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THE ROAD TO THE FROZEN FOUR
Former U.S. Senator Dorgan donates 30 years’ worth of congressional documents. For the full story, see Page 3.
Visiting writers discuss life “In Between Plac-es” as part of the UND Writers Conference.For the full story, see Page 9.
Danny Kristo makes comeback, prepares for Thursday’s championship game
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Columnist Aaron Wentz on the rising trend of non-uni-versity education > Page 5.
UND student discusses her experience returning early from study abroad program in Japan > Page 3.
Writer Jamaica Kincaid talks about life and growth as a writer > Page 11.
UND softball sees both vic-tory and loss after games in Utah > Page 15.
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> learn: As part of the UND Time Out Week, Hillary Kempenich will demonstrate con-temporary American Indian cooking at the Wellness Center Culinary Corner at 12 p.m., and B.J. Rainbow will give a presentation on American Indian music at the Union Lecture Bowl at 3 p.m.
wednesday, april 6, 2011
> lecture: Earl Bullhead will give a presentation on his experience teaching Lakota language at the Union Lecture Bowl as part of Time Out Week at 2 p.m.
thursday, april 7, 2011
> banjo: Alt-country Indiana musician Emily Pinkerton will perform at the Calvary Lutheran Church at 8 p.m. Admission is a free will offer-ing.
> culture: Wayne Fox will give a hoop dance demonstration at 7 p.m. at the Memorial Union Lecture bowl as part of Time Out Week.
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State Board of Higher Eduction: eliminated?Legislation looks at changing role in N.D. learning by establishing new position, committee
The education system in North Dakota may be seeing a major change if residents vote in favor of a resolution currently be-ing discussed by the state Senate.
Passed by the House last week by a vote of 52-40, House Con-current Resolution 3046 moved to the Senate where the voting outcome will determine whether or not North Dakota residents will vote on the change next No-vember.
The resolution aims to re-place the state Board of Higher Education and the Department of Public Instruction with a De-partment of Education.
“It would place the oversight of all levels of education in North Dakota—kindergarten through graduate and professional school —under one unelected educa-tion council,” said Sen. Mac Sch-neider, D-Grand Forks.
The governor would be re-sponsible for appointing the department’s director and an 11-member council.
The director would serve for three years and must hold a doctoral degree from an accred-ited institution. According to the resolution, familiarity with a broad spectrum of education and development and maintenance of an education system is a require-ment of the position.
Council members would also serve for three years and are expected to have an extensive knowledge of all levels of educa-tion. The appointment of these members and the director would be approved by the legislature.
The resolution comes in the wake of proposed cuts to the edu-cation budget, the passing of the Fighting Sioux pro-nickname bill and last year’s fi nancial scandal at NDSU. Proponents of the resolu-tion believe higher education isn’t churning out results proportion-ate to the amount of money be-ing spent on it.
At press time, House Major-ity Leader Al Carlson, one author of the resolution, did not respond to a request for comment.
Rep. Corey Mock, D-Grand Forks, says there has been a grow-
ing divide between the state Board of Higher Education and some legislative leaders. He believes this resolution is not the answer to the problem and would be det-rimental to the effi ciency level of the current education system.
“This proposal would remove a non-partisan offi ce, elected by the citizens of our state, and replace it with a cabinet level bureaucracy that is subject to change with each sitting Gover-
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>BRANDI JEWETTThe Dakota Student
UND student on returning from JapanABROAD Sophomore comments on experiencing earthquake while at Utsunomiya university, coming home and her desire to revisit.
>THOMAS CARPENTERThe Dakota Student
Dorgan spends time at UND
Former U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan visited UND on Thursday, March 31 to an-nounce that the movement of his entire col-lection of papers and records from his thirty years in Congress is complete. The Elwyn B. Robinson department of special collections in the Chester Fritz Library will house the 1,775 boxes of documents.
“This is one of those exceptional days in the life of an exceptional university,” Presi-dent Kelley said, introducing Dorgan.
Dorgan’s collection is among the writ-ings of other prominent ND political fi gures such as Quentin Burdick, William Langer, Milton Young and William Lemke. Curt Hanson, archivist at the Chester Fritz Li-brary said that UND will be thee institution to research all aspects of ND law and history. There is also a framed copy of the Indian Healthcare Reform Bill Dorgan worked to pass through Congress, and was signed into law by President Barack Obama.
Dorgan grew up in Regent, ND, a small southwestern community, and graduated from UND in 1965. He went out of state
to get his Master’s degree and at 26, was the youngest-ever constitutional offi cer. Dorgan spent ten years serving in the ND legislature, before he began his fi rst of thirty years in the U.S. Congress in 1992. Throughout Dor-gan’s career, he served during many crises, a presidential impeachment trial and other very interesting moments in U.S. history. Dorgan said he misses going to the fl oor
during votes and debating on the fl oor with who he refers to as his “friends.” He added that he “hasn’t lost the ability to give long answers.”
Dorgan is keeping busy with many other
>MEGAN TALLEYThe Dakota Student
SHARING The former U.S. senator moved his collection from being in Congress to the Chester Fritz Library.
Senate takes off with new members
>BRANDI JEWETTThe Dakota Student
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The new members of the 2011-2012 Student Senate took their seats dur-ing Sunday’s meeting and got straight to work electing liaisons and voting on bills.
Senate Bill 1011-41 was the fi rst bill discussed and passed by the new assembly.
Proposed changes to the Student Govern-ment Elections Code were presented by this year’s election chair Jackie DeMolee.
She said there was no continuity in re-gards to the constitution and the procedures it requires. The code was approved with two amendments.
The changes proposed included mov-ing up the election application packet com-pilation timeline, the number of signatures gathered by a student to allow them to run
for a University Senate position from 25 to 50 and the number of polling locations dropped to a single location in the Memo-rial Union.
Honors Senator Jacob Winkles proposed an amendment to the code asking the Stu-dent Government constitution and by-laws
Discussion of paper ballots vs. online ballots and other election issues
Last Sunday was the closing session for this year’s Student Senate. Senators passed the gavel and gave their parting advice to the incoming senate.
NATHAN TWERBERG > The Dakota Student
Former senator Byron Dorgan speaks to audience at Chester Fritz Library about a new incoming collection of documents.
NATHAN TWERBERG > The Dakota Student
When the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan last month, UND sophomore Brooke Ku-bat was one of the UND students in the country, studying abroad.
From Langdon ND, she traveled to Japan in early October 2010 hoping to study Japanese cul-ture and language. Speaking little Japanese when she arrived, Kubat attended Utsunomiya Univer-sity in Utsunomiya, a city about 70 miles inland from the eastern coast of Japan, and about a two hour train ride north of Tokyo. There she made new friends through classes and being involved in the “English Speaking Society” club. She was not expecting the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Japanese history to interrupt her time there.
About 210 miles southwest of the earthquake epicenter, she was far away from the earthquake when it struck, but she could still feel it. “I was riding my bike on the way back from the grocery store,” she said as she explained her experience, “I didn’t feel it at fi rst. I noticed one lady kneeling on the ground and a man holding the hood of his car, then my friends who were biking with me stopped. I asked why they stopped, and one shouted, ‘It’s an earthquake!’ I stopped biking and fi nally noticed the swaying trees and traffi c lights. It only lasted a couple minutes.”
She continued to feel aftershocks throughout the next day. Some strong, others harder to notice. At the time, for her, it didn’t seem like that big of a deal. She had no idea about all the damage that happened. “ I actually didn’t know anything about [the tsunami] until I heard the news later,” she said.
The earthquake happened in Japan on a Friday afternoon. By Sunday she received an e-mail from UND stating that she had to return to the United States. Devastated, she left Utsunomiya for Tokyo on Monday afternoon and was back in North Da-kota by Tuesday night.
UND will not allow her to return. Kubat ex-plained, “UND feels it is unsafe to go back due to the proximity of the power plant. There is also a travel advisory in effect.”
According to Kubat, Utsunomiya is about 100 miles from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power
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How many times have we complained that North Dakota has no culture and there is nothing to do? This week will prove those assumptions false.
