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November 2, 2011 Volume 110, Issue 4Northern State University Student Publications
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Jazz Swing Dance at the Ward Hotel
The annual fall swing dance will be held once again at the Ward Hotel, located on downtown Main St. It will take place on Friday, Nov. 18, from 7:30-11:30 p.m. Admission is $10.00 per a person and tickets are available at the door.
December Graduates: Order Your Gradua-tion Attire Now!
If your are graduating this December, be sure to order your graduation gown, cap, tassel and announcements as soon as possible. This can be done at the University Bookstore, located on the lower level of the NSU Student Center. The University Bookstore is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:55 p.m. Order now!
Fine Art on Display throughout CampusIf you feel the need to indulge your artistic side, two new displays will be up soon for your enjoyment. Sculptures by Patrick Luber will be in the Isaac Lincoln Gallery from Nov. 10 to Jan. 13, 2012. Photography by Megan Pinch will be on display in the President’s Gallery from Nov. 29-Jan. 21, 2012.
Wolves Bulletin
Faculty Fun Facts: Dias and Marmorstein.
See page 3.
Phantom of the Opera is the longest running musical on Broadway. On Oct. 19, North-
ern State University Theater Department put on a show of a lifetime. The Theater department had been working hard to make this show the best it could be. “It was fun to work on the set
because when I was watching it I got the self satisfaction of all the work that I did come together into a cohesive play,” sophomore Dylan Roberson, Yankton, said. The cast and crew worked
for a long time to make sure they not only know their lines but also that their set and cos-tumes looked authentic. Those involved in the play knew that a lot of time and effort needs to be put into a show like this in order for it to be successful. “It was a huge success. The cast
and crew worked hard, and they deserved every standing ova-tion they got. I am proud to have worked with them,” sophomore Claire DeMilia, Sioux Falls, said.The whole show kept peo-
ple wanting more. Wondering what will happen between the different characters. Christine Daaé (played by senior Mi-chelle Monroe, Pierre, and ju-nior Yvonne Freese, Lanesboro, Minn.) is a young girl when her father told her she would be visited by the Angel of Music. Christine begins working at
the Opera house as a dancer when she is older. The owner of the Opera house is retiring and sold the place to Monsieur Firmin (played by sophomore Joseph Weseloh, Austin, Tex.) and Monsieur André (played by senior Ben Villa, Aberdeen) When the new owners are
visiting, Carlotta Guidicelli (played by senior Lea Koo-iman, Flandrean, and Dr. Darci
Bultema) is almost crushed by one of the set pieces falling. Several members of the com-
pany suggest this could be the work of the “Phantom of the Opera” (played by senior Cory Niles, Gettysberg). The Phan-tom is a presence said to haunt the building and because of this Carlotta drops out of the show. Meg Giry (played by junior
Larissa Buchholz, Tripp) sug-gests that Christine should play the part. The Managers like what they hear when Christine sings and she receives the roll.When she is performing
Raoul, Vicomte De Chagny (played by junior Paul Hosel-ton, Fargo, N.D.) is in the audi-ence and realizes that Christine is the same girl he knew when he was young. They reconnect and she starts to fall in love with him, but at the same time
the Phantom isn’t just a legend.
composer who lives deep below the Opera House. The Phantom abducts Christine and brings her down to his lair. He wants to share his music with her so he offers to write an opera just for her. Finally, he lets Christine go. During Il Muto (which is a
production the Opera House is putting on), the Phantom mess-es with Carlotta’s voice so they have to go to the ballet, dur-ing which the Phantom is kill-ing Joseph Buquet (played by freshmen Jon Miller, Kimball). The Phantom sees them fall-
ing in love and becomes en-raged. He is angry because he sees it as her betraying him. The Phantom crashes a party
the Opera House is holding and gives them his composition of Don Juan Triumphant and ex-pects them to perform his piece. Madame Giry (played by
freshmen Jocelyn Meidinger, Jamestown, N.D.) explains to Raoul where and how the Phan-
tom came to be. The Manage r s and Raoul get togeth-er to talk about what they are go-ing to do about this mysterious P h a n t om . They de-
cide to take m a t t e r s into their own hands and try and end his rein. While l i s t e n -ing, Christine becomes afraid about trying this stunt and begs Raoul not to attempt this task. Looking for guid-
ance a scared Christine goes to her father’s grave. The Phantom tries to lure
her to him but Raoul foiled his plans. The Guards and Raoul secured the building to ensure the Phantom could not escape. Joking around the Phantom
“plays” with the Guards, mak-ing them think he is in dif-ferent places in the building. One of the Guards shoots at where he thinks the Phantom is, thankfully not killing or injur-ing anyone. After that incident they put on Don Juan Trium-phant to try and trap the Phan-tom with his own work of art. Christine plays the lead girl
for Don Juan. Ubaldo Piangi (played by junior Anthony Rohr, Lefor, N.D.) is cast as Don Juan. He leaves for a moment and is snatched by the Phantom. The Phantom dresses up as
Don Juan and takes his part. Christine thinking it is Piangi and not the Phantom touches his cheek and discovers that it is not who she thinks it is. She seduces him and pulls off his mask to reveal what he has been trying to conceal from the world. Livid, the Phantom abducts
Christine once more and brings her to his lair. After they leave
Phantom. Scared out of her mind she runs from his mangled body. Meanwhile the Phantom tries to force Christine into marriage but she says she can never love him because of his dark deeds.
Raoul trying to be a hero goes after Christine to save her. The Phantom being smarter catches Raoul in a trap where he attempts to strangle him. Christine kisses the Phan-
tom and because of this kiss he decides to let Raoul go. He forces them to leave together and Christine returns his wed-ding ring he gave her. Having been crushed by love the Phan-tom disappears and never re-turns. Meg had been looking for Christine and found the lair. When she arrives she discov-
ers a cape on the chair and she
of their experience was the mask. The crowd went WILD
as the lights go dark and the play comes to an end. “I absolutely loved working
on Phantom of the Opera. My colleagues were wonderful to work with and I learned so much from the directors,” said senior Michelle Monroe, Pierre, said.”To have been given the op-
portunity to play this charac-ter, “The Phantom” has really been a dream come true. Hav-
-ern, makes it that much better, and meaningful,” Niles said.Seemingly, everyone had
a wonderful time work-ing on the musical. This was a once in a lifetime show. “This show was amazing.
Everyone is so incredibly tal-ented I was honored to be part of the cast. I had a wonder-ful time and made so many great friends and memories that I will never forget,” fresh-men Lara Brink, Artesian, said.The whole cast. Photo courtesy of NSU Scene Shop.
Behind the scenes and in the audience: “Phantom of the Opera” like no other
Cory Niles as the Phantom. Photo courtesy of Daniel Yurgaitis, director of “Phantom of the Opera.”
meet of season.
See page 9.
Emily MurrayExponent Staff
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Feature Feature 3Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Exponent
This year there is a war wag-ing between teams on cam-
pus. It’s Penny Wars! The Student Athletic Adviso-
ry Committee (SAAC) is host-ing this year’s war on campus and it is going on right now! All around the Barnett
Center and at ALL home games until the first week in December there will
This Means War!
Advertise with The Exponent!
