February 9, 2006 (vol. 35, no. 20)

Vol. 35
No. 20
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Thursday
February 9,
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Pay up or get dropped
New policy cancels registration of students without payment plan
By ALICIA STRNAD
Editor
Starting this fall, students
who owe money to the university are going to find it
harder to get around paying
their debt.
Beginning fall 2006, students
will have to make financial
arrangements with MSUM
or they will be automatically
dropped from their classes
and will not be able to re-register until they have paid for
classes.
To avoid being dropped, students must apply for financial
aid (by filling out and sending
in the FAFSA form), establish
a payment plan or make a
down payment. A plan to pay
bills must be in place, but the
entirety of the bill does not
have to be paid by the semes-
ter's start.
“They don’t have to pay it all
(right away),” MSUM Registrar
Jayne Washburn said.
Students who currently have
a financial obligation to the
university – tuition, fees, parking tickets, library fines, room
and board charges or any other
costs – will have a hold placed
on their registration. This will
block them from signing up
for fall courses once registration starts March 27.
Students can check current
holds by logging in to the
registration section of the
MSUM Web page and selecting “Check holds.”
Students who have no current holds will be able to sign
up for classes, but they will be
dropped from those classes on
Monday, Aug. 21 if they have
made no attempt to pay for
fall classes.
“The bad thing about this
is if they don’t make a payment, they’ll be dropped from
a class and that spot could
be filled by another student,”
Washburn said.
The first round of dropping
students will be Monday, Aug.
21. Classes begin Thursday
Aug. 24. On Wednesday, Aug.
30, the drop/add deadline,
the business office will run
another check and drop all
students who haven’t established a means of payment.
“The fifth day of class is
called the tuition due date.
They need to have something
squared away by then,” said
Mark Rice, MSUM’s business
manager. “That Wednesday is
a critical day.”
Rice warned that students
who owe MSUM money won’t
By ASHLEY BILLY
Staff Writer
'Act'-ing out
Dean's lecture
focuses on privacy,
role of librarians
in Patriot Act
Features, page 5
Strnad can be reached
at aliciawithay@cableone.net.
Grant
funds
women
leaders
Pawlenty
axes hall
renovation
The new Wellness Center is
not the only renovation this
school has planned.
MSUM has big plans for
its future, including redoing Murray this summer,
then moving onto MacLean,
Lommen, and just about
every other academic building on campus.
University officials were
expecting funds from the
state bonding bill. Gov. Tim
Pawlenty said in 2005 that the
project was among his highest priorities. However, when
he released his proposal for
the bill, Pawlenty included
no funds for the renovations.
Administration officials say
change is long overdue for
MacLean, built back in 1932,
when the campus was small,
technology was limited and
construction workers did not
have any building codes to
follow. Now, 70 years later,
they decided to finally give it
an upgrade. MSUM President
Roland Barden said the main
concern right now is that the
air ventilation system in the
building needs to be changed
in order to keep up with the
building codes.
While doing that work, the
university plans to give the
whole building a new look.
When everything is done, air
and electricity will flow bet-
be able to transfer and register
at another university without
first settling their debts here.
Holds prevent MSUM from
sending transcripts to another
university, blocking enrollment for those with outstanding bills.
“It’s an agreement between
all universities,” Rice said.
Most students won’t need
to be too worried about being
removed from their classes as
80 percent of MSUM students
receive financial aid to pay
their bills.
“We want people to start
thinking about it now,” Rice
said. “When they make plans
for the summer, it should
include a plan for paying
tuition.”
Shhh ...
Privacy is only a
right for as long as
we protect it against
government intrusion
Opinion, page 6
By WENDY HAMMOND
Staff Writer
No. 6 priority on the higher
education recommendations,
asking for a total of $9.1 million.
When Pawlenty unveiled
his bonding bill, MSUM and
several other schools were
skipped over to not receive
any extra money for 2006.
Sociology and criminal justice professor Debra White
will use a $27,000 Otto Bremer
Grant to fund the Tri-College
National
Education
for
Women’s (NEW) Leadership
Development Institute.
Obtaining funding is a “big
thing because we pay all the
expenses and food and lodging for the five days," White
said. "A third of the women
participating in the program
are on public assistance.”
Because of the generosity of
donors, attending the institute
is free. People with restricted incomes may apply for a
scholarship to cover travel
and childcare expenses.
For the past two years MSUM
hosted the NEW Leadership
Development
Institute,
although this year the group
decided to hold it at NDSU.
White said “students and
non-students can attend the
conference. Sociology, social
work and women’s studies
students who attend the conference can get three credits
for it but will have to pay an
additional fee for the course.
❒ MACLEAN, back page
❒ WOMEN, back page
JAY PICKTHORN / ADVOCATE PHOTO EDITOR
Exposed wiring is one of the problems officials hope to be able
to fix during a major renovation of MacLean. The building, built
more than 70 years ago, needs to be updated to meet building
codes and improve ventilation.
ter to accommodate the electronics administrators hope
to put in the newly shaped
rooms.
The problem is everything
costs money, and a big chuck
of that money comes from the
government. After consulting
with the Minnesota Board of
Trustees, the MacLean project
was put near the top as the
Vagina voices
Performance aims
to raise awareness
of violence against
female of the species
A&E, page 8
Defeat
The Dragon men
fell Saturday to
Northern State, with
a score of 64-57
Sports, page 12
Page 2, The Advocate
S
ecurity
Report
2.01 — 2.06
2.01 Fire alarm sounding in
CMU.
2.01 Faculty concern in
Wellness Center.
2.01 Fire alarm sounding in
Snarr.
2.01 Alcohol offenses in Lot N.
2.02 Ambulance response to
Weld.
2.02 Lost property in Bridges.
2.03 Fire alarm sounding in
Science Lab.
2.04 Alarm sounding in CA.
2.05 Careless driving outside
library.
2.05 Fire alarm sounding in
library.
2.06 911 hang up in Flora Frick.
2.06 Agency assist in Ballard.
Red Weather to
accept submissions
Red
Weather
Literary
Magazine is accepting submissions through Friday.
Red Weather publishes fiction, short stories, poems,
interviews, imaginative essays,
art work and black and white
photography. Red Weather’s
intention is to publish the best
writing available from MSUM
undergraduate and graduate
students, faculty, staff and
alumni.
All entries must be post
marked by the deadline date.
Submissions are accepted by
e-mail at rweather@mnstate.
edu or by sending it to Red
Weather Literary Magazine,
P.O. Box 11, MSUM Moorhead,
MN 56563
For further information
check their Web site at www.
mnstate.edu/english/redweather.htm
South Korea offers
summer program
Chung-Ang
University
(Seoul) in South Korea is offering a three-week summer program June 19 through July 7. Representatives will be
available to answer questions
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today
(Thursday) in the CMU lounge
and at 2:30 p.m. in CMU 203.
