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Thousands of people streamed off the NDSU campus in a mass exodus after the university declared a complete evacuation in response to a bomb threat Friday.

NDSU received a call including the “threat of an explosive device,” FBI Spokesman Kyle Loven told the Associated Press. The call came at approximately 9 a.m., according to NDSU University Relations.

“It was a call that came in to campus personnel, and from there the response was coordinated and certainly was effective,” Lt. Joel Vet-tel of the Fargo Police De-partment said.

Police declined to release any more information about the call to preserve the “in-tegrity of the investigation” and “the safety of everyone involved,” Vettel said.

The university’s emer-gency alert system notified all employees and students,

requiring everyone to leave campus by 10:15 a.m.

“The campus evacuated in a timely, orderly fashion,” President Dean Bresciani said. “This is a scenario that we have practiced and planned for and unfortu-nately are having to put into practice right now.”

People flooded off cam-pus, and some were stuck in traffic for over 20 minutes. All entrances to the campus were blocked off. Bresciani estimates that 20,000 people were evacuated from the NDSU main campus, down-town campus and agricul-ture facilities.

Vettel said it was less than an hour and a half be-tween the time the message went out and the evacuation was complete. “People on campus did exactly what they were supposed to do,” he said.

The prompt evacuation was largely attributed to technology and social media that allowed the University to get the information out quickly.

Students living in dorms were forced to take refuge at friends’ houses and busi-nesses close to campus.

Sadie Olson, a freshman majoring in nursing, heard the emergency alert on her television in her dorm room. “It said everyone had to be evacuated by 10:15, so I woke up my roommate and we got out of there right away,” she said. “My first thought was, ‘Is this real?’”

Ashton Wiltgen was working on homework in his dorm in Reed-Johnson when his friend asked if he saw the emergency alert email. Wiltgen, a fresh-man majoring in exercise science, says he definitely thought the threat was real after reading the email.

Both Olson and Wiltgen were among several stu-dents who waited out the in-vestigation by Bison Block.

Authorities did a clean sweep of the campus, but did not reveal specifics about what buildings were searched.

“We did a comprehen-sive search based on the information we had,” Vettel said.

Bresciani says that all campus facilities were con-sidered part of the investiga-tion.

Vettel described the com-

prehensive search through-out campus as a coordinated effort amongst federal, state and local entities.

“I thought it went ex-tremely well… As quickly as it was accomplished, I think it was remarkable,” he said.

Bresciani described the procedures as “textbook.”

Police came to the con-clusion that every building had been swept, confirmed that the inspection had taken place as planned and deemed the campus safe at about 12:25 p.m.

“I am pleased,” Bres-ciani said, “that we were able to have efficiently gone through the campus, in-spected what we need to in-spect and reopen the campus in a timely manner.”

Campus remained closed until university operations resumed at 1 p.m. Classes resumed at 2 p.m., but many remained cancelled for the day, and many students re-mained off campus.

“Obviously this is a very real threat to the campus,” Bresciani said. ”We have to take it seriously, but we’ve done everything reasonable to ensure that the campus is

safe.”Authorities will continue

with the investigation and will try to establish who was responsible for the incident, Vettel said.

“We are very confident that we have the information necessary to move forward with the investigation, and we really are comfortable that the safety aspect for not just the campus area, but the entire city is really just fine,” he said.

Bresciani noted the over-whelming reaction of stu-dents, faculty and staff who emailed him to ask if there was anything they could do to help with the evacuation process.

“That reflects the type of campus community I think would be the envy of other universities,” he said.

NDSU has received bomb threats in the past, but this was the first time the university had a comprehen-sive evacuation of campus.

Two other universities also received bomb threats and orders of evacuation Friday.

The University of Texas at Austin received a call around 8:35 a.m. from a

man claiming to belong to Al-Quaida, officials said, according to the Associated Press. The caller said bombs had been placed through-out the University of Texas’ campus.

The FBI is investigating this incident and whether it is related to the bomb threat at NDSU.

Hiram College, a smaller university in Ohio, also re-ceived a bomb threat and was evacuated Friday after-noon, the Associated Press reported.

Three other telephoned bomb threats occurred in the North Dakota region last week as well.

Hector International Airport in Fargo received a threat on Tuesday; the Grand Forks airport evacuated fol-lowing a threat Wednesday morning; and the downtown Radisson Hotel was evacu-ated Saturday after reciev-ing a phone call of a bomb threat.

Vettel did not comment on the specifics of these oth-er bomb threats. “We don’t want to minimize individual events” or “jump to conclu-sions,” he said.

Josie TafelmeyerHead-News Editor

Bomb threat prompts evacuation

(Top)President Dean Bresciani and Fargo police Lt. Joel Vettel during a press conference following a bomb threat Friday. The threat led to an approximately 20,000 person evacuation. (Bottom, from left to right)Students gather off campus, while Fargo police complete a gridlock. Students and staff were permitted on campus after an “all clear” was issued at 1 p.m. Friday.

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This past Thursday night marked NDSU’s second an-nual “Take Back the Night” event. An event where the NDSU community rallies for an end to sexual violence. The event had a great turn-out where students, staff, and faculty listened to speak-ers, marched throughout the NDSU campus (even stop-ping traffic!), and ended the event with a candle light vigil. The night started with people gathering in the Festi-val Concert Hall where peo-ple got to make signs for the rally. One sign boldly stated, “Just because I’m wearing a dress, doesn’t mean yes!”

People attending had a chance to look at some booths advertising organiza-tions in the community that focus on the issues related to stopping sexual violence. They also got to listen to the student-organized educa-tional program where three NDSU staff and faculty members were highlighted

for their work with sexual vi-olence. People learned about statistics on sexual violence on campus, and students who are also featured in a cam-paign on campus spoke on taking a stand against sexual violence.

Students, staff and faculty held their signs and chanted, then erupted on the streets as they began to march on the NDSU campus.

“Seeing all the students that ran out of their dorms to see and hear what we had to say was insane!” Alyssia Feders, a student who had partaken in the march said.

The night ended with an intimate candle light vigil where people told their sto-ries.

“We know violence hap-pens, we know rape happens, we know abuse happens and we really just want to get the word out at NDSU to make sure that doesn’t happen here.” Said Krista Padgett, a Student/Violence Prevention Educator who worked the “Take Back the Night” event.

MSUM also had a “Take Back the Night” event on their campus, which included a barbeque, poetry slam, a march and candle light vigil.

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Dakota Moniker: Past and Present

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Bison 101 – Our Past7 p.m.

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Whitney Stramer | The SpectrumA student displays his support for ending sexual violence through “Take Back the Night.”

Whitney Stramer | The SpectrumPicket signs displaying statements forsexual violence awareness in Festival Concert Hall.

Six NDSU students have made a global impact vol-unteering with God’s Child Project.

These students will share their international ser-vice-learning experiences at a presentation from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Arikara Room in the Me-morial Union.

Bethany Schwandt, Eliz-abeth Schenfisch, McKayla Artz, Elyssa Grimsby, Krista Padgett and Anne Storey went to Antigua, Guatemala to serve as a part of God’s Child Project from May 21 – 30. The students partici-pated in a wide range of ser-vice projects: built homes, distributed clothing, visited orphanages, served meals at homeless shelters, vol-unteered at a malnutrition center and performed family social-work visits.

This service was a com-ponent of the course INTL 379: Global Perspectives on Civic Engagement. The course began in the spring 2012 semester, preparing the students for the service they would do in the summer in Guatemala. The internation-al service trip was coordi-nated through NDSU Study Abroad and God’s Child Project in Bismarck, N.D.

