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Tuesday February 5, 2013Volume 130 | Issue 33
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Greenway Ski Days Page 7
Men’s hoops split at home Page 10
DSinside
DSView: Recreational lit [page 4]
Becker: More similarities [page 5]
Ochs: Preserving English [page 5]
Greek awards [page 8]
Classifieds [page 8]
UND sweeps Mavericks [page 10]
Women split on road [page 11]
Bill proposed for $68 million health facilityFUNDS Gov. Dalrymple proposed funds for UND to expand its health department.
Western North Dakota towns are booming — not only in oil but also in population.
With hundreds of people flock-ing to North Dakota monthly, state legislators have begun raising ques-tions of how to maintain quality healthcare options for those in the western region of the state.
To meet the urgent demand for health care workers out West, UND could be seeing funds between $68-128 million from the state govern-ment to construct a new medical facility for the School of Medicine
and Health Sciences and to renovate existing buildings.
With the added risk of the oil industry labor and growing numbers settling in Williston, Minot and oth-er western towns, North Dakota has fallen into “a crisis for health care,” according to District 42 Senator Mac Schneider.
“The only way N.D. can retain their health care officials is to grow their own,” he said. “This facility shall ensure positions for all health care graduates in North Dakota.”
In his December address, Gov-ernor Dalrymple proposed a $68 million dollar plan to “expand” and “improve” the UND School of Med-icine and Health Sciences. If passed, UND would receive an additional $37 million in federal research grants over the next four years according to Rep. Corey Mock.
“This plan is about the state's fu-ture,” Mock said.
The bipartisan N.D. House of
Representatives and Senate took such a liking to the plan that another being drafted in its wake that could provide even greater funds. The new bill would allocate the UND SMHS with nearly twice the original amount proposed by Gov. Dalrym-ple — $128 million.
Although the location, timeline for construction and other logis-tics of the facility will not be estab-lished until the bill is signed into law, Randy Eken, associate dean for administration and finance at UND SMHS, stated that the $68 million plan would construct a new 170,000 square foot, state-of-the-art medical facility along with 40,000 square feet in renovations to the original build-ing.
“The facility is a long time com-ing,” Eken acknowledged. “Current-ly, the medical buildings are broken apart. This building will centralize
FACILITY [page 6]
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The proposed $68 million in funding by the state legis-lature would expand the current UND SMHS or renovate the existing site.
Popular book program to hit the Fritz
The UND Student Senate created a special pro-gram Sunday that will collaborate with the Chester Fritz Library to provide students with recreational literature in addition to the educational and histori-cal books and documents currently available at the library.
Since 2002, Student Government has allocated funds on a year-by-year basis for the Chester Fritz to purchase popular and demanded books and other literature that might interest students. Due to its popularity and success, Senate unanimously voted to create a special program that will appropriate up to $2,000 each year for the Chester Fritz Library to buy recreational literature.
“We want students to not just utilize the library for educational material but for recreational material as well,” Student body Vice President Eric Watne said.
Last year, the library purchased 200 books and the circulation was reported at 1100 checkouts. If the program is deemed a success, there may be future discussion to waive the $10 summer library fee that students pay during the summer semester to encour-
READING Senators passed a $2,000 budget in recreational books for the Chester Fritz Library.
SENATE [page 3]
Back on track
CILT gives tech help to UNDHELP Tech group provides various services to faculty, staff and students.
Its about as unknown as the UND mascot.
“CILT” is an acronym for the Center for Instructional and Learning Technologies. It is often overlooked and many new UND undergraduates
are unfamiliar with its services.“I just know the acronym, but I
don’t know what they do,” said com-mercial aviation major Phillip Paul-Wilson. “I’ve seen it in emails but, that’s it.”
CILT is in charge of providing technological assistance for everyone at UND.
“We provide services for students, faculty and staff to help with the use of technology,” said Lori Swinney, CILT director.
These services include Blackboard support, instruction regarding equip-
ment and multimedia design and sup-port.
CILT works with UND Tech Sup-port, a technology help team located in the Memorial Union, to provide this technologic assistance.
“If students are having trouble with blackboard or working through a quiz, or have any questions about technology-related things, they contact us,” CILT Associate Director Dara Faul said.
Inquiries to Tech Support may be
CILT [page 6]
North Dakota turned their game around Saturday after sustaining a barrage of ties and losses against the Minnesota Gophers and St. Cloud State Huskies.
UND tied 1-1 against Wisconsin-Madison Friday at the Ralph Engelstad Arena and came back the following night to pull off a 4-1 victory over the Badgers to end the longest winless streak under the head coaching of Dave Hakstol.
For the full story, turn to page 10.
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Students have probably noticed the bright green drop-off boxes placed throughout campus. Starting Feb. 2, the Student-Athlete Advisory Com-mittee (SAAC) will hold a shoe drive in hopes of collecting unwanted foot-wear that will be given to USAgain to distribute to local shelters.
USAgain, a for-profit company, has savaged millions of pounds of clothing from landfills and generated a new revenue stream for U.S. busi-nesses and non-profits while strength-ening local economies in emerging countries.
Students can drop off unwanted shoes in drop boxes located at the Hyslop Sports Center, Wilkerson and Squires Dining Centers and the Student Wellness Center. Even if the shoes are no longer wearable, they will be recycled and used to make new ma-terials.
