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But practice is not the most important thing. Effort is the most important thing

The Bismarck State College campus was shaken on March 26 when police officials poured into the Jack Science Center, responding to a report that meth had been found in one of the science labs.

Police blocked off the third floor of the Jack Science center for several hours in the afternoon while they collected the drugs and other evidence. Later that day, the police returned to the school after viewing security footage from the floor of what appeared to be a BSC faculty member in the lab where the meth was found. Chemistry instructor Jill Haraldson was allegedly caught on tape transporting what is believed to be the drugs and supplies used to make them. Haraldson was taken into custody to be questioned.

“It all came down to the fact that I just needed the extra

money,” Haraldson said during a phone interview with the Mystician. “Do you have any idea how much teachers make?”

In her absence, BSC has been left scrambling to cover her classes and do damage control. Coworkers and friends of hers, like forensics instructor Chris Focke is still astonished after seeing Haraldson taken away in handcuffs.

“I was shocked,” Focke said after the incident. “I would have never expected her to do such a thing.”

Focke, who has known Haraldson for about four years, said that she was always a very energetic person and a dedicated teacher.

“She worked very hard,” Focke said. “Sometimes, she would work all night long for days at a time.

Because of the incident, security and monitoring of chemicals and labs has been dramatically increased. This means more work for instructors and less freedom

for students. Still, Focke had nothing but good things to say about Haraldson and her future.

“I hope the best for her,”

Focke said. “I hope she gets the help that she needs.”

Haraldson has been scheduled to appear in court in late April.

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Meth lab found in science lab

BSC students (from left to right) Jaron Pollman, Robert Talley and Nicholas Hanson practice their routine outside of the student union on March 26. The men are all hoping to make it onto the cheer leading team.

A science lab on the third floor of the Jack Science Center was taped off by police on March 26 after meth was found inside.

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shannon hawkins [life editor]

New team cheers up the Mystics

Bismarck State College is holding tryouts in the Armory Friday, April 26 for the all-male Mystics cheerleading squad this fall. This group will be in support of the girls volleyball, basketball and softball team.

“Once I explained that it would be guys in short-shorts, they got on board pretty quickly,” Sean Hushagen, a sophomore at BSC and captain of the Mystics male cheerleaders, said of the campus starting a team. “I definitely feel that there is a strong desire from some of the female staff and faculty to get a young, hard-bodied male cheerleading team. And I’m glad I can be their captain.”

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Student penalized for tweeting

Bugs found in food Pope Francis I comes with new ideas regarding marriage

Smoking hut will be built on campusalyssa meier

[editor-in-chief ]

katie marthaller [writer]

dallas schaefer [writer]

nathan little [writer]

Tweets are blowing up phones and computers at Bismarck State College as confessions are pouring into the new social media attraction, BSC Confessions. This is where students can send tweets anonymously about what they feel is happening on campus: how they feel about other students, their professors, classes and their school experience in general. The person who is controlling the Twitter account then picks which truths are able to be seen by the public.

BSC Confessions has gained popularity and adds new tweets daily. Most are innocent. Many are humorous. Some are offensive. Likely, those submitting feel protected by the supposedly anonymous nature of the program, but this does not mean that there is no way to track the origin of the tweets.

These confessional websites have been popping up on many other college campuses. The more popular ones are through North Dakota State University, University of North Dakota and North Dakota

State College of Science. A freshman at BSC, Taylor

Morris, was caught sending a tweet about her professor, Joe Ellefson, to the Twitter account. Ellefson has rule if a student’s phone rings during his class, he will answer it. He saw Morris texting and confiscated her phone because it was the third offense that day. Ellefson was so enraged that he went to BSC President Dr. Larry Skogen.

“My classroom isn’t a democracy, and there is no room for electronic devices,” Ellefson said. “It’s in the syllabus.”

There are several consequences that Morris may have to face. She might be marked absent and lose credit for that day, or she might be asked to withdraw from the class.