Instructors for the course Courtney Barstad, Greek life coordinator, and Matthew Skoy, director of service learning and civic engage-

ment, accompanied the stu-dents to Guatemala.

Barstad said it will be great to hear the students reflect on what they learned and the things they took away from the trip and the service.

“We’ll hear their experi-ences – they worked hard and got a job done, but their hearts were filled with the kids, the families and the people when they left,” she said.

The students are fired up about sharing their story with the NDSU community, Barstad said.

Patrick Atkinson, found-er of Gods Child Project,

will also share his experienc-es of 30 years of combating poverty. Atkinson, a native of Bismarck, N.D., will pres-ent from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday in Century Theater in the Memorial Union.

Atkinson will talk about his personal experiences from starting God’s Child to where he is at today, the impact he’s made serving at different places, the things he has seen and the need that is out there, Barstad said.

“The students [in our course] were really moved by his story because it is awesome to see what one person can accomplish,” she said.

Atkinsons’s presentation will offer a new perspective on service.

“A lot of people serve at a very local or state level, and that’s great,” Skoy said. “But to have an international per-spective on service – that’s pretty cool. You’re really go-ing to learn a lot about how to get involved and engaged internationally.”

Being involved with global service movements “opens up your mind, your perspectives,” Skoy ex-plained. “Around all the differences of cultures and people and diversity, the common bond of service is a glue that can connect every-

one,” he said.Skoy and Barstad have

plans to teach the global per-spectives course again this spring.

God’s Child Project is an educational development organization dedicated to “breaking the chains of pov-erty through education and formation,” according to the organization’s website. Ser-vices they provide include clinics, schools, social work, homeless shelters, drug re-hab, and human trafficking advocacy.

For more information about God’s Child Project or how to volunteer, visit www.godschild.org.

Josie TafelmeyerContributing Writer

Students to present global service experiencesPatrick Atkinson to speak at NDSU about God’s Child Project

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Bethany Schwandt, Elizabeth Schenfisch, McKayla Artz, Elyssa Grimsby, Krista Padgett, Anne Storey, Matthew Skoy and Courtney Barstad went to Anti-gua, Guatemala to serve as a part of the God’s Child Project.

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon hosted their fifth annual Spike Out Suicide volleyball tournament on Friday.

The volleyball event fea-tured the tournament, a grill out, a raffle, prizes, a win-ning trophy and a speaker who talked about suicide prevention.

“I was really impressed with the turn out and support for suicide prevention and mental health awareness,” said Michele Cleveland, a junior majoring in English education. “It is something not often talked about, but the vitality is important.”

The cost was $5 per per-son person with six to eight people on a team. This year 21 teams were registered. All of the proceeds went to help support the American Foundation for Suicide Pre-vention.

The tournament was started five years ago when an active member of the fra-ternity committed suicide. In memory of the fraternity brother and to bring aware-ness to preventing suicide, Drew Messmere established the annual S.O.S volleyball tournament to raise aware-ness, Muddie Kpohraror,

philanthropy and fundraising chair for SAE, explained.

Volleyball seemed an appropriate venue to raise money based on the club’s interest in sand volleyball. The event used to take place on the side lawn of SAE’s fraternity house, but be-cause of issues with the new T lot being in place they have moved the event to the High Rise volleyball courts, Kpohraror said. “S.O.S was a blast to be a part of and I look forward in

participating in it next year,” Cleveland said. Students need to be aware of how to help prevent suicide by “trying to be there,” Kpohraror said. “You need to do more than watch. Try to help and be active in other’s lives.” Seven sponsors from around the F-M area support the S.O.S tournament, including Sunmart, which provided food, PHD Haircuts, which provided raffle prizes, Pepsi and Spicy Pie.

SAE wants to encourage not only Greek clubs, but all NDSU students, to help bring awareness through events. Everyone is welcome to come out and give back in service, time and money. “We need people to be actively involved in not just campus but what is going on in the community as well,” Kpohraror said. “Simply by talking through twitter and bringing awareness to [suicide] as well as

other needs. Tweets bring awareness to so many things, and it would be cool to see awareness brought to this.” SAE is always taking donations for suicide prevention. Those that missed the event and still want to help can do so by sending donations to either SAE’s address at 1125 16th St. N Fargo or by sending it to their mail box in the campus mail room.

Spike Out Suicide raises suicide awarenessSigma Alpha Epsilon hosts annual volleyball tournament

Morgan RichertContributing Writer

Mataya Armstrong | The SpectrumSigma Alpha Epsilon members and students gather at the fifth annual Spike Out Suicide event.

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A week before school started, most students were taking advantage of the warm weather, moving into their dorm room, sleep-ing in or lounging at the lake. Andrea Steele, a se-nior majoring in nursing, did take advantage of the warm weather, however, she wasn’t simply lounging around or sleeping in.

Instead, Andrea spent an entire week in Bogotá, Co-lombia for an annual medi-cal missions trip organized by Christ Church in Apple Valley, Minn. While she and her medical missions team were there, they were able to minister and help provide medical treatment to roughly 350-400 Colombians.

“I have always had a huge heart for missions, es-pecially medical missions … it is such an open door that we have to reach people with the love of God through providing for their physical needs,” Andrea said.

She was able to take the things she has learned so far in the nursing program at NDSU and use them toward helping others that desper-ately need medical attention. NDSU’s nursing program helped Andrea and her team on this medical missions trip not only assist with their health and wellbeing at the time but also the future.

“One thing that NDSU instills in [nursing students] really well is the importance of education, and that is the

majority of what were doing down there was patient edu-cation,” she notes.

While she was there, she spent the entire week “pa-tient triaging,” which means she helped admit Colombian patients to visit with their doctor or nurse based on the seriousness of their condi-tion.

“It was quite the experi-ence because I don’t speak any Spanish and they don’t speak any English,” she gig-gled. “So we had interpreters there to help us out.”

Even though the Andrea learned a lot about what it takes to be a nurse, what she learned the most while in Colombia was how to ef-fectively communicate with a language barrier.

“It was hard and really complicated the first day but it got easier as time went on,” Andrea recalled. “You want to connect with [the patients] and you want to reach them and show that you care, but I don’t speak Spanish so it’s hard to convey that.”

Andrea also gained ex-perience working with the pharmaceutical end of things that included organizing loads of medications needed during the week. Andrea was also given the opportunity to share the news of God with those in the local community who were receiving medical help from Andrea’s team.

“It just kind of opened my eyes to how much peo-ple need love. We found that the people didn’t necessarily have something wrong with them physically, but they just wanted someone to care

about them, to listen to them and to pray with them,” An-drea said.

Her team worked with three churches in the Bo-gotá community as well as another church in a smaller town that is in the process of being built.

Medical professions seem to run in Andrea’s fam-ily; her aunt is a nurse and is the one who told her about this opportunity in Colom-bia to minister to not only people’s physical but also spiritual needs.

Andrea remembers the

exact moment she wanted to become a nurse. “When I was at a summer camp, I re-ally felt God calling me into the ministry and into nurs-ing, so I’ve just pursued that my whole life,” she said.

This opportunity to serve on a medical missions trip in Colombia seemed to be the perfect combination for what she knew she had to do with her life.

“This trip definitely radi-ated the fact that I will defi-nitely be doing medical mis-sions long term. I want to do that no matter what,” Andrea

said. “It’s just remembering that this is what God has called me to do and this is what I’m going for.”

Even though Andrea wants to get a job after she graduates with her nursing degree, she doesn’t want to work in a hospital long term.

