March 23, 2011
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bulletin The NSU Music Department: “Dido and Aeneus”
was performed on the main stage of the NSU Johnson Fine Arts Center Theater on Sun., March 20, at 3 p.m. The production featured: Dido, Yvonne Freese, Lanesboro, Minn. Aeneas, Anthony Rohr, Dickinson, N.D. Belinda, Michelle Monroe, Pierre Second Woman, Kristina Olfert, Madison The Sorcerer, Paul Hoselton, Fargo, N.D. First Witch, Larissa Buchholz, Tripp Second Witch, Hayley Winkler, Wimbledon, N.D. Spirit, Jeanna Jerde, Aberdeen Sailor, Benjamin Villa, Rapid City Rounding out the cast was the NSU Chamber Singers, with special acting roles performed by Ashli Griffith, Ortonville, Minn., Alisha Luymes, Wessington Springs, Bailey Geist, Roscoe, Megan Case, Scranton, N.D., Brandon Sieck, Onida, Ben Villa, Robert Klassen, South Sioux City, Neb., Zachary Anderson, Buckley, Mich. Courtesy of University
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Journalist and author Conover to visit campus, NSU Honors Program
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Mikayla Barondeau Special to the Exponent
he Northern State University Honors Program is sponsoring An Evening with Ted Conover on Wednesday, March 23, in the Johnson Fine Arts Center at 7 p.m. Conover, a New York-based journalist, author, and dynamic speaker, will talk about his experiences on six roads in different countries in his most recent book, "The Routes of Man." Director of the NSU Honors Program, Dr. Erin Fouberg, hopes Conover's presentation "will inspire Northern students and members of the Aberdeen community to envision the range of possible paths and journeys their lives may take and to dive into life's experiences as Conover does." Conover has traveled the world to write about the lives of ordinary people and described his most recent book to the New York Times as "a meditation on the meaning of roads, now and in the past: how the same road that brings medicine allows for the spread of AIDS, how a road that helps develop the Andes speeds destruc-
tion of the rain forest. Every road is an intention; each is a path of human endeavor." Dr. Elizabeth Haller, NSU Assistant Professor of English, in describing Conover's work, says, "Ted Conover immerses himself in a specific culture and writes about his experiences, offering a deeply candid perspective." Conover has written for National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and the Virginia Quarterly. He has four other books in print, including “Whiteout: Lost in Aspen”,
“Coyotes: A Journey Across Borders with America's Illegal Migrants”, “Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails With America's Hoboes”,
a n d “Newjack, Guarding Sing Sing”. Newjack details the 10 m o n t h s Conover worked as a corrections officer at the New York Prison and won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001. It was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Conover graduated from Amherst College summa cum laude and also attended Cambridge University for two years as a Marshall Scholar. He received an honorary doctorate from Amherst in 2001 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003. He has taught at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Harvard's John F. Kennedy School Government, and the University of Oregon. "We are excited to welcome Ted Conover, an innovative and accomplished journalist, to our campus and to Aberdeen," said NSU President James Smith. "We look forward to an impressive presentation."
Tickets are required but free. Tickets will be available after 6:00 pm in JFAC Theater. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. At 7:20, all open seats will be available for people without tickets. Select films from the Fischgaard Film festival will be shown prior to Mr. Conover's presentation at 7:30 p.m. In addition to films from the Fishgaard Film festival, the winning video of the Williams Library Ted Conover Video Contest will be shown. Williams Library received 12 entries for the contest. "The Routes of Man" is available for purchase in the NSU Bookstore.
challenge to NSU vocal students. Both Bultema and Skyles feel that while performing opera is important, the experience of attending professional operatic productions is also fundamen-
tal. Every year, the duo has brought students to see live performances of operas with professional singers whose credits include singing at opera houses all over the world. Continued on pg. 3
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NSU music department to explore, share opera
Courtesy of University Relations Opera is an important component to any music program at the collegiate level, and as the Northern Opera Theatre at Northern State University continues to grow, directors Darci Bultema and Michael Skyles feel that all voice majors should have exposure to and the opportunity to perform in opera. Bultema and Skyles are married to each other. They came to NSU in 2008 and 2009 respectively. “While the majority of our music majors plan to become music educators, some would say that teach-
ing can be a performance art of its own. We believe that the better performers will be, or are, the better teachers,” shared Bultema and Skyles. Bultema feels that opera has played an important part in the development of western music, and some would say this genre has been a fundamental building block of all forms of music the western cultures listen to. Combining many performance elements such as acting, singing, movement, musicianship, costumes and sets makes it an extremely difficult medium, and poses a different
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Cultural exchange program provides incredible experience
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Anne Tingley Staff Reporter
t’s hard to believe that two months ago I was wandering the streets of Busan, South Korea; past street vendors, bulgolgi restaurants, and cute couples in matching outfits. The three weeks I spent at Pukyong National University were some of the best in my life. I could
are some of the most inspiring, generous, and helpful people that I’ve ever met. When I lost my passport the second day of the trip, it was returned to me after only a few days thanks to a kind Korean gentleman who found it on a bus. T h e biggest
kite that you construct and then write a wish on. When you fly the kite, your wish is supposed to be sent to the heavens and granted by
with kindness from the Korean people while at Pukyong National University. I’m still waiting for my last wish to come true but I know that someday I will return to Korea.
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shock to me was that there wasn’t a large gap between the ancient culture and advanced technology in South Korea; they are in perfect harmony within a city that definitely lives up to its catch-phrase: Dynamic Busan. As months pass, I find myself “homesick” for Korea and its people. On one of my last days in Korea, I built and flew a wish kite, which is a paper
Buddha. The wish I wrote on the kite was: To Whom it May Concern, I wish for love, happiness, and adventure in the new year. I wish for wealth... but only in the form of friends, kindness, and amazing experiences. Please grant my wish to return to Korea someday. My stories that I bring home will never do it justice.” So far, my wish 2 as come true in that I met people from all over the world, had some of the most magical moments of my life, and was flooded
For now, I’m content with my photographs, memories, and everlasting friendships.
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Pictures: 1. Bibimbap- My favorite Korean food! 2. Kite- My Korean wish kite. 3. Pukyong- the three girls Northern from (Brittany Hansen, myself, and Whitney Morsching) with our buddies in Seomyeon. 4. TemplePicture of (left to right) Doug Chapman from Australia, myself, Courney Moulder from Australia, Carlos Catalan from Barcelona, Spain, Becci Van S c h i u l l e n b u rg from Australia, Heejin Cheon from Pukyong, Irene Oliver from Barcelona, Spain, and Kristian Bole from Australia with a statue of Buddha.
