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UND swimmer vies for olympicsNational competition coming into view

After years of practicing breast-strokes and backstrokes, one UND senior hopes to fulfi ll her dreams of being on the Olympic swim team.

Carissa Gormally, 23, has quali-fi ed for a chance to compete in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials. The accounting major will be travel-ing to California to secure a spot in the 2012 team trials.

Hosted by Stanford University August 2-6, the 2011 ConocoPhil-lips National Championships allows the top six swimmers to move on to the fi nal 2012 Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, NE.

Held June 25 to July 2 2012, the meet will determine the members of

the Olympic Swim Team.The last day of fi nals falls on

Gormally’s birthday.“Getting onto the Olympic

Swim Team would be a great pres-ent,” she says. However, her trainer is focusing on the immediate fu-ture.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do before we start thinking about that,” says Lucas Baarlaer. Baarlaer is also the assistant coach for the UND Women’s Swimming and Diving Team. If she makes the cut at Stan-ford, Gormally can expect to see her practice times of 16-20 hours a week increase.

“She’ll be facing stiffer competi-tion,” says Baarlear. “And we need

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Upcoming forum to build community connections

Finding strength in silent protest

New law journal launches

>STAFF REPORTThe Dakota Student

Last Tuesday, the newly founded Journal of Law and Interdisciplin-ary Studies announced its offi cial launch at the UND School of Law. The journal, which is the fi rst in 100 years, will join the Law Review as the second publication for the school.

Online-based, the journal’s fi rst issue is available now, with articles by law professors Sanford Levinson, Ian Ward, Patric Gudridge and the North Dakota Poet Laureate, Larry Woiwode.

With a new editorial board in place, the journal’s upcoming is-sue is in the works for release in the fall. The subject for the upcoming issue is “Aspirations,” with articles by Kermit Roosevelt III and Erwin Chemerinsky.

The journal is available at web.law.und.edu/jlis.

The small town of Mountain, ND, about 80 miles northwest of Grand Forks, is hosting the fourth annual Community Connect forum on Saturday, April 30. This forum, sponsored by UND’s Center for Community En-gagement, is open to community members and students alike. Anyone who has great ideas to strengthen commu-nities in North Dakota and Minnesota is welcome to at-tend this free forum.

“By celebrating community and linking communi-

ties with each other and the university, students can focus on what it takes for a community to grow and develop,” Center for Community Engagement intern Holly Feld-man said.

While Mountain, with a population of 122, might seem like an unusual location for a forum, this little com-munity is actually the proud owner of a brand-new multi-million dollar community center. The breakout session “Building for Community” reveals the secret of how the town came together to create the Mountain Community Center. Mountain is also known for its strong Icelandic heritage and tight-knit community.

Members of many organizations, both on campus and off, helped make this forum possible. The UND members of the forum’s planning committee include

DEVELOPMENT UND organization to host program in Mountain, N.D., where tight-knit town represents heart of Mid-west collectivism.

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QUIET Students across the country take a uni-fi ed stand against LGBT bullying.

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“Curse of the Starving Class,” a play about social fallout in the wake of a disillusioned American Dream premiered Tuesday at the Burtness Theatre.

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Today, hundreds of thousands of students across the country will keep their voices silent. This National Day of Silence will be taking place at col-lege campuses nationally in advo-cacy for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender awareness. It is through this day that the harsh realities of many LGBT students throughout the nation face on a daily basis, si-lencing themselves because of their sexual orientation, will be recog-nized.

All students on campus are in-vited to begin Friday at Christus Rex at 8 a.m. to prepare for the Day of

Silence. Not only are members of the LGBT community welcome, but also those who wish to support LGBT rights, or those who would consider themselves LGBT allies. It is a day to acknowledge the silenced voices of this specifi c community and work towards a better under-standing throughout UND and the Grand Forks community.

“The day is open to everyone,” Daniel Walinsky, MA, Psychology Doctoral Student said, “It is not a time to protest, but rather to sup-port.”

The Day of Silence is the larg-est national day of protest to raise awareness of the silenced voices of many LGBT students in elemen-tary schools and high schools around the country. Since the fi rst Day of Silence in 1996, students across the

UND students from Japan and the United States work in conjunction with the UND Red Cross Club and the Offi ce of International Programs to raise funds for the relief effort in Japan. Donations will be accepted at Wilkerson today and Odegard Hall next Monday and Tuesday.NATHAN TWERBERG > The Dakota Student

After years of training and practicing, 23 year-old Carissa Gormally sees Olympic competition a growing possiblity.

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Around the world with Marty EssenTRAVEL A lively pre-sentation on the diversity of the planet and a new way to understand it.

>ChRiSTALiN CASiNADERThe Dakota Student

Many of us want something more in life and it is not very of-ten that we have our dream career, especially in these tough e c o n o m i c times.

Marty Es-sen is one of those lucky few. He wakes up every day knowing that he is doing what he loves, and it is safe to say he is passionate about what he does.

So what is it that he does ex-actly? Essen is a world traveller, an

award winning author and an ad-vocate for planet Earth. He is also a campus speaker, travelling across America with his slide show: “Around the World in 90 Minutes with Marty Essen.” He was at the University of North Dakota on Tuesday, April 12.

Essen’s exciting journey began as an accident. After owning a small telephone service company in Montana for nearly ten years, Essen and his wife Deb decided

that they want-ed to go on a vacation. The d e s t i n a t i o n was Belize, Central Amer-ica, because it had something for both of them—scuba diving for Deb

and a rainforest for Essen. When they returned, Essen

wrote an article on his trip and received a great response from people. And the rest, as they say,

is history. He said that he and his wife “decided to travel the seven continents and focus on places that were off the beaten path and of course, places that would cater to their different interests.”

When they got back from their travels, Essen wrote a book titled, “Cool Animals, Hot Planet, Exploring the Seven Continents.” The book won numerous awards including the Best Books Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award and the Green Book Award.

During his talk, Essen showed us some of the best pictures he had taken on his travels and explained

them to the audience. His main fo-cus was on animals that had a bad reputation and why they should be looked at in a different light. One such example is the Vampire Bat, whose species are being killed off due their reputation as blood-suckers.

“These creatures do not suck blood, they lap it up and their saliva is better at keeping blood from clotting than any known medicine. Their saliva is also used in the prescription drug Dracu-lin, which is used to treat patients with heart attacks,” Essen says. He says that it is necessary to educate

people about such animals, since we kill them off when they are ac-tually saving us.

Travelling all seven continents is no small feat, especially when you decide to go places that very few have been to. Essen recalled his trip to Malaysian Borneo and shared his experience in the rain-forest. He said that it was amazing that they survived the trip since it was in the middle of nowhere and the terrain was nothing short of a challenge.