“I really want to work overseas, and this experi-ence really helped to reiter-ate that,” Andrea said. “It has given me the push that I need to finish school because nursing’s hard and demand-ing, and I sometimes lack that drive on my own.”

Andrea realized through her experience in Colombia that even though a person needs their physical needs met, the other needs go deeper than that.

“The people that we were ministering to were com-pletely blown away by the fact that foreigners would reach out to them and pro-vide them with the medical care that they can’t afford,” she mentioned. “But hon-estly, you come back more changed than the people you went to reach out to.”

One of America’s favor-ite spreads had withstood the test of time -- beyond eco-nomic hardships, through new dieting trends and food fads, and into modern-day kitchens across the country.

Statistics from the Na-tional Peanut Board show that Americans eat over 1.5 billion pounds of peanut but-ter each year, which equals about six pounds of peanut butter per person. However, peanut butter hasn’t simply stuck around because of its tastiness and popularity -- its health benefits abound due to its main ingredient: the peanut.

According to peanut-butter.org, peanut butter can help reduce the risk of de-veloping heart disease and other cardiovascular diseas-es, muscle cramps, osteopo-rosis, stress, digestive disor-

ders and even cancer. Protein is the main com-

ponent of peanut butter, therefore making it a pos-sible dietary substitute for meat, along with providing many more essential vita-mins and nutrients that allow the body to remain healthy and to function properly.

Because peanut butter is such a valued commodity in our society and Ameri-cans are constantly hunting for better methods to living healthy lives, several vari-eties of peanut butter have been produced. According to livestrong.com, here are a few of the categories and their health-promoting fac-tors.

Regular, processed pea-nut butter

This type is what con-sumers view as the “nor-mal” peanut butter. In at-tempts to increase shelf life and make the peanut butter more “spreadable,” process-ing companies add hydroge-nated vegetable oil to their

products, along with extra salt.

Natural peanut butterNatural peanut butter

does not have added hy-drogenated oils or sodium, which helps prevent heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis and high blood pressure.

Reduced-fat peanut but-ter

This type contains ex-actly what its label pro-

motes: less fat. However, to compensate for the missing fat, carbohydrates are used along with twice the amount of sugar, according to Men’s Health magazine. If you’re looking for foods that won’t increase your fat intake, this peanut butter is a good op-tion; but make sure to moni-tor your sugar consumption.

Peanut butter with ome-ga-3

Omega-3 peanut butter includes fish oil in its in-gredient list. Omega-3 fatty acids are proven to lower blood pressure and decrease the risk of heart disease. Typically, these fatty acids are found in fish but by add-ing them to peanut butter, companies have expanded consumers’ options for re-ceiving their recommended intake of omega-3.

In order to give appropri-ate praise to peanut butter’s key ingredient, National Peanut Day has been de-clared and falls on Septem-ber 13. Therefore, don’t for-get to celebrate our beloved spread by indulging in its wonderful flavor and taking in its abundant health ben-efits this Thursday.

Jaime JarminFeatures Editor

Jessie BattestStaff Writer

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Health Talk: Peanut butter

I went to Colombia on a medical missions trip

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Andrea Steele, a senior majoring in nursing, went to Colombia on a medical missions trip a week before school started where she got firsthand experience working with patients as well as sharing her faith with them.

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The peanuts contained in peanut butter can provide necessary proteins needed if one did not include meat in their diet.

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Whether you refer to your carbonated drinks as pop, soda or coke, your as-sumptions about the bever-age are most likely similar to those in other parts of the country. “It’s cheap!” “It’s not that bad for you, espe-cially diet!” or, “It’s a great thirst-quencher!” Oftentimes we tell ourselves these things to ease our conscious about sipping soft drinks, but in re-ality, we may just be hinder-ing our health by buying into these myths.

Myth No. 1: “Pop” is a universal term referring to a sweetened carbonated bev-erage

Because of Fargo’s Mid-west location, “pop” is the term most frequently used to refer to almost any car-bonated beverage. However, in other parts of the United States, the words “soda” or “coke” are more common. I learned about these separate regions from a colorfully de-

tailed map on mymaps.com. The term “soda” is used in the southern tip of Florida, the area surrounding St. Louis, and predominantly in Arizo-na and California, along with the extreme upper east coast states. Stretching across the Deep South, all the way from New Mexico to South Caro-lina, the term “coke” is used most frequently. And lastly, dominating the majority of the country, taking over the Great Plains, Northwest and Midwest, “pop” is the popu-lar term.

Myth No. 2: Drink pop to quench your thirst

Caffeine is diuretic, which means that your body’s urine output is increased. This causes your body to lose flu-ids more quickly than usual, making you feel thirstier. Al-though it may initially seem like drinking pop is help-ing to hydrate you because it dampens your mouth and sends liquid to your stomach, its caffeine will quickly rush through your system and be excreted rather than replen-ishing your body’s needed fluids. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recom-

mend drinking water, which has no caffeine or sugars, in order to rehydrate.

Myth No. 3: Diet pop is healthier than regular pop

It depends; if you are looking to consume fewer calories, the Center for Dis-ease Control and Prevention estimates that a can of diet pop contains zero calories as compared to about 136 in regular versions. Somehow diet pop has to compensate for lost flavor, however, this is where artificial sweeteners come into play. The owner of San Francisco’s Essen-tial Nutrition for You, Rania Batayneh, warns that these sweeteners in diet pop may cause a decrease in metabo-lism and greater cravings for foods high in calories. A slow metabolism can cause weight gain, as well as can a higher intake of high-cal-orie foods eaten to satisfy increased cravings. If pop is part of your daily diet, Ba-tayneh suggests that “drink-ing a regular pop or two in-stead of drinking five or six diet pops” is more likely to benefit your health in the long run.

Jessie BattestStaff Writer

Some ‘pop’ular soft drink misconceptions

Mataya Armstrong | The SpectrumEven though diet soft drinks contain fewer calories, the artificial sweeteners can be even worse for your health than regular soft drinks.

HONEST TRUTHDear Honest Truth,I’ve changed my major five times. Even though that’s considered to be an “average”

number of times a college student changes their major, I’m only a sophomore. I started out as a zoology major, but then I realized I only liked working with domestic animals. Then I switched my major to accounting but remembered that I hate working with numbers. The third major was English – still not sure why I switched to that one. After English I switched to finance because I wanted to be like my older sister who works at a bank but then I didn’t want to be in her shadow. I’m considering switching to a different major but my options are dwindling. I have no idea what I’m doing with my life. I don’t want to waste any more of my parents’ money because they are the ones paying for my school. Also, they still think I’m a zoology major – I haven’t had the heart to tell them how many times I’ve switched. It’s been really embarrassing to admit and my friends are the only ones who know. Should I quit school and work for a year or should I stay in school and switch my major again? Help!

Sincerely,Indecisive Bison

Dear Indecisive Bison,The upside to having switched your major five times is now you know for sure what you

don’t want to do with your life. I know college graduates who spend thousands of dollars and waste four or more years of their life in school only to hate their job once they’re thrust into the real world. My advice: Take some time off. This time will enable you to really search and find who you really are and where your interests lie. I don’t think anything is wrong with taking off some time from college to work – but remember: You must go back to school. Nowadays you need a degree to get a decent job that you actually like. Back in the day when our parents and grandparents graduated high school, it wasn’t a big deal to not attend col-lege afterward. However, now it is almost necessary to have a college degree to get a job. One more thing: Tell your parents everything you’ve been hiding from them so far. Tell them you’ve switched your major. Tell them you want to possibly take time off. Tell them you’re going to switch your major again and remain in school. Whatever it is, just let them know what’s going on; it’s unfair if you don’t, especially if they’re paying for your school.

