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The 2011 Student Aviation Manage-ment Association held its annual con-ference and career fair in Clifford Hall April 28 and 29. Stu-dents were invited to to hear the pre-sentations of sev-eral guest speakers and connect with future employers.

NATHAN TWERBERG > The Dakota StudentResidence hall leaders Ill. boundCONFERENCE Stu-dents to travel to national leadership conference in late May.

>BRANDI JEWETTThe Dakota Student

Students march for equal rights, treatmentRACISM The African Student Union creates petition, holds protest to help crime victims.

>THOMAS CARPENTERThe Dakota Student

On July 6, 2008, Madina Is-mail, an immigrant from Uganda, was brutally assaulted at Altru

Hospital by a North Dakota Law-yer. The lawyer verbally abused her, calling her racial slurs for over an hour before beating her uncon-scious.

Ismail was totally disabled and was forced to use a wheelchair. So badly beaten, she had to use physi-cal therapy to learn how to walk all over again.

Meanwhile, the Assistant Dis-trict Attorney dropped the criminal case against the assailant without a

reasonable investigation. All this is according to the Pe-

tition Against Racial Injustice cur-rently being written by UND Afri-can students looking to shed light, and start a dialogue, on the prob-lem of racism in Grand Forks.

In the petition they demand, among other things; that Ismail be made whole and that the assailant be brought to justice, equal treat-ment for all, and that North Dako-tans are sensitized to the fact that

minority immigrants are here to stay.

Earlier this year Amoussa Ko-riko, a Graduate student at UND and immigrant from Togo, togeth-er with a friend established the Af-rican Student Union.

The core of the union is simply to be there for one another: to help each other academically, socially, and culturally and to create a better learning environment for all.

From one of the members of

the union, Koriko heard there was an issue going on in the commu-nity and was introduced to Ismail. Ismail told Koriko all the things she tried in order to make things right.

According to the petition she talked with lawyers in the area, but they wouldn’t take her case, not be-cause of its merits but because of a

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A delegation of students are preparing programs to present at the National Association of Col-lege and University Residence Halls (NACURH) conference held May 25-30.

The conference is a gathering of student leaders from the U.S. and Canada. According to its website, NACURH is the “leading national organization advocating for the in-

terests and welfare of residence hall students.”

The delegates are members of UND’s Association of Residence Halls policy board (ARH), the governing body for the university’s residence hall community.

ARH is composed of residence hall presidents, residence hall stu-dent senators, board chairs, and the president of the National Residence Hall Honorary.

In preparation for the confer-ence, the nine students submitted program proposals outlining their programs objectives. If accepted, the students will present their programs

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Senate fails major billPOSITION Bill aiming to rescind full time staffer funding for Stu. Gov. offi ce defeated.

>BRANDI JEWETTThe Dakota Student

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A bill causing a divide among the student body and Student Gov-ernment met its defeat on Sunday.

Failing 3-13-1, SB 1112-09 would have rescinded the establish-ment of a full time staffer position for the Student Government offi ce and reallocate $1,000 to the sala-ries of student body president, vice president and treasurer. The bill would have also allocated $7,000 towards salaries of additional ad-ministrative assistants.

Opponents of the bill believed the nearly $45,000 needed to fund the salary and benefi ts of the posi-tion should not come from student fees.

Osama bin Laden killed>STAFF REPORT

The Dakota Student

Osama bin Laden is seen in this screen grab from Al-Jazeera's satellite channel a day before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks. (Balkis Press/Abaca Press/MCT)

President Barack Obama an-nounced late Sunday night that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a United States military strike.

Bin Laden was killed in a com-pound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, about 40 miles north of the Paki-stani capitol of Islamabad.

Bin Laden’s body was taken into custody of the U.S. military. There were no American casualties in the strike.

The mastermind behind al-Qaida, the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the at-tacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that claimed over 3,000 lives, bin Laden had eluded capture since the beginning of the “War on Terror” in September, 2001. Al-Qaida also claimed re-sponsiblity for the attacks on U.S. embassies in 1998, and the bomb-ing of the U.S.S. Cole off of the coast of Yemen in 2000.

“Student Government fees should go directly toward stu-dents,” said Anna Gaspar, the chair of the Student Organization Fund-ing Agency.

Previous student body presi-dent Matt Bakke said student fees are paying for every position on campus.

Bakke went on to say the staffer is needed because Student Government leaders are becoming overwhelmed with their positions and this work overload has caused several to resign.

“Things in the offi ce are piling up,” says Bakke.

Off-Campus Senator Jacob Gapp asked Bakke why current staff members are not being uti-lized. Gapp said he has witnessed administrative assistants playing computer games on the job.

Bakke believes this is one of the problems with students supervising students.

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>fi lm: The Global Visions Film Series will wrap up its year with “Terror’s Advocate”, a docu-mentary about the French lawyer, Jacques Vergès, famous for defending war criminals.

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World BriefAbbott cuts costs of AIDS drug for program

CHICAGO—Abbott Labo-ratories this week reduced the price of its popular AIDS drug Kaletra for some customers.

The move, disclosed Friday during the company’s annual shareholders meeting, comes amid reductions in government spending on programs for low-income Americans with HIV.

Cash-strapped states such as Illinois have curtailed eligibil-ity for people enrolled in AIDS drug assistance programs, which also receive federal funds. Mean-while, there has been an infl ux of applicants for AIDS drug as-sistance programs as people have lost jobs and their ability to pay for HIV prescriptions.

Starting in July, the Illinois Health Department will restrict the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program to “new applicants with incomes at or below 300 percent of the federal poverty level,” or $32,670 for a single individual. Currently, the qualifi cation for the program is 500 percent of the federal poverty level, or $54,450 for a single person.

North Chicago-based Ab-bott on Friday said it reduced the price most AIDS drug assistance programs will pay for Kaletra by 8 percent, to $5,037 per year. Kaletra is a protease inhibitor, a key ingredient in the so-called cocktails of medicines HIV pa-tients take to keep the virus in check.

NATO airstrike kills Gadhafi ’s son

>PATRICK MCDONNELLos Angeles Times

BOMBING Death of Liby-an leader’s family mem-bers raises questions of assassinate attempt.

BENGHAZI, Libya—A NATO airstrike that the Libyan government says narrowly missed Moammar Gadhafi but killed one of his sons and three grandchildren has raised anew the specter of whether the Western alliance is trying to assassi-nate the Libyan leader.

NATO has said its airstrikes focus on command-and-control centers that the Tripoli government uses in its attempt to suppress rebels fi ghting to end four decades of Gad-hafi rule, although the assaults often target civilian-populated areas.

Yet Saturday’s strike in the Lib-yan capital occurred only days after NATO and Obama administration offi cials signaled they would be step-ping up attacks on facilities known to be used by Gadhafi and members of his inner circle to coordinate their attacks. It also comes shortly after

the U.S. began fl ying armed Preda-tor drones over Libya.

Administration offi cials fi rmly denied they were trying to hit Gad-hafi specifi cally in the attack, which Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said killed Gadhafi ’s sixth son, Seif al-Arab Gadhafi , and three grandchildren.

Gadhafi and his wife were in the house at the time of the strike but both survived the bombing, Ibrahim said on state television.

“The leader himself is in good health,” Ibrahim said. “He was not harmed. The wife is also in good health.”

The dead son identifi ed by Ibra-him was among the least-known of Gadhafi ’s eight children—seven sons and a daughter. He did not maintain the high profi le of some of Gadhafi ’s other offspring, especially his elder brothers Saadi and Seif al-Islam. He was described on state television as a student in Germany.

“Western nation crusader ag-gression against the Libyan nation continued and proved again that it has no moral foundation, no legal foundation and no political founda-tion,” Ibrahim told his television au-dience. “The leader with his wife was

there in the house, with other friends and relatives.”

A senior NATO offi cer fl atly de-nied the strike was an attempt to kill Gadhafi or members of his family.

“We have never target individu-als. It’s not in our mandate,” he said. “We hit a building known to be a command-and-control facility in-volved in coordinating attacks on civilians.”

There also appeared to be con-fl icting versions on the exact location of the strike.

NATO offi cials said a compound in an area of Tripoli called Bab al-Azizya, which has been bombed previously, was the target. Libyan offi cials, meanwhile, took journalists to a destroyed house in a different, wealthy residential area of Tripoli, Reuters news agency reported. At least three missiles hit that house.

State television showed scenes of heavy damage to a structure. Webs of reinforcing metal were seen hanging inside the damaged building, poking through chunks of concrete.

Journalists and others were seen walking through the rubble and, at one point, handling what appeared to be a missile half-covered in dust and debris.

NATO airstrikes have been aid-ing Libyan rebels who have seized large chunks of Libyan territory on several fronts, including much of the nation’s eastern coastal zone. Gadhafi retains control of much of western Libya, including Tripoli.

Although NATO and U.S. of-fi cials refute suggestions that there is any effort to assassinate Gadhafi , the Libyan government’s assertion that Gadhafi was in the targeted house could feed speculation that NATO may have had information about the leader’s whereabouts.

The NATO offi cial would not discuss the intelligence that led to the attack or whether the alliance knew Gadhafi was in the building when it was attacked.

He said the alliance had not confi rmed that members of Gad-hafi ’s family had been killed, other than through news reports, because NATO has no personnel on the ground.

But he did not deny that mem-bers of Gadhafi ’s family might have been killed, and suggested that the Libyan leader may have surrounded himself with members of his family even as he was communicating with his military forces.

Sudan elections ignite tensionsFIGHTING A vote could revive old confl ict pitting African tribes against their Arab neighbors.

KADUGLI, Sudan—In the heart of Sudan, there’s a land of roll-ing hills and lush plains where Ara-bia meets Africa, where one brother prays in a church and the other in a mosque, where peace hangs in the balance and war lurks in the shad-ows, and, over the next few weeks, where the future fates of two new nations might collide.

Welcome to the Nuba Moun-tains, Sudan’s little-known crucible of roaming militias, oil fi elds and a bloody history that many fear could soon be repeated.

During Sudan’s long civil war, this area saw some of the most bru-tal Darfur-style violence, as govern-ment-armed Arab militias ravaged their centuries-old Nuba neighbors, who in turn increasingly joined an armed rebellion raging in the na-tion’s south.

Now, little-discussed elections in the state of South Kordofan, which begin Monday, are driving the bot-tlenecked tensions of a testy decade-long cease-fi re to a dramatic head.