“There are people around the area who don’t have shoes, let alone have access to shoes, so any and all shoes are welcome,” SAAC Vice-President Katie Houdek said in a Jan. 30 press
release. “This shoe drive will help con-nect our SAAC to the city of Grand Forks. Our community does such a great job of supporting our athletes, and this is a great way for us to share a
common cause and to give back to the community.”
This is the third event of its kind in part with UND student-athletes as more than 2,500 food items were do-
nated to area families for Thanksgiv-ing baskets in November, and a T-shirt drive held in October accumulated more than 1,000 shirts for the Com-munity Violence Intervention Center.
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Student senators Joe Kalka (left) and Jacob Gapp discuss the upcoming Student Gov-ernment elections Sunday at Senate meeting. Elections take place March 6.
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age even greater readership. UND students have faced
long wait lists at local public libraries to attain recreational books and having a larger selec-tion at the Chester Fritz could alleviate this wait period.
“By making it a special pro-gram, after five years we can see if we want to continue,” Senator Jennifer Vetter said.
A review of the program was scheduled for the 2017–18 aca-demic year so that it can be re-newed, changed or terminated.
New facility supportSenate approved two reso-
lutions to support matters be-ing discussed at the state-level. These resolutions should give student leadership leverage in Bismarck to fight for funding that would help build a new School of Medicine and Health Sciences at UND and ban sexual orientation discrimination in housing and employment.
The first resolution passed student body support for a new School of Medicine and Health
Sciences facility. “The School of Medicine has
a need to expand and they cur-rently have three options on the floor,” Watne said.
First, the school could ex-pand classroom space within the building; second, expand the building itself or third, cre-ate a whole new building for the school.
Senate found that it is in the best interest of students to sup-port the third option due to the growth of class sizes and demand for medicine in the state.
According to the resolu-tion, 40 percent of physicians in North Dakota received training from UND and 40 new physi-cians will be needed each year to serve the state in its current economic boom.
If the state chooses to fund the creation of a new school, the current building could be used for physical or occupational therapy classrooms.
According to Watne, School of Medicine dean Joshua Wynne and many medical students are in support of this.
“This is something that
could really bring our university to the next level,” Watne said.
Senators also saw how their support could benefit the state as a whole.
“I think it would be in our
best interest to support this not only for the benefit for our uni-versity, but because of the great impact it will have on our state,” Senator Jacob Gapp said. “It would not be increasing our tuition or fees because funds would be coming from our state government with the surplus we have.”
Ban on discrimination The second resolution that
passed student body support was for Senate Bill 2252 which would add sexual orientation as a discriminatory practice banned by the state of North Dakota.
President Logan Fletcher said this is a way Student Gov-ernment could make a difference in someone’s life.
“By passing this, we are showing that every student de-serves to have a roof over their
head without worrying about being evicted or fired from their job,” Fletcher said.
Governmental Affairs Rep-resentative Shane Gerbert will be supporting this bill at the judiciary committee meeting in Bismarck with a statement from Fletcher.
“I think this is a really good resolution from our university’s standpoint that these prejudices aren’t what UND stands for,” Senator Joe Kalka said.
In approvals, junior Eliza-beth Krueger was approved to fill the University Program Council Graphic Design position.
Krueger declared a minor in visual arts.
COMMENTARY DSVIEWBooks
FUNDS Student Senate creates a spe-cial program to fund the purchase of new and popular books.
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Football is one of the most pop-ular spectator sports in America. Recently we saw the conclusion of the Super Bowl, the one game that decides the success or failure of an NFL team’s season.
Imagine not being able to watch the Super Bowl ever again. Now imagine that the NFL no longer ex-ists and the sport of American foot-ball is discontinued.
If some people in this country get their way, that grim image may become a reality.
Besides the massive amount of money football pumps into the economy, the sport is a bonding experience and a source of healthy competition for millions of Ameri-cans. Growing up playing football in the backyard or in school teaches teamwork and integrity as well as promoting physical fitness at an early age.
Some very powerful people, in-cluding President Barack Obama, have made statements stating that the sport promotes violence and injury.
How stupid an argument is that? The game of football involves physical contact and occasionally a player may be injured. But to call it violence is a joke.
The risk of injury is everywhere in society. We live in Grand Forks, and during the winter the risk of slipping on ice and being injured in some form is very high. There is no way to prevent that risk, so we just
need to live with it. The same logic applies to foot-
ball.No one, including the fans and
players, enjoys seeing a player in-jured. Fans like to see big hits and tackles, but will always clap when a downed player gets up and walks off the field.
Granted, playing a physical sport like football comes with an increased risk of injury. However, players know very well the risks they take, and it is not as if safety is unimportant. Every year, millions of dollars are spent to provide foot-ball players with the best equipment a v a i l a b l e to prevent injury and allow bet-ter perfor-mance on the field.
T h e r e is also the claim that players are being taken a d va n t a g e of by the subjugation of their bod-ies to the rigors of physical contact.
First of all, if players did not want to get physical, they wouldn’t play. Second, if the players stick with the sport and manage to get drafted into the NFL, they will more than likely be extremely well-compensated financially. During the time the player is playing in col-lege, they are compensated through scholarships and free access to train-ing facilities.
