Strandemo, a junior,lives in an apartment with twoother roommates approxi-mately 15 minutes from cam-pus.

According to Strandemo,there are many positives to liv-ing off campus. For one, shefeels a sense of freedom andindependence that she did nothave living in the residencehalls her freshman year. Afterher first year, Strandemo wasready to move to an apart-ment. According to an articlefrom collegebound.com, “tomany students, unsupervisedliving means the freedom tochoose where you live, howmuch you spend and when

you move in and out of yourapartment.”

One of the things Strandemowanted to take advantage ofwith her new sense of inde-pendence was to have her catfrom home live with her.

On-campus living has astrict policy about having ani-mals live in the residence halls.By having her cat, Strandemois able to feel more at homeand comfortable with beingaway from her family.

Another positive to living offcampus is the opportunity tohave your own bedroom.

In a residence hall you sharea small space with one or moreroommates.

Strandemo explained havingher own space was her fa-vorite part about living in anoff-campus setting.

“If I am stressed aboutschool I have my bedroom Ican go to if I want to be aloneand just relax; when I lived ina dorm I had nowhere to go dothat,” Strandemo said.

Although there are positivesfor off campus living, there arealso pros to living on campus.Mitchell Krauter, a freshman,is finishing up his first year asa resident of Reed Hall.

To him, there are many pos-

itives to living on campus. Thefirst reason is the convenienceof having all of his classeswithin walking distance fromhis dorm.

“I am used to living on afarm where it takes almost anhour to get anywhere; I lovethe convenience of being ableto sleep in because I am soclose to my classes,” Krautersaid.

When living off campus youare more than likely forced todrive to school. Strandemomust leave almost a half hourearly for class even though sheis only about a 15 minutedrive. After arriving on cam-pus, Strandemo must find aplace to park requiring her topay for a parking spot. Sheparks on campus twice a weekand pays $4 each time. Thiscan equal $32 extra a month.

The expense of living goesway beyond the $32 you mayspend on parking a month.

When living in the residencehalls there is one expense,$6,714, for the entire year, ac-cording to NDSU’s website.

This relieves the stress ofhaving to pay a monthly rentand utility bill. With two otherroommates, Strandemo pays atotal much less than the resi-

dence hall price. The rent doesnot cover the utilities, includ-ing electricity and cable/Inter-net.

Food is another expense thatcan’t be avoided. NDSU’swebsite lists the options of thebasic meal plan, $1,745 a se-mester, and the elite plan, $1,925 a semester.

The difference betweenthese plans is the amount ofguest passes you receive andhow many Dining Dollars areallocated.

Krauter eats on campusMonday through Thursdaywith the basic meal plan for allmeals. During the weekend heusually eats a few meals offcampus.

“I do get tired of eating oncampus so I spend money ongoing out to eat and food formy dorm,” Krauter says.

Off-campus living requiresyou to purchase your ownfood, giving you complete con-trol on what you eat andspend. Some students buy off-brand foods and use couponsto save money. Strandemo,however, enjoys healthy foodand spends more money thanher roommates do on gro-ceries.

In the “Campus Living” ar-

ticle, Craig Neal, director orRochester Institute of Tech-nology’s residential food serv-ice, explains that when you arenot on a meal plan you feel likeyou are saving money.

“You may spend more be-cause of your freedom and notrealize,” Neal said.

Living in a dorm or an inde-pendent-living setting is up toeach student’s personal pref-erence. Some pros to off cam-pus living may outweigh the

cons and the same goes for oncampus. For Strandemo,dorms are something she doesnot want to return to whileKrauter thinks he will live atleast one more year on cam-pus.

By viewing the positives andnegatives surrounding hous-ing options it will be easier tomake an informed decisionabout where to live during col-lege.

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KATERINA VORONOVANews Reporter

With Sandbag Central infull operation, it seems likeeveryone is expecting Fargo-Moorhead to flood again thisyear. However, a major floodmight be avoided.

According to an article byWDAZ, published on March3, a flood might be avoided,since there has been no springrain. The 2010-2011 winterhas been the 10th snowiestwinter on record, however, itis the rain, not the amount ofsnow, that determines if thereis going to be a flood or not.Only half of the top 10snowiest winters have led to aflood over 30 feet.

“In 1997, we had a weekendevent where it rained 2 or 3inches. That's the equivalentof 30 inches of snow in a week-end,” Meteorologist DarylRitchison said in an interviewwith WDAZ.

According to Ritchison, theheavy flood of 2009 was due tothe heavy rainfall, and not theamount of snow.

“Right now we have 3.65inches of water in our snow-pack, which is about 1 inchmore than we had at this timebefore the record flood of 2009with about the same amountof snow on the ground,”Ritchison said.

While Ritchison is certain

that there is going to be aflood, he believes that it is notgoing to be as big as the previ-ous ones.

According to StormtrackerMeteorologist John Wheeler,

the rapid changes in tempera-ture could also prove helpfulin avoiding the flood. In thepast few weeks the tempera-ture would go from belowfreezing to above freezingwithin days, allowing for thesnow to melt at a slower pace.

Moreover, this year’s Febru-ary was one of the 10 driestFebruaries on record, andthere has been little moisturesince January. The tempera-tures are also going to stay lowuntil the middle of March, soit will be a while before it willbe certain for sure what theextend of this year’s flood willbe.

Experts sayflood couldbe avoided

The 2010-2011 winter has been the10th snowiest winter on record,however, it is therain, not theamount of snowthat determines ifthere is going to bea flood or not.

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Sandbaggers could get a break if the flood doesn’t crest as highly originally projected.Micah Zimmerman/The Spectrum

MATT SEVERNSSpectrum Staff

Vice President for Informa-tion Technology Bonnie Neasannounced her plans to retireat the end of 2011.

Neas became manager ofUser Services at NDSU in1984 and has since worked herway up to becoming vice pres-ident of the division that man-ages information technologyservices, enterprise computingand infrastructure, andtelecommunications andemergency support technolo-gies.

Looking back on her 27-yearcareer with NDSU, Neas iden-tified three major accomplish-ments that came to be hergreatest. First on the list in-cluded her rise to vice presi-dent of InformationTechnology.

“Being named NDSU's first

vice president for InformationTechnology. That alone gaveIT the visibility it needed to berecognized as a strategic serv-ice for the university’s suc-cess,” Neas said.

Neas also said that merginginformation technology serv-ices and the telecommunica-

tions department as well asseeing the Northern Tier Net-work come to full operation inthe state's education commu-nities were also remarkablemoments in her career.

Neas was planning to retirelast year, but stayed with theuniversity to help stabilize thetransitions that took place inadministration.

“I really had planned to re-tire when the new presidentwas named, but PresidentBresciani asked me to stay onat least one more year while hebecame more familiar with thecampus,” Neas said. “I agreed,then we mutually agreed thatI would stay on a few addi-tional months while a newprovost begins his or her du-ties.”

In her 27 years with the uni-versity, Neas has worked asassociate vice president forfederal government relations,vice president for infrastruc-

ture, and interim deputy CIOand director for Connect ND.

As her responsibilities andprofessional positions havechanged, so has technology.

“I’ve seen tremendouschange in the informationtechnology from when I firststarted. ... I can’t think of amore stimulating environmentto work in than that where

constant learning takes place,”Neas said in a university newsrelease.

A successor for Neas has notyet been chosen, but the deter-mination is to be made byPresident Bresciani and hisleadership team.

“When I arrived at NDSUBonnie indicated her interestin retirement, but out of her

commitment to NDSU she waswilling to stay through myfirst year and help me getstarted, and staying throughthe end of 2011 will allow herto also work with the newprovost. I will miss her both asa colleague and a friend,”Bresciani said in a universitynews release.

