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A memorial service was

held in honor of the nearly

3,000 Americans who lost

their lives 10 years ago in the

terrorist attacks on the

World Trade Center and the

Pentagon.

Almost 500 of those lost

were members of the fire de-

partment, police depart-

ment, other first response

units and volunteers who

risked their lives by running

into the collapsing buildings

while everyone else was run-

ning out.

Rev. Steve Burrell, chap-

lain of the Fargo Fire De-

partment, led the memorial

service with a prayer and a

moment of silence. Floral

wreaths were then dropped

into the Red River from fire

truck ladders in remem-

brance of those who had

fallen in the attacks. A 21-

gun salute, the playing of

Taps and Amazing Grace

followed the wreath drop.

F-M celebrates life and loss on10-year anniversary of 9/11

Cate EkegrenCo-News Editor

Rylee Nelson/The Spectrum

Representatives from the fire department, police department and other first response units march to the Veterans MemorialBridge to meet members of the community on the 10-year anniversary of 9/11.

This weekend, NDSUhosted a campus-wide seriesof activities just for families.The weekend of fun-filledevents gave families a snap-shot of the campus, theschool’s academic excellenceand the energy of this homeaway from home without allof the craziness of move-inweekend.

Having to adjust to thetransition, college life affectsfamilies and students alike.With so many eventsplanned on campus, a newlifestyle, a differently struc-tured class schedule andnewfound freedom, somefreshmen are feeling over-whelmed with tensions ris-ing.

NDSU encouraged fami-lies to take walking tours ofthe campus between events.Events included everythingfrom volleyball games to afaculty and staff showcase.Scheduled events were notmandatory; this gave stu-dents and their families free-dom of choice to build theirown fun weekend.

“We’ve toured our son’sdorm … now we’re just tak-ing a look around campus,”Cheryl Schultz, a Bison

mother, said.The football game was the

designated high point of theweekend, showing the cama-raderie of the green andgold. A tailgate gatheringhosted by the university wasa way to be a part of theherd without bringing all thegear.

Some Fargo natives didnot know it was family

weekend before the gamestarted.

“I can’t believe my daugh-ter didn’t tell me about fam-ily weekend. I’m not thatembarrassing am I?” AnitaPeterson, another Bisonmother said.

After the outdoor party,the Bison and their familiesbrought the enthusiasm intothe Fargodome. BrockJensen and the team led theBison to a 56-3 victory overthe Red Flash of Saint Fran-cis.

Instead of having familiesvisit, some students invitedfriends from home and fromother universities. It wasgreat for the social aspect ofBison students’ lives. Thisweekend provided the op-portunity to show off eventscatered to students like ClubNDSU and the Recreationand Outing Center.

Many different aspects oflife shift when you emmergeon the college scene. How-ever the university, students,staff and faculty on campustry to make every studentfeel comfortable. A studentfocused campus, is one of thethings that makes NDSUgreat, and family weekend isjust one way the university iscommitted to success.

The Office of Orientationand Student Success and theNDSU Alumni Associationsuggest families come backto visit again during BisonHomecoming Sept. 30 toOct. 2; there will be evenmore fun activities! Formore information on home-coming, visit www.ndsu-alumni.com/netcommunity/homecoming.

Families become part of the Herd

Taylor Ann MorganNews Reporter

Rylee Nelson/The Spectrum

Bison families enjoy the beautiful weather and the beautiful campus as their sons and daughtersshow them everything NDSU has to offer.

Having to adjust tothe transition, col-lege life affectsfamilies and stu-dents alike.

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Three Army ROTC cadetswere honored Friday in thelower level of the MemorialUnion during a Constitutionreading event. In addition toreading parts of the Consti-tution, President Bresciani

and LTC Santiago Bueno IIIlooked over the ceremony,which entailed giving schol-arship checks to the cadetsas they were commissioned

into the Army.Kaleb Dahl, Luke Daley

and Matt Roiger receivedscholarship checks rangingfrom $50,520 to $73,618 inexchange for their commit-ment to ROTC and ulti-mately the Army.

“Basically all of us signeda contract for theArmy/ROTC and upongraduation from our regulardegree, we’re going to be-come commissioned as sec-ond lieutenants in the U.S.Army, whether it be active,reserve or National Guard,”Daley said.

The three cadets took theiroaths of service in front of acrowd of friends and inter-ested students, pledging toprotect the United Statesagainst all enemies, foreignand domestic.

NDSU, Concordia andMSUM all participate in thearea’s tri-college ROTC pro-gram. The other two schoolsalso held similar ceremoniesfor their distinguishedcadets.

NDSU’s ROTC involve-ment dates back to 1897, andthough it now encompassesConcordia and MSUM, it isknown commonly as theBison Battalion.

The Army ROTC pro-gram is set up so that suc-cessful graduates of theprogram who accept theirscholarships take on the sec-ond lieutenant rank as theyhead into the service.

The second lieutenantrank is the first in a series ofcommissioned officer ranks,which opens the door for aprogression toward general.

The commissioning cere-mony happens annually oncampus, serving as a sort ofmilitary graduation forprospective military officers.

This year’s event was fol-lowed by a brown bag dis-cussion that focused on theinternational perspective ofwhat it means to be a U.S.citizen. Titled InternationalPerspectives on Citizenship,the discussion was meant totie in with the reading of theConstitution to demonstratethe foundation of what it isto be an American.

Though Constitution Dayis officially Sept. 17, the of-fice of civic engagement rec-ognized Friday as aConstitution Day for cam-pus because of the day’sfocus on issues related to theConstitution and citizenshipin general.

Bison cadets become secondlieutenants

(Matt Severns/Spectrum Staff)

Cadets Daley, Dahl and Roiger (left to right) are sworn into the U.S. Army by LTC Santiago BuenoIII during a commissioning ceremony Friday.

Basically all of ussigned a contractfor the Army/ROTCand upon gradua-tion from our regu-lar degree, we’regoing to becomecommissioned assecond lieutenantsin the U.S. Army,whether it be ac-tive, reserve or Na-tional Guard,-- Luke Daley

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Matt SevernsSpectrum Staff

Herd haulsin a big win

‘Chicago’in Fargo

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Students, staff, faculty andcommunity members willtake back the night onThursday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m.Assistant Director for sexualassault prevention program-ming, Sarah Dodd, said theTake Back the Night rallyand march is an opportunityto “spread awareness of theprevalence of violence in ourcommunity, provide supportfor those who have been vic-timized and provide a voicefor those who want to pre-vent violence.”

Take Back the Night(TBTN) first surfaced in Eu-rope in 1976 and since thenhas vastly extended, poppingup on college campuses allover the world. It has con-stantly evolved over 30years, an indication of highapproval of men, womenand children alike.

This event is open to all.Dodd encourages everyonewho is committed to endingviolence to attend.

