DSInsideCrime notes, page 2

Furlong: No room for harsh words, page 5

Jeffries: Hank runs for Senate, page 6

Campus briefs, page 7

Display shows N.D. based art, page 9

Steel pans bring the beat, page 10

Men’s basketball preview, page 13

Men’s hockey heads to St. Cloud, page 14

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Women win in basketball exhibition Page 13

Democrats win both districts

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VOTING Districts 18 and 42 elected Demo-crat state senators and representatives.

Kyle See-Rockers walked to his parking spot outside the on-campus apartment complex where he lives to discover his car had received a ticket.

It was obviously a mistake, since not only was he parked in his assigned parking spot, but he also had his permit displayed. See-Rockers, a junior studying communication, called up the parking office to explain the situation.

After first being instructed to file an appeal form — which could take up to four weeks to be processed — See-Rockers kept calling until finally the of-fice sent someone over to resolve the situation.

“This was time and energy that I should not have to waste, considering it was not my fault,” See-Rockers said.

See-Rocker’s story is but one example of the many problems that have come to define park-ing at UND, problems that in-clude difficulties in finding a consistent parking spot on a daily basis, even for those who’ve purchased permits and especially whenever there’s any shortage in parking.

For Peggy Lucke, the asso-ciate vice president for Finance and Operations at UND, these problems are ones she constantly faces. To her, they are not only a primary concern, but also a sig-nificant challenge.

“Parking Services has been focusing on improving commu-nication, consistency, improving signage and working with de-partments as they bring visitors

cEcIlIE ENGESETHTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

STRUGGlES Students deal with parking problems that UND staff tries to overcome.

Campus parking “work in progress”

PARKING [page 8]

Voters showed up in droves Tuesday to both Lake Agassiz El-ementary school and the UND Student Wellness Center.

Students living in the Wilk-erson Hall and Squires Hall vot-ed at the Wellness Center, while those living at University Place and the Johnstone-Fulton-Smith complex voted at Lake Agassiz.

Although only 56.24 percent of the 66,598 residents showed up to vote in Grand Forks Coun-ty, the effect was seldom felt by the 1,608 voters who showed up at Lake Agassiz and the 2,824 who arrived at the Wellness Cen-ter. The lines at both locations

wove throughout the buildings and the wait during the evening hours was nearly an hour-and-a-half long.

The Grand Forks Tax and Fi-nance Department reported that the last vote of the evening at the Wellness Center was cast at 8:35 p.m., well past the 7 p.m. poll closing time. Ballots didn’t arrive to the county office until close to 11 p.m.

District 42The Schneider/Oversen/

Mock team found success in District 42, as they claimed a Democratic win for all three state congressional seats.

Sen. Mac Schneider finished

ElEcTION [page 3]

Grand Forks housing affects UNDcRUNcH City council and committee looks to add more housing opportunities.

JOY JAcOBSONTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

City officials approved rezoning for a 224-unit apart-ment complex in the area pictured above, located near the intersection of DeMers and 42nd Avenue South. Construction is expected to begin next year.

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As the population of Grand Forks has slowly grown, the housing market in the city has failed to catch up, putting the squeeze on students seeking housing on and off campus.

From 2000 to 2010, the city saw a 7 percent population in-

crease and 32 percent increase in median rent, according to a study by the Grand Forks Hous-ing Authority.

The situation, described by some as a “housing crunch,” is primarily attributed by city of-ficials to the city’s general in-ability to meet recent growth in housing demand.

“We as a whole community need to revisit how we approach housing,” said Grand Forks Mayor Michael Brown during his 2012 State of the City ad-

HOUSING [page 2]

Nearly 3,000 voters from District 42 turn out at the Student Wellness Center to vote Tuesday. Queue lines took up to an hour-and-a-half, depending on the time of day. Photo by Nick Picha.

Turn to page 3 for results for the state and national measures and positions.

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DATEBOOK CRIMENOTESTODAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012

[EVENT] “Urinetown: The Musical,” 7:30 p.m., Burtness Theatre. The musical focuses on the story of a young couple caught in a web of politics. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students.

[MIC/MIP]12 cited for MIC, two

were cited/confided for disorderly conduct; one female transported to Altru; two had the crisis

team notified.

[MEDICAL]One medical assist, pro-fessor was transported

to Altru

[NOISE]Five cited for loud party

at Sigma Chi

[THEFT]Eight thefts, three locker thefts from the Wellness Center; one motor ve-

hicle theft from the Well-ness center; one theft of license plate; three

stolen bicycles

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2012[MUSIC] Horn Senior Recital, 3 to 5 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church.

[ORCHESTRA] Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Chester Fritz Auditorium. Adult tickets $20, student/military tickets $14.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2012

[PLAY] “The Tortoise and the Hare in the Great Cross-Country Race,” 2 p.m., Red River High School. The children’s production tells the story of the tortoise and the hare with audience interaction. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for seniors and students.

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Mayor Michael Brown during his 2012 State of the City address. “Not just affordable housing, al-though that is a critical element, but the entire spectrum of hous-ing.”

Five months after the address, Brown announced the formation of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Housing at the July 16 meeting of the Grand Forks City Council.

The commission’s stated mis-sion is to work to improve Grand Forks’ housing in three phases — developing first a snapshot of the current housing situation, then community priority directions to bolster housing opportunities, and lastly strategies to achieve pri-orities — and is now in phase one.

Supply and demandOne of the issues the commis-

sion is examining is a supposed lack of apartment housing in the city.

According to research con-ducted by Praxis Strategy Group, more apartments will be coming.

There are nine projects pro-viding 475 units either completed or under construction, and an-other five projects providing 465

units in the approval process. One of the projects is a 224-

unit apartment complex that would built north of the Alerus Center, near the intersection of DeMers Avenue and South 42nd Street — an ideal area for students in need of housing.

But not all proposed b u i l d i n g projects sub-mitted to the city become a reality.

Plans for a 12-plex unit at 12th Avenue North and North 20th Street — about 12 blocks from UND’s campus — was killed by the Grand Forks City Council af-ter neighborhood residents came forward to protest the building.

The 12-plex building would have consisted of commercial space on the main floor and three stories of apartments.

Tom Hagness, a former mem-ber of City Council and the Plan-ning and Zoning Commission, opposed the development be-cause of the building’s height and the number of cars and people it would add to the area.

“What residents are afraid of is that the property would become a dormitory,” Hagness said. “If the unit has three or four bedroom units, each unit would have three or four cars. My neighborhood would not want a 35-foot high

dormitory or a p a r t m e n t b u i l d i n g across from a single family home.”

T h e plans re-quired a three-fourths majority to pass. It was

defeated with four votes for and three votes against.

PricesThe affordability of housing

in the city is another issue the commission is tackling.

The median price of a home in Grand Forks is $169,900. That number divided by the median household income of $47,400 comes out to 3.59 — affordable housing is considered to be 3.0 and under.

According to information presented by Mark Schill of Prax-is, the median rent of the city is among the highest in the state

at $628 per month. West Fargo is the next highest at $626 and Fargo followed at $606.

The median rent for Grand Forks increased $155 between 2000 and 2010 — meaning rent-ers in 2010 had to come up with an additional $6,000 year to pay rent compared with 2000.

Affording this rent can be a problem for some. More than 50 percent of renters spend more

than 30 percent of their total in-come on rent payments, accord-ing to Schill.

The commission’s next meet-ing is Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Cham-bers of City Hall.

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We as a whole com-munity need to revis-it how we approach housing.

Michael BrownGrand Forks mayor In the Oct. 16 special section of The Dakota Student,

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with a healthy gap between himself and Republican challenger Ross Lien, ending the race 57.2 percent

to Lien’s 42.8 percent.“It was unfortunate we didn’t win, but I’m proud of the campaign

we ran and how we handled ourselves,” Lien said. “We stayed posi-tive, we focused on the issues, and I’m proud of everything we did.”

For now, Lien said he plans to return his focus to classes and school, but won’t rule out the possibility of running for office again if the opportunity arises in the future.

In the House race, new-comer Democrat Kylie Oversen took the lead with 28.6 percent of the vote, followed closely by her teammate, incumbent Re-publican Cory Mock.