This didn’t stop them though; their next stop was Zimbabwe, Africa. While canoeing along the Zambezi River, Marty and his wife had a close call with a hippo and narrowly escaped being its lunch. As Essen retells these stories, the audience gets the feeling that he would not trade these experiences for the world.

Essen is a true advocate for our planet and he strives to give people the right information so that people understand the planet we live in a little bit more and perhaps as a result, will try to take care of it and preserve it.

DS> Christalin Casinader is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at christalin.casinader@und.edu

‘[I decided to] fo-cus on places that were off the beaten path...

Marty Essenworld traveler and speaker

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Today marks the nationwide Day of Silence, an event that calls attention to harassment and equality issues. The Day of Silence brings attention to all the voices who have been silenced, and it is a good jumping off point to discuss the role of the LGBT club on campus.

Most college campuses have a university recognized cen-ter that is specifi cally focused on the minority of LGBT stu-dents, much like UND’s Women’s Center stands to promote gender equality on campus. For example, the University of Michigan has a center specifi cally for LGBT students, the Spectrum Center, that has been devoted to LGBT students for the last 40 years. Centers such as these are incredibly im-portant for a campus community, because they work to sup-port outreach and advocacy for LGBT students. The events and programs that would be created by such a center help to increase awareness and equality on campus. Also, LGBT cen-ters draw students to campus, because they demonstrate the administration’s commitment to all different types of people on campus.

The ten percent society on campus does great work for the LGBT community, but it is limited in that it is a student run society, not an offi cially recognized and funded part of the college campus. A center at UND could provide admin-istratively sponsored awareness about LGBT students, and it would provide programming, support and an eventual home for the “Safe Zone” program. UND has a no tolerance policy for sexual orientation discrimination, and a center could help distribute that important message campus-wide. It would also provide a meeting place for TPS—as of now, their meetings are generously held at Christus Rex, but a place particularly for LGBT students would be more than welcome.

Another use for a center for LGBT students would be that it would work as a proactive unit to prevent and respond to discrimination and hate crimes.

Near the end of February, LGBT students at UND were unfortunately victims of a targeted assault due to their sexual orientation. Even though the situation was not involved in the legal sphere, news of the situation spread like wildfi re on campus. Unfortunately, there was a noticeable lack of public response by the UND administration. In order to increase solidarity among LGBT students on campus, situations such as these need to be recognized and dealt with. A center would be a guiding tool to help both students and the administra-tion deal with such crises.

UND is a big advocate for diversity on campus, and the university works hard to make sure all students feel safe. A LGBT center on campus should be a key participant in this effort and propel UND forward. We all want to feel welcome on campus and part of the UND community, and more re-sources for LGBT students and allies would help serve this purpose.

Today is the Day of Silence, a day to bring harassment issues to the forefront. What are you willing to do about it?

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Dear Mr. President:

I write this letter to you out of frustration and disappointment; but, I also write it out of hope. You have an opportunity, Mr. President. You have an opportunity to bring about the change that you so passionately defend as characteristically Ameri-can, the same change that you cham-pioned and promised before your election as President of the United States.

I have lived in this country my entire life and I have seen and expe-rienced the chaos that has become so ingrained in the American politi-cal system. I have heard my grand-parents speak of times when politics and, more specifi cally, politick-ing were conducted with more honor… with more deference to the values that this country was founded upon—a time when the everyday American was more than just an afterthought in the mind of a recently elected government offi cial.

The reelection rat-race has torn our politicians away from the voices of the American public and towards interests groups, explor-atory committees and corporate fundraisers. You, too, Mr. Presi-dent have fallen into this way of con-ducting reelection campaigns. Re-cently, you announced your bid for reelection as President of the United States. This announcement also car-ried with it an intended goal of $1 billion in campaign funds.

I am angry with you Mr. Presi-dent, very angry. But, the only thing I am more conscious of is my dis-appointment. I believed in you and your message of change… not that I necessarily no longer do. You simply need to understand that my faith in you as our President has been shaken and my understanding of your mes-sage and its meaning is changing in very profound, fundamental ways. The thought of you spending 1$ bil-lion on television, radio, internet,

and print advertising sickens me, especially considering the fi nancial diffi culties that most Americans con-tinue to feel as they are trying to dig themselves out of the “Great Reces-sion” of the last several years.

I understand that reelection cam-paigns cost money, Mr. President, I do. But, why does it have to cost $1 billion? To me, your announcement of this intended fundraising goal is indicative of the severe lack of atten-tion that Americans–and that is an all-inclusive term–pay to how much money is spent on political cam-paigning.

I am aware that major campaign fi nance reform has been taking place in this country since the 1970s. I ask,

then, why is it that every election cycle more money is being spent on campaigns than in the previous cy-cle? It seems major campaign fi nance reform has been ineffective. Or has it? Perhaps these reforms do not seek to limit the amount of money that is spent on campaigns; but, instead, make it easier for money to be drawn in and retained.

That is a mistake and an affront to the everyday American because it assumes that if you simply throw a bunch of advertisements at the American public they will see the carefully designed layout, the pains-takingly thought-out slogan and march to the poles, ultimately put-ting a little black check mark next to your name. The sad thing is, that this

is true; but, that doesn’t make it right Mr. President.

We, as a country and a people, so often assume that simply because the world looks to us to set certain international norms, we do not need to be introspective about the values we espouse or the methods we con-done. This assumption has led us to give ourselves a “free pass.” What I mean is that we believe our morals cannot be judged, that our way of doing things is not open to ques-tion. Do you realize, Mr. President, that we are the only democracy in the world that spends so much money on political campaigns? Do you realize that our democracy has one of the most unregulated campaign systems in the world? We could learn a thing

or two from European systems of campaign fi nance and campaign fi nance reform.

This brings me to the oppor-tunity that I spoke of earlier. You have an opportunity to change the way campaign fi nancing is done in this country… and not only the way it is done but also the way it is thought about. Your opportunity comes in the form of a challenge from me, a lowly ol’ college stu-dent in North Dakota: I challenge you to make campaign fi nance

reform a priority should you be re-elected, and I also challenge you to cap your intended campaign fund-raising goal at $250 million (which I still believe to be quite high; but, it is a start). This is an opportunity that I hope you take, Mr. President. You’ve made me think that change is possible… now make me believe it’s possible.

Jon Hamlin

Chinese Major

Letter: Obama’s campaign plans

‘...these reforms do not seek to limit the amount of money that is spent on cam-paigns.