The TBTN rally is set tobegin at Festival ConcertHall in the Reineke Fine ArtsCenter on the NDSU cam-pus. Director of women andgender studies, Ann Burnett,will be speaking about vio-lence prevention and per-forming an educationalpiece focusing on the inter-section of sexual violenceand education.

Following the presenta-tion, a march is schedueled.Attendees and violence pre-vention educators will chantwhile marching around cam-pus. The night will concludewith a candlelight vigil onthe East Patio at the Memo-rial Union.

According to the UnitedStates Department of Jus-tice, one in five women is avictim of rape or attemptedrape, and every two minutessomeone is sexually as-saulted in the United States.

“It takes our whole com-munity to stand together andend violence,” Dodd said.“Join the fight against sexualassault by attending TBTNthis Thursday evening.”

If you or someone youknow have been a victim ofsexual assault, Sexual As-

sault Resources and Advo-cacy (SARA) is willing tohelp. Trained volunteers,faculty and staff operate this24/7 helpline.

SARA assures callers, “Iwill believe you. I will listen.I will be there when youneed me.” SARA is just oneof the many sexual assaultprevention programs beingimplemented at NDSU to an-swer questions and providesupport.

“We are committed tobeing a safe community,”Dodd said.

To speak with a represen-tative, call (701) 730-6149.

NDSU also offers a basicphysical defense class, RapeAggression Defense, orRAD. It is a free class forwomen only, taught by certi-fied, trained instructors.Schedule an appointmenttoday by contacting Dodd atsarah.dodd@ndsu.edu.

To report a case of sexualassault, get help or to getmore information about pre-vention and awareness pro-grams, visitwww.ndsu.edu/student_life/departments_and _pro-grams/sexual_assault_pre-vention.

As the summer is comingto an end and fall is quicklyapproaching, many NDSUstudents and faculty havebeen riding both motorcy-cles and bikes to and fromplaces on campus, enjoyingthe last few warm days of the

season.The NDSU campus

grounds provide several bikeracks and motorcycle park-ing lots for students, staffand faculty to use.

These racks and lots aredispersed throughout cam-

pus near frequently visitedbuildings Some locationsmay include more than onelot or rack.

As one of the most visitedbuildings on campus, theNDSU Memorial Union pro-vides these parking spots onall four sides. For the con-venience of students, all dor-mitory halls have at least onebike rack and motorcycle lotnearby.

Not only do staff, facultyand students ride aroundcampus for pleasure but alsoas a way to save money andpromote a healthy lifestyle.

Jen Bogart, a junior ma-joring in accounting whoalso happened to drive a mo-torcycle said, “I ride to classbecause it’s cheaper thandriving, it’s fun to ride intown and it’s easier to park

at Barry Hall, which iswhere I have most of myclasses.”

Though the university pro-vides several bike racks andmotorcycle parking loca-tions, students are recom-mended to leave time inorder to find a spot and locktheir belongings up properly.

“The locations are con-venient, but they fill upquickly because so manystudents own bikes andscooters and ride them tocampus everyday. The park-ing lots by the MemorialUnion are the busiest aroundlunch but there usually areenough spots to choosefrom,” Bogart said.

For a campus map high-lighting motorcycle park-ing, visitwww..ndsu.edu/ndsu/maps.

Community takes a stand andtakes back the night

Megan TosoNews Reporter

It takes our wholecommunity to standtogether and endviolence. -– Sarah Dodd

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CAMPUS COMPASS: Racks and parking lots for twowheels

Michelle FullCo-News Editor

•Always wear a helmet•Have secure brakes•Check tires regularly

•If riding at night, wear re-flective gear•Be aware of your surround-ings

•Be aware of pedestrians •Keep a spare key for yourbike lock in a safe place

Cate Ekegren/Spectrum Staff

Many students park their motorcycles just south of the Me-morial Union, conveniently located in the middle of campus.

I ride to class be-cause it’s cheaperthan driving, it’sfun to ride in townand it’s easier topark… –Jen Bogart

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I like this friend of mine a lot. We do everything together,

but I don’t think they feel the same way. I don’t want to

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don’t return my feelings, but if they did then we could

start dating, which is what I really want. What should I

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Dear Infatuated Friend,This is always a tough situation. First of all I would say check your own feelings.

Do you really like your friend, or are these feelings just arising because you hangout all the time and they are really awesome? Sometimes we can confuse admirationwith infatuation. If you know that you really do like your friend, I’d say see whatthey need from you. Are they in a position to really start dating anyone right now?Do they want a relationship right now? Do you know if they like anyone else? Youcould find all these answers by asking your friend. If you already know they aren’tin a position to date, then just be their friend. If you really like him or her then youwill be what they need you to be and not want you want to be.

But it could be possible that they feel the same way you do and you don’t want tomiss the chance. This is a big cliché, but if it’s meant to be it will work out. It mightbe a more round about way then just telling the person now, but if you really dowant to share your feelings there will come a time when it will come naturally. Youknow, a moment will hit you and you’ll realize that it’s now or never. So just go forit. If that moment doesn’t happen then keep waiting. And don’t worry if you do spillyour feelings and they don’t feel the same, there might be a bit of awkwardness atfirst but if you both agree to keep the friendship going, it will dissipate. I wish youthe best of luck. My last piece of advice is to follow your own heart. Intuition can bevery useful in times like these.

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College Night came to theFargodome Thursday, and itcertainly came with a lot offun and excitement.

Gate City Bank sponsoredthe event to give college stu-dents a little taste of whatthe Fargo area had to offerthem. The event was stock-piled with tons of activities,which included: rock-climb-ing, basketball, gladiatorand many other things.

The purpose of CollegeNight was to show studentssome fun, but it was alsoused as a line for advertise-ment. Students were able tolearn about internships thatmay be available and thingsabout the businesses them-selves.

Jackie Johnson, a GateCity bank employee, was aperson in charge of theevent.

“Students who attend thisevent love the free give-aways, but they also are cu-rious as to what is out therein the Fargo area,” Johnsonsaid. “Many students whostop by our booth are asking

about applying for an in-ternship or opening a bankaccount with us.”

Eric Kolden, a junior ma-joring in accounting, says hewas surprised to find theevent so casual, for he antic-ipated a more formal event.

“When I started walkingaround, I realized that it wasa blast. I loved all of the freethings you could pick upfrom each booth,” Koldensaid.

Yes, if you were someonewho did not attend this eventbecause you thought itwould be too uptight, youmissed out. This event wasfull of businesses around theFargo area. The Army evenhad a booth set up, and theirrock-climbing wall was away to lure interested stu-dents in.

Daniel Smith, Fargo re-cruiter for the U.S Army,said, “The rock-climbing

wall is a great way to help usadvertise, but that is onlyone half of our goal. The sec-ond part of our goal is to ex-plain to students who maybe interested in joining themilitary the benefits of doingso.”