“I feel pretty excited,” Oversen said. “I’m a little ex-hausted, but it was a big win for us so we’re really excited.”

John Mitzel led for the Republican House candidates with 21.8 percent of the vote; Mike Peterson followed close behind with 21 percent of the vote.

District 18Democrats also found suc-

cess in District 18, claiming both the Senate and House spots. In the Senate race, in-cumbent Connie Triplett defeated Republican chal-lenger David Waterman with 57.3 percent of the vote. For the House, Democrats Eliot Glassheim and Marie Strinden — with 36.8 and 32.4 percent of the votes respectively — de-feated Republican Dane Fergu-son for the two available spots.

Carrie Sandstrom is the assistant editor of The Dakota Student.

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As afternoon turned to evening, the lines to vote on Tuesday at both the Wellness Center and Lake Agassiz Elementary School consisted of people who had been waiting for more than an hour to cast their vote.

At the end of the day, more than 56 per-cent of the approximately 66,500 Grand Forks County residents turned out. This included nearly 5,000 voters from District 42, which the UND campus composes nearly half of.

PresidencyNorth Dakota went red in the presidential

election, giving its three electoral votes to Re-publican candidate Governor Mitt Romney, as he claimed 59 percent of the state’s votes. It wasn’t enough for Romney, however, as Presi-dent Barack Obama was re-elected Tuesday with 303 electoral votes to Romney’s 206.

Obama won the majority of the so-called “battleground” states, which both candidates were in contention for up until election day.

At press time, Florida was the only state not yet declared for either candidate, as votes are still being tallied. In some areas of Florida, vot-ers waited for up to eight hours, with some not being able to cast their ballot until near mid-night.

U.S. SenateNorth Dakota elected its first female U.S.

Senator when Democrat Heidi Heitkamp de-feated Republican Rep. Rick Berg late in the evening. The two ran head-to-head the majority of the night, trading minor leads from time to time with neither claiming a clear edge. Heit-kamp scooted ahead, claiming 50.25 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting.

With such a narrow gap — Berg was less than a percentage point behind Heitkamp — the races was flagged for possible recount on the N.D. Secretary of State’s homepage. Berg, how-

ever, officially conceded the election at a press conference in Fargo on Wednesday.

U.S. HouseRepublican Kevin Cramer claimed a victory

over Democrat Pam Gulleson with 55 percent of the vote. Cramer, who defeated GOP-endorsed opponent and fellow member for the Public Service Commission Bryan Kalk in the primary election earlier this year, will resign from his po-sition on the PSC before the end of 2012.

GovernorGov. Jack Dalrymple won his re-election bid

against Democratic challenger Ryan Taylor with 63 percent of the vote.

MeasuresVoters across the state voted overwhelming-

ly to pass ballot measures one and two, which clarified sections of the N.D. constitution.

Measure 1 repealed the part of the state con-stitution that allowed a poll tax to be levied, something already prohibited by the federal government.

Measure 2 required members of the execu-tive branch of N.D. government to take an oath of office. This also was a non-issue as the state legislature passed a law in the 1800’s that re-quires all civil officers to take an oath of office.

The other measures on the ballot were slightly more contested. With 66 percent of the vote, North Dakotans passed Measure 4, which bans smoking in indoor workplaces including bars, taxies and hotel rooms; smokers must also be at least 20 feet away from buildings. Viola-tors can be fined $50.

In passing Measure 4, North Dakota joined 29 other states that have passed similar bans.

Measure 5, which made some extreme cases of animal cruelty — including “maliciously and intentionally” harming a dog, cat or horse — a felony offense. The measure failed with a 67 percent majority voting “no”. North Dakota and South Dakota are the only states not designat-ing certain kinds of animal abuse as a felonies.

Measure 3, which deals with farming and ranching practices, was passed with similar per-centages. The measure will not result in any drastic changes, but is intended to block legal barriers for farmers and ranchers using modern farming practices.

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DECISION Obama, Dalrymple stay in office and North Dakota elects its first female U.S. Senator.

From top: Democrats Sen. Mac Schneider, Representative-elect Kylie Oversen and Rep. Cory Mock. All three won their respective state legislative seats. (Photos submitted.)

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ADDRESS President Kelley’s State of the University speech failed to ad-dress issues on the mind of students.

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After back-to-back election de-feats, the Republican Party must now decide how it will proceed forward and appeal to voters over the next four years. In five of the past six elec-tions the Democrats have won the popular vote. This is a fact that will concern conservatives, but the path back to the White House would be easier if the party softened its stance on social issues.

President Barack Obama nar-rowly won the popular vote and took the Electoral College with a bit more ease, yet it was clear that the president could have been defeated. The Re-publican Party’s biggest opportunity to win the 2012 election was by ham-mering away at Obama’s record when it came to the debt, jobs and the un-fortunate situation that occurred re-cently in Libya.

Despite this opportunity, Obama’s campaign was able to pin Governor Mitt Romney as a rich CEO out of touch with the American people; a man who would say whatever it took to get elected and had no core beliefs. The campaign was able to communi-cate to voters that if they put Rom-ney in power, they would be putting a party in power that had prominent members like Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock who both lost reelection bids in part because of controversial comments on sexual assault.

This is where the Republican Party needs to change. It needs to distance itself from the Tea Party movement, a movement that has largely floundered. It needs to con-sider leaving the abortion topic alone. That doesn’t mean tossing its pro-life stance into the trash, but going after

Roe v. Wade is going to immediately take away any voters who support a woman’s right to choose what she wants to do with her body.

I am not advocating for Repub-licans to steer away from their ideals and values on a highly controversial topic. There’s no question though that the Romney campaign took a stronger stance on the topic than the Bush administration, especially regarding Planned Parenthood. In 1999, when President George W. Bush was first running for president he declined to sign a pledge to defund Planned Parenthood, while Romney made no such pledge.

Throughout his eight years he never sought to defund Planned Parent-hood, whereas Romney was vehemently op-posed to it.

Taking such strong stances appeals to the core of the Re-publican base, but for those who don’t affiliate with a particular party or do only loosely, it may have been too strong of an action for voters to fathom.

Another highly debatable issue is same-sex marriage. Our country is slowly but surely trending in the direction of couples of the same-sex being able to marry. Minnesota voted against a ban on same-sex marriage. Marriage equality measures passed in Washington, Maine and Maryland.

Whether you like this or not, one day same-sex marriage will be legal in all of the United States. It may be a long while, but it is going to hap-pen. Republicans, although gener-ally against it, must recognize that the movement for marriage equality is only going to grow with younger generations.

This is another issue that Romney took a strong stance on. He support-

ed a Federal Marriage Amendment, which would define marriage between only monogamous heterosexual cou-ples in the U.S. Constitution. While this appeals to a core of Republicans, it once again could be a topic that will potentially steer away voters who don’t identify with either party.

Like abortion, the party should take a softer stance that doesn’t neces-sarily endorse same-sex marriage but doesn’t make it a main platform, or a backbone issue to deter would-be supporters who don’t feel marriage should be defined by the government or feel same-sex couples should have recognized marriages.

Taking less harsh views on social issues would appeal to a voter who would like to vote for a Re-publican candi-date, but is up in the air.

A n o t h e r change the Re-publican Party

needs to make is how it approaches minority populations. Romney only received 27 percent of the Hispanic vote according to CNN exit polls; 27 percent. That’s a decrease from Sena-tor John McCain’s 31 percent in 2008 and George W. Bush’s 44 percent in 2004.

Clearly the party is struggling to reach minorities and deliver its mes-sage in a convincing way.

A way of improving these num-bers in future elections would be to take another look at the party’s stance on immigration. Romney once said he would veto the DREAM Act, which provides a path to U.S. citizen-ship for illegal immigrants. This is an-other stance who may have been too strong for those that identify more in the middle.

The Republican Party has long

Party needs social changes

BRANDON BECkERTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

The Student Wellness Center was the polling place for precincts 21 and 22 in the 2012 elec-tion on Nov. 6. The building opened at 6 a.m. for voting and closed at 7 p.m. A large percent-age of voters in these precincts were students from UND.

[NICk PICHA] THEDAkOTASTUDENT

REFORM Party must tar-get young and unde-cided voters by taking different stance.

