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Essential Studies impact questionedEDUCATION Program seeks to diversify course load but is it really ben-efi ting students?
>KAITLIN BEZDICEKThe Dakota Student
While many are in the midst of registering for classes for spring semester, students, especially those nearing graduation, can’t ignore the Essential Studies Program UND requires students to participate in.
DSInside>Letter from Pres. Obama, see page 4.
>Make UND friendlier, see page 5.
>P.H. Honey Badger, see page 8.
>”Into Thin Air” review, see page 9.
>Gopher series preview, see page 11.
>Women’s Hockey, see page 12.
Though numerous students complain that this program forces them to take classes outside of their specifi c major, the Essential Studies Program aims to use these classes as an opportunity to diversify stu-dents.
“We want students to be famil-iar with many subjects,” Essential Studies Director Tom Steen said. “Students should be able to work with somebody form a different culture or be able to look at nu-meric information and be able to understand it.”
To be a competitive and cred-ible university, UND has followed suit with other schools by having a general education program as a requirement for graduation.
“To be accredited by the High-er Learning Committee, schools are expected to have a general edu-cation program as well a complete major and 125 credit requirement for graduation,” Steen said.
According to its website, the Higher Learning Commission ac-credits degree-granting post-sec-ondary educational institutions in
19 states.Schools are given leeway in
what this general education pro-gram will look like.
In 2007, UND began to tran-sition from the existing General Education Requirement to the cur-rent Essential Studies Program.
The goal was to enhance the current system by adding the re-quirements for students to take classes with Quantitative Reason-ing, Social-Cultural Diversity, and Advanced Communication as well as participate in a Senior Capstone.
While the Essential Studies programs does place many required classes upon students, in fairness, it gives students a menu of classes to pick from that will accomplish the goals of a subject. Many depart-ments even create classes that will serve as both a major requirement and an Essential Studies credit making these requirements less burdensome.
While the Essential Studies
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Board hosts recycled art contestCOMPETITION Resi-dence halls create sculp-tures and displays from recyclable materials.
>JILLIAN DUNNOMThe Dakota StudentLast Monday Squires, Bek,
Smith, Johnstone-Fulton, and No-ren Halls faced off in the Associa-tion of Residence Halls’ Recycling Board Recycled Art competition.
The participating Residence Halls did their best to create a piece of art depicting their mascot using entirely recyclable material.
“Recycling is important to UND because obviously it reduces waste, but the city of Grand Forks itself is trying to be very green, and having the University cooperating with their efforts is pretty cool,” Alex Knudson, Recycling Board Chair said.
Five residence hall representa-tives and Knudson judged the dis-plays which were judged on three aspects: creativity, presentation and recyclable material. Each cat-egory received one to fi ve points.
Bek Hall won the contest with a total score of 73 when they de-signed a penguin made entirely out of newspaper, Arizona tea cans, plastic cups, bottle caps, and duct tape.
First prize was $150. The money will be given to Bek’s hall government and will be used for
SWAG seeks participants
A new organization that serves as an extension of Student Govern-ment was founded on UND’s cam-pus earlier this year.
The Student Working Advi-sory Group, also known as SWAG, is a new way for students to get in-volved with Student Government but without holding an elected po-sition. No registration or previous experience is needed to join.
The organization is meant to be an outlet where any student can express his or her views to the cur-rent members of Student Govern-ment who are running the weekly meetings.
SWAG was founded as a re-sponse to the many emails that were being sent to current mem-bers of Student Government, ask-ing how other students could get involved. Its intention is to pro-vide an opportunity for students who don’t hold elected positions to still become involved in Student Government and have a voice in things happening around campus and throughout the city of Grand Forks.
“We’ve had lower numbers so far, but the discussions and initia-
INVOLVEMENT Group works to get students participating in Stu. Gov. without holding positions.
>JAYE MILLSPAUGHThe Dakota Student
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UND teams advances to nationalsAEROSPACE UND heads to Salina, Kan., in May to participate in nationals.
>TYLER CASEYThe Dakota Student
The University of North Da-kota’s Flying Team will be heading 6FLY > page 6SWAG > page
to the National SAFECON Com-petition again this year.
The team secured a spot in the national event by winning the Re-gion V SAFECON competition.
The team was able to take top honors in both the fl ight events as well as the ground events.
As a whole the team scored 752 points in their victory. The regional event was hosted by St.
Cloud State University, and had teams from schools around the area, including SCSU, Minnesota State Mankato and The University of Dubuque (Iowa).
“The team worked really hard and was ready for this air-meet,” said Lewis Liang, the faculty advi-
Protestors occupy GFDemonstrators gathered at the corner of Washington Street and DeMers Avenue as part of the Occupy Grand Forks-East Grand Forks movement Wednesday afternoon. While many attendees agreed that the U.S. federal government is at least partially responsible for the collapse of the economy, there were many differentiating opin-ions about other key topics, including the role of the wealthy. “The main difference [between two of the groups] is that some are here to defend capitalism, while others want to see big changes at the core of our economy,” said Adam Swigost. At the same time there were others there that had not yet formed any strong opinions on the subjects. “I really only just started following this whole thing a week ago,” said one protestor, who asked to remain anonymous. Around 50 people attended the event.
The female athlete?See page 10.
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MIC/MIP: 23 instances.Criminal Mischief: Six instances - 3530 University Ave., 3450 University Ave., 500 Cambridge St., 425 Oxford St., 504 Hamline St. and 400 Princeton St.Fire Call: Six instances - 450 Stanford Rd. (3), 505 Cambridge St. and 3251 Fifth Ave. N. and 3601 Uni-versity Ave. Disorderly Conduct: Four instances - 500 Cam-bridge St., 2808 University Ave., 2600 Second Ave. N. and 2600 University Ave.Suspicious Person/Activity: Four instances - 3333 University Ave., 715 40th St. N. and 3530 University Ave. (2)Other instances: Controlled Substance, DUI/Physical Control, Deliver Alcohol-Minor, Violate Restraining Or-der, Drug Paraphernalia/Possession (3), Terrorizing, Preventing Arrest, Noisy Party and Simple Assault.
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program generally serves a typi-cal student who begins and ends their education at UND, transfer students may see Essential Stud-ies as a hurdle to graduating on time. When transferring from another North Dakota college, all the Essential Studies cred-its will transfer because of the standardization of courses be-tween North Dakota Colleges. UND also has similar General Education Requirement Transfer Agreements (GERTA) with other schools across the country.
When a student transfers from a college without a GERTA agreement, the Essential Studies program may be seen simply as one more obstacle to graduating in a timely manner.
Senior Ashley Dill transferred to UND from Massachusetts, carrying credits from two accred-ited liberal arts schools. While
STUDY > From page 1 most of her credits transferred,
the Essential Studies require-ments at UND may prevent her from graduating in the spring.