Melissa McCann, a juniormajoring in natural re-sources management, didnot know much about someof these businesses.

“I came to the event to fur-ther my knowledge of thedifferent businesses and pos-sible employers aroundFargo,” McCann said. “Ican now say that I learned alot more than I knew beforeabout what Fargo has tooffer.”

A bulk of the students whoattended this event werefrom NDSU, but studentsfrom Concordia and Min-nesota State UniversityMoorhead were also invited.

College night: A recapStudents find fun and excitement in theFargodome

Rylee Nelson/The Spectrum

Students visit with representatives of local business duringthe College Night event Thursday.

I came to the eventto further myknowledge of thedifferent businessesand possible em-ployers aroundFargo. I can nowsay that I learned alot more than Iknew before aboutwhat Fargo has tooffer. -- Melissa McCann

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Andrew KochContributing Writer

‘Fables’’ redheaded stepchildMy problem with ABC series ‘Once Upon a Time’

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“Chicago” bombards theaudience with greed, lustand other enjoyable sins asit tells the 1920s story ofRoxy Hart’s rise to fame,achieved with little morethan good looks, a handfulof money and a short pistol.It is the first show of MusicTheatre Fargo-Moorhead’s2011-2012 season and is thelargest production the com-pany has done by far. Themusical, dripping withprovocative imagery and fu-eled by passion, will haveyou reaching for your pantsto make sure your fly isclosed.

“Everybody should go totheater at least once in their

life,” said Chloe Gunderson,who plays one of the MerryMurderesses, adding,“Some people never get tosee a musical, and this one isjust so fun and entertain-ing.” As a student at NDSUand one of the younger castmembers, she argued thereare more than enough rea-sons for the college-agecrowd to check out theshow. “Just look at all thedancers we have! What guywouldn’t want to go?” shecontinued.

Indeed, scantily cladwomen and men alike actout scenes that are risqué tosay the very least. The pro-duction relentlessly picks upspeed even if it makes youblush along the way, becom-ing unstoppable in the sec-ond act. The musicalnumbers sizzle with knock-out vocals and on-stage cho-reography that is a feast forthe eyes, backed up by anorchestra that masterfullyadds a gritty, sleazy over-tone to all that jazz. Moodyuse of lighting and smokehanging in the air add to analready convincing atmos-phere.

“‘Chicago’ is a hot, sexy

show,” said Craig Ellingsonwho plays Billy Flynn, agreasy, deceitful lawyer whocares less about justice andmore about his wallet.Ellingson, having done over10 productions in six sea-sons with MTFM, is partic-ularly enthusiastic aboutthis show. “There’s a lot ofdance to it, and there’s justsome very interesting spec-tacle,” he said.

Kathy Hanson and ElleryTofte treat theatergoers tosultry renditions of leadsVelma Kelly and Roxie Hartrespectively, in addition to adelightfully awkward AmosHart by Samuel Krauth anda sassy, fierce and unforgiv-ing portrayal of MamaMorton by NDSU’s ownKatherine Paynter. Gunder-son summed it up best bysimply stating, “There’s justa lot of talented people inthe show; you’re not goingto be disappointed.”

“Chicago” will continue toshow at the Fargo-Moor-head Community TheatreSept. 15-17 at 7:30 p.m., andat 2 p.m. on Sept. 18 as well.For more information or topurchase tickets, visit mu-sictheatrefm.com.

Roxie rocks FargoLeave grandma at home with the kids for this one

There’s just a lot oftalented people inthe show; you’renot going to be dis-appointed. -- Chloe Gunder-son, cast member

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Nick ProulxA&E Editor

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Billy Flynn (Craig Ellingson) orchestrates Roxie Hart’s (Ellery Tofte) press interview in a lessthan subtle manner.

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The cast of “Chicago” synchronizes during the play’s final scene.

The Plains Art Museum indowntown Fargo has been amajor player in the Fargoart scene for many years.With the expansion ofNDSU's downtown campus,many students have the op-portunity to go by the mu-seum on a daily basis.

Although all of us haveeasy access to the museum,very few take advantage ofthe ability. The museum,however, may have found away to entice your excite-ment to come in for a visit.

Last year, the museum un-dertook the beginnings of aproject known as “You LikeThis: A Democratic Ap-proach to the PermanentCollection.” The goal behindthis project was to bring to-gether all of the favoritepieces of the Fargo collectioninto one exhibit.

To reach the maximumnumber of people in theFargo-Moorhead area, themuseum used crowd sourc-ing to reach people in thecommunity. Crowd sourcingmeans that the museum del-egates the job of choosingpieces and making final de-cisions to the public, ratherthan doing it on their own.

“Crowd-sourcing is an in-creasingly popular way formuseums to interact withtheir audiences and the com-munity at large, thanks tothe popularity of social

media and the breakdown ofthe distance between themuseum and that audience,”Colleen Sheehy, museum di-rector and CEO, said in a re-lease.

This allows for the mu-seum to design exhibits thatpeople in the communitywant to see, as well as in-crease the number of peopleinvolved with the museum.It is quite a large task thatrequired a lot of time due tothe amount of pieces held atthe museum.

“We have about 3,500pieces in the museum’s per-manent collection, but wewant this exhibit to be be-tween 50 and 75 pieces,” saidCarly Bishoff, an NDSU stu-dent and PR/Marketing In-tern at the Plains ArtMuseum.

Although the final votingprocess was done in July,you can still view the maingoals of the project bywatching the promotionalvideo on YouTube, or by vis-iting the museum’s websiteto see the process as it un-folded for the exhibit.

“This should be a fun andexciting process for both usand the community,” Sheehyadded.

The “You Like This” ex-hibit will be on display Oct.6 through Jan. 15. Businesshours of The Plains Art Mu-seum can be viewed at theirwebsite, plainsart.org, andadmission is free with a stu-dent ID.

‘You Like This’An exhibit by you

Keith BistodeauContributing Writer

Those who are sad aboutnot being able to hit up TacoBell in the Union anymorecan finally come out ofmourning. There is a newname in town, and thatname is Taco Shop.

Opened in 1961, The TacoShop is no stranger to thearea. They are currently lo-

cated on North Universityby Cousins Subs, and SouthUniversity down from LunaCoffee. This is not just somerandom hole in the wallmoving into the Union. It ac-tually has a respectable rep-utation. Now, instead ofhopping in your car anddriving to the restaurant,you can just head on over tocampus.

If you are looking for asnack between classes you

can get appetizers such asquesadillas, nachos, or yourstandard chips and salsa.Everything is less than twodollars without add-ons ex-cept for the Deluxe Nachos,which are $4.19 but comewith tomatoes, onions,olives, jalapenos, sour creamand sauce.