The annual Time Out week and Wacipi powwow is being held April 4-10, celebrating 41 years of diversity and entertainment, with workshops and activities for children and adults alike.
Some events throughout the week include “Contem-porary American Indian Cooking” on April 5 at noon at the Wellness Center and a discussion about learning the Lakota language on April 6 at 2:00 p.m. at the Memo-rial Union Lecture Bowl. More events throughout the week are listed on the UND home page, and most take place at the Union and are free for all to attend. The lectures and presentations are mainly centered around the cultures and traditions of plains tribes, including the Dakota, Lakota, Chippewa, Hidatsa, Arikara and Mandan tribes from North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota.
At the end of Time Out week is the Wacipi pow-wow—a celebration featuring drum groups, singers and dancers from all over the U.S. and Canada. The pow-wow, which is held at the Hyslop yearly, is the fi rst of the powwow season, meaning many of the dance and drum groups make UND their fi rst stop before hit-ting the powwow trail all over North Dakota, Minne-sota, South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming. Grand Entry for the powwow is at 7 p.m. Friday night, with dance and drum group contests throughout the weekend.
These events allow students and community mem-bers alike to take part in what makes North Dakota the state it is. It gives us a chance to celebrate our region’s indigenous culture and stand in solidarity, despite what cultural differences might separate us.
The Indian Studies Department and the University of North Dakota Indian Association (UNDIA) work all year long to prepare for these events; it’s an opportunity students shouldn’t miss. Admission for students is free, and the events are aimed at a broad audience. Non-Native American students shouldn’t feel like this is a place they aren’t welcome, as the culture celebrated at the Time Out week and the Wacipi powwow is closely tied to North Dakota and the University’s rich history.
Time Out week and the Wacipi powwow is the single largest cultural event in Grand Forks, bringing in people from all over the country and celebrating cul-ture, spirituality and togetherness as we welcome the coming year. Come for the great performances, music and food, or just for a new cultural experience. Don’t take our word for it, though—check it out for your-self—it is certainly a must-see event for any North Da-kotan, whether you call North Dakota home or not; during Time Out week, we are all each other’s people.
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Facing war, seeking peace
During this year’s Writers Confer-ence I had the unique opportunity to host one of the visiting authors, Sean McLain Brown, a poet and fi ction writer from Northern California. He and an-other writer, Jim Castellanos, read and sat on a panel Thursday, discussing their experience working with Maxine Hong Kingston on a veteran writing project.
Both Jim and Sean are veterans of separate wars in Iraq, both serving in the Marine Corps. Sean was in Iraq during the Gulf War, and Jim during Opera-tion Iraqi Freedom—connected by the twenty year American military presence in the country. Their individual experi-ences overseas and return to the United States left them in separate states of confusion and left them questioning the presence of war and the military’s role in combat zones. While each writer has dif-ferent experiences from different wars, the story of Jim Castellanos is one of honor and true courage—not of fi ghting a physical enemy in another country, but standing up with personal conviction and responsibility.
After studying for one semester in college, Jimmy was activated from the reserves and deployed to Al Asad, Iraq for a seven-month combat tour. Within the fi rst two months, he experienced the
death of his roommate, who was killed in action by a mortar shell, and, after strug-gling with both his environment and his role in a war he found himself losing faith in, he asked to see the chaplain and decided to turn in his weapon and be-came a conscientious objector.
It is impossible to imagine what Jim faced when he made this decision—he voluntarily completed his tour, but had to continue working alongside his fellow marines, many of whom were confused and angered at his decision. His decision is one of the greatest signs of bravery I have ever seen—to face every part of one’s environment and make the deci-sion for what is right, no matter the con-sequences, is a true sign of character.
Both Jim and Sean, upon return-ing from active duty in Iraq, joined the many veterans who found the transition
to “normal” life challenging and com-plicated. Many veterans have fallen into states of depression and turn to alcohol-ism, drug use, homelessness and suicide because of their traumatic experiences as a working part of war. Jim and Sean, by participating in Maxine Hong Kingston’s
veteran writing group, found a positive means through which they could ap-proach their experiences and commu-nicate their sides of the multi-faceted and ongoing story of war. Turning to writing, Sean and Jim and the many other writers in the group found a common medium to speak about their different experiences and consequent viewpoints, and together they pro-duced an anthology titled Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace. Maxine Hong Kingston edited the book.
After emerging as opposing war, neither Sean nor Jim took the stance of anti-military; rather, they questioned the presence and role of war—seeing fi rst-hand the loss of life on both sides and devastation in both Iraq and the hearts of soldiers and families. These experiences cemented in them a vision of peace and growth—that dropping bombs is the wrong answer; education, understanding
>aLeX cavanaUghThe Dakota Student
‘...each writer had diff erent experienc-es from diff erent wars...
Alex CavanaughEditor-in-Chief
Letter: Stugov accomplishmentsTo the Student Body at the Univer-
sity of North Dakota: On April 1st, 2011, our term as Stu-
dent Body President and Vice President of the University of North Dakota has come to an end. Our tenure has been fi lled with many exciting developments, challenging issues, and great accomplish-ments; it has been a privilege to have the opportunity to impact the history of UND. Our administration’s main strat-egy has always been to encourage collab-oration among the student body, faculty, and university administration in order to foster a robust university community. All along, our focus has been on fi ghting for what is in the best interest of you.
We would like to briefl y highlight
some of the many achievements that have occurred over this past academic year:
—The merger of two old stand-ing committees that created a new: the Student Organization Funding Agen-cy (SOFA), which has funded over $100,000 in its fi rst year alone, bringing opportunities, diversity, and entertain-ment to our student body
—The revising and strengthening of the Student Government Constitution and Bylaws
—The continuance of new, estab-lished structure in the Student Govern-ment offi ce, which will be ensured in part with the new establishment of a full time staffer position
—Collaboration with the Alumni
Association, Chief Information Offi ce, and Athletic Department to create a text-messaging service to communicate with students and other stake-holders on campus
—A handicap accessible Student Government offi ce
—A student discount program that provides incentives for students to shop and dine in the greater Grand Forks community
—The ability to put parking permits on fi nancial aid
—Student input and testimony on state legislative bills that limited tuition
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To date, I have seen every episode from all seasons of the MTV show, “Teen Mom.” I do not have cable, but with the wonderful advances of the Internet, I watch it online.
I became intrigued by the show because I was a teen mom when I had my daughter. For the most part, I heard that the show was a drama soap-opera type. I was rather offended at the concept of the show, at first, because I thought the show was making fun of teen moms. I did not want to feel ashamed and guilty about my pregnancy at 18 years old.
Since I started watching the show, I have identified so much with many of the girls. I have cried, I have laughed, I have felt anger, I have felt sadness and I have felt empathy; I have felt so much for the moms.
This show is real. Sure, the producers and editors may cut things out to make the show more dramatic to gain more viewers. But speaking from experience, I have gone through so much of the chaos and frustra-tions some of the mothers have experienced.
This show also made me realize how teen motherhood still impacts me today. I have been in college since 2004. I have switched majors a few times, I have had to be part-time and I have taken a year off. I am still not economically secure. I am still using pub-lic assistance, have a measly savings account and have not been able to save up for college for my daughter. Honestly, my life really has been a struggle since I had my child in 2001. Does this make me regret my decision? No, of course not. But it has made me realize how much of an impact teen motherhood has had on me.
According to stayteen.org (a website that MTV and “Teen Mom” promotes), “Less than half of teen mothers ever graduate from high school and fewer than 2% earn a college degree by age 30.” Those are significant sta-tistics. Of all the former teen moms I know, only a handful of us have had a B.A. by the time were 30. Of the ones I know, one is in her residency in medical school and the other is pursuing a Ph.D. I am pursuing an M.A. The three of us have received degrees before turning 30; we are the exception.