The cost is $900 and does not
include airfare. Financial aid is
available. For more information contact the Office of International
Programs, Flora Frick 151. Used cell phone
drive begins in Feb.
Members of Soroptimist
International of Moorhead
are conducting a used cell
phone collection drive during February. Phones can be
dropped off with Judy Strong
in Owens 205. There will also
be a collection table from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 18 at the
Moorhead Center Mall
RSC to host night
of candlelight skiing
MSUM Regional Science
Center will host an evening of
candlelit cross-country skiing
from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at
the Buffalo River site.
For more information call
498-2124.
NEWS BRIEFS
Thursday, February 9, 2006
Bridge competition
is open to students
The 31st annual Toothpick
Engineering Contest, sponsored by MSUM and the F-M Engineers Club, starts at
6 p.m. Feb. 23 in the CMU
Ballroom. The event is open to
any student, any age.
The object of the event is to
build a model span bridge by
gluing together roughly 500
round, wooden toothpicks.
Students in elementary
through college who are interested in entering the contest or to receive rules, call Ron
Williams at the MSUM technology department, (218) 4772480.
Carnegie course to
be held in February
MSUM will host a 12-week
Dale Carnegie course from
1:30 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays
starting Feb. 22 in the CMU.
For more information contact Kathleen Paulson at 4775051 or by e-mail: paulsonk@
mnstate.edu
Student leader of
the month named
Janna Zirnhelt was awarded
with the Student Leader of the
Month Award for February. Zirnhelt was nominated by
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
To nominate a student, for
the month of March, stop by
the Office of Student Activities,
CMU 229, to pick up a form or
visit online at www.mnstate.
edu/osa. All nominations for
March are due by noon Feb.
22.
Hendrix applications
for internship ready
The Hendrix Health Center
is accepting applications for
peer educations internships for the 2006-07 academic year.
Detailed job descriptions
and application forms can be
found at the Hendrix front
desk, online at www.mnstate.
edu/hendrix or call Mary Beth
Kopel at 477-2211.
Applications are due Feb. 17.
JON LAMBERT / THE ADVOCATE
Campus Crusade for Christ perform songs of worship every Thursday at 8 p.m. in CB 109.
MSUM offers help
with financial aid
MSUM will host a college
goal day from 2 to 4 p.m.,
Sunday in the CMU ballroom.
The event will provide free
information and assistance to
families who are filling out applications for student aid.
Resume doctor is
coming to campus
Career services will bring
a resume doctor to the East
Lobby in the CB from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Chinese club to hold Career services
New Year festival
to hold workshops
The Chinese Club will celebrate the Chinese New Year
from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at
the Dragon's Den in Flora
Frick. There will be a variety
of activities including games
such as Mah-jongg and Go,
calligraphy, paper-folding and
chopsticks. There will also
be demonstrations from the
Kung-fu and Tai Kwon Do
clubs.
Career services will hold
two workshops for teaching
majors.
The resume workshop will be
from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday in CMU 208.
They will have a teaching
interview workshop from 4 to
5 p.m. on Wednesday in CMU
208.
MSUM to sell shirts
at sporting events
Dragon Fire is selling t-shirts
emblazoned with the cheer,
“Go Big Red” at all home athletic events for $10. All proceeds are dedicated to athletic
scholarships.
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FEATURES
Page 3, The Advocate
Patriot Act topic of deans lecture
Voeller to answer the question, "What's the big deal?"
By BARBIE PORTER
Features Editor
A good friend of Stacy Voeller,
instructional resource librarian,
gave her a librarian action figure equipped with shushing
power. But Voeller is trying
to do the opposite for those
who attend her dean's lecture,
“What’s the Big Deal,” at 3:30
p.m. today (Thursday) in the
Library Porch.
Her lecture will be about the
provisions of the Patriot Act,
that infringe on civil liberties
and consequences it may have
on intellectual freedom.
Voeller was given the opportunity to give a dean’s lecture
and pick the topic she’d speak
on. She spent countless hours
researching how to write a
confidentiality policy for the
library, in regards of what to
do if the FBI requested information on a student or faculty
member.
So she chose to speak about
the controversies of the Patriot
Act.
The library policy, which
Voeller continues to work on,
needs to have a plan on what
to do if the FBI were to visit
the library and request records.
Under section 215 of the Patriot
Act, the library must comply
in silence. The silence is what
gives Voeller concern.
“It’s hard to say how many
libraries have been called
upon to divulge information,”
Voeller said. “Because, under
the Patriot Act, it’s illegal to
tell anyone that you’ve been
visited by government officials
requesting information.”
During her research, Voeller
discovered that the government
began requesting information
from libraries as far back as
the 1960s through what the FBI
called the Library Awareness
Program.
“There are actual records of
the FBI coming into libraries
and asking for what so and so
has checked out,” Voeller said.
“And it’s really started a lot
in the scientific and technical
libraries. It’s similar to what
can happen with the Patriot
Act, but the thing that’s different is librarians could talk
about that.”
With due process thrown out,
the government can attain subpoenas from a private court,
allowing the FBI to secretly
investigate anyone and try to
silence those who oppose the
Patriot Act.
“On Sept. 9, 2005, a U.S. district court judge, Janet Hall,
ruled that the FBI must lift a
gag order that is preventing
an organization with library
records from participating in
the recent Patriot Act debate,”
Voeller said. “So it’s not even
fighting over records—they
don’t even want the group in
Connecticut to even talk about
it. How big of a violation of
free speech is that?”
Voeller said the American
Library Association plans to
file a Freedom of Information
Act request with the FBI. The
ALA wants to determine if the
FBI has been collecting information on the association and
its leaders as a result of their
opposition to certain provisions of the Patriot Act.
“It’s not just the ALA that has
some points of contention with
what’s going on, there’s all different areas across the country
that are taking a stand or battle
about this,” Voeller said.
Voeller admits she likes the
extra security the Patriot Act
provides.
“I don’t want Sept. 11 to
happen to our country again,
no one does, at least no one
in the U.S. that’s a citizen,”
Voeller said. “I know sharing
information is the idea behind
the Patriot Act, to make sure
there’s more seamless communication between these branches of government. But, as I
do my Google searches, in the
back of my head, I’m thinking
what list am I getting myself
on by doing this research, and
I hate that I’m thinking that.
I hate having that speck of an
idea in the back of my head.”
Several search providers,
Yahoo, MSN and America
Online, have turned over data
to the Bush administration,
but Google has fought back in
court, giving the public knowledge of the administration's
intentions.
Google keeps data on what
people are searching for along
with the date, time and the
user's
Internet
provider
address. The same method
was used to find and prosecute
those who downloaded music
illegally online.
Voeller’s topic is controversial, but she hopes to spark
interest in opening communication and providing information to the public.
“The dean's lectures aren’t
only for those on campus,”
Voeller said. “They’re open to
the public too. I think it’s more
important to get the facts out
there about a topic like this.”