Jon Hamlinletter

05the Dakota Student friday april 15, 2011

Across campus students scurry to and from classrooms and buildings. As this semes-ter comes to a close, more of those students will gravitate towards the library or any other seemingly quiet place. Headaches, nervous twitches, restless legs and lack of sleep will dominate the lives of the students. In response to that there are some tips that every student must know.

The most important thing is to study. This seems like a no-brainer, but it is actually often overlooked. Many students from my undergraduate years would briefly study for exams or even sometimes wing it. While it may work from time to time, it is not some-thing that is a good idea. Some teachers like to throw curveballs on an exam or in the class; if you are prepared you can knock that curveball out of the park (as an example, a chemistry test I took as a sophomore was so awful that I changed majors and went on to pursue law. A really good decision overall after a horrific experience).

Make a schedule to study for an exam. If your test is in one week then try to study an hour a day for each class. This way by the night before the exam it will be secondhand knowledge and not the first time you will be looking at it. If you are concerned about time constraints, then maybe eliminate an after-noon nap or put off a video game session until after finals. It may not seem like it now, but grades are important. Many of my friends did not have good grades their first year and were trying to make it up for another three. Also, good grades help with getting your first job outside of college, or getting into a graduate school of your choice (which more and more students are having to do).

Do not pull an all-nighter studying for an exam. It may seem like a good idea to learn everything in one night, but there are more cons than pros. Sleep is your greatest ally. Get your seven or eight hours of sleep every night. This will help with relaxation, and feeling refreshed for an exam is better than fighting to stay awake. Traditionally, everyone that I know who has pulled an all-nighter studying for a final has not done as well as the studious students.

Studying too much can be a bad thing as well. Some people spend all waking hours studying. There must be a balance. Every person has there own balance, and it must be found. However, getting burned out can be easy. There are some useful steps to avoid that from happening. Try going to the gym. Lift weights, play basketball or go for a run. All these things release endorphins and endor-phins make you feel better. One could also try doing something that makes them happy. Go see a movie, cook a nice meal or even a phone call to a loved one or good friend—something that will help ease the tension.

In the grand scheme of things, finals are just very small blips on the radar. However, they are currently the most important things in our lives right now—treat them as such. Not everyone can afford college, or has the physical means to attend. We are the leaders of tomorrow and we should take this chal-lenge seriously and not something that we try to accomplish on a whim. The people that help save the earth, the people that fix society’s problems and the people that run this country all had to take finals. I have a feeling that they took them seriously.

Dealing with finals stress

Toronto police blames harassment victims“Women should avoid dressing like sluts in

order not to be victimized.”The Toronto Police, referring to sexual as-

sault, recently offered us this gem. I have de-cided to write a letter in response.

Dear Toronto Police,Thank you, you sexist bastards. On behalf

of women everywhere, I am truly apprecia-tive for your concern, made apparent by your identification of this issue. If we are on the receiving end of sexual assault, it is our fault. In fact, dressing “like sluts” really is an invitation to be as-saulted. I know that’s what we women have in mind when we choose our outfits for the evening. You have every right to blame us. Your acknowledgement that we had it coming might steer us from dressing like sluts in the future.

However, I bet you didn’t expect the back-lash, or you probably wouldn’t have made such a ridiculous statement. I’m sure by now you know all about “SlutWalk,” organized by the fine citizens of Toronto. In case you don’t know, because I suspect your powers of observation and general intelligence may be a bit limited, as demonstrated by your statement, “SlutWalk” is an event in which the awesome folks of Toron-to have banded together to protest the horrible proclamations you made. Some of them dress provocatively, some don’t, but they all choose to wear what they wear without broadcasting

that they would like to be sexually assaulted. Despite the obvious rebellion present in their dressing like sluts after you just told them not to, their response isn’t so much about the “dressing like sluts” component of your state-ment, but the implications of what it actually means.

You see, when you say that women actively factor themselves into being sexually assaulted, you are perpetuating victimization. Even if

you don’t explicitly say it, you are telling women that they deserve to be raped for expressing their perceived notions of femininity. Is that the kind of message you want to send to wom-en who have been sexually assaulted? Your statement suggests that it is. I suggest

you reconsider.You may want to think about what you’ve

done for other reasons. Did you know that Yale is going through something similar? A recent news article commented that Yale received $510.4 million in federal funding. They let their students get away with making state-ments like yours, and now they might lose that money.

Their students, however, are a different breed of awful. Let me tell you about some of the things they’ve done. Did you know that some of their fraternity pledges displayed signs that read “We Love Yale Sluts” near the Yale Women’s Center? Did you know that, at an event in the fall, another fraternity’s members shouted things like “No means yes! Yes means anal!” in a public setting? Yale didn’t do much

about the sexual harassment complaints, and look at what’s happening to them. I should also mention that these fraternity members prob-ably have these incidents on their records now, which will probably make getting certain jobs pretty difficult, let alone doing anything that one might expect people from Yale to do, like run for political office.

The problem isn’t that you could take a financial hit for what you’ve said, or that you might not be able to move up in the office hier-archy. The problem is that you, as members of a community with authority and some power, suggest that it’s acceptable for the young men of Yale to develop these attitudes about wom-en. You, as police officers who are supposed to be concerned with protecting everyone, have created an exception; people don’t deserve to be victimized, unless they’re women who dressed like sluts. It doesn’t matter that your abomina-ble sentence doesn’t actually say that you think women who dress like sluts deserve sexual as-sault. What matters are the implications that women are active members in the sexual as-sault, that they provoke and cause the sexual assault, and that women who ignore your kind advice must be doing so intentionally because they want to be sexually assaulted.

I invite you to reconsider what you’ve said, because even though you probably feel that you have my best interests in mind, your state-ment holds a lot of meaning that I’m not sure you really want to convey.

Have fun at “SlutWalk,” and give them my best.

>maDi whitmanThe Dakota Student

A digest version of our lives “The experiences of our past dictate the

nature of the present.”We’ve all heard this before, or something

akin to it—that our personalities, values, wants and goals are rooted less in genetic makeup or in some providential source, and more in the multitude of influences placed upon us as we grew up. I think, nowadays, most people ac-cept this as truth, at least in a partial sense. The majority of us would agree, I think, that the in-teractions we had with our families, our friends, and our surroundings as we developed played a critical part in who we all have become.

We’re left with the memories of these events, and of these people. But here’s what I’m curious about: can we trust our memories to be reliable reflections of our pasts? Does the answer to that question even matter? And how do these memories, trustworthy or not, relate to our lives in the present?

When the band Deerhunter’s latest record Halcyon Digest debuted last fall, lead singer Bradford Cox wrote about the meaning of the album’s title on his Facebook page. He said something that struck a chord with me, be-yond the context of his band’s music.