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hey also perform opera as much as they can for their students because they believe that “seeing and experiencing opera in this way serves as an inspiration and education to their students.” Both Bultema and Skyles have a long history with opera. Beginning in childhood, Bultema had a vivid imagination and was always drawn to drama. It wasn’t until she began formal voice training while a student that she discovered the joy of opera performance. “My first voice teacher would tell me the story-
lines of the operatic arias I was studying, and I remember being fascinated with the stories,” said Bultema. “An opera singer himself, this teacher would talk about his life as a singer, and also brought me to see my very first opera performance.” “I knew I had to be on that stage singing opera.” Sklyes also discovered his passion for the art while in college. “When I was an undergraduate music education major in Illinois, I was driving and listening to the local classical station when an opera aria sung by Luciano Pavarotti came on the radio,” shared Skyles. “Though I recognized the
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name of the composer, I did not understand the name of the opera because it was in Italian, but I was captivated by it.” “I went to the music library that weekend and listened to several operas by that composer, all while reading the translations, and by the time I actually found the aria I was looking for, I was hooked.” Dr. Bultema began an opera scenes program with former NSU professor Dr. Raouf Zaidan. Arias and small ensembles from major operas were chosen to showcase students and to give them a taste of performing opera. For the past three years, the scenes programs have
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had themes, one being scenes from Mozart's operas, and last year's theme of scenes featuring women. “From the beginning, the goal was to eventually perform a full-scale opera, and we are pleased to finally offer Purcell's opera ‘Dido and Aeneas,’” said Bultema. “Dido and Aeneas” is written in English and is considered a chamber opera, meant to be performed in a smaller venue, and is less than an hour long. It contains beautiful music and a tragic love story performed by a cast of talented young singers from NSU, which perfectly showcased the talents of the students in the NSU vocal programs on March 20 in the Johnson Fine Arts Center. “As voice teachers and professional opera singers, we would love to see Northern's opera program to continue to grow.” “We hope to produce opera scenes programs, as well as full-scale and length operas,” added Bultema and Skyles. “In the future, we would like to bring opera into South Dakota schools and communities with performances led by our students.”
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Nuclear energy: the only viable substitute for costly energy sources
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Jason Baker Opinion Columnist
have to admit that for a long time I’ve had a lot of qualms about nuclear power as a source of electricity. But the rapidly developing global warming crisis has forced me — and a lot of other people, I suspect — to at least reconsider their opposition to nuclear power. Seventy percent of the electricity in the U.S. is generated by power plants that burn fossil fuels, and as a result, we’re pumping ungodly amounts of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. On top of that, the explosively growing nations of China and India are doing their best to burn even more coal to generate more electricity than we do. Energy conservation on a massive global scale is what we really need, but good luck with convincing Americans — and everyone else across the planet who aspires to a blithely affluent U.S. lifestyle — to carpool or turn down their air conditioning in the summer, let alone unplug the appliances and electronic gadgets that turn into energy-wasting “vampire devices” when they’re idle. So what do we do? In 2006, former Greenpeace International director Patrick Moore wrote a Washington Post opinion
plants, told CNN in piece advocating the build- removed from the reactor. cling business. The United States will November 2007 that, while And it is incorrect to call ing of more nuclear power nuclear wasn’t his most plants as a way of reducing it waste, because 95 per- not be far behind." He’s not the only one favored option, “it has to dependence upon fossil cent of the potential energy fuels and curbing climate is still contained in the who supports building be part of our energy mix,” used fuel after the first more nuclear power plants. while Sen. Hillary Clinton change. Not only did all of the of New York, in August Moore argued that cycle. Now that the United Republican presidential 2007, described herself as nuclear power was a more “agnostic” about nuclear viable source of g r e e n h o u s e “E NER GY C ONSE RVATIO N ON A MA SSIV E SCA LE IS power. (Former North Carolina emissions-free W H AT W E RE ALLY NEE D, BUT GO OD LUCK WITH Sen. John Edwards is power than CONVINCING AMERICANS — AND EVERYONE opposed to building more other alternative EL S E A C R O S S T H E P L A N ET — T O C A R P O O L O R plants, and congressman energy sources: Dennis Kucinich of Ohio "Wind and T U R N D O W N T H E A I R C O N D I T I O NI N G ” wants to dismantle existing solar power support ones.) have their place, but States has removed the ban candidates So what should we do? because they are intermit- on recycling used fuel, it expanded use of nuclear Should we build more tent and unpredictable they will be possible to use that power, but also the two top simply can't replace big energy and to greatly Democratic contenders nuclear power plants? Or baseload plants such as reduce the amount of waste were at least lukewarm to should we focus harder on energy conservation and coal, nuclear and hydro- that needs treatment and the idea. President Barack developing solar, wind and disposal. electric. Last month, Japan joined Obama, whose home state geothermal technologies Natural gas, a fossil fuel, is too expensive already, France, Britain and Russia of Illinois gets 40 percent instead? Only time will tell and its price is too volatile in the nuclear-fuel-recy- of its power from nuclear what will happen. to risk building big baseload plants. Given that hydroelectric resources are built pretty much to capacity, nuclear is, by elimination, the only viable substitute for coal. It's that simple." Moore discounted the criticisms that many opponents of nuclear power have raised. Even the horrific accident at Chernobyl, he noted, caused fewer deaths than the 5,000 deaths in coal-mining accidents worldwide each year. And as for the problem of disposing nuclear waste, he wrote: "Within 40 years, used fuel has less than onethousandth of the radioac- Recently, nuclear energy sites similar to those pictured have been the cause of great anguish, cost and debate as tivity it had when it was Japan continues to experience the effects of March 11’ s earthquakes. Questions of nuclear energy’ s danger and usefulness are once again being widely discussed. Courtesy photo.
Campus Calendar Wednesday, March 23 — Intramurals Flag Football Captain & Rules Meeting — Fellowship & Study, 8 - 9 p.m. Thursday, March 24 — Science Fair & Science Bowl — InterVarsity Christian Fellowship — CAB Meeting, 5 - 6 p.m. — Art Department Film "Crumb", JC 134, 6 p.m. — Sigma Tau Delta Induction Ceremony, 6 p.m. — BSU Meeting, 7 p.m. — Comedian--Amy Anderson, 9 p.m. Friday, March 25 — Secondary Junior Field Block Classes end — Student Teaching Diversity Seminar, 8:30 a.m. Sunday, March 27 — Mandatory Education & Pre-Service for Summer Break Monday, March 28 — Spring Senior Exhibitions, Student Center Gallery — SEED 301 Junior Field Experience begins Tuesday, March 29 — Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship meeting — Student Association Meeting, 9 - 11 p.m. Wednesday, March 30 — Region IV Large Group/Ensemble Contest, JC, 8 a.m. — Fellowship & Study, 8 - 9 p.m. Thursday, March 31 — InterVarsity Christian Fellowship — BSU Meeting, 7 p.m. — Symphonic Band Concert w/Huron HS band, JC Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 2 — Orchestra Concert, Music at the Movies, JC Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 4 — Academic Affairs Committee, 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 — Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship meeting — Student Association Meeting, 9 - 11 p.m. Wednesday, April 6 — Fellowship & Study, 8 - 9 p.m. Thursday, April 7 — InterVarsity Christian Fellowship — Sinfonia Chili Feed, JC 125, 5 - 7 p.m. — CAB Meeting, 5 - 6 p.m. — BSU Meeting, 7 p.m. — Sinfonia Recital, JC 107, 7:30 p.m. — Musician--Austin Kyle, 9 p.m. Friday, April 8 — Intramural Sand Volleyball Tournament Online Registration Due — ELED Block Classes End — SERVE Letter of Intent Due — Northern Bound Day, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday, April 10 — Senior Recital- Charity Wells, flute, Alex Massa, trumpet, JC 107, 3 p.m. Monday, April 11 — ELED 301 Junior Field Experiences begin Tuesday, April 12 — Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship meeting
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Study Abroad: Where will YOU go?