In the past, when I heard negative reac-tions, I reacted with anger. I took it very per-sonal. While most of the teen moms I know are amazing, nurturing and caring mothers; they also have had a hard time getting their degrees and getting out of poverty. This is the reality of it. Stayteen.org has a call-out to teen parents as well. They basically state that some of the information is not meant to shame teen parents, but to bring reality to the situation. Personally, I feel this is a very appropriate statement.
In our society, it is hard being a teen parent. Families don’t live together like they used to. We’re all expected to go to college and have a career. Living expenses are on the rise. More people are working and need to work to survive.
As teens, we have our whole lives ahead of us and having a baby makes us grow up. Developmentally, I was not ready to have a baby. I could physically do it, but my head was constantly in between teen and mom. I don’t think I ever really figured out a bal-ance. I also was not financially secure nor did I have an appropriate, supportive person that was her father.
Realities of “Teen Mom”
I recently read an article outlining an ar-gument that has been emerging around the topic of higher education, writ large. It seems that due to the rise of students leaving high school unprepared for the rigors of four-year institutions, people from across the spectrum have begun arguing against college as an op-tion for “everyone.” Some have argued that a more “practical” education would be more fitting for most people (i.e., vocational train-ing, trade schools, apprenticeships). The factors included are not minor ones: rising tuition costs, the increasing focus on college as merely a stepping stone for career goals, the decline in preparation for the rigorous critical thinking environment that four-year institutions are supposed to represent. (The article can be found on www.theatlantic.com, search: “An Anti-College Backlash?”)
On paper this seems prudent. My un-dergrad career began in the Fall of 2001. At that time, full time (in state) tuition cost $1328 per semester (I’m perhaps leaving out student fees). When I graduated (in 2006), full-time tuition had doubled to over $2600 per semester. Since returning to UND, costs have continued to rise (this semester, full-time tuition costs $3363 per semester). The point here is not to hearken back to the “good ‘ol days,” but rather to make a more serious point about the explosive rise in tu-ition in a very short period of time.
This reality is a serious matter and ought not be taken lightly, especially to those who are planning on incurring such debt. Sec-ondarily, in many cases, high schools are not preparing students for the rigors of a four-year academic environment. In my case this was certainly true. As to the issue of college
as a stepping stone to a better career, I think all of us can reasonably bear witness to this phenomenon.
What I take issue with is the conclusion that is drawn from this newfound awareness. That is, the solution to this problem that was laid out in the article (admittedly, framed as an open question, but leaning toward it as the only viable solu-tion) is to reduce the focus on four-year institutions and rely more on trade schools for training the work-force.
This is deeply problematic for a few reasons. The overall reason has to do with how the problem is framed. The problem is framed as an issue of colleges not effectively meeting the needs of the economy. I have no problem with trade schools, as such (I work at one across the river). I do have a problem with the thrust of the economy being posi-tioned as the deciding factor when it comes to decisions about educational institutions.
This approach has grave political con-sequences. The complaint that the critical-thinking skills which college (is supposed to) cultivate aren’t practical first of all isn’t empirically verifiable (for example, English majors score the highest, on average, on the MCAT), secondly, and more importantly, it threatens the viability of our democracy as such. An informed, engaged, critical popu-lace is the bedrock of a functioning democ-racy.
What is deeply disturbing about all of this is the unsettling reality that is emerging where, under the guise of economic reforms, state and federal governments are slashing
funding for public universities across the country. It may sound appealing, on first glance, to try and run universities like cor-porations. It may appear that that would increase efficiency and produce better out-comes. The problem with this model is that the shift is from quality of education to quantity of profits.
In such a situa-tion, the calculus em-ployed will be which-ever increases profits the most. The reality is that without thriv-ing public universities, democracy itself can-not survive. I’m defin-ing democracy beyond what happens at the ballot box. Democracy has to do with rule by
the people, an engaged civic life, where the stakes of political decisions are understood by the population and where the public fights for what they know to be right (see: Wisconsin workers’ resistance to collective bargaining cuts in the public sector for an example of a functioning democracy).
The solution to this problem is to look at the background and ask why have tuition costs risen so substantially. Why has the debt load explosively increased for average under-graduates over the last ten years? Why aren’t high schools preparing students for the rig-ors of college? Many of these answers relate to cuts in public education spending and Pell grants over the last decade. It’s easy to say that the solution to problems in the educa-tional system is to abandon four-year college for most people and train them into jobs; the
Grieving for a lost pet, a lost friend
Of course it had to be raining. The drea-ry, misty, overcast weather was so disgust-ingly cliché that I couldn’t help but admit how truly appropriate it was. I’d promised to call my sister as soon as I got out of lab, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it until I reached the bus stop across the street from the Union. Once inside, I pulled out my phone and hit dial. I waited as the phone rang once…twice…six times, and then I got the auto-mated voicemail mes-sage. I hung up, only to have my own phone start ringing seconds later. “Hey, kiddo…,” I said.
She was crying. Between sobs, she said, “He died at 4:52.” I felt my own resolve crumble and began to sob myself.
He was gray tiger-striped, with a beau-tiful cream-colored belly and white-lined eyes. How could something so ordinary be so beautiful? He was the stray who had come to our home almost ten years ago, back when my sister and I were little. His owners had kicked him out once he was no longer a kit-ten and left him to fend for himself. Being the smart cat that he was, he took advantage of the situation and won over the hearts of the family who lived across the alley.
It started off innocently enough: he’d see my sister and me playing in our yard and would run over for some petting and a belly
rub. Then, one hot summer day, we realized that “the kitty” had no water to drink, so we felt it was only right to set out a bowl of wa-ter for him. Before long, we were buying cat food. He spent the first few winters under our carport in a cardboard box lined with rugs and blankets; later, my dad built him an insulated wooden box with a door flap and a light bulb for warmth. By the next year,
the cat that had simply become known as “Kit-ty” entered and left the house as he pleased.
I speak honestly when I say he was a truly unique cat, who enjoyed doing strange things. He slept on my parents’ bed and would pass the night walking across my par-
ents to sit first in one window, then another. He would greet my sister and me at the door every day when we got home from school, meowing and rubbing his head against us with such excitement that on occasion it could actually be painful. And speaking of meowing, he was extremely vocal. Anything and everything that was said to him would be answered with his distinctive “Mrow!”
Once he set his mind to it, he could charm anyone—cat lovers and dog lovers alike. For a chin scratch and a belly rub, you’d be rewarded with a deep, rumbling purr so loud that it could be heard from the next room. He was never aloof or moody, as some cats tend to be, but always eager, friendly and loving. If cats are capable of tak-ing their owners for granted, he never did—it was as if, years later, he still remembered
>Megan SevignyThe Dakota Student that he had once been a stray off of the alley
and was eternally grateful to us. Within a few short years, he became a full-fledged member of our family.
We noticed one day in January that he was walking with a limp, and as the weeks passed we watched him grow progressively weaker. According to the vet, Kitty had a degenerative disc in his spine, most likely caused by an infection from a fight he’d been in over a year before. This most likely para-lyzed him from the waist down. He wouldn’t eat and lost a third of his body weight. The vet was unable to do much for him, and yet, just when things seemed bleakest, his con-dition always inexplicably improved just enough to raise our hopes. I knew, though, that he didn’t likely have much longer to live. I began to prepare myself for the dreaded phone call.
I went home last weekend. When I walked into my house, my dad was lying on the bed with him, talking to him softly. I re-alized at that moment that my beloved pet only had a few days left. Before heading back to Grand Forks, I spent ten minutes lying next to him on the floor, petting to him and saying goodbye. I knew that I’d never see my poor kitty again.
That phone call came this morning. There was nothing the vet could do for him, and he was suffering; they were going to eu-thanize him in the afternoon.
My sister had tried to call me right af-ter he died. I hadn’t been able to answer that
‘...it was as if, years later, he still re-membered that he had once been a stray... Megan Sevigny
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The university: a social necessity
>aaron WentzThe Dakota Student
‘An informed, en-gaged, critical pop-ulace is the bedrock of a functioning de-mocracy.