Does the sport promote vio-lence? Absolutely not. The goal is to tackle a player, not stab them. We tolerate the constant bashing and fighting in hockey, so why should we care about the relatively few fights in football?
The real reason that some peo-ple do not want football to con-tinue is because they do not like competition.
In every competition there were and will be winners and losers — just as in real life. Apparently this ideology is spreading because many schools have recently discontinued their football teams and occasion-ally have done away with all sports.
The socialist ideal that every-one should be forced to be equal is ridiculous. In life, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. By winning and losing we learn strat-egy — what works and what does
not. When you fall off your bike and scrape your knee, does that mean bikes should be banned? No, it means you get back on the bike and learn not to fall down.
Banning foot-ball would be one of the most in-
credibly ridiculous things America could do.
The sad fact is that it is already happening in some schools across the country. Life is dangerous and the risks of injury are everywhere. We cannot bubble wrap the lives of our youth. We need to learn to ac-cept the risks of the choices we as conscious beings make.
Simply because football is a physical sport, does not mean we should ban it. Safety equipment continues to evolve and the benefits of such a timeless sport far outweigh the negativites.
INJURY The risk of get-ting hurt on the football field does not constitute banning the sport.
ADAM ChRISTIANSONTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
‘Simply because foot-ball is a physical sport does not mean we should ban it.
Adam Christiansonstaff writer
Tackling football’s reality
Adam Christianson is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at adam.christianson
@my.und.edu
Concerns have been raised over the level of violence in football. In reaction to head injuries the NFL and NCAA have “begun taking head injuries seriously,” according to ESPN.com.
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Most of us grew up hearing phrases that run along the lines of, “Reading is the key to set you free.” Some of us liked it, some of us loathed it and most of us stumbled upon our own equivalent of “Harry Potter” and came to terms with the whole ordeal.
Unfortunately, at some point during college most individuals realize that reading has become more of a chore than they remember. Teachers dole out 10, 20 and 30 page assignments like candy along a parade route — the more the better.
Eventually, students are so overwhelmed with long, dry readings that they stop opening their books as much; and the library and its endless shelves of academic texts becomes a symbol of oppression by the learning institution.
Thankfully, Student Senate took action during its Sunday meeting to inject some life into the dusty library shelves.
Since 2002, money has been allocated to allow the Chester Fritz Library to purchase popular books. During Sunday’s meeting, senators unanimously voted to form a program that will set aside $2,000 dollars each year for the Chester Fritz Library to purchase each year’s equivalent to the “Hunger Games,” “Lord of the Rings” and “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogies.
The program, which will be up for review in five years, has the potential to make a difference of a life-time. Students who don’t have a means of getting to the public library will be able to access “fun” books on campus, and students who have been cursing all books ever since their history professor assigned 50 pages on the mortality specifics of the Oregon Trail may be able to see the good in bound paper once again.
Another benefit of having popular books in the library is that students might actually venture into that big building in the middle of campus called the Chester Fritz Library, and that’s a good thing. The library and the books stored on its shelves contain a wealth of information; information that can make one more informed and better prepared if only you read it.
And while academic texts can provide lessons that help students in class, popular literature can provide life lessons that help students in their day-to-day lives.
Recreational literature teaches us about friend-ship and loyalty, standing out and being yourself, ac-cepting change and making a difference. So while it’s good to know that the atomic number for Argon is 18, it’s also good to know how to interact in society.
Luckily, there’s a book for that.
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Forest Gump’s momma always said, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You nev-er gonna know what you’re gonna get.” While it’s true that life is full of unexpect-ed twists, it turns out there’s one thing you know you’re gon-na get: disagreement.
In a country where we accentuate the individual and our differences, we tend to overlook what we have in common and that our broad goals are similar. Everyone wants to live a fun and fulfilling life, in which personal goals are reached.
So why do we spend so much time fo-cusing on our differences?
We focus too much on a person’s sexu-al orientation, race, beliefs and everything that is different about that person that it’s easy to forget we all are human beings try-ing to make it through life.
Overcoming differences is an area we all can improve on. Looking at our coun-try as a whole, we have become extremely divided and, at times, hateful towards one another.
The leaders of this division are those who govern our country. Republicans and Democrats have become so entrenched on particular issues that emotion has taken over for reason and logic.
Our elected officials spend more time fighting for their party than fighting for our 50 states. Getting elected, reelected, moving up the political chain and waging a political war has gotten in the way of us as a union.
Instead of focusing our frustrations at a certain party, we need to direct that frus-tration and anger to both parties. They have failed us miserably as they continue to fight over even the minutest things.
Differences are always going to be there, but there comes a point when it’s time to overcome them and recognize that the same goals are trying to be reached.
A perfect example of the ineptitude our country is dealing with from our leaders can be shown in Democrat Nancy Pelosi and Republican Mitch McConnell.
Pelosi, when taking the position as House speaker said her goal was to elect more Democrats to congress.
McConnell, the leader of the Repub-licans in the Senate said in 2010 that his goal was to make Barack Obama a one-term president.
These are major players in Congress, and here we have them describing their agendas as party war. Would you not feel better if the two were saying something
to the effect that the two sides are going to do their best to come together and better the country?
Isn’t that the en-tire purpose of gov-ernment?