Porter can be reached
at Porterba@mnstate.edu.
BARBIE PORTER / THE ADVOCATE
Books that are checked out
can get students and faculty on
government lists.
JAY PICKTHORN / ADVOCATE PHOTO EDITOR
Librarians must silently divulge information about students and
faculty if the FBI asks.
MSUM students use the library computers. Where they go online, may be tracked by the government.
BARBIE PORTER / THE ADVOCATE
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OPINION
Page 6, The Advocate
Thursday, February 9, 2006
Advocate editorial board
Alicia Strnad
Editor
Ashley Johnk
Opinion Editor
Patriot Act
infringes on
basic rights
Basic human privacy is embedded in every fiber of
American life. People 'treasure" this right by taking it
for granted and worrying about it only when issues
such as the Patriot Act threaten their banal existence.
Most people lose little sleep pondering what could
happen to them if the government accused them of
a crime—reading a particular book, visiting a certain
Web site—and swished them away to prison for failing
to follow rules they had no idea existed.
Americans live unaware of the possibility that a pair of
cold handcuffs could displace their precious privacy,
a privacy valued with a level of ignorance incapable
to anyone who has ever fled their country fearing the
rule of a tyrant or despot.
The Patriot Act was ushered into effect after Sept.
11 to better protect Americans from terrorists. Since
then it has engendered debate in every corner of the
national political arena and served as a sticking point
for the Bush administration, which defends its validity
against those who say it infringes upon an American’s
civil rights.
And why shouldn’t we prevent terrorist attacks by
examining private library records? Can you imagine
how many hijackers and bombers read “The Little
Engine that Could” before exploding themselves on
the streets of Israel?
The answer to protecting Americans from terrorists is
not imposing laws that allow numerous scenarios for
the government to invade a list of what books a person
enjoys. If the best idea the government has for purging terrorists is to look at what potential terrorists are
reading, then the government is failing miserably.
Because America’s leaders are elected, citizens are
afforded the opportunity to speak their opinions on
privacy issues as they arise, instead of dealing with the
constant infringement many nonrepresentative nations
live with. That is, we had that luxury until the Patriot
Act entered the picture.
Perhaps ignorance is a luxury.
One thing students can do about this monstrous problem, is attend Stacy Voeller’s lecture, “What’s the Big
Deal?” at 3:30 p.m. today (Thursday) in the library
porch.
Then again, why take the initiative to walk all the way
to the library and spend about 45 minutes learning
about something so unimportant as the Patriot Act?
It’s only your rights. Ignorance is bliss.
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Letters to the Editor
Student action key to change
Students are very busy. That
is the plain and simple truth of
the matter. With work, school,
studying, trying to graduate
and any one of the million
things that encompass our day,
it’s hard to be concerned with
what some legislator is deciding 1,500 miles away or even
300 miles away. I’m sure that
you’ve heard it before: “Only
you can tell your representative how to vote on tuition!”
The fact is, most of us are more
concerned with paying our cell
phone bill in full, making rent
or affording food than fighting
a personal battle against the
rising cost of tuition.
I believe that this attitude
is entirely justified. After all,
isn’t it the job of our senators
and representatives to look
out for our best interests? Isn’t
that what they are elected to
do? The problem is, more often than not, students don’t
elect them. And they know
this, which is precisely why
they don’t worry about voting
with our interests in mind.
Last week, our school newspaper did a piece on the rising cost of tuition and student
apathy towards that cost. According to the article, “as esca-
lating tuition continues to soar
higher, student senators say
students are too uninterested
to thwart fees.”
Do I believe that students are
too uninterested to fight rising
tuition? No, I do not. I think
students have other priorities and are too busy to worry
about rising tuition. It’s almost
a Catch-22: “If I work full-time
to afford attending school fulltime, how can I have time to
worry about the cost of tuition
always increasing?”
It’s unfortunate that legislators take advantage of a burdened student population to
address a state budget deficit
or a federal deficit. When I
said in last week's article that
our elected officials are using
students as a punching bag, I
meant it.
Last Wednesday, the U.S.
House of Representatives
passed the final version of the
Budget Reconciliation bill, by a
vote of 216-214. This bill, when
signed into law by the President, will cut nearly $13 billion
from the federal student loan
programs, greatly reduce the
number off Pell grants available and raise interest rates
for these loans to between 6.5
percent and 8 percent, up from
some of the lowest rates ever.
Through lobbying by higher
education interest groups,
including MSUSA, of which
every student here is a member, several representatives
did change their vote, but the
count was simply not in our
favor.
My point is this: If you as a
student have no time at all to
call your legislator, write a
letter or attend lobby day, the
very least you can do is vote.
Vote in local, state and national elections. Vote your party
line, vote for one issue or vote
for a number of issues. But
never forget that we are each
one vote.
It is our duty as a citizen and
responsibility as a student to
ensure that those representatives who have our interests
in hand are elected to office. It
will not be until St. Paul and
Washington, D.C., know that
students are watching what
they do, listening to what they
say and voting on who they
represent that this assault on
higher education will end.
The feature article on the Pay
It Forward Tour in The Advocate was the best I’ve ever seen
describing this amazing experience.
I was one of the co-founders of the organization and
have been a part of two Pay
It Forward Tours. I am originally from West Fargo High
School and have done a lot of
work with the FM Chamber’s
Youth Leadership Program. It
is through that program that
I have been lucky enough to
work with MSUM’s Jim Anderson. This man is a bright
spot at your university.
Last year MSUM had seven
participants on the tour. This
year, they have two students
that will be leading buses and
bringing this opportunity to
your campus. I would encourage all students to check out
the Web site: www.stlf.net to
find out more information.
This amazing trip focuses on
service, education and reflection. I promise each person
one of the best weeks of their
college career.
I would just like to thank the
staff for their support of the
mission of this trip and for the
personal support of Julie Jacobson. This young woman is
an amazing leader and has put
a lot of time into bringing this
opportunity to your campus. If
you have any questions, please
feel free to call and ask.
Greg Tehven
Students Today
Leaders Forever
James Cailao
Student Senate President
Pay It Forward program pays off
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to the editor to
advocate@mnstate.edu.
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Thursday, February 9, 2006
Cruelest month short on purpose
I hate February.
In my opinion,
February is the cruelest month. It kicks
off with a few days
of beautiful weather,
then quickly descends
into the maelstrom of
storms, frigid temperatures, brutal winds and
rapidly accumulating snow.
On the surface, February
seems innocuous­­—it’s a small
month, unassuming and
mostly overlooked. Named
for Februus, the Roman god
of purification, February was
one of the final months added
(the Romans thought winters
were totally lame and thus
unworthy of having months).
February’s claim to fame
is its lack of days. Rumors
abound about why Feb’s
only got 28 days. Some say
Emperor Augustus stole a
day to tack onto his personal month, August. Some say
Julius Caesar did the same
for his pet month, July. Other
theories circle around astronomical and astrological
events, broken stone tablets
and ancient typos.