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>heather jackSonThe Dakota Student
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Texting while walking a traffic hazard
DS> Katie Bachmeier is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]
With the climbing prevalence of technological devices being used in conjunction with daily activities—such as the simple task of crossing the sidewalk, dangers to pedestrians is on the climb. One group on campus is looking to change this. In conjunction with the Grand Forks Public Health Department, five nursing students, including Susana Njuakom, Rose Cota, Travis Pribula, Craig Knudt-son and Emilee Froiland are pro-moting Public Health Week April 4-10. A table of their research and promotional awareness will be set up in Gamble Hall on April 6.
Traffic safety is not just for kids; with the increase of mobile device usage, even college stu-dents need to be aware of the po-tential consequences of improper use. Pulling out one’s cell phone or switching songs on an mp3 player
>katiE bachmEiErThe Dakota Student
SaFEtY UND nursing students work to pro-mote Public Health Week on campus.
may be a common sight in between classes, especially while walking—the nursing students are looking to spread awareness that there are not only distracted drivers, but also distracted pedestrians.
“Distracted pedestrians at busy intersections also contribute to ac-cidents,” nursing student Travis Pribula said.
It is a typical thought that vehi-cles will stop for individuals when crossing the street—but this should not always be assumed. It’s like defensive driving; one shouldn’t always rely on another person to make the right choice, but rather be ready in case they do not. Pedes-trians are also responsible for their own safety and they cannot always assume that drivers will see them. If both the driver and pedestrian were distracted, the consequences would be far more unfortunate.
“I know people are supposed to stop for you in the crosswalks, but I have had a couple instances where people have not stopped for me,” nursing student Rose Cota said. “If I had not been paying attention, I could have been hit.”
The group’s primary goal is to provide awareness during this week in order for students to be more cautious of their actions
while using technology. Although technological advances have made the world a faster and more con-nected place, it also comes with its downfalls. The group would like an outcome to include a safer campus for everyone, both pedes-trians and drivers alike by making students and faculty more aware of the risks and dangers of their ac-tions as many are not even aware of the penalties.
“Since UND has the largest population of young individuals, this population is among the most likely to fall victim to the conse-quences of improper usage of mo-bile devices,” Pribula said.
After the week is over, the group has high hopes for a more conscientious and careful univer-sity. They hope that their work will impact people now so that they can spread the message and implement safety throughout their lives and the lives of others around them.
“If people are implementing proper sidewalk etiquette on cam-pus, they are sure to implement it elsewhere in the Grand Forks com-munity,” Cota said.
UND to meet with NCAA in near future
>StaFF rEportThe Dakota Student
State and UND officials will meet with the NCAA on April 22 in Bismarck to determine whether the athletics association will revise its position regarding the Fighting Sioux nickname, in light of the pas-sage of the “nickname bill” by the ND senate. Board President Jon Backes, UND President Robert Kelley and Athletic Director Brian Faison are invited to this closed meeting.
The NCAA adopted a policy in 2005 that banned American Indian mascots, nicknames and imagery.
In 2007, UND was given three years to get authorization from the Spirit Lake and Standing Rock Sioux tribes to continue using the Sioux name. In a referendum and tribal council action, Spirit Lake said yes, but Standing Rock’s coun-cil opposed the use of the name.
On April 8, 2010, the state board directed UND to drop the name. The university immediately began the transition process headed by Robert Boyd, which was to be completed by Aug. 15.
The senate bill has halted the transition process for the time be-ing, and the UND community awaits the decisions made by the of-ficials involved.
The law, signed by Dalrymple and set to go into effect on Aug. 1, also directs Stenehjem to sue the NCAA if it seeks to penalize UND for continued use of the nickname. The issue of whether the Ralph En-gelstad Arena can ever be used for tournament events is still in limbo.
Spirit Lake and Standing Rock have not been invited to the April 22 meeting.
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Campus groups work to ‘Feed My Starving Children’VOLUNTEER Honors Program and Sigma Phi Epsilon pack food for children worldwide.
>EMILY JUKICHThe Dakota Student
This past weekend was one fi lled with volunteering and com-munity spirit as people in the Greater Grand Forks area came to-gether in a mass effort to host the fi rst MobilePack event for Feed My Starving Children. Over 1500 vol-unteers gathered in the Grand Forks Public Works Building on April 1 - 3 to package over 280,000 meals that are to be distributed to starv-ing children all over the world.
Feed My Starving Children is a non-profi t organization that func-tions purely off of donations and volunteer work and is responsible for providing meals all over the world to starving and malnour-
ished children. The hand-packaged meals are specially formulated for maximum health benefi ts to chil-dren suffering from severe malnu-trition and it is an inspirational cause that has reached its message to both the people of Grand Forks and students on the UND cam-pus.
Jennifer Slabik is the Honors Project Coordinator for the event who helped organize Honors stu-dent volunteers to participate in the three day affair. “I have participat-ed in Feed My Starving Children at their Stillwater MN location and I think they have a great story,” she said. Her previous experience with this organization was the decider in her coordinating this event within the Honors program.
The impact of such a wide-spread humanitarian effort also caught the eye of the brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon, also known as SigEp, on the UND campus. The UND fraternity, lead by Chris Taylor, contacted the Honors pro-gram (i.e. Slabik) and together, they coordinated members of both philanthropic organizations. Needless to say, the conjunction of the two groups for this one cause lights up the sense of unity that is felt throughout the UND campus community.
The volunteers from SigEp and the Honors program packaged meals from 5-7 p.m. on Saturday, April 3. They were a group among many volunteers who took a few hours out of their weekend to come together to help the less fortunate. The sense of coming together rang true when Slabik explained, “From my understanding, SigEp hopes to continue to be involved in service with Honors and hopes to expand their collaboration with other or-ganizations on campus.”
Expanding horizons is exactly the moral backbone of a project like this. It opens doors to new opportunities for both individual and communal growth by reach-ing out to make a positive impact beyond the limits of a city. Slabik stated, “Their are often chances for people to come together and do something to enhance the wellbe-ing of the community, however the chances are rare that the communi-ty can come together and do some-thing for other countries across the world.”
These kinds of projects ignite the humanitarian feelings in volun-teers and coordinators alike. They bring separate organizations, such as SigEp and the Honors program on our campus together to do something great.
Organizations like Feed My Starving Children do their best to combat global problems, in this case, child starvation, which is a problem that touches the hearts of citizens all over the world. With the help of volunteers from within the UND community and through the Grand Forks area, they each do their own part to aid in the solu-tion to child malnutrition and star-vation.
DS> Emily Jukich is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]
ANDREA DICKASON > The Dakota Student
Community members work to package food for starving children around the world, April 1-3.
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DS> Brandi Jewett is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected] DS> Brandi Jewett is a staff writer for
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DS> Megan Talley is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]
nor,” he said.The conglomeration of all
educational levels into a single department has some concerned over the quality of the state’s fu-ture educational offerings.
Schneider agrees with these critics. “Given the numerous and distinct differences between educating a five year old and edu-cating a college student, this ap-proach is unworkable,” he said.
Long-term effects on educa-tion, specifically higher educa-tion, are unknown. Mock pre-dicts funding for education will be reduced and some programs at colleges will be facing the chop-ping block.
“We can improve the effi-ciency of education in North Da-kota, even eliminate unnecessary duplication of services,” he said, “Without throwing the baby out with the bathwater.”
The resolution appeared be-fore the Senate Education Com-mittee for discussion yesterday. Schneider is hoping other Senate members see flaws in the pro-posal.
“This bill is more of a politi-cal statement than it is a viable policy change,” he said. “I will be working to defeat it in the Sen-ate.”
be placed into the election packets. The previous senate approved a mo-tion to have them removed from the packets.
“This is something that is im-portant and should be included,” said Winkles.
Off-Campus Senator Jacob Gapp agreed with Winkles.
“Putting these documents in front of students will encourage them to read it,” he said.
Other senators thought it inter-fered with Student Government’s mission to be environmentally friendly.
“Removing the constitution from the packet is eliminating pa-per waste,” said Colton Larsen, Off-Campus Senator.
The amendment was approved. Paper ballots and absentee ballots were removed from the code. An amendment to have them reinstated was introduced by Gapp.