The founding fathers warned us of parties and the danger that can take
place when given too much power. Our leaders love to name-drop the founding fathers, yet they routinely ignore some of their biggest philosophies.
Differences spread beyond politics. Each one of us is unique in our own way, coming from different homes and back-grounds.
We are taught to embrace this, which is perfectly fine, but it’s time we also start to embrace the similarities we share with those we have more differences with. If Democrats and Republicans could just do this, our Facebook feeds wouldn’t look like a social media war zone during elec-tion season.
And that’s something we could all benefit from.
Right now we are like the football team fighting with each other on the sidelines. We are the basketball team that blocks its own players’ shots. The hockey player that checks a teammate.
Meanwhile, the other team gives per-plexed looks as we make fools out of our-selves.
This country will never turn itself around until it learns to effectively com-municate, work together and, most of all, compromise.
In our generation, it is quite common to use words considered to be “slang.” This text/AIM — a popular instant messaging site — lingo is a shortened or relaxed ver-sions of words otherwise found in proper English language.
While there is no problem with using this lingo in causal encounters, it can neg-atively affect the outcome of more serious situations, when proper English is neces-sary.
When students are required to use proper English in school or the workplace, it is often difficult for them to adjust, be-ing accustomed to using AIM lingo can hinder their success. It is essential for proper English to be used in school when writing papers or essays, and inaccuracies can result in reduced grades.
If students are too accustomed to us-ing AIM lingo, then it may be difficult for them to switch over when the time comes to do so. This can create problems with grades and academic success.
Jobs in the workforce also require knowledge and understanding of proper English. When participating in an inter-view, it is essential for the interviewee to speak properly and conduct himself or herself in a professional manner. It is not OK for slang or swear words to be used.
If these applicants spend their lives us-ing AIM lingo, they may not realize it is necessary to adjust in order to find success in the workforce. In turn, this can affect their success in their future careers.
During high school we have all been required to read some kind of old English text. Whether it was “The Scarlet Letter,” “The Count of Monte Cristo” or even a play such as “Macbeth,” members of our generation have struggled to decipher the language used in these texts.
How much more would our grades have been improved if we had some previ-ous knowledge of how to read this type of writing? My guess is greatly.
I understand that times change, and with change comes alterations to modern language. However, it does not mean that
we must completely lose the knowledge of our ancestor’s way of writing.
The way we text, IM or tweet has crept into today’s classrooms. In an inter-view with U.S. News, a foreign language teacher at St. Mary’s Ryken High School in Leonardtown, M.D. said the writing ability of her students has dropped signifi-cantly because of their usage of Facebook, Twitter and text messaging.
Students may not even realize the mis-takes they are making. They do no need to use punctuation, capitalization or proper sentences when chatting, tweeting or tex-ting. These habits then leak into class-rooms and academic relations. Even when a student emails a professor, it is impor-tant to use proper language and grammar. Teachers notice these things and appreci-ate proper formalities.
These formalities are not just empty gestures — they are necessary tools for success. They help professors and employ-ers take students seriously.
Also, adults are not as familiar with AIM lingo as younger generations, result-ing in a language gap between the young and old. This barrier leads to miscom-munication in the education system and workplace.
Maybe the problem is that adults need to become accustomed to shorthand lan-guage. Maybe they should be the ones ad-justing to the younger generation. How-ever, this is an unrealistic expectation.
With the evolution of language in our society, it is important for the youth to maintain knowledge of using the English language properly when necessary. There is nothing wrong with using AIM lingo when texting or tweeting.
However, if formal writing were to be used during this time, it would be easier to cross over to academics.
Practice forms habit. If a student is se-rious about achieving success within their education or work, then it is vital that they understand the necessity of proper English skills. Understanding of the Eng-lish language may be the factor that deter-mines whether they receive a position over another applicant.
There is nothing wrong with using shorthand language. I simply believe that it is important to know when to leave it behind and take up a more formal stature.
A nation of similarities
For the love of Hillary Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton stepped down from her position as the 67th Secretary of State on Friday. She served for four years. Photo courtesy of dailymail.co.uk
RESIGNATION Hillary Clinton will continue to be a role model re-gardless of her office.
CARRIE SANDSTROMTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
Carrie Sandstrom is the manag-ing/opinion editor of The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]
I don’t care what your political beliefs are; it’s hard to deny the in-credibleness that is Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Here is a woman who has re-fused to simply stand in the shadow of her husband. A woman who has made a career out of being unafraid to dream big and do more.
Clinton resigned Friday from her position as the 67th Secretary of State.
During her time as Secretary
of State, she visited 112 countries, according to nbc.com. She is the first former first lady to hold a position as both a U.S. Senator and cabinet member.
Her list of accomplishments is long, the standard she has set is high and her legacy will live on for decades.
There are some who don’t respect Clinton or think she was foolish for standing by her husband through-out numerous affairs. And I might be tempted to agree if I thought she stayed with him just because she was scared to venture out on her own.
But that’s not the case.In a 1992 episode of “60 Min-
utes,” Clinton addressed comments on the affairs in one of the most out-spoken ways possible. She said, “You know, I’m not sitting here — some little woman standin’ by my man like Tammy Wynetter. I’m sitting here be-
cause I love him, and I respect him, and I honor what he’s been through and what we’ve been through togeth-er.”