These are all lovely theories,
but not true. The real reason
February is so short? To prevent the entire planet from
going crazy.
The horridness of February
is such that no one could be
expected to endure such horrors for 31 days. Even 30 days
would stretch beyond tolerance.
At 29 days in a leap year,
February is downright dangerous. During leap years, sui-
cides and fatal accidents
rise.
With 28 days, February
is still barely tolerable.
I recommend that all
people hide inside their
homes and hibernate
until March.
At this point, you’re
either nodding your head in
agreement or you’re telling
the person in the next stall
that I’m the craziest person
of ever.
Here’s my proof:
Millions of people have died
in February. A few of the more
notable dead dudes are Frank
James of “James Gang” fame,
outlaw Belle Starr, President
Woodrow Wilson, Frederick
Douglass, Malcolm X, John
Quincy Adams, John Vernon
(Dean Wormer on “Animal
House”), Sid Vicious, The
Music, Liberace, Falco and Mr.
Rogers.
Need more proof? Consider
the following historical events
that all occurred in February:
Feb. 4, 211: Roman Emperor
Septimius Severus died. And
the world was never the same.
RIP, Sep, ol’ buddy.
Feb. 7, 1904: The Great
Baltimore Fire. Chicago’s
infamous fire was started
by Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, but
Baltimore’s, which destroyed
80 city blocks, was started by
evil ol’ February.
Feb. 8, 1968: Gary Coleman
is born.
Feb. 12, 2004: Barbie and Ken
break up after 43 years together. A nation mourns.
Feb. 14, 1929: Four words –
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.
One of the words repeated for
dramatic effect­—Massacre.
Feb. 16, 1959: Fidel Castro
became the premier of Cuba.
Everyone’s favorite bearded
dictator used the February
slump to his advantage when
he became leader of his own
island republic. Who among
us wouldn’t do the same?
Feb. 16, 1968: The United
States’ first 911 system began.
The month is so bad, it necessitated the dawn of an entire
emergency response system.
Feb. 18, 2005: The United
Kingdom bans fox hunting
and hare coursing, a saddening event for men with bad
teeth and funny hats everywhere.
Feb. 25, 1570:
Queen
Elizabeth I was excommunicated. The man who decided to
cut her out of the church was
Pope Pius V. Any man with
the stones to name himself
“Pius” shouldn’t have to hide
behind the horror of February
to do his dirty work.
Feb. 28, 1854: Republican
Party formed.
‘Nuf said.
What's your favorite month?
E-mail Alicia
at aliciawithay@cableone.net.
How I love my iPod, let me count the ways
All right, I admit it. I
jumped on the bandwagon. I joined the
slew of college students
who spend their tuition
overage check on absolutely frivolous things.
What can I say? It’s my
senior year, and I guess
I’m getting sick of being “responsible” and saving
my money. So upon receiving
a somewhat large check this
semester, I rewarded myself.
Instead of heading to the bank,
I turned around and bought
myself a shiny and expensive
new toy: an iPod.
I know what a lot of you are
thinking: an iPod is a waste of
money. That’s what my parents think. Then again, my
mom is 43 and is still holding
on to her eight-track tapes for
“safe keeping.” And when I
told him how much I spent on
my iPod, my Dad shot me the
same look he gave me when I
showed him my tattoo.
Just as I was about to let my
parents make me regret my
purchase, I thought of all the
reasons why buying an iPod is
a terrific idea.
First of all, it is extremely
convenient. Where else can
I listen to John Lennon, Bob
Dylan, George Strait and Kenny Chesney without changing
a CD? I bet you thought I’d say
Britney Spears or Justin Tim-
berlake. Yeah, they’re
on there too. The point
is, with space for 1,000
songs or more, the
possibilities are endless. The 4G iPod nano
(which I chose to purchase) holds 1,000
songs and up to 25,000
photos. It’s about the
size of a credit card and fits
right in your pocket. You can
literally take it wherever you
go.
It’s also a motivator. I know,
I know. What could my iPod
possibly motivate me to do besides download music illegally? (For all of you musicians
out there, no, I haven’t stolen
music.) My iPod has actually
motivated me to workout. I’m
one of those people who need
music to do almost anything.
Whether I’m cleaning, cook-
ing, tanning, sleeping, you
name it, I’m listening to music.
Until now, I haven’t had motivation to go running. I don’t
really want to be “that girl”
running down the street holding a Discman. It may sound
stupid, but for the first time in
my life I actually feel like going to the gym.
The motivation doesn’t stop
there. In fact, I looked to my
trusty iPod to help me write
this column. It makes it easier
to drown out the noise of The
Advocate newsroom and really concentrate. It’s helped
me write articles and papers
and study for my history test.
There’s something soothing
about putting on headphones
and drowning out the world
around you. Plus, it definitely
comes in handy when Alicia
decides to play the soundtrack
to “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
OK, so maybe I should have
used my overage check to pay
off my credit card or make my
car payment. Maybe spending a couple hundred dollars
on something that fits in my
pocket isn’t the most practical thing I’ve ever done. But I
have the rest of my life to pay
bills and save money. This is
the last time, however, I’ll have
a check from MSUM at my
disposal. So maybe I’ll have
to listen to my parents nag
me about money—again. I’m
used to that. In the event that
anyone gets on my case about
my money spending habits,
I’ll just turn up my iPod and
drown them out.
What's on your playlist?
E-mail Ashley
at johnkas@mnstate.edu.
A&E
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Thursday, February 9, 2006
Pro actor becomes student
Freshman Matthew Thibedeau pursues acting at MSUM after cystic fibrosis diagnosis
By Cammie wright
Staff Writer
MSUM freshman Matthew
Thibedeau slowly evaluates
each of the beautiful women
in front of him.
With the hot sun beating
down on him, Thibedeau jots
down his final choice, knowing that his judging will
change someone’s life.
Minutes later, a woman is
screaming in excitement
because she is the new Ms.
Brazil.
The Ms. Brazil contest was
just one of the stops that
Thibedeau made on his South
American tour of “Grease,”
in which he played Danny
Zuko.
In addition to “Grease,”
Thibedeau has been in 20 professional musicals, two soap
operas, a handful of independent films and a couple of
commercials for MTV.
But Thibedeau’s budding
entertainment career came to
a roadblock in Los Angeles.
After discovering he was born
with cystic fibrosis, a disease
that affects lung and liver
function, Thibedeau changed
his plans and moved back to
Moorhead to be closer to his
family.
“The average life expectancy
of people with cystic fibrosis
is 28. After I was diagnosed,
my priorities changed,” said
Thibedeau. “When I moved
Jay Pickthorn/ PHOTO EDITOR
Freshman Matthew Thibedeau shows off his mosaics, which are just a few examples of his many
artistic gifts. His acting talent will be on display in the upcoming performance of "A Chorus Line" at
NDSU's Little Country Theatre. Visit www.matthewthibedeau.com to learn more about his artwork.
back to Moorhead, my lungs
got a lot better. I was away
from the smog of L.A., and
being with my family helped
to relieve some stress.”