PARTY [page 6]

‘We are a long way from thinking about the next election, but the Republican Party needs to regroup.

Brandon Beckerstaff writer

Late last month, UND President Robert Kelley stood in front of several dozen faculty, staff and stu-dents to deliver his annual State of the University ad-dress. The speech was geared more toward an older crowd, addressing broad topics that will have a very positive impact on the future of the school.

Kelley continues to say he’s committed to provid-ing a top-notch education for UND students.

The entire university system is looking to raise ad-mission standards. This would help UND reaffirm its status as an elite state research school, and would bring in more money, which the school has pledged would translate into better faculty and facilities.

A new building is being constructed on the west side of 42nd Avenue to house the North Dakota Uni-versity System information technology offices and servers. This will help streamline administrative pro-cesses across the state, saving the NDUS money.

These are just a few of the projects that our uni-versity will see in the next five years that will have a fantastic impact on UND.

We would like to commend the hard work that our school’s administrators have done to secure the fu-ture of our university. Without their efforts — and the generous donations from a few distinguished alumni — we would not have the new Harold Hamm School of Geology, the Gorecki Alumni Center or the new Education building.

As a student, though, the address was a bit of a dis-appointment. Truly, it is nice to see the future of our school will be a bright one, but it is difficult to be ex-cited for the future when there are still so many things that need the attention of the administration now.

The sizes of our lecture classes continue to grow. Every semester, students expecting a place in a resi-dence hall are displaced due to overbooking. Parking on the east side of campus is still a nightmare, even after the parking ramp was constructed.

One bright note is that the planning process for Wilkerson Hall renovations are moving along, and students can expect concrete renderings of the project in the relatively near future.

But until we don’t have to fight tooth and nail for a place to park or a place to live, we’ll continue to regard everything the university does — including building shiny new alumni centers — with a critical eye.

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“Remember, remember the fifth of November…”

This is the opening of a tra-ditional poem that the Bishop of the Edenbridge Bonfire So-ciety recites before they set fire to the “Celebrity Guy,” a replica of a modern celebrity figure who has committed an act of specu-lation and scandal, named after Guy Fawkes. Fawkes was one of the conspirators of the infamous Gunpowder Plot.

Many of you may be aware of the Gunpowder Plot. It took place in 1605 in England which, in essence, was the plot created by Catholic Fawkes, which was aimed to overthrow the protes-tant British parliament by blow-ing up the infamous parliament building during its session on Nov. 5.

The plot failed because of a leak in secrecy and the conspira-tors were punished by death.

The part of the tale some of you may not be aware of is the an-nual tradition of the Edenbridge Bonfire Society. Each year this organization celebrates the un-covering of the Gunpowder Plot with many festivities and cel-ebrations throughout the United K i n g d o m — particu-larly in the town of Edenbridge.

Some of these festiv-ities include f i r e w o r k s , a proces-sion and the yearly ex-plosion of a modern “Celebrity Guy.”

The procession is led by a “Bonfire Bishop.” The torch lit procession snakes along the streets of the town, similar to a parade held in the States. The fi-nale includes a grand fireworks display, complete with excessive volume and explosions.

However, this is not the only facet of explosion that this inter-esting celebration includes.

Each year, a modern “Ce-lebrity Guy” is torched as a rep-resentation of the capturing of Guy Fawkes.

In past years, well-known torched figures have included Russell Brand and Katie Price — both for various scandals. This

year’s celeb-rity letdown was Lance Armstrong. A rms t rong has been a true cycling legend, but was recently stripped of his numer-ous Tour de France titles

due to drug convictions. The Society’s coordinator,

Charles Laver, had a bit to say about their decision to torch a replica of Armstrong.

“We had a shortlist which included Jimmy Savile,” La-ver said. “But it was decided it would not be nice to use him as a

lot of children attend the bonfire and they might start asking their parents questions.”

Savile was pegged with as-sault crimes to young girls.

The Edenbridge Society has donated large sums of money to various charities through this celebration. Their intentions are in the right place, but I feel the recent itinerary has taken a dis-respectful turn.

“Remember, remember, the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot, I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.” These open-ing lines of the “Bishop’s” poem signify the importance of that historical day for many British citizens.

While I fully understand the importance of national pride, I feel this assembly can be inter-preted in a negative manner.

The simple use of a “Bon-fire Bishop” is degrading to the Catholic Church. I feel a more appropriate title should be con-sidered. A bishop is meant to be a leader within the Catholic Church, representing the full-ness of priesthood and the au-

thority of a diocese. Using the name for a figure that intends to torch a corrupt and infamous newsworthy celebrity seems un-ethical.

It might be all fun and games to set fire to a disgraceful na-tional figure, and many — if not all — celebrities who are repri-manded in the media have done something to deserve it.

Even with this in mind, it may be a more constructive de-cision to celebrate the nation instead of spotlighting its errors.

Each nation is entitled to its own form of remembrance. This celebration is comparative to remembering 9/11 here in the U.S., a day of recognition to re-member a violent act against the nation.

While I understand the choice to celebrate that Nov. 5 with festivities, I do not feel it is necessary to evolve it into a tradition of destruction toward celebrity figures or the embodi-ment of religious authorities.

NOVEMBER Gunpow-der Plot remembered through bizarre and harsh traditions.

MARY OCHSTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

‘It may be a more con-structive decision to celebrate the nation instead of spotlight-ing its errors.

Mary Ochsstaff writer

Mary Ochs is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be

reached at mary.ochs@my.und.edu

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Hate has no place at UND

Hate is not OK.The concept is that simple.

Hate is a word, an idea and a con-cept based upon pushing others down, demeaning their beliefs and attempting to censor their words.

The Da-kota Student has seen hate in the past, it sees it in the present and it will continue to see hate in the future.

When I was a child, hate was one of the banned words in my household. It stood alongside the swear words of the English lan-guage and was taboo anywhere near my mother. To this day, when I say the word hate, I think of my mom’s words: “Hate is a strong word,” and I think of a different term to use.

Journalism was never cre-ated to appease everyone. Heck, it wasn’t even created to please one person. Journalism was created to spread messages, movements and change. Newspapers such as The Dakota Student are in existence to spread news and beliefs. We, as editors, pride ourselves on creating a publication that not only informs students about the happenings at UND, but also sparks discussion, creativity and a student voice.

It is not unusual for students to

disagree with the opinions written in this section of the student news-paper, and it is not unusual for us to receive feedback from students regarding our columns — that’s why we always include our email addresses at the conclusion of the piece.

Feedback is fantastic. I love get-ting feedback from my readers. Just recently, I had a student from the University of St. Thomas thank-ing me for writing the piece on my experience as a transfer student. Feedback like that is amazing to see

in my inbox, but that’s not always what we find.

H a t e mail is never okay. DS staff writers are students too and we have o p i n i o n s , emotions and

ideas just as any other student has on this campus; the only difference is that we have a medium to speak out in print. I think that readers sometimes forget that we sit along-side them in classrooms and eat a table away in the cafeteria.

With education comes learn-ing, and that is something The Da-kota Students gives all of its writers: the opportunity to learn. We are not perfect; we make mistakes, we miss spelling errors and we some-times word our opinions in a way that can be misconstrued.

But the best reason for estab-lishing a student-run newspaper at a university such as UND is to allow students to learn the funda-mentals of journalism, business and the power of the written word.

The Dakota Student is an op-portunity that welcomes writers of all backgrounds and abilities.

We urge our writers to step up and take a risk once in awhile to spark discussion and ideas, but we never encourage the spread of hate or words which could lead to violence or harm one’s reputation.

The hate needs to stop. Think for a moment if it were

you receiving hate mail for some-thing you believed in … how would you feel? Wouldn’t you also believe you have the freedom to say something you believe in whether verbally or in written form?

This is exactly why newspa-pers and print publications publish letters to the editor; we want the voices of our readers to be heard. But when we receive something that belittles our work, our beliefs or even our dignity, it is not worth anyone’s time because it was in-tended to hurt another individual.

We never write columns with the intent to hurt another.

Young people have always had a strong belief system surrounding the freedom of speech and free-dom of the press as we saw dur-ing the civil rights movement and the protests against the Vietnam War. Those are two examples of movements that were launched by America’s youth.