“We are ready for fi ghting. Ev-eryone is ready for fi ghting. Is that something new? We have been fi ghting for 20 years,” Ibrahim Mo-

hammed Balandia, the speaker of the state legislature and a member of the north’s ruling National Con-gress Party, told McClatchy News-papers.

Both sides remain heavily mili-tarized, with tens of thousands of regular and irregular forces each.

Already, the old violence has reared its head. On April 13, an Arab militia—probably armed by Sudan’s northern government—attacked the hometown of Abdelaziz al-Hilu, the state’s deputy governor and the gu-bernatorial candidate of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, the southern rebel movement that will govern the new nation of Southern Sudan.

The attack on Al-Faid village killed up to 29 people, including women and children, and burned more than 300 huts to the ground.

Sudan’s pending split into two new countries in July seemingly might have resolved decades of north-south confl ict, but the south’s secession has decidedly made a pre-carious situation here worse.

The state elections in South Kordofan, which encompasses the Nuba Mountains, have been rela-tively ignored by an international community fatigued of intervening in Sudan’s myriad crises; fi rst, a de-cades-long civil war and its devastat-ing humanitarian situation, then the crisis in Darfur and now the breakup of the country.

Although the U.S. special envoy to Sudan, Princeton Lyman, is fl ying in for the elections, the U.S.—which took the lead in brokering the 2002

>ALAN BOSWELLMcClatchy Newspapers

cease-fi re in the Nuba Mountains —has shown little engagement, as Washington focuses its diplomatic capital on normalizing battered rela-tions with Sudan’s northern regime and bolstering the nascent govern-ment in the south.

This trade-off approach could prove a mistake, as few places have the potential to unravel Sudan’s frail stability and shaky north-south peace more quickly than renewed confl ict in South Kordofan, at Sudan’s geo-graphical and symbolic center.

For the people here, many of whom feel betrayed by a seceding Southern Sudan and let down by an absent international community,

the polls hold both promises of hope and premonitions of peril.

They’re tired of war, but they won’t accept iron-fi sted rule under the Arabist and Islamist polices of the government, which declared a ji-had against their land in the 1990s.

“War is not preferred. We want dialogue,” 30-year-old Carlo Karaka said in the market of Kauda, a small outpost that served as the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement reb-el base during the war. “But if the NCP wishes to go back to war, then there is no option.”

And if these rock-strewn hills nestled in Sudan’s center explode, so might the rest of Sudan.

Supporters of the African-centric Sudan People’s Lib-eration Movement rally before key state elections in the Nuba Mountains of South Sudan, Friday, April 29, 2011.

CARL JUSTE > Miami Herald

House panel demandsanswers on data breach

LOS ANGELES—A con-gressional subcommittee has sent a letter to Sony Corp. seeking in-formation about a security attack on PlayStation’s online network by hackers last week.

The letter requested answers to a detailed list of questions re-garding the breach, which ex-posed the personal information and possibly credit card data of 77 million customer accounts.

The letter, written by the House Subcommittee on Com-merce, Manufacturing and Trade, addresses a number of security concerns, including when the breach occurred, how much data was stolen and why Sony waited a week before it notifi ed custom-ers.

The letter demanded specif-ics on the kind of information the hackers stole and assurances that no credit card data were swiped.

“Given the amount and na-ture of the personal information known to have been taken, the potential harm that could be caused if credit card information was also taken would be quite sig-nifi cant,” the letter said.

The subcommittee set a May 6 deadline for a reply.

ALAN BOSWELL> MCT

COMMENTARY04 >commentary

The Dakota Student Editorial Board was readying itself to wrap up the night when news suddenly broke that Osama bin Laden was dead. Per news reports now circling the globe, bin Laden was killed in a U.S. led operation. It has been reported that the operation took place at a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Is-lamabad. Osama bin Laden has been the United States’ most wanted since the terrorist attacks of 9/11.There is so much that comes along with news such as this… the questions literally swirl around ones head….

First and foremost on the DS Editorial Board’s minds are the American soldiers who have served in Afghanistan since the War on Terror began. As our, and indeed the entire country’s, deepest gratitude is ex-pressed, know that we are ever aware of the sacrifi ces that you made in bringing this man to justice. Your tire-less and heroic efforts are a testament to your courage. The Editorial Board also wishes to express our gratitude to the families of the soldiers, for there too sacrifi ces have been made.

However, it is also important to realize, among all the celebration, that the death of Osama bin Laden does not mean the end of the War on Terror. Yes, the death of Osama bin Laden is a major victory for the United States in the War on Terror; but, as the Presi-dent pointed out in his address late Sunday night, it is imperative that we remain ever vigilant in seeking out terrorist activities around the globe.

There is, however, an incredible emotional weight to this news for most Americans. The sight of the Twin Towers coming has been burned in the collective con-science of the American public. The day Osama bin Lad-en was declared dead is a day many of us will remember. The day is also a day that many of us have wanted for years. There has always been the sense that “someone must pay for this.” However, we must be careful not to let our jubilation turn to arrogance and barbarism. Cel-ebration should not be conducted in a way that paints a picture of the American public victoriously standing over the body of their decade-long foe. No, instead let us celebrate by commemorating the efforts of our men and women in uniform; let us celebrate by commemo-rating the lives that were lost on 9/11; and, let us do this solemnly and with respect.

As the members of the Dakota Student Editorial Board frantically checked their Facebook pages the night of the announcement, there were many statuses that asked one question: Can we come home now? Well, the answer to that question is yet to be determined. However, let us not forget—let us not get caught up in the moment of victory—that the men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces are still in Afghanistan, and still need our support.

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It’s been a long year; one of late nights, endless emails and phone calls and many moments of stress and pride. When I took the posi-tion of Editor-in-Chief last spring, I was posed with a unique task: I had to build the edi-torial staff almost completely from the ground up. All of the editors but the web edi-tor graduated last year, so I put out applications and hired the staff that ran the paper over the last two semesters—Erin Lord, Rachel Smerer, Joel Adrian, Nathan Twerberg, Josh Brorby and as of De-

cember, Megan Sevigny and Madi Whitman. Almost every year, some editors stay on, changing sections, but nevertheless carry their experi-ence on to the next production year; for us, it was a complete reboot. The prior staff trained us over several is-

sues and helped our transition, but the learn-ing curve was steep. We made our fair share of mistakes and had our fare share of dis-agreements and miscommunica-tions, but I can say we gave it

our all and I couldn’t be happier with the group that I brought together to run the paper. We turned into a sort of family, and bonded in a way that is rare for a workplace.

As such, it is bittersweet to leave my position. Looking at page two, you can see that the current Editor-in-Chief is Brandi Jewett; next year’s Dakota Student readers will also see the work of a new News Editor and Opinions Editor. I’m confi dent next year’s staff has a great deal to bring to the table, and with the experience Brandi brings from her coursework as a Communications major and the experience of the editors that are staying on, I can see the paper only getting better.

In leaving, though, I am forced to refl ect on my work and how I served my goals. Coming into the job, I thought long and hard about what I wanted the role of the paper to be on campus. Of course, The Dakota Student is a news source—

‘... the readers are what have made this paper so pride-ful for me...

Alex Cavanaughcolumnist

>ALEX CAVANAUGHThe Dakota Student

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Most jobs that we have in college are strictly practical—they pay the bills, and that’s the extent of their usefulness. As we become juniors, seniors or even grad students, we start choosing jobs that are more fi t-ting for our careers. Future nurses become CNAs; tomorrow’s social workers fi nd employment at HIT or other community service jobs.

These jobs help us get our foot in the door, but they aren’t what we see ourselves doing for the rest of our lives. At the end of the day, they are still just very practical.

As an English graduate student, I have also sought employment that I thought would benefi t me in the future. I worked as a writing cen-ter consultant for two years, and this past year I taught College Compo-

sition for the English Department. My longest run of employment at UND, though, has been right here at the Dakota Student.

When Alison Kelly hired me as a features writer during my junior year of undergrad, I was ecstatic. I felt very grateful and excited to make my writing pub-lic. I told her I inspired to even-tually be a colum-nist, and she said I’d have to prove myself fi rst. Af-ter a couple sto-ries about Sober Driver and the Women’s Center, I got the chance to interview a UND alum in the White House. Again, I was ecstatic. The story went well, and I upgraded to being a columnist.

I kept my position as a writer for

one more year, until I was hired as the Managing/Opinion Editor for the 2010-2011 school year. Happy with my previous experiences with the Dakota Student, I looked for-ward to the year, thinking that this would be another chance to do what I

loved. Little did I know, this job would be even more rewarding than just work-ing with my life’s passion—writing.

When I started on staff, I only mildly knew four of

the fellow editors. I was acquain-tances with the Features Editor, and I only knew of the Editor-in-Chief,

‘A lot of people go by the “I work to live, not live to work” mantra.

Erin Lordcolumnist

>ERIN LORDThe Dakota Student

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On departures, DS future

Finding a fulfi lling work experience

05the Dakota Student tuesday may 3, 2011

Talk of environmental sustainability is no longer relegated to the ranks of cranks and tree huggers bemoaning the wasteful and pollutant industrial society that provides the fabric of our life-world. Over the last fi ve years there has been a substantial shift in pub-lic perception and discussion regarding envi-ronmental issues of all stripes. From a resur-gence in recycling efforts to reusable grocery bags and water bottles, as well as retrofi tted low-fl ow toilets, the daily lived experience of the American citizen has been overrun with “eco-friendly” and “green” alternatives to our resource vacuum of a society. But it doesn’t stop there; I can purchase Raw Water™ from Summit Spring Water that claims to be “Gravity fed, Unfi ltered, and Untouched” (for a price, of course). I can get an MBA in Sustainable (“Green”) business. Even the oil companies (at least for a while) were jumping aboard the “Green” gravy train, BP rebrand-ing itself as “Beyond Petroleum.” There’s “Green” motor oil, “Green” bullets, “Green” bleach, and so on, and so on. On paper, this sounds like a good idea; everyone from the US military to Corporate America is fi nally coming to their senses and taking environ-mental sustainability seriously.