Vice president of Information Technology set to retire

Being namedNDSU’s first vicepresident for infor-mation technology.That alone gave ITthe visibility itneeded to be recognized as astrategic service forthe university’s success.-Bonnie Neas

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Fargo heats up with Blizzard Music TourCATE EKEGREN

& LINDA VASQUEZSpectrum Staff

On March 3, the Fargo-Moorheadmusic scene was entertained bysome major celebrities: Fargo na-tives Big Reeno and DJ Dextriouswere featured on the tour with CaliSwag District, Sick Puppies, 3Oh!3and the headliner Nelly.

Here is a quick review on their per-formances:

DJ DextriousDJ Dextrious, the house DJ for the

night was a great filler in betweensets.

DJ Dextrious had some greatmixes and was successful keepingconcertgoers entertained and en-gaged.

Throughout the night, the crowdwas singing along to songs like “Fire-work” by Katy Perry and “I’m Ona Boat” by the Saturday Night Livegroup, The Lonely Island.

DJ Dexrious was not just great tolisten to, but also fun to watch; hehad some killer dance moves that hefeatured during his mixes.

Big ReenoBig Reeno was everything you

could expect from an opening act. Although the concert got off to a

slow start because it took so long tofunnel the crowd into the venue, thehip-hop star started the concert offon the right foot.

Big Reeno performed some origi-nal songs, threw some variety in withan electric guitar solo and ended hisset with covers of LMFAO’s “Shots”and Lupe Fiasco’s “The Show GoesOn” to get the crowd on their feet.

Cali Swag DistrictCali Swag District took the stage

next. The four rappers- C-Smoove,

Yung, JayAre and M-Bone- straightfrom Inglewood, Calif. were any-thing but what was expected.

Although still young, the group hadsome great showmanship.

Cali Swag District “kept it real”with some crazy rhymes and talentedback-up dancers.

They also were the only performersto include dancers and choreogra-phy.

They even gave the audience a littlestrip tease when they decided to taketheir shirts off during their perform-ance.

The energy and excitement came toa full boil when their most antici-pated song was finally played:“Teach Me How to Dougie.”

The crowd sang along in excite-ment, joined them in the dance phe-nomena and cheered until the groupwas long off the stage.

Sick PuppiesSick Puppies was the first of the

major acts to hit the stage. The set got off to a somewhat slow

start, but it was clear that there werea lot of fans there to see this band.

Bass player, Emma Anzai (see pic-ture above left), sang in a few of thesongs and was not quite as good liveas on a recording, but she quickly re-deemed herself with an intense basssolo in the third song, “You’re GoingDown.”

A drum solo by Mark Goodwinwas also featured in the third songforcing the audience to see the pureability present.

Shimon Moore on the guitar andlead vocals was the perfect frontman. He was by far the most interac-tive of all the acts and it was clear hewas having a great time on stage.

Moore even got the audiencesinging along when the band playeda cover of Cee-Lo Green’s popularsong “F*ck You (Forget You).”

Sick Puppies definitely lit up thestage with songs from their newestalbum, Tri Polar.

3Oh!3The lights were turned down and

a banner was raised as 3Oh!3 madea grand entrance singing the song,“Touchin’ On My” from their albumStreets of Gold.

The only way to describe the firstsong: completely epic.

3Oh!3 kept the momentum goingwith songs from both the Streets ofGold and Want albums.

The audience sang along with elec-tro hop duo Sean Foreman andNathaniel (Nat) Motte as they per-formed the hit song “My First Kiss.”

They then performed “Hit ItAgain,” their newest single that isnot yet played on the radio and isonly available on iTunes.

The audience loved it by showingthe iconic 3Oh!3 symbol (see back-ground image).

After paying respect to the otherperformers on the tour, 3Oh!3jumped right into playing more oftheir popular hits like “Starstrukk”and “Double Vision.”

The crowd seemed quite disap-pointed when “Double Vision” wasannounced as the last song to beplayed, but hope was quickly re-stored (and the crowd went berserk)as the band continued with “Don’tTrust Me.”

Interacting with the audience, Natreferred to 3Oh!3 as a “sh**ty boyband from Colorado,” but they wereanything but that.

Their high quality musical abilitywas definitely present in this ener-getic and fun show.

NellyThe audience had to wait a little

too long for Nelly and his entourageto take the stage last, but was not dis-appointed when it finally happened.

Nelly (see picture above right)came out jamming to “Shake YaTailfeather” and the audience washooked.

The crowd was standing up ontheir feet and was singing every lyricfrom his songs.

Nelly took the time to interact withthe audience quite a bit and intro-duced those that were on stage withhim just before Murphy Lee, aGrammy award winning rapper,stunned the crowd with a solorhyme.

Nelly also made quite a point ofsaying how excited he was to beplaying in Fargo.

“I am so excited I got to come toFargo to play for ya’ll, but it is verycold up here,” Nelly said.

While nobody could disagree withthat, Scheels Arena was “hot, hot,hot” as Nelly performed a majormash-up of all of his hits. Everythingfrom “Country Grammar” to “AirForce Ones” to “Just A Dream” wascovered.

Now that some of these well-known performers have witnessedthe Fargo music support at firsthand, let us hope that they will comeback and perform for us again andsend more performers our way.

Micah Zimmerman/The Spectrum

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CARISSA SUTERContributing Writer

Moe’s Southwest Grill is lo-cated in a strip mall on 32ndAve. S. beside two of my fa-vorite places: Starbucks andJimmy John’s. I figured ifMoe’s was good, then I wouldhave found the trifecta of stripmalls. I’ll put the news upfront: I didn’t find my trifecta.Instead, I spent a hefty $10 ona meal that I stopped eatinghalfway through, and not be-cause I was full.

I walked into Moe’s and no-ticed that it’s a lot like Qdobaor Panchero’s, just the aver-age burrito fast food joint. Asign greeted me in the en-trance saying “Moe’s offerssomething for everyone, fromsalads and fajitas to rice bowlsand kid’s meals.”

I gave the employee a really

excited “I’ve never been here,”expecting her to tell me a bitabout the food offered alongwith a popular burrito, maybeeven her favorite entree. How-ever, she just gave me a nodand said “oh,” as if I was tak-ing our employee-customer re-lationship a little too far. So Iswallowed my pride and or-dered a fairly generic chickenburrito with black beans, rice,pico de gallo salsa, sour creamand lettuce. The meal camewith chips, but if I wanted themeal I had to get a pop alongwith a side of queso.

My second complaint cameas I was going down the lineordering my burrito toppings.I tried to order a spicy salsa in-stead of the pico de gallo formy burrito when I was in-

formed that the other types ofsalsa including medium andspicy, were located at the salsabar near the pop machine inthe lobby. The nice thing isthat this salsa is free, alongwith chips, but the majordrawback is that you only getone choice of salsa for yourburrito, which is quite bland.

So I paid for my burrito andfound a seat beside a sign thatsaid, “Some burritos are justborn with it.” The only thingmy burrito was born with wasa possible birth defect, that ofone strange taste that accom-panied every bite I took. Ican’t describe this flavor, butI’m pretty sure the culprit wasin the rice. It might have beensome sort of spice, maybe evenfresh cilantro. The flavor waseven found in my salsa, so Iwent back and tried a sampleof all of the salsa choices sinceI really wanted to find some-thing I liked at Moe’s, but theweird and overpowering fla-vor accompanied every salsaoffered.