“[The title Halcyon Digest] is a reference to a collection of fond memories and even in-vented ones,” wrote Cox. “…the way that we write and rewrite and edit our memories to be a digest version of what we want to remember, and how that’s kind of sad.”

I wasn’t sure at first how to interpret that… and yet it still felt poignant. And also, I felt like I agreed with Cox— that does sound kind of sad. He’s saying we romanticize our past, we hack it up, scrub out parts of it and reframe it to fit what we want or need it to be at a given time.

I’ve thought about that quote a bit, and I no longer think that Cox was spot-on with the observation. I do agree that we reassess and re-vise our memories of the past, and perhaps we even invent some along the way, but that pro-

cess isn’t limited to the creation or exaggeration of those things I’d consider to be fond. Trau-matic or cathartic memories play just as large a part in helping to define who we are as those we could call “halcyon”—peaceful, happy, tranquil recollections. The core of what Cox said still holds true though, I think—human memories are malleable, and they change (at our will or no) over time, just as we do.

But why do we do this? Or, more appro-priately, as we’re not necessarily controlling this process, why does this happen? Well, you’ve probably heard the statement that humans are wired to recognize and work in patterns. To take that a step further, where patterns don’t already exist (whether in society, nature, or in our own memory), we tend to impose them—think of seeing pictures in the clouds, or a face on the moon’s surface or distilling a rhythm from the noises in a busy street.

Bradford Cox implied that we approach our memories as a digest—I don’t think he was far from the truth. Allow a metaphor to explain.

People look at their cur-rent selves, and they see the conclusion of a story. The body of that story is com-posed of all those experiences that molded who we are, in-cluding all of the events and people that made major or minor contribu-tions to our lives.

As we grow up and change, the conclusion to our story also changes. And as a result, we need to adapt the body of the story, or the plot would no longer make sense; the meat of the story needs to be reconciled with the changes on the back end.

In effect, we may minimize certain experi-ences, distort the importance of others or con-jure up new memories entirely in order to make sure our lives fit a logical, cohesive narrative.

An event we experienced at fourteen can-not mean the same thing to us compared to when we recall it at fifteen, or to when we recall

>mitch molStaDThe Dakota Student

it later at twenty. If that event was, for instance, the death of a loved one, at fourteen we may feel confusion and sorrow; at fifteen, that death may be a major life event, and we may look back on that loved one and see only his or her good qualities (and the relatively recent absence of them); but by the time we’re twenty, we may only remember that event as a minor shaping agent in our lives, perhaps less important than our current job, or college or our last relation-ship.

To quickly summarize: our experiences are not the same as our memories. Our pasts are made up of experiences—things that happened to us, and how we reacted to them. Experiences aggregate, and have sometimes overt, some-times subtle effects on the hardwiring of our personalities and values.

Memories work in the opposite way. They may be accurate reflections of our experiences, and they may not be, but just as we evolve over

time, so do our mem-ories.

But perhaps it isn’t so important after all, whether or not our personal memories perfectly reflect our past experiences. Per-haps it’s more impor-tant that we are com-fortable with where

we stand in the present, and that our current actions and ambitions make sense in the con-text of a larger storyline. Because I think our memories of the past, realistic or not, lend some necessary stability and context to our lives.

So are our memories really “a digest version of what we want to remember,” as Bradford Cox wrote? I think that’s fair to say.

Now, though, after thinking through it a bit, it doesn’t seem quite so sad.

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to get her more comfortable.” Gor-mally says if she performs well enough to become a part of the team, she will take some time away from college to focus on her dream.Previous competition

Last week Gormally competed at the Eric Namesnik Michigan Grand Prix meet, where she placed 14th in the 50-meter freestyle swim. Held at the University of Michigan, swim-mers from all over the world traveled to contend.

“There were 25 athletes rep-resenting 20 countries,” she says. “Some pretty big names were there to compete.” Fourteen-time gold medalist Michael Phelps and 11-time gold medalist Natalie Coughlin were two of those big names.

“It was really cool to watch them compete,” says Gormally, who man-aged to get a few photos taken with some of the famous athletes.Making a splash

Since her arrival at UND, Gor-mally has received numerous awards for her performance.

She was named “Freshman Ath-lete of the Year” after she broke the university record for the 200-meter freestyle relay and 400-meter free-style relay. She also holds school or conference records for the 50-me-ter freestyle, 100-meeter freestyle, 100-meter breaststroke, 200-meter

medley relay and the 400-meter medley relay.

Sophomore year brought her na-tional championships in the 50-me-ter freestyle and 100-meter freestyle. She was recognized as “UND Swim-ming and Diving Most Valuable Female Athlete” her senior year and was voted “All Decade Performer.”

“I give it my all during practice,” she says. Baarlaer agrees.

“She’s a positive role model for the team. The girls look up to her.” Getting her feet wet

Gormally first took to water when she was four-years-old, receiv-ing swimming lessons in her home-town of Williston, N.D. She began to swim competitively at the age of five and continued all through el-ementary and high school.

While competing for the Wil-liston Coyotes, Gormally won her first state title as a junior, placing first in the 100-meter breaststroke com-petition. She took the title again as a senior and claimed the 50-meter freestyle championship as well. For her accomplishments she was named the “2005 Outstanding Senior Ath-lete of the Year.”

“Coming from such a small town, its amazing to be where I am,” she says.

country have gone about their day-to-day business silently, expressing solidarity with their LGBT friends and family members by not speak-ing for the day.

In the past 15 years, Day of Silence has become one of the larg-est student-led action events in the country. The day is coordinated by the Gay Lesbian Straight Educa-tion Network (GLSEN), through out the U.S., including the Red River Valley’s chapter, based in Grand Forks.

“It remains a goal to continue to get increased support from high schools in the area,” said Walinsky.

The event will have a break of silence at 3:30 p.m. with a seem-ingly structured conversation of participant’s feelings of the day’s events and the effects of bullying concerning LGBT rights.

The day was initially started to advocate acceptance in elemen-tary and high schools, but since all UND students have at one time or another attended high school, all individuals are aware of the bully-ing outcome. The day’s goal is to have a more diverse and accepting university as a whole.

rector of Multicultural Student Services Matsimela Changa Diop, professor of geography Douglas Munski, graduate student Yuliya Kartoshkina and associate professor of anthropology Marcia Mikulak.

“It is a great opportunity for people from communities in rural North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota to come together with the university faculty and students to share common issues, concerns and ideas,” Feldman added.

The day of the forum starts with registration and exhibits at 9:00 a.m. The forum will officially begin at 9:30 a.m., with the key-note address “Community as an Economic Development Tool” by UND graduate Mark Goodman, whose appearance was sponsored by the UND Geography Depart-ment. The first breakout sessions begin at 10:45 a.m. and attendees will have a choice between “Build-ing for Community” and “Making the Most of Your Volunteer Ef-forts.”