Sincerely,Insightful Bison

Dear Indecisive Bison,First of all, calm down. College is about making decisions and mistakes! If you don’t like

a major, it is all right to switch it. However, you need to do some cold, hard thinking about your future. It sounds like you’d like to get your life on track, so you’re off to a good start. Have you ever thought about job shadowing or volunteering? If you have interests in several fields, get your feet wet before you commit. My advice would be to take some time off, even if it’s just one semester, and find out what YOU want to do. Don’t place your value in what your sister or anyone else thinks you should do. It’s YOUR life. Volunteer at a vet clinic, try job shadowing at a bank or check out the Center for Writers. Each of these places of busi-ness will give you a real idea of what you’ll be faced with in the future, and you may decide that one of these places are guiding you toward your future career. Regarding your parents, I would tell you to be open and honest about everything in your life. If they are paying for your school, they deserve to know exactly what you are doing. If your parents know you’re struggling, maybe they can offer suggestions to get you back on track!

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By a show of hands, who’s surprised that a new iPhone was announced last week?

The sixth iPhone rede-sign, officially dubbed the iPhone 5 (yes, really), was officially revealed during Apple’s annual Cupertino event. Now that we’re offi-cially out of iPhone 4S ter-ritory we can all relax, take a deep breath and look at some technical specs.

First of all, let’s talk about the screen. The iPhone 5 will be sporting a fancy new four-inch Retina display with 326 pixels per inch.

Exciting, right? Well, if you liked that then you’ll love to hear that the screen’s resolution is set for 1136 x 640. The new device is also still the same width as the iPhone 4S (which would make sense considering res-olution requirements) but it is a bit taller.

At just 7.6mm thick, the iPhone 5 is a whole, whop-ping 18 percent slimmer than the previous model. A direct result of the phone’s sleeker design is a 20 percent drop in weight, leaving the iPhone 5 to weigh in at just 112 grams. And if you were worried about the newer, smaller de-sign interfering with the look of your old apps and games, don’t fret. All old software will run in letterbox on the new platform.

In terms of communica-tion, the iPhone 5 utilizes all legacy protocols such as

EV-DO and HSPA/+. How-ever, it also uses the new LTE system. In case you’re not a technical expert, what that basically means is that, while it can still use old com-munication systems for those that don’t have access to the newest technology, it can also run on the newer, fast-er LTE protocol. The LTE protocol essentially enables faster upload and download speeds on the phone or, as Apple is calling it, “Ultrafast Wireless.”

This isn’t the first device to use LTE by miles, but it is the first iPhone to use it. So if you only use iPhones, upgrading is the only way to gain access to the new wire-less protocol.

One thing that isn’t dif-ferent about the iPhone 5 from its predecessor is the pricing. The new device will maintain the iPhone 4S’s pricing scheme with a 16 gigabyte model setting you back $199, $299 for the 32GB model and finally $399 for 64GB flavor.

Some other numbers that floated out of the press conference include that a study conducted last year

found that 48 percent of all App Store revenue last year came from in-app purchases in free software. Meanwhile, 24 percent of overall revenue came from in-app purchases made in paid software. Us-ing a bit of mathematical deduction, we find that that means 28 percent of App Store revenue last year came from the normal purchase of paid apps.

While that might not sound like it means a lot, it really does. Numbers like that are likely to continue to tilt in the favor of in-app purchases as we see more and more developers going the free download route, and charging for specific fea-tures, add-ons and accesso-ries. It does say a lot about the present and future of the App Store’s economy and how even non-iOS software products will likely be re-leased in the future.

As for when you can, and likely will, buy one of these fancy new phones, the official release date for the U.S., Canada, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong is Sept. 21.

Brian Posehn, probably best known his writing and appearances on “Mr. Show” as well as co-starring on “The Sarah Silverman Pro-gram,” will be bringing his stand-up Comedy Mutant Tour to Fargo this Septem-ber.

The comedy tour’s offi-cial press release describes Posehn as “the bearded/comic book nerd/metalhead comedian/writer/actor the world didn’t realize it need-ed. But now, as his career continues to chug along like a freight train, it’s becoming harder to imagine the world of comedy without him.”

The comedy tour will make its one night only ap-pearance at 8 p.m. on Sept. 21 at the downtown Fargo Theatre. Tickets will be available for $26 ahead of time or for $28 at the door. Those same tickets will go on sale at noon on the day of

the show.A bit of background on

the actor, comedian, musi-cian and writer can also be gleaned from the press re-lease.

“Posehn began his career writing and performing on the acclaimed HBO sketch comedy program “Mr. Show” with Bob Odenkirk (“Breaking Bad”) and David Cross (“Arrested Develop-ment”). He received a major boost as a co-star on Com-edy Central’s popular show, “The Sarah Silverman Pro-gram,” and on tour as one of the original members of the “Comedians of Comedy” with Maria Bamford, Patton Oswalt, and Zach Galifiana-kis.”

Posehn has also been featured in such sitcoms as “Seinfeld, “NewsRadio” and “Friends,” as well as movies like “Sex Drive” and “Surf’s Up.” On top of all of that, the performer was recently hired to script a story arch for Marvel’s comic book se-ries, “Deadpool.”

The show is meant for mature audiences and, based

on Posehn’s previous com-edy albums “Live In: Nerd Rage” and “Fart and Weiner Jokes,” that caution is prob-ably justified. However, if you’re a fan of comic books and/or heavy metal mu-sic and culture (and don’t mind a little bad language) Posehn’s routines are actu-ally quite entertaining.

Furthermore, Posehn isn’t the only performer in the tour. The Comedy Mu-tant Tour also features the talents of Arj Barker, Pete Holmes, Fortune Feimster, Kyle Kinane, Sean Patton and Ron Funches.

Information on how and where to purchase the tickets follows: “Tickets are avail-able at jadepresents.com, at the Tickets 300 box office (300 Broadway, Fargo; open Monday-Friday, noon to 6 p.m.), by calling (866) 300-8300, or at www.tickets300.com.”

The Fargo Theatre is located downtown on 314 Broadway N.

Nintendo’s successor to the Wii, the aptly named Wii U, was detailed during a press conference last week.

The new game console, which was announced last year, will initially be boxed in two bundles in North America. The white “basic” set will retail for $299 and come with eight gigabytes of memory. The black “deluxe” edition will come with 32 gi-gabytes of memory and costs slightly more at $349 when it launches.

That extra $50 goes a surprisingly long way when you look at what’s included with the deluxe bundle.

While the Basic set in-

cludes an AC power cord, an HDMI cable and a single GamePad, the Deluxe edi-tion will include all of that as well as a GamePad stand, a console stand, a charging dock for the GamePad, a sensor bar, a subscription to Nintendo Network Premium and, finally, a copy of “Nin-tendoland.” There are also rumors of a “premium” set for Europe that includes a copy of “ZombiU,” a con-sole skin and a Pro Control-ler.

Several game-related announcements were also made during the Wii U cen-tered press conference.

It was revealed that Rayman Legends will be a launch title for the console in Europe, as well as that Bayonetta 2, the sequel to Platinum Games’ action ad-venture title, will be a Wii

U exclusive. Furthermore, the next installment in the massively popular (in Japan, anyway) “Monster Hunter franchise,” “Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate,” will be avail-able on both the Wii U and Nintendo’s 3DS handheld in March of 2013 in Europe and North America.

Unsurprisingly though, perhaps more importantly for American audiences, “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” was confirmed to be avail-able on the Wii U as well. Considering the game’s massive proliferation and

the glut of current generation ports coming to the Wii U, this wasn’t totally unexpect-ed. Still, this does explain rumors from earlier this year surrounding a Treyarch QA tester mentioning the Wii U on his LinkedIn profile.