The theme of the restaurantis Tex-Mex and I’ll admit thatit’s rather enticing. The at-mosphere is more invitingthan Qdoba or Panchero’s,but I probably noticed the at-mosphere more because Ispent most of my time lookingup from my burrito trying tofigure out what I was tasting,rather than digging in and en-joying my meal.

About halfway through withmy meal, I decided that Icouldn’t adapt my taste budsto the flavor and I just would-n’t start liking it, no matterhow long I kept eating. Ac-cepting the defeat, I wrappedup my burrito and threw itaway. I’ll have to say that allMoe’s offers is some mediocrefree chips and salsa, but inorder to benefit from that,you’ll have to buy a burritothat, in my opinion, will leaveone bad taste in your mouth.

Moe's Southwest Grill

The only thing myburrito was bornwith was a possiblebirth defect.“

MICHAEL WEILERContributing Writer

Open spaces, open roads,smooth sailing -- that’s thehope at least. Do what youwant, uprooted by choice, andmake things happen. But it’s arough world out there. Andthe music world is not veryforgiving, not for the weak ofheart and soul. Fargo nativeBrooks West knows this first-hand.

“When I moved away fromFargo I was playing fournights a week, three to fourhours a night, some years Iwas doing 150 shows a year,while people weren’t reallypaying attention,” West said.“It’s not easy, not at all.”

If you have ever talked toWest, you know that thoughhe talks of tough roads, thereis always a silver lining. He islike Stretch Armstrong -- nomatter how many ways he ispulled out of sorts, he slowlygoes back to Brooks West --reshaped, reformed, refo-cused.

After 26 years in Fargo andmaking the trek to Harris-burg, Pa., residing there for sixyears, Brooks made his way toNashville, Tenn.

“Moving to Nashville soundsalmost cliché,” West laughed.“But a friend offered me agreat opportunity to go there,hang out and play music. Itwas perfect.”

But Nashville is an Ameri-can music Mecca, so to speak.People come to fulfill dreams,and more likely than not, theirdreams are shattered withthem, leaving the musician left

to pick up the pieces off thefloor.

“I only stayed in Nashvillefor a year. Nashville hadmany, many ups and downsfor me on a personal level, aswell as musically,” West said.“But what it really showed mewas what I was as an artist,what I needed to do as anartist, what I wanted to do asan artist. So in that regards itwas good.”

“Nashville is like going to thecollege of hard knocks for mu-sicians. The best musicians inthe world are there. The coolones are in Austin,” West said.“But it’s a slap in the face ofserious reality. There are guysand gals who are scraping just

to get by, and they are the bestmusicians and songwritersyou will ever come across. Buttime has kind of forgottenabout them. They were big inthe ‘70s and ‘80s, but not any-more.”

So two years ago Westheaded back home to Fargo.

“You forget how brutal it isup here. Not only weather-wise either, this winter stuffsucks. But musically too, it’shard to get people to come toshows,” West said. “It’s hardto be original here, thoughthere are three major collegesin Fargo-Moorhead, and theyall have great music pro-grams, and they all, I amguessing, have some amazing

musicians. But where arethese people? Why are theynot forming bands and sup-porting and creating the scenehere in Fargo?”

While West is unsure bywhat the future holds, he isalso undaunted. He is alwayscarving his niche wherever hemay be, pushing forward andmoving on.

Brooks West plays withBrenda Weiler, Shape thenShift, Eden Parker, Dann Kand Black Casket and ShaneMaland 7 p.m. Saturday,March 26 at Ecce Art andYoga 216 Broadway, down-town Fargo. Tickets are $10.

Musician finds his musical niche in Fargo

But what it reallyshowed me waswhat I was as anartist.-Brooks West

“Fargo native, West Brooks, encourages talented community members to come forwardand fuel the Fargo-Moorhead’s music scene.

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The absolute lack of surprisewas almost palpable this weekas Apple unveiled its newestmedia device, the iPad 2.

Stepping up the technologyof the original iPad, the iPad 2features Apple’s own, newdual-core A5 processors. Forthose less tech-savvy gamersamong us, that is very goodnews. A faster processormeans better looking and

faster running games which,especially after the release ofsuch hardware intensive hitsas “Infinity Blade” and “RageHD,” shows that Apple knowsjust how important gaming isto their core market. The com-pany promises that its newprocessor will double CPUperformance and run graph-ics up to nine times faster.

Continuing this trend of up-

grades are the new device’s720p camera, support forHDMI output, a built-in gyrofor possible gaming purchasesand a thinner design.

Apple was slightly less forth-coming on information re-garding the system’s internalmemory. Those familiar withthe current iPad could tell youthat the original device was abit of a lightweight with only256MB of RAM which is sur-prising considering the powerof the device compared to sim-ilar machines. Before it’s un-veiling, the iPad 2 wasrumored to have doubled theavailable RAM of its predeces-sor though no official an-nouncements have been made.More pragmatic technophileswill no doubt take this to meanthat the system memory wasnot included in the array ofupgrades and they wouldprobably be right.

RAM debates aside, all ofthis shiny new tech will comeat a price, at least for thoselooking to trade in their oldermodels. In a (somewhat) sur-prising move for the company,Apple has decided to keeppricing on the iPad 2 un-changed.

Wi-Fi enabled iPad 2s willstart at a suggested retail priceof $499 for 16GB models, $599for 32GB models and $699 for64GB models. The iPad 2with Wi-Fi and 3G-connectiv-ity will be available in modelswith similar hard drive sizesand will run for $629, $729and $829 respectively.

Those willing to pay for thestill expensive technology willbe able to do it soon, at least inNorth America, where theiPad 2 is slated for release byMarch 11. It will be availablein both black and white withvarious colors available forscreen covers.

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The iPad 2 is scheduled to be released on March 11. The newest model will includemany new improvements.

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ONE KISSMy heart is screaming, but my mouth stays shut silently.

My love is trying to escape, beating on my soul violently.

The words form in my mind, but stay there and can't escape.

I hope by the time they're revealed it won't be too late.

You bring me so much hurt yet so much bliss.

All wrong in the world is turned right with just one kiss.

I gently touch your angelic face with my fingertips

as our silent and separate love combines through our anxious lips.

But still you bring me unknown pain:

Hate, Love, Disgust and Joy driving my emotions insane.

What an adventure the road to love is.

But it makes it all worthwhile, just for that one kiss.

-Linda Vasquez

The effects of alcoholHEALTH TALK

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“Cell phone.”

Abby Corbett

Nursing

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“My style.”

Alex Wahlstrom

Electrical Engineering

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Social Science Education

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“The hopes of making

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Alcoholism currently inflictscrippling damage on our soci-ety. There are more than23,000 deaths attributed an-nually to alcohol.

The United States spendsmore money on the effects ofalcoholism than cancer eachyear.

The dramatic impacts thatalcohol can have on societyhave not eluded college cam-puses.

Every day, nearly five col-lege students die from over-dosing on alcohol.

That is 1,700 every year. Even more staggering, 51

percent of NDSU studentshave reported drinking five ormore drinks in one sitting inthe last two weeks, which issignificantly higher than thenational average of about 30percent.

College students are primetargets for drink specials,cheap mugs and deliciousLong Island Iced Teas as theymake for seemingly good waysto save precious rent andramen noodle money.

Depending on body size,ratio of muscle to fat, sex andamount of Alcohol dehydroge-nase (an enzyme that breaksdown alcohol), anywhere fromone to four drinks consumedwithin an hour can put a per-son over the legal blood alco-hol concentration (BAC) levelof 0.8.

It is important to note thatdue to their generally smallerstature and other physiologi-cal differences, females attain

a higher BAC from the samenumber of drinks, as wouldtheir male counterparts.