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NSU study abroad programs grow, students from all majors welcome to apply his year the study abroad program at Northern State University has many more destinations to offer to our students. NSU has partnered with two new programs to add diversity to the countries students can travel to! Globalinks Globalinks Learning Abroad, through their programs Australearn, Eurolearn and Asialearn, allows students to study in one of 70 partner schools in over 20 countries. Some of the new destinations available through Globalinks are Greece, Japan, England, Ireland, Australia and many, many more. Globalinks programs offer not only year-long and semester programs, but
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also summer and January options. These programs are around three to eight weeks long, depending on the program you choose. Globalinks also offers scholarships to help defray the student’s cost. To learn more about this opportunity visit globalinksabroad.org. Magellan Exchange In addition to Globalinks, we have also partnered with
This partnership will offer students the option to study in Costa Rica, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain and Belgium along with others! The courses are taught in English and the curriculum focuses on Business and International Business. Additional details on the opportunities that are offered to NSU students can be found at magellenexchange.org. Pukyong Cultural Exchange Program The application period for the Pukyong Cultural Exchange Program in Busan, South Korea is also open! This is a three week intensive cultural program that will run during July 2011. Several NSU students will be selectMagellan Exchange. This program offers International ed to receive scholarships, which pay Business students the chance to study for airfare, meals, activity fees and abroad in 11 different countries in lodging for the duration of their stay. The course includes lectures on Europe, Asia, and North America.
Korean culture, society and economy. Students also get to experience activities such as taekwondo, a samulnori performance, temple life and other cultural experiences. Don’t see something that appeals to you? There’s more! Check out NSU’s study abroad webpage on Northern’s website under Academics — Departments — International Programs —Study Abroad. For more information about study abroad opportunities, contact: Jennifer Wegleitner at jmwegleitner@northern.edu or stop by Lincoln Hall 123. Studying abroad is a great way to strengthen a resume and broaden one’s experience. With NSU’s study abroad program, taking advantage of international opportunities is a chance no student should miss. So, where will you go?
Kelli Gill Foreign Correspondent
Europe: Month 3
ello again, South Dakota. I’ve been living in Manchester, England, for three months now – half of my time here is over, and I’m having a grand ol’ time. I feel very comfortable with my surroundings by now – with passing by the beautiful buildings and European architecture of the city, with hearing various accents surrounding me as I walk the streets (and being able to place them), with the cobblestone streets and seeing the radical English fashions and styles people wear as they pass me by. I’ve even begun to look the right way before crossing the road, and my friends don’t fear for my life anymore when I try to cross the street! During my time spent here in England I’ve been doing my best to travel the UK on weekends and breaks. There are so many charming old towns and so much history. I can never do it all, but I have so far traveled across the country – I’ve been to Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and nearly every region of England. I’ve seen Stonehenge, which was fascinating, walked on the vast and rich estate of Chatsworth House, a country mansion that was the inspiration for the Pemberly Estate, visited Bath and Stratford-upon-Avon, which were wonderful for me, the nerdy English major that I am, the picturesque Lake District, York, a charming little town chock-full of Viking and Roman History, among other places and scenes. Traveling isn’t hard – there are plenty of groups you can travel with that sell inclusive tickets and you go with a large group, and the weather is beginning to warm up – blue skies and even sunshine aren’t rare occurrences in
England, anymore! It is easy to meet people to travel with, since there are plenty of other international students who are looking to go to the same places. Locals are always eager and helpful to point lost or confused travelers in the right direction, and often asking for help isn’t even necessary – they step forward and offer their services all on their own! When locals hear my American accent, it’s not unusual to be greeted with excitement and interest – they often want to know which part of the States I’m from, and why I’m visiting, etc., etc. When my answer is “South Dakota” I sometimes get a confused response, but I have been very surprised at how many Europeans are familiar with United States geography and information – I have met at least two Englishmen (granted, who come into regular
contact with tourists) who could list off South Dakota’s state capitol, state bird, tell me my own border states, and who knew where my hometown (Yankton) was located on the South Dakota map. I also met one English boy who had heard of and was very confused about the pronunciation and spelling-reasons of South Dakota’s Sioux Falls. I’m hoping to be able to get a big picture of Britain now, while school is still in session, in an attempt to reserve my last two months for traveling the European mainland. My housing contract isn’t up until the end of June, so I should have time to see plenty. Plans in the making so far are: Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Berlin, Paris, a tour of Italy and a tour of Greece and some Grecian islands. So much to do, so little time, but I think I’m up for the challenge.
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College Republicans are back!