As any off-cam-pus student can tell you, laun-dry can put
you in the quite the fix. For many, it is put off alto-gether until a trip home. For others, it requires
a pocket full of quarters and a decent amount of free time. While nev-er the most convenient chore, it must be done eventually and the State Street Pub and Laundro-mat is the place to do it.What is the number
one perk to bringing your laundry to The Mat? How about showing your stu-dent ID card and getting 50 cents off your wash cycle? That means more quarters in your pocket for things that are actually fun, not boring. If you feel those extra
quarters weighing down your pockets, the pub half of the fa-cility offers numerous oppor-tunities to use that money for more entertaining purposes. There are darts, arcade
games and a pool table. There are also video games
Business Review: Do your laundry and have funLiz ZappaCo-Editor
Giving us the low-down on His-tory since 1995, here is Ric Dias:
The infamous story of Dias begins 51 years ago in Eu-reka, Calif., where he contin-
ued to grow up with his sister. He graduated from St. Ber-
nard’s High School in 1978 and in the spring of 1995, af-ter attending several colleges, he got his Ph.D. in History from the University of Cali-fornia, Riverside. That coming
full time teaching job here at Northern State University!Facts: “I was in a hunting accident
when I was 18, when a few of my friends mistook me for a mallard and shot me. I still have a piece of #6 shot in my upper lip.”“I’ve walked on the
Great Wall of China.”“I’m getting married next
spring and I proposed to my
“Every vehicle I have ever owned has had a clutch pedal.” “I am in my high
school’s hall of fame.”“When I “graduated“ from
8th grade I was salutatorian and I gave a speech in front of about 400 people. When I
“My favorite pet was my cat,
Liz. She is now in an urn at home.” “I took banjo lessons for a year.”“Every year I judge food
for the Brown County Fair and South Dakota State Fair.” “I worked as a restau-
rant cook for over four years. I love food and cooking.”“When I was 30 I
had lymphatic cancer.” “I am
a part of the New-man Cen-ter and H i s t o r y Club here at NSU.” “I am a
dedicated recycler.” “I am
r e s t o r -ing a 60-year-old car
that I have owned for 30 years.”“I’m taking Korean lessons
and last year I was part of a Ko-rean drumming group – Nanta.”
The long tale and adven-tures of Art Marmorstein:Once upon a starlit night
a little Marmorstein was born in San Francisco, Ca-lif., where he continued to live out his younger years. Eventually, he ventured to
Stanford for his undergradu-ate degree where he majored in drama in spite of having “no theatrical talent whatso-ever.” He ended up working on more than 20 shows and playing tenor saxophone in the infamous Stanford band! After graduation he decided
to take a year off school and seek out different joys of his. Throughout this adventur-ous time he took piano and voice lessons, ran workshops for gifted children, took over his old high school’s theater program, coached swimming, and taught swimming lessons.Following his time at Stan-
ford, Marmorstein decided
he wanted to go out to the folk and square dance class in Sacramento, which is where he was dazzled by a beauti-ful woman named Donna.
on Nov. 2, 1974, soon to be fol-
kissed. They now have six ec-centric kids, four grandkids and two more grandkids on the way. In the middle of the groovy
era (1975), Marmorstein went back to school to earn a teach-ing credential. He taught ju-nior high and high school English for four years at two small Christian schools. Not only that but he was
heavily involved in athletics as he was the athletic director and coach at these schools! He coached softball, baseball, vol-leyball, basketball and soccer—all sports in which he had no ex-perience in at all until that point.In 1981, he went back to
school again, earning a Mas-ters in History at California State Univer-sity, Sacramen-to, and a Ph.D. in History at UC Davis. During his
graduate school days, his fam-ily and he lived in Jackson, a small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills, and he worked at the pool as a life-guard and swim coach during the summer. Not only that but he did a lot of work with a small non-denominational church by teaching Sunday school and leading a Wednesday night service at Amador hospital. Facts:“I play piano, guitar, and sax-
ophone—though not very well.”“I love to play chess.”“My favorite authors are
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Christopher Stasheff and much
of what I read for fun is from the children’s room of the library. I especially like books by Edith Nesbitt, Edward Eager, J.D. Fitzgerald and Sid Fleishman. ““I was born on Sept. 13,
1952. The superstition is that, for those born on the 13th, thir-teen is lucky rather than un-lucky. That’s true for me. I was married on a Friday the 13th (Jan. 13, 1978), and my second son was born on Friday, Sept. 13, 1991—my 39th birthday.”“In high school I par-
ticipated in swimming, wa-ter polo and wrestling.”“Some of my class-
mates called me “Marmor-
“Our oldest son is a com-puter science professor at Long-wood University in Virginia.” “Our youngest daughter is in
the 6th grade at Simmons Mid--
tween our oldest and youngest.
“My wife has giv-en birth to children in four different decades!”“My brother Paul (who uses
the stage name Paul Mars Black) has two gold records to his credit. Paul started his profes-sional music career with a punk band called the Mau Maus.” “Another brother, Marc,
also makes his living as a mu-sician, doing a very differ-ent kind of music and spend-ing a lot of time setting the psalms to music, including the entirety of Psalm 119.”
*Faculty and Staff Fun Facts* Do you know your history?Every month there will
be a different faculty or
staff member featured;; this
month’s edition features:
Jamie GoldenCampus Reporter
~Senior Spotlight~ Meet Vanessa Jane Breske Every month there will be a differ-
ent major featured. This month’s
edition features Business.
Senior Vanessa Jane Breske, Watertown, majors in International Business and Market-
ing and minors in Economics.Background:Q: Why did you want to go to
Northern State University? A: “I mainly wanted to go to
NSU because it was a smaller school and it was close enough to home without being too close. Also, I knew what I wanted to major in right away so I knew Northern was a good choice.”Q: Favorite things to do out-
side of school, work, etc.?A: “My favorite things to do
outside of school include: going out with friends, taking part in in-
tramurals and city league sports.”Q: Any groups or activi-
ties that you take part in?A: “I was in the Student
Association and Spanish Club last year and I am also part of the Business Club.”Education Questions:Q: What has been your favor-
ite part of your educational expe-rience?A: “Most of the teachers are
great, understanding and take the time to make sure you suc-ceed. Also, it’s nice going to a small enough college where you know a lot of the people here.”Q: Who is your favorite col-
lege professor? A: -
mann! I’ve never been bored in one of his classes and he keeps the class interesting, which makes it much easier to learn in. Plus, he cracks me up!”Q: Hardest part about your
major? A: -
mostly because I really hate math.”Q: What is the thing that
you look forward to most in the next couple of years?A: “Graduating!”Q: Future Plans? A: “Move out of South Dakota
for sure. I’m thinking of moving to the Denver area for grad school.”Q: Study suggestions?A: “Don’t procrastinate
even though it’s the easi-est thing to do. Even if the li-brary isn’t your favorite build-ing – go there! GO TO THE S.I. SESSIONS – they help!”Q: Most memorable college
moment? A: “It hasn’t happened yet –
but I’m studying abroad for 6 weeks this summer and I’m sure it will be my best experience.”Q: Any internships/jobs that
you wish you would have taken advantage of, glad you did, or wish you d i d n ’ t ? A: “I
wish I had done an intern-s h i p . ”Q: Any
words of wisdom?A: “Take college seriously,
but still have fun. Learn to bal-ance out your time between schoolwork and a social life.”Q: Anything else you would
like to add?A: “They say college is sup-
posed to be some of the best years of your life – it’s true. Take in as much as you can and partic-ipate in things around campus.”
Jamie GoldenCampus Reporter
Courtesy of Dias.
Courtesy of Marmorstein.
Breske.
be buckets for each team. The only way to win is
to have the most pennies in your bucket and trust me, you want your team to win because you do not want to miss out on the reward!Rules:Pennies are positive! Every-
thing else, like dimes, quar-ters, dollar bills, five dollar bills and so on, are negative based on their value, for ex-ample dimes are minus ten. Put pennies in your fa-
vorite team bucket and then sabotage the other team
Penny Wars- Who Will Win?Campus Reporter
buckets by adding other coins or bills of your choice!Benefits:All of the proceeds go to
the Make A Wish Founda-tion so it is a superb cause! Not only that but the win-ning team’s coach might have to kiss a pig at a basketball game in January. The winning team and coach will also be rewarded with a pizza party!So head out today (and every
day until December) to fight for your team’s victory in this war and help SAAC raise mon-ey for a magnificent cause!
The Northern State University Eng-
ever Sweets and Stories event was held on Oct. 26, and by all ac-counts was a great success. The idea behind the event
was to have a bake sale, but rather than just having a bake sale, several professors would be invited to read a short selec-tion from their favorite works.
Professors Whiteley, Blanchard, Grettler, Dias, Benkert, Haller, Schaff, and Duszenko gladly read to the group of students who attended, with literary selections ranging from Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings to Victorian poetry. The English Club was very
happy with the turnout that
people were in attendance. This success has prompted
the English Club to consider the likelihood of the event happen-ing again in the spring semester.