When purchasing drinks, itis good to know that one cupor glass of an alcoholic bever-age often contains far morethan one “drink,” given that adrink is standardized as halfan ounce of pure alcohol.

Therefore, one standardplastic beer mug actually con-tains nearly three drinks.

The average individual canonly metabolize around onedrink -- half an ounce of purealcohol -- each hour and theliver does about 90 percent ofthis.

This is done in what is re-ferred to as zero-order metab-olism.

This means that the liver canonly remove one drink or so ofalcohol each hour, regardlessof how much alcohol is in yoursystem.

This will not change as a re-sult of a built up tolerance toalcohol, or whether you aresleeping or awake.

That means that the directeffects and presence of alcoholwill persist until the requiredtime has passed, so five drinksrequire (at least) five hours tobe eliminated.

However, the effects of largedoses of alcohol within a shortduration of time, for example,binge drinking, can lingerlonger than just the time re-quired to metabolize all of thealcohol.

Five or more drinks con-sumed in one sitting can im-pair the body’s ability torepair muscles, maintainproper blood sugar levels, anddisrupt sleep patterns forthree or more days thereafter.

Repeated abuse can greatly

extend the aforementioned ef-fects and lead to profoundchanges in brain chemistryand hormone levels.

Alcohol’s effects start in thefrontal lobe of the brain, re-ducing an individual’s inhibi-tions and causing a “buzzed”feeling.

This occurs at a BAC ofabout 0.5 depending on toler-ance levels, and any alcoholconsumed after this pointtends to do proportionallymore harm to your body thanadditional pleasant effects.

The effects slowly becomemore pronounced as theywork their way toward theback of the brain inhibitingmotor skills and causing a stu-por, then to the brain stem,which controls the body’s im-portant heart and breathingfunctions.

Once the effects hit the brainstem, coma and death are apossibility. Death can occurwith a BAC of 0.3.

Things to look for in alcoholpoisoning include any of thefollowing: slowed or irregularbreathing with greater than 10seconds between breaths; un-responsiveness; cold, clammy,or blue skin; vomiting orseizures.

These are signs that some-one needs immediate medicalattention.

Call 911 and stay with the af-fected individual until help ar-rives.

Make sure your friend is laidon his or her side so as to pre-vent choking on vomit.

Remember, medicalamnesty laws exist in NorthDakota to prevent any legalaction from being takenagainst minors who call anambulance for a friend in

need. For more information (or

helpful tools like a BAC calcu-lator) visit the NDSU counsel-ing center website orhttp://www.ndsu.edu/alco-holinfo/ which offers manyhelpful resources includingcounseling services to helpwith alcohol abuse and associ-ated psychological problems.

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ALYSIA LARSONContributing Writer

He Said: “Staying moti-vated.” Kyle Wang, a juniormajoring in civil engineering.

She Said: “I would have tosay for me coming from asmall town, the shock of somuch competition is hard forme to just let myself go outthere and have confidence.”Kori Leigh Werner, a juniormajoring in health communi-cation.

We have all been there. Wehave this dream, somethingthat we want so bad we wouldgive up anything to accom-plish it and suddenly wefreeze.

We are paralyzed and it ishard to point out exactly whywe stopped going after ourgoals.

So think about this: Whatwould you do if you knew youcould not fail?

There would be much moreconfidence and many moredreams coming true if we hadthis mindset.

One of the main obstacles to

overcome with dreamachievement is fear.

We are all afraid to fail, thatpeople won’t like our dreamsand that it will not be as greatas we imagined once we do at-tain them.

The key is to not let fearparalyze you, instead em-brace the fears and challengeyourself to not let that hap-pen.

According to Psychologyto-day.com, “You are the firstperson who has to believe thatyour dream will happen.”

Visualize it happening;Think about how your lifewould change if it did happen.What would your habits be?

Think about even the small-est changes such as what youwould eat for dinner everydayif your dream came true.

When you visualize your

dream coming true, it helps toboth realize that it is possibleand to envision the life thatyou probably would lead if itmaterialized.

Remember that there arethe occasional success storieswhere someone did not evenrealize they had the talent andjust did something and it be-came huge.

But for most people thatdoesn’t happen.

So when it feels like it is tak-ing a long time, don’t be dis-couraged. With a lot of hardwork, it will eventually hap-pen.

Think about how muchmore rewarding it will bewhen it does come true.

All that work will be worthit.

Failure is inevitable. Something may not work

out

and it will discourage you, butdo not let it stop you.

Go out and try again andagain.

Sometimes failure is the keyto success; it pushes you tothink in a new way.

Take risks and let yourselfhave fun.

Don’t get too caught up inthe hype of it all.

Allow yourself to have dayswhere you pamper yourself.Do something that is just foryou, something that will makeyou feel good so that creativityand passion will flow out evenbetter.

Ladies and gents, what areyou waiting for?

Go out and make the impos-sible possible.

Dream your dreams anddon’t let anything ever holdyou back.

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Features

He Said, She Said


LINDA VASQUEZ &CATE EKEGREN

Spectrum Staff

The Blizzard Music Tourcame to Scheels Arena March3 and delivered a new type ofentertainment to the Fargo-Moorhead area.

Jade Presents gave two re-porters from The Spectrum theopportunity to enjoy the con-cert and the overall experience.

Linda Vasquez and CateEkegren share their experi-ences below.

Q: How were the perform-ances? Who was your favorite?

LINDA: The performanceswere awesome!

All of the performerssounded great on the stage, justlike they do on the radio --maybe better.

Being able to experiencethem live added on to the ex-citement of the night.

Of course Nelly killed his per-formance, but I was really im-pressed with 3Oh!3 and howthey pumped up the audiencebefore Nelly’s set.

3Oh!3 interacted with the au-dience; they were jumping offspeakers, playing solos andoverall they were really greatlive performers. They were myfavorite.

CATE: The performances re-ally were all awesome.

There wasn’t any one groupI was particularly excited to seeat the concert, but they allended up impressing me. Theamount of energy each per-former gave was unreal, andexceeded all of my expecta-tions.

My favorite performer wasalso 3Oh!3.

They took care of businessand truly acted like they hadbeen performing all of theirlives.

It was obvious they were allgreat musicians and in myopinion were way better livethan on any recording.

Q: What was your favoritesong?

LINDA: “Back It Up ‘NDump It” by Cali Swag Districtwas my favorite.

I know the name sounds kindof weird, but I really enjoyedthe way they performed thesong.

When it came on they weregliding on the stage and show-ing their dance moves.

It got me dancing and thatwas great.

On top of that they took offtheir shirts, so I got to witnessfour six-packs- why wouldn’t itbe my favorite song?

CATE: My favorite song was“Touchin’ On My” by 3Oh!3.

This song was one of the fewI liked of 3Oh!3’s before theconcert, however when theyopened their act with this songI fell in love all over again!

The energy the band broughtto this one performance was in-credible.

There wasn’t a single personin the crowd that wasn’t ontheir feet.

Q: What was the most shock-ing thing that happened?

CATE: There was a guyabout ten feet away from usthat lit up a blunt, yes a blunt,while waiting for Nelly to comeon stage.

It immediately filled the en-tire area with smoke!

LINDA: I concur. I could notbelieve that someone wouldhave the audacity to light up ablunt in the middle of a concertin front of thousands of peoplewith police and security closeby. It was really funny but def-initely shocking!

Q: What was the worst partof your experience?

LINDA: The worst part ofmy experience was when I gotstepped on – twice.

By the way, I got no apolo-gies.

CATE: I got really upset by

all the rude people in atten-dance.

I could not believe how somepeople were acting there.

I realize it was a concert andconcerts can get pretty crazy,but some common courtesywould have been appreciated.