There are a lot of great op-tions on the menu, like dif-ferent types of tacos,burritos and grinders. Theyalso have a variety of combomeals so you can get exactlywhat you are looking for. Asfor drinks, you have stan-dard Pepsi products.

Everything is around $5unless you get stand-alone

items such as a single taco.Prices are quite reasonableconsidering what you getfood-wise compared to anyof the other shops down inthe Union.

I purchased a deluxe bur-rito filled with meat, sourcream, lettuce, cheese andtomatoes. It was all packedin there, and it wasn’t messywhile eating, making it agood choice for a quicklunch or dinner if you are inthe mood for Mexican.

If you are missing TacoBell, or just want some goodMexican food for decentprices, Taco Shop more thanfills the void in your stom-ach.

Review: Taco ShopBringing Mexican back tothe Union

Matt PaulsenContributing Writer

One of the things I waslooking forward to at ComicCon was being able to go tomy first "Fables" panel."Fables" is a VertigoComics series written byBill Willingham.

The basic concept is that alarge number of fairytale,folklore and public domaincharacters like Snow White,Mowgli, Mother Goose andmany others all lived in thesame world. Unfortunatelythey were driven out of theirhomeland by a diabolical

being, known only as theAdversary and escapedthrough a portal into whatwould become New YorkCity. Every character is sonuanced and developed insuch inspired directions itmakes new again everythingthat was old.

From the moment the firstissue was published in 2002,the series was met with bothcritical and reader acclaimwith many of its volumesspending time on the NewYork Times bestsellers list.At that time, studios startedbuying up comic book prop-erties left and right, one ofwhich was "Fables."

Over the next decade, therights to "Fables" bouncedaround to nearly everymajor television and filmstudio in Hollywood withABC being the only com-pany to come even close tobringing it to television.

Last year, ABC an-nounced that it was nolonger seeking to produce"Fables." It was not twomonths later when newsbroke that ABC would beproducing a fantasy seriescalled "Once Upon a Time."

One of the panels thatcame before "Fables" wasthe screening of the pilotepisode of "Once Upon aTime," a series created byEdward Kitsis and AdamHorowitz, two former writ-ers of ABC megahit "Lost."Lets just say that nearlyevery basic concept and ten-ant from "Fables" waslifted for "Once Upon aTime."

Like "Fables," "OnceUpon a Time" is about a se-cret community made up offairytale characters, withseveral of them not even try-ing to hide the similarities to"Fables." The biggest cul-prit is a certain swarthysheriff with a wolfish com-plexion. The series will de-tail the efforts of White andCharming’s long lostdaughter to restore thefairytale realm to its formerexistence.

After finally shaking awaymy initial rage at the gallwith which the filmmakersappropriated elements ofWillingham’s work, I satback and tried looking atthe show critically and ob-jectively, leaving my biasesbehind.

The first thing that cameto the forefront was thehammy performances. Ad-mittedly, the writers didn’tgive them much to workwith.

The biggest problem with"Once Upon a Time" is thatit does nothing new or orig-inal. Ignoring all of theripped off aspects, it struc-tures its episode in the samefashion as "Lost" with apresent day storyline alter-nating with flashbacks thatfocus on a certain characteror element.

During the Q&A, Kitsisand Horowitz spoke withmuch passion about theirshow, but when pressed byanother "Fables" fan in at-tendance to own up to thetrue origin of their workthey denied any such influ-ence. The pair said thatthey had “read a couple ofissues,” and that althoughthe two concepts are “in thesame playground,” they feelthey are “telling a differentstory.”

I have to agree, as theirstory is a soulless rip off, afacsimile of a far superiorwork.

At the "Fabels" panel,Willingham looked over thehundreds gathered saying,“Maybe we don’t need a'Fables’ TV show. It looks tome since you’re all here wehave all of the ‘Fables’ weneed.”

If "Once Upon a Time" isall Hollywood has to offer, Icouldn’t agree more.

Charlie CraneContributing Writer

How do you deal withsomeone who is annoying?

He Said: “I try (key wordis try) to deal with peoplewho annoy me by being aspatient with them as I can. Ihave found that annoyanceis often a personality traitrather than a social defect.In other words, the one whois being annoying oftentimes cannot help it, sincethe aspect that I find so irri-tating is part of their person-ality. Therefore, instead ofpossibly offending the otherby asking them to change, Imust become more patientwith them myself in order to‘deal’ with them.” ThomasEskro, a senior majoring incivil engineering.

She Said: “I just act politeand am nice. Usually they donot know they are annoyingme.” Rachel Geiser, a juniormajoring in French and an-thropology.

I think we all know thatone person in our lives thatjust grates on our nerves likeno one else can. But how wereact to this person can saymuch more about us than wethink.

The best strategy accord-ing to www.positiveshar-ing.com says to “becomeless angry.”

It might seem unfair, but

it’s our responsibility to notlet it effect us as much as wemight be letting it. Remem-ber that the only person youcan control is yourself.There’s probably a goodchance that there are re-deeming qualities in this per-son or else you would doeverything you could toavoid them. If that’s the casethen focus on those qualities.

There could be other rea-sons this person has annoy-ing tendencies as well. Theymight have been brought upthat way or had somethinghappen in their lives thatwas traumatic and this is theway they learned to cope.Empathy can go a long waywhen dealing with someonewho is more frustrating thanfun.

If this person really is try-ing to annoy you intention-ally, then it only makes youlook worse when you react inanger. Keep your cool; itmakes you look more ma-ture and will help the personwho is annoying realize thatwhat they are doing is both-ering you.

Lastly, remember that inyour life there probably al-ways will be that one annoy-ing person. But we might bethat person to someone else,giving people the benefit ofthe doubt is a much nicerway to live than with an atti-tude of negativity.

Be patient and perhaps itwill all work out in the end.

For the flood of freshmenmoving to the NDSU collegecampus, any sophomores orupperclassmen still living inthe dorms and anyone whohas lived in the dorms orworked in residence life, res-ident assistants are no unfa-miliar thing.

Hope Hagerty, a juniormajoring in social work, is aTennessee-born, NDSU resi-

dent assistant (RA) living inWeible.

Hagerty says being an RAis all about spending timewith people, building rela-tionships with the residentsand making sure everyone issafe.

“We help with homework,give advice to people whenthey seek it out, and are con-stantly providing emotionalsupport to whomever needsit,” Hagerty said.

Being an RA also includesother duties such as makingsure shower heads are at-tached securely, sorting mailand making sure everythingaround the dorm is neat andtidy, as well as cleaning themwhen they are not.

“We also get to plan a lotof fun activities,” Hagertyadded. “We have calendardecorating parties and t-shirt tie dying. We volunteerthrough NDSU to clean theparks and help by volunteer-ing with the FargoMarathon every year."