However, Thibedeau didn’t
let his health stop him from
doing what he loves, performing.
Next week, he will add
another musical to his extensive resume. Thibedeau and
four other MSUM students
will perform in the Little
Country Theatre’s production
of “A Chorus Line.”
Although the musical is
put on under the direction
of NDSU and performed in
the Festival Concert Hall at
NDSU, several Tri-College students participate each year.
“We have always included Tri-College kids in our
shows, and this year divisions
between schools seem to have
dissipated wonderfully,” said
NDSU performance specialist
and “A Chorus Line” director
Pamela Chabora.
In addition to Thibedeau, “A
Chorus Line” features the talents of MSUM students Mali
Yahnke, Craig Thiltgen, Anna
McCorison and Brandon
Heitkamp.
Although he has performed
with actors such as Diahanne
Carroll and Chita Rivera,
Thibedeau admires the cast of
“A Chorus Line."
“After working as a professional for 10 years, it is
so refreshing to work with
students who aren’t jaded or
preoccupied with their own
egos," said Thibedeau. "This
cast is excited about their
work. This isn’t just another
job for them."
The other members of the
cast reciprocate Thibedeau’s
appreciation.
“It’s interesting working
with someone who has been
around the world,” said junior
Heitkamp. “He’s very down
to earth and easy to get along
with. He knows when it’s time
to work and when it’s time to
have fun. It’s a breath of fresh
air.”
Like Thibedeau, Heitkamp
is no stranger to performing.
“A Chorus Line” will be the
63rd musical of his five- year
performing career.
In an example of art imitating life, Heitkamp says this
musical will give everyone a
chance to experience the life
of a struggling actor, from
the comfort of his or her own
seat.
“A Chorus Line" gives you
a glimpse into the reality of
a performer. It shows how
much work is put into 'making it.' Everyone can get something out of the story,” said
Heitkamp.
The 92nd performance of
the Little Country Theatre, “A
Chorus Line,” will run at 7:30
p.m. Feb. 15-18 with a 2 p.m.
performance Feb. 19.
Wright can be reached
at wrightca@mnstate.edu.
Family Band brings life-changing music to Fargo
Advocate staff reports
Robert Randolph & The
Family Band will make a tour
stop in Fargo at 8 p.m Tuesday
at the Playmaker's Pavilion.
The band is ready to change
your life, just as music changed
the life of this group’s dynamic leader.
Raised in a fire storm of
faith and danger, dividing his
time between battles in the
streets and safety in the arms
of his music, Robert Randolph
found his way through the
darkness with help from a
most unusual source: the
pedal steel guitar.
That’s right, those same slippery strings that weep and
whine behind cowboy crooners and hula dancers. But in
Randolph’s world, which
centers on the unique “sacred
steel” tradition within the
House of God Church, the
pedal steel is a different animal, a source of ferocious,
passionate sound.
Randolph began winning
attention some three years
ago, after being invited to join
in on sessions for "The Word,"
with John Medeski and the
North Mississippi Allstars.
All of this has set the stage
for "Unclassified," their aptly
titled, genre-defying Warner
Bros. debut, co-produced
by Robert Randolph & The
Family Band and Jim Scott. T.
Not that long ago, all of this
would have seemed like a
dream to Randolph. When
he was born, Irvington, N.J.,
was a comfortable town, with
handsome homes and tidy
little yards.
But even as he grew up
there, Randolph saw all that
change.
“We were close to Newark
and Orange,” he remembers,
“so things got really bad. I’m
talking about murder and
crime and drugs. As a child,
when you’re around all these
things, you somehow become
a part of it because you’re
curious. And I became a part
of it too.”
Stress built at home as well.
Both parents were involved
in the House of God Church
at Orange, his father as a deacon, his mother as a minister.
But they divorced right after
Randolph began high school.
Unlike most of his friends,
though, Randolph never
entirely let go of the church.
“I always liked going there,”
he explains. “At the same
time I would see my aunts
and uncles, who lived nearby.
I still had them to talk to.
They’d drive past, see me on
the corner, and they never
stopped praying for me. That
helped turn me around.”
Like everyone in his family, Randolph was musical. Eventually, encouraged
by several of his relatives,
Randolph agreed to try it
himself. After getting a simple six-string lap steel guitar,
Randolph started out a bit
cautious.
“To be honest, I just wanted
to check it out at first,” he
says. “I played it for a month,
and then I didn’t touch it
for another year because it
was so difficult. Then, when
I was 17, I went back to it,
and for some reason it started
feeling really special to me. I
spent hours practicing on it.
It became my everything.”
❒ Randolph,
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Photo provided
Robert Randolph & The Family Band will make a stop in Fargo
at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Playmaker's Pavalion in Fargo.
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Thursday, February 9, 2006
'Vagina' combats violence
MSUM hosts 'Vagina Monologues' to raise money for Rape and Abuse Crisis Center
By rachel jacobs
Staff Writer
The hilarious, empowering
"The Vagina Monologues" are
back at MSUM, and are bigger and better then ever. The
seventh annual show is set to
perform on Valentine's Day.
The one-time performance
focuses on awareness against
violence for women and girls
around the world.
The
National
Violence
Against Women Survey shows
that 1.5 million women are sexually assaulted every year.
Katie Oliver, the producer and
house manager of "The Vagina
Monologues," said, “The performance is about empowering yourself and taking a
stand against sexual abuse and
domestic violence.”
Approximately 35 women
participate in the monologues
each year. Nearly 75 percent of
the actors have returned from
previous years.
The author, Eve Ensler,
released
"The
Vagina
Monologues" so producers like
Oliver can recreate the play in
different cities to let everyone
know about violence against
women.
Oliver said, “The play consists of monologues about
births, orgasms, vaginas, sex
and masturbation.”
Volunteer students, faculty,
and the “Vagina Posse” run
the show. The Vagina Posse is
a group of men that do not perform in the monologues, but
help work concession stands,
run soundboards, hang posters
and sell buttons. This group of
men supports the cause against
violence by running most of
the action behind the scenes.
Buttons for the show are
sold in the CMU for $1 with
the date and time of the show
printed on the button. Tickets
are on sale now, $3 for singles
and $5 for couples.
Kerstin Cameron, a student
who went to "The Vagina
Monologues" last year said,
“It was my first show and I
was amazed at the support it
received by the audience. It
really made me think.”
Oliver said she wants to
“encourage people to come
and let the show speak for
itself. Open your mind and
you will have a positive experience.”
All proceeds go to the Rape
and Abuse Crisis Center in
Fargo.