Returning to the subject of hardware, some media outlets are concerned over the new system’s price. Even with all of the extras includ-ed with the Deluxe Wii U, many are still saying that the new console is too expen-sive.

The Nintendo Wii was

$250 at launch and has a cur-rent, suggested retail price of $140. It’s also worth noting that neither console bundle includes any Wii remotes or Nunchuks. That means that anyone buying a Wii U that doesn’t already have the controllers from the previ-ous console will have to pur-chase them separately. Not only that, but both versions only include one GamePad tablet, so any game or soft-ware requiring two or more of those will also require an extra purchase. Considering that the tablet controllers

will likely cost significantly more than the average acces-sories on other systems, this could make for quite a hefty investment.

As of the writing of this article, there is still no an-nounced price for the Wii U GamePad as a separate item.

You will be able to de-cide for yourself whether or not the Wii U is worth the money on Nov. 30, when the console officially launches in North America.

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As a journalist that has been following the video game industry for quite a few years now, there is one kind of day that I dread more than any other.

That day is Nintendo press conference day.

I wasn’t born until after the first Nintendo Entertain-ment Systems and Famicoms left factory floors for the first time. And even after that, I didn’t even get deeply in-volved in the video game in-dustry until I was a bit older than most. That means when I first started to deeply care about games, the first Play-stations had just begun roll-ing out.

Sure, I had played Super Nintendo games before, but I hadn’t grown up mired in the same Nintendo-mania culture that almost everyone else in this industry did. So, every time that Nintendo gets around to announcing some new console or the 37th “Zel-da” game I am interested, but as a fan of video games, not as a Nintendo fan.

That’s why I become so incredibly frustrated whenev-er Nintendo announces some-thing that looks incredibly stupid, like the Wii and the Wii U, that in no way caters to the kind of customer that I am and 90 percent of my peers leap to the company’s defense.

Nintendo stopped caring about its original fans a long time ago. It is a business, and, like all businesses, its num-ber one concern is for money. And that’s just fine. The Wii was a mass-market device that helped to legitimize vid-eo games to a wider audience while also making Nintendo a boatload of cash. It was not, however, something deserv-ing of die-hard loyalty or fan-dom. Neither, I think, is the

Wii U.So why then do the le-

gions of my friends and co-workers lose their minds for 24 hours every time a new “Mario” game is teased from the big N? Because the com-pany has been hashing and rehashing the same three franchises to them over and over again. They have sur-vived because those children that played “Super Mario Bros.” 25 years ago continue to pass down the worth of the franchise to their children.

It doesn’t matter that they’ve been recycling the same ideas again and again, because they’re playing on nostalgia. And those few nostalgic bones thrown to the fans every few years are enough to fuel the fire that blinds them to the real prob-lem; the Nintendo that they loved when they were chil-dren is gone.

But if you tell any of them that, they will turn on you faster than Nintendo turned its backs on them.

It makes life as a non-Nintendo fan incredibly dif-ficult for someone trying to break into the industry. It makes one feel like an out-sider in a strange land where the breaking of a simple cus-tom is punishable by ridicule and exile. And it only reaches its peak when Nintendo holds a press conference.

So what can I do? Beyond keeping my mouth shut and trying to blend in, the only solace I’ve found over the past decade has been know-ing that this practice isn’t sus-tainable. The Nintendo brand has already begun to atrophy, with even “New Super Mario Bros. 2” receiving harsh criti-cism from even the most die-hard fans as being too similar to what we’ve already had.

All I can do now is wait, and hope that there will come a time when I can make my criticism heard without being drowned in a sea of blind loy-alty. I just hope that that day comes soon.

What did you enjoy most at the “Closer To My Dreams” Tour?

When Tyga performed “Faded,” “The Motto” and “Rack City” right after each other and he basi-

cally went crowd surfing and I was literally two feet away from him.

My favorite part of the show was watching all the cute artists perform! Kirko Bangz is my future

husband.

I think I enjoyed mostly being able to dance to all the songs being played. I especially enjoyed all

the ‘90s music. Those are my jams!

My favorite part was that we were able to get pretty close to the stage and that I was able to see

each artist. Also, Tyga was pretty great.

Who was your favorite artist to see on stage?

Tyga… obviously why I came to the concert, but Kirko Bangz gave a really good show too.

Tyga, he definitely is one of my favorite artists to get a crowd going.

I know it was a mostly Tyga concert, but I was there for Kirko Bangz. When he performed “Drank In My Cup” I could not stop screaming. I think I

may have scared Elise a little bit.

Tyga, because he is gangster, but Sterling Sim-mons (who is he?) I know, but seriously check him

out!

Were your expectations of the performances met?

At first, I didn’t think there would be that many people that would go to the concert considering it

was a Tuesday night so I thought it would not be as fun but I ended up having a great time.

Yeah, I was waiting to see Tyga since the doors opened, at 6 p.m. Tyga didn’t perform until almost

10 p.m. so I was getting impatient. But once he was on that stage, I went ballistic.

For the most part, yes. It took awhile for Tyga to come out, but once he was out he gave it all he had,

including his jacket.

Well, this was my third concert in eight days. I went to Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller at the Minnesota State

Fair on Labor day and Atmosphere at The Hub, so I would say it was the least of my favorite out of all three, but I love concerts, so regardless I had good fun and good company!

Was there something you didn’t like about the con-cert? If so, what was it?

When the crowd was getting all crazy and wild and I was getting pushed, but I guess that’s part of

every concert.

When I was asked to dance by a 16 year old. I’m 20. That’s wrong.

I’m sorry but I think these kinds of concerts should be 18 and up. All the young teens that were

there sometimes make it difficult to enjoy oneself. I don’t like being grinded on by young girls and their boyfriends, that’s awkward.

I agree with the following comments. I don’t think I enjoyed watching little girls’ girding lines, which is so middle school. I guess I am getting to old to be creeped on by children and other sketchy dudes trying to get up on me.

How was the experience overall?

Overall, it was a really fun experience. I rarely go to concerts, and this one was definitely an enjoy-

able one.

My experience was amazing! From funny young kids doing crazy things to watching Tyga and Kirko

Bangz. I would recommend going to a Tyga if you haven’t yet!

It was awesome. Not only did I get to see Kirko Bangz, but I got to spend it with these lovely ladies!

I would say I had a good time, but if it would have been 18 plus or possibly on the weekend, I think I

would have enjoyed it more.

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We’ve all thought it. Yes, you, and you, and even you too. You encounter someone who is so out of touch, so whacked out, so completely idiotic in a day-ruining sort of way that you can’t help but think to yourself, “Some people really should not be allowed to reproduce. Can you imagine if they had kids?”

Oh, it’s mean all right. A passing, nasty thought that we dismiss only as anger and spite. But in the back of our minds – or mine, at least – it has always seemed to make some sense. I mean, if I have to get a building permit from the city to erect a woodshed in my back yard – an action that impacts the lives of al-most nobody – shouldn’t each person wishing to bring a human child into this world – an action that affects every single person on this planet (more on that later) – be re-quired to pass some sort of test, fill out some sort of pa-perwork, to be able to do so?

The United Nations is inclined to disagree with me (and so, I am assuming, are the majority of my readers). They have incurred a policy

that states that the right to reproduce is an inalienable right of human beings. I mean, even my own moral values and common sense give me the knee jerk reac-

tion of saying “You really can’t take that away from people.”