One of the less gratifying

details of being an RA, ac-cording to Hagerty, is thefact that you live at your job.There is no “off-the-clock”in being a resident assistant,“you are an all-time RA,”she said.

Hagerty says that she de-cided to become an RA be-cause she wanted to mentorothers like she once waswhen she graduated highschool.

“Since not many jobs forcollege students pay to justspend time interacting withpeople, becoming an RA wasa perfect fit,” she said.

Because of the huge im-pact people made on her lifejust out of high school andthe fact that college, formany people, is the first timeliving away from their fam-ily, which can be a difficulttime to handle for some,

Hagerty wanted to be theperson whom the residentsmoving in could go to.

“I know how importantthe people in my life whomentored me were and theimpact they made, and I justwant to be that person toothers,” she said. “I want togive them the same relation-ships that I had been soblessed with.”

But although Hagerty

takes her job seriously, everyRA has their own little con-fession.

“If I could I’d really wantto slide down the stairs onmattresses or build a fort inthe lounge with all of thecouches and furniture,”Hagerty said.

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Bison Life: The life of an RAA Hope for the residents

We help withhomework, give ad-vice to peoplewhen they seek itout, and are con-stantly providingemotional supportto whomever needsit. -- Hope Hagerty

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Hope Hagerty, one of the many RAs at NDSU, spends her time with the residents of Weible Hall.

Japan, more-or-less thegodfather of modern gam-ing, has begun to hold lesssway in the gaming industryin recent years in the face ofWestern innovation andEastern stagnation. Thathasn't stopped the old, greatnames in Japanese develop-ment from trying their ab-solute hardest to stayrelevant in modern times.

Square Enix, creator of theseminal “Final Fantasy” and“Dragon Quest” series, is agreat example of one of thesefloundering titans.

The latest few entries intheir colossal Final Fantasyfranchise have been metwith less than stellar reac-tions from critics and con-sumers alike. Square Enix’sreaction has been typical ofmost Japanese publishersthese days; they just keeppumping out more of thesame.

Enter “Final Fantasy XIII-2”, a direct sequel (which issomething of a diversionfrom the series normal lackof continuity) to one of theleast critically popular en-tries in the main series. Setto be released sometime nextyear, “FFXIII-2” will nodoubt raise up more than afew face-palms. However,what is even more groan-worthy is the recent registra-tion of the Final FantasyXIII-3 website domainname.

While this is far from anofficial announcement, itcertainly fits within SquareEnix’s mode of operation asthe release of “FFXIII-2”was leaked in the exact same

way. So yes, this might verywell mean that the companyis already working on the di-rect sequel to game that isn’teven out yet. Bare in mind,this would be the sequel to asequel of a game that not alot of people like. Upon itsrelease, the original “FinalFantasy XIII” was met withheavy criticism concerningthe game’s extreme linearitywhich only dissipated afterabout 20-30 hours into thegame, as well as overly sim-plistic combat, arbitrary dif-ficulty spikes and blandcharacters.

The last direct sequel to a“Final Fantasy” game,“Final Fantasy X-2” for thePlaystation 2, was met withcriticism for not followingthe same formula and game-play tenets of its predecessorand was something of a com-mercial failure. Ironically,these latest sequels will morethan likely have fans andcritics clamoring for change,rather than a return to form.

Anyone that says Japanesestagnation is just a myth hasyet another reason to sitdown and shut up.

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As we all know, this Sun-day marked the 10th an-niversary of the terroristattacks of Sept. 11, 2001. OnSunday morning the city ofNew York held a memorialservice at Ground Zero forfamilies and loved ones of

those who died in the hor-rific events.

Due to space constraints,first responders to the sceneduring 9/11 were not invitedto the ceremony. The samepeople who decreased thenumber of families mourn-ing loved ones at the cere-mony were told that the cityis short of room.

This memorial was fo-cused on the families of thosewho died, as it should havebeen, but on that Septemberday, the first responders be-came family to us all.

In the United States, fewthings are more Americanthan success, personal free-doms and equal opportunity.In our society, honor is atpar with, if not exceeding,those former qualities. Whenone of our own puts his orher life on the line for oursake, we show them honor.When a soldier dies in battle

we give him or her an hon-orary burial. We have twodays a year (Memorial Dayand Veteran’s Day) whenmost businesses and schoolsclose to honor the sacrifice ofothers. Yet, when our nationgathers to remember thosewho fell in the attacks thatchanged every American’sway of life, there doesn’tseem to be enough room.

Even more surprising thanthe city’s actions was themedia’s seemingly blind eyetoward the issue. All thatwas available for sourceswas minimal coverage byminor news agencies and afew stories by CNN when thenews first came out a fewweeks ago.

These heroes have appar-ently been forgotten in themidst of the memorial of aday that likely could havebeen much worse withouttheir efforts.

New York City MayorMichael Bloomberg saidthat the reasoning was dueto space constraints. CNNcites a first responder who

believes that this is a matterof political motivation:“Mayor Bloomberg couldfigure out how to get electedthree times, but can’t figureout how to find first respon-ders a seat?”

Mayor Bloomberg insiststhat it is a pure space issueand that if there was moreroom, the first responderswould be invited.

Whatever the reasoningmay be, it is irrational.Mayor Bloomberg shouldhave done everything in hispower to ensure that the firstresponders were shown therespect that their heroismdeserves. The families ofthose who died should un-doubtedly be shown the re-spect to remember the fallenand the first respondersshould be shown the same.

Rylee is a senior majoringin journalism.

Honor the fallenDon’t forget the heroes

Jaime Jarmin Opinion Editor

Phone: 231-6287 | Email: opinion@ndsuspectrum.com

It’s 10 years later andAmerica is still left with acrappy airline security sys-tem. I know what you’rethinking: “But Jaime, nowa-days I have to pass througha naked body scanner, getfelt up by airport securitypersonnel and remove myshoes!” Well, I’d take all of

that over dying in an aircraftdue to some jerk hijacker.

Before 9/11 even occurred,America had a great exam-ple to follow from the Israeliairlines. The security screen-ing methods Israel has withthe El Al Airlines is impecca-ble. And it’d better be, forthey have been one of themost heavily targeted air-lines in the world for terror-ism. After their intensehijacking years in the 1970s,Israel began to implementintense security measuresfor their airlines includingan almost impossible entryto the cockpit, among others.

But the main reason for Is-rael’s successful airline secu-rity system is their people.That’s right, the people. It’snot the body scanning ma-chines or the other technol-ogy America has become soobsessed with lately. Insteadthe Israelis interview andquestion every passengerwanting to board theirplanes. They have highlyqualified and highly edu-cated security personnel,rather than some machine,to discern whether or not apassenger is suspicious andcapable of inflicting harm.