Q: What was your favoritepart?

LINDA: My favorite partwas when some random guystarted dancing with me whenNelly came on.

He was having a good timeand that made me have a goodtime.

He was also nice enough totake pictures for me because Iwasn’t tall enough to see overthe people in front of me.

CATE: My favorite part waswhen we took a snack breakand found some seats near theback of the arena.

Sitting down and taking inthe whole concert was anamazing feeling.

Sick Puppies was performingat the time and they had every-one raise their hands and jumpto the beat.

Seeing a couple hundred peo-ple on the floor and in sync likethey were, was incredible.

Q: What are some things notto do during a concert?

LINDA: First off, last time Ichecked we are still in the mid-dle of winter.

Do not wear shorts to a con-cert if you are going to be coldin them outside.

Do not get intoxicated if youcannot control yourself.

Also, please do not throw al-cohol at a crowd of innocentbystanders.

CATE: While I completelyagree with Linda’s list, I wouldadd that you should chooseyour shoes wisely.

Do not wear heels to a concertif you can’t handle standing inthem for hours on end and donot wear flip flops if you don’tlike getting your toes steppedon because it will happen!

Another thing is, generallyspeaking of course; please donot act stupid -- let’s try to keepsome class.

Q: Do you have any other ad-vice for future concertgoers?

LINDA: Concerts are sup-posed to be fun, not just crazy.

Remember, we want per-formers to continue coming toFargo, so always show respect.

If you do decide to drink,make sure to do it appropri-ately please.

Most people go to concerts toenjoy the performances andwhen there are individuals whoare causing a scene becausethey are drunk, the entire expe-rience is ruined.

CATE: With the risk ofsounding too much like mymom, remember that goldenrule: Treat others the way youwant to be treated.

Have some respect for thosein attendance; they paid goodmoney for their ticket just likeyou did.

Also, have some respect forthe performers, staff, securityand other employees; they areonly trying to do their jobs,keep you safe and providesome quality entertainment.

If you don’t like a particularband, you’re having a bad timeor you’re getting cranky, thentake a break!

Step away and get some freshair, make a bathroom run whilethere is no line or shop the mer-chandise and concessionstands.

Don’t “boo” the performer,aggravate the security guardsor make a huge mess some-where.

Last but equally as impor-tant, please have some respectfor yourself.

It is important to keep a pos-itive image no matter the situa-tion you’re in.

I’ve said it before and I’ll re-peat it as much as is necessary– keep it classy.

The Spectrumexperiences

a blizzard

JAIME JARMINSpectrum Staff

The Bison dance team madehistory at the UniversityDance Association (UDA) Na-tional Competition in Or-lando, Fla. this past Januaryby placing second in the pomcategory and fourth in thejazz category.

Placing second was the bestNDSU has ever done at a na-tional competition before.

They were only 0.04 pointsaway from receiving firstplace for their pom routine.

The Bison dancers’ entirepom routine was featured onESPN2 on Sunday, Mar. 6and will air again 3 p.m. Sun-day, April 10.

The song they danced to fortheir pom routine featured thevoice of Dan Michaels, homeBison football and basketballgame commentator.

Their routine also endedwith the Bison’s theme song,“Thunderstruck” by AC/DC.

You are likely to have seenthese talented young women

strut their stuff at the homeNDSU football and basketballgames, but those perform-ances are nothing comparedto what they do competitively.

At nationals, the Bisondance team competed against25 teams in the jazz categoryand ten teams in the pom cat-egory.

It was the second year forthe UDA National Competi-tion to offer a pom categoryand this was the first yearNDSU entered the pom cate-gory.

“It was pretty special to getsecond place in pom becauseit was the first year we com-peted in that category,”Stephanie Mitchell, a seniormajoring in sociology andBison dance team co-captain,stated.

Co-captain Kallista Nilson,a senior majoring in public re-lations and advertising, alsomentioned how tough it is toperform one pom routine.

“It’s like packing an entirefootball game into a few min-utes,” Nilson said.

Nilson and Mitchell stated

that being a Bison dancer re-quires incredible dedication.

“Being on the dance teamleaves no time for anythingelse, so we learn the impor-tance of time management,”Nilson expressed.

A typical week for the Bisondance team would make moststudents choke under the in-tense pressure.

These dancers practicethree nights per week forthree hours until 10 p.m.

After practice they manageto fit in their homework withmany late nights.

Usually at 6 a.m. the nextmorning they have to be at aone-hour workout.

They are also required to

perform at all home gameshosted by NDSU.

How do they manage tokeep up their grades and theirsanity?

“There are a lot of latenights doing homework, espe-cially when we get out of prac-tice at 10,” Mitchell said.

Although being a Bisondancer requires incredibletime commitment, the bene-fits outweigh the costs.

“You meet a lot of great peo-ple being on the team, andyour dance friends really be-come your only friends,” Nil-son said.

Placing at nationals hasshown that the dance team isabout much more.

“The dance team is so muchmore than what people see atfootball and basketballgames,” Mitchell shared.

If you would like to becomepart of the Bison dance team,try-outs for the upcoming sea-son begin on April 29 and runthrough May 1. For more in-formation visit www.gobi-son.com.

Bison Life: The NDSU dance team

The dance team isso much more thanwhat people see atfootball and basketball games.-Stephanie Mitchell

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The Bison dance team took second place at the University Dance Association National Competition in Orlando.Submitted Photo

What is the hardest

part of achieving

your dreams?

One of the mainobstacles to overcome withachieving dreams is fear.

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OpinionRylee Nelson

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


As I read the news everyday, I become more and moredistressed with the currentstate of affairs in this country.There is something wrongwith the people of the nationwhen they vilify the teacherswho worked and strived tobring them knowledge andunderstanding. They broughtthis to the masses, so thosepeople could go out into theworld and become productive

members of society.Because of teachers, you are

reading this right now. Theytaught you how to read andwrite, and they taught you thenecessary skills, theorems andbasic rules that helped you getaccepted to NDSU. Once yougraduate, you will have theopportunity to demand re-spect and a decent wage fromyour employers because youhave a degree from a re-spectable college.

The reason NDSU is re-spected is due to the teacherswho create the lessons andtests to make sure we have thecorrect knowledge to surviveout in the real world. Whenyou and I get out into the realworld, I can almost guaranteethat we will make more moneythan the teachers who taughtus.

I know I will make more

money than them, and I willalways be thankful to theteachers who taught me somuch throughout my life so Ican make a ton of money in aprofession that I love.

Some of you may disagreewith me because you have acrappy teacher or two. Let metell you something: Every sin-gle place anyone works has acrappy worker or two. I haveworked as a dietary aide, fastfood worker, golf course cartattendant, pharmacy techni-cian and many other thingsand I have worked withcrappy workers every singletime. To use that as an excusenot to pay teachers what theyare worth is nonsensical.

I cannot and will not everbelieve that teachers make toomuch money. A couple yearsago, there was an insert in TheSpectrum with the list of every

person employed by NDSUand their salary. I don’t knowwhy it was in there, but it was.I looked up the salary of myfavorite teacher of all time.

She was my MICR 202 andMICR 350L teacher. I almostchanged my major because ofher and the rest of the micro-biology department.

I saw what her salary was,and I can and will tell you overand over again that she doesnot make enough money forwhat she does. The same canbe said for many teachers hereat NDSU.

We live in a society where itis almost unthinkable to raisetaxes on the people who makeover $250,000 a year. We saythat $250,000 isn’t all thatmuch. They earned thatmoney, and they need it. Welive in a society where finan-cial institutions are “too big to

fail” and are given hundredsof billions in taxpayer money:hundreds of millions of whichgo to bonuses for CEOs.