So why do young people sud-denly wish for the silence of those who speak out in such ways? Why would anyone wish for the cen-sorship of one of UND’s longest standing student-run organiza-tions?

As America’s youth, we need to stand up for what we believe in, keep pushing to change the path of our nation and preserve our rights.

You wouldn’t burn a book, so why silence the press?

RESPECT Freedom of the press should be respected and upheld at universities.

CHRISTEN FURLONgTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

Christen Furlong is the manag-ing/opinion editor of The Dakota Student. She can be reached at

christen.furlong@my.und.edu

‘With education comes learning, and that is something The Dakota Student gives all its writers ...

Christen Furlongmanaging/opinion editor

Importance of being a voter

I’m 23-years-old and before Tuesday night, I had never voted.

I’d always convinced myself throughout my late teen years that politics was a silly chess game people played and none of it ever mattered.

It was only this past year that I’ve actually started to care about politics. But why?

For years I believed that it didn’t matter, that I was too young for poli-tics and nothing they did would ever affect me.

But then I saw it affect the peo-ple around me as I’ve begun to reach the end of my college education. I’ve seen close friends struggle to pay for school, and I’ve seen students leave college and spend months trying to find a job.

I’ve now realized how much my voice matters and how politics are ac-tually affecting my life unlike when I was young. I was once the person who scoffed at those obsessing over what politician said what, but now I find myself becoming enraged at those few students walking past in the Student Wellness Center com-menting, “I don’t care about this stuff,” as I stood in line for over an hour to cast my vote.

How can one not care about who runs our country, who sits in the senate seat and who represents the states in the House?

I heatedly watched all the de-bates with my friends, yelling and laughing at the TV all the same. I

constantly updated my Twitter feed with political statements and ram-blings.

After casting my vote, I found myself at the democratic-elect party and while I enjoyed the company of others who shared the same political beliefs as myself, I could not take my eyes away from the election coverage.

I had a newfound respect for my country in the sense that I was able to be a deciding factor in choosing my president; I saw an America torn that night as I saw the states turn be-tween one of two colors.

It wasn’t as simple as choosing a leader; it was a war. I saw arguments, as stupid as they were, break out on Facebook and Twitter, and I saw peo-ple cheer when they heard the other side had lost.

I will admit it was amazing to see the person I voted for win the elec-tion, but it also opened my eyes to a divided America. I may have cheered as President Barack Obama reached the 270 electoral vote mark, but I know there were hundreds of thou-sands of people cursing at the news.

If I could go back in time and tell my younger self that I would re-fuse to go to bed until after the elect-ed president gave his victory speech at 1 a.m., I would have laughed and said it’s a lie.

But there I was, sitting on the couch, tired and drained from a long day and refusing to go to bed until I saw Obama inspire the nation.

While my first experience as a voter showed me how un-united our country truly is, it gave me a new sense of purpose as a citizen and re-inforced the importance of my voice, as small as it may be.

POLLS First-time voter highlights experience of writing in a ballot for his country.

VICTOR CORREATHEDAKOTASTUDENT

Victor Correa is the web editor of The Dakota Student. He can be

reached at victor.correa@my.und.edu

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@my.und.edu

Interesting twist in Va. senate race

With nearly every precinct re-ported in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Democratic candidate Timothy Kaine has defeated Re-publican George Allen for a seat in the United States Senate. Kaine earned 52.07 percent of the vote, while Allen earned 47.13 percent.

For you math whizzes out there, that means there is more than three-quarters of a percent missing. Clearly, those votes go to the write-ins.

Why do I bring up only 0.78 percent of the vote? Because I don’t think the big news of this race is Kaine’s victory.

No, I think the cat that ran against them is much more inter-esting.

Yes, you read that right. Hank the Cat launched a social media campaign, advocating for bipar-tisanship and animal rights, in hopes of being elected the first feline Senator in our country’s history. Hank did not disappoint, earning the majority of the 29,121 write-in votes counted in Virginia.

The nine-year-old Maine Coon cat even had a 30-second television ad, along with numer-ous posters, lawn signs and a soft-ball team sponsorship (Hank’s Hitters). The “Canines for a Fe-line Free Tomorrow Super PAC” responded to Hank’s efforts with a smear video, criticizing the candi-date for never serving in the mili-tary or disclosing tax records.

One week before the elec-tion, Hank had more likes on his Facebook page than Kaine’s page; if this isn’t an indication of some-thing bigger, I don’t know what is.

A side note: Hank is not eli-gible to serve as a U.S. Senator. You must be 30 years old to do so — but he’d have a good case dis-puting this, as he is 63 in cat years.

FELINE Cat makes a run for senate in Virgin-ia and receives nearly 30,000 votes.

RObb JEFFRIEsTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

Hank isn’t even the first cat to venture into the political spectrum with success, or even the only cat to run this year. Stubbs, a part-Manx cat became the mayor of Ta l k e e t n a , Alaska, af-ter beating out human competition in a write-in c a m p a i g n . The residents of Talkeetna have praised Mayor Stubbs, crediting him for the boom in tourism reve-nue the town at the base of Mount McKinley has seen in his 15 years in office.

Our neighbors to the north are

also getting into the spirit. Tuxedo Stan is a cat running for the May-or of Halifax, Nova Scotia, while

Genny the Dog is run-ning for a seat in the Canadi-an parliament.

G o i n g back to the Roman Em-pire, there have been ani-mals as public servants. Ro-

man Emperor Caligula appointed his favorite horse, Incitatus, as a consul on the Roman senate.

These animals running in po-litical races are not just cheeky fun, they are a clear sign people are not happy with the current

political structure. Thousands of people voted for a cat to be a sena-tor. How freaking insane is that? People are fed up enough with the lying, bickering, double-speak and hypocrisy that they voted for a being that is incapable of speech, and I am right there with them.

I am a journalist that is dedi-cated to delivering fair, accurate and unbiased news to the public. Expressing my political beliefs removes that veil, but I have to break my silence.

Even though the election is over, I’m with Hank.

‘Thousands of people voted for a cat to be a senator. How freak-ing insane is that?

Robb Jeffrieseditor-in-chief

Hank the Cat ran for U.S. senate in the state of Virginia solely using social media and the Internet to spread his campaign. He reached nearly 30,000 write-in votes on Nov. 6. Graphic courtesy of the Hank for Senate Campaign.

held an image of rich, old, white guys running the show. It’s an im-age that will likely continue to stick, but there are ways to combat this going forward. One of the big-gest things the party can do is elect a minority candidate or someone young to be its nominee in 2016.

Choosing McCain, who was 72-years-old in 2008 and Rom-ney, who is 65-years-old may not have been the wisest decisions in hindsight. Republicans need a bright young star to lead the party like Obama did for Democrats in 2008. Obama invigorated the youth in 2008 and the Republi-cans need a candidate to do the same in 2016.

We are a long way from think-ing about the next election, but the Republican Party needs to re-group. Republicans can’t rely on Obama having another four so-so years to ride them into the White House next time around.

I’ve long said if you take social issues off the table, the Republican Party has an advantage over Dem-ocrats. Unfortunately for Republi-cans, that is not the case.

Before I close, I want to make a point that this was not meant as a Republican bashing article. If the Democrats were coming off back-to-back election losses like they were before Obama was elected in 2008, I would have wrote it about what changes they need to make.

Both parties have flaws. The Democratic Party will need a strong four years with Obama back in office. Cutting back on spending and being more fiscally responsible is something the party must do in order to have a chance at retaining the oval office in 2016.

Thankfully, the election is over and we can all go back to being friends. Instead of arguing over Facebook, we can go back to post-ing pictures of what we had for lunch. It’s important to remember that at the end of the day we are on the same team.

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Campus BriefsUND to take part in ‘Wellness Week’

UND’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences is spon-soring “Joining Forces Wellness Week” from Nov. 12 through 16 as a joint effort with the As-sociation of American Medical Colleges.

The program was created by first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden. Their motiva-tion is to bring Americans to-gether to “recognize, honor and take action to support vet-erans and military families dur-ing their service to our country and throughout their lives,” according to a UND press re-lease.