Sweet Stories:English Club StyleCarl WobigCampus Reporter
to play for free on one of their many big screen TVs. If you just want to sit back
and relax there are plenty of comfy recliners and couch-es. Free Wi-Fi is available and is especially useful if you need to get some home-
work done while you’re waiting for your clothes. Should your stomach start
to grumble while you’re there, or you’ve had a long day and need a drink, the pub opens at noon and serves everything from pizzas to sandwiches. There is also a variety
of non-alcoholic and alco-holic beverages to quench your thirst. Vending ma-chines with soda and good-ies are also available.The owner, Cory John-
son, describes The Mat as having a “laid back atmo-sphere.” He especially wants to make it clear that all ages are welcome, including par-ents with young children. This is apparent to any-
one who uses The Mat, where at any given time one can see college stu-dents, kids, parents and older adults doing their laundry and enjoying the lax environment.The Laundromat sec-
tion, located at the front of the business, is open 24/7, while the pub opens daily at noon. A wash cycle is $2.00,
but $1.50 with your stu-dent ID. A dry cycle is 25
cents for eight minutes, and it usually takes 2-3 cycles to completely dry your clothes. That’s only two or three quarters! Laundry detergent is available for purchase. The State Street Pub and
Laundromat is located at 120 N. State Street, which is one block north of the railroad tracks, or seven blocks north of Kesslers. You can also contact them
at 605-725-9274 or check out their Facebook page.
The new way to do laundry. Photo courtesy of State Street Pub Facebook page.
Come celebrate different cultures at Culturefest and annual Powwow
Northern State Uni-versity is proud to partner with the Aberdeen commu-
nity for two days of food, music, dance and dress from different cultures around the globe on No-vember 4 & 5 at the NSU Barnett Center.The celebration begins on Fri-
day, Nov. 4, with the premiere of Culturefest. This event will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-7:30 p.m. Students and com-munity members alike will have the opportunity to speak with individuals who have lived and traveled all around the world. Some of these areas will be well
exotic and unfamiliar. “As we continue to be a high-
ly desired destination for under-graduate international students, this type of activity becomes more and more logical in the de-velopment of NSU, as a campus
the development of the larger community as well,” said NSU President Jim Smith. Opportunities to explore and
learn about international desti-nations and their rich cultures will not be limited to college
Culturefest Committee is work-ing to extend invitations to area K-12 students, especially those involved with NSU via the State-wide Center for E-Learning. The second part of the two-
day celebration includes the an-nual NSU Fall Powwow. Grand Entry is scheduled at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. and will be a traditional wacipi with the goal that every-one will leave with something, whether placing in a dancing
warm meal to feed their spirit. A meal open to the public will be served at 5 p.m.Guests who have been in-
vited to participate in the event sponsored by the NSU Native American Student Association include Tony Bob Tail Bear, Sr. of Little Eagle, as the Emcee/Eyapaha and Justin Miller, of McLaughlin as the arena direc-tor. The Host Drum will be Da-kota Boys Drum from the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe.If you would like more infor-
mation or to participate in the activities please call 626-3011 or e-mail [email protected] of University Rela-
tions.
Opinion Opinion 4Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Exponent
Exponent Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Opinion 5
From the left... ...to the Right Support education, for the good of our future Senate votes to end ‘Fast and
Zachary AndersonOpinion Columnist
Kody KyrissOpinion Columnist
Girls just wanna have fun... and take picturesBryce MillsOpinion Columnist
Kara KirschenmannOpinion Columnist
I spent the night out with a few people of the female persua-sion. It was an incredibly odd night since half the time
the girls were sitting together staring at their cell phones and the other half they were taking pictures of each other.
be on Facebook if I was too shallow and uninteresting to hold a conversa-tion, but the picture taking is what bewildered me. I truly do not under-stand what possesses girls to take pic-tures of every random thing they do.Here is a list of times it makes sense
to take pictures: holidays, when you visit a specific location (once per year), family gatherings, when dis-covering the lost city of Atlantis, to check if someone is a vampire, and to prove something to the Internet. Here is a list of times it does not make
sense to take pictures but girls do any-way: when you are going to the bath-room, when you’re eating, when you are sitting at home, and when you see that person you just saw two weeks ago. Did you notice the difference? One
of them you are going to look back and go, “I’m sure glad I captured this memory.” Whereas a girl will look at one of her hundreds of Facebook al-bums filled with random pictures and think, “Where the heck was this pic-ture taken? Whose bathroom is this?”The saddest thing about these girls
is how proud they are of each and every picture they take. Just look-
ing through a girl’s tagged pictures one will find bunches of low qual-ity, poorly shot pictures with her eyes closed or her staring at nothing. Why does the world need to
see these images? Why would you post them on Facebook? For a normal person, seeing a pic-
ture like that would be an automatic deletion, but for a girl they need to show everyone and then all their little girlfriends will say, “Oh, that was such a great sandwich. We really need to hang out. Ha ha. We are so silly.” For anyone who thinks this an exaggeration, I assure this is incred-ibly (and sadly) accurate.Just for a quick contrast
of what a girl does at a place versus a guy: we arrive at a loca-tion, find our friends, and actually do stuff. If we are at a bar, we are talking to people there-not staring at our phones looking at pictures from the last time we were at the same place staring at our phones. If girls were less
obsessed with taking pictures, they might actually do some-thing that is worth taking a picture of. Seriously girls:
put away the cam- e r a and cell phone and live a little. I promise we don’t need to see the pictures to be sure you did it.
Many college girls’ Sunday routines at some point in-clude uploading pic-
tures from the week-end events onto Facebook. In all honestly, I’m not sure if there really is a practi-c a l
rea-s o n -
ing why it is we insist on
taking pictures at all of our social outings and our
we do it every weekend. Although I agree it is a bit ridicu-lous, I can’t deny that I take part in the excessive picture taking when I go out. If you walk into The Zoo Bar or
Lagers on a Friday or Saturday night it never fails. There will be a group of girls having a girls’ night out. And they will be constantly snapping pic-
tures of each other making silly faces, dancing, and even simply just eating or drinking. Possibly we do this because we put
so much effort into doing our makeup and getting dressed for the night or we take so many pictures to show the world we have friends and are having fun. Another possible reason we take so
many pictures and post them online is it provides entertainment through-out the week. All week long everyone comments and likes the pictures and it gives us something to do in our spare time. There are guys out there who make
fun of girls for taking all the pictures. Yet they obviously enjoy looking at them considering they are always pro-viding feedback. Whatever the reasoning is, it’s ba-
sically a necessity to have our cam-eras or our phones with us ready to whip out at any time to capture what we look like and what we’re doing throughout the night. We have our cameras for football
games, for a walk through Storybook Land and we definitely have to take them to any concert we go to. This last one usually results in an equal amount of or more pictures of ourselves and our friends than there is of the band that we are there to see. Even if we do take too many pic-
tures of ourselves during the week-ends, pictures are great ways of cap-turing memories. We’re just having fun and don’t ever
want to forget it.
Bryce MillsColumnist
Let’s go to the movies:
The combination of a father, a son, and robot boxing in the movie “Real Steel” leaves the movie not in
lack of entertainment value. In fact, “Real Steel” is just that: an
entertaining movie about a father and son and vicious robot boxing. One would think a mash-up of these
topics would be interesting but it works perfectly. Though the story has been done be-
fore, “Real Steel” does it differently and far better. Hugh Jackman plays a down-on-his-luck e x -boxer turned r o b o t - b o x i n g manager named Charlie.
He lost his true passion when human boxing gave way to robot boxing that has all the carnage without the damage to human life. He is a deadbeat dad with no interest
in his son until it is profitable for him. When Charlie is forced to spend the
summer with his son Max (played by Dakota Goyo) they clash at every op-portunity until Max discovers an old robot named Atom. SPOILER ALERT: Drawn together by their shared love
of robot boxing the two begin to bond and together the father-son team turns this old robot into a fighting machine. Their machine eventually takes on
the number one fighting robot in the world aptly named Zeus.