Two years ago, the College Republicans died with the last member graduating from Northern State University. Professor Schaff and I have been working together the past couple of months to get the College Republicans active again. We had our first meeting on March 16th and it was a success! Many people wonder who we are and what we do. The goal of College Republicans is much more than simply supporting conservative views. College Republicans want to build political activism, leadership, and community involvement. We believe that political awareness benefits every aspect of life and gives individuals knowledge they can use their entire lifetime. Our meetings are bi-weekly on Wednesdays in JFAC, Room 102 at 5 p.m. Learn more... about everything. — Kody Kyriss
“Hall Pass”: truly laughable and disappointing
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Dan Dreher Movie Critic
hroughout the 1990’s, comedy films were mostly dominated by Bobby and Peter Farrelly (they are professionally known as the Farrelly brothers). With such films as “Dumb and Dumber,” “Kingpin,” “There’s Something About Mary,” and “Me, Myself, and Irene” they were creating comedic gold that changed generations of comedic directors and comedy in general. However, in the past several years the brothers created a number of films that have been considered a bomb both critically and financially. In order to redeem themselves and get back on track in their career, they decided to stay low-key for a couple years and officially came back last month when they released “Hall Pass”, starring Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis and Stephen Merchant. Did the Farrelly brothers get out of movie jail and create a comedic masterpiece or did it burn to ashes? Well, since you’ve already read this far into the review how about you
keep on reading just a little bit more to find out! “Hall Pass” is about Rick (played by Owen Wilson) and Fred (played by Jason Sudeikis), best friends who have been married for several years. Over time, the both of them have fallen into the daily routine of suburban life and they begin to show signs of restlessness (sexually) at home. After a major event, their wives take a bold approach to revitalizing their individual marriages by granting them a hall pass. For those who may not know, a hall pass is when the married couple take off (for this film, it’s seven days) from their relationship and have the freedom to do whatever they want without any kind of consequences or ramificaAt tions. first, it sounds like a
dream come true for both Rick and Fred; however, it doesn’t take long before they realize that their expectations are out of sync with reality. One of the first things I would like to point out in “Hall Pass” is the atrocious acting. Even though the Farrelly brothers were able to get a bunch of comedic actors with great résumés, it ultimately falls flat. Owen Wilson’s performance didn’t produce one
laugh from me throughout the whole film (and he’s the star of it). His performance almost came off as if he wasn’t even trying to do a good job. The only performance that was decent was Jason Sudeikis. As the co-star, he was able to take advantage of his screen time and provided the funniest parts in the film. Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate both play the wives for the two main characters and both of their performances were acceptable. I noticed throughout the film that a lot of the supporting cast like Fischer and Applegate had the potential of trying something different and bringing out the characters (and as a result, making it truly funny), but ultimately it didn’t.The direction and story for
“Hall Pass” is truly laughable. The pacing throughout the film was all over the place and failed at hitting the comedy beats that would keep the film funny and entertaining. There were numerous plotlines that were not necessary since it wasn’t funny and it didn’t contribute to the overall progress of the story. I understand that many people have a different taste in comedies, but believe me when I say that this film truly feels bloated. It almost seems like the Farrelly brothers were creatively trying to make a Judd Apatow film instead of making their own signature film, which is depressing if you think about it. “Hall Pass” may be currently making decent box office money since it opened on Feb. 25, but the future of this film will most likely lie in the fivedollar DVD bin at WalMart. If the film is still in theaters by the time this article is published, I would definitely not recommend the admission price to see it and would encourage you to actually use that money to just rent/buy an earlier Farrelly brothers’ film.
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The key to getting a quality education
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Jeff Langley Opinion Columnistc
he recent situation in Wisconsin has
once again put “Quality Education” on the front burner of the news and I think that is exactly where it should be. A quality education is
essential to our society and helping to accomplish that goal should be one of our top social priorities on a continuous basis. I think everyone can agree with that. Usually the disagreement comes when one ventures into the arena of how to do it. And it seems the ideas floated by politicians and education professionals are as endless as this winter has been. U s u a l l y, the list begins with money. They may say that teacher or professor pay determines the amount
of quality in education. With my wife being a teacher, I usually stand up and applaud here. But when one really looks at this idea, higher teacher pay cannot ‘guarantee’ a quality education for the student. It can help ensure quality teachers, for sure. But that is not the same thing. Wisconsin teachers are some of the best paid in the country, yet only 2/3 of 8th graders can read proficiently at the 8th grade level, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Next, they try to tie a quality education in with having good facilities. Northern State University is in the middle of remodeling Lincoln Hall as well as a new addition to our student center. Both are great ideas and will directly contribute to ensuring that students have the best facilities in which to learn since a student’s learning environment is an
important component in the learning process. However, good facilities cannot guarantee a good education. As with teachers, they only contribute to the overall process.So by now you’re saying, Jeff, what is your point? My point very simply this: only YOU can guarantee a good education for yourself. You are the missing link in the whole education equation. Your motivation to learn, your effort in the learning process, your persistence to continue learning, your asking the right questions and showing your teacher or professor that you really care about your educational quality, can guarantee that quality education that we all hope for ourselves and our families. And no amount of money, or teachers’ qualifications, or new facilities, can substitute for THAT! A student’s motivation to learn is the key to a “Quality Education”.
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t’s the age-old question: “Which is the smarter sex? Boys or girls?” There is obviously only one answer and that is a resounding, “DUH! Girls are smarter!” Now, you may be thinking what proof have I to make this claim? Well, it pretty much just speaks for itself. Girls really are, in fact, more intelligent than their male counterparts. You know the old saying, “Behind every good man, there is a good woman?” Whoever coined this phrase wasn’t just making it up. Let’s look at history… Back in prehistoric times, cavemen would have ceased to exist without the lady half of the equation. Not only did women keep the caves clean and tidy while raising a bunch of cave-babies, they single-handedly invented fire and the wheel (proven fact). What has man done with these two inventions? Create guns, fireworks, and motorcycles, which are all items that can be considered dangerous and thus stupid. Some would even go as far as to argue that Eve was smarter than Adam. Yes, yes, original sin and all, but she was still the one to question why she couldn’t eat from the Tree of Knowledge. Did Adam? No, he was complacent being ignorant (just as many men are today). Sure, we now have to wear clothes and are compulsive sinners, but at least we now know it’s wrong, right? In the Middle Ages, a plague
swept through most of Europe causing millions of the population to die a painful death. Sickness reigned over the land and who was left caring for the sick? The answer is the women-folk. The men were too busy laying around complaining about stomachaches and painful sores (similar to the behavior of sick males today) and insisted that the women do all the work, all while taking care of a passel of children, cooking, cleaning and did it most likely while pregnant, mind you. Fast-forward a few years. The name Marie Curie rings a bell as one of the foremost scientists of our history. Personally, I cannot even remember what her husband’s name actually was because Marie was so much more intelligent. I mean, she was the first person to share or be awarded, not only one, but two Nobel prizes in two different fields of science in addition to being the first woman to ever receive a Nobel prize. Only fairly recently have women been allowed to be educated. Why is it that men did not allow or encourage women to “get themselves some learnin’” before then? Was it because men just thought women were dumb? Or maybe because they were scared that women would then finally have the opportunity to take over the world? There are many, many more reasons why women are the more intelligent sex, but to list all the other reasons would make this opinion column take up the rest of the newspaper. I’ll just leave you with one last word that proves my point: Oprah.