He says the online voting sys-tem has been known to crash and it is important to have paper ballots on hand just in case. DeMolee said 36 paper ballots were cast in the election and half were thrown out due to consistency issues.
Greek Senator John Kappel agreed with DeMolee’s choice of re-moving the option from the code. “It doesn’t seem necessary,” he said.
The amendment failed and was followed by a third amendment calling for candidates to be notified of the election results by phone if
they provide a number and by email if they do not. This amendment was passed.
DeMolee said this was removed from the code in order to reduce stress on the committee and candi-dates and to reduce potential mis-takes.
“It’s not possible to call everyone at once,” she said. “Some people will find out before others and some peo-ple may not find out at all.”
DeMolee said the number of candidates makes announcing re-sults over the phone difficult and the committee had trouble tracking who had been called and who had not.
“We ended up calling some people twice and had to tell them they didn’t get the position twice,” she said.
She suggested posting future re-sults by the Student Government as election chairs of previous years have done. Proponents of the amendment believed that candidates should be notified directly, especially if they are involved in big tickets like the presi-dential campaign.
The last two bills were tabled and are set for review next week. Sen-ate bill 1011 —40 contains a funding request for the proposed student ra-dio station Torch Radio.
The second, SB 1011-42, would allow an approved fulltime staff member hired to work in the Student Government office to start training in June rather than the start of next school year.
‘Serving in the Con-gress was the great-est privilege in my life.
Byron Dorganformer senator
er things. He donated $1 million of his excess campaign funds to the Aspen Institute to start the Center for Native American Youth, which helps improve the overall safety and well-being of Native Ameri-can youth. It fo-cuses heavily on lowering teen suicide rates, to name a few. Dorgan said he is “determined to improve and save lives among Native American children.”
He is also the co-chair of a new energy project, is slated to write two more books, a Senior Advisor to a law firm and a Visiting Professor at Georgetown University and UND.
“Serving in the Congress was the greatest privilege in my life,” Dorgan said, but he added that he is “doing a lot of other things I am excited about.”
Dorgan highlighted some of his most cherished moments in
Congress. He particularly spoke of an inspiring experience he had in Philadelphia, PA at Constitution hall. Dorgan was selected to be one of fifty-five people who sat in the chairs of our founding fathers on the 200th birthday of the U.S.
Constitution. He said he had goose bumps and thought to himself, “This is unbeliev-able.”
D o r g a n served in many positions while in Congress in-cluding Chair-
man of the Senate’s Democratic Policy Committee, Energy and Wa-ter Development Subcommittee, Committee on Indian Affairs and Subcommittee on Aviation Opera-tions, Safety and Security.
President Kelley closed by tell-ing Dorgan to “appreciate your pride in the university as an alum.”
culture&mediatuesday april 5, 2011DS> Inside: Static Cycle reviewed, “Great Conversation”
Left to Right: Susan Deer Cloud, Jim Castellanos, Amoussa Koriko, Sean McLain Brown and Maxine Hong Kingston after Friday’s panel “In Between Places.”
Photo courtesy of Sean McLain Brown
Last Friday saw the final pan-el of the UND Writers Confer-ence with Susan Deer Cloud, Amoussa Koriko and Maxine Hong Kingston discussing the subject of “In Between Places.” UND English Professor Chris Nelson moderated the panel.
The panel delved deep into several topics, from place as lo-cation and identity to the role of language and silence in lit-erature. The writers were eager to share their opinions.
On the “Great American Nov-el,” Susan Deer Cloud said, “I try to include humor. A lot of people are hungering for ten-derness, and knowing how much history repeats itself, I’m going
to take a stand to change it.”On silence, she added, “To
get that wooden Indian stereo-type, it comes from people be-ing shut-up and afraid for their lives.”
On the same subject, Max-ine Hong Kingston said, “We all need to make that silence and consciously pool our mind and bodies together. It is a very noisy world; it is very important to have that meditative time.”
All three discussed how place on a physical and identity level affects their writing, with Deer Cloud explaining her experi-ence growing up in the Catskills, Koriko talking about his life in Togo and Hong Kingston de-
scribing her life in San Francis-co during the 1960s.
Jamaica Kincaid was sched-uled to appear, but a delayed flight unfortunately left her off of the panel. She took part in the evening’s Great Conversa-tion, moderated by Denise K. Lajimodiere. And don’t think a minor power outage would stop Jamaica from offering very in-teresting answers and anec-dotes; she rocked the house.
After the noon panel, the German film The Lives of Others (2006) was screened.
Words of Wisdom
DS> Alex Cavanaugh is the Editor-in-Chief for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]. Nicholas Gowan is a staff writer for the Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
Story by Alex Cavanaugh and Nicholas Gowan
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Band fails to live up to hypeDSMUSIC REVIEW
*****‘Part 1: Hydrate’
>MATTHEW RoyThe Dakota Student
Anchorage, Alaska native alter-native rock group Static Cycle have, in the short time since they formed in 2007, been making quite a name for themselves. The band is comprised of Jared Navarre on vocals and gui-tar, Josh Witham on lead guitar and Dennis Smith on drums. They’ve be-come the biggest band in Alaska and have shared stages with bands such as Seether, Puddle of Mudd, Daughtry and Eve 6, and they are currently on tour with Drowning Pool for the Spring 2011 North American Tour. Their music has also been featured on Entertainment Tonight, NY Dai-ly News and The Huffington Post. In
December of 2010, the band released the first installment of their two part EP entitled Part 1: Hydrate.
The first track on the EP, “Inside This World of Mine,” which is also the band’s first sin-gle and features everything from vocals to the guitar riffs, sounds like it was written for alternative radio. On Static Cycle’s biog-raphy from their website, they claim to have been “breaking the ‘static cycle’ of cookie cutter indie rock,” but before the open-ing track is over it’s quite clear that they are doing the exact opposite of that, and are, in fact, quite cookie-cutter in their sound.
The second track on the album, “Paper Chase,” opens with a fast palm muted guitar and some rather obnoxious heavy breathing (which appears throughout the track), and the listener is treated to another rather generic track. The third track, “The One,” is somewhat of a change of pace, but it doesn’t break free of the alternative rock constraints that the band seems to hold on to so
dearly. It’s a little surprising that this wasn’t the band’s first single; it’s a Top 40s modern rock ballad if I ever
heard one before.The fourth track, “Make It,”
sounds very similar to “Paper Chase” (though thankfully without the heavy breathing); in fact, on first lis-ten its almost indistinguishable. On a seven track EP (two of the songs are instrumentals), this is really hard to overlook. The fifth track, “I Won’t Let You Down,” starts out promising with folksy acoustic guitar, but it’s not long until it all starts to sound the same. The last two tracks on the album are instrumental versions of “Paper Chase” and “Make It,” and
they seem an unnecessary edition to the EP, as neither of them have enough going on musically to make them worth listening to instrumen-tally, let alone for a second time.
By the end of the album, it is re-ally hard to understand how Static Cycle is “breaking the ‘static cycle’ of cookie cutter indie rock,” when that is exactly what it is. In fact, because of this, it’s almost hard to take them seriously. Sure, their music video for “Inside This World of Mine” world premiered on E!, but how much of that has to do with the fact that the video features a cameo by Bristol Pa-lin? What percent of that success is due to the band’s actual talent? At the end of the day, there are so many better and more diverse albums to listen to. Because of this, this EP was almost hard to finish. Rock music just doesn’t get much more deriva-tive than this.
DS> Matthew Roy is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
‘It’s quite clear that they... are, in fact, quite cookie-cutter in their sound.
Matthew Roystaff writer
50 mile perimeter that the American government advises.
“I honestly didn’t feel that I was in any direct danger,” Kubat contin-ues describing her situation.
“I had a life there. I didn’t get to say goodbye to many of my friends, and I’m not sure if I will ever see some/most of them again. I loved it there. That weekend was honestly one of the worst in my life, due to the fact I felt like I was ripped out of one life and thrown back into an-other.”