But once we move past knee-jerk reactions and common thought, and be-gin to ponder the question, the issues behind it become much more complicated. In a world brimming with human beings – we passed seven billion last year – that are ravaging our earth’s re-sources at a rate most people do not have the capacity to comprehend, who really has the right to continue adding more humans?

Populations and ecosys-tems have carrying capaci-ties. In nature, overpopula-tion of a species is corrected with starvation and disease. Animals become too con-centrated, and the food in an area forces some to starve to

death, while disease spreads much faster because of that density. Before long, the population is once again in check.

The same system would work for humans in a world less advanced than ours. With our current systems of modern medicine and food production, we are able to ship food from less dense areas of the world to more dense regions and epidemics are held at bay. As a result, we have seen our popula-tion skyrocket within the last century.

Add on top of this our current rate of resource con-sumption, and soon the fu-ture comes into focus: one of radical change for the human race. Either things really go downhill for us (it is taking all the effort I can muster to not type the words ‘end of civilization’) or we are able to adapt to the changing con-ditions we have brought on, and so sustain our species’ longevity.

This brings us back to the issue of population con-trol. We have all heard of the extreme measures taken by countries such as China and India. Families restricted to one child, women encour-aged to abort female babies – measures that would be unheard of here in America. But soon, we may have to consider such things.

With every human being added to our planet, our re-source consumption grows. More babies mean more food, more energy, more space. And that food, energy and space are going to come from the limited supplies that the rest of us are already relying on, and watching warily as they slowly dwin-dle. All of a sudden, having children might no longer be seen as a personal right, when it has the potential to so negatively impact the lives of others.

Of course, I realize how extreme this all sounds. Five minutes ago, the biggest problem on your mind was what you are going to eat for dinner, and now all of a sud-den you are reading about the imminent collapse of hu-man society. And any change in ‘baby-making policy’ is not about to happen over-night, especially not here in America. But it is definitely a thought worth pondering. If enough people set their minds to the problem, per-haps we can find a solution that does not require the re-moval of a human right as old as humans themselves.

Nathan is a senior ma-joring in landscape architec-ture. Follow him on twitter @nwstottler.

Part of the lovely thing about living in the upper-Midwest is experiencing the seasonal changes because they are so distinct and beautiful. I appreciate how the seasons seem to provide our lives a sort of punctua-tion. The seasonal transition from summer to fall brings a cascade of brilliant colors to the treetops and a peace-ful softness to the sky, be-fore the bleakness of winter

descends. I try to savor each falling leaf, feel each warm ray of sunshine upon my face and let it trickle into my soul.

Yet even with the beauty of fall, I tend to gravitate to-wards focusing on the nega-tive. I hate how the bright-ness of summer is fading and the sun is disappearing in-creasingly early every night. As much as I want to be pos-itive, it is deeply embedded in my circuitry to experience depression and melancholy with the seasonal transition.

While everybody is af-fected by seasonal changes, some people like me are ex-tremely sensitive to them. It is as though our circadian rhythms are entirely knocked off their axis. People with such particular seasonal sen-sitivities are often diagnosed with “Seasonal Affective Disorder” and prescribed a light therapy box that mim-ics the sun.

I dusted off my handy dandy light therapy box last week. My cat also enjoys sit-ting in front of it, so I think he has kitty seasonal affec-tive disorder. This might seem outlandish to use a

light box already in Septem-ber, but doctors recommend it for people in northern lati-tudes.

I use light therapy as part of a holistic approach to dealing with depression . I have struggled with serious bouts of depression through-out all times of year, but found that these depressive periods are intensified dur-ing winter with experiencing a lack of light.

In winter especially, a blanket of melancholy covers me. It sounds ex-tremely dramatic I realize, but in those moments I feel completely hopeless, mis-anthropic, worthless and as though I have never and will never experience joy. I go into hibernation mode and sleep becomes my best friend. Simple tasks like showering, eating and leav-ing the apartment seem mon-umental.

Those moments and the propensity to feel so strong-ly can knock me out of or-bit. Some days I can straddle that edge where daylight and night blur, where sanity and insanity may bleed into one another. But at the end of the day I try to center myself. I realize I do not need to let the pain of the past over-shadow me or consume me. I am able to express these strong, turbulent emotions through writing, creativity and sharing with others.

It has been a really diffi-cult battle but now I embrace and accept my depression as part of who I am. As much as I would like to pinpoint a specific reason for it- it is too intricate, too intense, too ab-stract to find one.

Even if I knew the reason for my depression, it would not change the fact that I have it. I have wasted too many years trying to fight it or hide it. That is why I de-cided to write about it pub-licly in The Spectrum. I hope that whoever reads this and struggles with depression can find some sliver of hope.Look to the next issue of ‘The Spectrum’ for the rest of her piece on depression.

Tessa is a senior major-ing in English.

In today’s age, we have many differences in our world. From art to sports, things vary greatly from one person to another, but all deserve respect. From Lil’ Wayne to Adele, Football to Ballet, and Salvador Dali to Vincent Van Gogh, all are severely different in style but are appreciated equally. These are only a few ex-amples of hundreds of social acceptances we have known. But there is one difference that affects us more person-ally and causes stress, pain and sadness in our society.

Body appearance is one of the biggest topics in all forms of media and attacks us everyday. Why do we have many kinds of respect in the world but our physical body isn’t one of them? Both men and women are told to

have a “perfect body type” but how can this physical-ly be true? I want to write about how unjust and really idiotic people can be with how we perceive the human body. This is prevalent in all stages in life but especially in college, with many peer pressures and starting a new

life away from home.Although some people

think that mostly girls are targeted for body figure, men are also pressured un-der society to have a certain form. I made sure to men-tion men because they are

usually known as soulless creatures that only want girls with certain desirable assets. This is a lie, because girls can be just as ruthless about judging men only on their physical appearance, rather than personality.

Men are depicted as strong, muscular, wide

shouldered, and tall in most men’s magazines and pub-licity. In reality, most men in GQ work hours a day, take many supplements and are paid to be at the gym and look the way they do. Guys are constantly pressured to be “ladies men,” and unfor-tunately many men try to live that lifestyle.

Conversely, I believe the most attractive men are the ones that have the most con-fidence and act like a gentle-men. Of course, I have my preferences in the looks of guys-- it is impossible not to-- it is like everything else in the world that we have opinions on. But I don’t judge a man based on ap-pearance; only after a couple minutes of talking to them

do I make my decisions on what type of man he may be.

Although men have it tough, girls have a differ-ent situation all together. While men try to get big and strong, women are starv-ing themselves to skin and bones in an effort to look better. The fashion indus-try has destroyed women’s self-esteem and knowledge on how we are supposed to be. The truth is that women were built to have curves, we are meant to have chil-dren, which is where our lovely hips come from.

I cannot understand why people think that the skin-nier the better, while there are gorgeous girls who have shape to their body. Some women have sacrificed their

wellbeing over their looks, starving themselves until they have an ideal body. Many young girls are not taught what a healthy body is supposed to be like, some are not meant to be skinny. Adele and Marilyn Monroe (one of my idols) are both famous women who are beautiful. Marilyn was a sex icon of her day and showed off her curves with confi-dence. I have some curves myself and can openly admit that someday I would love to be one of the tall skinny run-way models. But at the end of the day, this is the body I have and I am

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Tessa TorgesonStaff Writer

Holland LindContributing Writer

The population paradox Grappling with a silent foe

Embrace each shape

Are we running out of room?And how I learned to overcome

“All of a sudden, hav-ing children might no longer be seen as a personal right.”

“Those moments and the propensity to feel so strongly can knock me out of orbit. Some days I can straddle that edge where daylight and night blur, where sanity and insanity may bleed into one another.”