Most specifically, Dill was told she needed to take Commu-nications 110, Public Speaking, in order to graduate from UND.
As an aspiring student main-taining a 3.7 GPA with Honors courses and experience in public speaking, such as a participating in a speech competition with the UN, chairing community charity events, and teaching lower level college courses, Dill may not be the kind of transfer student who needs to learn the skills taught in a 100 level class.
“The idea of essential stud-ies is good, a lot of students need that structure and don’t have the skills from high school,” Dill said. “I have these skills. I’m sure there is something to take away with but not worth an entire se-mester when I can be taking up-per level classes.”
When a student believes they have already met the require-
ments of a specific class, they have the option to petition their case in hopes to bypass the class.
“I’ve done everything on the syllabus,” said Dill.
Dill went on to petition her case. She included proof of her past accomplishments in speak-ing as well attained signatures from her academic advisor in the English Department, the Direc-tor of Communications, and the Dean of College of Arts and Science which certified their ap-proval in her bypassing this class.
“The committee looks for whether the student has actually learned what the course teaches,” Steen said.
The struggle this commit-tee has is staying consistent and treating all students and their petitions fairly. As each case dif-fers because it is specific to one particular person, it is difficult for the committee to justify ap-proving one petition and deny-ing the next. Students must take the process very seriously and put out their best argument to
impress the committee. “The best petition, the one
that will be most successful, will show how a student learned the criteria of the class and then back up the claim,” Steen said.
Dill was sent a letter denying her request to bypass Communi-cations 110.
“I have these skills and a committee is assuming I have no knowledge,” Dill said. “I should be trusted with my education but instead a committee who’s never talked to me, never known me is deciding what’s best for my edu-cation.”
As an outsider, it may seem like more work to go through this process when a student could simply just sit through an easy class, but for Dill, she would rather use these her time to take a class within her major that will challenge her and further her studies. Also, in order to gradu-ate on time, many upper level students don’t have any credits to budge.
“There is no flexibility for
students who are taking respon-sibility for their education,” Dill said. “It’s very impersonal; it’s a bureaucracy.”
Students, like Dill, can re-petition the committee by im-proving their application and furthering their argument. If the committee denies the petition again, the decision will stand.
Most UND students are in-troduced to the Essential Studies Program at Freshman Orienta-tion and submit to its demands without question. The program is designed for this type of stu-dent and may benefit their edu-cational experience. When stu-dents consider transferring to a different college, the variance in general education requirements between schools is something to be aware of when planning on graduating in a specific time frame.
DS> Kaitlin Bezdicek is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]
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DS> Jillian Dunnom is a staff writer for The Dakota Student.She can be reached at [email protected]
and will be used for whatever they agree upon.
Each hall had three weeks to create its display, and anyone was able to help. It is not mandatory that the halls keep their mascot, but the ARH and the Recycling Board encourage the halls to re-cycle the project if they choose not to display it.
Jonstone-Fulton came in a close second place with a score of 71, after creating a 4-foot tall pa-per Mache Velociraptor complete with speakers, electric guitar, and life-sized jukebox.
Squires and Noren halls tied for third place. Squires created a tiny owl from an empty V8 Juice container, and construction pa-per.
Noren’s display depicted their iconic Narwhals, a type of whale, out of Diet Coke cans, surround-
ing the earth, using plastic bags as clouds.
In last place was Smith Hall, whose 6-foot long shark “Bruce” was made entirely of cardboard boxes which they retrieved from Hugo’s grocery store.
The event was created to raise awareness of the Recycling Board’s presence in our Residence Halls. If you missed out on op-portunity to participate, the Re-cycling Board will be at Night Life tonight in the Memorial Union giving students the chance to make recycled crafts.
Upcoming eventsGoing green is important to
this campus, as is refl ected in the Recycling Board’s upcoming “Go Trayless For a Day” event. In din-ing centers around campus the ARH will be encouraging stu-dents to forfeit their trays for one day.
Each tray not used will save 1/2 a gallon of water. An exact day has not been scheduled yet,
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however the ARH hopes to see this happen sometime in Decem-ber and again in February.
During “Go Trayless For a Day”, the Recycling Board will attempt to have students sign a sustainability pledge, which will encourage them to commit to
more eco-friendly lifestyles, and to vow to recycle more.
Proper recycling facilities are available all around campus, but it is up to students and our facul-ty to utilize them. The Recycling Board’s efforts hopefully will not go unnoticed. To get involved,
talk to your Residence Hall Rep-resentative, join the Recycling Board, or visit DoSomething.org to learn more.
however the ARH hopes to see this happen sometime in Decem-
more eco-friendly lifestyles, and to vow to recycle more.
The fi rst place winner of the ARH Recyling Board’s re-cyled art con-test was Bek Hall’s pen-quin.
Above: Johnstone-Fulton halls’ Velo-ciraptor which took 2nd place.
Right: Smith Hall’s cardboard shark mascot Bruce, took 6th.
Caption ContestWhat’s going on in the pic-ture at right?Send your best caption to us!Email submissions to: [email protected]
Last contest’s winner:Ragnar Bergendahl with the caption:“I told them the signs were to say STUDENT FREE campus.”
Campus BriefsHolocaust expert to give lectureUniversity of Wisconsin professor emeritus Robert Skloot will
be a special guest of UND’s Center for Human Rights and Geno-cide Studies November 8-9.
Skloot will deliver a keynote address, titled “The Theatre of Genocide,” at 7 p.m. November 8 in the East Asian Room in the Chester Fritz Library. He will also present a one-act play, along with UND students, at 7 p.m. November 9 at the Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks.
ROTC to conduct leadership training on the quadThe Army ROTC will conduct leadership lab training with
dummy rifl es on the quad and at the ROTC Armory on Thurs-days, Nov. 3, 10, and 17, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
Neighborhood Initiative workshop next weekThe public is invited to join the discussion at “Neighbor-
hood Initiative,” an afternoon workshop focusing on Grand Forks neighborhoods November 10, from 1:30-4:00 p.m. in the Memo-rial Union Ballroom.
Jay Clark, director of the Minnesota Center for Neighbor-hood Organizing, will lead a conversation about how Grand Forks might envision the community from its neighborhood up.
The workshop will be preceded by the Center for Community Engagement’s annual Stone Soup Awards Luncheon, which begins at 11:30 a.m.
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Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to get out of Wash-ington and talk with folks across the country about how we can create jobs and get our economy growing faster.
This is a tough time for a lot of Americans – especially young peo-ple. You’ve come of age at a time of profound change. The world has gotten more connected, but it’s also gotten more competitive. And for decades, too many of our institu-tions – from Washington to Wall Street – failed to adapt, culminating in the worst fi nancial crisis and re-cession since the Great Depression.