A buffet lunch will be served and the next breakout sessions,

“Developing Community Oppor-tunities” and “Promoting Celebra-tions,” take place at 2:15 p.m. The forum concludes at 5:00 p.m. after a tour of the nearby Icelandic State Park Pioneer Heritage Center.

According to the forum’s press release, “the Community Connect Project, begun in 2006, is a UND-community collaboration designed to link communities with each oth-er and with university resources for community self-development.”

Registering is easy —students simply need to fill in their name, address, phone number and email address on the registration forms and indicate whether or not they will be riding the available bus from UND to Mountain. Inter-ested students can find the regis-tration forms at www.communi-tyengagement.und.edu and should email these forms to cce@und.edu. Students can also register by calling 701-777-0675. Registering and at-tending the conference are free and the bus leaves at 7:00 a.m. Today is the last day to register.

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Running this week through April 16th is Sam Shepard’s “Curse of the Starving Class,” a 1978 play chasing the ever-failing “American Dream.” Starring and crewed by talented UND students and directed by Dr. Kathleen McLennan, “Curse of the Starving Class” is a must-see drama here at UND. Rated for mature audiences, this may not be the best play to bring children to see.

The play centers around the exploits of the Tate family: Weston, the patriarch, is played by David Barta; Wesley, the son, is played by Andrew Markiewicz; the role of Ella, the distraught mother and wife, is shared by Abby Schoenborn and Emily Wirkus; fi nally, Emma, the

fi recracker of a daughter, is played by Kathryn Vocke. The family’s inability to interact and communicate ef-fectively most of the time dominates the play. Screams, fridge slamming and chair throwing are all common forms of communication between the cast in the fam-ily’s kitchen; this creates an air of tension in the Burt-ness Theatre that could be cut with a knife.

Havard Korsmo and Tyler Rood play the sleazy businessmen: the “lawyer,” Taylor, who plays off of Ella’s desperate housewife syndrome and dreams of a new life far away, and Ellis, the club owner with no qualms about taking advantage of his alcoholic custom-er, Weston. The main symbolic character, a lamb, was played by a 3-week-old named Kid the Killer, Bashil or Lambkins (depending on who you ask) that licked and chewed his way through parts of scenes one and four.

The play has very dark humor intertwined through-out and showcases themes like spousal abuse, child ne-glect, alcoholism and swindling. Nervous laughter was heard throughout the piece. The toilet humor, when the lamb mistook a cue and made some business on-

stage, was met with little laughter. Markiewicz says, “The play is very dark; it is one of the darkest plays I have read. I am happy with the work that everyone on the cast and crew did. Everyone here is very dedicated to the craft and it shows with the quality of the play. I recommend it to anyone that is over eighteen.” A warning for audience members: the play does contain brief nudity. Markiewicz is playing his fi rst nude role, which he was nervous about, but he confi dently picked up the lamb and walked across the stage.

When you read a text, be it drama, fi ction or fantasy, or see a play, there is usually a greater meaning behind it. The American Dream seems to be the greatest archetype associated with “The Curse of the Starving Class,” and the cast presents many interpretations of this seemingly simple concept. Wesley, the angry son (well, all of the char-acters are angry), wants to stay on the land and turn it into something,

even though he is likely to continue in the steps of his father. Emma, who enjoys her menarche through the play, looks to turn her intelligence into a career as a swindling auto mechanic in Mexico. Ella dreams of a life in Europe with her kids (and potentially her lawyer), which continues the theme of escapism.

Finishing up, the shows run at 7:30 tonight and tomorrow night. Tickets run $6 for students and $12 for general admission. “The Curse of the Starving Class” is not to be missed.

Dashed Hopes and The Elusive American Dream

Story by Nicholas Gowan

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Los Angeles-based band Foster the People has come a very long way in a relatively short time. Formed in late 2009, the trio, comprised of Mike Foster (keyboards, guitar and vocals), Cubbie Fink (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Mark Pontius (drums) has already toured around the world, sharing their indie-pop in the vein of MGMT and Phoenix, with a touch of Animal Collective. Their most recent U.S. tour has sold out nearly every show, from Los Angeles to Min-neapolis to New York City and plenty of places in between. Earlier this year, they released their self-titled EP, which features their current single, “Pumped Up Kicks.” Thanks to lots of play on NPR and other public radio stations, the single launched to number ten on Billboard’s top 100 Alternative tracks.

Despite being only three tracks long, Foster the People EP is a truly amazing record that showcases just how versatile the band is. Its catchy hooks guarantee that the listener will be coming back to listen time and time again. The opening track, “Hou-dini,” begins with handclaps and one of the catchiest keyboard riffs that can be heard in recent recordings of this genre. The first half of the song is really just a build up to the second half; in the first half, Foster sings, “I’ve got shackles on my wings on tight,” and in the second half the shackles come off and the song explodes. It’s here where the line “raise up to your ability” is repeated multiple times and combined with the music. It is com-pletely uplifting, and if you’re not at least bobbing your head, than you might want to check your pulse.

The second track, the band’s first single “Pumped Up Kicks,” really dis-plays the band’s musical talent, as they are able to turn an extremely dark song into something catchy and fun. The music would indicate a topic

The Wild and Scenic Film Fes-tival is coming to UND next week on Earth Day. In case you have been living under a rock, Earth Day is an annual event to celebrate the Earth, nature and the beauty inherent in the world. This year, Earth Day falls on Thursday, April 22, and the Wild and Scenic Film Festival is coming to the Grand Forks to celebrate this day. This festival marks the 9th an-nual Wild and Scenic Film Festival, which began in January in Califor-nia. The film festival consists of ten different short documentaries about many different environmental sub-jects.

The film festival tours around the country, and they are stopping in Grand Forks through the efforts the Non-profit Leadership Student As-sociation, in addition to many other local organizations. The films cover diverse topics such as how organic food is produced, water, conserva-tion, renewable energy and outdoor exploration. The goal of the festival is to inspire people to pay more at-tention to environmental issues. The festival explores many of these environmental concerns and tries to

offer solutions to make people more involved in their communities.

The film festival is open to stu-dents and the community, but ad-mission is not free. Tickets will be $8 if ordered in advance and $10 at the door, but only $5 with a valid student ID. This seems to be rea-sonable for the three-hour-long film festival. The $5 will allow you to see all the films in a theater setting with concessions. At this time there will also be a silent auction hosted by the film festival, which includes paint-ings by local artists, Pride of Dakota Products and loot from Patagonia, Grist and Osprey. Sierra Nevada Beer will also be served at the event, so bring your ID.