“All the money we raise stays
in Fargo and Moorhead, so
everyone sees the results of
our efforts,” said Oliver.
The one-time show is at 8
p.m. on Tuesday in the Hansen
Theatre in the Roland Dille
Center for the Arts.
Jacobs can be reached
at jacobsrm@mnstate.edu.
Photo illustration by jay pickthorn
Exhibit seeks female artists
Advocate staff reports
A "Woman’s Perspective
Multimedia Art Exhibition"
seeks entries on the theme of
Mother Nature.
Visual, literary and performing art entries will be featured
in the show that celebrates
female creativity.
A Woman’s Perspective is
a noncompetitive, nonjuried
exhibition for established and
emerging female artists and
performers age 15 and older.
The visual art exhibition
runs March 1 through April
28 at the Heritage Hjemkomst
Interpretive
Center,
Moorhead. The performing
art portion of the exhibit will
be held April 13 at the Plains
Art Museum, Fargo.
The multimedia exhibition
involves visual art exhibits
and displays, invitational art
shows, literary art, theatrical art, music, dance, film,
readings, classes, workshops,
lectures, panels and demonstrations.
Additional supporting venues include the Rourke Art
Gallery Museum, Creative
Arts Studio, Nichole’s Fine
Pastry, Spirit Room and
❒ randolph, from 8
Withdrawing from street
life, Randolph explored the
instrument in the shelter of
his home.
When his father remarried
to the daughter of sacred
steel legend Ted Beard,
Randolph accepted an invitation to spend some time
at his stepmother’s former
home in Detroit.
“Ted taught me so much
about how to play and how
to listen,” he says. "A couple of months after that, I
went back to my church in
Orange with my steel guitar
and started to play it in services.”
Randolph quickly became
a fixture at the church. His
playing developed rapidly
within the tradition, and he
might have stayed on that
course if not for a tape that
a friend loaned him one day
in 1998.
That tape, a collection of
Stevie Ray Vaughan tracks,
hit Randolph hard.
“The way he played his
guitar, with so much soul,
gave me a whole new outlook on music. Nothing beats
playing with soul, when you
give it your all. You can hear
it in his playing, even in his
notes."
The more he progressed, the
wider news of Randolph’s
talents spread. Major labels
clustered around him,
contracts in hand, until
Randolph chose Warner
Bros.
"Unclassified" strikes very
close to home. It is, like
the gospel and hymns they
still play on visits back to
Orange, as much about the
message as the messenger.
“I’m just a young guy who
comes from a neighborhood
where I was surrounded by
negative things,” Randolph
sums up. “But because I
play this instrument, I’ve
overcome all that. I want
people to understand that
they don’t have to follow
anybody. You’ve got your
own heart and soul, and you
should find it That's what
I'm trying to say."
Moorhead
Community
Education.
This event is sponsored by
the American Association of
University Women/FargoMoorhead,
HandWorks,
Quilters’ Guild of North
Dakota
and
individual
donors.
Visual, literary and performing entry form deadline is
Feb. 10, 2006.
For entry information, send
a self-addressed legal-size
stamped envelope to AWP,
PO Box 1524, Fargo, N.D.
58107 or download a prospectus at awp.handworks.org.
ARTSY
ALTERNATIVES
Band Concert:
Honor Band High
School Festival
performance at the
Hansen theatre at 4 p.m.
on Feb. 11.
Theater:
Theatre B continues
its third season with
“Brilliant Traces." The
play opens 7:30 p.m
Friday. It will continue
on Feb. 11, then will
run Thursdays through
Saturdays until Feb.
25. Performances will
be held at the Main
Avenue Theatre, at 716
Main in Fargo. Tickets
are available by calling
(701)-729-8880 or can be
purchased at the door.
heather gruenhagen/ THE ADVOCATE
Warren C. Bowels of Mixed Blood Theater of Minneapolis
presents “Dr. King’s Dream” on Monday in the CMU ballroom.
Bowels is a 25-year member of the company. His solo performance was based on the life and career of Martin Luther King
Jr. The free event was held in honor of Black History Month.
Made you
look!
Thursday, February 9, 2006
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SPORTS
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ON
DECK
Feb. 10:
WBB vs. Winona State
6 p.m.
MBB vs. Winona State
8 p.m.
Feb. 11:
WBB vs. Conc. St. Paul
6 p.m.
MBB vs. Conc. St. Paul
8 p.m.
Tennis at St. Cloud State
4 p.m.
Feb. 12:
TRK at 2006 NSIC Indoor
Pentathlon, Bemidji
Feb. 13:
TRK at 2006 NSIC Indoor
Pentathlon, Bemidji
Feb 15:
SWM at NCC Conference
Meet, Grand Forks, N.D.
9:30 a.m.
Feb. 16:
SWM at NCC Conference
Meet, Grand Forks, N.D.
TBA
Feb. 17:
Tennis vs. Missouri
Western
6 p.m.
WR at Southwest MN St.
7 p.m.
WBB at MinnesotaCrookston
6 p.m.
MBB at MinnesotaCrookston
8 p.m.
Men's TRK at University of
Minnesota
Women's TRK at Bison
Classic
SWM at NCC Conference
Meet, Grand Forks, N.D.
Thursday, February 9, 2006
WRESTLING
No.1 Baker, Dragons pin loss on Peacocks
By Nick LERUD
Staff Writer
The nationally ranked
Dragon grapplers went to
Fayette, Iowa, last Thursday
night to take on Upper Iowa.
MSUM came out on top
with a 21-16 victory over the
Peacocks.
It was a battle of the rankings
as the Dragons showed they
were the higher seed. Going
into the dual, Upper Iowa was
ranked 16th in the nation and
MSUM was ranked 12th.
“The gym was packed and
it was a hostile environment,”
said coach Keenan Spiess.
Dragon junior Nate Baker
carried the team to a victory with his pin over Upper
Iowa’s Brady Hakeman in
three minutes, 58 seconds.
"This was a big pin for us
because
we needed
the
pin
points,”
s a i d
Spiess.
Baker is
c u r re n t l y
ranked
first in the
nation,
Nate Baker
according
to the latest NCAA Division II
Wrestling Coaches Poll.
Baker wasn’t the only Dragon
to record a pin.
Josiah Bush, a freshman
for MSUM, also did so in
Thursday night’s battle. He
pinned the Peacock’s Jase
Clark in a remarkable 1:36.
“This match was huge for us
and for Bush to come up with
the pin was outstanding, it
gave us the lead," Spiess said.
Senior Chris Tuchscherer
defeated Brian Black 21 Thursday night to help
bring the Dragons a win.
Tuchscherer, ranked fourth
in the nation, ousted Black,
ranked seventh, in the heavyweight division.
“The upsets were crucial and
were what really decided the
outcome,” commented Coach
Spiess.
The Dragons headed back
north on Friday night to take
on No. two ranked MSUMankato.
“We have a good rivalry
with Mankato and it is always
a good test for us,” Spiess
stated.