Currently, Kubat is in Langdon, ND living with family, waiting un-til she can begin classes again in the Fall semester. When asked how she feels about all that’s happened to her, she expressed, “I’m upset but trying to look beyond myself. It could have been so much worse. So many peo-ple lost their family, friends, homes, lives...everything. It will take a long time to rebuild, but I believe that Japan can pull through. They are all doing their best to help others in need. It’s amazing.”
Kubat doesn’t know when she will be able to go back to Japan but she says she would go back in a heartbeat if she had the chance. Right now she is debating whether or not she would like to work there as an English teacher someday after she graduates.
“I miss it incredibly and am de-termined to return one day.”
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DS> Thomas Carpenter is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
call. Tears streaked my face as I walked down University, aware of the strange glances I received from all who passed me. I tried to con-sole my sister but didn’t know what to say; after all, she wasn’t the only one who needed comforting at that moment. As for myself, I was torn between relief that I hadn’t had to watch him die and overwhelm-ing guilt for not being there to say goodbye as it happened.
We’re going to bury him in our yard, under his favorite bush, as soon as the ground thaws.
I know that there are some out there who will say, “What’s the big deal? It was just a stupid cat.” If these people are dog lovers, I ask them to imagine that my story had been about a dog. If they simply have never had a pet, I ask them to go to the animal shelter and find one. If not, they will never un-derstand the amazing contribution a pet can bring to one’s life. They comfort you when you’re sick, down or lonely. They love you un-conditionally. They steal your heart and become part of your family.
Kitty’s passing has left my fam-ily heartbroken, but his presence in our lives has been worth so much more than I could ever begin to describe. The past ten years with him has left an indelible mark on my memory, and though the pain is unbearable now, I wouldn’t have chosen it to be any other way. I guarantee you, he will be missed.
MEGAN > From page 5
DS> Megan Sevigny is the Features Editor for The Dakota Student.She can be reached at [email protected]
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>PATRICK EVANSThe Dakota Student
This year’s UND Writers Conference ended with a “Great Conversation with Jamaica Kin-caid.” The event was held in the Chester Fritz Auditorium and was free and open to the public. The annual Great Conversation is held in conjunction with the UND Writers Conference. Guest writers and figures in literature are invited to share their experi-ences with the public; this year, Jamaica Kincaid was the guest
speaker. Kincaid holds twelve hon-
orary doctorates and an accom-plished author. She began her writing career with The New Yorker and is currently a professor of literature at Claremont McK-enna College. Her many books, which include A Small Place and At the Bottom of the River, have won numerous awards and in-spired many documentaries. I at-tended the Great Conversation to see what she had to share about her experiences.
This year, the Great Con-versation was lead by Denise Lajimodiere. Lajimodiere is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and has been working in education for over 30 years. She received her doctorate from UND and was excited to be
speaking with Kincaid. Lajimodi-ere had many questions for Kin-caid and also took questions from the audience. The stories Kincaid told were fascinating, and it is easy to see why she has gained so much notoriety for her works.
The evening began on a slightly off note as the Chester Fritz Auditorium had a blackout. The lack of light and microphone made it a little difficult to see and hear Kincaid and Lajimodiere. President Kelley made an appear-ance to introduce Kincaid and Lajimodiere and to laud their ac-complishments. Then, the con-versation began.
Lajimodiere asked Kincaid about why she originally came to the United States from Anti-gua. Kincaid answered in a very eloquent Scottish English accent that she had been sacrificed for the good of her family. Kincaid’s mother was an incredibly strict individual with her own interests in mind. Kincaid had been plan-ning to complete her schooling and attend the university, but her mother arranged for her to be sent to America when she was
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17 to work as a maid to support her family in Antigua. Her expe-riences from all of these events helped to shape her writing and her later success. Kincaid has re-peatedly said her works are all fic-tion, but they’re also completely true; she tells the truth about her experiences, but the works them-selves are fictionalized accounts of the events.
Kincaid has not always been praised for this style of writing. In her book, A Small Place, Kin-caid talks about how Antigua has been affected by colonization and globalization. Her work was praised extensively in the United States, but the work was banned for a long time in Antigua. When she returned to Antigua after the story had been published, people commented that her story was true but asked why she had to say it.
The evening continued with her regaling the audience with stories from her past and anec-dotes about writing. She talked about how people constantly asked her how she was hired by The New Yorker until she jokingly told them her father owned the magazine.
She talked about how she first became interested in writing in Antigua and how she would ‘se-cretly’ pretend to be a writer dur-ing her childhood. She showed herself to be quick-witted and el-oquent during the conversation. She was also able to roll with the technical issues that plagued the evening, allowing the show to move almost seamlessly despite the blackout.
I would highly recommend reading one of her books or ar-ticles. She is currently working on a book called See Now Then, but she has many works currently published. She was a charming woman and you’ll be glad you checked out one of her books. Happy reading.
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>Inside: Frozen Four preview, Softball in Utah, Lesnar set to coach TUFDS
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vs. Michigan4/07 @ 7:30 p.m. St. Paul, Minn.
MHKY BSB@ Houston Baptist 4/08 @ 12 p.m. Houston, Tex.
After a chilly and snowy sea-son, the winter of 2010-11 is fi nal-ly over. The past months have been fraught with the Metrodome col-lapsing in Minneapolis and mas-sive amounts of snow falling across the United States, but it’s fi nally over. Springtime means an excit-ing time for sports fans. The NHL, NBA and NCAA March Madness seasons are drawing to an end, and with the end of these sports seasons comes a new beginning. Major League Baseball’s Opening Weekend is here, and a time where every team fi lls their ballparks,
where new dreams and expecta-tions meet. America’s pasttime is back in full swing. Teams have tried to address question marks in the off-season while fans are hope-ful to make it back to a pennant or division championship where others wish to make the playoffs or just be better than last year.
The excitement and antici-pation of Opening Day can be measured year after year by spec-tator attendance as 14 out of the 15 hosting teams Opening Day games were at 97% capacity or more. Opening day for some fans turned out to be heartbreaking, as was the case of Milwaukee who lost by a three run walk-off by Ramon Hernandez of the Cincinnati Reds. Then there’s St. Louis who saw Albert Pujols go 0-for-5 and lost in extra innings after taking a 3-2 lead to head into the fi nal inning but ended up blowing it with a
home-run from Cameron Maybin of the Padres. Overall, if you are a true baseball fan, the weekend was nothing short of fantastic.
The under-told story of open-ing weekend could be the Baltimore Ori-oles, sweep-ing the Tampa Bay Rays on the road. Bal-timore, I be-lieve, will be the most im-proved team this season in the majors with the big additions of Derek Lee, Mark Reynolds, J.J Hardy, Kevin Gregg and Vladi-mir Guerrero. Also with a healthy Brian Roberts at second base and rising star Matt Wieters, this team could potentially ruin some playoff hopes for other contenders towards
the end of the season, but their pitching will likely keep them out of playoff contention.
Minnesota fans had to wait a day for their Opening Day game
against Toron-to, and to say the least, we don’t want to remember it. I couldn’t even believe Fox Sports North replayed the game right af-ter. They were smoked by To-
ronto two days in a row, but fi nally found their fi rst win of the season on Sunday, in a tight game 4-3. It’s a long season and at least we’re get-ting part of our AL East schedule done early.
This year’s team enters the season with high expectations and
with only few gaps in their pitch-ing. The starters have had their ups and downs in their careers but we know what they’re capable of. This is why the biggest question mark is the bullpen. With key losses to the bullpen (Matt Guerrier, Brian Fu-entes, Jon Rauch and Jesse Crain) brings the question... Can the Twins win tight games? If Joe Na-than comes back to dominate fash-ion and continues his career how he left it, and we move Matt Capps to the setup role, those losses are merely minimal.
Opening Weekend is already over, and we saw some great base-ball after a hard winter. Start chew-ing seeds and lathering up with sunscreen; this season promises to be uncommon.
ABNORMAL The base-ball season has opened with surprising results from prominent players.
>TADD POWERSThe Dakota Student
DS> Tadd Powers is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
‘Overall, if you are a true baseball fan, the weekend was nothing short of fantastic.