We also live in a societywhere teachers can make$50,000 plus health benefitsand pensions and they aredeemed greedy and undeserv-ing of that money. I don’t un-derstand it and I’m sick ofhearing it. I fully support theteachers of this nation, espe-cially the ones who’ve taughtme and made me a better per-son, and I would hope that youwould do the same.

Derek is a second-year professional in the college ofpharmacy.

Support the teachers

SARAH CHAMPAContributing Writer

I walked out of church onSaturday and wasn’t shockedto find origami-looking card-board boxes for OperationRice Bowl that are free to thepublic this time every year. Iusually give these the Heismanand proceed to the door, butthis year my heart was jolted.

For those of you who don’tknow what Operation RiceBowl is, it is a humanitarianprogram that forwards oursacrificial contributions ofmoney to assist our less privi-leged brothers and sisters

around the world. We toss ourdonations in a pop-up card-board box that resembles apiggy bank. This is done for 40days and then it is sent off tothose in need. Foreign mis-sions receive 75 percent while25 percent goes to local mis-sions.

Like I said, this year myheart was jolted as I picked upa box. I vowed to myself thatthe next forty days are forthose less fortunate than I. AsI read the pamphlet that theorganization included, I couldsee why there are many rea-sons to simply give whether itis Operation Rice Bowl orsome other mission.

An underestimated reasonto give is solidarity. When wegive to others that we proba-bly will never meet, it bringsus together in a humble com-munion. These people that weserve become our brothersand sisters. Allow me to becheesy: Our hearts beat to-gether.

The money will buy food forthose who cannot afford it.The money will give others alifestyle, perhaps even a bit ofcomfort. Essentially, our dol-lars may help them survive. Itis a humbling experience toknow that one dollar, in someplaces, can feed someone for aday.

We also learn how to give,how to make it a part of ourlives. This is obvious, but if wehaven’t done something likeOperation Rice Bowl before, itis a great time to start to de-velop a lifelong habit. Povertyis not going away soon; there-fore, charity should become ahabit that begins now.

Maybe, just maybe, for allyou coffee lovers, give up amorning latte once a week andsave four dollars. In a month,you will be about 20 dollarsahead, 20 dollars that will per-haps save a less privileged life.

You don’t need the preciouslittle Operation Rice Bowl boxin order to offer up what you

have. It is just a great catalystfor me. I am excited for thenext 40 days and know thatmy sacrifice will spill over inthe years to come. I intend onbecoming a giver for the restof my life.

I hope this has officially in-spired all of you to give. I en-courage you all to look upOperation Rice Bowl or someother organization that ticklesyour fancy. Allow your heartto be jolted. Great things mayfollow.

Sarah Champa is a seniormajoring in university studies.

Operation Ricebowl: We are all brothers and sisters

JAIME JARMINSpectrum Staff

If an average college studentat NDSU was in need of a kid-ney transplant, a new policycould make it easier for thatstudent to receive a new kid-ney based on their young ageand quality of health.

Younger patients in need ofa kidney would be placed atthe top of the list for receivinga new kidney.

It makes sense though, does-n’t it?

Wouldn’t younger people,such as college students, getmore out of receiving a top-

notch organ? They would getmore years of use out of itrather than an 80-year-oldman who is past his prime.

It’s not that I don’t wantolder patients to receive good-quality kidneys; I only think it

is fair to allow younger pa-tients the opportunity to liveout long lives with the bestkidneys available.

Older patients were able toenjoy a long life before theycame to the point of needing akidney transplant, so why notallow younger patients toenjoy a long life as well?

According to the Washing-ton Post, “More than 110,000Americans are listed as wait-ing for organs, including morethan 87,000 who need kidneys.Only about 17,000 Americansget kidneys each year, andmore than 4,600 die becausethey did not get one in time.”

Although this policy will not

change the amount of organsdispersed among patients, itcould help the success of thenew organ with a healthier,younger patient.

The new policy would makeit mandatory for kidneys to beassessed and then given to theyoungest and healthiest 20percent of patients. This wouldgive the patients with thelongest life expectancies thechance to receive the finestkidneys. The other 80 percentof patients left will be placed ina group, which assigns organsto possible patients.

The Washington Post re-ported that “recipients withthe best chances of living the

longest based on criteria suchas their age, how long they’vebeen on dialysis and whetherthey have diabetes.”

Wouldn’t one figure that theyounger patients who are inneed of a good kidney wouldhave the best chances of liv-ing?

It’s not that I don’t have asoul by not wanting older pa-tients to receive the best kid-neys possible; I just wantyounger patients to have theopportunity to become old.

Jamie is a sophmore majoring in English.

It is not age discrimination

DEREKGAFFNEYStaff Writer

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The passage of H.B. 1003through the House sends amessage to higher educationthat it is no longer amongst thestate’s most valued resources,despite the State Board ofHigher Education and the ex-ecutive branch suggesting thatit is.

As NDSU students, we seethe $32.8 million in cuts tohigher education that come ata time when the state and uni-versity are thriving at a ratenearly unparalleled across thecountry as largely un-grounded in concrete justifica-tion.

The cuts can directly affectstudents by removing a $6.6million allocation that wouldlimit tuition increases at 2.5percent. Additionally, NDSUwould lose $4.7 million in eq-uity funding, bearing thebrunt the largest portion ofthe $10 million overall alloca-tion cut intended for the uni-versity system.

Similarly, in opposition toGovernor Dalrymple’s pro-posed performance-basedfunding plan, the House’s billcut $5 million that would re-ward campuses for their suc-cess.

As a state, North Dakota isseeing unprecedented com-parative success. Being one ofonly a handful reporting abudget surplus, North Dakotawas $700 million in the blackat the end of the 2010 eco-nomic year.

Echoing the state, NDSUand other institutions in theuniversity system are thrivingat rates that could put them ina position to leapfrog others inthe nation.

This was highlighted in Feb-ruary as NDSU was recog-nized by the CarnegieCommission on Higher Edu-cation as being one of the top108 research universities withvery high research activity.

“At a point where the highereducation system at particu-larly the two research univer-sities are being moreproductive than they everhave in history and have acompetitive advantage overvirtually any of their peersacross the nation -- to freezethe funding to the universitysystem with no explanation ofwhat the university system isdoing wrong leaves us con-fused and curious,” PresidentBresciani said.

We ask the State Senate, theconference committee and theexecutive branch to send amessage to the House thathigher education is more thana frivolous expense -- it’s aninvestment that should behighly valued by the state.

At the very least, if state leg-islators see it unfit to continueadequately funding state’shigher educational institu-tions, we ask that students,faculty, staff and all otherswho are affected be given jus-tification.

So far, the cuts have beenvaguely explained, with rea-sons largely stemming fromstubbornness on behalf of ed-ucational institutions.

“I think we’re generous,probably beyond what weshould be, until they demon-strate a willingness to change,”Rep. Skarphol,

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Dear Honest Truth,

My good guy friend and I have been spending a lot of timetogether lately. We intend on staying just friends but people arestarting to think that we might be more than friends. I amstarting to wonder if we are being too involved and that maybewe should take a step back. I really like hanging out with himbut I don’t want people to get the wrong idea because it makessocial situations awkward.

Sincerely,Staying Single and Confused

Dear Confused,

Ok so right now your situation is fine. No need to worry. Peo-ple are going to talk about your life because their lives are nolonger interesting enough to spend time worrying about. So,they decide to question a perfectly platonic relationship. Wherethis becomes a problem is when you actually get a guy you wantto date.