The cast is perfect with Evange-line Lilly being the sup-porting character/business partner/love interest with-
out shoving it down your throat, as other robot movies tend to do. Jackman puts on
an amazing per-
formance but it is really young Goyo who steals the show. His performance as vid-
eo gamer know-it-all Max is what makes the movie amazing. Plus Atom and Goyo’s relationship on screen is astounding. There seems to be true
chemistry between Jack-man and Goyo as well all of which helps make the movie a truly outstanding theater-going experience. This movie is much
more than “Rocky” meets “Transformers” meets Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Ro-bots. It is a heartfelt, funny
story of the underdog becoming the people’s champion. Atom becomes a world-renowned fighter, Max becomes a legend-ary manager and Charlie becomes the hero his son needs him to be.
Ashley VincentMovie Critic
The Exponent’s political
columnists are also the presidents
of the NSU College Republicans and
the NSU College Democrats, Kody
Kyriss and Zachary Anderson (right
and left columnist respectively). Their
opinions are not necessarily the
opinions of this newspaper.
My topic this month goes back to the cuts that hap-pened last year that hurt education across the
board. A plan that is in place is trying to raise the tax rate from four percent to
The tax hike would raise approximate-ly $166 - $175 million per year that will go to K – 12 education and Medicare. This act is brought to call by an or-
ganization called “Moving South Dakota Forward” who is attempt-ing to get it on the ballot in 2012. In order to get it on the bal-
lot per South Dakota Constitution, they must obtain 15,855 signatures of registered South Dakota voters. The reason this is on the top of dis-
cussion is because we have to educate our students. Without education, peo-ple will not stand a chance in the com-petitive job market or will not get into the colleges they would like because they have not been educated correctly.
The youth today need more edu-cation than even what we received when we were young in order to keep up with the global job market. With all the cuts, we need to do some-
thing to make up the funds. As of now we haven’t found any other way to pick up the budget cuts and we are fall-ing behind other states in that aspect. Education needs
to be protected if South Dakota is go-ing to try to keep up and even expand as other states are. Right now the
only part of our state that seems to be growing is our elder-ly population which will eventually make us a smaller state and have to compete for more small state rights than we already do. If you believe in the youth of our
state please voice your opinions to our legislators so the youth now and your future children will be able to get the education they deserve.
On Tuesday, Oct. 18, the Sen-ate voted to prevent the Jus-tice Department from ex-ecuting any gun-smuggling
probes like “Operation Fast and Furious.” The “Operation Fast and Furious”
was a program designed to “run” guns to Mexico in order to bust drug car-tels, but instead, the department lost track of many of the weapons. The weapons
that were lost were discovered to have been used to commit
crimes in both Mexico and the United States.The need to stop the Justice Department
from performing such “busts” is abso-lutely necessary. Though the importance of discovering and stopping drug cartels is important, the United States needs to
The weapons that were being sent
to Mexico to stop the cartels were be-ing carelessly monitored. Monitor-ing the weapons is everything. The massive amount of money being pro-duced by the government to make and deliver such guns is immense. The investment is so large that it is im-
portant to watch over the guns from the moment they are produced to when they reach their exact destination in Mexico.Such an operation shows the ob-
vious holes in the United States law enforcement. How can we, as Unit-ed States citizens, expect to be role models and lead other countries with such operations being conducted? If we, as the citizens of a democratic
country, want to set out and try and in-
good relations, then it is important that we get control of small operations like that. If we can discover even more op-
erations that are being performed like “Operation Fast and Furious,” then we can become a more respectable and safe country that others can look up to.
Furious’ gun program
You’re Doing It WrongAccording to Bryce:
Real Steel, real entertainment
Images courtesy of Google Image Search.
A long while back I stumbled upon a Web site that polled girls of all ages, educations
out exactly how women thought. It provided a few interesting results, like what women preferred for a date and who should pay the bills. However, I came across a ques-
tion that upset me on a very person-al level. It asked, “If a guy has a lot of comic books, is he well read?” The poll offered three options for the girls: yes, no, and “only if it has been made into a movie.” That last question seriously
broke my brain. I’m not even sure why it was made an option but a surprising (and unreason-able) number of ladies sided with the movies-determine-worth idea. I’m going to set that option
aside as people who can’t actu-ally read, but someone how man-
just as much storytelling ability as books. It’s possible it is the length that might
turn the ladies off, but if more content is better, then TV shows are better than books. Even video games take tens to hundreds of hours to beat where books may only take a few. I won’t say there aren’t TV shows that
are devoid of quality (Jersey Shore) or even video games
( H a l o )
b u t e v -e r y medi-um has amazing t h i n g s and horri-ble things.
I bet I know what it think there is
nothing to be learned from comic books.
age to navigate the poll. Those are some girls who are seriously doing it wrong.What makes comic books not as good as
books for these ladies? They literally have the word book in their name. They do contain a large amount of pictures, but that doesn’t make the words mean any less. Every word a character
speaks is
shown, as well as their t h o u g h t s . Instead of long winded descr ip t ions of what’s going on, those aspects are told through pictures-a clearly superior format. They provide
Clearly they spend each night reading A Tale Of Two Cities and Moby Dick and can judge us lowly comic book readers and our stupid comic books. I wonder if they know that sushi
You know where I learned that? From Mr. Wade Wilson, a.k.a. Deadpool. You just got Comic Book’d! (Geeks, feel free to use that in the future.) Perhaps you are looking for a
beautifully told story about a man coming to grips with Hunting-ton’s disease, look no further than “It’s A Bird” by Steven T. Seagle. Bam. Comic Book’d.I submit the idea that not only are
comic book readers as good as “nor-mal” book readers but they are actual-ly better. We don’t just consume great
of art on every page, from simple line drawing to breathtaking paintings. So ladies, please do your gender a
solid, and ask a real comic book read-er for something to read. No matter what you like, I bet I’ve got some-thing in my collection you’d love.
What do YOU think? Do YOU have an opinion?
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Campus CalendarTuesday, Nov. 1— No Shave November sponsored by The Exponent, November 1- 30Friday, Nov. 4— Culturefest, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 6— Senior Recital, Erica Guthmiller, soprano/Lea Kooioman, soprano, JC 107, 3 p.m.Monday, Nov. 7—English Club Meeting, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 8—English Club Meeting, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Thursday, Nov. 10—Patrick Luber, sculpture, Isaac Lincoln Gallery—Liszt Festival: Guest Recital, All-Liszt Program, Eugene Gienger, pianist, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Nov. 11—Veterans Day - no high school classes with NSU Center for Statewide E-learning
—Liszt Festival: Playliszt (one-act comedy by Jaspers and Vodnoy), JC 107, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 12—Liszt Festival: NSU Orchestra Concert, JC Theatre, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Nov. 15—Sigma Tau Delta Induction Ceremony-TC252, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.Wednesday, Nov. 16—NSU Band Clinic, JC 122, Theatre, 8 a.m.Thursday, Nov. 17—MENC recital, JC 107, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Nov. 18—Northern Bound Day, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.—Jazz Swing Dance at the Ward, 7:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 19—Northern Night 2011, 5:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 20—Senior Recital, Kristina Olfert, soprano/Colin Neuharth, piano, JC 107, 3 p.m.Monday, Nov. 21
Wednesday, Nov. 23
Thursday, Nov. 24—Thanksgiving break - no high school classes with NSU Center for Statewide E-learning
Friday, Nov. 25—Thanksgiving break - no high school classes with NSU Center for Statewide E-learning—Thanksgiving Break - No classesTuesday, Nov. 29—Megan Pinch, photography, President’s Gallery—NSU Choir on TourWednesday, Nov. 30—NSU Choir on TourThursday, Dec. 1—NSU Choral Concert, 1st Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Dec. 2—Senior Drama Project, (title of show), JC 107, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 3—Senior Drama Project, (title of show), JC 107, 7:30 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 4—NSU Chamber Singers in Hoven, 3 p.m.Monday, Dec. 5—English Club Meeting, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
—NSU Concert Band performance, JC Theatre, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 6— English Club Meeting, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Policies
Northern State Uni-versity has been e x p e r i e n c i n g several extensive
transformations this semester, all in the name of improvement for the life of the students. Not all students think that the chang-es are for the better, however. Recent debate over the fate
of NSU’s Java City shows that divisiveness can be car-
ried on the winds of change.The plan for the Student
Center, at least in the near fu-ture, is as follows: at the end of semester, the regular Java City will close and Java City Express (JCX) will be moved from Jerde Hall to the new in-formation desk location on the main level of the building. While waiting for the transi-
tion to Einstein Brothers’ Ba-gels, JCX will temporarily pro-vide several kinds of coffees and teas, as well as the sandwiches,
are used to seeing at Java City. By next year, Einstein
Brothers’ Bagels will be open for business in the Stu-dent Center, and Java City will be phased out of campus.This, of course, is all ac-
cording to the plans set by ad-ministrative committees and student focus groups over the past several semesters. The acquisition of Ein-
stein Brothers’ Bagels was al-ways meant to replace Java
City in the role of grab-n-go food and hot coffee. (A list of Einstein Brothers’ Ba-gels full menu may be found at www.einsteinbros.com). Not all students, though, are
happy to see Java City go, as is demonstrated by the forma-tion of an ad-hoc committee in NSU’s student government, the Student Association, suit-ably named “Operation Caf-feine Explosion,” or OCE. As committees are cre-
ated based on the most press-
ing needs and wants of the student body, the divergence among students about losing Java City and campus’ beloved coffee is exceedingly clear. According to student senator
Danielle Weisz, a sophomore from Bismarck, N.D., OCE is
-sues with losing Java City and helping resolve the problem. As most students that talk
with the committee are very much against the removal of Java City from campus, if not
for the changes in coffee se-lection than for loyalty’s sake,
a solution that would include keeping the establishment. Some solutions include
“moving Java into another lo-cation on campus, either by working its necessities into a current building’s plumb-ing or by a coffee cart,” Weisz shared with The Exponent.