The event consists of ten differ-ent short documentary films about the environment. Some of the high-lights will be Meet Your Farmer, which advocates the need for family farms and the importance of know-ing from where your food comes. There is another film, Slow the Flow, that shows many techniques that were utilized by a school district to go green as well as many easy and cheap ways to save the environ-ment. The rest of the films are 1% of the Story, Brower Youth Awards, Marcus Grignon, Wild and Scenic Intro, Evolution and Extinction, The Majestic Plastic Bag, The Story of Bottled Water, The Windmill Farmer and Living Downstream. Trailers to

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that’s uplifting and inspirational, per-haps along the lines of “Houdini,” but the lyrics are about a tortured youth who “found a six-shooter gun/in his dad’s closet in a box full of fun things” and takes revenge on his tormen-tors. In the chorus, which is one of the catchiest moments on the album, Foster sings, “all the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you better run, better run/out run my gun.”

The final track on the EP, “Hel-ena Beat,” shows the range of Mike Foster’s vocals. More comparable to “Houdini” in its content, “Helena Beat” really allows Foster the People to reveal who they are as a band. The second verse starts with, “You know those days when you want to just choose to not get out of bed get lost in your head again?” Foster the People is the exact kind of band that some-one would want to listen to on a day like that. It’s fun, it’s feel-good and, thankfully, it’s the longest song on the album.

With their self-titled EP, Foster the People has done what would nor-mally seem impossible. In a year that has already seen some great full-length releases from Radiohead, Bright Eyes and The Decemberists, Foster the People has managed to compete with nothing more than a three-track EP. Their full-length debut, titled Torches, will be released on May 24. Based solely on this EP, chances are it will be one of the year’s best releases. Foster the People EP is twelve minutes of pure bliss that should not be missed.

DS> Matthew Roy is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at matthew.roy.2@und.edu

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The Wild and Scenic Film Festival was founded by the South Yuba River Citizens League. The South Yuba River Citizens League is a watershed advocacy group for the South Yuba River in California. They received aid from community groups to put on a film festival in 2003 and began an annual event. They decided to take the film fes-tival on the road and have plans to tour 100 communities nationwide, including Grand Forks. This is the first time the group has come to Grand Forks, and if the event is suc-cessful they hope to make Grand Forks a permanent stop on the film festival tour.

This year’s event will start at 7 p.m. on April 21 in the Empire Arts Center in Downtown Grand Forks. The event is expected to take about three hours. The doors will open at 6 p.m. for those who wish to arrive early. Advance tickets can be ordered online at www.drcinfo.org.

DS> Patrick Evans is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at patrick.evans@und.edu

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Imagine being a 21-year old golf superstar, carrying the weight of Northern Ireland on your back as you are sleeping Saturday night on a 4-shot, 54-hole lead in the most famous tournament in the world. You are supposedly the leader of the next generation of golfing greats, the guy who last year at the Ryder Cup made hon-est and bold statements about Ti-ger and his lack of intimidation —and never backed down. You are respectful, charismatic and a Twitter-holic. The world is await-ing your coronation on Sunday evening, as Jim Nantz will host your victory interview in histor-ic Butler cabin as you rightfully as—end to major championship

A cruel game reveals true character at MastersMASTERS Even with terrible collapse, Rory McIlroy proves to be a gentleman in defeat.

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glory a dream come true!But Sunday was the defini-

tion of an utter nightmare. Rory McIlroy woke up Sunday with a four-shot lead and insurmount-able confidence; he went to bed Sunday night as a guy who just shot 80 and tied for 15th, fin-ishing an astounding TEN shots behind eventual victor Charl Schwartzel. Rory joined a recent list of guys in past two years who have choked away their chance on the last day to finally be ma-jor champion, players who put together downright embarrass-ing performances. Kenny Perry went bogey-bogey-lose-in-playoff to ruin a sentimental comeback story at Augusta in 2009.

Last year, Dustin Johnson led the U.S. Open by three with eigh-teen holes to go, only to start out triple bogey-bogey-double-bogey to drag himself to an 82. Nick Watney blew a 3-shot final-round lead two months later at the PGA Championship, as Watney had to birdie two of his last three holes to put together a solid 81.

But Sunday was different. Ro-ry’s swing looked so self-assured the first three days, and his feisty ,yet focused demeanor seemed well-suited for the treacherous emotions that Augusta National can bring about. Add in the fact that Rory was already an estab-lished superstar who had proven he could win worldwide (he was ranked #9 in the world) and that 19 of the last 20 Masters cham-pions had come from the final group, and it seemed like the only drama on Sunday would be how long the party would last over in Belfast. But he struggled mightily for the first nine holes, and after a triple-bogey-bogey-double-bogey run on holes 10-through-12, he was toast. We went from think-ing that Augusta was about to bring about the dawn of a new era to the cold fact that maybe we shouldn’t prematurely hoist college-aged golfers into our pre-determined legacy.

However, after watching Rory handle himself immediately fol-lowing the collapse, one cannot

help but root for a kid who han-dled defeat with grace and dig-nity that is so rare in professional sports these days. He hopped on Twitter a few hours after signing his scorecard, saying “Oh and congratulations charl schwart-zel!!... “Great player and even better guy! Very happy for him and his family!” After receiving a standing ovation upon coming back to the clubhouse, McIlroy graciously acknowledged their gesture. “I don’t know if people were just feeling sorry for me, or whatever it was,” said McIlroy, who didn’t reject a single post-round interview request. “I’m incredibly grateful for it. I really appreciate it. It was a very tough day for me out there.”

There will indeed be better days for Rory. Golf is the cruel-est of games, and God knows the patrons at Augusta National have seen the anguish before (see Nor-man in ’96—still the most heart-breaking golf choke of our gener-ation). On a historic Sunday that saw Tiger looking like Tiger for

his first 11 holes, eight different players held at least a share of the lead, and Schwartzel going 4-un-der his last four to claim a green jacket, the lasting memory from the 2011 Masters will undoubt-edly be the collapse of McIlroy. There is nowhere to run is this game of golf, as every successive mistake you make is magnified in front of the world, and you have nothing but time to keep filling your head with desperate thoughts to somehow make it stop.

He struggled to hold back tears after he duck-hooked into the water on 13. He hit out of a backyard on 10. He chunked chips and missed 3-foot par putts. He seemingly lost everything on Sunday. But he won something that lasts longer than green jack-ets, something that is more mean-ingful than circles on the score-card. By losing with honor, he won respect. What a fickle game.