For the last three years, we’ve worked to stabilize the economy, and we’ve made some progress. But we still have a long way to go. And now, as you’re getting ready to head out into the world, many of you are watching your friends and class-mates struggle to fi nd work. You’re wondering what’s in store for your future, and I know that can be scary.
The truth is, the economic problems we face today didn’t hap-pen overnight, and they won’t be solved overnight. But the fact that you’re investing in your education right now tells me that you believe in the future of America. You want to be a part of it. And you know that there are steps we can take right now to put Americans back to work and give our economy a boost.
The problem is, there are some in Washington who just don’t share that sense of urgency. That’s why it’s been so disappointing to see Repub-licans in Congress block jobs bills from going forward – bills that inde-pendent economists say could create millions of jobs though the kinds of proposals supported by Democrats and Republicans in the past.
Now, the best way to attack our
economic challenges and put hun-dreds of thousands of people back to work is through bold action in Congress. That’s why I’m going to keep demanding that Members of Congress to vote on common-sense, paid-for jobs proposals. And I hope you’ll send them a message to do the right thing for your future, and the future of our country.
But we can’t wait for Congress to do its job. So where they won’t act, I will. That’s why, I’ve an-nounced a new policy that will help families whose home values have fallen refi nance their mortgages and save thousands of dollars. We made it easier for veterans to get jobs put-ting their skills to work in hospitals and community health centers.
And at the University of Colo-rado at Denver, I announced steps we’re taking to make college more affordable and to make it even easier for students like you to get out of debt faster.
Michelle and I know what it feels like to leave school with a mountain of debt. We didn’t come from wealthy families. By the time we both graduated from law school, we had about $120,000 worth of debt between us. And even though we were lucky enough to land good jobs with steady incomes, it still took us almost 10 years to fi nally pay it all off. It wasn’t easy.
Living with that much debt forces you to make some tough choices. And when a big chunk of every paycheck goes towards stu-dent loans, it isn’t just painful for you – it’s painful to our economy and harmful to our recovery.
That’s why we’re making chang-es that will give about 1.6 million students the ability to cap their loan payments at 10 percent of their in-come starting next year. We’re also
going to take steps to help you con-solidate your loans so that instead of making multiple payments to multiple lenders every month, you only have to make one payment a month at a better interest rate. And we want to start giving students a simple fact sheet called “Know Be-fore You Owe” so you can have all the information you need to make your own decision about paying for college. That’s something Michelle and I wish we had.
These changes will make a real difference for millions of Americans. We’ll help more young people fi gure out how to afford college. We’ll put more money in your pocket after you graduate. We’ll make it easier to buy a house or save for retire-ment. And we’ll give our economy a boost at a time when it desperately needs it.
That’s not just important for our country right now – it’s impor-tant for our future. Michelle and I are where we are today because our college education gave us a chance. Our parents and their generation worked and sacrifi ced to hand down the dream of opportunity to us.
Now it’s our turn. That dream of opportunity is what I want for my daughters, and for all of you. And even in these tough times, we are going to make that dream real once again.
In the weeks ahead, I’m going to keep doing everything in my power to make a difference for the American people – including young people like you. Because here in America, when we fi nd a problem, we fi x it. When we face a challenge, we meet it. We don’t wait. And I hope you’ll join me.
Barack Obama, 44th President
of the United States.
Letter from the Presi-dent: student loan debt
The relationship between teacher and student is a storied one. Socrates and Plato, John Trumball and Samuel Morse and Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu all shared the teacher-student relationship with one another. It’s something that has been around for a very long time. The teacher-student relationship has forged some of the most impressive and important duos in all of history. It’s a relationship that psycholo-gists have studied for years.
Of course, growing up one of the fi rst things you have instilled into you is a sense of respect for your el-ders—the relationship between teacher-student is sim-ply an extension of this much larger sense of respect for your elders. And that sense of respect is supposed to carry over to your university years as well. Yet, there is a sense that students are lacking in their respect for their professors and other people who occupy posi-tions within the academic hierarchy higher than theirs.
The Dakota Student Editorial Board realizes that it is certainly no secret that “kids these days” do not show the respect that may have been characteristic of gener-ations past. But, societies aren’t static and change—for better or worse—is inevitable. Yet, that is no reason to dismiss the lack of tact and proper behavior that is found on university campuses all across the nation.
However, the Dakota Student Editorial Board is interested more in the reciprocal nature of this teach-student relationship; or, the lack thereof. It seems that in this relationship, the teacher is given all the power. The student is expected to give respect and fealty to their teacher (really, anyone of high position within academia) with the only payoff being the imparta-tion of knowledge upon the student. There seems to be no expectation that the teacher show the student any respect. Perhaps the reason so many students do not show professors respect in today’s world is because respect has not been modeled to them. Maybe, just maybe, professors modeling such behavior could make a very profound difference in the teach-student rela-tionship.
We’ve noticed several instances of school admin-istrators or professors treating students or student/workers as if they don’t deserve respect. It seems that it is assumed that students don’t know how to do any-thing, aren’t capable of following directions or are all card-carrying, professor-hating 20-somethings. This certainly isn’t the case and students deserve a little re-spect too.
Again, there is no excuse for such behavior; but, the respect aspect of the relationship must be recipro-cal in order for both teach and student to get the most out of the relationship.
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As a senior in high school, the prospect of college is an excit-ing yet terrifying idea. Students are prepped for tough class loads, long papers, confusing exams, not to mention being far from home. But no teacher can ever prepare all their students for every social situation they might encounter, because college is not high school. It is the next period in one’s life to grow and mature.
This is my guide to college et-iquette, or, five gestures that could make our campus more student-friendly.
During my senior year of high school, I visited a private univer-sity for an interview with the Air Force ROTC program. I remem-ber passing one girl on my way through the lower quad. It was snowing and the campus was quite beautiful. I smiled as I passed her, hoping I blended in as a college student. Shockingly, she gave me the stink eye and quickly looked away. I had never felt so unwel-come. Eti-quette lesson #1: Smile to people you see on the sidewalk and say hello. You might be surprised at how this one small gesture might affect another person’s per-ception of their environment.
I remember walking up a flight of stairs and noticing the horrible feeling of something sticky mak-ing contact with the bottom of my boot. This could only lead to one conclusion: I had stepped on a wad of gum. Etiquette lesson #2: Throw your gum in the trash. We are college students now.
Because we are given the privi-lege to chew gum in class should mean we are responsible enough to throw it away properly. Spit-ting it out while you are walking down the stairs or sticking it under your desk is not the mature thing to do. Save the student from the next class some humiliation by not sticking your gum someplace where she’s bound to step on it.