because our university is grow-
ing,” and as it grows it is nec-essary to heed student opinions about what is offered on campus. Challenges that the com-
mittee is working on include collaborating with the Admin-istration and Aramark Dining
way to keep Java City at NSU. The Student Association
welcomes all students to share their opinions at student gov-ernment’s weekly meetings, held in the Student Center on Tuesday nights at 9 p.m.
Take a closer look at
what’s happening on campus
Fate of Java City causes controversy for coffee lovers
This is what students can expect to see in the future. Einstein Bagels will replace Java City in the renovated Student Center. Courtesy photo.
Exponent Staff
The visiting Minne-sota State University Moorhead Dragons won nine of the six-
teen contested events, including both relays, to edge the North-ern State Wolves 168-108 in a season-opening dual meet on Friday, October 14.
season for the Wolves, whose next meet will be a Nov. 4-5 double dual at home against Minnesota-Morris and Morning-side College.
-ning, the 400-yard medley relay, NSU was able to come up with a second and third place in the event. Medley team ‘A’ was led off by freshman Amanda Taylor, Miller, followed by the two mid-dle swimmers, senior Christine Retzlaff, Wahpeton, N.D., and freshman Samantha Gunning,
anchored by sophomore Sara Pe-terson, Sioux Falls, with a time of 4:15.97. NSU’s Medley team
‘B’, consisting senior Brooke Larson, McLaughlin, junior Al-lie Samuels, Cody, Wyo., fresh-man Ceanna Johnson, Cut Bank, Mont., and junior Sarah Iwerks,
4:24.30.The second event of the eve-
ning was the 1,000-yard free-style where sophomore Hanna Mastel, Fargo, N.D., came in
senior Laura McCowan, Grand Forks, N.D., came in sixth with a time of 12:56.43. In the third event of the evening, the 200-yard freestyle, Retzalff and Lar-son took the top two spots with times of 2:04.14 and 2:06.99 re-spectively.In the 100-yard backstroke,
with Taylor leading the way at 1:05.51, followed by sopho-more Ashley LaFave, Aberdeen, and junior Cynthia Konechne, Kimball. In the 100-yard breast-stroke Samuels took second with a time of 1:13.81 followed by freshman Hailey Zimmer, Lady-smith, Wis., in third with a time if 1:14.63.
In the sixth event of the night,
came away with the win with a time of 2:21.46. In the follow-ing event, the 50-yard freestyle,
third. Leading the pack was Pe-terson with a time of 26.08 and coming in third was Johnson with a time of 27.20.The ninth event of the evening
was the 100-yard freestyle where Peterson took second place with a time of 57.05. In the following event, the 200-yard backstroke, NSU walked away with the top two spots by Larson with a time of 2:21.10 and Taylor with a time of 2:21.57. In the 200-yard breaststroke Samuels took sec-ond with a time of 2:38.80NSU had one swimmer, Mc-
Cowan, swim the 500-yard free-
NSU’s Retzlaff took second place with a time of 1:00.65. In the 400-yard IM, NSU was rep-resented by one swimmer, Gun-ning, who took on seven oppos-
time of 5:04.87.-
ning, the 200-yard freestyle relay, NSU’s ‘A’ relay team, consisting of Retzlaff, Larson, Zimmer, and Peterson, came in a close second with a time of 1:44.11 while the ‘B’ relay team, Samuels, Johnson, Iwerks, and
Gunning, came in fourth with a time of 1:49.71.The Wolves next meet will be
home against Minnesota-Morris and Morningside College on No-vember 4 and 5 at the Aberdeen YMCA.
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Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21)All you want is a little privacy every
solitude is turning into a quest for the pro-verbial needle in the haystack. No matter where you go, someone always appears in your place of seclusion. They don’t mean to interrupt, so stop sending them death stares or else you’re going to get a reputa-tion of being an unfriendly person. Unless this is your plan in order to procure pri-vacy. After all, if no one likes you, they’ll generally avoid being around you.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
friend is avoiding you. If your best friend is a Scorpio, see above. If not, it’s prob-ably because they’ve grown tired of your overbearing ways. It’s one thing to want to see them once a day, but the necessity to meet up after every class, and to know where they are every minute of the day, is probably driving them insane. After all, college is about freedom. Stop acting like the parent they’re trying to escape.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away
upon everything that you are thankful for. Besides the usual friends and family and food, you will also be thankful for your pet unicorn named Periwinkle, the weeks-
re-runs of “Friends.” Remember, it’s the little things in life that we must learn to cherish.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
childhood this month. You will munch on animal crackers, watch PBS for hours and challenge your friends to tricycle rac-es. You will throw a huge tantrum when your professors give you assignments you don’t like, and call them “meany-heads” when they kick you out of their classes. After you’ve had some quiet time, though, you will feel much better and proceed to build an epic fort in your dorm room out of blankets and pillows.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Life has been so rough this semester
that even the stars didn’t want to deal with
months in a row. However, a number of things are about to change, so hang on to your seat! To name a few: A mysterious package from home will show up, you will actually start understanding your cal-culus homework and that one teacher will
of you sitting in the front of the class.
Aries (March 21-April 19)As the cold starts to set in and Madame
Winter takes over, you start to wonder if you’ll survive. The warmer climates have always been calling your name and you think it’s about time to heed that call. You’re sick of cold feet, cold hands, cold cheeks and cold everywhere else. You want your car to start in the morning and no longer want to see your breath while walking to class. However, seeing as how
-dent, a move anywhere isn’t possible right now. Enjoy another South Dakota winter!