The goal of the week is to raise awareness about the medi-cal needs of veterans along with active members of the military

these events for classroom use at UND and other schools.

UND student as-sociation hosts food donation drive

Struggling kids in the Grand Forks area could be get-ting some help, as the UND Nonprofit Leadership Student Association is working with the Great Plains Food Bank, Northlands Rescue Mission, Hugo’s and the Greater Grand Forks Community Theatre to college food for the Kids Plus Program.

The Kids Plus Program supplies students with free and reduced-price school lunches with food at home of long weekends and holidays. They aim to assist more than 100 students in the Grand Forks area.

Donations are being ac-cepted at all Hugo’s location and productions of the chil-dren’s production of The Little Mermaid at the GGFCT Fire Hall Theatre Nov. 1 through 11.

Donations should be pea-nut and tree-nut free and non-perishable.

The NLSA “provides social and cultural opportunities for its members, as well as prepar-ing students for careers in non-profit leadership, according to a UND press release.

and their families. It also aims to increase the role that medical schools play in serving the com-munity.

More than 100 members of AAMC are participating in the Joining Forces week, when they will focus on issues specific to those in or tied to the U.S. mili-tary; these issues include post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.

The AAMC is a non-profit organization that represents 138 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools along with hundreds of teaching hospi-tals and health systems.

UND professors to livecast solar eclipse from Australia

Two UND professors are scheduled to travel to Australia

soon to webcast a solar eclipse.Physics and Astrophysics pro-

fessor Timothy Young and Com-puter Science professor Ronald Marsh will share a live webcast of a solar eclipse from Cairns, Australia. While there, they will

also include a chat room where viewers can ask questions of the UND team during the event.

The UND eclipse team, called the Sun Earth Moon Sys-tem team, will leave Saturday to arrive in Australia in enough time to see the total eclipse which will start at 2 p.m. central time Nov. 13.

Total solar eclipses can only be seen by those within the eclipses path, which covers a very limited amount of space. Totality occurs only for a very brief peri-od of time — in the case of Nov. 13 it will last only two minutes, five seconds — and is when the sun’s corona, which is a halo of white light surrounding the dark outline of the moon, is visible.

SEMS’s first eclipse webcast took place in 2006 from Anoto-lia, Turkey. The team also records

Pictured: 2009 solar eclipse. Photo courtesy UND web-site, taken by UND Associate Professor of Physics and Astrophysics Tim Young.

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progress.”Lucke said changes in programs,

traffic flow and events all have an im-pact on how campus parking works.

Recently, for instance, parking at Clifford Hall was disrupted from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 because of repairs needed on the steam line that brings heat to buildings in the western campus.

She also said there is a correla-tion to student body growth. One of the main challenges with countering these problems is money.

“Maintaining and improving lots is very expensive,” she said.

See-Rockers said he thinks cam-pus parking is both tough and pricey.

“Campus parking is not conve-

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nient at all,” he said. “They leave you no choice but to buy a parking permit that is really expensive.”

See-Rockers said he thinks stu-dent fees are high enough to cover parking permits for students. He does, however, understand the park-ing office’s dilemma.

“Their job is tough,” he said. “Ev-eryone thinks that they should be able to get out of a ticket, which, in fact, they can’t.”

Lucke said she knows parking on campus is distressing for many.

“It seems like talking about park-ing always generates negativity.” she said. “It’s my goal to turn that around before I retire.”

Cecilie Engeseth is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be

reached at cecilie.engeseth@my.und.edu

Weed webinar set for Thurs.

UND staff are trying to set a high standard for their students.

A free webinar discussing new research showing a link between long-term marijuana use and cognitive impairment is scheduled to take place Thurs-day from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in Room 5520 of UND’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Titled “Marijuana Science and Strategies for Community Coalitions,” the webinar is set to be hosted by UND’s Alcohol and Other Drugs Committee, with a national sponsorship by the Community Anti-Drug Co-alitions of America.

“The tricky thing is there’s not a lot of research yet, so stu-dents tend to assume marijuana’s not that bad,” UND AOD co-chair Becky Lamboley said.

Recently published in “Pro-ceedings of the National Acad-emy of Sciences,” the research discussed during the event will show that persistent marijuana use can reduce the IQ scores of

GRASS Marijuana use isn’t harmless, accord-ing to campus drug committee.

JAye mIllSPAuGhTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

users by as many as eight points, putting them in the bottom third of the intelligence range.

According to Lamboley, long-term use of marijuana — especially modern strains — can also lead to anxiety, paranoia and schizophrenia. The product is seven to 10 times stronger today than it was during the 1970’s, when it first became pop-ular, she said.

Me d i c a l marijuana is no exception. This will be e l a b o r a t e d on during the webinar, along with possibi l i t ies of what might happen if the drug were legalized nationally.

Lamboley said within a year of medical marijuana’s legaliza-tion in California, “all 900” dis-tributors had to be shut down due to violence that occurred while people were on the drug.

According to sources for The New York Times, about 650 of the 1,400 distributors active in October 2011 have been shut down.

“Supporters of medical mari-juana say that it feels good for a

little bit, but it hurts them in the long run,” Lamboley said.

According to a survey by the American College Health Asso-ciation released earlier this year, approximately 7.7 percent of UND students who responded had used marijuana at some point within the last 30 days, up from 5.6 percent last year but

below the national av-erage of 15.9 percent of college stu-dents.

“ M a r i -juana is a concern on our campus, as it is in the c o m m u n i t y

and across the nation,” UND AOD co-chair Jane Croeker said. “We want to help students understand the negative effects which can prevent them from reaching their personal and aca-demic goals. That’s the main reason why we are hosting this webinar.”

Presenters at the event will include: Dr. Susan Weiss from the National Institute on Drug Abuse; Kevin Sabet, an assistant professor at the University of Florida’s College of Medicine, and Sue Thau from CADCA.

Rhonda Ramsey Molina, also from CADCA, will moderate.

“I’m very excited because the presenters and researchers are very credible,” Lamboley said.

Participants also will hear arguments for why communities should care about marijuana use and how they can engage others to address the issue.

“The biggest thing we’re try-ing to battle is misconceptions about the drug,” Lamboley said.

Despite the concern, Croek-er hates to see UND students negatively stereotyped.

“Although most UND stu-dents are making very smart choices, marijuana use is increas-ing nationally and the trend is showing up on our campus too, which is why we feel the need to host this webinar,” Croeker said.

Tim Blakeley, manager of Sunset Junction medical mar-ijuana dispensary in California, holds marijuana buds. Image courtesy Kevork Djansezian for Getty Images via Boston.com.

‘The biggest thing we’re trying to battle is misconceptions about the drug.

Becky LamboleyUND AOD co-chair

Jaye Millspaugh is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be

reached at jaye.millspaugh.2@my.und.edu

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Dark wood floors pol-ished until they reflect the light off the white walls that surround the entire room is what makes the artwork brought to the UND Mu-seum of Art stand out.

The simplicity of the main gallery makes all the exhibits it has the focal point of the room.

The most recent collec-tion, brought to the museum Oct. 28, is “Todd Herbert: A Survey.” Hebert’s artwork is not something the ob-server must sit and ponder and draw his or her own conclusions about. Hebert’s artwork is instantly recogniz-able and almost every piece is something people can draw a connection to.

“We have used some of his pieces in the past in our auctions, and so several people in the community

own pieces of his,” Sue Fink, director of education at the museum, said. “Artists nor-mally don’t help us hang the pieces and install the show, but Hebert did. He put his pieces distant from each other I be-lieve so that you would not be distracted by anything else but the immediate picture you are looking at.”

Hebert is a N.D. native, born in Valley City and spent his early life in McHenry, N.D.

Herbert took an interest in art early on in high school, taking classes from his instruc-tor Michael Dunn.

Herber t said in a press release about the exhibit, “He ( D u n n ) taught me to observe and work with great precision, some-thing that is still important in my paintings and drawings.”

After high school Herbert attended UND where he con-tinued taking art classes. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and drawing. He went on to study at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Since his schooling Herbert

Drawing back on North Dakota roots

KATIE FLETCHERTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

ART N.D. native returns to his roots to share his artistic take on simple things in life.

has lived in Texas, California and New York.