During my freshman year, I registered for a rather difficult Jap-anese class. Most of the students were smart, racing past me in their attempt to memorize kanji. How-ever, there was one student who got on my nerves early into the semester. He never brought his book to class. Etiquette lesson #3: Bring your materials to the class-room. It’s your responsibility to be prepared, and not your neigh-bor’s problem to find you a spare book.
At first, I had no problem shar-ing mine. I am a generous person who will always lend out a pencil or two or share a notecard with the person sitting next to me. But this student in my Japanese class never
brought his book, and I know he owned one. Every day he would purposely sit next to me because he knew I would have mine. Let’s just say this got really old after a couple of months and I made sure the chairs next to me were filled by the time he walked in the door.
Especially in North Dakota, there will always be the issue of snow and ice. During the long winter months, sidewalks become increasingly treacherous and salt only does so much against icy accumulation. Every person on campus will experience it some-time in their college career—some sooner than others—but, every-one does slip and fall.
Etiquette lesson #4: Help a fel-low student up when they’re down. Seeing that one outstretched hand when you are siting bum-first in a snow bank will feel like a much needed lifeline. Last year, I was running down the sidewalk in the spring during passing time. I took a corner too sharp and slipped in a mud puddle. If you think snow
is bad, try get-ting up to find the entire seat of your pants covered in brown muck. I will never forget the two kind gentle-men who helped me to
my feet and encouraged me to laugh it off.
Have you ever lost your keys? Have you ever experienced that panicked moment when you real-ize you might have dropped your credit card somewhere between that Chinese restaurant and your dorm room?
It’s not a good feeling. I lost my keys my freshman year, and like many students, the key ring contained my dorm key, building key, ID and my lucky keychain. Thankfully, a kind individual turned my keys into the Public Safety office and I was able to pick them up the next morning.
Etiquette lesson #5 is perhaps the best one of all because it re-stores the integrity of our cam-pus: If you find an item of value somewhere about UND, return it to the original owner. I cannot tell you how much it bothers me when students intentionally steal the belongings of a fellow student. If you want it, buy it; don’t steal it.
These are just five ways you can making living at UND a better place. They are simple, easy and common sense, but you would be surprised at the amount of people who don’t stop once a day to smile at a passerby. Just take the time to smile, toss your gum, remem-ber your books, lend a hand and return a wallet. At the end of the day, you’ll be a better person for it.
>chriSten furlongThe Dakota Student
‘I will never forget the two kind gentle-man who helped me to my feet.
Christen Furlongcolumnist
DS> Christen Furlong is a columnist for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]
Last weekend I went home to see my family. It was a trip that I had put off for some time, and when you’re away for too long you begin to forget that you miss your family—your parents and siblings and nephews. But there was some-thing else that came out of the trip.
I have been a fan of Hunter S. Thomp-son for some time now, and this last weekend I had the plea-sure of see-ing the Rum Diary with my sister and her boyfriend. The movie was bril-liant. It’s a good movie even if you haven’t read any of Thompson’s works, despite the fact that you won’t notice everything that the movie is trying to say. You may be able to notice the hypocrisy and abuse of power inherent in the antagonists, but there’s something more. There’s something much more important about it, the quest to find a voice. Despite the hilar-ity of the positions the characters find themselves in as well as the use of drugs and alcohol in the movie,
there is a brilliant moment when Paul Kemp (played by Johnny Depp a good friend of Thompson) says that he is an author without a voice, and this is only reinforced by the ending when it says in white print on the screen: “He found his voice.”
It is undisputable that there will never be another guy like Hunter S. Thompson in the liter-
ary world. He, like Led Zep-pelin in the world of music, is simply one-of-a-kind. But this statement goes beyond that. We’re all yearning for our voices—
the types of voices that will allow us to be heard.
All of us want to believe that there is a plan for us, even if it’s just us making it up as we go along; but the truth of the matter is that very few of us will ever find that voice because it’s a terrifying thing having attention brought to yourself. No one wants to voice their opinions for fear of upsetting the herd. I can tell you that I’ve been there, look at any number of the comments on my abortion column. Even being in such a small spotlight as that is terrifying. What you have to real-
ize though is that this is the beauty of the human race—that we can find that voice and go through the painful process of finding a way to articulate it to everyone else.
I’ve been called a few things because of my opinions, and I can quite honestly say that I don’t mind them…even if they are un-true. Despite the fact that I’ve been called anti-conservative, I can legitimately encourage each and every one of the readers to embark on the voyage to find their own voice—to find ways to articulate their beliefs and back them up with arguments that don’t just rely on religious backgrounds. This is, in my opinion, the most important thing that you can try and do and it is also the toughest; yet, the pay-off of succeeding is more impor-tant than you can ever know. So if you want some advice. Try it. De-bate with your friends. Even if you agree, try to find the reason why you agree as well as finding coun-terarguments and other ways to ex-plain your beliefs to those who do not understand them initially. It’s an important skill to have as well as being one that is capable of being continuously refined.
>Daniel DraovitchThe Dakota Student
‘It is undisputable that there will never be an-other guy like Hun-ster S. Thompson...
Daniel Draovitchcolumnist
DS> Daniel Draovitch is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
As most of you know, our Student Senate has voted to sup-port the repeal of the bill making it against state law to remove the Sioux logo and name. I would not be surprised to find out some of you are not very happy with this. It almost feels like our last hope of hanging on to what pride we have left here at the University of North Dakota has been taken from us. Undoubtedly, the conflict has gone on for quite some time, and maybe it is time to resolve the matter the easiest way possible. But the easiest way won’t make any friends.
It almost feels like we have been stabbed in the back. At first, our student senate set out to sup-port the student body. They pro-posed the bill to help this uni-versity hold on to a great part of North Dakota history. Look at the past. ESPN once said the greatest, most intense games of college foot-ball took place between the UND Fighting Sioux and the NDSU Bi-son. UND has an enduring legacy under the nickname.
Let’s not forget about our hockey program. Look at all the championships we have won under the name Fighting Sioux. The logo has been a part of that program for years. To take away the face of UND is to take away the legacy of Sioux hockey. There’s another small thing that should be looked
at as well—the Ralph Englestad Arena. This monument, the “great-est hockey facility in the world”, was built specifically for the Fight-ing Sioux. Imagine having to tear that down. I don’t know about you, but I would not be happy if I had to put a new logo in my multi-mil-lion dollar stadium. But whatever. No big deal, right? I forgot that the sports issue of this matter comes from the football team wanting to change confer-ences. I forgot our school is all about foot-ball.