That new guy is going to have questions about your relation-ship. He may seem fine with it at first, but if you keep tellinghim you have to spend time with this “friend” he is going to getjealous.

Also, your friend might start to feel slighted if you are spend-ing time with your new “boy” more than him.

It is a sticky situation that if you want to go through, just don'ttalk about it with your good guy friend. If you want it to goaway, make sure you two set boundaries. That way, he cannotget upset at you.

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Dear Confused,

I’ve seen this situation happen all too many times with friendsof mine, and from what you’ve said about your situation I donot really see any reason to change your guys’ relationship. Ifyou enjoy spending time with this person, then I see no reasonas to why you should stop. Sometimes people forget that menand women can be friends without being involved romantically,so this will be a friendly reminder that it is in all actuality verypossible for two people of the opposite sex to be “just friends.”If nothing else, embrace the awkwardness and joke about it…it’s not worth losing a good friend over.

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NDSU, it is time to meetyour claim to fame. Getready for it: somewhere, onthis campus, is buried alarge cow that has beendead for 79 years. Go grabyour shovels and start look-ing; a good place to start isa large rock with a bronzeplaque.

Apparently, there is a de-sire of NDSU archivists toexhume the remains of one“Golden Marguerite” who,in here prime, producednearly 1,000 pounds of but-ter in a single year. This 50-year state record holder isback in the spotlight. Whatstarted as a humble plan torestore the façade of thedairy building on campushas now become debate ofhistory vs. legend.

NDSU archivists are cur-rently planning to returnthe since moved, rock mon-ument, honoring this fameddairy cow back to its origi-nal place. The original po-sition is also said to be the

resting place of the leg-endary milk producer.

Now, I must establish my-self as lacking in both dairyknowledge and interest. Ihave found myself milkingsuch beasts only twice inmy life. However, I thinkit’s a pretty safe assumptionthat most of us could careless where the infamousJersey cow presently re-sides.

A recent article in TheForum reported that therewere even hopes to rentarcheological remote sensorequipment to get a betterlook at the real situation sixfeet under.

Lately, I have found my-self pretty steamed aboutthe legislature’s plans forcutting funding to thebright future of NorthDakota higher education.I’m not saying that I agreewith Rep. Skarpohl, but Ican see it being logical todeem those spending timedigging holes in the groundafter a mythical cow as“unreasonable to change”.

Now to some of you dairyenthusiasts out there, thisarticle may be seething withbovine blasphemy. How-

ever, let’s be reasonable, isit really going to matterwhere the ancient remainsof a nearly 80-year-old cowlie? It is utterly ridiculous(couldn’t resist that one) tospend valuable money andresources on a wild cowchase.

Couldn’t this money go toimproving more buildingstructures? One of themany desired improve-ments to NDSU listed onthe proposed budget is thatof several buildings that arein severe need of renova-tion.

It would be nice to knowthat amidst the disregardthe North Dakota House ofRepresentatives has shownfor NDSU, our own admin-istration would encouragestudent oriented priorities.

Wherever the monumentlies, it is going to remind usof our rich heritage and ourimportant farming back-ground. We as NDSU needto be proud of our agrariancontributions, but lets notget carried away. After all,you can’t milk a dead cow.

Rylee is a juior majoringin communications.

Legend of Noble’s Golden MargueriteRYLEE

NELSONOpinion Editor

R-Tioga, Chairman of the ed-ucation and environment ap-propriations division said toThe Forum in an article pub-lished on Feb. 23.

Skarphol’s reference to“change” isn’t enough to quellthe frustration felt by those whodon’t understand what, specif-ically, the state’s educational in-stitutions have done wrong.

People in the educational sys-tem are capable of learning, ca-pable enough, at least, toconsider reasons behind thecuts, provided that they aretangible.

While an explained justifica-tion may or may not promptthe support of educational com-munities, one thing is for cer-tain: If the bills go through thelegislative process withoutproper explanation, students --who are effectively the future ofthe state -- will not forget comevoting time.

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It was yet another disap-pointing loss that ended thedisappointing season. TheBison lost their 12th single-digit game of the season, asthey were bounced from theSummit League tournamentin the first round.

The game was just plainfrustrating from a fan’s stand-point, particularly me.

Turnovers, second chanceopportunities for the opponentand missed free throws alladded to the demise of theBison.

It is a bitter way to watch se-nior’s Michael Tveidt andFreddy Coleman end theirbasketball careers. It was thesame way I felt last year withJosh Vaughn, Austin Pennickand Sam Sussenguth.

Winning the SummitLeague tournament had itsups, particularly all the na-tional attention NDSU got.The downside to it was thatBison fans expected this teamto bring back a title.

While head coach SaulPhillips and this program hasnot done it in the last twoyears, the foundation has beenset.

For starters, they are goingto have two seniors on nextyear’s squad with somethingto prove. Eric Carlson had aninconsistent season and will beasked to be a big time playernext year. Drew Lundberg,who has the skill set to be asolid point guard, needs towork on his perimeter shoot-ing.

The lone junior, Nate Zas-trow, has to cut down on theturnovers. However, I havefaith in this kid becoming agood backup point guard. Hehas the mentality that what-ever he can do for his teamthat will help them win, he willanswer the call.

The sophomore class is theone that excites me the most.You have Taylor Braun, MikeFelt, TrayVonn Wright, Mar-shall Bjorklund and JordanAaberg. That is a starting line-up in itself.

All these players bringsomething different to thetable. Braun has versatility,Wright has the get-out-of-your-seat athleticism, Felt isthe sniper from deep, Bjork-lund has polished footworkdown low and Aaberg willcontrol the paint defensivelywith his length.

Such a deep class as well hasthe potential for great chem-istry. These five, by the timethey are seniors, will havespent five seasons giving theirlife to a program. That type oftime spent together forges last-ing relationships, and thosethings usually calculate to suc-cess on the court.

I really have no expectationsfor the incoming freshman orthe transfers because honestlyI have never seen them play. Iusually wait to set my expecta-tions for players until after anentire season.

While this team’s future isblindingly bright, it does notrelieve the sting of back-to-back tournament losses, norwill it replace what NDSU islosing in Michael Tveidt. ThePierre, S.D. native played inthe most games in NDSU his-tory, hit a clutch three againstOakland back in 2009 andwas personally my favoriteplayer to watch compete.

It is sad to see his career endand the season go away tooearly. Now, we just sit backand wait until next October,when the sounds of the leatheragainst the hardwood will fuelour dreams of dancing inMarch.

DANIEL GUNDERSONSports Editor

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Redshirt freshman Taylor Braun (24) goes upfor the break away layup Saturday in SiouxFalls, S.D. The Bison lost in the first round ofthe Summit League tournament 72-65 to OralRoberts.


Freshman TrayVonn Wright (32) goes up forthe dunk as ORU’s Tim Morton (5) and Rod-erick Pearson (4) look on.

Micah Zimmerman/The SpectrumSenior Freddy Coleman (4) goes up for a shotagainst the Golden Eagles in the first roundof the Summit League tournament.


Sophomore Janae Burch (45) goes for two of her game high 18 pointsagainst South Dakota State. The Bison fell for the twelfth time in thelast thirteen games against SDSU, 62-51.


Junior Katie Birkel (5) goes for a shot over the South Dakota State de-fense Sunday at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, S.D.


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With the conclusion of hoops season, sports fans like myselflanguish in what is affectionately referred to as the "SportsAbyss," that period between the end of basketball and the startof football. Spring ball is still a ways off, but here's an outlookon the 2011 Missouri Valley Football Conference now that thesignees are inked.