Talk about gutsy.And Clinton has always been a
brave voice, speaking out on issues in a manner uniquely her own.
While Bill Clinton was serving as President, Hillary took a key role in health care reform initiatives. Her un-convential approach to the role of first lady served as a rallying cry — a testa-ment to her conviction and spunk.
She has done great things, she has done inspiring things and she will continue to do so much more.
Here’s hoping for Hillary 2016.
BRANDON BECKERTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
SAME Too much time is spent focusing on people’s differ-ences instead of the things we all have in common.
Brandon Becker is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached
Mary Ochs is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at
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FORMALITIES The deterora-tion of the English language could cause problems in the long run.
Giving up grammar
‘Right now we are like the football team fighting with each other on the sidelines.
Brandon Beckerstaff writer
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CILT FROM PAGE[1]about computers, laptops or mo-bile devices.
According to Tech Support provider and student Stephen Miller, the rate at which these questions appear fluctuates throughout the semester.
“We get a lot of people at the beginning of the semester,” Miller said. “Then when we hit finals week, everyone starts hav-ing problems again.”
Tech Support’s services are free of charge and warrantee-honoring. The only cost stu-dents, faculty and staff might face is that of replacement parts.
While CILT’s main purpose is to assist with UND-supported applications, they do their best to handle issues with other pro-grams, too.
“We try to stay on the bleed-ing edge of new technology,” Swinney said. She also stated that CILT assists faculty in pro-viding the best possible technol-ogy in classrooms.
In addition, CILT offers in-
classroom services, including equipment maintenance and in-struction and its staff regularly conducts research on emerging technologies to determine their potential benefits for education.
But getting the word out about CILT’s presence on cam-pus is sometimes difficult. When first asked about CILT, nursing student Katie Steffan replied that she hadn’t heard of it before. But after a moment of recollec-tion, she had a similar reaction as Paul-Wilson.
“I’ve seen it in emails too, but I don’t pay attention to it,” she said.
One of CILT’s main respon-sibilities is notifying the campus community about when certain technological services, such as Blackboard, will be offline. This is done through UND’s Outlook system.
However, CILT does more than just maintenance.
“As new things get released, we try to evaluate them and see how they could be used in the classroom,” Assistant Director Chad Bushy said. “It’s an ongo-ing cycle.”
When the CILT staff discov-ers technology with potential, they strive to make it available to everyone.
“We’re a big advocate for providing extra software for stu-dents,” Swinney said. “We show them how to use alternative ver-sions of things and loan software out for them to try.”
For further information, Tech Support is located on the third floor of Memorial Union and can be reached at 777-6305.
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it all, so that students at UND can practice medicine together.”
This on-campus facility will become the “main medical struc-ture” on the UND campus and “will be for all students — for all health science students,” Eken said.
According to North Dakota legislators, the new medical facil-ity and renovations would not only benefit UND.
“(The facility) is not just Grand Forks's possession,” said Represen-tative Corey Mock. “This facility will benefit the entire state.”
In light of the rapid population growth out West, it is the general hope that this facility will meet the heightening demand for qualified
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With bipartisan support in the House and Senate, both Rep. Mock and Sen. Schneider are hopeful that the 68$ million bill will pass, if not the larger $128 million option. Although the Governor has not yet signed the bill, “preplanning” is already slated to begin in May 2013. Until that time, there are no concrete plans as to the facility's placement or which buildings will be selected for renovation.
“We aren't just producing doctors for Grand Forks,” Sen. Schneider said. “We are producing doctors for North Dakota.”
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CULTURE&MEDIA Tuesday February 5, 2013
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Despite an approximate tempera-ture of only 5 degrees, a variety of people came out to Lincoln Park in Grand Forks Saturday afternoon to participate in the 11th annual Gre-enway Ski Days.
Sponsored by the Grand Forks Park District and the Ski and Bike Shop, participants enjoyed free cross-country skiing and snowshoe-ing on one of the park’s many trails, ice-skating on a small outdoor rink and a cardboard sled race, along with chili and hot chocolate from Southgate Catering.
“It’s been slower this year because of the cold, but people said it’s not bad when you’re on the trail,” said Lynne Roche, Special Events Man-ager for the Grand Forks Park District. “Last year, it was very warm and it was so packed. People had to wait a while to get skis.”
Those who skied this year didn’t let the cold keep them from enjoy-ing themselves.
“It was so fun, but my gloves didn’t work at all and my fingertips are numb,” UND senior Eric Flint, who was volunteering at the event with UND’s Honors Program, said. “I loved warming up with the free hot chocolate.”
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Grand Forks resident Adam Kemp is a huge fan of Greenway Ski Days.
“I ski every other day just to get out and look at the wildlife,” Kemp said. “I’ve skied with my dogs and I often run into deer and owls. The trails here are normally very well-groomed and the warming house and bathrooms are nice. Whoever sets this up needs to be congratulated.”
Kemp is originally from London but has lived in Grand Forks for many years. He brought his mentally dis-abled friend Hannah with him to ski
Saturday.“Hannah has poor pe-
ripheral vision, so her skiing makes her the bravest person here to-day. If she skies success-fully, she gets to push me down the sledding hill.”
The sledding hill was also used for a cardboard sled race at 1:30 p.m., which was sponsored by Leighton Broadcasting.