The Dragons lost 29-6 in front
of 612 fans at Taylor Center in
a non-conference event.
The meet didn’t end the
way MSUM had hoped, but
Dragon junior Nate Baker
continued his sizzling season
as he came away with a win
by decision.
Baker took on one of the
Mavericks' strongest wrestlers,
third-ranked Andy Pickar.
Baker rallied back after being
down 5-2 and defeated Pickar
7-5 in a battle for the top spot
in the nation at 165 pounds.
“This match was one of the
few bright spots on the evening for us,” said Spiess.
MSUM junior Joe Facchinni
was the only other Dragon to
defeat his opponent. Facchinni
defeated MSU-Mankato’s Tom
Block in overtime with a score
of 8-6.
MSUM
was
wrestling
Augustana when this issue
went to press.
Lerud can be reached
at smoothlerud@hotmail.com
MENS BASKETBALL
Hot-shooting second half lifts Wolves
Advocate staff reports
On Saturday the Dragon
men's basketball team welcomed a familiar and formidable opponent to Alex Nemzek
Hall.
The Northern State Wolves,
who had defeated MSUM in
overtime only one week earlier, overcame a six-point halftime deficit to take a Northern
Sun Intercollegiate Conference
game, 64-57, in front of 1,306
fans.
The Dragons pushed their 3024 halftime lead to eight, after
sophomore Blake Strouth's
jumper with 15:07 left in the
game.
However, a 17-4 Northern
State run put the Wolves, who
shot 59 percent in the second
half, in control.
After a see-saw battle and the
game tied at 55-55, back-to-
back 3-pointers by the Wolves'
Adam Grant and Craig Nelson
gave NSU a 61-55 lead with
2:14 left that they would not
give up.
MSUM's leading scorer,
senior Cedrick Hensley, was
held to 7 points on 1-for-10
shooting.
Hensley is averaging 16.7
points per game this season.
Senior Marcus Ebow played
a strong game for the Dragons.
Ebow finished with a teamhigh 14 points while dishing
out five assists.
Ebow and Strouth each had
four steals.
Sophomore Kyle Nelson had
a strong game against a very
impressive frontline of NSU.
Nelson scored 13 points on 5for-6 shooting.
Freshman Jamal O'Neal
added 11 points on a perfect
night shooting the ball. O'Neal
Home events in bold.
Dragons in the News…
Nate Baker, unbeaten in a pair of road matches last week, was
honored as the latest Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Wrestler of the Week. Baker is currently ranked number one
at 165 pounds on the latest NCAA Division II Coaches' Poll.
The junior from Lakefield, Minn. is 20-5. Baker and Co. were
hosting Augustana College on Wednesday as this edition went
to press.
Derik Brugger soared 16 feet, 1 1/4 inches, a school record
in the pole vault, to headline the Dragons' performance at
Saturday's Cobber Duals at the Olson Forum in Moorhead.
The sophomore from Dickinson, N.D., began the day ranked
ninth in the nation. Brugger was also named MSUM's male
athlete of the week.
Holly Farwell, sophomore from Montgomery, posted a winning time of 5:31.75 in the mile run at the 2006 Cobber Duals.
Farwell also helped the Dragons place second in the distance
medley relay.
The MSUM women's basketball team moved into 10th in
the latest NCAA Division II North Central regional poll. Three
other NSIC teams are also in the poll. Wayne (Neb.) State is
fourth, followed by Northern State and Concordia-St. Paul.
The University of North Dakota tops the region's rankings to
go along with their No. 2 national ranking in Division II.
was
5-for-5
shooting from
the field and
1-for-1 from
the free-throw
line.
Neither team
shot well in
the first half.
MSUM was
8-for-22 from
the floor while
the Wolves'
were 10-for-27
as the Dragons
built their 6
point lead at
JON LAMBERT / THE ADVOCATE
the break.
Senior Marcus Ebow goes up for two Saturday
After jump- against Northern State. MSUM fell 64-57.
ing out to a
lead at 27-19.
10-3 lead folAll of Ebow's 14 points came
lowing a pair of Hensley free
throws, Northern took a short- in the first half as the Wolves
were able to limit the Dragons
lived lead at 12-11.
An 11-2 run late in the first
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half gave MSUM an 8-point
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TRACK & FIELD
Dragon women finish second at Cobber Duals
Advocate staff reports
The MSUM men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Cobber Duals on
Friday and Saturday at Concordia College.
The women came away with
a second-place finish as they
won five events.
The only loss for the Dragons
was to Concordia, 85-84.
In the mile run, MSUM placed
the top three runners.
Sophomore Holly Farwell led
the pack with a time of 5 minutes, 31.75 seconds.
Second place in the mile went
to junior Kristin Dolence.
She crossed the finish line at
5:33.28.
Rayna Berndt completed the
mile in a time of 5:39.64. The
time was good enough for
third place for the Dragon
sophomore.
In the 3,000-meter, Sarah Rebenitsch took home first with
a time of 11:35.45.
MSUM loaded the 4x200 relay with freshmen and they
came through with a firstplace finish. Katie Fleming,
Jennifer Hensel, Alison Streyle
and Sadie Maas finished in a
time of 1:47.47.
Sophomore high jumper
Oluseyi Amele leaped 4 feet, 7
3/4 inches to top the opposition.
Finally, Dragons took home
the top two spots in the pole
vault as Hensel and senior Tiffany Spriggs sprung 11-9 and
11-3 respectively.
The Dragon men fared well at
the meet as they finished third
in a field of six.
Junior Dane Moreland led the
way for MSUM with his firstplace finish in the 800 meters.
His time of 1:59.22 gave him
the blue ribbon.
Moreland, senior Mike Shonblom, sophomore Steve Solum
and freshman Kyle Eckhoff
took home first in the distance
medley relay with a time of
10:52.60.
Once again the MSUM pole
vaulters performed at the
highest level. Sophomore
Derik Brugger vaulted 16-1
1/4, while junior Matt Jahnke
crossed 14-11 3/4 to take first
and second place.
MSUM won three duals and
lost two on the day. Dickinson
State took the men's overall.
Thursday, February 9, 2006
Page 13, The Advocate
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Dragons tame Northern State in overtime, 61-52
Move into second place in conference standings
a second-place tie with the
Wolves a week after Northern
MSUM and Northern State State had beaten MSUM 68-55
battled through 13 ties and in Aberdeen, S.D.
an overtime period before six
In a game that saw both teams
Dragon free throws sealed the struggle shooting the ball, exvictory for MSUM Saturday in citement and anxiety filled
front of 923 fans.
Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse as
The Dragons moved into
these two conference foes battled
to a 47-47 tie at the
end of regulation.
After two lead
changes in overtime,
Dragon
sophomore Allison Swenson all
but started up the
Wolves bus, drilling a 3-pointer
with 42 seconds
remaining to give
MSUM a fivepoint lead.