1. Northern Iowa (7-5, 6-2 MVFC) -- The Panthers return ayoung squad that made a dominant run through the conferenceled by junior-college QB Tirrell Rennie who earned the Con-ference Offensive Player of the Year mark in his first year ofconference play. A strong defense gave NDSU fits last year andlooks to only trend upward.

2. North Dakota State (9-5, 4-4 MVFC) -- RB DJ McNortonleads an NDSU team that found its offensive identity late in theseason, but carried a dominant defensive attitude under newlyminted defensive coordinator Scott Hazelton. With a young nu-cleus returning, the Bison are poised for their best season sinceentering the conference.

3. Illinois State (6-5, 4-4 MVFC) -- Freshman QB Matt Brownteamed up with RB Ashton Leggett and a surprisingly potentoffense to average 29.5 points per game in conference play. Thatreturning core should carry the Redbirds far in 2011.

4. Indiana State (6-5, 4-4 MVFC) -- What a difference twoyears makes. Washington transfer QB Ronnie Fouch carved avery strong NDSU pass defense in Fargo and led a formerly-futile Sycamores team to a 5-1 record at home, losing only toeventual conference champion UNI in Terre Haute, Ind.

5. Youngstown State (3-8, 1-7 MVFC) -- Another disappoint-ing year for Penguins fans held some promise in the freshmanduo of QB Kurt Hess and RB Adaris Bellamy. A signing class35-strong holds promise, but the Penguins are still a year offfrom serious contention.

6. Southern Illinois (5-6, 4-4 MVFC) -- Traditional power SIUwas plagued all year by underachievement, but Jerry Kill's hir-ing at Minnesota shows that head coach Dale Lennon had bigshoes to fill. The biggest question mark is at quarterback, butit remains to be seen if Lennon can maintain a high standardin Carbondale, Ill.

7. South Dakota State (5-6, 4-4 MVFC) -- A glance at the all-conference lists finds it littered with SDSU seniors, and the bestthey could get was 4-4 in conference. Losing seniors Kyle Min-nett and Derek Domino, among others, might equate to a down-ward trend for Jackrabbit football.

8. Western Illinois (8-5, 5-3 MVFC) -- We saw how the 'Necksfared without All-American QB Matt Barr in 2009 (1-10 over-all) and all-conference defensive player Kyle Glazier will bemissed as well.

9. Missouri State (5-6, 4-4 MVFC) -- Bears fans knew that2010 had to be "the year" and an offense that averaged 30.2points per home game will be sorely missed in 2011.

Early football previewTRAVIS JONES

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After finishing the regularseason with a 23-point thrash-ing of South Dakota State, themen’s basketball team washeading into the SummitLeague tournament in SiouxFalls with what seemed to beall the momentum in theworld.

Going into the tournamentas a seventh seed, NDSU wasmatched up against the num-ber two seed Oral Roberts.The two teams split the regu-lar season series with bothteams winning on their homecourt.

NDSU jumped out to anearly 5-2 lead with TaylorBraun getting a steal and abreakaway layup in the open-ing possession. But thatseemed to be all the momen-tum that NDSU could musterthe entire game.

The two teams went backand forth for the middle por-tion of the first half, after athree pointer from TrayVonnWright, one of his three on the

night, tied the game at 15.Oral Roberts went on an 11-0run that held NDSU scorelessfor three and a half minutes.

NDSU chipped away at thelead to pull within four pointsas Oral Roberts held a slim36-32 lead at the end of thehalf.

For the Bison to make a runafter the half, they needed tocut down on the turnovers, asthey had seven in the first half.Also, on top of the turnovers,Oral Roberts had eight offen-sive rebounds in the first half;it was tough for NDSU tobuild any sort of advantage.

After two layups by Mar-shall Bjorklund to start off thesecond half, it seemed that theBison came out with more en-ergy than they had to beginthe game.

Oral Roberts pulled out to afour-point lead and the twoteams traded baskets for justabout the rest of the game.After being down six,TrayVonn Wright hit two freethrows to pull the game withinfour. After a trap in the cornerforced an ORU turnover,NDSU had the ball back with

40 seconds to go. Anotherturnover by NDSU gave theball back to Oral Roberts withthe chance to ice the game.Oral Roberts’ StevenRoundtree had an uncon-tested dunk to put the gameaway but missed the twohanded slam and NDSU wasstill breathing.

Drew Lundberg was fouledand went to the free throw linefor two shots. Lundbergmissed the second shot andOral Roberts hit the necessaryfree throws to advance to thesemifinal round and end

NDSU’s season. TrayVonn Wright led the

team in scoring with 19 points

while grabbing seven re-bounds. When being inter-viewed in the postgame pressconference, Wright stated hewas excited about the upcom-ing season. Head coach SaulPhillips laughed while Wrightwas being interviewed andsaid, “After tonight’s per-formance I was worried youwere going to declare for thedraft right now.”

In his last collegiate gameMichael Tveidt scored 14points and had two rebounds.Bjorklund was the only otherplayer for the Bison in doublefigures as he had 10 points.

After the game, it was anoverall disappointed atmos-phere. “Not a whole lot of X’sand O’s that won or lost thegame for us,” said Phillipsafter the game. “It’s a missedfree throw there it’s a tippedball there, it’s a deflection. It’sa tough lesson.” After thegame, Tveidt shared the samefeelings of the game as coachPhillips. “We had a goodweek of practice, we were re-ally aggressive but like coachsaid it was just a few thingshere or there.”

Road ends in Sioux Falls

DANIEL GUNDERSONSports Editor

The NDSU women’s basket-ball team fell victim to a famil-iar foe in the first round of theSummit League tournament.The Bison lost 62-51 to SDSUin Sioux Falls, S.D. Sunday,March 6. The Bison have lost12 out of their last 13 againstthe Jacks.

The Bison started out hot,going up 13-6 in the first fiveminutes of the game.

“We had great energy andyou can tell we had confidencewhen we started the game,”redshirt junior Abby Pluckersaid.

That energy was quicklyturned into despair as theJackrabbits went on a 30-7run for the final 15 minutes toend the half up 39-22.

The Jacks sophomore post

player Katie Lingle was out-standing in the first half, scor-ing 10 points.

“My goal in this game was tofinish,” Lingle said . “It wasgood to get some shots up andknow they were going to goin.”

The second half saw theBison get on a 10-4 run, butSDSU quickly dispelled thatwith a 7-0 run of their own.The largest margin of a leadwas 26 for the Jacks whenthey lead 60-34. The Bisoneventually cut it to 11 in theend.

Head coach Carolyn DeHofftalked about trying to stop thisteam.

“They get on a run and ifyou can’t stop it, they justbuild momentum off thatrun.”

Plucker and junior KatieBirkel were a combined 9-28

shooting for the game. “I obviously don’t feel like I

performed to my capabilities,”said Plucker. “I feel like I letmy team down tonight.”

Birkel ended the game with13 points, while Plucker, de-spite her struggles, was a re-bound away from anotherdouble-double as she had 10points and nine boards.

The Bison shot 36 percent

from the field and only 20 per-cent from three. The atmos-phere at Sioux Falls Arenawas electric as a women’squarterfinals record atten-dance of 5,433 showed up tothe game.

“Running out you get goosebumps,” SDSU guard JillYoung said. “We knew that itwas going to be a good crowdand we were going to be readyfor it.”

The Bison end the season at13-16 overall and graduateseniors Megan Shea andWhitney Trecker.

Bison dominated by Jacks

I obviously don’tfeel like I performed to mycapabilities. I feellike I let my teamdown tonight.-Abby Plucker

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It’s a missed freethrow there it’s atipped ball there,it’s a deflection. It’sa tough lesson.-Head Coach SaulPhillips

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