Participants could create their own cardboard sleds and decorate them however they wanted. All ages were encouraged to participate.
Grand Forks teenagers Jonie Kast-amby and Kayla Wirobek titled their sled “The Mobile” and wrote “Made with duct tape and love” in lime green letters on the back.
“Our title was just random. We got the cardboard from the warming
house a few days ago when they were handing out supplies to those who had signed up,” said Wirobek.
Greenway Ski Days was even a good time for those working at the event. Ski and Bike Shop employee Erik Kratzner spent the day serving chili and helping people get fitted into their skis.
“The free chili’s great and I love see-ing people have fun,” he said.
The event also attracted a group from Grand Forks’ Global Friends Co-alition, an organization that helps new Americans, most of whom are refugees from Iraq, Nepal and Somalia, inte-grate into society.
“Grand Forks gets about 100 new refugees every year and most of them are from warmer climates, so they’ve never skied or sledded before,” said Global Friends Coalition employee Rachel Smerer.
This is the second year that the Global Friends Coalition has sent a group to the Greenway Ski Days. Nir-joula, a young girl from Nepal, didn’t have socks to wear to the event last year, but this year she wore a full set of winter gear complete with pink snow boots.
“We try to take them to local cultur-al events that are free or cheap,” Smer-er said. “The kids are usually scared at first but the older adults often end up laughing and having a great time.”
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Many letters of the Greek al-phabet came together Jan. 28 at the Memorial Union Ballroom to spell out the words “thank you.”
UND students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered for the an-nual Greek Awards Ceremony, which recognizes those whose
involvement with Greek Life has gone above and beyond that of their peers.
The ballroom hosted about 600 people who came to see the presentation of awards in seven different categories, including Outstanding Chapter President, Future Greek Leader and the Gor-don Henry Award, a prize given to the top Greek students at UND.
Greek Life Project Coordina-tor Chelsie Bickel explained why the ceremony is an important one.
“I think that Greek Awards are great because they recognize each chapter’s hard work and celebrate the Greek community’s accom-
plishments,” she said. “It’s also a way to thank those that support the Greek community and show them our appreciation.”
Ashley Trdan of Delta Gamma was “honored to have been select-ed as Outstanding Senior of the year.”
“Without the countless op-portunities the university and Greek Life has provided to me, I wouldn’t have been able to get involved and meet so many won-derful people who have supported me throughout my four years at UND,” Trdan said.
Pi Kappa Alpha’s Joe Donovan also received Outstanding Senior honors.
Another Delta Gamma rec-ognized was Leah Sherman, who received the Future Greek Leader award along with Delta Upsilon’s Joe Kalka.
“Being awarded with the hon-or of Future Greek Leader meant so much to me,” Sherman said in a UND Fraternity and Sorority Life press release. “I couldn’t be more proud to represent my chap-ter and can’t wait to become more involved within this incredible Greek community we have here at UND.”
Chapters of UND’s Greek community were recognized for their overall GPA in addition to the awards for outstanding indi-vidual members.
The evening also featured the induction of new members of the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council Executive Boards, including IFC President John Mitzel of Lambda Chi Al-pha.
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standing Faculty Advisor for his work with Pi Kappa Alpha and Dr. Sherrie Fleshman, whose award for Outstanding Faculty Member was nominated by Kappa Alpha Theta. Mardy Berlinger of Delta Gamma took home the award for Out-standing Greek Alumna.
Other awards received includ-ed Outstanding Chapter Presi-dent, which were given to Delta Gamma’s Sonja Collin and Sigma Chi Alpha’s Nick Creamer. The Gordon Henry Award recipients were Kappa Alpha Theta’s Lexi Hanson and Sigma Chi Alpha’s Trevor Trombley.
“The UND Greek commu-nity has a tremendous impact on the university and city of Grand Forks,” Mitzel said in the press re-lease. “The annual awards ceremo-ny is a great opportunity for us to recognize those in the community who have proven themselves to be dedicated, skilled, respected stu-dents and leaders.
“Over the next year, we look forward to expanding our focus on academic excellence, leadership de-velopment and personal growth.”
While UND’s Greek student body received the most awards, others recognized included Mark LaLonde, who was lauded as Out-
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It was the longest winless streak in 10 years. But Saturday night, North Dakota erased a five-game stretch without a victory en route to a 4-1 triumph over the Wiscon-sin Badgers.
After a disappointing 1-1 tie Friday night, UND elevated its in-tensity and claimed stake to a long overdue conquest with two power play goals and a cardinal perfor-mance by Michael Parks in thanks to his two-goal night.
“After a five-game winless streak, I think everybody just kept pushing throughout,” UND senior forward Carter Rowney said. “I think it just brought out the inten-sity of the game and once you put yourself in those holes, you’ve just got to keep digging to get out.”
North Dakota triumphs over BadgersSTREAK UND gets the monkey off its back, winning for the first time in three weeks.
With 205 total penalty min-utes throughout the series for both sides, special teams became a famil-iar concept to put to the test. And Saturday, it was UND that won the battle.
The first strike came just 45 seconds into the contest as Mark MacMillan’s tip on Rocco Grimal-di’s shot into the net became the first of two power play goals. The second came by a perfect feed from Corban Knight to Joe Gleason to instigate a roar of cheers from the already thrilled crowd.