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ebster defines intelligence as “the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria.” Thus showing that one of history’s greatest word people, Webster, was a man! I rest my argument for why men are the smartest. There, I just proved men are the smartest in one paragraph. If you look across the page, you will see line after line about the girl trying to justify a high score in math and the ability to braid hair as intelligence. Men figured out long ago that there is no reason to waste time on math when we have calculators and that hair is for placing under baseball caps! It’s truly a travesty that we have to endure girls coming to grips with these facts. It’s really disappointing to see a girl spend weeks trying to learn how to find X for their algebra class when we know very well that finding X is a job specifically for pirates. Girls always take the most difficult path for every problem. They spend their time studying for tests and the more clever men show up and circle C for every question and still pass! It’s like going to the zoo and seeing a girl monkey take a stick and
fashion it into a tool; whereas a clever boy monkey just throws poo at the girl monkey and takes her stick tool when she is cleaning herself off. Men are the poo-flinging geniuses of the animal kingdom! In the human kingdom, we are kings of the intelligence community! We know expert knowledge, like the precise time to microwave a box of pizza rolls and how to drive on ice without crashing. You read me, girls? We know you can’t drive! It really doesn’t matter if you made the Honor Roll and are queen of the spelling bee if you can’t manage to drive down a road without hitting something. I’ll give props to my man Webster, I like his definition and all, but the man definition of intelligence is, “the ability to do things as easily as possible.” Women have not and will not beat men in this fine art. We are the people who can stay up all night, play video games all day and still have our homework done on time. We do not worry about the upcoming test because we have the knowledge of the world engraved into our DNA. We show up, sit back, and kick butt because we have the skills that pay the bills. Men are the smartest, coolest, most awesome sex available, and the greatest demonstration that women aren’t as smart as men is that they haven’t figure that out yet.
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he Northern State University Lady Wolves have been working hard taking on five opponents before the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tournament. For their third home game in a row, the Wolves prepared for the Vikings of Augustana. Northern was able to get the first points of the game and expanded up to 18 before the end of the half. With not giving up the lead or tying, the Wolves were able to take a 4327 lead into half time. The second half did not seem that it would differentiate, as the Wolves quickly spread to 18 and up to a 24point spread at one point. The Vikings were never able to bring the Wolves’ lead back under double digits the entire second half. Northern was able to get the win with a 6754 victory. Senior center Krista Rabenberg, Mobridge, led the Wolves with her double-double of 10 rebounds and 21 points. Senior forward Jodi Reinschmidt, St. Michael, Minn., and junior guard Emily Becken, Lino Lakes, Minn., had double digit points as well with 17 and 11 respectively. Altogether, the Wolves had 36 rebounds, shot 44 percent from the floor and made 61 percent of their free throws. With the Wayne State Wildcats coming to Aberdeen, the Wolves prepared for their final home game in the regular season. Wayne State was able to get the first one, but Northern showed that it would not just be an easy walk through. Northern would take the lead from the Wildcats and spread it to as far as 10, but the Wildcats would bring it back down and make the Wolves’ lead only two going into half, 26-24. NSU would keep the lead all the way until there was just under eight and a half minutes left to play. After the Wildcats took that lead, they would not give it back as they took it to expand to 10 and then give the Wolves a 61-54 loss. Becken led the team with 14 while Rabenberg had another double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Reinschmidt was the other Wolf in double digits with 11. Collectively, Northern had 35 rebounds, shot 36 percent from the floor and made 60 percent of their free throws. Leaving Aberdeen, the
Wolves headed to St. Cloud, Minn., to take on the Huskies. As Northern took the lead with the first basket, they never gave it up as they stretched to 13 at one point. Going into half time, the Wolves had a 33-26 lead and it did not look like they were going to give it up. After the half, the Wolves kept on going and expanded to a 15-point spread at one point. Northern kept going and was able to end the game with a 13-point difference shown in the 65-52 win. Reinschmidt led the team with 19 points and eight rebounds while junior forward Brittany Euerle, Litchfield, Minn., was the rebound leader with nine. Other Wolves in double digits were Rabenberg with 17 and Becken with 15. As a team, Northern shot 91 percent from the free throw line, 59 percent from the floor and ended with 39 rebounds. Traveling to St. Paul, Minn., the Wolves prepped for Concordia. The Golden Bears were the first to score, but the Wolves came right back and tied it. CU was able to hold the lead for the first part of the half, but was never able to expand farther than five. Northern was able to take a quick lead, but could not keep it long as CU took a two-point lead into half time. The second half started with the Golden Bears keeping the lead for a short time before the Wolves took the lead and did not give it back. Northern was able to spread to a 10-point lead at one point, but Concordia would work it back down to the Wolves getting the win by three and a score of 70-67. Becken led the team with 23 points while Rabenberg had another double-double with 14 points and tied Reinschmidt with 11 rebounds for a team high. Freshman guard Alison Kusler, Aberdeen, was another Wolf with double digits. Altogether they gathered 70 rebounds, shot 82 percent from the free throw line, and ended with 41 percent from the floor. Playing their last regular season game, the Wolves prepared to head to Bismarck, N.D., to face the University of Mary. Northern got the first shot in, but it showed it would be a close game as UM took the lead quickly thereafter. Northern was only able to spread the game to seven in the first half, as there were seven lead changes and three
ties. NSU was able to grab the lead before half and take a 3533 lead into half time. The second half was no different from the first as Northern stretched it to six before UM was able to move it back down. With four more lead changes, the Wolves were able to grab the lead with over two minutes left and stretch it to nine, their biggest of the game, and finish the game 75-66. Rabenberg led the team with 23 points while Euerle led in rebounds with 10. Other Wolves in double digits were Reinschmidt with 19 and Becken with 15. Working together, the Wolves ended the game shooting 82 percent from the line, 46 percent from the floor and grabbed 36 rebounds. To end the Wolves’ regular season, they were 19-7 overall and 16-6 in NSIC conference play. The Wolves were able to
play a home game for the NCIS tournament against the Moorhead Dragons. NSU made the first basket and kept that lead all the way through the first half, spreading it to 16 by the end and taking a 35-19 lead into halftime. Coming out after halftime, the Wolves were able to stretch their lead to 20 and kept the lead through the remaining half. Northern was able to defeat the Dragons, 65-56. Reinschmidt collected a double-double, leading the team in rebounds with 10 and in points with 20. Rabenberg also had double digits with 18 points. They gathered 32 rebounds, shot 43 percent from the floor and 64 percent from the line. After the game in Aberdeen, the Wolves headed back to St.