Upon further inspection, the cracks be-gin to show. The fi rst question to ask is why? Why now? Why not in the 70’s? Why wait until the icecaps are gone? Why wait until the weather is killing people on an (almost) weekly basis? The reason has less to do with some singular event that snapped the entire social body out of their collective slumber around the issue of ecological collapse (sorry Al Gore), but rather the opposite, that is, the diffi culty of facing the reality of the situ-ation that we are all collectively in. What am I talking about here? Timothy Morton, (theorist of “Dark Ecology”) in his 2007 book Ecology Without Nature observes, “it is very hard to get used to the idea that the [ecological] catastrophe, far from being im-minent, has already taken place.” If we shift our perspective and look at the problem of climate change from the perspective of some-thing that has already occurred (or is occur-ring), rather than something that is yet to come, the situation looks radically different. If we are in a situation that is shifting the very fabric upon which life (in its current form) has up until now existed, that can’t be pre-vented because it is already happening, then what, effectively, can be done? In a lecture (available on YouTube) Morton notes that in coming to grips with where we are, with the situation we’re in, the word to describe this process is grief.

It is from this perspective that it becomes possible to understand the fl accidity of the reaction, the utter impotence in the move-ment toward “Green” products as some sort of solution. The desperation with which one is solicited in the marketplace corresponds directly to how desperate the situation it-self is. By looking at the situation through this lens, it becomes clear that these “Green” products, this “Green” lifestyle, this “Eco-friendly” consumer model are so many at-tempts to perform an operation Ed Ayers outlined in 1999, “A general pattern of be-havior among threatened human societies is to become more blindered, rather than more focused on the crisis, as they fall.”

With this understanding as a back-

Redefi ning what ‘green’ is

Realizations: Identity politics

The past couple of years I have ques-tioned identity politics. The ideology has gaps. I would see parts of the ideas go so far and extreme, that there was no way out. For example, I could discuss each identity of mine (gender, mother, sexuality, race, ability, so on) and call out for in-clusion into society and culture of each. Basically, identity politics theorizes that identities refl ect one’s politics. Un-fortunately, inclu-sion does not change structural problems.

Another person who has more oppres-sion (based on gender, sexuality, race, so on) than me could call me out for not including them in one of my ideas and/or arguments. Thus, the central focus of identity politics is focused on the margin-alized person whoever that is.

This may sound like a favorable way to approach things. However, I think it be-comes so convoluted that nothing makes sense anymore. New identities are con-stantly being added. Of course, I recognize that everyone has different experiences, not everyone is white or male and so on. But when do the identities stop? Is there an ending if I simply focus on identities?

When I started to re-think identity politics, I refl ected on how much I called out men on male privilege. Usually, I wasn’t responded to with many answers. In some ways, I can understand why. What do I re-ally say to someone who tells me “you have privilege!” out of anger and frustration? I can understand the anger and frustration (yes, it angers me off that men make more than women, for example). But when I

tell a man this, what can he say? That he’s sorry? Can he make his privilege disappear? Not in our society and cul-ture, unfortunately. As a white person, I know I have privilege, but I also know that simply be-cause of my awareness, I can’t get rid of it. It’s a structural issue.

When I started looking at the underly-ing issue of why I was constantly calling men out for their privilege, I realized I had a lot of anger toward men. Mostly it was based on past experiences I had with a cou-ple of men. I also realized that I was jeal-ous and resentful toward men. I wish I had what they had. I wish I wasn’t treated dif-ferently because I was a woman. I wish my gender didn’t experience more violence. I wish there weren’t policies and ideologies based on my gender.

Recently, in my feminist theory class, we were talking about the idea of resent-ment, that philosophers like Soren Ki-erkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche fi rst wrote about. Slavoj Zizek has expanded

on the idea, more recently. Honestly, I thought the realization of my idea of my resentment toward men was a new idea. Nobody ever discusses resentment when discussing identity politics and privilege.

Basically, the idea of resentment is cre-ating an illusion of an outside evil or an enemy. This evil or enemy is what to be blamed for one’s inferiority. There is clear-ly pain associated with being oppressed (I would argue that all of us, in this culture and society, is oppressed on some level and yes, even straight, white men). One creates a way to deal with the pain, they create an external scapegoat. When I was dealing with the pain, my scapegoat was straight, white men. There are many other scape-goats. I can be considered a scapegoat for others.

I could tell everyone that I acknowl-edge my many privileges, however, as an individual, I cannot escape this privilege. If I could, I would. Oppression needs to be looked at from a structural standpoint.

Once I realized that I had resentment toward men, most of my anger disap-peared. My energy was focused on struc-tural issues, instead of individual men. I accepted that I am a woman in a sexist cul-ture and radical structural changes need to occur in order for sexism to disappear.

Lastly, I don’t have an answer on how to change these things, but I think these issues need to be re-directed in more con-structive conversations.

>HEATHER JACKSONThe Dakota Student

A farewell: � e search for Truth>DAVID BARTA

The Dakota Student

>AARON WENTZThe Dakota Student

DS> Heather Jackson is a columnist for The Da-kota Student. She can be reached at heather.jackson@und.edu

‘One creates a way to deal with the pain, they create an external scapegoate.

Heather Jacksoncolumnist

‘� ey help us dis-cover the abilities we need to become good people.

David Bartacolumnist

18DAVID > page 10AARON > page

Exactly three years and fi ve days ago today I published the very last column I would ever write for the Dakota Student. I went off into the world, learned a great deal about this thing we call life, found an intense in-terest in s c i e n c e , and when all was said and done, found my-self back at UND working on my Master’s Degree and writ-ing more columns. As I write my fi nal farewell to my Alma Mater once again, I can’t help but smile at the fact that I’m 2/3rd of the way to Brett Favre. If I retire one more time maybe they’ll hire me to play for the Vikings. I hear they need a new quarterback.

When I last wrote this col-umn, I tried to say all of the things I had not yet said, to those who deserved to hear them. As so often is the case, my attempt to articulately con-vey my gratitude for all those who have made UND a home for me failed. Not for lack of

effort, but rather from an in-ability to capture with words the true depth of my feelings. I don’t think any person who has benefi ted as much as I have can ever hope to adequately thank the people that made it possible in the fi rst place.

W h i l e there are m a n y things and people for which I am g r a t e f u l , the most impor tant thing I gained at UND was

the understanding that we are here to search for Truth. The purpose of a university is to train people to think critically in order to develop the intel-lectual capacity and moral at-titudes an individual needs to pursue Truth and become a free and productive member of society. This is not a platitude. Not only does an education help us understand and better perceive how we are inherently connected to those we share the planet with; it also provides us the tools needed to break free of the restraints we place

America: In perspective>JON HAMLIN

The Dakota Student

‘America today suf-fers from a stun-ning lack of per-spective...

Jon Hamlinmanaging editor

10JON > page

For the past two weeks I have been busy in a number of different ways. I have not had much time to think of anything, much less the greater questions of life and all that jazz. How-ever, over the course of the last several days–between classes, fi nal papers/projects, and extra-curricular activities-I’ve some-how managed to fi nd the time to simply think… and so think I did. The topic of discussion in my little head? America. Or, rather, the state thereof: The state of America. The more I thought about it I realized that there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there?

D o n ’ t worry, I am not going to turn this into some radical Tea Party rant, nor am I going to espouse an ultra-lib-eral political agenda. In fact, I would plea with my reader to simply lay aside their political biases for a moment and con-sider what I have to say as an American.

America today suffers from a stunning lack of perspec-tive… we know so little of our-selves as a country, as a modern nation. Do we have priorities? Do we really? Allow me to put to you a few observations. In a country that supposedly values education the cost of atten-dance at our universities and colleges rises every year and as a result over the last 25 years American institutions have raised their cost of attendance an average of 150%, with the highest rates topping 400%. On a yearly average, 17% of all college students in the U.S. have to drop out due to the rising cost of attendance, with the highest state rate at 24% in California. Do we really value

education?In a

c o u n t r y that es-pouses the importance of family and family values we have a di-vorce rate

that is among the highest in the world. Over 40% (some statistics point to a rate of over 50%) of all child-bearing

06 NEWS tuesday may 3, 2011

Gamma Phi Beta hosts Grill-Out

Destination: ChinaABROAD Student, fac-ulty group to participate in summer study pro-gram overseas.PHILANTHROPY UND

sorority raises record high amount for local charity. >ALEX CAVANAUGH

The Dakota Student

>MEGAN TALLEYThe Dakota Student

Gamma Phi Beta raised $2,220, a record high for the chapter, for their sponsored char-ity. They hosted an all-you-can-eat grill out at their sorority, the distinct pink house on the corner of University Avenue. The money went to two diabetes charities, one local and the other national. They sponsor Camp Sioux and In-ternational Camp Fire USA. The sorority does two fundrais-ers a year, one in the spring and one in the fall. The event took place on April 14 and 454 people were in atten-dance.

Kimber ly Stokes, the public relations vice president at Gamma Phi Beta, said last year they raised a total of $3,000 and also raised the most money than all six sororities on campus. “We are hoping we will be fi rst again this year,” Stokes said. “The best part about our philanthropic events is they are casual and fun. It’s a great way to meet new people or see people you don’t see very often,” said Stokes.

Elle Molbert planned, orga-nized and ran the event. “She just joined this year and she put to-gether a super successful philan-thropy event,” Stokes said. Mol-bert said it was stressful in the beginning to plan the event as she had only a $300 budget to work with. She said she began planning for the event in February.

The sorority hung a banner across their house the week before the event for publicity. Stokes said they also utilized Facebook, having each of their 64 sorority members change their profi le pic-ture to a picture of the banner. She added that every member was given fi ve tickets to sell and mem-bers of other houses get “mem-ber house points” if they attend other sorority house events. This helped boost their number of at-

tendance, but Stokes said they saw a lot of people from different organizations on campus such as the Army, ROTC and athletes. “It’s a lot of fun because it brings campus together,” said Stokes.

They served hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, beans and cookies. Molbert said they were able to get picnic tables from the park district and fi ve gallons of High-C donated by McDonald’s; and purchased 500 hamburgers, with 80 more donated. Claudia Dav-enport, a family friend of Mol-bert’s, spent an entire day baking 600 cookies for the event. Mol-bert said they had a pretty nice day for the event, especially con-sidering it snowed the next day.

The next event will be a Wing Fling in the fall, where they will serve vari-ous types of buffalo wings, Molbert said. Proceeds from this event will also go to Camp Sioux and Interna-tional Camp

Fire USA. Camp Sioux is held at Park River Bible Camp in Park River, ND and is a residential camping program for children ages 8-14 living with diabetes, sponsored by the American Dia-betes Association.

The Gamma Phi Beta Foun-dation has given virtually $2.45 million in total grants for camp-ing-related causes since 1959. Gamma Phi Beta Chapters will continue to donate to help pro-vide experiences and resources that will help build resiliency in girls by supporting camping for girls through our international philanthropic events.