I hear complaints aboutairport security almost everytime someone I know has totravel. I agree it’s probablyquite annoying to go throughall of the checkpoints ifyou’re in a hurry. It’s alsoprobably a very unpleasant

and uncomfortable experi-ence getting felt up by air-port security. But in no wayshould a slight inconven-ience be the only reason thatour airport security be solax.

My good friend just re-cently flew out of Fargo fora brief vacation to Anchor-age before classes resumed.She had mentioned that theairport security at HectorInternational Airport wasincredibly relaxed and unde-manding. She even thoughtthe airline security system inAnchorage was just as sim-ple as Fargo’s. While thismay sound rather excitingfor a frequent flier, it should-n’t. The way they barelychecked her ID convincedher that she could havebrought a fake ID and stillbeen allowed onboard.

That being said, accordingto USA Today online, “Morethan 25,000 securitybreaches – an average ofabout seven per day – haveoccurred at U.S. airportssince November 2001.” Withnumbers like that, we’re justasking hijackers to comeaboard and pop a squat nextto us on the plane.

I’ve heard once that Amer-ica’s way of dealing withproblems is reactive ratherthan proactive. We try tosolve problems after theyhave happened rather thanbefore. If you think about it,most of the precautionarysecurity methods that air-lines have now enforcedhave been a result of a prob-lem that occurred (or almostdid), whether it’s not allow-ing liquids on board or hav-ing to remove your Sperry’sbefore you pass through thegates.

If America would haveadopted the system the Is-raelis use for screening eachpassenger before they are al-lowed to board, perhaps3,000 innocent people wouldnot have died. Or perhapsthe people of New Yorkwould not be rebuildingGround Zero with the Free-dom Tower (which will costan estimated $3.2 billion , bythe way).

Instead we are left remem-bering those whom havedied while we easily and con-veniently pass through ourcountry’s airport securitysystems.

Jaime is a sophomore ma-joring in English education.

Get with it, AmericaJaime JarminOpinion Editor

If America wouldhave adopted thesystem the Israelisuse for screeningeach passenger be-fore they are al-lowed to board,perhaps 3,000 inno-cent people wouldnot have died.

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Rylee NelsonSpectrum Staff

The same peoplewho decreased thenumber of familiesmourning a lovedone at the cere-mony are nowbeing told that thecity is short ofroom.

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Opinion

“YOUniversity.” Howclever.

You’ve probably seen it onbillboards in the Fargo-Moorhead area, but ouruniversity isn’t a “YOUni-versity.” (Minnesota StateUniversity Moorhead has al-ready claimed to be the onethat always puts YOU first.)But to be honest, I’m reallynot a fan of this punny slo-gan. I firmly believe that mycollege career is so muchmore than just me. How-ever, I must admit, I recentlyhad an experience here atNDSU that was all about me,and I liked it.

Last spring I met with my

academic adviser and re-ceived some unexpected(and slightly disappointing)news: I was inadvertently ontrack to easily graduate inthree and a half years, whichwould have me shaking

President Bresciani’s handthis December. Oops.

I love NDSU; I really don’twant to leave. But person-ally, it is the right decisionfor me to graduate early. AsI was preparing to embarkon this, my final nostalgic se-mester at NDSU, somethingstruck me. As a freshman, Ihad been awarded a scholar-ship that would be distrib-uted to me over four years.Hmm. So what happens tosomeone’s hard-earnedscholarship money whenthey’re accidentally gradu-ating in three and a halfyears?

I soon found myself at theNDSU Office of Admissionsasking this very question,only to receive the message Iexpected to hear: I wouldhave to forfeit my final in-stallment of scholarshipmoney.

What did I do next? Be-lieving that I deserve to re-ceive every last penny of myaward, I emailed NDSUPresident Dean Brescianihimself. Rash? Maybe.Worth it? Definitely. I senthim a respectful, well-orga-nized email simply explain-ing my situation andpresenting my argumentthat I do indeed deserve tohave my final scholarshippayment applied to this fallsemester. After all, friendsof mine had emailed thepresident before and actu-ally received personal,prompt replies, so why

shouldn’t I go right to thetop?

Two days later, it came. Apersonal response fromPresident Bresciani poppedinto my inbox and, to makea long story short, what en-sued after I had hit “Send”two days earlier is very im-pressive.

My email went from Pres-ident Bresciani to PrakashMathew (Vice President forStudent Affairs) to JobeyLichtblau (Director of Ad-missions) to the NDSUScholarship Committee,then back up the chain andback to me. How’s that forefficient organizational com-munication?

In the email, Bresciani toldme that I would hear fromthe Admissions Office soon.I received an email fromthem two hours later.

That afternoon I foundmyself in Lichtblau’s officeand was shocked at howquickly and thoroughly heand his staff had dealt withmy request. They re-searched my academicrecords, discussed my situa-tion and voted on whatshould be done. Ultimately,they decided to honor my re-quest and award me my fullscholarship.

While this does make for acool story of how I was ableto get what I wanted, this ex-perience screams so muchmore about NDSU. Firstly,we are extremely fortunateto have a president at ournon-“YOUniversity” univer-sity who cares about, listensto and responds to studentrequests. Let’s be realistic:

President Bresciani has a lotmore important issues todeal with than whether ornot Matthew Kurtz gets hisscholarship money. How-ever, judging by the person-alized, detailed response Ireceived, I wasn’t botheringhim at all.

Kudos go to the staffunder the president as well.In retrospect, I easily couldhave (and probably shouldhave) first contacted Licht-blau instead of Bresciani andstill achieved the same fan-tastic results. But the oddthing is that I felt comfort-able directly emailing Bres-ciani. In my eyes, he’sestablished a reputation ofopenness and availability toordinary students like me,which is remarkable consid-ering he has 14,000 of me todeal with.

My experience at NDSUultimately isn’t about me. Inthis situation, I was clearlytreated as an individual, andeverything was about me,which I am very grateful for.But NDSU is not a “YOUni-versity.” And that’s a goodthing. We are a communitythat is “Bison strong.” If asingle Bison ever wandersfrom the herd or needs spe-cial attention, it’s comfortingto know it will kindly receivethe guidance it needs.

Matthew is a senior major-ing in broadcast journalism.

Props to the presidentMatthew Kurtz

Contributing Writer

Let’s be realistic:President Brescianihas a lot more im-portant issues todeal with thanwhether or notMatthew Kurtz getshis scholarshipmoney.

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The weather is finallystarting to cool down andteachers have left their syl-labi in the dust and are nowwell in to their lesson plans.Clubs have started, friendshave been made and yourbrand new school clothes arealready starting to bore you.This is how a typical schoolyear usually goes. We havealmost reached mid-Septem-ber and the excitement of anew school year is starting tofade as students get into thegrind of daily college living.For me, however, the new-ness and excitement are stillgoing strong.