DS> Devon Roehrich is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at devon.roehrich@und.edu

In the last tournament be-fore the Great West Conference Championships, the women’s golf team was down in Omaha, Nebraska. They competed Mon-day and Tuesday at the Creigh-ton Classic which was held at the 6,110 yard, par 72 Oak Hill Country Club. On the first day of competition, the UND wom-en finished in sixth place out of seven teams.

UND se-nior Lauryn Job led the team Mon-day shooting a 90 (42-48). Weather con-ditions were not very pleas-ant to the golfers on the Oak Hill Course. The wind was brutal, affecting long shots and creating higher than usual scores. Even though the women from UND are used to strong winds in Grand Forks, it definitely didn’t help them dur-ing day one.

North Dakota junior Abby

Rueter, competing individually, scored under 90 with an opening round 85. This put her only seven strokes behind the leader and in a tie for the seventh spot.

Closing out the day, North Dakota State’s Amy Anderson was in the lead with a six-over 78.

South Dakota State was in lead with a score of 339. North Dakota had 373, which was 17 away from fifth place NDSU.

Sophomore Chivas Beaudoin of UND was only one back from Job, finishing up with a 91.

Once the final round was fin-ished on Tuesday, things did not change that much for the team. UND finished the tournament with a seventh place finish out

of the seven teams.

L e a d i n g the way as the top individual for North Da-kota was again Lauryn Job. She was able to score a 91, giving her a

two round total of 181 (90-91). Reuter kept on hitting the

ball well into the second and final round. She was only two strokes off of her score Monday, shooting an 87. The score put her into a tie for sixteenth overall at 172 (85-87). Since Reuter was not com-peting for the team, rather indi-

vidually, as her score did not add to UND’s team score. It would have definitely helped and could have moved North Dakota up a few spots on the team rankings.

UND senior Molly Mar-tin shot seven strokes better on Tuesday, shooting an 88. It gave her a two day total of 183 (95-88). Since Martin is a senior, the team will look for her to keep on improving her scores and be in prime shape for the conference tournament.

South Dakota State main-tained its team lead and took the championship with a score of 664 (339-325). This was done due to four of its five golfers finishing in the top fifteen.

Taking medalist honors was Anderson of NDSU, who led af-ter day one. She shot a 69 in the second round finishing with a 147 (78-69).

UND’s Beaudoin tied for 30th place, sophomore Shantel Montgomery tied for 38th and freshman Kate Podolsk finished 45th.

The North Dakota women’s golf team will have two weeks to prepare for the Great West Con-ference Championships. They will be held in Houston, Texas on April 25-27.

DS> Kyle Rosseau is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at kyle.rosseau@und.edu

Wind plagues team as Reuter shinesBoGEY UND finishes last in the Creighton Classic, bad weather partially to blame.

>KYLE RoSSEAuThe Dakota Student

‘UND senior Molly Martin shot seven strokes better on Tuesday, shooting an 88.

Kyle Rosseaustaff writer

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2011 NHL Playoffs could be deepest playoffs in recent memory; almost every team has a legitimate shot of making a deep playoff run. Which teams will represent their conference come June, during the Stanley Cup Playoffs? Here are my predictions for the first round...

Eastern ConferenceWashington #1 vs. New York

Rangers #8 - Washington will not lose to an eighth seed like they did last year against the Montreal Cana-dians in seven games. Washington is hot at the right time and worked their way to a #1 seed this year. All of their key players are healthy for the first time this year, and it’s at the right time. Washington wins the se-ries in five.

Philadelphia #2 vs. Buffalo #7- This matchup is very intrigu-ing; we have the Philadelphia Fly-ers who are one of the coldest teams toward the end of the season, and the Buffalo Sabres are entering the playoffs, 16-4 in their last 20.

The Flyers are very deep, but have a rookie goalie.Even though one of the best rookies this sea-son, I do not like the inexperience at the most important position in the sport. The Sabres’ Ryan Miller is healthy and a very good goalie. He led Team USA to a Silver medal last year in the Olympics. Miller has proved that he can put a team on his shoulders and win, but the depth of the Flyers just seem too much for the Sabres to handle. I believe Mill-er will make this series interesting, but the Flyers will take the series in seven. Their offense is just to deep, and home ice advantage in Philly will be too much for the Sabres. Buffalo could win this series if they prevent a game seven in Philly.

Boston #3 vs. Montreal #6- This will be the best series in the opening round of Eastern Confer-ence. The league’s top two goalies will face off—Boston’s Tim Thom-as, league leader in save percentage and goals against Montreal’s Carey Price—who led the league in Wins. This matchup will be hard fought and low scoring. Montreal will look for revenge, as Boston’s Zdeno Chara laid a devastating and con-troversial hit to Montreal’s Max Pa-cioretty. Chara knocked the Cana-dian out for the season and stirred the fans of Montreal, and they will want blood. But Boston won’t back down. Boston will win this series in seven. Don’t miss this series.

Pittsburgh #4 vs. Tampa Bay #5- Marc-Andre Fleury will be the difference; Pittsburgh has proven they can win without Sidney Cros-by and Evgeni Malkin. Tampa how-ever has a very potent offense, but the Penguins plays a great defen-sive game and Tampa’s stars won’t be able to handle the hard check-ing and pressure the Penguins play with. Pittsburgh wins in six.

Western Conference Vancouver #1 vs. Chicago

Blackhawks #8- The Vancouver

Canucks won the Presidents Trophy (Best Record) this year, but got un-lucky the last day of the regular sea-son when they got paired with the Blackhawks for the first round. Chi-cago lost on the last day of the sea-son; a win jumps them to the fifth seed. Instead the defending Stanley Cup champs have to play the best team in the NHL. Vancouver has depth and a veteran goaltender, which is arguably the best goalie in the NHL in Roberto Luongo. Vancouver’s Sedin twins will make a mockery of the Blackhawk’s rookie goalie Corey Crawford. This match-up has the best potential eighth seed upset; Chicago is very deep as well and has had Vancouver’s number in recent years. The Canucks’ Luongo will be the difference. If he plays his game, Vancouver will win in six.

San Jose #2 vs. Los Angeles #7- This series will probably be the quickest. San Jose is the hot-test team in the Western Confer-ence, and their offense if firing on all cylinders. L.A. Is missing their top forward, Anze Kopitar, and re-ally shows no signs or depth to beat the Sharks. San Jose will win in five games.

Detroit #3 vs. Phoenix #6- This competitive pair is actually a rematch from last year’s first round. Detroit won last year and shows no signs of a flip-flop this year. Detroit’s Zetterberg might be out for the first game, but the veteran experience of the Redwings will be too much for the Coyotes. Almost the entire roster from the 2008 Stanley Cup champion team is still intact; also with the addition of Mike Modano, currently the majority of the roster has won a Stanley Cup. The Wings have more skill and experience and will win the series in five games.