Taurus (April 20-May 20)You’ve hit a wall when it comes to any-
thing academic. Midterms drained out the last of any creativity or ambition you may have had left at this point in the semester. In theory, you have a month to recover
I suggest a very long period of very limit-ed brain activity. This is generally known as sleeping and watching T.V. If anything, you will become a well-rested pop culture know-it-all.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)Your sweet tooth will get the best of
you this month. Kit Kats, cookies, choco-late cravings of all kinds will wreak havoc on your diet, your teeth and your waist-line. You will do your best to counteract the effects with lots of exercising and eat-ing fruit, but it will not be enough. The only way to survive this binge is to hope it’s followed by a period of craving noth-ing but salads and lean meat. And don’t
Cancer (June 22-July 22)You’re going to have a few busy weeks
ahead of you, but busy in a good way (not like the “12 cups of coffee and two hours of sleep” busy). You will meet up with an old friend after a long period of separation and a big event will give your romantic life the burst of energy and excitement it’s been lacking for a while. You will be able to take a fun road trip and party hard with all of your friends while never getting be-hind at work or in school.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)Sleep seems to be rather elusive lately,
and it’s starting to show. The bags under your eyes, the mumbled responses, the dragging footsteps all speak of insomnia. You’ve tried everything, from warm milk before bed to taking sleep meds. Here’s a suggestion: You know that 300-dollar textbook you’ve been using as a paper-weight? It can give you instant Z’s. If that doesn’t work, I’m sure your roommate will be happy to use the book to knock you out… literally.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)You still seem to be suffering the ill ef-
fects of Halloween. Whether it’s an upset stomach from the candy or a raging head-ache from the partying, you’ve sworn you will never, ever do this to yourself again. Of course, Thanksgiving is coming up, and remember what you promised last year about never, ever overeating again during the holidays? Yup, these kinds of resolutions were never meant to be car-ried through.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) You’re like a lovelorn puppy dog these
days, eyeing the girl or guy you’ve liked for ages but have never had the courage to approach. Your heart aches to make them yours, but it just doesn’t seem to be writ-ten in the stars. This could be because you two just
weren’t meant to be together, or it could be the possessive boyfriend or girlfriend they happen to be with at this time. Whatever the case, do not lose hope. Ei-ther they’ll see the error of their ways, or you’ll get over it. Whatever happens, please stop stalking them on Facebook. It’s probably creeping them out.
The Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony will open its 92nd sea-
son with Liszt Festival 2011. This year is the 200th an-
niversary of the birth of the great Hungarian pianist, com-poser and conductor Franz Liszt. The three-day festi-val, which celebrates Liszt, begins at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 with an all-Liszt piano recital by internationally acclaimed Eugene Gienger, known as “DAKOTA PIANIST,” in Berggren Recital Hall of the Johnson Fine Arts Center. At 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11,
an original one-act com-edy “PLAYLISZT” by Robert Vodnoy and Car-leen Jaspers will premiere on the main stage of the Johnson Fine Arts Center. A pre-performance dis-
cussion about the 19th cen-tury painting “Liszt at the Piano” by Josef Danhauser will begin at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 11 in Berggren Recital Hall.
The painting is the inspi-ration for the play and the programming for the en-tire festival. The discussion, which is free and open to the public, will be led by NSU art professors Sara Chris-tensen Blair and Greg Blair.The festival concludes
with the fall concert of the Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony featuring Gienger at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 on the main stage of the Johnson Fine Arts Center.Tickets for the piano recital
are $8 for adults and $6 for seniors. Tickets for the play are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors. Tickets for the con-cert are $13 for adults and $11 for seniors. Students are admitted free to all events. A $22 festival pass is avail-able for all three events. Tickets will be available in advance at Engel Music in downtown Aberdeen and may be purchased at the door.For more information, con-
605-626-2497 or email Rob-[email protected].
Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony’s Liszt Festival 2011 to begin on Nov. 10Press Release
this?” The answer is sim-ply, “Yes.” Colleges should push its students to be ready for the next step in our lives. It would be wrong of NSU
to send its students into a world that will quickly change as soon as 3D print-
where instead of buying something from Wal-Mart, we download the design and print it at home. NSU should want its students to be familiar with this before it becomes common so that they can lead our future, not hold it back. If you agree with me
and believe NSU should get a 3D printer, tell your profes-sors, faculty advisors or the Student Association. Let’s show them that the students of NSU care about our future.
There was time when everything was handwrit-ten. Teachers
had to try and make out what word a kid scribbled in his horrible cursive and if you wanted a physical copy of what you saw on your com-puter screen, you needed to pay a business to print it off. Now every college stu-
dent has a printer in their dorm or can access one of the many printers around campus for pennies per page. The rare technology has become a household item.We are now at the same
point the college students were years ago. We sit on the edge of the future and instead of waiting for it to come to us, I suggest we charge forward. How can we make such
a giant leap ahead? We just need to purchase one item for campus, a 3D printer. For those who don’t keep
up on technology, a 3D printer allows you to “print” objects using patterns down-loaded or created on the com-puter. The printer layers plas-tic materials on top of each
other until the object is fin-ished. This allows real world objects to be able to be cre-ated by simply hitting print.For a school, the poten-
tial for this technology is unlimited. A 3D artist can do more than view their im-
be to hold it their hands. A graphic designer
could create sculptures as complex as a profes-sional sculpture, without the tedious trial and error. Chemistry teachers can
print out an oxygen and hy-drogen molecule instead of just showing pictures.When it comes to cost,
it really depends on how high quality of a 3D printer NSU wants. While some 3D printers can cost several thousand dollars, there is a printer on the market called the Rep-Rap that costs less than a thousand dollars. Most of the parts of the
3D printer can be printed on the printer itself, al-lowing NSU to build even more printers for other de-partments of the school.It’s obvious a 3D print-
er is a cheap and useful tool, but many will ques-tion, “Do we really need
Student sounds off: NSU should invest in 3D printerBryce MillsCampus Reporter
Regarding the 3D printer: “The potential for this technology is un-limited.” Photo courtesy of Google Images.
The Northern State University soc-cer team worked hard throughout the
month of October. During Gypsy Day weekend
the Lady Wolves played two
against Minnesota-Duluth. The game went scoreless in
having two shots on goal and freshman goalkeeper Shaina Stein, Braderton, Fla., snagging two saves. The second half would not be
much different as neither team scored a goal, but Northern had three shots on goal while Stein stopped six. Going into overtime, again
neither team could rally a goal with NSU only having one shot on goal but Stein stopping Du-luth’s three. In double overtime, the
Wolves would not be able to get a goal, but after Stein had two more stops, in the 127th min-ute, the Bulldogs got one past and gave them the 1 – 0 win. Northern tallied six shots on
goal, all coming from different players. The next day the Wolves
would face the Bemidji State Beavers.
would show to be the same as the last game, as neither team could get it past the goal keep-er, with Northern having it’s only shot on goal by junior for-ward Rachel Goslinga, Crystal, Minn. The Beavers were able to get four, but all were stopped by Stein.
The second half would again show very defensive as NSU could not get any shots on goal
-
as there was only one shot taken by NSU and it was wide left. Double overtime would start well for the Wolves, but in the 107th minute, the Beavers got one past Stein and gave them a 1 – 0 win.Again in Aberdeen, the
Wolves prepared to face the Warriors of Winona State. Winona came out strong with
game in the 15th minute of the game. Winona would have two more shots on goal, but was not able to get them in. Coming out in the second
with another goal in the 52nd minute. This would prove enough for the Warriors as they took that goal to a 2 – 0 win. NSU had three shots on goal
by three different Wolves while Stein had one goal against as well did freshman goalkeeper Kourtney Woracek, Omaha, Neb., who also had four saves.Northern’s last game in this
home stand was against Upper Iowa. Starting out as a defensive
game, neither team was getting it past either goalie. In the 39th
goal in and gave Northern a 1 – 0 lead. The Wolves took this into
halftime with Stein having four saves. The second half started out well until the Peacocks were able to get one past in the 65th minute and another shot in the 71st minute, taking the lead
from the Wolves 2 – 1. Neither team would score,
with Northern not even having another shot on goal, taking the loss with Stein racking up seven saves.On the road to St. Cloud,
Minn., the Wolves got ready for St. Cloud State. SCSU would start quickly, getting their one and only goal in the 19th min-ute. Northern would stop them from getting any more with Stein’s seven saves and good defense. However, the Wolves were not able to get any past the goalie, with only two shots on goal, and falling 1 – 0 to St. Cloud. Continuing on the road, the
Wolves headed over to St. Paul, Minn., to face Concordia Uni-versity.
and quick, getting a goal from
Coon Rapids, Minn. Unfortunately for the Wolves,
the Golden Bears would strike back and get one of their own in the 30th minute. Northern was able to hold on
defensively and take the 1 – 1 score into halftime. Staying strong in the second,
neither team could score until the 78th minute, with Concor-dia getting their second goal followed shortly in the 79th with goal number three. This would be all for both
teams as Concordia took their 3 – 1 victory over the Wolves. Stein had six saves with two
Wolves having shots on goal.
season on Oct. 29, but details were unavailable as of press time.