I’m a sophomore this yearand I’m sure most of theother students in my classhave reached a certain levelof “I’m so over this schoolthing.” Unlike most of themthough, I am new to campus

this year and loving it. Lastyear I attended UND andwas under the impressionthat college was highly over-rated. Now don’t get mewrong, UND had its upsides-- the awesome hockey team,the great dining center foodand the fantastic people Imet -- but it was no NDSU.

Campus up there never re-ally held the “I’m home”feeling for me, and boy did Iget guff when I disclosedwhere I would be spendingmy 2011-2012 school year. Istill haven’t heard the end ofit, but I just knew that Icouldn’t be the only one whofelt this way. So I askedaround.

Obviously most of the peo-ple I talked to gave me someversion of the “down withthe Sioux, go Bison” speechthat all NDSU students seemto have down, but there wasone conversation that stoodout. Abby, a sophomore hereon campus majoring in di-etetics, lived in the samebuilding as me last year atUND. Although we didn’ttalk much at UND, we bothdiscussed why we trans-ferred and found we sharedthe reason: we just weren’tfeeling it up there.

After talking with her, I re-alized that “it” was that“I’m home” feeling that

UND lacked. There aremany factors contributing tothis. First off, everyone atNDSU is so friendly! I don’thave the trepidation to strikeup a conversation here that Idid last year at UND. I feltforgotten by my adviser atUND, but here at NDSU myadvisor has gone above andbeyond. My dorm last yearwas cold and basement like;this year I feel much morecomfortable and at ease inNiskanen. Finally, myclasses last year averagedaround 250 students atUND, so I really enjoy themore individual attentionavailable here at NDSU. Itmakes a difference when theteachers make an effort toknow their students.

This year has been leapsand bounds better than lastand I’m looking forward tofinishing out my educationhere. I grew up my whole lifebeing a die-hard Sioux fan –the word “Bison” was prac-tically a curse word aroundour house. However, I canproudly and adamantly de-clare that I, Amanda Breen,am a fully converted Bison.

Amanda is a sophomoremajoring in business admin-istration.

NDSU vs. UND: The great debateAmanda Breen

Contributing Writer

…I can proudly andadamantly declarethat I, AmandaBreen, am a fullyconverted Bison.

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A goodmix in theBentsonBunker

With two big wins by thefootball team to start theseason and an upcominggame against Minnesota,there’s something that manyBison fans may be missingon campus. Following aSummit League champi-onship and a trip to theNCAA tournament, theNDSU volleyball team is def-initely worth the attentionand the time of the fans oncampus and in Fargo.

The Bison volleyball iscoming off a tough threematch losing streak withlosses to UND and IowaState, but conference playopens up at the BentsonBunker Fieldhouse on Fri-day night with Western Illi-nois.

This year’s volleyball of-fers a different style of playthan teams we’ve seen in thepast. The senior duo of Jen-nifer Lopez and ChrissyKnuth is back for one moreyear, and junior Brynn Jokiis showing glimpses of an-other huge year for theHerd, but it’s the play of thefreshman that are makingquite the buzz.

True freshman LaurenCammack is, in my mind,the next huge star for NDSU.I wasn’t a student whenChrissy Knuth took SummitLeague Player of the Year inher freshman and sopho-more years, but I did watchenough of Knuth in highschool to know that she wasgoing to be a special player.

I get that exact same vibewith Cammack. Am I pre-dicting that she’s going towin Summit League Playerof the year? No, but I’m notruling it out. Cammack is ajump server that puts top-spin on the ball that PeteSampras would envy.

To go along with her serv-ing ability, Cammack is aforce at the net as well. Sheis second on the team in killsand points, trailing onlyBrynn Joki in both cate-gories.

With Megan Lambertsongoing down with an ankle in-jury in Grand Forks, red-shirt freshman CarissaWhalen has stepped up forthe Herd as well, especiallyin the two games againstIowa State.

With the mix of youth andexperience on this team, theBison should be able to runthrough the Summit Leaguethis season and make an-other push for a conferencetitle and an NCAA tourna-ment bid. Head Coach KariThompson, now in her firstfull year as head coach, hasher team poised and ready tostart conference play thisFriday.

With an off-week in foot-ball, there should be noempty seats in the BentsonBunker Fieldhouse thisweekend. I encourage allfans to come out and sup-port this team because, be-lieve me, they’re definitelyworth watching.

Travis JonesSports Editor Another magnificent de-

fensive performance Satur-day night pushed the Bisonahead of St. Francis Univer-sity 56-3 in front of a crowd18,341 strong.

The game was highlightedby the absence of startingNDSU tailback DJ McNor-ton, who was listed as out forthe game with a Grade-1ankle inversion, but his re-liever Sam Ojuri quicklystole the show with a 95-yardtouchdown run in the firstquarter, breaking PatPaschall's 2-year-old recordfrom 2009 for the longestplay from scrimmage inNDSU history.

Ojuri totaled 165 yards onthe night, a significant por-

tion of the team's 233 yardson the ground. The Bisonalso added 161 yards passingto push their total offense to394 yards for the game.

Early on, the game cer-tainly seemed more compet-itive than it finished as St.Francis returned the open-ing kickoff to the NDSU 42,

then pushed the ball to thefour yard line in 11 plays be-fore losing a fumble to seniordefensive lineman ScottStoczynski. The Bison de-fense was able to thwart St.Francis in the redzone on thevery next drive with an in-terception by defensive backJohn Pike.

“That would be a textbookdefensive back move to justknock it down,” formerBison great Phil Hansen saidof Pike's acrobatic play, aone-handed catch near thegoal line. “That kid musthave the softest hands ever.”Freshman linebacker Carl-ton Littlejohn was also ableto snag an interception, re-turning it 37 yards for theteam's seventh touchdown ofthe night.

The defense impressedelsewhere as well, registering12 tackles for loss includingsix sacks that subtracted 55yards from a surprisinglycrisp St. Francis offense. TheRed Flash claimed 15 firstdowns with 116 passingyards and 66 on the ground.

Despite the score, therewere a number of areas ofconcern Saturday night thatthe Bison will have twoweeks to work on before

their next game at Min-nesota Sept. 24. One issuethe offense faced repeatedlylast season was third downconversion, and those woesmanifested again as the of-fense went just 2-for-7 onthird down. Similarly, theteam was noticeably less dis-ciplined as they earned 12penalties for 115 yards, er-rors that will make a poten-tial upset bid over theGophers that much moredifficult.

On the bright side, though,the Bison again had measur-able success at QB as starterBrock Jensen darted in for atouchdown and passed fortwo more, including a per-fectly-placed strike to seniortight end Matt Veldman thatonly continued to show animproving passing game.Jensen finished 11/13 on thenight.