Paul to take on Concordia. The game started with Northern having the lead and then going back and forth with eleven lead changes, eight ties and neither team getting farther than five points ahead of the other. Going into half time, the Wolves were only down five with the score at 37-32. After half time, the going back and forth continued for the first part of the half. Concordia started to pull away and was able to stretch to a 15-point lead at one point. The Wolves were able to work it down, but they could not seem to regain the lead as the Wolves fell in the tournament, 74-67. Rabenberg led the team with 16 points while Reinschmidt had 15 of her own and led the team with seven rebounds. Becken and sophomore forward Sarah
Hintz, Woodbury, Minn., had double digits with 13 and 11 respectively. Altogether, the Wolves were able to get 37 rebounds, shot 46 percent from the floor and ended the game with 16 of their 23 free throws going down. The Lady Wolves were able to get a wild card seat into the regional tournament and got to face the Golden Bears again first round. Again it was going back and forth in the first half as neither team got farther than five points ahead again and had double digit lead changes again, this time with 10. Northern got the final lead change of the half, as they were able to take a small lead of 35-31. Northern seemed to be taking control as they spread the lead to 11, but the
Golden Bears fought back as it came down to the last 30 seconds and the game was tied. Northern was able to get the lead and then fouled to get them a four-point win of 7470. Reinschmidt led the team with 23 points and tied the team high of nine rebounds with Rabenberg, who also had 16 points of her own. Becken also had 19 points to help the Wolves. The team together had 39 rebounds, shot 86 percent from the line and 46 percent from the floor. Moving on in the tournament, the Wolves faced Adams State from Colorado. Adams State took the first basket and excelled from there. NSU was only able to get back within six points and Adams was able to bring it up to an 11-point lead in the first half. The Wolves went into the
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half down 37-27, which would still be a good game. The Wolves kept fighting in the second half, as they were able to keep ASC in check for most of the first half, not letting them get any farther ahead. Unfortunately, the Wolves could not prevail as ASC continued to expand, leading them to a 66-49 victory over the Wolves. Rabenberg led the team with 13 points and tied team high rebounds with Reinschmidt at seven. Becken had 12 points of her own to help the team. Ending their season, the Wolves grabbed 34 rebounds, shot 36 percent from the floor, and 73 percent from the line. The Wolves ended with an impressive 21-9 record overall and a 16-6 conference record.
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Wrestler NSU’s first national champion Softball kicks off season
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ophomore Matt Meuleners made another trip to the NCAA Division II National Wrestling Championships, this time as a heavyweight contender. Meuleners took second place at the NCAA Super Region Number 3 Championships by beating his first two opponents before facing third-seeded Zach Rosol of Upper Iowa in the semifinals. Meuleners won that match in the first tie-breaker set by a 3-2 decision to reach the title bout. Meuleners, who was ranked second in the nation going into the tournament, finished second behind the number one ranked Jacob Kahnke of St. Cloud State. Kahnke was able to win with a 6-4 decision over Meuleners in the championship match to take the regional title. Matt Meuleners, who earned All-American honors at 197 pounds as a redshirt freshman in 2010, pinned both his opponents on March 11th to clinch his second straight All-America certificate and remained on the run for the national title. Going into the day, Meuleners had a close 2-1 win over thirdranked Charlie Alexander of Western State College in the sec-
ond set of tiebreaker periods. With that win he once again went into the title round against No. one ranked and rival Jacob Kahnke. Kahnke, who spent the majority of the season at the top of the national rankings, had given Meuleners two losses already during the season, including a 6-4 win in the championship match at the Super Region Number 3 tournament. “I learned that he was quicker than me and that I needed to keep my hands down so that he couldn’t get any real deep shots on me,” Meuleners said when asked what he learned about his previous meetings. Down 3-1 heading into the third and final period of the match, Meuleners chose to start the period in the bottom position and earned a quick escape to make it a 3-2 match. He then scored the winning takedown with less than 40 seconds remaining in the period and held on for the win and title. “It was pretty fast paced compared to our last two. We were both trying to get after it early and score points because we knew it would be tight like the last two matches,” said Meuleners. Meuleners is NSU wrestling’s first-ever NCAA Division II national champion.
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he Northern State University Wolves softball team has been working hard, playing in two tournaments and an exhibition game in St. Cloud, Minn. NSU's first game of the season was against St. Cloud State. The first few innings showed little good for either team, with both leaving runners on base. Northern was able to explode in the fourth inning, scoring 10 runs with an RBI double from junior infielder Whitney Luhring, Bloomington, Minn., a two RBI from freshman double pitcher/infielder Lindsey Hubler, junior pitcher/outfielder Rachel South, Bloomington, Minn., getting an RBI walk, junior infielder Brooke Norris, Fort Collins, Colo., getting an RBI walk, senior infielder Lindsey Cegla, Circle Pines, Minn., an RBI single, Luhring getting two more RBIs on a single and, finally, Cegla getting an RBI single. The downside was that St. Cloud also had a booming fourth inning, scoring eight. Unfortunately, the Wolves were unable to get any more runs across with only three more hits and St. Cloud getting the go ahead three runs in the sixth inning. Without needing the bottom half of the ninth, the Wolves fell 11-10. All together, the Wolves had 11 hits with South, sophomore catcher Kelsey Robling, Waconia, Minn., Luhring, and Cegla having two apiece. Northern would stay in St. Cloud to play in the St. Cloud State Indoor Tournament. The only results available were the opponents and the final score. NSU's first opponent was Minnesota, Crookston. The Wolves would lose this game 3-4, but came back to play
Minnesota State University, Moorhead and take the game 5-1. The next day, NSU played southwest Minnesota State at 7 a.m. where they fell 4-1. Augustana would be the Wolves final opponent, where the Wolves would fall 7-4, putting them at 1-4 on the season. Over spring break, the softball team went to Florida to play in the National Training Center Spring Games. NSU would face Southern New Hampshire first, but could not take the win as they fell 6-3. The next matchup would be against Alderson-Broaddus out of West Virginia, and Northern was able to get their second win on the season with a 5-4 victory. Up next for the Wolves was West Virginia Wesleyan in a double header. Game one, the Wolves were able to win 3-2 in eight innings, but fell 3-2 in the second game. Bloomsburg out of Pennsylvania was the next game, in which Northern took the win 5-4. Up next was Mercy College out of New York, and again the Wolves took the game, 7-3. Wayne State was their next game that they fell, 5-0. The next day, the Wolves faced a team out of Pennsylvania, West Chester, which they lost a close game 1-0. Later that day another team out of Pennsylvania, Mansfield, took the Wolves to another loss, 8-3. The next day, the Wolves would face Seton Hill, also out of Pennsylvania, where they dropped 7-0 before they faced Franklin Pierce from New Hampshire, getting win number six, 7-2. The next game for the Wolves will be against Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. Their first home game of the season will be against U. Mary on Tues., April 5, at 2 and 4 p.m.
NSU swim team places seventh in championship
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he Northern State University swim team finished off the season on a positive note after finishing in seventh place at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships. The NSU swimmers spent the first two days of the RMAC championships in sixth place, not falling into seventh place until the last day of competition. They ended with 252 total points; just seven points behind sixth place finisher TexasPermian Basin. Junior Christine Retzlaff, Wahpeton, N.D., finished fourth
in the 200-meter butterfly with an adjusted time of 2:09.89. Not only did this set individual school record, but it was also the best performance for the Wolves in regards to rankings. In total, the Wolves broke 10 NSU records at this competition. The Wolves returned home to compete against MSU Moorhead in their final meet of the season. This meet was not scored; the purpose of
it was to give swimmers one last opportunity to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Even though no one qualified to move on, many NSU school records were broken and new personal bests were achieved by many of the swimmers. Retzlaff broke five school records and freshman Sara Peterson, Sioux Falls, broke three records. The 200 medley and 200 free relay teams also broke school records. Swimmers who achieved new personal bests included freshman Mikaela Waiflein, Aberdeen, sophomores Alana King, Detroit Lakes, Minn., Cynthia Konechne, Kimball, and Brittany Hiten, Rapid City, and juniors Brooke Larson, McLaughlin, and Laura McCowan, Grand Forks, N.D.