The NSU swim team lost to the Minnesota State-Moorhead Dragons in
NSU Volleyball split their Gypsy Day weekend, starting with a 3-set win
over Crookston, Minnesota, on Friday night. Senior Konefesi Vaisigano, Salt Lake City, Utah, and senior Amber Bloom, Carl-ton, Minn., led the offense with 10 and nine kills respectively. The team also tallied a total of 10 aces, three from Vaisigano, two from freshman Morgan Rich-ardson, Cave Creek, Ariz., se-nior Kaili Aiono, Salt Lake City, Utah, and junior Ella Campbell, Aberdeen, and one from sopho-more Sami Nygaard, Milbank. Defensively, Aiono and Camp-bell each had 12 digs and Rich-ardson also contributed 10 of her own. Sophomore Paula Martins, Niteroi, Riio de Janiero, Brazil, had a busy night at the net and
-ardson also added 1.5 blocks. The ladies were unable to
continue their winning ways on Saturday night and were swept in a loss against Minnesota State Moorhead. Redshirt freshman Carli Peterson, Bismarck, N.D., led the team with 10 kills and Martins had seven kills. Nygaard topped the NSU stat page with 14 digs, followed closely by Richardson with 13 and Vaisi-gano with 11. Martins and Rich-ardson each added a block to the defensive statistics.The next week the Wolves
went an impressive 3-0 with wins over Minnesota, Crookston and home and away wins over
UMC, was highlighted with 19 kills from Vaisigano and 13 from Peterson. Richardson totaled 53
assists and also contributed three aces. Campbell was kept busy on the back line with 22 digs, as well as 16 from Richardson and 13 from Vaisigano. The team totaled an impressive 20 blocks, led by Carli Peterson, Claire Kopfman, and Morgan Richard-son, each with 3.5 blocks.NSU made an impressive
against Mary, climbing back
sets. Sixteen kills from Mar-tins and 11 from both Peterson and Aiono helped to make the difference. Twenty-two digs from Campbell and two blocks by Kopfman contributed to the sound defensive performance. A few days later the Wolves trav-eled to Bismarck, N.D., to take on the University of Mary again,
NSU took the match in straight sets. Kopfman was unstoppable on offense with 12 kills and a tremendous .647 attack percent-age. Aiono also had a big impact in the game with three service aces and 10 digs on defense. Campbell and Richardson were also strong defensively, notching 11 and 10 digs respectively.The Wolves returned home
that weekend for two matches promoting breast cancer aware-ness. There was a great showing of support by the fans wearing pink in the stands. Unfortunate-ly, NSU lost both contests, fall-ing to Wayne State 1-3 and then Augustana in a very competitive 5-set match. The Wolves played Minneso-
ta, Duluth on Oct. 28 and Bemi-dji State on Oct. 29. Results were unavailable as of press time. The next home game is against Con-cordia on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
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Football wins two games at homeJason BakerSports Reporter
WOLF
TRACKSFootballNov. 5 — MSU Moorhead, Moorhead, Minn., 1 p.m. Nov. 12 — Mary, 1 p.m.
SoccerNSIC TournamentNov. 2 — N SIC 1st Round, TBD
Nov. 6 — NSIC Championship,TBD
VolleyballNov. 4 — MSU Mankato, Mankato, Minn., 7 p.m. Nov. 5 — Southwest Minnesota State, Marshall, Minn., 3 p.m. Nov. 11 — Concordia - St. Paul, 7 p.m. Nov. 12 — St. Cloud State, 5 p.m.
Cross CountryNov. 5 — Central Region Championships, Metro State, Denver, Colo. Nov. 19 — NCAA Division II National Championships, Plants Ferry Athletic Complex, Spokane, Wash.
Men’s BasketballNov. 1 — Purdue (Exhibition),West Lafayette, Ind., 7 p.m. (EST) Nov. 11 — Butler, Indianapolis, Ind., 7 p.m. (EST) Nov. 15 — Jamestown, 7 p.m. Nov. 18 — Dakota State, 7 p.m. Nov. 23 —Presentation, 8 p.m. Nov. 26 — Mayville State, 7 p.m. Dec. 2 — Concordia - St. Paul, St. Paul, Minn., 8 p.m. Dec. 3— St. Cloud State, St. Cloud, Minn., 6 p.m.
Women’s BasketballNov. 11 — Colorado Christian, Wayne, Neb., 6 p.m.Nov. 12 — Colorado Mines, Wayne, Neb., 4 p.m.
Nov. 19 — South Dakota Tech, Rapid City, S.D., 7 p.m. (MST) Nov. 23 — Presentation, 6 p.m. Dec. 2 — Concordia - St. Paul, St. Paul, Minn., 6 p.m. Dec. 3 — St. Cloud State, St. Cloud, Minn., 4 p.m.
WrestlingNov. 6— SDSU Open, Brookings, S.D., 9:00 a.m. Nov. 12 — Bison Open, Fargo, N.D., 9:00 a.m. Nov.12 — DWU Open, Mitchell, S.D., 9:00 a.m. Nov. 30 — Dakota Weslyan, 7:00 p.m. Dec. 3 — Chadron State, Chadron, NE, 4:00 p.m. (MST)
Swimming Nov. 4 — UM-Morris/Morningside Double Dual, 6:00 p.m. Nov. 5 — UM-Morris/Morningside Double Dual, 9:00 a.m. Nov. 10 — UM-Morris Dual, Morris, MN, 6:15 p.m. Nov. 18 — Nebraska-Kearneu Dual, 6:00 p.m.Dec. 2-3 — Falcon Invite, Minneapolis, MN, 10:00 a.m.
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Fantasy football anonymousShannon MarvelGuest Editorial
The Northern State University football team racked up a season-high 245
yards on the ground against the nation’s 16th ranked rush de-fense and came within a minute and 19 seconds of pulling off a Homecoming upset over visit-ing in-state rivals Augustana College Saturday, October 8, but came up on the short end of a last-ditch effort from the Vi-kings, who came up with the 27-24 victory.NSU junior Kristin James,
San Bernardino, Calif., had an impressive 152 yards and a touchdown on 31 carries, while junior wide-outs Mark Hanley, Chester, and Chris Morton, Ver-nal, Utah, powered the run game with combining with a 176 re-ceiving yards. Hanley also hauled in a 50-
yard touchdown pass from se-nior Nick Wanner, Sacramento, Calif., just before halftime that gave NSU a 14-7 lead.NSU forced Augustana into
two straight 3-and-outs and four
straight punts to start the game. Then junior Hanipale Seuga, Wilmington, Calif., who entered the game in the offensive back-
situations, looked to be headed for a second touchdown in the fourth quarter that would have all but sealed the win for the Wolves, but was caught from be-hind by an Augustana defender and stripped of the ball inside the Vikings’ 20-yard line.Defensively, the Wolves held
a competent Augustana rushing game to just 40 net yards in the game, 19 of which came on the
-shirt freshman cornerback Paul Woodward, Las Vegas, Nev., and sophomore linebacker Mike Tuch, Hartford, led the way with eight tackles apiece. Tuch also had a big third-down sack for the
to help set the tone. Woodward also had two pass break-ups in the secondary.NSU junior Felipe Alfaia, Sao
Roque, Sao Paulo, Brazil, also kicked a career-long 41-yard
-sive effort.The NSU football team then
hosted the University of Min-nesota, Crookston, and turned the Golden Eagles’ own game against them, racking up 322 yards on the ground, 474 over-all, and rolling to a 45-21 victory over UMC in NSU’s 56th An-nual Shrine Game on Saturday, Oct. 15.James posted 246 of those
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200-yard effort by an NSU play-er since Rudy Jones ran for 212 yards on Oct. 23, 2004. James also found the end zone four times and hauled in one pass for seven yards.