Anaheim #4 vs. Nashville #5- I believe this is the hardest series to predict. Anaheim has the most explosive scorer this year in Corey Perry who scored 50 goals this sea-son. Anaheim won the cup in 2008 with the same corner stone players, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and Bob-by Ryan. However they do not have the premiere goalie that got them to that cup in 2008.

Right now the Ducks are play-ing with goaltender by committee, Nashville isn’t. Nashville’s Pekka Rinne has been one of the top goal-ies in the Western Conference this year. Nashville is also led by a stel-lar defense of Shea Weber and Ryan Sutter.

Nashville was plus 25 this year in team-goals vs. opponent-goals, compared to the Ducks plus four. Defense will be the X-factor in this series. If Nashville can stop the top line of the Ducks, they will take this series in seven games.

So far, my only upset in the first round is Nashville over Anaheim. If history repeats itself, there will be a few more unexpected themes. Look out for Montreal, Buffalo, and Chicago to potentially win those se-ries in a tight seven games. I believe whoever wins the Vancouver and Chicago series will have a deep play-off run and possibly represent the Western Conference in the Stanley Cup.

>TaDD POweRSThe Dakota Student

DS>Tadd Powers is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at tadd.powers@und.edu

eLIMINaTION With so many teams jockeying to be champions, it’s any-ones ice in the NHL.

Chase for Stanley’s CupUND moves on as hockey is overaFTeRMaTH North Da-kota continues on after being ousted in St. Paul last week.

>TIMOTHy BOgeRThe Dakota Student

The bitter agony that UND hockey fans everywhere ex-perienced were nothing com-pared to what the players on the ice felt.

We saw players scat-tered all over, looking with empty hearts to the other end of the ice where Michigan was cel-ebrating their unlikely 2-0 victory. We saw players with shocked and

dejected faces at press conferences, unable to describe their feelings ac-curately.

Michigan had just pulled the carpet out from under the 26 guys that put on the Fighting Sioux jer-sey this year.

Those 26 had worked so hard to build a team this good. Before last Thursday, North Dakota had

won eleven straight and was unbeaten in their last 15. They went through De-cember, Febru-ary, and March without a loss. Their 32-9-3 record was the

best with Dave Hakstol as their

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‘Before last Thurs-day, North Dakota had won eleven straight...

Timothy Bogerstaff writer

12 SPORTS friday april 15, 2011

The UND women’s softball team took on Creighton this past Tuesday in Omaha, Nebraska in a doubleheader. UND came into Tuesday carrying a 10-24 record with hopes of righting the ship. Unfortunately, that would not be the case for North Dakota, as the Bluejays swept them. Here’s a closer look at the two contests.

CU 6, UND 3Both offenses were unable

to get anything going in the first couple innings but the two squads combined for six runs in the third. Courtney Gonzales’ single with the bases loaded put UND on the board. UND’s lead would be short lived though, as CU responded

with four runs in the bottom half of the inning, which was led by Emily Perry’s three-run double. North Dakota responded with an-other run in the fourth but were unable to move anyone else across home plate. CU scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings to take a three-run lead into the sev-enth where they would close out the game.

Caralyn Chewning went 5.1 innings for North Dakota, giving up six earned runs on the after-noon and dropping her record to 3-7 on the year. UND left eight on base compared to just four for CU.

CU 9, UND 1The second meeting between

the two teams wasn’t nearly as close or competitive as the first. CU used three three-run innings along with three home runs to route North Dakota in the night-cap of the doubleheader. UND’s only run came on a solo home run from Chewning—her sixth of the year. Sammy Snygg was able to

GROUNDER North Da-kota softball was recently swept by Creighton in convincing fashion.

>BRaNDON BEckERThe Dakota Student

keep UND hitters at bay through-out the night. She gave up just four hits and finagled her way out of a fifth inning jam after loading the bases. It was Snygg’s first win of the season. Michelle Frank took the loss for North Dakota in the shortened game due to the eight-run rule. The loss dropped UND to 10-26 while CU improved to 18-17. Sophomore power hitter Amy Baker hit her 30th career home run for the Bluejays and her second of the day.

It’s been a tough season so far for UND but they will have a chance to turn it around this weekend as they partake in the UMKC’s Dakota Round Robin Tournament. UND will play UMKC and South Dakota twice in the tournament. North Dakota won’t return home until the 28th of April when they take on Jame-stown College.

DS> Brandon Becker is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at brandon.becker2@und.edu

Woeful ways in Omaha

DS> Timothy Boger is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at timothy.boger@und.edu

Hakstol as their head coach.Their success was built on

the teamwork and pride that emanated from the fifth-year senior captain Chay Genoway all the way down to their four freshmen.

The individual growth and opportunity always took the backseat to what was best for the team.

That’s what made the pain greater. But what a ride it was.

Such camaraderie and self-lessness has defined this team for the last three seasons. De-spite having more than a dozen NHL draft picks on their ros-ter, North Dakota didn’t lose a single player either of the last two offseasons to a professional contract.

That was while Denver lost superstars Joe Colborne, Patrick Wiercioch and Marc Cheverie in 2010. Wisconsin lost Brendan Smith among others. Minne-sota lost Nick Leddy and Jordan Schroeder last season and barely had cleaned out their lockers last month when Aaron Ness signed his contract with the New York Islanders.

To be sure, there were plenty of offers on the table for players like Genoway, Frattin and oth-ers the last few years. But they stayed together and stayed unit-ed and focused on what they could accomplish as a team.

What a promising sign to the future of college hockey. This season provided a glimmer of hope to a collegiate sport in flux thanks to the evolving free agency market in the National Hockey League.

The NCAA exists to support the student-athlete and provide for athletes to balance leader-ship, academics and athletics.

Say what you want about the integrity of the NCAA, but (the nickname issue notwithstand-ing) North Dakota has built a model program with excellence and character going hand-in-hand and leading the way.

Boasting the of hardware—

TIME > From page 11 two MacNaughton Cup regular

season championships and two playoff championships—provides just another reason that UND is the envy of the Western Colle-giate Hockey Association.

It should be of no discour-agement to the long-term suc-cess of this program that they failed—yes, once again—to win a national championship. Their postseason struggles are less so an indictment of their program than they are a testament to the increasing parity of Division I hockey. But eventually, the wins and titles will come.

In the meantime, it’s impor-tant to savor these seasons.

The character, teamwork and synergy that this team built for the last three years should be more than enough cause for cel-ebration.

After all, it’s the core mission of collegiate athletics and is the forefront of what makes college hockey great.