“I didn’t find it very fair that I got in trouble and nobody else has,” Morris said.

She regrets her actions, but she thinks that whoever is the creator of the account should also be punished.

Even though some of the tweets are humorous and harmless, others have been rude and inconsiderate to students.

At other colleges across the United States, these confessional websites have been considered cyber-bullying. With the rise of electronic harassment, authorities are cracking down

on anything that could harm another person. Students as well as faculty at BSC would like whoever started the page to be punished for his or her actions.

Bismarck State College Professor Jane Schreck was shocked to find out that she was sharing her lunch with some creepy crawlers.

Schreck was enjoying her afternoon on March 25 when she decided to stop by the student union for some hot lunch.

As Schreck sat to eat she noticed three boxelder bugs slowly making their way out of her lasagna. No fingers were pointed as to how this incident might have occurred.

“I would try to explain

how this happened, but the problem is I can’t,” Wyatt Anderson, a BSC student and employee in the cafeteria, said.

An inspection was made shortly after in the kitchen looking for any health violations but everything seemed to be in order. No incident like this or anything similar has ever occurred before in the lunchroom. If any student or faculty member experiences anything like this, they are to immediately report it.

“I understand that sometimes things like this can happen and I’m okay with that,” Schreck said. “Hopefully this doesn’t become a recurring problem.”

The new pontiff Pope Francis I will have an unprecedented lunch with Pope Benedict XVI at Castel Gandolfo on Saturday April 2nd. In this rarest of occurrences two living popes will sit down to break bread. Pope Francis I and Pope Benedict XVI are expected to discuss changing current Catholic dogma.

Pope Francis I will be addressing a number of antiquated policies that he would like to see changed in

order to steer the Church in a more progressive direction. These changes are rumored to include allowing Catholic priests to marry and have children.

Francis I, new head of the worlds’ 1.2 billion catholic populace, has already made a few changes since taking the helm. He has adopted a simpler, more personal style and has called upon the Church to focus on serving the poor and needy.

The Catholic Church appears to be under renovation and Pope Francis I is busy making changes.

After many complaints from students and faculty, as well as an excess of cigarette butts being found littered on campus, Bismarck State College school officials have decided to open up a smoking hut on campus.

The hut will be located on the hill South of the NECE and be approximately three feet by 4-feet-wide and five-and-a-half-feet-tall. It will have a dirt floor, aluminum walls, one small window and a vent in the roof angled towards Mandan.

The hut will be installed over the summer by small children

and hopefully help deter people from smoking elsewhere on campus and discarding cigarette remains on the roads or grass. People wanting to use the hut will need to purchase a pass from the BSC bookstore.

Keeping the hut far away helps cater to the preferences of others who may not smoke or want to be exposed to the smoke. Also, if the dry, brittle grass around the hut starts on fire, the number of casualties will be greatly decreased because of the distance from other buildings.

Cameras and security guards will be placed in and around the smoking hut to keep people from stealing it. The smoking hut will replace unsighlty garbages around campus

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Max, a seven-year-old terrier belonging to Dr. Kim Crowley, will be enrolled in the pet day care this fall.

alyssa meier [editor-in-chief ]

alex stavig [writer]

Day care lends a helping paw

Campus gets chance to raise its voice

Pet owning students and staff members of Bismarck State College will soon be able to bring their furry or feathery friends to campus with them every day. After many requests for a daycare for children, the school has made plans to provide a more cost-effective pet daycare for $10 a day.

“I was very, very excited,” English professor Kim Crowley said after learning of the pet daycare being started. “It is always very difficult for me to balance having work and having a pet.”

The daycare, which is yet to be officially named, will open up for the fall semester in the basement of the NECE and be available to any student or staff member. Payments will be made monthly and all proceeds will go toward deferring the cost of books, as well as paying for any necessities for the daycare.