DS> Megan Talley is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at megan.talley@und.edu

While many students take summer vacation at home or summer school, one group will see China as their summer des-tination. This year, 12 students will participate in the 2011 China Summer Study Program, which is sponsored by the College of Busi-ness and Public Administration and organized by Colleen Berry of the Chinese Studies program.

The group, which is made up of undergraduates and MBA students, will take two “classes” while in China; one is a course called “China Then and Now,” in which students will visit interest-ing and important sites that are either designated by the program

or chosen by the student. The other required course is a fi eld-work project in Shanghai that is designed individually by each student.

“I’m al-ways excited about the group and China,” said Berry. “This group really seems to have bonded espe-cially well.” Several of the students met in Berry’s Chinese language class-es and found a growing interest in China by studying the language.

One of these students is fresh-man Kari Kusler, a Chemistry major who will be a part of this summer’s group. Kusler’s inde-pendent project is on Buddhism in China, and she will be visiting temples and museums and go-ing on a meditation retreat. “I’m excited,” she said, “and kind of

nervous because they all speak Chinese and I don’t speak it that well.”

Kusler is just completing her second semester of Chinese.

“I think it’s really inter-esting,” she e x p l a i n e d . “I studied Spanish in high school, and I like Chinese a lot more.”

K u s l e r e x p l a i n e d

that right now she is consider-ing a minor in Chinese Stud-ies, and Berry explained that it is common for students to seek a major or minor in Chinese Studies after the trip. “About half are interested before going on the trip,” she said, “and a lot become interested after going

16CHINA > page

Lecture revisits Lewis and ClarkHISTORY Guest speak-er discusses exploration and perceptions of Na-tive Americans.

>EMILY JUKICHThe Dakota Student

6TALK > page

Dr. Steven Aron from the University of California, Los An-geles was the featured speaker of the annual Robert Wilkins Lec-ture, on Thursday April 28. His presentation, titled “The Lessons of Lewis and Clark: What the Bicentennial taught about them and us,” explored not the adven-ture of Lewis and Clark, but the way their journey has been per-ceived by the public, even after 200 years.

The Robert Wilkins Lecture series is in dedication of late ten-ured professor who taught in the

History Department at UND for 33 years. The lecture series opens the platform to speakers and experts to share their insight and ideas on historical moments while hope-fully diluting the line drawn between aca-demic and public views of history.

In the spir-it of this senti-ment, Aron spoke on the matters of the Lewis and Clark adventure.

The Lewis and Clark journey has been received very differently by the public as time has passed, and Aron argues that this percep-tion is what effects our portrayal of how the journey really hap-pened.

To explain this point, Aron

compared two movies, which are both products of their respective periods. The fi rst movie, “The Far Horizons” was a 1950’s attempt at telling the Lewis and Clark story.

A product of the Cold War, Aron explains that Lewis and Clark were portrayed as, “agents of America.” As it refl ects on the public of that time,

Aron believes, “it seems to be about a longing to venture west.” His next example used the blockbuster movie “Avatar,” and explained that the history of ex-pansionism now has been altered, “from feel good to feel guilty his-

‘It’s a great way to meet new people or see people you don’t see very often.

Kimberly StokesVP of public relations

‘What we need...are not histories that are feel good or feel guilty...

Steven Aronprofessor, UCLA

‘I’m...kind of ner-vous...they all speak Chinese and I don’t speak it that well.

Kari KuslerUND student

*www.TheDakotaStudent.com

Good luck with fi nals. We at the Dakota Stu-dent hope you have a successful last week.

07NEWS the Dakota Student

The China Summer Study Program was founded by Victoria Beard of the College of Business and Public Administration before the Chinese Studies program and Chinese language classes were of-fered. The college still has an active role in the program, as it sponsors the trip and has three MBA stu-dents participating this year.

Berry explained the program, which is now in its eleventh year, typically gets 10-20 applications each year, with as many as 18 stu-dents and as few as eight going on the trip. “I’d like more people to know about it,” she added. While the program is built for the students to participate, several UND faculty

expansionism now has been al-tered, “from feel-good to feel -guilty history.”

In the public eye, the recep-tion of the Lewis and Clark event has gone beyond a geographical expansion, but is also very telling of human interactions and the change in the way they are seen.

Some North Dakota residents or university students feel there is a strong connection with the Na-tive Americans and the history of the school. The Sioux logo is a disputed symbol of pride, and is also relevant to Aron’s presenta-tion.

He explains that the Lewis

“The executive office managers are students too,” he said. “They can’t always be in the office.”

Bakke noted Student Govern-ment is treated as a department on campus and every department has at least one fulltime staff member.

Off-Campus Brenden Jehlicka wondred why the issue was not brought forward years ago.

Bakke said no previous admin-istrations wanted to take the time to research the position and create a plan for making it possible.

Cassie Gerhardt, Program Di-rector for Student Involvement, agreed with Bakke.

“I have been an advocate for this position for a number of years,” she said.

Gerhardt believes Student Government’s growth “necessitates this position.”

College of Business and Public Administration Senator Reming-ton Zacher, the bill’s author, said he brought the bill forward at the request of constituents.

“I’ve never had someone come

members tag along, as well. Along with organizers Colleen Berry and Victoria Beard, Professors Michael Beard, Rebecca Weaver-Hightower and Marcus Weaver-Hightower will join the group. Berry welcomes this faculty interest, explaining that the faculty members “get to learn about China and the program and usually become very supportive.”

With a growing interest among students in China and Chinese Studies, it seems the China Sum-mer Study Program is a study abroad staple at UND.

“It’s the highlight of my year,” Berry said with a smile. “I never get tired of it.”

DS> Alex Cavanaugh is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at alex.cavanaugh@und.edu

CHINA > From page 6 and Clark journey has also aided

in shifting the perceptions of Na-tive Americans. He summed up an example of how one or two de-cades ago, the iconic examples of Native Americans to the majority public would have been people like Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, both “militant and male” Aron said.

But in recent years, views have changed, and if asked to describe a ‘typical’ Native Ameri-can, the majority would describe Pocahontas and Sacagawea. For all the similarities between the two, Aron drove home the idea that “both gained fame for pro-creating intercultural peace.”

The stories of Sacagawea and the slave named York have emerged to the front lines of the

Lewis and Clark adventure in the Bicentennial as examples of equality and ethnic tolerance in a time when it was rare.

Yet, for all these “feel-good” stories, Aron claims that was not necessarily the case. These new portrayals of the adventure reflect today’s society’s views on racial tolerance and democratic equal-ity, but not on the true history of the event.

To dispel this notion, Aron explains, “What we need, I think, are not histories that are feel good or feel guilty, but histories told in their own terms.”

He says comparing the ten-dencies of the past to the stan-dards of the present is not a good way to understand our history and in order to be satisfied with who they were, we must be satis-fied with how far we have come, and not judge them harshly for the behaviors of their time.

Aron believes no society is perfect, but our history is the foundation for the present and should not be altered for the ben-efit of a “feel-good” story.

DS> Emily Jukich is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at emily.jukich@und.edu

TALK > From page 6

DS> Brandi Jewett is the Editor-in-Chief for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at brandi.jewett.1@und.edu

BILL > From page 1

President Robert Kelley address-es Student Senate. Kelly took questions regarding the “Fighting Sioux” nickname legislation.

NATHAN TWERBERG> The Dakota Studentup to me without me saying some-thing first,” he says.

“A lot of students told me they did not like this bill,” referring to the bill creating the position.

Vice President of Student Af-fairs Lori Reesor came out to sup-port the position of a fulltime staff member.

“I was surprised there wasn’t one,” she said.

Reesor noted that all the schools she had worked at previ-ously had fulltime staffers in their student government offices.

She also pledged her office’s as-sistance in making the position a successful one.

“You are the employer,” she told Student Government mem-bers. “And we could work with you.”

A bill providing funding for the position during the summer months was failed on April 10.

Student Government will search for potential employees dur-ing the summer and hire for the fall semester.

08 NEWS tuesday may 3, 2011

Web Editor and News Editor from other English and Anthro-pology things. I had never even seen the Photo or Sports Editor before.

It’s amazing what working long hours in a fi ve-foot radius will do to a group of people.

Before I knew it, I found myself with these people all the time. We started hanging out outside of work hours, spending time together when it was no lon-ger required. We got sick of each other sometimes, but we were so family-like that we would just yell at each other briefl y and then quickly get over it. We started to actually enjoy our close quar-ters, and I found myself looking forward to work like I never had before. We even moved Nathan, the Photo Editor from his nor-mal offi ce across the room to the closest cubicle near the rest of the editors.

I can’t relate most our good times, because the conversations are probably not suited for the newspaper. But I can say that I’ve never regularly been with such a fun group of people, and it pains me to think that it’s coming to an

we do not run on a daily basis, our staff is made up of student writers and our readership is not the general Grand Forks com-munity. As such, the philosophy I approached the paper with was a bit different—I wanted it to be academically minded and academically aware. Moreover,

ERIN>From page 4 end.

The most important thing I learned from this experience is how important it is to love your work. A lot of people go by the “I work to live, not live to work” mantra, but the hard truth is that you spend a good portion of your life at your job. Whether you like it or not, what you do for work does indeed defi ne you to some extent. And if you’re not happy at that work, you’re in general a less happy person.

This column may have been a bit of personal didacticism, but it feels necessary after a year of blood, sweat and tears (mostly, but not completely fi gurative). I will miss my fellow editors dearly. I’d also like to thank my writers, who put in a weekly effort to share their thoughts and give me a job to do. I believe next year will have a lot of strengths, and I am excited to see what Jon, our next Managing/Opinion Editor, has in store for the DS. I’ll still be around next year in print, just with a different last name.

I guess all that’s left to say is so long, readers! Thanks for a great year.

DS> Erin Lord is a columnist for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at erin.lord@und.edu

I wanted to take newspaper be-yond the typical coverage of cur-rent events into a discussion—I wanted to refl ect the academic environment that is based around open thought and discourse in the paper itself through editorials, fea-tures stories and columns. I want-ed to show the readers that there is more to campus than the hot topic issues—and while the de-velopments of these issues are im-portant to report on, they are not

what makes UND great. Our uni-versity stands out because of the individual work and achievement that goes on on a department-to-department level.