Now our senate has voted to sup-port the re-peal the bill they pushed so hard for. Sounds like someone should have made up their mind earlier. They don’t realize that they have completely turned their backs on the student body. This univer-sity has had a strong academic run under the name of Sioux. Any-one who has been online recently knows that our College of Business has been voted one of the best in the nation. Guess what? When people hear stuff like that, they want to be a part of this university. What’s more, they want to be a member of the Sioux community. They want to be a part of that leg-acy. But that’s ok. No harm there if we totally ruin that for prospective
students, right?As a campus tour guide, I get
to talk to a lot of people that would like to come to school here. They generally are looking at this school and a few others. When I ask them how UND ranks, they say that it would be higher if we were still the Sioux. See anything that might be concerning there? Or maybe you’re too afraid of the top guys so you turn tail and do what they say,
right?Look, ob-
viously this is a very one-sided argu-ment. No, I don’t repre-sent all of the student body, I’m just one member of it.
But I can say that there are those out there that have the same views as mine. Who knows, maybe this whole thing will work out for UND. Without the Sioux name and logo, less people would want to go to school here. Which would mean more living space, since we over housed this year. And maybe, there would be more places to park. Hell, this could turn out to be the best thing ever for the school.
>patrick cavanaughThe Dakota Student
‘No, I don’t repre-sent all of the stu-dent body, I’m just one member of it.
Patrick Cavanaughcolumnist
DS> Patrick Cavanaugh is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
Making UND a friendly place
Finding your voice: inspira-tion from ‘The Rum Diaries’
Senate bill disappoints
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DS> Jaye Millspaugh is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]
tives have been really good,” Stu-dent Body President Kylie Over-sen said.
The meetings consist of small-er focus groups, followed by a general assembly. Each focus group will consist of stu-dents, Student Senators, and Uni-versity Senators. All of the meetings take place starting at 7 p.m. in vari-ous rooms on the second fl oor of the Memorial Union.
The Academic focus group concentrates on issues related to course curriculum, online courses, scholarships, advisement, transfer credit, tutoring, textbooks, and the Student Success Center. Their next meeting will take place on Tuesday, Nov.8 in the Medora Room.
The Diversity focus group discusses issues related to nondis-crimination policies, initiatives to
build support for diversity, and programs and speakers that come to campus. They work closely with other student organizations that are devoted to diverse popu-lations. Their next meeting is also on Tuesday, Nov.8 in the Presi-dent’s Room.
The Legislative focus group m a i n l y deals with issues re-lated to the N.D. state and G r a n d F o r k s c o u n t y local gov-ernments, N o r t h
Dakota Student Association (NDSA), and University Sen-ate. Their next meeting is set for Wednesday, Nov. 9 in the Bad-lands Room.
The Technology focus group concentrates on issues related to anything involving technology on campus, including new initiatives and what can be improved. Their next meeting will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 9 in the Presi-
dent’s Room.The Student Affairs focus
group discusses issues related to student housing, student involve-ment, tuition and fees, the Code of Student Life, student conduct, and the Dean of Students initia-tives. Their next meeting is set for Thursday, Nov. 10 in the Bad-lands Room.
The External Affairs focus group mainly deals with issues re-lated to community involvement and outreach in the city of Grand Forks, and public relations. Their next meeting is also on Thursday, Nov.10 in the President’s Room.
The format for SWAG is be-ing changed though, starting on Nov. 15. After that, the meetings will only take place on the fi rst and third Tuesdays of every month and there will only be three focus groups, followed by a general as-sembly right after. Those three focus groups will be Academic Af-fairs, Student Affairs, and Exter-nal Affairs.
FLY > From page 1
DS> Tyler Casey is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
sor for the team, and an assistant professor of aviation. “Taking fi rst in every event and having our two captains obtain the top two ‘top pilot’ spots in the region gives us a solid foundation for Nationals.”
The two captains, David Ed-monds and Matthew McGrath, showed that they have the ability to lead, which is very important because of how young the team is.
“A driving force this year is the large number of incoming rookies (non-returning competi-tors),” said Liang.
Even though the team is young they expect to do well in this year’s competition, as they have in the past.
“This team is strong and dedi-cated like all of the past teams,” Liang said about the fl ying team
that has won 16 National Cham-pionships. “This team has the ability to raise the bar at SAFE-CON 2012, which is what we are set out to do.”
A lot of the success that the fl ying team has had can be con-tributed to the Aerospace Pro-gram here at UND, as the fl ying team is made up of students in the aviation department.
“The aviation community is well aware of the UND Aviation program and the UND Flying Team has played a huge role in making that happen,” said Liang.
The SAFECON National Competition will take place on May 14-19 and will be hosted by Kansas State University this year in Salina, Kansas.
‘� e meetings con-sist of smaller focus groups, followed by a general assembly.
Jaye MillspaughSta� writer
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culture&mediafriday november 4, 2011DS
> Inside: “Into Thin Air” book review, yet more brilliant advice from P.H. Honey Badger and “Back Country Crimes”
Hungry? Broke? Want to live a healthier lifestyle? Put down that greasy burger and walk—no, RUN—to the Wellness Center on the north end of campus. The Culinary Corner puts on different programs several nights a week to help students with basic life skills like cooking and shopping on a budget. Jessica Poglajen, Culinary Corner Program Manager at the Wellness Center and Junior in the Community Nutrition and Athletic Training programs here at UND, says, “the Culinary Corner has been open since the Wellness Center has opened. We offer free classes on Monday nights, as well as a pay class called ‘Cooking Around the U.S.’ The Cooking Around the U.S. classes cost $10.” The theme yesterday was food from the “Northern Re-gion,” which included more local fare. Next Thurs-day, the “Western Region” class will likely include Pacifi c Ocean-based foodstuffs, while on Thursday, November 17, the “Southern Region” class will in-clude Tex-Mex food, and who doesn’t love Tex-Mex? Finishing off the semester of Cooking Around the U.S. on December 1st, the Culinary Corner showcas-es the Eastern seaboard of the United States. There are quite a few other food-themed events at the Wellness Center this coming month, and all semester long, every semester. On Thursday nights at 6:30 p.m., the Korean Club holds Korean cooking lessons in the Culinary Corner. For a $6 fee, you can stop on over and learn about Korean cuisine from those who know it best. Every Monday night there is a free dem-onstration for students called “Cheap, Fast and Healthy” at 5:30 pm. “Cheap, Fast and Healthy” is described online in the following way: “Each 30-minute session will feature tips on shopping for fresh and healthy ingredients, easy to prepare
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A Culinary Tour of the Nation
story by Nicholas Gowan
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08 CULTURE&MEDIA friday november 4, 2011
Tragedy at the top of the world
A man stands at the peak of Mount Everest—literally the top of the world—and just when he has most reason to celebrate, he is “incapable of feeling much of anything except cold and tired.” After spending a total of only five minutes on the summit, he begins his descent, both physi-cally and emotionally numb, not paying much notice to the clouds building on the horizon.