The daycare will make it possible for anyone on campus

with a small animal, including dogs, cats, rabbits and birds, to bring their pet to be watched for as long as needed. That may be for an hour or for the entire time that the daycare will be open: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m..

“I plan on working about 20 to 25 hours a week,” Student Lizzie Johnson said of her volunteering at the pet daycare. “My mom did childcare for seven years and it’s kind of, in a sense, the same thing.”

A child daycare had also been discussed for some time, but it was decided that more students seem to own pets rather than having children. This made the animal care facility more realistic and beneficial overall.

“I think it will help my dog with his socialization skills,” Crowley said of her 7-year-old terrier who will be enrolled in the daycare next fall.

The plans for a children daycare are being put on hold for now, but there is a possibility of letting children join the pets in the BSC animal daycare at some point in the future.

North Dakota residents will now have the chance to display their singing talent as Bismarck State College will be hosting open auditions for next season is “The Voice”. Auditions will be in the Sidney J. Lee Auditorium of Schafer Hall. Participants also have the chance to meet the show’s judges, Usher, Blake Shelton, Adam Levigne and Shakira.

Carol Cashman, an Associate Professor of Speech at BSC, has an inside story on The Voice coming to Bismarck. Cashman’s daughter, Missy O’Malley, is a DJ from Bozeman, M.T. who recently traveled to New York to do a promotion through her radio station.

“She met Blake Shelton,”

Cashman said. “And she was so enthusiastic about the fact that if you really wanted that great talent, with that country-western flare, you really have to come to Bismarck, N.D.”

O’Malley, who is an alumni from Century High School and is quite proud of the music department, stressed to Shelton the number of talented citizens in the community. She further explained the number of fans in Bismarck and Mandan that love the show and would be great candidates to compete with other participants across the country.

Shelton apparently was so impressed that the word spread because less than a month later, it hit the news that The Voice would be coming through Bismarck sometime in early April. For more information on the show and specific dates, visit www.nbc.com/the-voice.

New drama class takes on different rolesarah morris

[writer]

With Halloween only once a year, many people get the excuse to become someone different for a short time. Dan Rogers, Associate Professor of Theatre/Speech at Bismarck State College decided it does not have to be like this. The drama department will be offering a class called Lip Syncing 110 in the fall semester of 2013.

“After being flooded with numerous requests by interested

students, we decided to offer this exciting new performance class,” Rogers said.

This class will consist of lip syncing to famous celebrities and singers. Students will become Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson and numerous other star performers.

“Students will have the opportunity to learn to strut their stuff and to borrow the voice of their favorite performers,” Rogers said.

Students will not only have the voice of the person, but will also take on the persona of the character. Bedazzled in white Elvis jumpsuits, slathered in Lady Gaga meat costumes and posing in the famous white cocktail dress of Marilyn Monroe will be some of the costumes students will enjoy donning throughout the semester.

Grading will be based on participation in the class, with a few short papers on the personality and history of the student’s chosen celebrities. The completion of the class won’t

be a standard written test. “Finals will result in

a performance for the campus,” Rogers said.

The audience will have the enjoyment of watching students in costume, acting out songs and scenes from movies, while living the life of the celebrity.

If the class has many participants, the school may fund a trip at the end of the semester to Las Vegas to perform at Caesars Palace to get worldly experience and career opportunities.

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Boys living in Swenson

dallas schaefer [writer]

Recently, Bismarck State College resident assistants at Swenson Hall received a noise complaint regarding loud music and shouting. Upon acting on the call, they reached the dorm room to find underage students drinking.

Soon after collecting everyone’s name, RAs came across personal possessions of University of Mary student’s, Jack Hilson and Chris Alt. After further investigation, it was discovered that the two students had been living in Swenson Hall for the past month.