This is what I felt was most important to write and report on—to show the achievement and hard work of our university’s stu-dents—to make it a paper about its readers. And the readers are what have made this paper the most prideful for me; each time I saw

the paper being read by a student in the halls I feel proud that I had a part in creating that. I’m sure my fellow editors share the pride.

And so, now, as I hand the role over to Brandi, I wish her and next year’s staff the best of luck, and I’m confi dent they will pro-duce a quality publication. As a fi -nal farewell, I can’t express enough my deep thanks to my editorial staff, who have made my life a lot easier—thanks to Joel, Erin,

Rachel, Nate, Megan, Madi, Josh and Luke; thanks to all our writers; and a big thanks to Sue Litzinger, who has held down the fort for the last thirty years. I’m excited to pick up the paper next year and see what the next staff ’s got—and I recommend you do, too.

DS> Alex Cavanaugh is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at alex.cavanaugh@und.edu

ALEX >From page 4

confl ict of interest as it was against the well-connected Altru Hospital. She also tried to sue the assailant as a Litigant Pro Se but the peti-tion states the judge arbitrarily and captiously dismissed the case. She was also interviewed by the Grand Forks Herald, which never pub-lished the story.

Ismail, like a lot of new immi-grants who are new to this country, doesn’t know who to talk to when they are wronged and can some-times feel like nobody is going to protect them. Many can start to feel like nobody is going to listen; nobody is on their side.

Shocked by Ismail’s story Ko-riko said he is going to help people like Ismail fi nd those people in the community that are able to help people like her. Knowing some people, Koriko took Ismail’s story and spread the word. Koriko and his friends decided that it is their right to march and write a petition in hopes to let the Grand Forks community know that there is something wrong going on.

On Wednesday, April 20, 2011, they marched in downtown Grand Forks starting from the city counsel and ending at the courthouse. They handed out the petition and read a

motion about why they are doing it. “It was really simple,” Koriko said. “The march was about telling the community ‘this is what’s hap-pening to us, is that right?’” Koriko said the city counsel showed a seri-ous interest in the problem and is willing to listen to them, and help. “We need to get together to talk about things, then we can fi nd a so-lution. It is not right to keep silent,” explained Koriko.

He wants to make Grand Forks his home and he wants to make sure he engages himself in all dis-course that will better this place. He doesn’t see any difference between going out sandbagging to fi ght the fl ood and going out to fi ght for hu-man rights, both are fi ghts to pro-tect his community.

Many people from Grand Forks and North Dakota might not believe that racism is a problem or at least not as bad as this petition says. To this Koriko replies, “It is like somebody who believes in God, but doesn’t realize the power of the devil. You cannot expect to live any place on this earth without racism, so we just need to learn to cope with it, and work together to solve it. We can not do that by keeping silent.”

MARCH > From page 1 NACURH >

From page 1

DS> Thomas Carpenter is s staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at thomas.carpenter@und.edu

at the conference for all delegates.Four award bids were also sub-

mitted at the regional conference earlier this year. Each of these bids notes the achievments of a student leader in a specifi c category.

Of these bids, three were cho-sen as winners and will advance to the national conference where they will be .

Stephanie Rosenthal, ARH president and author of one of the bids, is thrilled to see it go to na-tionals.

“It’s extremely exciting,” she says. “I’m hoping for the best.”

Winning awards and presenting programs are not the only goals of the conference. Rosenthal says NA-CURH gives students a chance to improve their leadership skills.

“It supplies student leaders with opportunities they cannot fi nd any-where else.”

The workshops and programs featured at the conference cover var-ious topics including cooperation, tolerance, communication and di-versity. The conference will be held on the campus of Western Illinois University.

DS>Brandi Jewett is the Editor-in-Chief of The Dakota Student. She can be reached at brandi.jewett.1@und.edu

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to be done about ecology may yield conclusions that are devastating per-haps beyond comprehension. At the very least we may be faced with a situation that cannot be reversed, that will continue whether we act or not. Regardless of the extent and extremity of the situation, what is clear is that a new conception of the problem is required. Before the question can even legitimately be raised about what a solution may (or DS> Aaron Wentz is a coulmnist for The

Dakota Student. He can be reached at aaron.wentz@und.edu

AARON >From page 5 not) look like, a requisite disruption

of our conception of the problem, beyond what is offered up by the marketplace is the absolutely crucial fi rst step. Without such a step, the clouds that are descending may not lift and by then it will have been too late. This change, this loss, since it is already happening, must be endured, rather than prevented, and must be faced honestly. From this perspective we can fi nd a place to start.

households will end in di-vorce, with the divorce rate in-creasing by 15% for each mar-riage the divorced couple enters after their fi rst. And that, of course, is assuming that it’s even legal for you to marry in the fi rst place. So, I ask, do we really value family?

In a country that prides itself on the openness of its political system and a place where political aspirations can become a reality we have a horrible mess of a po-litical system. In fact, our politi-cal system is so “open” that you have to align yourself with one of

two parties in order to be seen as a politically viable candidate. The fact that political scientists say that to even think about running for president a prospective candi-date needs at least $50 million is absolutely ridiculous.

My point is that we, as a country, seem to have a lost per-spective. We are more unaware of the inherent hypocrisies in our nation than we have ever been before, and this is a dangerous thing.

There is a disconnect be-tween what we say we value and how we act. I am simply calling for us to take several steps back and reevaluate what we, as a na-tion, value and what our priori-ties are. As far as I am concerned

we are not “America the Beauti-ful” or “America The Land of the Free,” because I am not entirely convinced even American’s know what America is.

I think we need to start an intelligent, rational, and realistic conversation about what we as a country believe in, what we would fi ght for… talk about things like equality, political campaign fi -nance, race, religion, sexual ori-entation. I think we, as a nation, have forgotten the importance of discussion. So, let’s start one, so that we no longer have to be “America the…?”.

DS> Jon Hamlin is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at jon.s.hamlin@und.edu

JON >From page 5

Slackliners show off their skills in the quad near Mer-rifi eld Hall and the Chester Fritz Library. Slacklining is a balance sport requiring a nylon web-bing line to be secured between two anchored points. The user, or slacker, then jumps onto the line and be-gins their routine of walking, standing or even fl ipping.A webbed line differs from a rope in that it lies fl at when the slacker puts their foot upon it. The height of the line can be adjusted to the slacker’s preference. These lines can be special-ordered from local sports stores.

Brandi Jewett > The Dakota Student

culture&mediatuesday may 3, 2011

> Inside: ‘Fast Five,’ Dance of Life, piano recital and ArtSeeDSThe Year’s Last Hurrah

story by Nicholas Gowan

With a sordid past that tries to continue year after year, Springfest has been blooming under a new leaf the last few years as Rhombus Guys have taken the reigns to prevent the tradition from dying out. Used as a cure to alleviate the post-Reading and Review Day headache many students suffer from, Springfest of-fers an opportunity for students and faculty alike to let loose and party down. This coming Saturday, May 7, Springfest will descend on Uni-versity Park. A $5 cover charge will get you in the gates to see a variety of live music and good times. Running (historically) from 2 to 6 p.m., live music will also be played. Drinks will be $5 each.

Can this be the year that UND students are able to responsibly drink and party, or is that an oxymoron? For the past two years, Springfest has been plagued by less than stellar weather. Cold winds and rain have helped dissuade trouble-makers from starting fires when they would be most welcome. Rhombus plans to bring in fifteen servers from their restaurant to serve an estimated ten kegs of beer. With flavors ranging from Bud Light to Coors Light, you should be able to find your favorite. Cab Crawler is always an exceptional idea when faced with post-partying decisions; remem-ber to pick a card up from the Student Government office while it is still open for safe rides this summer. Live music and responsible partying shouldn’t get in the way of having a good time.

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13CULTURE&MEDIA the Dakota Student

Pianist demonstrates her skill

ArtSee shows off local talent

Spring concert celebrates life

FEATURED Established Grand Forks artists to display and demonstrate their unique works.

>MATThEw RoyThe Dakota Student

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The Greater Grand Forks Young Professionals will be hosting the Art-See event on Thursday, May 12 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the North Da-kota Museum of Art. ArtSee features established local artists who have laid

the groundwork for a growing arts landscape in the Grand Forks region, as well as featuring the work of up-and-coming artists in the commu-nity. ArtSee is a Greater Grand Forks Young Professionals opportunity and a way to provide support for the arts in the Grand Forks community and engage local citizens.

The event is free and will be open to the entire Grand Forks com-munity. The GGFYP invites both art enthusiasts and newcomers to enjoy paintings, pottery, glasswork, photography and digital media art in a unique and lively atmosphere. Not only will those attending get a chance to view the artists’ works on display, but they will also get a chance to see the artists in action as they create work of art live through-out the evening.

Some of the artists that will be

>PATRICk EvAnSThe Dakota Student

PERFoRMAnCE Mas-ters candidate proves her qualifications in graduate piano recital.

>ALEx CAvAnAUghThe Dakota Student

As Grand Forks witnessed April’s snowy departure, the audi-ence of the Campbell Recital Hall at the Hughes Fine Arts Center witnessed one of the musical high-lights of the year—the graduate piano recital of Yoonjeong (Julie) Kim. The Saturday evening recital was part of Kim’s degree require-ments for a Masters Degree in Piano Performance.

It became clear early on that Kim takes her playing very seri-ously, as the opening applause was followed by a solid ten seconds of silence before she broke into Beethoven’s sonata “Waldstein,” a lengthy, stylistically diverse three-part piece that set the tone for the rest of the recital. In this first piece, Kim demonstrated her great skill, ambidextrously maneuvering com-plex finger melodies and flawlessly communicating the simultaneous elegance and intensity of the so-nata.

She followed this difficult opener with Schumann’s “Wid-mung” (as arranged by Liszt) and concluded the first half of the per-formance with two Korean pieces arranged and improvised by Kim

herself. These pieces, “Namchon” and “Arirang,” are traditional Ko-rean folk songs; “Namchon” about the beauty of spring in Southern Korea and “Arirang” expressing “our ancients’ suffering and hard-ships in the past.” By including these pieces, Kim was able to share her own adaptations and cultural background with the audience.

After a brief intermission, Kim played a lengthy eleven-part piece by Legeti, called “Musica Ric-ercata,” which is an exploration of what can be developed from a single note—each of the eleven parts grows in tonal complexity, as the first piece has two notes, and each piece thereafter adds another note, until the final part, which has 12 notes. This experimental piece was delivered masterfully by Kim, who used its stylistic complexity to express numerous emotions in the music, with sudden changes in rhythm, volume and pitch throughout.