Although he has moved to different states, he kept the ba-sis behind his artwork rooted in North Dakota. His artwork captures the small town life-style.

His pieces include acrylic, colored pencil and pastel on paper and canvas. The art-work displays objects such as jack-o-lantern candy buckets, snowmen, sparklers, baseballs, wooden picnic benches, raked leaves and others.

“ H e uses acrylic p a i n t i n g and most of it is air-brush, a tool where paint is sprayed on the canvas,” Fink said.

“It’s a way to get super fine, re-alistic edges and it’s not a typi-cal technique that artists use.”

The overall collection of objects incorporated in Her-bert’s work encompass the All-American values and made sug-gestions to common features of holiday seasons with the snow-man, jack-o-lantern, leaves and sparkler.

“A lot of his work has to do with f o c u s , ” F i n k s a i d . “His works display the m u n d a n e things in life, like a s n o w m a n as an icon of winter, or every-day items like a bot-

tle of water — items we don’t put any investigation into, but rather we just accept they are there.”

Other interesting objects he uses as focal points in his paintings include the owl many purchase to keep pestering birds away from their house, dew-ridden cobwebs and an unlabeled water bottle. These familiar objects allow people to understand the simple aspects of life Hebert wishes to capture with his art.

“I am a painter myself, so I love to see techniques from art-ists address a same subject mat-ter I would potentially paint,” Fink said.

Another aspect that stays consistent throughout Hebert’s work is his use of focus to cre-ate depth with his drawings,

as well as the use of light and dark.

“He plays with focus, al-most like you are looking through a cam-era,” Fink said. “He makes his items in focus and out of fo-

Todd Hebert uses shading and airbrush features to make the drawings have a photographic quality. This piece is called “Around Noon,” 2004, Acrylic on can-vas over panel. Photos courtesy of Brian Lofthus, as-sistant director N.D. Museum of Art.

‘He plays with focus, almost like you are looking through a camera.

Sue Finkdirector of education NDMoA

cus. By using this technique Hebert takes iconic items and makes us look at them more closely or in a different way.”

Last summer Hebert was offered a position at UND to teach painting and draw-ing classes.

“He wanted to move back and raise his children here where he grew up,” Fink said. “It was a good welcome back to North Dakota, we are a state that has a diffi-culty keeping people and so we would like to invite this up and coming artist back.”

The result of Herbert’s compiled work of 13 years was brought to the N.D. Museum of Art. It can be viewed until Jan. 20. The Museum hours are weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and week-ends 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Museum Shop is also open during these hours.

For more information, call (701) 777-4195 or visit www.ndmoa.com.

Katie Fletcher is the features ed-itor of the The Dakota Student.

She can be reached at katelyn.fl etcher@my.und.edu

The seasons are a theme Hebert incorporated into his art. The jack-o-lantern (above) and the 4th of July sparkler (right) are two examples. Photo above courtesy of Brian Lofthus, assistant director N.D. Museum of Art. Picture on the right by Brittany Arndt.

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UND’s Steel Pan Ensemble performed under the direction of Michael Blake on Monday, at the Chester Fritz Audito-rium. Blake is a professor of applied percussion and the di-rector of jazz studies at UND.

UND President Robert Kelley and his wife Marsha Kelly, UND students and members of the general public attended the performance.

“This is the fourth time we’ve played this semester,” Blake said. “I’ve been bragging it up — you know the choir’s going to Cuba, the band’s go-ing to Seattle and we went to Langdon, N.D.”

UND’s Steel Drum Band was formed in 1999 and has

since become a popular mu-sical attraction in the Grand Forks area.

“I marvel at the way they go from one instrument to an-other,” said one long time con-cert-goer, Dorothy Jerak said. “They’re good — they’re really, really good.”

“I didn’t expect to get in-volved with something like this when I came to UND,” senior Emily Blackmer said, a native of Washington. “I mean, steel drum band in the middle of North Dakota? It’s just been a really great experi-ence and privilege — it’s a lot of fun and there are a lot of re-ally good people involved.”

“This ensemble meets for 50 minutes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday,” Blake said. “They’re a great group and I feel really blessed to be able to count the tunes off.”

The concert opened with “Bee’s Melody,” one of 2,000 calypsos written by Aldwyn Roberts, and the Cuban tune “Lindo Cha-Cha” by Andrew

JOY JACOBSONTHEDAKOTASTUDENT

PERFORM Thirteen-year-old UND ensem-ble performs with steel pan instruments.

Band brings an exotic sound to the stage

Lazarao, featuring Austin Winger on lead pan and Bran-don Hettwer on the congas.

Following were Liam Teague’s arrangement of “Imagine” by John Lennon; Murray Mast’s arrangement of “Barbara” by Austin Lyons, fea-turing Jenson on the drum set; the Jamai-can number “ Inspec tor 8” by Brian Nozny; and David Bill-man’s ar-r angement of the jazz tune “Soul Sauce” by Dizzie Gil-lespie, featuring Blake on ma-rimba, Winger on the congas and Daniel Johnston on the drum set.

Next, the ensemble per-formed Christopher Gable’s arrangement of “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” by Sting.

“Gable is one of the 30

composition teachers at the university,” Blake said.

Kelley and several volun-teers joined the group on stage for their concluding piece, “Rant and Rave” by Christo-

pher Her-bert.

T h e band in-c l u d e d B l a c k n e r and North D a k o t a n s Jo h n s t o n , K r i s t e n C a n h a m , Leah Ent-

zel, Nathan Hemming, Alec Hepper, Hettwer, Phil Jensen, Eric Timian and Winger and Minnesotans Sarah Sevenber-gen and Jill Useldinger.

‘It’s just been a really great experience and privilege — it’s a lot of fun.

Emily BlackmerUND senior

UND formed a steel pan ensemble in 1999 and plays a variety of music from jazz tunes to Christopher Gable’s “Every Little Thing she does is Magic.” This was their fourth performance of the semester. Photos by Joy Jacobson.

Joy Jacobson is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be

reached at joy.jacobson@my.und.edu

Community members and students attended the concert support family and friends or attended out of a general interest in the sound of the steel pans.

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Manners taught as dinner is served

The North Dakota Museum of Art hosted 66 students who for $10 could learn how eti-quette and dress can influence prospective employers during the “etiquette dinner” Monday night.

The dinner, put on once a semester by UND Career Ser-vices, featured a four course meal after a presentation by Tracy Kovar.

The pre-s e n t a t i o n featured ba-sic rules and tips on how to dress and behave in a professional dinner set-ting.

K o v a r , who teach-es a Personal Marketing class at UND, is well versed on the meaning of etiquette.

“Its importance is invalu-able,” she said. “We use it in every aspect of life.”

This was Kovar’s third time speaking at the dinner. She worked with Career Services during the professional dress event Oct. 22, which is also held

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ETIQUETTE Students learn how behavior at the table can influ-ence employment.

once a semester.Kovar speaks at these events

to give students a heads up be-fore they go into their career field.

“I enjoy reminding students how to set themselves apart (from others) and helping them prepare for the professional world,” she said. “Manners are forgotten in most instances.”

Kovar’s presentation went over the basic do’s and don’ts of etiquette. Those in attendance were reminded of basic table manners, such as how to fold a napkin and not to talk with food in their mouth, but some lesser known rules were discussed.

For instance, the host of a dinner is always to be seated to the left of the guest of honor. Placing one’s fork and knife on

the lower right edge of the plate indicates to the server that you’re done with your meal.

S i l v e r -ware is ar-ranged so that diners

use it from the outside in. The soup spoon and salad fork are placed furthest from the dinner plate, with forks and knives for the entrees placed further in. Wine glasses are placed at the top right corner of the plate, just beside the dessert cutlery, which is directly in front of the plate.

After Kovar’s presentation,

dinner was served. Asparagus soup and salad were brought out first, followed by vegetable pasta. Chicken and beef were offered as a main entrée and ba-nanas foster was served for des-sert.

Lynn Lee, events coordina-tor at UND Career Services, says that a turnout of over 60 students is typical for dinners like these.

“In the past we have had as many as 120 students,” she said. “We started out having it at the Union Ballroom as a luncheon.”