Head Coach Craig Bohlsigned off for the night witha complimentary review ofhis team. “I feel really good.We got through the gamewith no injuries, scored a lotof points and played a lot ofguys, so that's good,” hesaid.

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Chad Willson makes a tackle in the second half of the Bisongame against St. Francis. NDSU cruised to a 56-3 win and willhave a bye week to prepare for Minnesota on Sept. 24.

Kyle RothContributing Writer

We got through thegame with no in-juries, scored a lotof points andplayed a lot of guys.-- Head coach CraigBohl

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The 17th ranked IowaState Cyclones made the tripto Fargo for two matchesagainst NDSU on Friday andSaturday. Iowa State camein with an undefeated recordfollowing a win over fifth na-tionally ranked Florida.Iowa State kept their recordclean as they took bothmatches from the Herd.

1,400 fans filed into a verywarm Bentson BunkerFieldhouse for Friday’sgame. They didn’t stay long,however, as Iowa State sweptthe Herd 3-0 in straight sets.

The first set saw an early

Cyclone run that proved tobe the difference in the set.Iowa State went on a 5-0 runearly in the set that gavethem a four point early lead.They wouldn’t look backfrom there as they took thefirst set 25-20.

NDSU struggled mightilyin the second set as a 10-1Iowa State run put the Bisondown early. Carly Jensonwas key for Iowa State in theset as she had seven kills forthe Cyclones in a 25-14 routof NDSU.

The two teams went point-for-point in the third set, butanother run by Iowa Stateproved to be the difference.Iowa State went on a 5-0 runafter NDSU tied the game at18 and Iowa State took theset 25-21 and swept thematch 3-0.

Offensive leaders for theBison in Friday’s game wereChrissy Knuth and BrynnJoki both with nine kills.Joki also added 10 digs andone ace. Senior JenniferLopez continued her strongplay as she had 34 assists onthe match. Freshman Lau-ren Cammack also added

eight kills to go along withseven digs.

The Bison put on a muchbetter performance Satur-day afternoon as the matchwas a five set thriller. How-ever, Iowa State was able tofend off the home crowd andBison attack and pull out the3-2 match victory.

Senior Chrissy Knuthshowed why she is a twotime Summit League Playerof the year in the first set asshe led the Bison in kills withsix. NDSU and Iowa Statewere neck-and-neck the en-tire first set, but the Herdwas able to pull out the 28-26 victory to go up 1-0 on thematch.

Iowa State bounced backin set number two, but it wasanother close set as IowaState took a 27-25 victory.Janna Deyle and Brynn Joki

joined the Knuth attack asthey bumped their kill totalsup to nine and eight respec-tively.

NDSU used a big run earlyto put away set number two25-18. Iowa state quicklybounced back in the fourth,however, as they took it 25-17 to force the decisive setfive. The fifth set went downto the wire, but a 4-1 IowaState run late put the Bisonand the match away 3-2.

The Bison were led by afour-headed attack that in-cluded Chrissy Knuth,Brynn Joki, Janna Deyleand Lauren Cammack asthe ladies totaled up 15, 16,12 and 14 kills respectively.Jennifer Lopez had a seasonhigh 55 assists on the night.

Head Coach Kari Thomp-son talked after the matchabout having a number of

players that can score. “It’svery nice,” Thompsonstated. “Today what washurting was not having thatfifth one. Against a team likeIowa State you’re going toneed that.”

Thompson also com-mented on the play, and fu-ture, of freshman LaurenCammack. “She definitely isgoing to be a great player forthe Bison,” Coach Thomp-son said. “She’s definitely inthose pressure situationsthat we’re going to need herat later in the season.”

The Bison open SummitLeague play this Friday inthe Bentson Bunker Field-house with a match againstWestern Illinois beginning at7 p.m.

Iowa State sweeps NDSUVolleyball team drops two matches in Fargo

Travis JonesSports Editor

Rylee Nelson/The Spectrum

Brynn Joki gets ready to serve against Iowa State on Saturday in the Bentson Bunker Field-house. Joki led the team with 16 kills on the game, but Iowa State won both matches on Fridayand Saturday.

She [Lauren Cam-mack] definitely isgoing to be a greatplayer for theBison.-- Kari Thompson,

Volleyball HeadCoach

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After beating Green Baythis past Sunday, NDSU’sWomen’s Soccer teamheaded to Montana to par-ticipate in the Nike MontanaCup. The Bison played thehost team Montana Fridaynight and came up with a 4-

0 shutout victory. The Bison had four differ-

ent players score. Sopho-more Katie Tallascontributed the first goal onan assist by senior HollyChristian less than five min-utes into the game.

Senior Morgan DeMikeadded the second goal only10 minutes later on an assistfrom freshman Tristyn Wal-

czak. Katie Luce then addedthe third Bison goal of theday by one-timing a clearcorner kick.

The fourth Bison goal wasscored in the 87th minute bysenior Michelle Gaffney onan assist from fellow seniorAubrey Bot.

Bison senior goalie KalaniBertsch had four saves,recording her fourth shutout

of the season and the 13th ofher career. The Bison out-shot Montana 10-7 and tal-lied five corner kicks toMontana’s three.

On Sunday the Bisonsquared off against Idaho.The Bison lost 3-2, strug-gling to keep up with theVandals throughout thegame.

Idaho was 2-2-2 cominginto the tournament afterpicking up wins againstMontana and Idaho Statelast weekend.

When playing againstIdaho, the biggest worry for

the Bison proved to be find-ing a way to slow the Van-dals’ Chelsea Small, who ledthe team with two goals.

Idaho also has the reigningWestern Athletic Conferencecoach of the year in PeteShowler who is in his sev-enth season as head coachwith the Vandal’s.

The Vandals can’t seem todecide who they want to playin the goal as Liz Boydenand Marrissa Fehrman hasbeen splitting time in the net.

Soccer team earns shutout in MontanaJustin TellingbuisenContributing Writer

The women’s golf teamopened their fall schedulethis weekend with the Cob-ber Open in Detroit Lakes.NDSU took two teams to theopen and they left with thetop two spots. There were

eleven teams that competedin the open.

Junior standout Amy An-derson continued her domi-nance as she took home thefirst place medal at an evenpar 72. Freshman SarahStorandt took second placewith a 74.

Other individual place

winners for the Herd weresophomore Megan Swantaking fourth place with a78, senior Rachel Roller tak-ing seventh with a 79 andjunior Cydney Hasselbergtying for eighth with an 80.

The women’s golf team isin Lincoln, Neb. for a two-day tournament early this

week. The men’s golf team will

be in Green Bay, Wisc. toopen their fall schedule witha two-day tournament earlythis week as well.

Anderson continues dominanceNDSU places five at Cobber Open

Travis JonesSports Editor

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