Voted the No. 1 star of the game, Michael Parks elevated the team’s lead with two goals in the second period. But the overall in-creasing effort put forth in the contest proved to pave the way to success.
“I think last night, we came out with a great effort and I think some of the bounces didn’t really go our way but they hit a couple posts too, that’s why we tied,” Parks said. “But I think our effort was just as equally good tonight and maybe a bit more of a push tonight. We got the bounces our way and that’s why
we put up the four goals.”Tension RivalryFriday night, a disappointing
tie was the result of two consecu-tive second period goals in which neither team could follow up on.
North Dakota scored its first goal just 25 seconds into the sec-ond period on a blast from the point from Danny Kristo that trickled into the net past Wiscon-sin goaltender, Landon Peterson. But Wisconsin responded just eight seconds later after stealing the puck behind the net and bringing it around front to snap it in past Zane Gothberg.
What began as a fast, comfort-able approach for the Green and White, was altered by an alterna-tive Wisconsin style of play in hopes of lifting the scoring margin in a contention for crucial points.
The action only intensified and both teams began the third period with three men each in the penalty box in an eruption of penalties after the second period horn sounded.
“That’s how North Dakota and UND’s Nick Mattson (5), Rocco Grimaldi (19), Mark Mac-Millan (16) and Carter Rowney (27) celebrate during North Dakota’s 4-1 victory Friday at the Ralph Engels-tad Arena.
The UND Men’s Basket-ball team experienced a week of déjà vu after taking a split on the week’s games, losing to Weber State on Thursday 66-51, then re-bounding to beat Idaho State on Saturday 69-52.
With the win and loss, North Dakota was able to remain .500 in Big Sky play and salvage a fifth place spot in the conference standings after the week’s conclu-sion. With the season fast coming to a close, every win will be a deci-sive one for the Green and White.
“You don’t like to put the pressure on them like that,” UND head coach Brian Jones said on the season wrapping up. “But it’s Feb-ruary with a short turn around.”
Just four weeks remain on the 2013 season and the pressure will be on UND to take advantage of every game to remain a contender.
Weber State made its first trip to Grand Forks on Jan. 31 and seemed to acclimate just fine — the cold temperatures and wind chill didn’t bother the Wildcats as they rode big offensive perfor-mances from several players to down UND 66-51 in front of 1,599 spectators at the Betty En-gelstad Sioux Center.
Wildcat senior forward Frank Otis had 20 points on the night while junior guard Davion Berry threw down 21 to help lead the offensive charge for WSU. Otis was especially difficult for UND to contain, pulling down 12 re-
Men split tough gamesCONFERENCE The UND men lose to We-ber State and domi-nate Idaho State.
bounds with seven coming off of North Dakota’s side of the court on his way to a double-double.
North Dakota was able to hang with Weber State to start the game, trailing just 29-26 at the end of the first half. However a 9-0 run by the Wildcats out of the locker room to start the second half put down UND early.
The Green and White’s offense was nowhere to be found on Thurs-day, only junior guard Josh Schuler was able to break double digits in scoring after netting 12 on the night. Junior guards Troy Huff and Aaron Anderson were held in check by the Wildcats, tailing just seven points each.
After suffering at the hands of Weber State, UND made a strong showing on Saturday afternoon against Idaho State to pick up a much needed conference win. The Green and White’s offensive attack wasn’t contained by the Bengals as they rolled to a 69-52 win.
Troy Huff was able to break out of Thursday’s slump with a double-
double, netting 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds on the night. Aaron Anderson and Jamal Webb both had big performances for UND as well — Anderson scoring 16 and Webb adding 12.
Webb, a junior guard from Buffalo, N.Y. was also able to find his teammates all over the floor with seven assists in the game. Collectively, UND’s offensive per-formance fared much better than it had on Thursday, as the team shot 47.4 percent from the field.
Idaho State’s woes on the road continued in Grand Forks as UND handed the foe its 12th road loss of the season, dropping it to 3-9 in the conference (4-17 overall). UND remains .500 in conference play at 6-6 (9-12 over-all) and will head west next week to take on Montana State (7-5) on Feb. 7 and Montana (12-0) on Feb. 9.
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Sweet sweep for UND in MankatoVICTORY For the first time in program history North Dakota wins twice at MInnesota State.
It was the intention right from the start. In its first ever sweep of the Mavericks at Mankato, North Dakota pulled through to continue a four-game win streak.
Friday night, a hat trick by Jose-fine Jakobson and an additional two goals Saturday lifted the team to vic-tory.
Michelle K a r v i n e n opened scor-ing for the Green and White in the second period on a one-on-one opportu-nity with the goa l t ender, sniping one off the post and into the net.
After a take down of Monique Lamoureux that drew a five-minute major for boarding on Mankato, Josefine Jakobson capitalized on UND’s second goal of the game just 10 seconds into the major penalty on Lauren Smith.
But Smith found a way to earn a point on the scoreboard at 14 min-utes 34 seconds, allowing the Maver-icks to tail by one.
Despite a hooking penalty on UND’s Sam LaShomb, Jakobson tal-lied a shorthanded goal while skating down with the puck on a breakaway and buried it high glove side to claim the two-goal lead.