losing streak for the Wolves, who moved to 2-5 overall. The Wolves took a 21-7 lead
into halftime break, taking mo-mentum from a 32-yard strike from Wanner to Morton with 1:28 left in the half. UMC cut it
of the third quarter, but three straight James TD runs put the Wolves in the drivers’ seat for good.
on a 74-yard TD sprint on the -
lowing the UMC touchdown drive. He scored again on two plays
following a blocked punt that
then capitalized on a surprise on-side kick-off that gave the Wolves the ball back again near
Redshirt freshman Evan Nolte, Aberdeen, kicked in a 22-yard
cap the NSU scoring.Wanner was 12 of 17 for pass-
ing, throwing 143 yards and one score, plus spreading the ball to six different players. Morton and redshirt freshman Jordan Piatz, Jamestown, N.D., hauled in four catches apiece for a com-bined total of 105 yards.Defensively, the Wolves were
led by senior linebacker Mike Bogdanovich, Windsor, Calif., who had eight tackles. Sopho-more Logan Dosch, Aberdeen, had six stops and a forced fumble, while junior Marquis
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A fumble by Bemidji State is picked up by the NSU defense, just be-
Junior running back Kristin James, San Bernardino, Calif., makes a
to go along with his second in-terception of the season.After a fantastic win the NSU
Wolves stayed with the seventh-ranked Minnesota-Duluth Bull-dogs for the vast majority of the
Bulldogs a 37-6 victory Satur-day, Oct. 22.NSU held the powerful UMD
touchdown to open the game be-fore responding with a 19-yard strike from Wanner to Piatz. Al-faia’s PAT attempt was blocked, leaving the Bulldogs with a slim
7-6 advantage. That would be as close as the
Wolves got to UMD. Wanner
ground and 47 through the air. James tallied 18 carries for 45 yards.The Wolves defeated the Bem-
idji State Beavers, 14-0, on Oct. 29. Further results were unavail-able as of press time. Next for the Wolves is an away game against MSU Moorhead on Nov. 5.
season for the Wolves is a home game against U-Mary on Nov. 12 at 1 p.m.
The excitement of the NFL season is upon us, and no one has made it more evident
than fantasy football enthusiasts. Groups have come together to draft their favorite players from all over the league in hopes that the athletes will perform well enough to garner their ‘team’ points. It really is a very inge-nious and entertaining way to keep up with all the teams in the NFL and encourages fans to branch out and cheer for more than just their favorite team. Many of those who participate in fantasy football do so in a way that doesn’t interrupt their daily lives, but for some the league consumes their lives in a ridicu-lous way.To see what I mean cough
the word ‘Fancy footburl’ in a crowded place. Wait for it. See all the guys and the guy-girl who regurgitates ESPN commentary in an attempt to seem relevant in the conversation. (You know exactly who I am talking about.)
He or she starts talking in an-other language that only Mad-den could be proud of. As the new hybrid of gambling/football fanatics disregard the huge over-turn of government in Libya or any other current events, even if it is the release of over 50 exotic animals, 35 being lions, tigers, and bears, Oh my-- did you see Christian Ponder last Sunday? I think I’m going to pick him up for my team. You’re even more delusional if you think having Adrian Peterson on your team will make up for a lackluster lineup. But don’t worry, the whole Vikings franchise is with you on that one. There is a healthy way to in-
dulge in the football season along with fantasy football, but it is obvious many fans are tak-ing it to Charlie Sheen extremes. I witnessed a group of leaguers experience the ‘Red zone’ chan-
immediately glazed over and af-ter a short period of silence the usual boisterous comments came out. Also, the channel eerily appears in the guide only dur-
ing Sundays, as if it garners the same multitude as the proverbial village that appears one night every 100 years. When a player gets hurt, the immediately-post-ed Facebook statuses suggest if they do not return to play soon it is time to take them behind the shed. Throw alcohol into the mix
and every fantasy football junkie goes full force, throw-ing out statistic after statistic to uphold their opinion (which is most likely the opinion of their favorite sports commentator) while going over every single
their players’ careers. And this
minutes of the conversation. Go into a dark corner of a
sports bar on a Sunday and you -
sey rocking back and forth on the ground whispering gibberish between the ‘Rice’ and ‘Young’ mentions. Give that guy a hug if you see him, but not if you’re wearing a Dolphins jersey. You might just throw the poor sap over the edge.
NSU Athletic Director To RetireNorthern State Uni-
versity President James Smith has announced the
retirement of NSU Athletic Di-rector Bob Olson, effective at the end of the 2011-12 academic year in May. Olson’s retirement marks the
end of a 37-year career at NSU -
dent, athlete, professor, coach and administrator. “It’s been a privilege to be a
part of such a great university,” Olson said. “I am honored to have been given the opportunity
Northern State over the years. I feel our athletic department is as strong as it has ever been and the timing is right to turn the reins over to someone new.” “It has been an absolute plea-
sure for me to work with Bob Ol-son in his role as athletic direc-tor at NSU,” Smith said. “Bob is student-centered and student-fo-cused. He cares deeply about the student experience and is dedi-cated to making every athlete as
successful as possible. Bob has assembled an outstanding set of coaches, and those coaches, in turn, have stressed athletics and academics simultaneously. Olson has served the Wolves
in the role of athletic director for the past 13 years, taking over the position in 1999 for the re-tired Jim Kretchman. Prior to that, he coached the NSU men’s basketball team for 14 seasons, taking the Wolves to national prominence on both the NAIA and NCAA Division II levels. Olson amassed a career record of 305-129 and coached his players
All-America, one NCAA II First Team All-America and eight Ac-ademic All-America honors. While most known for build-
ing a nationally respected basket-ball program, Olson has worked tirelessly for Northern State out-side of the coaching realm. He taught in the school’s health and physical education department from 1983-1999 and worked as an admissions counselor from
roles of administrative assistant to the athletic director, compli-ance coordinator and assistant coach for the football and track teams. He has also served on the
NCAA Championships Com-mittee and has overseen the start of the Barnett Center expansion project, which is due to be com-pleted in early 2012. Olson was recognized as
the recipient of the Kretchman Coaching Award by the NSU Foundation at the 2011 Gypsy Day celebration. “I’m very proud of the accom-
plishments of our coaches and student-athletes here at NSU,” Olson said. “They do things the right way, both in the arena and in the classroom. Because of the leadership of Dr. Smith and Dr. Hawley, this university is stron-ger than ever and because of their commitment, the university is poised for further greatness.” A national search for a replace-
ment will begin immediately.Courtesy of University Rela-
tions.
After picking up his
Player of the Week honor on Monday,
Oct. 17, Northern State junior Kristin James added a second award to his tally on Tuesday evening when he was named the D2Football.com National Offen-sive Player of the Week. James ran for 246 yards and
four touchdowns – both single-game highs by an NSIC player this season – to lead the Wolves to a 45-21 victory over Minne-sota, Crookston on Saturday, Oct. 15. The offensive outburst
book, while the four rushing
NSU player has rushed for 200 yards since Oct. 23, 2004 (Rudy Jones, 212 yards). James ran for three straight touchdowns in the third quarter, including a 74-yard scamper, to help put the game out of reach. James averaged 8.2 yards per
carry and scored on runs of 9, 74, 13 and 5 yards in the win.
an NSU player has received na-tional player of the week noto-riety since punter Eric Schwan was named D2Football.com’s Special Teams honoree on Oct. 23, 2006.Courtesy of NSU Sports Infor-
mation.
James earns national Player of the Week honors
The NSU Wolves cross country teams com-peted in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference Championships in Hawley, Minn. on Oct. 22.
thanks to senior John Rawerts,
Zachary AndersonSports Reporter
Cross Country Men take 5th, Women take 7th at NSIC Championships
senior Richard Keroack, Mil-
thanks to freshman Whitney
and sophomore Brittany Arment,
The Wolves are preparing for the Central Region Champion-ships, which takes place on Nov. 5 in Denver, Colo.
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