So begins John Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air,” one of the most widely-read accounts of the disas-trous year of 1996, in which 15 climbers met their death on the face of the mountain, eight of which occurred during a raging storm on the night of May 10. Often haled as one of the great-est adventure novels of modern times, “Into Thin Air” is a tale of tragedy, overconfidence, miscom-munication and luck. It is proof that nature cannot be tamed in an era when man thought he’d conquered all that could be con-quered.
Krakauer, a journalist for Outside magazine, was sent to Mount Everest to write an article under the angle that the moun-tain had become so commercial-ized that a summit was guaran-teed to any reasonably fit climber with deep enough pockets to pay the $65,000 to join a guided group. He reveals Base Camp to be a city of tents under the banners of well-known energy drinks, climbing gear companies and Starbucks.
While on the mountain,
BOOK REVIEW “Into Thin Air” explores com-mercialism and overcon-fidence on Mt. Everest.
>MEgAn SEVIgnyThe Dakota Student
Krakauer (an experienced climb-er himself ) underwent the gruel-ing acclimatization process that is necessary for tackling the moun-tain and discovered the truth of Himalayan climbing: one never truly acclimates well enough to the altitude to ensure his or her own safety.
Acclimatization to the eleva-tion Mount Everest is done in a series of steps. The first of these is simply to reach Base Camp itself,
which must be done by a ten-day trek across Nepal. Base camp is at 17,500 feet above sea level, which is a formidable height in itself. Climbers usually stay at Base Camp for 7 days in order to acclimate to this altitude. Climb-ers will then journey to Camp 1, which is located at 20,000 feet, and spend the night there before
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recipes and food cost comparisons. Class participants will see the recipe being prepared, enjoy a sample and leave with the recipe card and nutri-tion information to make the meal themselves.” Be sure to check it out!
On Tuesday, November 8, there will be a class on creating delicious deserts; on Tuesday, November 15, the Culinary Corner will hold a class on cooking a healthy breakfast. Both of these are free and start at 5:30 p.m.
On Saturday, November 19, a class on cooking a healthy Thanks-giving supper will be held at 2 p.m. This will be a great way to prepare you for the long weekend to come!
If we want to have a healthy, productive country, we all need to step in and do our part to limit the types of health-care costs that we will be incurring in the future. Do your part and head on over to the Culi-nary Corner in the Wellness Center. There are plenty of opportunities available for you to begin living a healthier lifestyle tomorrow! Ac-cording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “One-third
FOOD > From page 7 of American adults are obese, and
nearly one-fifth of children and ado-lescents are obese. The medical care costs of obesity in the United States are staggering. In 2008 dollars, these costs totaled about $147 billion. Research has shown that as weight increases to reach the levels referred to as “overweight” and “obesity,” the risks for the following conditions also increases: coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer (endometrial, breast, and colon), high blood pres-sure, stroke, liver and gallbladder disease, sleep apnea and respiratory problems and gynecological prob-lems (abnormal menses, infertility).
With such staggering informa-tion readily available, there is no rea-son to continue living an unhealthy lifestyle. Check out und.edu/health-wellness/wellness/nutrition/index for a schedule of Culinary Corner events, nutritional information and healthy recipes. Make sure to check online to see if the class you’d like to attend is free or if there is a cost in-volved, as well as whether or not you must pre-register. Happy eating!
DS> Nicholas Gowan is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
Dear P. H. Honey Badger,I have a close female friend who I think I’m beginning to like as
more than a friend. I want to tell her but I don’t want things to get awk-ward between us. She always dates guys who are dicks and she deserves a nice guy...like me. Do I keep my crush a secret or should I spill it?
Yours,Torn-Up
Dear Torn,You have found yourself in quite a dilemma sir. Women are a tricky
species, and there really is no predicting how she would react to your con-fession.
If she’s currently dating a wanker then start laying on the charm. The better you look now the faster she may move on from this sorry bloke.
If she’s single, then make a move. When I say this I don’t mean remov-ing your trousers and giving her a view of your family jewels.
Be smooth. Invite her over to watch a movie, offer her some Swedish chocolate and a back massage. If she’s receptive you may have a chance at starting a relationship without bringing your friendship to a crashing halt.
If all of the above sounds like too much work then I dare say that you are not the nice fellow you claim to be. Expect to spend your nights alone on the couch eating those ramen noodle things and watching reruns of “The Real World” on the tellie.
Most affectionately,
P.H. Honey Badger
Have questions for P.H. Honey Badger? Email them to [email protected].
Brilliant advice from P.H. Honey Badger
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descending to Base Camp again. A few days later, the climb-ers spend two days climbing to and descending from Camp 2, which is located at 21,300 feet. After yet another few days, the climbers will climb to Camp 2, spend a night there, and climb to Camp 3 (which is located at 24,000 feet) before returning to Base Camp. After spending sev-eral more days at Base Camp, it is time to attempt the final ascent, which usually involves climbing to Camp 4 (26,000 feet), spend-ing the night, waking up around 3 a.m. and finally pushing for the summit, which towers at 29,035 feet above sea level.
While it may seem like a waste of time to climb to and re-turn from these camps so many times, mountaineers know that this is the only way they can grad-
BOOK > From page 8 ually ease into and get their bod-
ies accustomed to the low oxygen content in the air. At 20,000 feet, the oxygen content in the air is approximately half of what it is at sea level. At the summit, it is further reduced to only one third. This low oxygen content results in a condition called hypoxia, in which the low levels of oxygen in the air reduces a climber’s judg-ment to that of a small child.
The mountain, of course, of-fers other dangers as well, includ-ing frigid winds that can reach as low as -100 degrees Fahrenheit, and pulmonary and cerebral edema, where fluids build up in the lungs and brain, respectively. Both are brought on by high el-evation and can be deadly.
Krakauer faces these dan-gers and more in his account of climbing the infamous peak. His signature journalistic writing reads like prose, and Krakauer effectively brings us on a journey to the top of the world with him. Through Krakauer’s eyes we wit-ness the ceremonies and supersti-tions of the local Sherpas (hardy Nepalis hired to haul gear up the mountain). We feel the terror of crossing the dreaded Khum-bu Icefall (a maze of ice blocks as large as skyscrapers that can topple without warning due to the movement of the glacier they stand upon). We discover the fro-zen corpses of those who climbed the mountain and perished along the way, never removed—for where could they be buried, and even so, who has the strength to remove them when every last bit of strength you have is needed to save yourself?
Krakauer’s novel proves that getting to the top is only half of the battle and that timing and luck can have everything to do with survival in these harsh conditions. The last third of the novel tells a tale of horror and tragedy as fellow climbers and friends of Krakauer are lost, un-able to continue, found dead and left for dead.
For those interested in ad-venture novels or tales of man versus nature, “Into Thin Air” is a must-read. It challenges the very motives behind the desire to climb, and Krakauer tells his story with a sort of expertise on the psychology behind those who seek the thrill of adventure, even adventure of the life-threatening sort. This novel impresses on us the gripping realities of Everest and how, though the mountain has been vastly commercialized, it will never truly be tamed.