Tadd Powersstaff writer
Expecting the unexpected; MLB opens season
They’re number one in the na-tion. They’re on an eleven game winning streak. They’re now fa-vorites to win their eighth national championship after pulling away from Denver 6-1 in the Midwest Regional fi nal a week ago.
In the process, North Dakota had contributions from most of their stars—Matt Frattin, Evan Trupp, Corban Knight and Aaron
Dell, to name a few.But now that Dan-
ny Kristo is back from his frostbite
injury, and the team is fi nal-
ly at full
Kristo and UND ready for NCAA gloryRETURN North Dakota forward makes come-back for conference and national tournament.
>TIMOTHY BOGERThe Dakota Student
health, the sky is the limit.“It’s been good having him
back on the ice and contributing,” Knight said.
In his fi rst four games back, Kristo has three goals and three assists—all in playoff games. The quick playmaker has been all over the ice, piling up points and turn-ing into yet another UND forward to be feared.
“I think I’ve done a pretty good job coming back into the lineup,” Kristo said. “The fi rst couple of games, I just wanted to be simple and get my conditioning and p l a y m a k i n g
back.”He’s done that and more. Back
at the Final Five in Saint Paul, Kristo scored a goal on his very fi rst shift in North Dakota’s 4-3 win over Colorado College on March 18th.
Goals in the Broadmoor Tro-phy game versus Denver and in the regional against Rennselaer have exhibited Kristo’s ability to create and make plays. Against Denver in the regional fi nal, Kristo made a great pass forward to
his linemate, Brock Nelson, who bur-
ied the puck—
and Denver’s comeback hopes—top shelf for the fourth goal in that 6-1 victory.
“He’s always had great play-making ability,” said head coach Dave Hakstol. “He’s had dynamic one-on-one playmaking ability. I think right now what we’re seeing is good chemistry with linemates. He and Brock seem to have good chemistry and we’re seeing that re-
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Being a Minnesota Native, there seems to be a stringent supportive factor that has been engraved into the spinal cord of my personality. That being the case, I would assume most of the Minnesotan Students would realize that former UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) champion Brock Lesnar is the team leader for one of two teams in the television se-ries The Ultimate Fighter.
Having a passion for action and high-physicality sports; having Les-nar as a coach is another ingenuous scheme by UFC that will no doubt boost ratings and popularity amongst the testosterone-driven college males nationwide. Also, being promised a chance to compete for the UFC heavyweight championship again is all too enticing for the former D1 college wrestler to refuse.
Lets face it. Brock Lesnar (love or hate) has become a household name to anyone who spends count-less week-hours gazing at the video tube. Being a Golden Gopher na-tional champion, the camera seems to follow the behemoth’s footsteps all around. His pushy, brash and some-what arrogant attitude has caused his popularity to soar amongst the nation.
However, taking on the task of a coach does have its downfalls; espe-cially since Brock Lesnar isn’t the best fighter in the world. Sorry friends, we know his style has flaws. Cain Velasquez ripped apart Lesnar’s smug face as if he were a Mr. Potato Head doll. I am a fan don’t get me wrong. But I do feel that Lesnar has some-what of a weak chin and I’m just not sure if he can weather the storm of his rival coach and next opponent, Junior Dos Santos.
Lesnar is a true freak. Weighing in at 280 (off season) and 6 ft. 3 in., his shadow he creates must be intimi-dating for most. With such gifts, one would believe that he should have no problem reclaiming the champi-onship. Contrary to popular belief, bigger is not always better. Cain Ve-lasquez conquered the mighty titan with a slew of rapid strikes that pum-meled the prized orange to a squan-dered pulp.
Sadly, I can’t see Lesnar making it back to the championship unless he drastically changes the way he trains. Grappling with friends in a dainty poll barn in a secluded camp does seem like the perfect concoction for victory, but Lesnar’s record proves otherwise.
Brock Lesnar. His voice is a genuine money generator as UFC keeps raking in the cash. Being self-absorbed, educated and heavy fisted seems to all collaborate within the Next Big Thing, as his abusive words seem to boomerang without harm.
To be real, for my readers, the UFC is conducted more like a busi-
ness rather than a sport. There are media sessions, photography work-shops, video games and terrible b-movies that drive the capital collect-ing lust the American people seem to have accumulated. But that’s another argument for another day.
Back to Lesnar, he could be, potentially be, almost guaranteed to be the greatest fighter if he tweaks the training sessions and decides to stop rolling around in his backyard. Watching the man through college wrestling, WWE and Viking try-outs, I just have to believe that Brock knows what it takes to win. On a side note, maybe he has never expe-rienced the true feeling of a complete loss, and his ego might be the tough-est opponent that stands in his way, in and out of the octagon.
DS> Joel Adrian is the Sports Editor for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
>JOel ADRiAnThe Dakota Student
OCTAGOn Former UFC champion is set to make The Ultimate Fighter debut against rival.
Lesnar: Is he ready to coach TUF?
This year’s Frozen Four has a distinctly western feel.
Instead of North Dakota’s quest for an eighth national cham-pionship going through playing Hockey East powerhouse Boston College—as it did in 2007 and 2008—this season, the road to glory goes through Michigan.
The winner of Thursday’s 7:30 p.m. semifinal will play either Notre Dame or Minnesota-Duluth in the big show on Saturday at Saint Paul’s Xcel Energy Center—meaning that this season, the national champion will come from the western half of the college hockey world.
Boston College, winners of two of the last three NCAA titles, lost in the first round to Western Colle-
giate Hockey Association member Colorado College. Notre Dame of the Central Collegiate Hockey As-sociation dispatched both Merri-mack and New Hampshire to fully eliminate Hockey East’s bid for a fourth straight title. Minnesota-Duluth and North Dakota com-bined to dispatch the three ECAC Hockey teams in the tournament, too.
Thrust into the national spot-light is four teams that come from schools no further east than De-troit. It’ll be only the third Frozen Four ever without a team from ei-ther Hockey East or ECAC Hock-ey. But that doesn’t make the road easier for North Dakota. Far from it.
“I think it’s a great Frozen Four field,” said head coach Dave Hak-stol. “I really do…it makes for an outstanding Frozen Four in what is going to be a tremendous environ-ment.”
It could be said that all four teams that will take college hockey’s biggest stage this weekend all made
it there thanks to playing great hockey where it matters—in the playoffs. Michigan (28-10-4) won its last six regular season games en route to placing third in the CCHA Tournament. Notre Dame (25-13-5) was unbeaten in eight of its last nine regular season games.
“Duluth led our league for much of the year and they have high, high-end players and are just an exciting, solid hockey team throughout their lineup,” said Hakstol. “Notre Dame and Michi-gan have been top-end teams in the CCHA. They’ve played extremely well down the stretch.”
North Dakota should take comfort in the fact that they’ve seen both of their possible title game opponents before—they were 1-0-1 against the Fighting Irish and 2-1 against Minnesota-Duluth.
The task at hand, however, is
CHARGinG North Dakota and three other teams will vie for the NCAA championship.
>TimOTHy BOGeRThe Dakota Student
Frozen Four in St. Paul
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The UND softball team re-turned to action this past week-end following the Great West Conference Early Tournament, which was March 25-28. Since the weather has not been great in Grand Forks, the team traveled to Ogden, Utah to face off against future Big Sky conference mem-ber Weber State. UND played their first game on Friday, then a doubleheader was played on Sat-urday.
In the first game, things did not go the way UND had in mind losing 6-13. In the first three innings, North Dakota gave up 10 runs and was down 10-4.
The Wildcats were on fire the en-tire game, going for 15 hits. They were led by Erika James and Laura Minnich who each had four hits. In the first inning, UND hoped for an early lead, but Weber State took control scoring three runs.
Leading UND was sopho-more Lindy Sippola, freshman D. Jantzer and freshman Amanda Johnson who each had two hits. Johnson hit the lone home run, which was a two run blast in the third. The loss dropped UND to a 9-21 overall record.