What looked like another power play goal early in the third by Joc-elyne Lamoureux was later called off after careful review. However, UND managed to claim it’s fourth goal of the game and secure a hat trick for Jakobson on a jam in the net off a rebound at 13:04 of the third period.
With an extra skater due to a de-layed penalty, Mankato was able to pull through with a second goal, but it couldn’t seek any more — allowing
North Dakota to claim the victory.
Saturday night, UND secured the sweep with an 8-2 advantage over the Mav-ericks. With six goals in the first period
alone, the Green and White silenced Mankato’s efforts.
The Mavericks were forced to change goaltenders, but Karvinen capitalized on a power play opportu-nity just 29 seconds into the second period. Mankato responded at 2:11 with a shot past Shelby Amsley-Ben-zie and witnessed a 6-2 gap in the scoreboard.
The action saw rest until late in
North Dakota junior guard Jamal Webb expresses his frustration during Thurdsday’s loss to Weber State.
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UND splits road gamesRECORD UND strug-gles to get back above .500 in Big Sky Conference play.
The UND women’s bas-ketball team was on the road for two games this past week. Thursday night the team was in Ogden, Utah for a conference game against Weber State, gain-ing its fi rst road win in the Big Sky. Saturday afternoon North Dakota travelled to Pocatello, Idaho to face Idaho State, result-ing in a loss for the Green and White before they headed home.
Weber StateNorth Dakota’s fi rst game
against Weber State resulted in a 56-51 vicorty.
The game started with an early lead for UND. Megan Lauck had a strong game scoring 16 total points and went six for six in free throws throughout the night. Mia Loyd contributed 10 rebounds in the game.
The game was back and forth throughout the fi rst 20 minutes
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with the score staying relatively close until halftime. UND had the lead going into the second half with a score of 29-22.
The second half had a differ-ent feel as Weber State put the pressure on North Dakota. Turn-overs beame a problem and Weber State pulled closer throughout the last few minutes of the game. UND was able to maintain its lead and win the contest despite Weber State outscoring it in the second half, 29-27.
The Green and White were without forward Emily Evers due to injury. Luckily, the rest of the team stepped up to claim a 56-51 victory. The win moved North Dakota to 9-11 overall and 4-7 in the conference
Idaho StateUND’s game against Idaho
State also started out with UND getting an early lead. Madi Buck had ten total points in the game with fellow teammate Cy’erra Mills right behind her with nine. Megan Lauck led the team in steals with four with teammate Brianna Williams right behind her with three.
Scoring throughout the fi rst half was close, with the lead trad-ing between the two teams.
The second half started with Idaho State coming out strong and taking the lead back from UND. The rest of the game was all Idaho State as it went on to outscore North Dakota 42-20.
A high level of fouls and turnovers contributed to the Green and White’s 60-43 loss.
Idaho State was able to avenge its earlier loss to UND in early January in Grand Forks. The loss dropped North Dakota to 9-12 overall and 4-8 in the conference.
Looking AheadUND’s next games will not
be any easier as it looks to face two of the top three teams in the conference. North Dakota will face Montana State (third) on Thursday night in Grand Forks and Saturday afternoon the team will meet conference-leading Montana. The contests will prove to be a tough chal-lenge for North Dakota as they have struggled in the conference thus far. UND will have to play consistent basketball in order to get back into the win column.
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Wisconsin should be, I think,” Kristo said. “A big rivalry and both teams are tied in the standings right now. Everyone’s doing what they can to get wins and to get points and both teams fought hard.”
Committed Defense But with three points from the
weekend, North Dakota was able to pull ahead of Wisconsin, hand-ing the Badgers their fi rst WCHA loss in 12 games.
Defensively, North Dakota’s efforts were strong throughout the contest.
A large part of that effort was due to a consistent defensive pres-ence in the net. Voted the No. 2 star of the game both Friday and Saturday, Zane Gothberg’s stel-lar performance was the result of strong physical and mental play.
In his third consecutive start, the freshman goaltender fi nally found his niche in between the pipes.
“Over the past couple games I’ve kind of been mentally beating myself up — and for a goaltender, that’s huge,” Gothberg said. “You have to have a strong mental game too; so it’s just going out there, playing my game and have fun now.”
Although celebrating a victory has become a rarity for UND, the team quickly remembered what it was like to earn its worth.
“It’s nice to get in the winning column, but it’s nice to earn the win,” Hakstol said. “That’s most important. It’s been three weeks since we last won a hockey game, I think — I know it’s been a long time; but most importantly, it’s nice to earn a good win against a good hockey team.”
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SWEEP FROM PAGE [10]the third period, when Jakobson’s two goals ended the game in an 8-2 vic-tory for North Dakota. With a 48-13 advantage in shots, UND held con-trol for the majority of the game.
With Jorid Dagfi nrud and An-drea Dalen absent and playing for their Norwegian national team, UND was shorthanded a third player as Eisenschmid high tailed it out of the game after the second period to make her way to Germany to be with her team.
North Dakota now extends its win-streak into four games and claims a 13-9-0 WCHA record and 18-10-0 overall. With the sweep, the Green and White take control of the second spot in the WCHA standings, fall-ing just below undefeated Minnesota with its perfect 22 game season thus far.
Next weekend, the team will face off against seventh place Bemidji State in hopes of remaining in high stand-ings.
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