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Track team has Men’s basketball wraps up strong performance season, athletes honored
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he Northern State University indoor track and field teams had an excellent season with strong performances at both the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships in Bemidji, Minn., and the NCAA Division II Championships in Albuquerque, N.M. The Northern men’s team finished in fifth place at the NSIC championships with 60 points. The two strongest performers for the Wolves were senior Calvin McGruder, Riverview, Fla., and sophomore Luke Hauert, Plankington. McGruder took first place in the high jump with 2.00 meters and second place in the long jump with a distance of 7.22 m. Hauert placed second in the 60-meter hurdles with a final time of 8.19 seconds and an NSIC record in the preliminaries with 8.10 seconds. Both men earned All-NSIC selections during championship competition. The NSU women finished in tenth place at the NSIC Championships with 21 points. Senior Tanya Vassar, Cheyenne, Wyo., had a personal best of 3208 points in the pentathlon and took second place with that finish. She also placeazfour were McGruder in the long jump and high jump, Hauert in the 60-meter hurdles, Vassar in the pentathlon and junior Melodi Boke, Faulkton, in the shot put. The NSU outdoor track and field season will kick-off on Saturday, April 2, at the NSU Open. Below, McGruder participates in the long jump competition.
rapping up their season, the Northern State University Wolves played three games out-ofstate, starting off with St. Cloud State. St. Cloud would get the first basket and would only allow the Wolves to tie it once before they took a 35-24 lead into half time, which had been the biggest spread in the game. After half, the Huskies continued to keep in front of the Wolves, as they were able to spread it to 19 at one point. Northern was able to bring it down after that point, getting as close as within six, but the Huskies brought it back up to a 10-point lead, which would be the final spread. Northern would fall 76-66. Sophomore forward Dustin Tetzlaff, Watertown, led the Wolves with 18 points and also tied sophomore forward Collin Pryor, St. Charles, Ill., for rebound leader with nine. Pryor also had 15 points of
his own. As a team, Northern made 39 percent of their shots, 69 percent of their free throws and 32 rebounds. Staying in Minnesota, Northern got ready to play Concordia University in St. Paul. Northern was able to make the first basket, but unfortunately, that would be Northern's only lead in the first half. Going into half time, Northern was only down eight with the score 32-24. Northern scored the first basket in the second half as well and were able to pull within 3, but Concordia would begin to pull away. Once Concordia got into a double digit lead, they never went back below it expanding to 20 at one point. Northern would end the game with a 81-66 loss. Junior guard David Lane, Akron, Ohio, led the team with 18 points while Pryor took team lead of six rebounds. Northern ended the game with 28 rebounds, 41 percent shooting, and 62 percent from the line. The Wolves headed to Bismarck, N.D., to face
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Baseball competes across the country
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orthern's baseball team started its season playing in Florida during spring break. Unfortunately, the only information available was the score of the games and who they were against. The first team the Wolves faced was the University of Mary. NSU would play a double header against them, losing the first game by one run, 2-3, and then fol-
lowing that loss the Wolves gathered a 9-5 win. The next day, Northern prepared to face Maryville University out of Missouri. The Wolves played at 9 a.m. and lost 3-1. Later that day, NSU played Saginaw Valley out of Mississippi, where they would fall 14-4 in eight innings. A couple of days later, the Wolves prepared for Findlay out of Ohio, where they would play a double header. In their first game they fell 18-2, but were able to
bounce back and take game two 13-12 in 10 innings. Facing Charleston out of West Virginia, the Wolves fell in both games of their double header 9-6 and 6-4 respectively. NSU was supposed to play one more double header before returning to South Dakota, but it was rained out. Northern will face Winona State University on March 26th in Winona, Minn. Their first home game of the season will be against U. Mary on Wed., April 6, at 2 and 4 p.m.
the University of Mary for their final game of the season. Northern made the first basket and would be able to stretch it to a lead of nine, but Mary would come back and tie the game at 13 with just over nine and a half minutes left. The University of Mary would take the lead and would keep it through the rest of the first half, going with a 27-22 lead into the locker room. The second half would show to be the half for the Marauders as they were able to expand to 32 at one point and would give the Wolves their defeat of 75-47. Senior forward Tom Parks, Cheyenne, Wyo., had 10 points to lead the team, closely followed by Pryor who had nine and led the team with six rebounds. Northern shot 53 times and made 18 of them, scored six of their 13 free throws and ended with 33 rebounds. With the men's season over, their final record was 12-14 overall and 7-14 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play. Collin Pryor was honored with a selection for the all NSIC squad.