On Saturday UND would split the two games with Weber State, both ended with a score of 3-2.
In the first game, the Wild-cats would take the victory after being down 2-1 late. In the sec-ond inning, Weber State took a 1-0 lead after an error committed by UND. Pitching for North Da-kota was Michelle Frank who has lost five of her starts by two runs or less. This was another heart-
SOFTBALL UND won one game out of three in a recent road series against Weber State.
>KyLe ROSSeAuThe Dakota Student
DS> Kyle Rosseau is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
breaker for Frank, especially since UND had the lead and it looked like they were going to pull out the W.
Some big offense was created by sophomore Kenna Olsen, who batted in a single for an RBI. Be-sides Olsen, UND wasn’t able to muster up many hits. They were held to only five hits and one walk. Taking the pitching victory for the Wildcats was Sarah Clark who was in relief of Angela DeVr-ies.
In the last game of the se-ries between these teams, UND would win by a walk off home run by Johnson. It was a straight shot out to center field in the 7th inning. The victory would bring UND’s record to 10-22, while Weber State moved to 5-18.
The game was scoreless until the 5th inning, when UND’s bats would come alive. Brandee Ybar-ra started off the inning smacking a double to right center. Johnson would be up next who would knock a single to left field and advanced to second on the throw. North Dakota would be in a great spot with runners on second and third with no outs. Sippola would hit a sacrifice fly scoring Ybarra. Johnson would score on an RBI single by Kayelee Schoeny to take a 2-0 lead.
It seemed like things were in the bag for UND, but Weber State would make a comeback. Defensive errors by UND would be costly, giving the Wildcats two runs and tying up the game in the 6th. But North Dakota was saved by Johnson and her home run, giving pitcher Emma Gronseth the win.
Next up for the North Da-kota softball team will be a se-ries against UW-Green Bay on their field. Action will take place Wednesday, April 6 with the first game at 2 p.m. and the second at 4 p.m.
Tough times in Utah
DS> Timothy Boger is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
GOAL > From page 14
The task at hand, however, is Michigan. The Spartans, led by senior captain Carl Hagelin (18 goals, 30 assists) are winless in their last four Frozen Four appear-ances but have a rich history that boasts nine national champion-ships, the most in Division I.
And it’ll be a tough challenge to end the season of Michigan, ranked in the top five all season long. “It’s clear that with the type of second-half of the season that they’ve had—with the veteran presence that they’ve had in that lineup—it doesn’t take you very long as you watch a little bit of their game tape why they’ve had that kind of success,” Hakstol said.
“They’re a complete team, they’re a deep team and they’re a competitive team.”
and discussion are all important steps toward world peace.
During the two days that Sean, Jim and Maxine were at UND, I had several opportunities to talk to them about writing and about life as writ-ers, and all the while I could feel a creative energy that was different from anything I’ve experienced be-fore. As we walked through campus, I was taken aback at how these very different people from different back-grounds have come together through the darkest of times onto a common ground of friendship and peace. There is no doubt in my mind that after the last two days of the confer-ence where I hosted Sean and Jim-my, I have come to know two truly honorable individuals and made two great friends.
ALeX > From page 4
DS> Alex Cavanaugh is the Editor-in-Chief of The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
Perhaps my maturity and age has something to do with me re-alizing the reality of my situation and how much teen motherhood has impacted me. Now I under-stand why some people are blown away by some of the things I have done.
Now I understand the statis-tics and realize the statistics are not a personal hit against me. When I watch the girls on “Teen Mom,” I know what it is like. Most of the mothers on the show are pushing hard to get through things, raise their kids, go to college and find out who they are. Their stories are not over-dramatized soap operas. Their stories are reality.
HeATHeR > From page 5
DS> Heather Jackson is a columnist for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]
16 SPORTS tuesday april 5, 2011LETTER >
From page 4 executive team and the next that is organized and allows for program sustainability
Representing over 14,000 peo-ple is a difficult task, as there are often conflicting ideas about how best to move forward on any given issue. This is especially the case on a college campus where people from different communities, religions, ethnicities, and even continents unite in the pursuit of education and growth. Because of the diverse environment that our campus pro-vides, it is not uncommon for de-bate to ensue on many issues; how-ever it is important to realize that educated debate is an important part of our educational experience. It is no coincidence that on our campus students are able to dis-agree, yet still be able to participate together in social events, classroom projects, and many other important occasions without serious conflict.
Our mission from the begin-ning of our term has been to be as transparent as possible with the student body. To that end, we in-creased face-to-face interaction, informed students about important resolutions, and worked with other
members of our organization to get the word out. Although things have not been perfect, we are comfort-able at the end of our term knowing that we have increased communica-tion with our student body. There is always room for improvement, but we hope that we have laid the foun-dation for a stronger, friendlier, and more open relationship to grow.
The next administration will have many challenges to face, but we give our full, unwavering sup-port to the incoming leadership for Student Government. We want to encourage students to get involved in Student Government; it is an im-portant group that the university ad-ministration, the city, and the state look to for the student perspective. Although being a leader is at times difficult, it is the ultimate resolu-tion of those difficulties that makes leadership worth it. We encourage you—no matter your major, year in school, or background—to let us hear your voice.
Thank You, Matt Bakke & Grant
Hauschild Student Body President & Stu-
dent Body Vice President
and fee increases and made them more transparent by bringing a leg-islative study on financial aid distri-bution companies to our students
—Three hydration stations installed throughout the campus, providing filtered water and pro-moting a greener campus
—A stronger relationship be-tween University of North Dakota students and the city of Grand Forks through programs such as the Welcome Weekend Block Party, Just Say Hi, Monster Patrol, and joint City Council-Student Senate meetings
—Collegiate Link, a new web based system to enhance and assess student involvement opportunities
—Over seventy events through-out the year, including the Tibetan Monks, Judy Sheppard, and nu-merous bands and other perform-ers have been presented to over eleven thousand students, faculty, staff, and community members through the University Program-ming Council
—A transition between our
problem is the threat it proposes to the social fabric itself. Do we want the corporate class to be the only educated class of people in this country (beyond techni-cal training), or do we want a population that is capable of en-gaging with and taking hold of their society to transform it for the better? If high school is not preparing students for college, then the solution is to reform the high school curriculum. If the debt load incurred by most college students is too high, then forgive it and return to more substantial funding for low-income college students. These aren’t questions of leisure; what is at stake is in this country is the democracy and perhaps the civi-lization itself.
AARON > From page 5
DS> Aaron Wentz is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]
KRISTO > From page 13
ally come to the forefront as they spend more time together as line-mates.”
Perhaps it’s an unexpected re-turn for Kristo, who suffered a frostbite injury on January 29. A few weeks ago, Kristo told the Grand Forks Herald that he lost a shoe while cutting through deep snow at Ray Richards Golf Course on that sub-zero night.
After nearly losing extremities, Kristo has rebounded—and then some. He was able to corral his off-ice issues and focus on himself dur-ing his injury that sidelined him for nearly two months.
“With the time off, I think he was able to get some priorities fig-ured out,” Knight said. “His con-centration and focus have been re-ally impressive.”
Additionally, Kristo has come back with a new poise and a new mind-set that has translated into defensive success, too. The sopho-more from Eden Prairie, Minne-sota is also a plus-6 since he came
back.“I think that was a point of
emphasis coming into this year,” Kristo said. “I was trying to be-come better defensively. I think I’ve done a little bit better. I still have a lot to work on, but I’ve felt like I’ve made some strides in that zone this year.”
“I think Kristo’s game is im-proving and rounding out in terms of being a two-way player,” said Hakstol. “Danny is a very com-petitive player, so it’s never been out of a lack of want to be a good defensive player. It’s been a matter of maturing as a player and matur-ing in a two-way role.”
Kristo will hope to continue his success at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center on Thursday, when North Dakota plays Michigan for the right to play in the national cham-pionship. Kristo adds yet another weapon to UND’s already-loaded arsenal.
“The team is playing well right now; everybody is contributing,” said Kristo.
DS> Timothy Boger is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at [email protected]