The two BSC students that housed the UM students were both expelled without receiving a financial reimbursements or any credit hours from this semester. The Resident Assistants ask that this be an example of what not to do in the dorms.

jhett cihak [sports editor]

Baseball player Brad McArthur signs forms confirming his draft into the minor league baseball system. This will help McArthur practice and perfect his skills as to help him one day make it onto a major league baseball

team. “I feel really blessed for the opportunity,” McArthur said.

Jaron Pollman and Robert Talley show off their spirit fingers in preperation for cheer leading tryouts.

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Hushagen stated there will be no tryouts for a co-captain as they are not looking for anyone to fill the position at this time.

“I like running a tight ship,” Hushagen said.

Robert Talley, a sophomore at BSC, has been training for tryouts as soon as he heard about the team earlier in the semester. He was on his high school cheerleading squad at Century High School and looks forward to continuing in college.

“I find my everyday existence is practice,” Talley said. “But practice is not the most important thing. Effort is the most important thing.”

News of the cheerleading team has quickly spread throughout Bismarck. Some high schoolers in the area are turning their attention to Bismarck State as their college of choice after graduation.

Grant Ehli, a junior at Century High School, was originally looking at medical schools that would aid him with his major, but when he

heard of the Mystic cheerleaders, he quickly changed his college plans. He has not found an outlet or group that allows him to display his talents and flexibility as well as what the Mystic cheerleading team will do for him.

“I will be the best there ever was,” Ehli said of his confidence in joining the team when he tries out after high school. “I see myself taking the team to nationals and winning the Men’s National Cheerleading Championship Competition.”

Men’s Nationals are held in Los Angeles every April. Bismarck State is hoping to send the Mystics to L.A. next year for the competition.

“I feel honored,” Hushagen said after hearing that high schoolers are looking into the team. “I feel honored of getting a young man into the extreme sport of male cheerleading.”

The squad will focus on basics and stunt choreography, such as flying and flips.

The team will be finalized April 29 with a mandatory meeting and a uniform fitting in the Armory at 7 p.m.

Baseball player gets caught in a draft

Sophomore Bradly McArthur has signed a minor league contract with the Houston Astros. McArthur will be joining the Corpus Christi Hooks, the AA farm team for the Astros. Signing McArthur will give coaching staff a first hand look at the Bismarck State product.

McArthur is a sophomore at BSC and plays outfield and middle infield for the Mystics. He will join the Hooks this summer following semester. McArthur signed a one year tryout contract with the team which could lead to an extension.

“Honestly, it was the best move I could make,” McArthur said. “They had an offer I couldn’t refuse.”

McArthur has played well for BSC as a freshman and was nominated for the All-Region Team. He has high expectations for his final season as a Mystic. McArthur has skills as he batted .347, and his speed is a weapon in the outfield and running bases. The dream of playing the game professionally has always been on McArthur’s mind.

“Ever since my dad bought me my first glove when I was five, it was all I did,” McArthur said. “Coming from a town with not a lot to do, the only thing to really do was play baseball in my yard with my dad. So the sport just grew on me throughout the years, knowing it was what I wanted to do when I got older, no matter what.”

Every single professional athlete has a unique path to the pros. Just to receive the opportunity to tryout for a minor league program takes a combination of hard work, skill and luck.

“It’s all about who you really know,” McArthur said of getting the opportunity. “My dad’s friend has a brother who played in the major leagues, so he basically helped get my name out there.”

McArthur’s tryout begins May 13 and he will move to Corpus Christi the weekend prior to get settled in. He will then begin practicing with the Hooks hoping to catch the eye of head coach Keith Bodie.

“I feel really blessed for the opportunity,” McArthur said. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity that not a lot of people even get a small glimpse

of. Hopefully everything goes as well as it has been.”

McArthur could join the Corpus Christi Hooks and achieve his goal of playing professional baseball. Playing in a minor league system could help McArthur develop his skills that could get him into the “Big Leagues” playing for a Major League ball club. It is a big adjustment for him, but one that he is looking forward to making.

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