Baseball March 26 — Winona State University (DH), at Winona, Minn., 12 / 3 p.m. March 27 — Winona State University (DH) at Winona, Minn., 12 / 3 p.m. April 2 — Wayne State University (DH) at Wayne, Neb., 12 / 3 p.m. April 3 — Wayne State University (DH) at Wayne, Neb., 12 / 3 p.m. April 6 — University of Mary (DH), 2 / 5 p.m. April 9 — Augustana College (DH), 12 / 3 p.m. April 10 — Augustana College (DH), 12 / 3 p.m. Softball March 26 — Morningside (DH) at Sioux City, Iowa, 2 / 4 p.m. April 2 — Augustana (DH) at Sioux Falls, 1 / 3 p.m. April 3 — Wayne State (DH) at Wayne, Neb., 12 / 2 p.m. April 5 — U-Mary (DH), 2 / 4 p.m. April 7 — Jamestown (DH), 3 / 5 p.m. April 9 — Concordia-St. Paul (DH), 12 / 2 p.m. April 10 — St. Cloud State (DH), 12 / 2 p.m. Tennis March 26 — MSU Moorhead at Fargo, N.D., 5:30 p.m. March 27 — Minnesota-Duluth at Fargo, N.D., 8 a.m. April 1 — Augustana at Sioux Falls, 4 p.m. April 2 — Southwest Minnesota State at Sioux Falls, 10 a.m. April 2 — Minnesota-Duluth at Sioux Falls, 1:30 p.m. April 8 — Minnesota, Crookston, 3 p.m. April 9 — Bemidji State, 9:30 a.m. April 9 — Minnesota State, 1 p.m. April 10 — Winona State, 9:30 a.m. April 12 — Univ. of Sioux Falls at Sioux Falls, 4:30 p.m. Outdoor Track and Field April 2 — NSU Open April 7-8 — Heptathlon/Decathlon, T.B.A. April 9 — ESU Relays at Emporia, Kan. April 10 — Marauder Open at Bismarck, N.D
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Horoscopes: mmm...Jamocha Almond Fudge Aries (March 21-April 19) An unexpected, yet oh-so-welcome, error on the behalf of the ice cream delivery truck driver will leave you the proud owner of 30 of Baskin Robin’s 31 flavors. The only flavor you seem to be missing will be Jamocha Almond Fudge, which will lead you on a wild chase around the city to find the coveted flavor. When you have all 31 flavors, remember to share with the person who tipped you off to this amazing event. Taurus (April 20-May 20) The stars this month are predicting that your farm of fire ants will unfortunately break and fall onto your bed. There is no use trying to avoid this occurrence and instead of trying to remove it from your house, you should take preventative measures and buy cans of Raid and ant traps. Talk about an infestation of bed bugs! Gemini (May 21-June 20) Your collection of beanie babies will once again become a popular thing. It is a good thing you took such great measures to store them in airtight containers, individually wrapping them in tissue paper, and securing them in a bank vault. Best get your collection on Ebay right away so you can be on your way to becoming a billionaire, just like Ty’s Billionaire Bear. Cancer (June 21-July 22) This month a textbook opportunity will present itself for you to pull the most perfect April Fool’s Day prank in the history of the universe on your Aquarius friend. The memory of this prank will be etched into the tomes of history, it will be that good. Beware of retaliation, however; I will not hint at what may happen to you in return. (see the Aquarius horoscope) Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) If you trace the position of the moon in accordance to Jupiter this month, it looks like a giant sausage. You know what this means; the time is finally right for you to start your dream of opening a sausage factory. No longer will people think you are weird for your obsession with polish sausage, summer sausage, liverwurst, bratwurst, hot dogs, bloodwurst, Braunschweiger, headcheese and kielbasa. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) A fire extinguisher will lead you to your soul mate this month. The stars did not specify in what capacity the fire extinguisher would play in your love life, but one thing is certain; you will never look at a fire extinguisher the same way ever again. Just make sure you don’t intentionally start any fires this month. That is a little something I like to call arson
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and it is illegal. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) In a fit of boredom, you and your friend will decide to have “milk wars” this month. This is when you each have one gallon of milk and race to see which one of you can chug the entire thing the fastest. I am neither going to discourage nor encourage this endeavor. I just suggest you make sure that your friendly astrologist is nowhere near the “splash zone” for when the milk works its way back up. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov.21) According to the position of Uranus in the House of the Magenta Dragon Who Ate the Green Rabbit, you will have a five-star month this month! This rarely happens in the astrological world. In fact, this has not happened for over 400 years. However, since the scale of stars is actually one to a hundred, be prepared for a pretty bleak 30 days. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.21) An unavoidable crisis will befall you this month and you will find that you will be able to handle it with poise and dignity, impressing all of those that witness the occurrence. To be aware of the crisis, I am going to hint that it will be something involving your roommate drinking the last of the milk in the refrigerator and not replacing it and you discover this after you’ve already poured your cereal into the bowl. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You may have to do a little compromising if you want to get something that you want this month, but that doesn’t mean that you should let everyone walk all over you. Be firm in your convictions and beliefs but also make sure to loosen up and be a little bit more flexible. To help with that, my advice is to join a yoga or pilates group. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) A friend, who just happens to be a Cancer, will play an intricate April Fool’s Day joke on you this month. The results of this prank will leave you reeling, leaving you the butt of a public joke. There will be only one person who does not find this funny, namely you. Instead of getting angry with your Cancarean friend, get even. A good public pantsing should suffice. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Beware of toilets, as they can be very temperamental. This month you will have many issues regarding the porcelain thrones. Not only will you be more likely to back them up (meaning you should probably eat fibrous foods and maybe get a month’s supply of Activia) but they seem to attract objects such as mp3 players and cell phones. All I’m going to say is be careful, buy a plunger, and don’t use the bathroom at my house.
Super Senior: graduation dilemmas raduation is seriously right around the corner and I am now faced with several dilemmas. Some are minor in the scheme of things and others are too overwhelming entirely to even begin to comprehend. I am going to share these concerns with you because I believe several other seniors may feel the same or at least have similar concerns. Starting with a minor concern, should I walk for graduation? I’ve spent five years here at this institution and have gone to my share of NSU graduations and know from experience that the spring graduation ceremony takes approximately forever. Do I want to subject myself (and friends and family) to that sort of torture? Or have I earned the right to proudly walk down that aisle and receive the acknowledgement of faculty, peers, and the public? Where am I going to get a cap and gown that I’ll most likely never use again? Do I really want to pay for that cap and gown? As you can see, there are plenty of unanswered questions and these are only the beginning. Moving on to a bit more of a challenging issue for myself is after the graduation ceremony, am I going to have a graduation reception? For some reason, even though college is a bit more of an accomplishment than high school graduation it feels odd to have a reception. I’m torn between wanting a small intimate
gathering with just family or inviting a bunch of friends and having one giant celebration. After all, it has taken me five whole years to get to this point and I think it deserves one heck of a party. But just where will I have this party? Most of the common places to have such occasions have already been booked by other seniors, which leaves me with very few options. I could have this little shindig at my apartment; however, it would be very cramped and would end up not being the celebration I had in mind. I’ve gotten to the point where I refuse to even acknowledge that this is fast approaching and I should probably plan something. Those were just the minor issues that I am using to cover up the bigger problem, which is maybe going to lead me to a nervous breakdown in a few weeks. I graduate from college, ending my 18 year tenure as a student, thrusting me into the real world whether I am ready or not, and I’m freaking out, man. Being in school is the only thing I’ve ever known and here I am on the cusp of a new chapter in my life and I’m entirely terrified of turning the page. Everyone keeps asking me, “Oh! What are you going to do when you’re done with school? What can you do with your major? Did you find a job yet?” And when that happens, I do the deer in the
headlights face because I have absolutely no idea how to answer; I have no idea what to do or what to be when I “grow up.” The only thing that keeps me going is the fact that I’m sure that many or most of those people that will be walking with me on May 7 (guess I just decided I am going to walk) will be feeling the exact same, leaving us all terrified together. To use yet another cliché, I think I’ll just play it by ear and see what unfolds. Either that or decide to stay at Northern State and start another major, becoming a professional student.
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If you were to change the school’s mascot, what would you change it to and what would you name it? — Rita Zappa
“A platypus, and its name would be Perry.” Jessica Massa, freshman, Winner
“A Polar Bear seems appropriate, and I would name it Lightning.” Megan Case, sophomore, Scranton, N.D.
“A moose, and he would be named Midas.” Joe Weseloh, freshman, Watertown
“A pheasant Petey.” John Huber, Herreid
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