Kim concluded the recital with Prokofiev’s first piano sonata, bring-ing the evening to an elegant close. After the end of the last piece and Kim’s standing ovation, I thought about the significance of what I had watched; the performance that was the culmination of Kim’s many years of studying the piano, and I was amazed by it all. I find it hard to imagine building such a rela-tionship with an instrument that is clear in watching Kim play—she seems to make the piano an exten-sion of herself, and make the per-formance a two-way interaction, giving and taking, making herself a part of the piano and making the piano a part of her, allowing for true musical expression. Kim truly takes the study of an instrument to a new level, and through her recital the audience was allowed a rare glimpse into the workings of an up-and-coming master pianist.

DS> Alex Cavanaugh is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at alex.cavanaugh@und.edu

ArtSee allows local artists to show off their skills. Photo courtesy of Shannon noack.

On May 7, the North Dakota Ballet Company’s spring concert, “Dance of Life” will be held at the Empire Arts Center in downtown Grand Forks. This performance is set to be an interesting blend of dancing styles. The concert will feature dances that focus on how life, in all its forms, influences society.

The group will perform a va-riety of works ranging from clas-sical ballet to modern and jazz dance. The company will also be recreating some classic ballet pieces, including “Giselle,” “Pas de Quatre,” “Paquita Variation,” and “Swan Variation from Carni-val of the Animals.” The concert

could be intense for some people; it expresses, through dance, many thought-provoking subjects. The performance will feature effects of domestic violence, teenage bullying and heartbreak, but will also feature some lighter dances such as crowd-pleasing jazz and classical ballet variations.

The North Dakota Ballet Company has been a member of the Grand Forks community for nearly 50 years and has been bringing ballet to the region since it was founded in 1962. The North Dakota Ballet Company is the official ballet company of North Dakota and is a non-profit organization committed to pro-moting classical ballet and other dance forms in the region. The company is supported by its cast of pre-professional dancers, all women with varied backgrounds, many who are students from the University of North Dakota. The company allows these dancers-in-training to perfect their art and gives them an opportunity to rise to a more advanced level of

art. As the North Dakota Ballet Company is nonprofit, its cast is donating their talents to the com-munity.

Laura Dvorak is the director of the North Dakota Ballet Com-pany and has nothing but respect for her dancers. “The dancers are an amazing group of women. We are very lucky to have this type of talent in our community. We are limited in the amount of profes-sional dance that comes to Grand Forks, but these dancers provide a gift to us all in sharing their tal-ent to bring dance to another lev-el in our community.” As Laura said, professional dance organiza-tions often skip over Grand Forks because of its size, and we need to support the groups that stick with us.

The performers for this concert will include: Nikki An-derson, Lindsay Hudson Baez, Katya, Bryleva, Emily Burkland, Brooke Erickson, Lauren Fischer,

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DAnCE The North Dakota Ballet Company ends year with reflection on society.

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at the 2011 ArtSee include UND graduates Adam Kemp (painting), Michelle Brusegaard (screenprint, painting and photography), Jessica Christy (collage and painting) and Kelly Thompson (painting), as well as many more from cities around the area, including Crookston. The art of the evening will be accompa-nied by music presented by Jarrod Schell and Matt Strand on piano and guitar.

Attendees will be provided with free beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres courtesy of Happy Harry’s Bottle Shop, who also sponsors the event. Other supporters include the North Dakota Museum of Art and North Dakota Council on the Arts. Any-one looking for more information on the event can check out the ArtSee’s facebook page at www.facebook.com/YPArtSee as well as Greater Grand Forks Young Profes-sionals website at www.ggfyp.com/artsee. It’s sure to be a great night for Grand Forks’s art enthusiasts.

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

www.TheDakotaStudent.com

Like writing? Need a job next school year? The DS will be hiring writers next fall, so be sure to apply!

DANCE > From page 13

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

Allison Hocking, Nicole Mah-anna, Kayla Narum, Erin Porter, Molly Des Roches and Emily Theurer. There will also be guest artists such as Andy Tanem and the Studio X Next Generation Dance Company. The company

is grateful to have the talented efforts of their choreographers to help them. The choreographers are Laura Dvorak, Molly Des Roches, Lindsay Hudson Baez, Joshua Wise, Maggie Bergeron and Katya Bryleva.

The doors will open at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and the concert starts at 8 p.m. Tickets will only be available an hour before the performance starts. Tickets are

$15 for adults and $12 for stu-dents. Laura Dvorak said of the performance and ballet, “One of the most amazing things to me is how we can utilize our art to express not only ourselves but to share messages that are based on social influence.”

>ALEx CAVANAughThe Dakota Student

Last weekend, the new in-stallment of the Fast and the Furi-ous series premiered, starting the summer off with quite a bang—and a lot of gasoline. It’s been ten years since the first film came out, inspired by a short story by Ken-neth Li Rafael titled “Racer X.” Over the years, the film series has been based around the same the-matic elements of fast cars and fast living, with the first film (The Fast and the Furious), the second film (2 Fast 2 Furious) and fourth

film (Fast & Furious) following the character Brian O’Conner, a former FBI agent, as he becomes attached to a group of fast-driv-ing, law-breaking street racers and is pulled into their culture. The third film, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, departs from the main storyline and fol-lows a teenage American trouble-maker who is relocated to Japan and translates his background in American muscle to drift racing.

Fast Five brings all of the plotlines together, pulling char-acters from each film to Rio de Janiero, Brazil to pull off a $100 million heist. The group has to si-multaneously plan this heist and evade a large-scale manhunt from both a ruthless American DEA bounty hunter and a crime boss that runs the city. Meanwhile, the

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DSMOVIE REVIEW

*****‘Fast Five’

‘Fast and Furious’ No. 5 hits theaters

sportstuesay may 3, 2011

> Inside: Rule changes for the better, Track and Field competes at DrakeDS

>scores &schedules T&F

@ NDSU DualFargo, ND5/06 @ 5 p.m.

BSB@ American Sky ChampionshipsScottsdale, Ariz.5/03-04 @ 8 a.m.

@ NDSUFargo, N.D.5/04 @ 6:30 p.m.

MGLF SB vs Valley City St.5/03 @ 4 p.m.

The University of North Da-kota softball team swept Jame-stown College in a double-header last Friday at home, improving UND’s home record to 4-0 on the season and 14-32 overall.

UND has been on a six game losing streak which was snapped with the 5-1, 3-1 sweep over Jamestown.

Caralyn Chewning was the notable star and was one of the

Jimmies ousted in Grand ForksSWEEP North Dakota plays smart baseball and swings well in Friday’s double header.

>TaDD POWERSThe Dakota Student

key factors in the sweep. She went 2-for-5, with a double, home run, a couple walks, four runs, and a winning decision in the circle.

UND 5, Jamestown 1The big story in the win for

UND was the pitching from Mi-chelle Frank, who was dominant, earning a complete game victory and only allowing one run off of two hits. Frank flirted with a no-hitter deep into the sixth inning before surrendering the two hits and lone run.

UND started the first inning off the right way, with three hits and a run. The lone RBI in the first inning, from Kenna Olsen, was a deep single to centerfield. There wasn’t much action for both teams in the middle in-

nings. Brittany Baker ended the silence in the fifth inning with a two-run RBI down the line in left field to take a 3-0 lead. Frank’s no-hit bid would end in the sixth inning with two hits and an RBI by Jamestown to cut the lead to 3-1. UND would answer in the bottom of the sixth inning with a lead off home run from D Jantzer; her fourth of the year. The 5-1 lead would hold up and seal the win. Baker and Olsen each had two RBIs in the game.

Six UND players recorded hits. Kendra Wright was the only UND player to get more than one hit as she went 3-for-4 with a run.

UND 3, Jamestown 1UND came out with an early

lead in the second inning with an RBI from Jantzer. UND worked two walks in the inning and Jan-zter came up big with the single that grabbed the 1-0 lead. Jame-stown answered right back in the third having a three-hit in-ning and scoring a run to tie the game at 1-1. UND wouldn’t be tied for long; in the first at bat in the third inning, Chewning would help her own cause belt-ing a big fly to take a 2-1 lead. It was Chewning’s 10th home run of the season.

With the 2-1 lead in the bot-tom of the sixth inning, UND would get an insurance run with a lead off home run from Baker to head into the final inning with some breathing room for the

UND pitchers. Emma Gronseth relieved Chewning in the sev-enth, striking out two batters, preserving the lead and earning her second save of the season.

Despite being out hit 7-3, North Dakota earned their 14th win of the season. All of UND’s hits resulted in RBIs. UND was clutch in this game as UND bat-ters got the RBIs when needed and won the game as a result.

UND is set to resume ac-tion at home on Tuesday with a double-header against Valley City State. The first game starts at 2:00 pm.

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

photos by NaTHaN TWERBERG > The Dakota Student

Pitcher Emma Gronseth hurls a pitch against Jamestown.

Infielder Kendra Wright watches as the opponent rounds the base.

D Jantzer attempts to field a ball.

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Saturday, Drake defeats UND 3-2

UND’s school-record 15-game

Taking the mantle of Sports Ed-itor was an opportunity that has all but deterred my love for print me-dia. To to be associated with UND athletics is a gift itself, even if it’s just writing, reviewing and revising. As acting Editor, I have been entwined and downloaded within UND and all sporting teams.

While following these talented athletes, we (the Dakota Student staff ) have been able to provide an ample amount of topics and person-al testimonials that put the reader within the competitive field. For that reason alone—Reader, I thank you. Watching, reading and actually covering an athletic team has pro-vided satisfaction only other media outlets can vouch for. But it is not always a fluid ride, as favorite teams lose and unfamiliar teams streak to-wards victory.

Aside from UND, national news, professional athletics and opinionated coverage has been boasted in this section of the Dako-ta Student (see Roehrich’s column), where every obscure and reasonable outcome and objective view is taken and published for your pleasure.

That being said, I must—to do justice—acknowledge my writers. Returning back to being a first-year editor, thanking them publicly must be pushed. They have put up with my sometimes-tyrannical deadlines, stayed up late, dealt with technology busts and my lack of clarity through prodding e-mail—where a simple phone call would have sufficed. The writers majoring, minoring and tri-umphing in about everything else have truly preserved and maintained the quality of the Dakota Student.