“While men try to get big and strong, women are starving themselves to skin and bones in an effort to look better.”

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thankful that I am healthy and happy.

I am not saying that we should all let ourselves go and not care; on the con-trary, we should try hard at what our body is supposed to be like. With the proper eating habits and correct workout routine, we all can be at our body’s physi-cal best, although even that may not make us look like models. We all have differ-ent shapes and sizes and we

should embrace these. If you are a man or wom-

an and prefer a certain type of body attractions, that is perfectly fine; all I ask is that we accept those other types as well. If someone has curves, realize that they are beautiful too. If a guy is shorter than you prefer, real-ize that he is the perfect size for someone else and may be a wonderful person to get to know. What would be perfectly ideal is for people

to educate themselves on the human body, so we can better understand how our body is supposed to be. Do not starve yourself; embrace your body’s shape, and ap-preciate others. Remember that confidence can be one of the most attractive attri-butes.

Holland is a senior ma-joring in Apparel Retail Merchandise and Design.

I watched a movie the other day that involved a young, successful, single woman dying of a very dan-gerous type of colon can-cer. It was called “A Little Piece of Heaven,” and I ad-mit in crying like a little girl throughout the last half of the movie. Movies that have such an impact on your day, let alone that very moment, definitely pull you to some realizations or thoughts.

I began to wonder what people would do if they had an illness that was out of their control, shortening their quality of life and their days to live. Would they be happy with their decisions, accept their failures and ac-complishments? Moments are something I’ve found that we can let slip between our fingers and slide out of our thoughts faster than a camera flicker.

We let so much time run right past us thinking that it is so forgiving. Going hour-by-hour and minute-by-min-ute through our daily lives on autopilot, time just flies by without our acknowledg-

ments or regard. We control so much more of our lives than we realize. Those rare moments and those great and awful experiences can be captured or can escape like little convicts from your very grasp.

You don’t have to lock yourself into submission be-ing terrified or threatened by

the world. Being intimidated is normal in experiencing new things, people and plac-es but you can’t let that fear hold you back. If you never get out into the world and get yourself out of that comfort bubble of yours, you may never grow as a person.

If you manage your time and responsibilities, throw those books back on the shelf for few hours, delay laundry one more day and immerse yourself into the day that gets laid out in front of you the moment you wake up.

With a free mind and weight-less shoulders, give yourself a break to form those memo-ries and grab those moments by the strings. Memories only fade if you let them and moments only snap free if you don’t embrace them like there won’t be another sun-rise or sunset.

Don’t be that old gentle-man or lady rocking in their chair on the porch, wonder-ing “what if?” Don’t end up feeling incomplete and hav-ing an unfulfilled life with empty spaces you could have filled with smiles and laugh-ter, or even tears and pain for that matter. Living is learn-ing. If you get so wrapped up in the arms of the clock that’s taunting your every glance, how are you truly spending the ONE life you get?

Slow down to take a minute, or a million, to just breathe and embrace oppor-tunities and moments that are right in front of you. Even if you have to fight for an op-portunity, it’s worth it major-ity of the time. Take on the world and yourself and let what happens happen.

Suzy is a junior majoring in journalism.

Sometimes, the most difficult thing in this world can be listening to another person’s opinion. Gener-ally, opinions seem to have a negative reputation among us. How many times you have heard somebody say “it is just your opinion” or after a sentence you said “that’s just my opinion, you can say whatever you want to say.” Or, have you ever had a fight with someone because each of you had different opinions and you couldn’t agree or agree to disagree?

I personally think that opinions don’t really matter and I feel that they often lead to conflicts and disturbanc-es of mind. But one can-not avoid expressing one’s opinions because opinions are a part of the human ex-pression. In fact, opinions allow us to put ourselves in another person’s shoes.

I will tell you a story that made me believe that only expressing my opinion would give me peace. Once,

when I was in ninth grade, I was learning history in a tuition class in Sri Lanka. A girl from my class was ex-plaining to us how the1505 Portuguese invasion of my country destroyed many monuments and ancient edi-fices, which caused a calam-ity that continued for years and years.

Actually, I was really in love with this girl, but I dis-agreed with her statement. I thought that the present administration was causing much more disaster than the Portuguese by not propa-gating the value of some of these monuments to the public. I was afraid to tell her this, and I was shivering because I thought if I had told my opinion, I would have been disliked by her and the teacher. I thought my opinion would create conflict in the class and as I mentioned earlier, opinions were not my favorite things.

But, throughout her speech, my thoughts kept bothering me, and I felt like blood was pumping through the veins of my right hand. Then her speech ended. The class was filled with a loud applause. Then the teacher asked us, “Are there any

questions for her?” The question is rings in my ears, even today. Of course, I could not express my opin-ion that day.

As we continue our lives, we cannot really avoid encountering others’ opin-ions on a daily basis. Or, vice versa, we can’t help ex-pressing our own opinions. If we don’t express them, a part of our human expres-sion will be lost. Opinions can create chaos but we have to express them even though we think they don’t really matter.

As college students, we may have loads and loads of opinions. We listen to them every day in our classes, from our friends and by reading articles like this in The Spectrum. You may despise them, disagree with them, or love them, but re-member to tell how you feel. Don’t keep regrets on ex-pressing your opinions and don’t let your voice fail.

Samantha is a junior majoring in journalism.

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Amid all the controversy surrounding the NDSU foot-ball team, the national atten-tion has shifted to a school just 45-miles south of Fargo.

The media is now fol-lowing the NDSCS Wild-cat football team, located in Wahpeton, N.D., very closely. We’re talking big-time media here. Like ESPN media.

Jamie Kuntz was kicked off the Wildcat team by head coach Chuck Parsons after Kuntz was seen kissing his boyfriend in the press box during a game in Colorado, and then denying it. Kuntz was videotaping the game because a concussion injury prevented him from being on the field

Kuntz eventually ad-mitted to his coach that he was gay and that was his boyfriend in the press box with him. Parsons dismissed Kuntz from the team the day after saying his actions were

detrimental to the team. And then, all hell broke

loose.“He was kicked off the

team for being gay? That’s ridiculous!”

That was the immedi-ate assumption made by practically everyone. That assumption is absolutely false. Coach Parsons booted Kuntz because he lied. Par-sons has the right to do that. The thing is, Parsons has created an absolute whirl-wind of controversy, and the nation is taking notice. ESPN Outside The Lines will be in Wahpeton cover-ing the story.

I grew up in Breck-Wahp. Stuff like this just doesn’t happen in the Twin Towns. Parsons is well known by the citizens and many know he is not the man to punish someone judgmentally.

But the way he handled this situation is certainly a cause for controversy.

Immediately after being kicked off the team, Kuntz claimed the reason was be-cause he was gay. And from that moment, I believe Par-sons knew he slipped up.

If Kuntz were seen kiss-

ing a girl, would such a pun-ishment be handed out? Is it because no one knew Kuntz was gay, and this perhaps shocked the coach?

Kicking a player off the team for lying is unheard of. Kicking a player off the team for lying about kissing his boyfriend is, well, also unheard of. This was a new situation for Parsons. And I believe his decision was a bad one.

He has dug himself into a hole that will almost be im-possible to get out of. Gay activist are jumping at this situation. The whole “gays aren’t treated equally” idea is apparently true in this situation. A player wouldn’t even be suspended if he scored a touchdown, ran into the crowd, kissed his girlfriend, and then ran back to the sidelines.

Kuntz wasn’t kicked off the team for being gay. No, but his punishment was harsher because he was gay.