DS> Megan Sevigny is the Features Editor for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]
Red River HS play to premiere>STaff REPORT
The Dakota Student
Looking for something to do this weekend? Red River High School will be performing their newest play, “Back Country Crimes”, tonight and tomorrow night. This play is presented as a series of short tales that center around crime-related death in a small town. The play is narrated by the town’s only physician. These stories are both serious and comic, compelling and un-forgettable.
“Back Country Crimes” will be showing both tonight and tomorrow (Saturday) night. The showings will be held at Red Riv-er High School, located at 2211 17th Ave S. Performance times are 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. Come to Red River High School this weekend to support local arts programs!
sportsfriday november 4, 2011
> Inside: WHKY struggles against UMD, Men’s hockey readies gopher traps, Cardinals deserve W.S. honorsDS
>scores &schedules
GWC Championships10/4-7 @ 1 p.m. Newark, N.J.
Soccervs. SCSU10/4-5 @ 2 p.m.St. Cloud, Minn.
WHKY vs. UM10/4-5 @ 7 p.m.Minneapolis, Minn.
MHKYvs. Sioux Falls10/5 @ 1 p.m.Alerus Center
Football
The LBL stands for the Lingerie Basketball League. It is exactly how it sounds. The LBL is governed by the same rules as traditional women’s basket-ball, however there is one small difference. The women are dressed in neon colored lingerie with straps twisting up their legs. “Tough opponents but easy on the eyes,” is what they call it on their website as a justification.
Dressed in only two-piece lingerie and basketball shoes, these women are still considered “professional” players. But how professional are they? When entering the LBL’s home website, a man with a deep voice begins to nar-rate, “America loves basketball, America loves beautiful women. Now a match made in hoops heaven.”
Provocatively dressed women are being used to bring a new crowd to the sport. And when I say new crowd I mean men. We all know that sex sells, especially in this day and age where body image is everything. With barely any uniforms and overly sexual catch phrases and play names like “Red Light Special,” it’s no surprise that the LBL is attracting some serious attention. But how far is too far?
The league has four teams based out of Los Angeles, California: The Beau-ties, The Divas, The Glam, and The Starlets. The first thought that jumped into my head after hearing about this league is the WNBA. I listened to a video interview done by the Huffington Post after one of the scrimmages and I couldn’t help but laugh. These women were serious about how they played and kept a straight face when talking about plays and strategies. It scares me how women who participate in these degrading activities can actually take what they are doing seriously. Has women’s sports come to the point where sex appeal and the degradation of women is the only thing that will draw men to become interested and follow these sports?
“It does seem as though the popularity of a particular women’s sport is often unfortunately tied to how attractive its stars are,” said Larry Tobin, former Vice President of Product for FOX Sports Interactive and co-creator of MindSports.
The LBL is a trend that arose from the LFL, or the Lingerie Football League. The LFL is similar to the LBL only women play football on astro turf in lingerie. This is women’s professional tackle football with 12 teams fighting for a shot to play in the Lingerie Bowl. The players participating in the LFL are former college athletes who are continuing their athletic careers.
Some of the women involved in the LFL think that it is unfair that they have to wear so little clothing during the games, but they understand that sex sells. Does this mean that these women are willing to sacrifice getting hurt and being uncomfortable for the approval of men?
I think it’s ridiculous and sad, in my opinion, that women feel as if they have to go to these extremes. I also wonder what the WNBA players feel. Those women are working twice as hard and performing at a higher perfor-mance level, yet the following and attendance at games is still low. The sad reality is that men would rather see women dressed scandalously rather than see a women dressed in jerseys and shorts, playing at a higher quality of bas-ketball.
Although I am disgusted and appalled by these leagues, this is what the media and marketers have to do to get a fan base. I do not support the LFL nor do I support the LBL, but they are accomplishing their goal.
So next time you are in the L.A., California, make sure to stop by and catch a game. You have to be 18 or older to watch. Tickets are available online and games are played on Friday and Saturdays.
The female athlete*
DS> Namara Kibira is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]
Tainted and exploited>NAMARA KIBIRA
The Dakota Student
* = The ideas expressed in columns and letters refl ect the views of the writer and do not necessar-ily represent the opinion of the staff of the Dakota Student.
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11SPORTS the Dakota Student
It was as if it was meant to be. David Freese was down to his last strike, and the St. Louis Cardinals season was riding on the line. Freese delivered with a two-run triple to tie the game and he would end it two innings later with a walk off home run.
The home run forced a Game 7 in which the Cardinals would win 6-2 over the Texas Rangers. It was the sec-ond consecu-tive World Se-ries loss for the Rangers, who will now enter another offsea-son knowing that they failed when it mat-tered most. But this loss will linger longer for the Rangers considering that they were a strike away, twice, from winning the World Series.
A look backThe Cardinals took advan-
tage of the Atlanta Braves’ late season collapse and clinched the NL wild card on the last day of the season. In September, St. Louis went 18-8 to storm back into the chase. After clinching the wild card the Cards began their historic postseason run by taking on thefavored Philadel-phia Phillies to win the World Series.
The Phillies and Cards went to the brink in an exciting five-game series where Chris Carpen-ter would outduel the great Roy Halladay 1-0. From there St.
Louis dispelled of the Milwau-kee Brewers in six games.
And then came the Rangers, and the rest is history.
A look forwardTony La Russa decided to
call it quits after the Cards won the World Series announcing his retirement after 34 years as the manager of St. Louis. Appar-ently the decision to retire was made in August, but it’s hard to believe he would have followed through had the Cards not came away with the championship. La Russa is a grumpy old man who loves baseball and it’s hard to imagine it without him.
He’s been a fixture of St. Louis ever since I was born and
I’ve seen him win two World Series. Ad-mittedly, I am not the biggest fan of La Russa and how he manages his team. Over m a n a g i n g a game is
what he is famous for and many times it comes across as if he is trying to make the game about him. But with that being said, La Russa is a legend and will be missed in St. Louis dearly.
Minnesota Twins ramblingsThe Twins fell off the face
of the baseball world this past season as they lost 99 games. It was a stark contrast from the division titles fans have become accustomed to. Now begins an offseason in which the Twins need to make a variety of moves to return to contender status.
Michael Cuddyer, Joe Na-than and Jason Kubel all could find themselves wearing differ-ent uniforms next year. It’s likely that the Twins will retain at least one of the three, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see all three go, especially Cuddyer and Nathan who want to play for a contend-ing team.
Expect the Twins to look to snag a backup catcher to replace Drew Butera, who is a fine de-fensive catcher but his offensive limitations outweigh his abil-ity to throw out runners. Other areas the Twins will look to im-prove are middle relief, middle infield and possibly starting pitching.