I realize I can be rather irate at times or choose to don on a quelling quiet voice at others, but the writers, patient writers, have failed to disap-point. Picking up the paper, Reader, and enjoying the work of your col-lective peers really validates the reason why we produce two papers a week. So once again, I thank the

Exercising proper gratitude with styleSUMMARY North Da-kota athletics has propa-gated a grand slew of topics for this year.

>JOel AdRiAnThe Dakota Student

writers as they truly are the driving force of our media and will accom-plish great feats after UND.

Fellow editors, those who mind my work, it has been a privilege to work beside you on the office bench for 49 memorable issues. It might have been the tight, stuffy office that has caused us to be friends, or maybe we had no other choice but to assimilate our personas. I feel the Dakota Student in a way reflects our cohesiveness and personalities in a positive manner. I realize some of you are leaving for more glorious work, school, families, futures or just to get away from my charming swagger, but I do wish you the best in the world. If this sounds mushy, well, it is. Dressing up in scandal-ous attire, singing ourselves hoarse at random karaoke nights and just enjoying each-other’s company is something I value dearly, as each one of you has carved your initials on my beating heart in one way or another.

But as geological time moves on, I have the complete faith next year is in capable hands; I’m not be-ing completely narcissistic because of my own hands, maybe a little. I will be here sitting and staring at the glowing box in front of my eyes, and I’m hoping Reader (if you’re still reading) that you will be picking up our work.

The final acknowledgement I will give is to UND. Thank you! It has been an absolute privilege to work for you. The correcting, some-what brash emails by readers have been boomeranged by positive, reaf-firming messages that keep me from turning my back on the paper. Next year UND, expect grand in Grand Forks (pun grossly intended).

dS> Joel Adrian is the Sports Editor for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at joel.adrian@und.edu

Kraft Field finally hosted a full home series this weekend.

After two entire series—a full month ago against North Da-kota State and later against Utah Valley—were erased due to snow and UND’s baseball team finally played all four games on their schedule this past weekend.

It was also a successful weekend, as North Dakota took three out of four from the visiting Chicago State Cougars.

O r i g i -nally sched-uled for just a single doubleheader with the series stretching from Friday to Sunday, the teams agreed to get in four before Saturday night’s snow. It worked out quite well, as a seven-minute rain delay was the only hiccup in what ended up being a very successful weekend for UND.

North Dakota improved to 6-23 on the season and 4-8 in the Great West Conference.

Friday, two very different games unfolded on a spectacu-lar—if not a little windy—day

in Grand Forks. 236 people got to see the action, with many stu-dents among them.

The early game yielded a 10-4 victory for North Dakota. After allowing 4 runs to start the day in the very first inning, UND responded with a consistent of-fensive attack. They scored in the next four innings to take a 7-4 lead, thanks in part to home runs in back-to-back innings by first baseman Jake Magner. Mag-ner went 3-for-4 on the day with three RBIs all coming on his two home runs.

Josh Ray, also 3-for-4, had another home run.Sam Anderson got the win for UND; he is now

1-4.The sec-

ond game of Friday’s doubleheader went, strange-ly, to defense. North Dako-ta’s bats were quieted, but Chicago State’s bats didn’t

fare much better. North Dakota brought around two runs in the second and one in the fifth to take a 3-0 lead, but the Cougars would jump right back and tie the game on a three-run home run from William Hill.

The two teams were unable to break the 3-3 tie and the game went into extra innings, the first such game for North Dakota this season. The Cougars finally the broke the tie on an RBI single from Jeremy Rataczyk, and UND went down in order in the bot-

tom of the 11th, failing to sweep the doubleheader.

A pair of ten run efforts on a much chillier Saturday double-header would be enough to sweep Saturday’s twin bill, though.

In the early game, North Dakota pecked away at Chicago State pitcher Albert Carpen, scor-ing in six of the nine innings to defeat the Cougars 10-6.

There weren’t any home runs in the game, but every North Dakota batter had a hit and five drove in runs. Leading the way was Ray, who had three RBIs in the game and went 12-for-18 on the weekend.

A back-and-forth game en-sued in the second game Saturday, but the result was another victory for North Dakota, doubling their season victories in just two days.

North Dakota put up six runs in the second inning, but they’d allow the Cougars to claw back and tie the game at eight heading into the final frame.

But this time, Kris Kwak’s walk-off home run in the ninth inning would be the difference. Kwak had misplayed a ball earlier that allowed CSU to tie it, but he’d redeem himself on a two-run blast that put the game away.

North Dakota travels down to play North Dakota State Wednes-day night in a single game in Fargo before traveling to Greeley, Colorado to take on Northern Colorado in a four game set be-ginning Friday.

Series win for baseballHeROiCS UND’s Kris Kwak hits a home run in the ninth inning on Satur-day for the victory.

>TiMOTHY BOgeRThe Dakota Student

‘Kris Kwak’s walk-off home runin the ninth inning would be the difference.

Timothy Bogerstaff writer

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

*www.ThedakotaStudent.com

Be sure to catch the softball games today at 4 and 6 p.m. Und takes on Valley City State University for Senior day. Take a break from studying and enjoy the weather!

17SPORTSthe Dakota Student

We as human beings should always strive to leave something in a better condition than we originally found it, and sports should be no different. The sports universe will never be perfect, but that doesn’t mean we should ever be fully satisfied with what the major sports teams in our coun-try present to us. The following is a quick list of one simple thing each professional sport should change immediately; no more talking about it, making excuses for its eventual spot on the sport’s agenda. The time is now—some-day is not a day of the week. As we head off into summer, here are immediate and direct changes that five major sports in North America can make that would have meaningful and beneficial effects.

NFL—drastically reduce the Rookie pay scale.

The current setup makes ab-solutely no sense whatsoever. The owners want to save money, and the amount of money these guys have to pay unproven 21 and 22 year-olds is simply stupid. In what other line of work do first-year employees get the highest amount of guaranteed money in their entire industry? Do first-year secretaries make more than the other office administrators that have proven themselves for 15 years? Do first-year lecturers get more guaranteed dollars than the teaching veterans? Hell no. I am with the players on most of the lockout issues, but the cur-rent rookie pay scale is the most unjust financial system I have ever seen, period. This needs to end now.

NBA—reseed after the 1st round of the playoffs.

So the Lakers are the #2 seed in the West. The Spurs have just

lost to the 8th seeded Grizzlies, leaving L.A. as the best remain-ing seed. Logic would say, as the NHL and NFL also believe, that the Lakers should be able to play the worst team remaining, not the 3rd seeded Mavericks. But the NBA bases Round 2 match-ups purely on the original brack-et set-up, with ideally the round having the 1-4 and 2-3 semifinal matchups. The only downside of this proposed change is that the NBA would have to wait until all of the series are complete to potentially reseed, thus wreak-ing havoc with TV scheduling on ABC and TNT. But with a little flexibility, it could easily happen, and the 4th seed would no longer get to play the 8th seed while the 2nd battles the 3rd.

NHL—Eliminate shoot-outs.

D e c i d i n g games in this manner really makes no sense. Games should be decided in similar manners in how they are played—hence the reason for overtime ex-isting. Do NBA games go into 1-on-1 after five minutes of overtime? No, because teams (not individuals) should decide the game. Bring back the tie in the regular season, and eliminate the silly rule of giving teams extra points for losing in overtime. The shootout is excit-ing, but the NHL has regained enough popularity where they no longer have to just make deci-sions based purely on entertain-ment. Restore merit to the team game—let’s not play 1-on-1.

MLB—Implement full re-play on everything but balls and strikes.

One of the main themes of this column over the years has been the need to overcome tra-ditional rules that exist only for the sake of tradition itself. This whole argument of the ‘human element’ in sports is BS. Get the call right—nothing else should

matter. The thought of having another perfect game ruined by extreme human error is repulsive, and we should expect to use tech-nology to help all sports operate in more efficient and fair man-nerisms. No more blown calls on the base paths, outfield or home-run lines.

PGA Tour—No more DQs as a result of TV viewers calling in. Think about it—can you call David Stern in the 4th quarter of the Heat-Celtics game, telling him of a video clip that shows a clear push-off by LeBron or a bla-tant hand-check by Pierce? This type of behavior has occurred nu-merous times over the past cou-ple of years on Tour, and it is the most unfair thing I can think of in sports, because not every play-er in the tournament has cameras focused in on his every shot. In

fact, most of the play-ers have a major-ity of their shots never shown on TV, negat-ing a large pool of po-tential rules

violations. The rules of golf clear-ly needed to be modernized, but fans using TV footage to actually affect the outcome of professional tournaments is taking this idea in the wrong direction.

P.S…..My sign-off: It’s unbe-lievable how fast three and a half years can go by—it seemed like just yesterday I was walking into McCannel Hall to the Dakota Student Office wing, turning in my application to be a regular contributor of our fine student publication. It’s been quite a re-warding ride since October 2007, and it all ends today; This will be my last issue as I wrap up my col-legiate writing career.

I am so thankful to all of the Dakota Student staff and support services, especially my sports edi-tors of the past eight semesters, Alison Kelly and Joel Adrian. I have really grown as both a writer and a person over the past three and a half years, and I believe my writing style and effectiveness reflects that. I hope that one day everyone is able to experience the thrill of being able to express one’s feelings in a public medium—it is a refreshing and necessary func-tion of a healthy and democratic society. I wish all of the readers of the DS the best in all future en-deavors for the foreseeable future, and I hope that at least once over the past few years I have given your homework-crammed mind a nice and respectable sports re-prieve. God Bless!

Let’s fix what we can fixRENOVATION These five rule-proposals will change professional sports for the better.

>DEVON ROEhRIchThe Dakota Student

‘The thought of hav-ing another perfect game ruined by an extreme human er-ror is repulsive...

Devon Roehrichcolumnist

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

The North Dakota tennis team took part in the Great West Con-ference season-ending tournament this past weekend. UND made it to the championship last year but came up short and going into the weekend were looking to end the season on a high note. Entering the tournament, North Dakota came in with a 10-9 record and would need at least one win to preserver a .500 season.

UND 4, South Dakota 1A first round match-up against

border-rival South Dakota wasn’t going to be an easy task for North Dakota. But behind a deep team, UND was able to outlast the Jackrabbits 4-1. Freshmen Callie Ronkowski and Stephanie Biehn came up with big performances, taking down their respective oppo-nents in straight sets. Sophomore Chelsey Galipeau also defeated her opponent in straight sets to clinch the victory for UND. In doubles, Ronkowski teamed up with Erin Kappers for an 8-4 win, while teammates Stephanie Petsis and Biehn came away with a 9-7 vic-tory.