Junior Lindsey
Anderson
and
freshman
Katie
Walden then went
a perfect 6-for6 from the freethrow line to help
the home crowd
breath easy.
Walden led nine
Sophomore Melissa Sexton draws contact in Dragons in the
MSUM's 61-52 OT win over Northern State.
scoring column as
she poured in 14
Advocate staff reports
TENNIS
Dragons open with two wins
By Mallika Neupane
Staff Writer
The Dragon tennis team
came up with the winning formula Saturday and Sunday as
they defeated Bemidji, (Minn.)
State University.
Saturday's match was held at
Courts Plus Fitness Center in
Fargo and Sunday's at Gillett
Recreation/Fitness Center in
Bemidji. Among the six singles and three doubles matches, MSUM achieved victory
in four singles and all three
doubles.
In singles action, last year’s
letter winner, junior Rose Milless, won an exciting match
over Melissa Fogelson by
scores of 6-3, 5-7, 10-8.
Sophomore Heather Buesing
defeated Jenna Jesperson 6-3,
6-3 while freshmen Amanda
DiGiovanni (6-2, 6-3) and
Laura Benz (6-0, 6-0) also won
matches.
In doubles, combinations of
old and new Dragons were
able to give outstanding performances.
MSUM was able to defeat the
Beavers with ease as Milless
and DiGiovanni were able to
upend Fogelson and Kristen
Lexcen by a score of 8-2.
Freshman Alyssa Schafer and
junior Beth Helgeson were
able to defeat Kali Welu and
Jesperson also by the score of
8-2.
Also, Buesing and Benz were
able to defeat Julie Kapsner
and Kelly Hill.
“The players were enthusiastic and intense for the competition. The victory was because
of the attitude, hard work and
practice,” said Garry Harris,
in his 11th year as head coach
of the Dragons.
He believes that the players
will show their best performance and expects to achieve
a lot of success in the upcoming games.
MSUM now must prepare for
their next game, a Saturday
match at St. Cloud, (Minn.)
State University.
The action starts at 4 p.m at
Gold's Gym in St. Cloud.
Neupane can be reached
at xmallika@hotmail.com
points from her point guard
position, including 4-for-4
from the foul line.
Walden also added four
steals and seven rebounds for
MSUM (13-8, 6-2).
Anderson was the only other
Dragon in double figures scoring with 11 points.
Anderson and sophomore
Melissa Sexton each grabbed
seven boards to help the Dragons to a 51-40 rebounding advantage.
A cold front moved in to the
fieldhouse as the Wolves shot
26 percent from the field and
15 percent from 3-point range.
Not to be outdone, the home
Dragons managed 31 percent
shooting, which also included
15 percent from beyond the
arc.
However, the difference in
the overtime, which was ultimately the difference in the
game, came as MSUM shot 9for-10 from the charity stripe
in the overtime period.
Northern State was led by
senior Ali Chmielewski who
recorded a double-double for
the Wolves (16-4, 6-2) as she
scored 17 points and had 10
rebounds.
NSU's sophomore center,
Noelle Hall, had 11 points and
❒ HOOPS, from 12
guard to only two second half
field goal attempts.
A balanced effort from the
Wolves (18-2, 7-1) earned them
their fourth win in a row.
The loss dropped the
Dragons to 13-8 overall and
2-6 in the NSIC.
MSUM shot 40.4 percent
from the field, but only 26.1
percent from 3-point range.
Northern State out rebounded the Dragons 35-23, which
led to 16 second-chance
points for the league-leading
Wolves.
MSUM hosts a conference
double-header this weekend as
Winona State and Concordia-
Photos By CARY KNUDSON
Sophomore Allison Swenson controls the ball Saturday versus
Northern State. Swenson finished with eight points for MSUM.
10 rebounds.
Fans could sense a tight game
was in the making as the two
teams traded baskets in a first
half that included seven ties.
MSUM made the first run
of the game as they went on
a small 7-1 run and with 5:01
remaining in the first half led
21-15.
But, as they would all night,
Northern put the pressure
back on and went into halftime down only 24-22.
The Dragons built the biggest
lead of the game, nine points,
with 8:38 left in regulation. But
a quick 11-2 Wolves run erased
that and overtime was needed
to decide this one.
MSUM moved into 10th
place on the latest NCAA Division II North Region poll as
they hope to make the NCAA
Regional tournament for the
second straight year.
Another big weekend awaits
as the Dragons host Winona
State and Concordia-St. Paul
this weekend.
MSUM split with Winona and
Concordia earlier this year.
St. Paul visit Nemzek.
Winona is ranked 13th in
Division II and is tied for first
with Northern State in the
NSIC. The Warriors defeated
MSUM handily on Jan. 21,
74-41.
MSUM defeated Concordia-
St. Paul, 65-54, for a big win
early in conference play.
The Dragons hope to win two
in a row for the first time since
the first week of January.
The men hit the hardwood
at 8 p.m. both Friday and
Saturday.
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❒ MACLEAN, from front
Back Page
Thursday, February 9, 2006
Despite the rejection from the
governor, hopes are still high
among the campus planning
committee. They are submitting a proposal to be on both
the House and Senate bills.
They say if those proposals
go through, the governor will
have no choice but to sign it.
Representatives from both
legislative bodies were on
campus and have seen the
work that needs to be done on
the old buildings.
Barden says they have
many supporters in the capital, including the chair of the
Finance Committee, who is
a native of Fergus Falls. All
that remains now is to get the
bill passed and signed. The
administration hopes to have
the money as soon as May of
this year.
There will be a lot of changes
around here in the next decade,
but it will be a change for the
better as MSUM leaps into the
next century, becoming bigger,
better and brighter.
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JAY PICKTHORN / PHOTO EDITOR
Water has damaged tiles in MacLean. The university hopes to be able to remodel the building this summer, but the funding for the
project is in jeopardy in the Minnesota legislature.
❒ WOMEN, from front
These students do a paper
after where they devise a plan
for how they can volunteer in
their community. They make
an Action Plan.”
The Web site states that
“Applicants who are interested in politics, leadership,
public service or community
service, and have a desire to
develop their own leadership skills are encouraged to
apply.”
You do not need to be a college student or consider yourself a leader to be considered.
Each year about 40 women
participate in this event.
White said “the keynote
speaker will be two-time presidential candidate for the Green
Party, Winona LaDuke.”
“The biggest thing is helping
them (participants) give back
to the community and not
have this experience as just
another line on their resume,”
White said.
The deadline to apply is
March 24. The next institute
will be May 20-24.
For more information about
the NEW Leadership Institute,
contact White at whitede@
mnstate.edu or by calling 4772041.
The
Tri-College
NEW
Leadership
Development
Institute’s Web site is at
a p p s e r v. m n s t a t e . e d u /
whitede/conference/index.
htm.
Hammond can be reached at wfederowich@hotmail.com.