Ilene Odegard, interim di-rector of Career Services, thinks that these dinners and presenta-

tions help students in a bigger way than just telling them how to behave.

“It’s part of the whole pack-age for their professional devel-opment,” she said. “One thing (Kovar) does is, before every class starts, she asks (students) what current events are going on. She gets them to look at websites and newspapers so they have some basis for conversa-tion.”

Dinner conversation was an-other thing Kovar talked about. Taboo topics include religion, sex and partisan politics. Stu-dents were encouraged to have two or three stories about them-

selves to tell at the dinner table as well as during an interview.

In some instances, Kovar said, an interview will take place over lunch or dinner. Honing conversation skills, among other smaller skills, can make the dif-ference between getting a job and being turned down.

“Manners can show strong personal presence and leave a lasting impression,” she said. “They really give you confi-dence and allow you to be com-fortable in any situation.”

The biannual etiquette dinner was held at the North Dakota Museum of Art Monday night. The night included tips on how to properly set the table, appropriate dinner conversation and seating arrangements. The museum hosted 66 students who each received a four course meal. Photo by Cole Britton.

A study done by the Uni-versity of Kentucky has shown that ADHD prescription drugs like Adderall are ille-gally used on college campuses as a sort of “smart” drug to improve their concentration before tests.

These drugs are often used without the consideration of the side effects, which can in-clude addiction and, in severe cases, death.

The Strong Institute, a leader in auditory brain stimu-lation programs, has come up with a solution to counteract the use of illicit “brain” drugs.

The institute, founded in 1944, has been primar-ily known for their work with people suffering from autism

and similar disorders. The in-stitute boasts their mission is to utilize technology and data to research and develop audi-tory brain stimulation.

Brain Shift Radio devel-oped by Strong Institute has created a new form of brain stimulation that will help students improve their focus without the use of drugs.

In a press release, Strong Institute dubbed Brain Shift Radio as a “Rhythmic Enter-tainment Intervention” claim-ing has been proven to be more than twice as effective as 20mg of Ritalin for focusing.

Other studies have shown that there were improvements in anxiety and sleep.

“Brain Shift Radio is an innovation that could very well disrupt the status quo of campus illicit drug use,” Jeff Strong, cofounder of Brain Shift Radio, said in a press re-lease. “It is proven to improve focus. And it is non-addictive, has no side effects and does not induce habituation.”

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Cole Britton is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be

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Tracy KovarUND etiquette instructor

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UND topples Mayville St.

Senior guard Nicole Smart (right) fires off a jumper over Mayville State’s Marcissa McMillan (33) and Erica Henrikson (35). Smart dropped 12 points on the Comets in Tuesday night’s win.

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HALFTIME North Dakota surges after the break to bury the Comets in the second half.

The UND women’s basket-ball team took on Mayville State, winning 79-58 on Tuesday in their second of two exhibition games this season.

“We just knew that we need-ed to take care of business, you know, that wasn’t the style of ball that we should be playing at,” junior forward Madi Buck said. “You know we can’t play down to team’s levels like that, we always have to play above who we’re playing against and play North Dakota basketball. I just think that the energy, the tempo got picked up, we just kind of settled in a little more.”

Buck lead the team with 22 points in the game, helping North Dakota get the lead.

There were three other play-ers that had a double-digit night as well — sophomore Brianna Williams (12), senior Nicole Smart (12) and junior Megan Lauck (11).

UND began the game from behind as Mayville got off to a fast start. The Green and White didn’t get their first lead of the game until nearly halftime — eventually ending the half on top.

“We had a shaky first half, and you know we can’t have that

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against other teams that we have coming up in our future,” Buck said. “I was a little jumpy, a little shaky maybe right away and you know that’s not the kind of player I am, so it was frustrating when I was missing those easy lay-ups and stuff, but (UND Coach Tra-vis Brewster) just kinda took me aside, and my teammates really helped me, encouraging me, so I think that I responded well to that.”

North Dakota started the second half out with 13 straight points, and would never look back from there as Mayville’s presence started to fade.

“The big thing first in the sec-ond half was just we moved the ball a little bit better, of course we got some more turnovers out of the deal, but we started to get the ball in the middle of that zone, we started making some easy buck-ets,” Brewster said, “It’s good to see that we can put it together a little bit, you know we can’t come out like that against Harvard, absolutely not. You know, slow starts, that’s going to be tough and we have to figure out a way to get over that.”

UND will take on Harvard this coming Sunday in Grand Forks at 2 p.m. for their first reg-ular season game of the year.

UND will be the Crimson’s second game of the season after they take on NDSU tonight at the Bison Sports Arena.

Mariah Holland is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be

reached at mariah.holland@my.und.edu

The UND women’s volley-ball team traveled to Greeley, Colo., Monday where they fell to Northern Colorado after five sets (3-2).

UND went into the night ready to take on the defending Big Sky Conference champions. The Bears sat fourth in the con-ference standings and already had clinched their postseason spot before Monday nights game.

North Dakota falls in five sets

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RANKINGS North Da-kota sits in fifth place in the Big Sky, yet to clinch postseason birth.

After a first set loss of 19-25, the UND women would come back taking the next two sets 25-23 and 25-19.

In the fourth set, UNC took control early and didn’t look back, winning the set 25-18.

As the deciding set got un-derway, things were fairly even until the Bears went on a game-ending six point run.

“Good volleyball was played on both sides of the net tonight,” UND coach Ashley Hardee said. “UNC got the momentum from us in the fourth set and we weren’t able to get it back.”

UNC’s Tambre Haddock re-corded a double-double; with a match high 19 kills, hitting .246, and 14 digs. Teammate Kelley Arnold was not far behind her in

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Big start at Kansas St.

North Dakota senior Jordan Allard (left) will be looked to for leadership in his final season in a UND jersey.

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North Dakota will travel to Manhattan, Kans., tonight to face-off against a Big 12 Confer-ence basketball powerhouse — Kansas State.

Both teams are going to be experiencing something new this year; for the Wildcats, that change is coming from their new head coach, Bruce Weber. Weber has an impressive resume com-ing into KSU. In his coaching career he has 5 conference titles, 3 Sweet Sixteen wins, an appear-ance in the 2005 NCAA Bas-ketball National Championship [FILE PHOTO] THEDAKOTASTUDENT

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Game, and well over 300 wins.“I could not be more excited

about the opportunity that has presented itself here at K-State,” Weber said at a press conference in Manhattan, Kan. “I’m happy to come to a place that has a great tradition.”

Weber was the coach for Il-linois before accepting the head coach position at KSU. While coaching at Illinois, he saw his squad to a school-record 37 wins in the 2004-05 season; the year he went up against the North Carolina Tarheels in the Nation-al Championship.

As for North Dakota, some talented off-season recruits can be sure to help out UND’s al-ready stacked roster.

One of the new players to expect a lot from, Jaron Nash, transferred to UND this off-sea-son to play his junior and senior years for the Green and White. Nash played his first two years of college basketball for Texas Tech, another Big 12 school with a decorated history. Nash has seen what it’s like to play on a big stage and we will see his talents go to work in a UND jersey.

The other changes surround-ing UND are similar to what the football, volleyball and women’s soccer teams have all had to un-dergo this year; adjusting to the new style of play in the Big Sky Conference. Back-to-back Great West Champions, North Dakota will undoubtedly face some chal-lenges as the season gets under-way.

“Our goals are to come right in and compete for the Big Sky title and postseason play,” UND coach Brian Jones said. “We know where we are viewed, but we also know there is a lot of work to do between now and March.”

The “viewed” that Jones mentioned came from the pre-season polls that were released in October. Big Sky coaches picked the Green and White to finish among the top half of the con-ference at a comfortable fourth place. The media slightly dis-agrees, however, putting UND

SEASON FROM PAGE [13] in the sixth place position.

“I’m just glad that we are fi-nally here in the Big Sky,” Jones said. “We have played some of these teams before and we know how far we have to go.”

Jones also added he is confi-dent North Dakota can compete and has the ability to be a real threat toward the end of the sea-son.

UND starts the season off with a tough challenge; contain-ing Kansas State. Weber’s team in Illinois has averaged 70 points per game in five of his nine sea-sons as head coach. Kansas State had a total of 2,343 points last season, on their way to a 22-11 record.