If Minnesota can improve on defense, strengthen its bullpen and find a shortstop that can hit a little and play defense they have a chance to be in the mix for the AL Central crown next year.
Memorable October lifts destined CardsDETERMINED Staving elimination in Game 6, St. Louis defeated the Rang-ers easily in Game 7.
>BRaNDON BEckERThe Dakota Student
‘La Russa is a grumpy old man who loves base-ball and it’s hard to imagine it without him.
Brandon Beckerstaff writer
DS> Brandon Becker is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
One for history booksMINNESOTa The clas-sic rivalry between the Gophers will take center stage this weekend.
>TIMOThy BOgERThe Dakota Student
Junior Joe Gleason grew up in the shadows of Minnesota’s Mariucci Arena, so he and his dad attended more than the oc-casional Golden Gopher game.
His dad took extra care in making sure that they didn’t miss the weekends when North Dakota came to town.
“That was definitely a game that every year I went to,” Gleason said. “My dad always would take me to that game. He just said, ‘You gotta watch this team play.’”
Gleason and many oth-ers will see plenty of former teammates and friends alike when North Dakota (3-4-1, 1-3 Western Collegiate Hockey Association) visits Minnesota (7-1-0, 4-0 WCHA) this week-end at Mariucci Arena in Min-neapolis.
Five Fighting Sioux members are Twin Cities natives: Gleason and freshman Connor Gaarder (both from Edina), Danny Kris-to (Eden Prairie), Ben Blood (Plymouth) and Nick Mattson (Chanhassen). Those five will square off this weekend against some of their linemates and teammates from years past. In fact, 19 players on Minnesota’s roster hail from the Minneapo-lis/St. Paul metro area.
“They have a lot of Cities guys on their team so I know a lot of them,” said Mattson. “ O b v i o u s l y we’re not go-ing to be friends Friday and Saturday but it’s going to be exciting playing those guys.”
Mattson will suit up and play against the Gophers for the first time this weekend, but the rival-ry has already been a huge part of Mattson’s hockey career. He credits the hard-fought battles he watched growing up as the catalyst to his piquing interest in North Dakota.
“I just remember I was a Gopher fan and then I went to a game one time and the Sioux were wearing the black jerseys,” he said. “I just loved the way the Sioux played. From that moment on I really had it in my mind that I wanted to go to North Dakota. That was kind of the turning point for me.”
Having former teammates and opponents in the mix makes the rivalry even more heated, and the battles of the past few years speak for them-
selves.“It’s a
huge ri-valry,” said B l o o d . “There’s not a lot to be said. Both teams don’t like each other and it’s
really an exciting time of year. We’re all excited that we play them four times this year and we’re all really looking forward to going down there and get-ting ready to go.”
‘Both teams don’t like each other and its really an exciting time of year.
Ben BloodUND defenseman
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The UND women’s hockey team visited the University Of Minnesota-Duluth this past weekend. This was UND’s first time playing in AMSOIL Arena, the Bulldogs new home. UND didn’t take a liking to the arena during their first game of the series. The first period held no scoring for either team, but each team had a few penalties to con-tend with.
The second period is where the scoring started with UMD taking the first lead. UMD’s Katie Wilson scored early in the second period with assists going to Brigette L a c q u e t t e and Audrey C o u r n o y -er. A short time later, still in the second pe-riod, UMD scored again to take a two goal lead over UND. This goal was contributed by UMD’s Jenna McParland, it was her fifth goal of the season. About mid-way through the second period UMD scored again, this time on the penalty kill.
Pernilla Winberg for UMD scored short handed to give her team a three goal lead with UND yet to tally a point. The second period ended with three goals for UMD and none for UND, there were four total pen-alties assessed during the period. The third period didn’t start any better for the Fighting Sioux as UMD tallied another goal early in the period.
UMD’s Haley Irwin scored her third goal of the season to extend UMD’s lead to four. Ka-tie Wilson scored her second goal of the game for UMD not long after Irwin, making the lead five goals. UND was finally able to get on the scoreboard with a power play goal scored by Joc-elyne Lamoureux.
The assists were credited to Josefine Jakobsen and Monique Lamoureux-Kolls. Before the game finished, UMD added one more goal to seal the game, and make the final score of 6-1. Ka-tie Wilson recorded a hat trick with her third goal of the game. The second game of the series started out the same way as the first game. No scoring was re-corded during the first period of play, and there were three total penalties called. Early in the sec-ond period UMD again got on the scoreboard first.
Brigette Lacquette tallied the
Women’s hockey struggles in DuluthBULLDOGS UND left UMD winless after feel-ing the sting of an over-time shootout.
>MaRiah hOLLanDThe Dakota Student
goal for UMD and the assists went to Audrey Cournoyer and Katie Wilson, the same three that contributed for most of UMD’s points in the first game of the series. Later in the second period UMD’s Cournoyer got on the scoreboard with a power-play goal to extend the lead to two goals.
UND got within one goal when Josefine Jakobsen scored her second goal of the weekend and first of the game. The game remained two to one until late in the game.
With 17 seconds left Mi-chelle Karvinen scored for UND to tie the game and send it to overtime. The goal was scored with an extra attacker on the ice as UND had pulled their goalie. The first overtime didn’t settle it so the game went into a shootout format with UMD coming out with the win and a sweep of the
series. Pernilla Winberg got the game win-ner for UMD in the shoot-out. The final was 3-2. The Fighting Sioux will take on St. Cloud State University next weekend in St.
Cloud. The games will start at 2:07pm on both Friday and Sat-urday.
DS> Mariah Holland is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]
‘This was UND’s first time playing in AMSOIL Arena, the Bulldogs’ new home.
Mariah Hollandstaff writer
Minnesota is off to their best start since their championship year of 2003. But that’s of no surprise to the Sioux, who will look to cool off the scorching Gopher offense which leads the nation in goals with 5.38 goals per game.
“We got to be ready to go on the back end there,” the de-fenseman Blood added. “It’s go-ing to be a good challenge for us, a really good test for the six
guys in the lineup and our goal-ie. We have the guys to do it. We have guys that can go down there and have a successful week-end and keep their offense to a minimum.”
But largely, there shouldn’t be much of a difference in Min-nesota’s level of play in this se-ries. UND is 6-3-2 in the last three years against the Gophers, who failed to make the tourna-ment in all three seasons and have missed the last two Final Fives.
The talent has always been there for the Sioux-Gophers se-
ries and both teams always pour a little more into the battle.
“They always seem to bring the same game that they always have,” Gleason said. “It’s still early in the year for all of the teams in the WCHA so you never know what you’re going to get. But you can pretty much assume that we’re going to get the same Gophers team that we’ve seen every single year.”
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