UND 4, Texas-Pan American 0

If a spot in the championship

UND takes second in GWC tourneyVOLLEY North Dakota shows promise after fall-ing to NJIT in pursuit of conference title.

>BRANDON BEckERThe Dakota Student

match wasn’t motivation enough for North Dakota going into their second round match, then they got it when Texas-Pan American advanced to the semi-finals. The Broncs in last year’s championship defeated North Dakota, so there was plenty of motivation for UND going into the match. Biehn, Petsis and Ronkowski all took down their opponents in straight-sets to give North Dakota a big advantage. UND gained a pair of doubles victories from sophomores Hallie Welk and Megan Sween, and Petsis and Biehn also won their respective match. It was an impressive perfor-mance from North Dakota and it was good enough to send them to the GWC championship for the second consecutive year.

NJIT 4, UND 2North Dakota fell short [for the

second year in a row] in the GWC championship. It was a tough loss for UND, but they fielded a young team all year long with three soph-omores and three freshmen. Their top players carried the Highland-ers, as their Nos. 1-3 singles play-ers all earned straight-sets victories. UND finished the season with a 12-10 mark and will have a prom-ising future with a young cast of players returning next year. It was another tough ending to the season for North Dakota, but they will be in the running to win a champion-ship next season.

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

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Be sure to have a safe and ex-hilerating Sum-mer break to refresh for next Fall!

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Turtle River State Park, lo-cated 22 miles west of Grand Forks on Highway 2, is hosting the 2011 Extreme North Dakota Spring Primer Adventure Race on Sunday, May 8. The race features a number of challenging events and is open to either single gen-der or coed teams of two or three; a three person coed team is con-sidered the premier category.

Teams will collect a point for each checkpoint they reach dur-ing the course. A few checkpoints are optional so that newer teams or teams with less experience can elect to opt out and still finish the race.

The overall rankings are based on score. Contestants will be ex-pected to participate in running or trekking up to three to four miles in some sections. Mountain biking is also part of the event; the tracks include a dirt road,

Obstacle course

>STaff RePORTThe Dakota Student

aDVeNTURe TRSP will host the 25 mile race to challenge all who dare attempt it.

photo by TIMOTHY BOGeR > The Dakota Student

on ourselves. It is our education that teaches us the importance of keeping our bodies and minds healthy, our training that gives us the skills needed to secure our financial independence, and our pursuit of Truth and ultimate happiness that will one day al-low us to hopefully claim a life well lived.

All of that starts right here at UND. They help us discover the abilities we need to become good people. How can one individual ever truly express an apprecia-tion for something that will ben-efit them and their children in perpetuity? I know I certainly can’t.

All I know is that after all of my time here, I know more than at any point in my life, and paradoxically, have never felt as dumb as I do now. I hope this is wisdom. I can’t speak for ev-erybody, but I can’t think of many times when I considered the advancement of wisdom to be a chief benefit of a university education. Yet, now I do.

I don’t know what I’m going to do after I leave UND. I know that I will eventually find a fel-lowship or another short-term job doing something I’m pas-sionate about (hopefully work-ing on energy or environmental issues in D.C.) to gain a little more life experience before I apply for my Ph.D. One day I hope to make my mark on poli-cies that improve the lives and maximize the Liberty of my fel-low citizens.

Of course, the future being uncertain as it is, what I want to happen is likely quite differ-ent than what will happen. This is unavoidable. The complex-ity and beauty of our existence is such that the best we can do is follow Abraham Lincoln’s ad-

DaVID > From page 5

vice, to paraphrase, and prepare ourselves for the chance that will come. This institution is designed to prepare us for our chances, and indeed, provide op-portunities we never would have received otherwise.

I began this article describ-ing my desire to leave this place better than it was before. While I cannot say that my efforts made UND better, I know that I am better because of UND and the efforts of the people that make

it the wonderful place it is. The education we receive here is the most important investment we will ever make and the great-est gift we will ever receive. Do yourself a favor and show a little appreciation to those who make it possible. Take some time to thank the folks in Twamley, ad-ministrative assistants in your departmental offices, and the professors with whom you are communally engaged with in the act of learning. Most of

all, strive to make UND a bet-ter place for everyone who calls it home, because I can say with certainty that even if you do not improve UND, you will at least improve yourself.

Finally, as was true three years ago, so it is true today. It has been one of the greatest privileges of my life to know and learn with the staff, faculty, and students of this school. And to those who will proudly call yourselves Alumni on May 14,

always remember that we are the future of this entire nation. We will take positions of leadership the world over, using the skills we learned right here at our be-loved alma mater. And no matter where life takes you, always re-member that we are graduates of the University of North Dakota, and we can change the world.

DS> David Barta is a columnist for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at david.barta@und.edu

doubletrack and singletrack, and will total 15 to 25 miles depend-ing on the course chosen. Other events include map and compass navigation, climbing (all of the gear is provided and only one participant is expected to climb), optional one to two mile pack-rafting and mystery challenges.

Registration for the race is $45 per person and closes at midnight on Thursday, May 5. The regis-tration fees include refreshments, insurance for the racers and the Turtle River State Park entry fee. There will also be raffle prizes.

The course will most likely be muddy. In addition, North Dakota weather can include heat, rain and snow even in May. It is therefore advised to prepare for all weather conditions and dress ap-propriately.

For more information on the 2011 Extreme North Dakota Spring Primer Adventure Race, contact Andy Magness at (701) 330-0709. More information can also be found at endracing.com/p/end-spar.html. Registra-tion can be completed online; in addition, links to last year’s results and videos can also be found on their website.

group has its own dramatic ups and downs and the group finds itself growing into a family—putting a wholesome sheen on the rough-and-tumble attitude of the series.

Don’t think this means that Fast Five has gone soft, though, as it has even more action and intense driv-ing sequences than any of the other films—let’s just say the producers had a lot of money to burn on this flick.

While the movie is largely driven by the fast cars the characters drive, Fast Five is also heavily nostalgic. Some of the characters that reprise their roles are only featured in one of the other films; including Vinny, who was one of the main characters of the first installment. As such, fans of the series will appreciate this film, but newcomers can also enjoy them-selves if they like unrealistically cool cars.

The screen writing of this film slips a bit, but that isn’t really the focus of the film; so, while Fast Five seems more like a kid’s box of hot-wheels cars than Million Dollar Baby, it’s still worth a watch—preferably on the big screen.

CaRS > From page 14

DS> Alex Cavanaugh is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at alex.cavanaugh@und.edu

Jake Swift winds up for a pitch last weekend.

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A few athletes from the Uni-versity of North Dakota track and field team competed at the 102nd Drake Relays. The relays were held on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa with races on Wednesday, Thurs-day, Friday and Saturday. The meet is held every year and brings in some great competition from all levels, including past Olympic gold medalists. UND sent two relays down to Iowa. The women and men had a distance medley relay, where the women raced on Friday and the men went on Sat-

urday.On the women’s side, UND

finished their relay in 13th place out of 15 total teams. This was the first time all season North Dakota had an outdoor distance medley. Starting off for the relay was junior Emily Emerson who ran the 1200 meter leg. She then handed off to freshman Brittney Bolstad, who ran the shortest leg of the relay, which was 400 meters. Running the 800 meters was freshman Savana Weller and the anchor leg was junior Lind-say Anderson. Anderson, the top distance runner in the Great West Conference, closed out the relay running the mile. She put the team four seconds ahead of In-diana State, finishing in an excel-lent time of 12:16.43.

The winning team in the women’s distance medley was Utah, who finished with a time of 11:17.09. The University of Min-nesota also competed in the race, placing 3rd in a time of 11:29.

The UND men also competed against some tough competition in their distance medley relay. This field consisted of division I All-Americans with plenty of Na-tional Championship experience. Of course, North Dakota is new to Division I so they definitely had their work cut out for them.

Racing against 18 teams, North Dakota took 15th in the Jim Wheelock distance medley relay. Leading off for the team was junior Tyler Rose in the 1200. Next up in the 400 was junior Chris Stoks who then handed off to freshman Jesse Fenstermacher for the 800. Closing the relay was 10k school record holder Josh LaBlanc. LaBlanc crossed the fin-ish line after running the mile and giving UND a final time of 10:07.63.

Taking the victory in the men’s DMR was the University of Minnesota. They finished in a time of 9:38.09 just ahead of Wisconsin who finished with a 9:38.39.

On a side note, the meet included some great elite com-petition with 3 time Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Wariner. He competed in the 400 meters and finished with a U.S #1 time of 45.19 seconds. His time also ranks 6th in the world this year.

Coming up next for the track and field teams is a dual meet with North Dakota State. The meet will take place this Friday, May 6th on the campus of NDSU. There is also an open 5k which is open to the public, so if you feel like racing drive on down and lace up your running shoes!

Once the NDSU dual is over, UND will have a few days to prepare for the Great West Con-ference outdoor track and field championships. The meet will take place at Utah Valley on May 12-14th.

UND competes at Drake relays

>Kyle ROSSeauThe Dakota Student

IOWa Des Moines provides fast competition as UND holds their own against other teams.

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

The forecast for Springfest this year is looking sketchy a week out. Rain showers with a high of 64 isn’t unexpected in May this far north, so bring an umbrella. It should be a fun time with the drinking, live music, lack of fires and what-not.

With that, I would like to offer some alternatives to Springfest:

1.) Continue studying; your ed-

ucation is important and expensive.2.) Binge drink alone with the

lights off and the Smiths on.3.) Face the realities of Gradu-

ation, a.k.a. “The Real World,” by contemplating graduate school at UND.

Having fun out in the sun is one thing, but it is good to have a posi-tive alternative to any plans made for debauchery.

If you do make it to Springfest this year, try to remain gracious. Ber-nard Kauk, a Masters student and

bartender at Rhombus Guys, would like to remind patrons of Springfest, “Remember to tip your bartenders! They work really hard.” Just because you’re paying $5 per beer doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take some time to show your good intentions. As an alternative, Mason Olson, a Rhom-bus Guys Regular suggests, “I’d just bring in my own fifth.

SPRING > From page 11

DS> Nicholas Gowan is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at nicholas.gowan@und.edu

The Pi Mile race started at 3:14 p.m. The annual event was hosted by Tau Beta Pi.

NaTHaN TWeRBeRG > The Dakota Student

20 SPORTS tuesday may 3, 2011photos by PETER BOTTINI > The Dakota Student