UND’s defense gave up 2,141 points last season, as they finished with a 17-15 record and a Great West Tournament cham-pionship.

Last year on the road, UND went a dismal 2-14. KSU fin-ished with a strong 12-4 home record, usually beating teams by double-digit margins. Their average attendance last year was around 12,800, providing the Wildcats with a strong home-field advantage.

This is the second year in a row that the Green and White will play a Big 12 team of this caliber. Last year, UND traveled to Lawrence, Kan., to play a Jay-hawks team that would be the eventual national runner-up.

As UND begins to make a name for itself among the ranks of NCAA Division I, they will start facing tougher challenges. Along with Kansas State, the Green and White will face other large schools this season, includ-ing the University of Hawaii and the University of Northern Iowa.

UND looks to forget their road record from last season tonight against a team that has made the NCAA March Mad-ness brackets almost every year for the past five years. Tipoff is at 8 p.m. at the Bramlage Coli-seum in Manhattan, Kan.

Patrick Cavanaugh is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can

be reached at patrick.cavanaugh@my.und.edu

In the past ten years, UND has failed to claim a Friday night victory over the St. Cloud State Huskies while playing in St. Cloud.

This weekend, the team will attempt to erase that statistic as they travel to St. Cloud to once again take on the Huskies in their second WCHA regular sea-son series.

Sitting at the top of the rankings, St. Cloud State boasts a 3-1-0 WCHA record, while North Dakota’s number seven spot is a re-minder of their 1-0-1 record with-in the con-ference.

“ E v e r y point is at a p r e m i u m , ” coach Dave Hakstol said. “We do have a great rivalry with St. Cloud State. They’re off to a great start. They’re a team deserving in my mind that I picked to finish in the top two in our league, and they’re a veteran team. Going into the National Hockey Cen-ter is always a tough place to play.”

The thought running through the mind of the team, coaches and fans — whether or not UND will be able to close out the weekend.

After being six minutes away from a weekend sweep last week-end against Boston, the team failed to pull through for the entirety of the Saturday night hockey game and settled for a split.

“We’ve got to learn how to close out weekends,” senior de-

St. Cloud is next for UNDRIVALRY North Dakota needs to be able to finish off games by playing all 60 minutes.

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fensemen and team captain An-drew MacWilliam said. “That’s two weekends in a row where we had a lead going into the third period on Saturday night. So, that’s something we’re going to learn as a group. We just have to fight through it and put the fin-ishing touches on a win.”

With a feed to learn from, the team is ready to faceoff in the National Hockey Center this weekend in a rivalry that has continuously proved it’s worth.

St. Cloud has always proved to be a tough town for the UND hockey team to visit with the energetic atmosphere and harsh environment.

But North Dakota will be given much more room to skate as the National Hockey Center is home to an Olympic size sheet of ice compared to the standard NHL sheet found in the Ralph

E n g e l s t a d Arena.

W h a t -ever the ice size, the ri-valry’s in-tensity will be evident throughout the week-end and the team will be

ready for an exciting series. “It’s pretty crazy,” senior for-

ward Corban Knight said. “With the big ice, usually it’s tough to have a good atmosphere but they’ve got a good student sec-tion and they’ve got some loyal fans there. It’s a lot of fun play-ing there and there’s usually a pretty electric atmosphere in that building.”

Perhaps one of his greater achievements, Corban Knight earned his 100th career point last Saturday. However, the se-nior assistant captain’s accom-plishment was muted by the

team’s loss to Boston University. Knight became the 84th

player in program history to join UND’s “Century Club”, joining teammate Danny Kristo.

“It was a pretty cool honor to get,” Knight said. “Obviously I feel very fortunate to even get a chance to play with a program like this. It’s nice but the way the game ended up on Saturday kind of put a damper on the achieve-ment but it’s still, looking back at, a cool achievement.”

Hakstol sees great signifi-cance in Knight’s accomplish-ment.

“There’s more to come from Corban,” Hakstol said. “He’s played real, solid hockey so far early in the year and hope-fully he’s on the verge of some real good continuous, offensive output for the remainder of the year.”

With early achievements thrust upon them, North Da-kota is ready to head into this weekend’s series — believing that they have what it takes to win and improving on what they know they can.

The Green and White aren’t out to prove it to anybody — only to themselves.

“We’re not out to prove any-thing to anybody other than within our locker room,” Hak-stol said. “We’ve got a pretty strong belief within our locker room. We’ve done some good things in the early part of the season here.”

“Our main goal is to do what we have to do to prepare to win a game Friday night, make sure we improve as a team here over the week and going to St. Cloud and compete hard and have some fun.”

‘That’s two weekends in a row where we had a lead going into the third period...”

Andrew MacWilliamUND team captain

Elizabeth Erickson is a staff writer for The Dakota Stu-

dent. She can be reached at elizabeth.e.erickson@my.und.edu

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the kill column, notching 18.Lexi Robinson also added an-

other double-double recording 13 kills and 16 digs while junior Lisa Parlich led the Green and White with 17 kills.

Nikki Husfeldt had a great game — setting 46 of the 50 as-sists.

After the loss, UND sits in fi fth place, tied with Montana State, with an 8-8 conference re-cord. Both schools are the only two in the top six that have not clinched the post season. Other Teams that have clinched a post-season birth include Idaho State, Northern Arizona and UND’s Thursday opponent — Portland State.

Portland state is currently in fi rst place in the Big Sky Con-ference. The Vikings are coming off a four set loss at the hands of Northern Arizona.

Portland State is currently tied for fi rst along with Idaho State with a Big Sky record of 14-2. Portland has an overall record of 18-9, while North Dakota’s overall record is 13-14.

UND’s next game will be on Nov. 10 in Cheney, Wash., where the Green and White will go to battle against Eastern Washing-ton. As the season winds down, every games is critical for North Dakota to be able to play for their fi rst Big Sky championship.

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Student athlete of the week

This week’s student athlete of the week is Connor Gaarder. He plays forward for North Dakota’s men’s hockey team. This past Friday night in the game against UND’s old rival Boston Universi-ty, Gaarder became the fi rst UND men’s hockey player to record a natural hat trick since 2008 (Ryan Duncan).

Last Friday night’s fi rst pe-riod was tense. Boston’s Danny O’Regan put the Terriers on the board fi rst and the period ended with the score remaining at 1-0.

The game started off slow for the home team, however, as the second period went underway, North Dakota was starting to put shots on net, and fi nally, at one minute and 11 seconds into the period, Ralph Engelstad Arena was engulfed in a roar of excite-ment.

Gaarder found himself in the right place at the right time when a puck, coming from Mark Mac-Millan’s stick, defl ected off Gaard-er’s skate and into the goal, tying the game at 1-1.

“I just play my game and go out and work hard and get to the gritty areas,” Gaarder said. “That fi rst one was a lucky one off my foot so I can’t say I did much there but it feels good to come out with a win and help the team to vic-tory.”

Six short minutes after the fi rst UND goal, Gaarder broke through the Boston defense and fi red a beauty of a wrist shot that was too quick for Boston goalie Sean Maguire.

Early in the third period, with the score tied at 2-2, the Green and White had 5-on-3 power play, and a chance to break the tie. Af-

GAARDER UND’s soph-omore forward netted three goals in win over Boston.

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ter a pass from Danny Kristo, Rocco Grimaldi dished the puck in front Gaarder who forced it to the back of the net for his third goal of the night and of his season.

Hats rained onto the ice in Ralph Engelstad Arena as a loyal crowd of 12,000 people celebrated Gaarder’s rare feat.

Gaarder, a walk-on hockey player, scored four goals and six assists in 33 games last season for UND.

This season, it’s safe to say that he proved himself early on this season, earning a hat trick in just his second season in a North Dakota uniform.

We can be sure that there is much more to come from the young forward in his tenure here at UND.

Gaarder is originally from Edina, Minn. He is a sophomore majoring in pre-entrepreneurship.

Dallon Bitz is the sports editor of The Dakota Student. He can be

reached at dallon.bitz.2@my.und.edu

Connor Gaarder (center) battles in front of the net in a game held earlier this season against the US Under-18 team.

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