One thing that isn’t talk-ed about much is the fact that his boyfriend is 65-years old. As a coach, you don’t ever think you’ll have to deal with such a thing. With

the whole Sandusky scandal, a coach would maybe panic a little and not know what to make of the situation. Par-sons had a day to think about the situation though, and his decision was the wrong one on every level.

The whole thing is com-pletely unfair to Kuntz. Say-

ing he was kicked off the team for strictly being gay is also unfair though.

A simple slap on the wrist would have been just fine. There would be no ESPN trucks driving through a town with a total of five stoplights. There would be no news stories or headlines.

Everything would have been fine if Parsons did the right thing. But I suppose that’s the case with every controversy. Maybe, just maybe, something can be learned from this.

Sam HerderSports Editor

Controversy surrounds gay football player getting kicked off team

Courtesy of FacebookJamie Kuntz was kicked off the NDSCS football team after lying about kissing his boyfriend.

Improved times was the theme for both NDSU cross country teams Friday at the SDSU Classic. Brecca Wah-lund led the women’s team with a 23 second improve-ment in her time and five of the six Bison men runners improved their time to take a third-place team finish.

Wahlund, a redshirt freshman who has been NDSU’s top finisher in both meets so far this season, completed the five-kilome-ter course in 17:51.34, fin-ishing 10th overall.

Junior Heidi Peterson also trimmed seconds off her time. Her 18:19.73 finish

was good for 13th place and cut off more than 40 seconds from her season opener time. Sophomore Abbi Aspengren was not far behind Peterson, taking 15th in 18:24.89.

Sophomore Megan Fey-ereisen and junior Kathryn Houle rounded out the scor-ing for the Bison, finishing in 20:16.93 and 21:36.02, respectively.

Despite three of the team’s top runners in the meet not competing, NDSU was able to claim a fourth-place finish as a team. Min-nesota won the team title.

On the men’s side, sev-eral improved times contrib-uted to the successful third-place finish.

Sophomore Grady An-derson led the way with his 10th place finish. Anderson ran a time of 26:09.62, shav-

ing 40 seconds off his 8k time from the season opener.

Fellow sophomore Brett Kelly followed closely behind, finishing 14th in 26:30.52.

Redshirt freshman Bren-dan Skime completed the course in 26:35.43 and Lucas Degree finished in 26:36.40, taking 18th and 20th, respectively.

Junior Moses Heppner time of 27:19.72 was good for 35th place.

NDSU’s top four run-ner in their third-place fin-ish were underclassmen, a promising sign for the Bi-son. SDSU won the men’s team title.

Both NDSU cross coun-try teams will compete next on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.

NDSU cross country teams compete at SDSU Class

Sam HerderSports Editor

NDSU loses to Northern Iowa on the road in double overtime

The NDSU women’s soccer team had yet another game that went for extra pe-riods, but eventually lost at the University of Northern Iowa on Friday night. Af-ter beating the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks 3-0, the Bison let one get away in double overtime 2-1.

Things didn’t look great for the Bison at the get-go, as the UNI Panthers scored a goal only seven minutes into the first period. Shauna Hap-pel received the assist from Claire Clark for the score that put NDSU behind early. However, the defense for

the Bison kept them in the game. A big contributor for them was redshirt freshmen goalie Sierra Bonham, who ended the game with seven saves.

Throughout the game, the Bison stayed very ag-gressive as they had four different players with a shot on goal. The most important shot for NDSU came in the second period when junior midfielder Steph Jacobsen scored the game-tying goal off an assist from sopho-more forward Anisha Kinn-arth with less than six min-utes remaining in the second period. The second period ended in a 1-1 tie and went to overtime.

The entire game showed to be a battle between NDSU and UNI, and stayed

that way for all of the first overtime. The Bison cer-tainly have experience be-ing in this type of situation having been in many over-time periods already this season. After a couple close shots for the Bison, over-time also ended as a tie.The second overtime wasn’t any different for either side as both teams exchanged close shots. The game ended when Charlotte Jones went unas-sisted for the game winning goal for UNI. This ended the game 2-1 in favor of the Panthers.

The NDSU soccer team currently has a record of 3-5. They will be playing an alumni exhibition game on Saturday and against South Dakota State on September 29th in Fargo.

Colton PoolContributing Writer

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A friend of mine posted this on my Facebook Time-line the other day.

“Colorado State victory came at a cost. Heagle out for the season with an ACL injury, Marcus Island out for two weeks with knee surgery, Garrett Bruhn is out for 4-6 weeks with a knee injury, Derrick Lang is out with a chest injury, Beck had court on Tuesday for a minor consumption and running from police. Could anything else get worse for NDSU this season?”

The Bison have had sev-eral strokes of bad luck this season. For how early it is in the season makes it dif-ficult to believe it can get any worse. The blunt truth is that it can, but it is very doubtful. At 2-0, the Bison football team is too focused and too determined to allow anything to get in their way of another championship run.

In a crazy year thus far, let’s give credit where credit is due.

Brock Jensen has been playing like the quarter-back we need him to be. In my first column I hinted at the notion that he needed to make “the leap” this year, meaning he needs to go from being a good quarter-

back to one of the greats of all-time.

And he’s been successful in doing so with little sup-port from his receivers. Jen-sen is still at an impressive 65 percent completion rate, but it should be somewhere in the 70s after countless, key drops in the CSU game. The Bison wide-outs have been the most inconsistent players on this team and need to start helping Jensen out more, especially against those scrappy Missouri Val-ley defenses lingering in the Bison schedule.

Consistency has never been an issue for the Bison running game. Sam Ojuri is playing the way we all ex-pected him to, and I think he is a real candidate for the Walter Payton Trophy Award: the award handed to the most impressive offen-sive player in the FCS. With John Crockett backing him up, the Bison have another great one-two punch in the backfield. Sounds oddly fa-miliar, no?

We can’t forget about the “rams” upfront. Our offensive line introduced two new faces to the start-ing five with Josh Colville and Joe Haeg. Both have played outstanding along with returning starters Billy Turner, Joe Lund and Tyler Gimmstad making way for our running game that just so happens to be averag-

ing 211 yards a game, good enough to crack the FCS top 25 again.

It’s tough to get much better defensively after the 2011 squad played nearly perfect the whole season. But the 2012 defense hasn’t missed a beat.

In this pass-happy era of football, having talented de-fensive backs is an absolute must. Our playmakers in the secondary have stepped up to the challenge this year ranking in the top 10 in passing defense only allow-ing a jaw-dropping 87 yards a game. With Marcus Wil-liams likely to miss the Prai-rie View A&M game and Colton Heagle done for the year, Bison fans shouldn’t get caught up in the loss of experience. I expect senior Bobby Ollman to come in and fill the void with Heagle gone. Brendin Pierre and senior Andre’ Martin Jr. will make a fine replacement for Williams at corner.

I commented back on my friends post saying I still like our chances for the rea-sons listed above. The Bison have played well among the distractions so far, keeping their heads pointed in one direction. I guarantee Coach Bohl will keep it that way from here on out. No need to panic, Bison Nation.

Joe KerlinStaff Writer

No need to panic

NDSU beats out Omaha in Summit League opener

The NDSU Bison vol-leyball team won their first Summit League game against the Omaha Maver-icks at the Sapp Fieldhouse in convincing fashion. The Bison swept the Mavericks in a much needed win after starting their season 3-7. The Bison got a huge spark from senior outside hitter Brynn Joki, who ended the day with 17 kills and 15 digs.

The Mavericks gave the Bison a run for their money, especially in the first match. It was a nail-bitter to the end, and proved vital for the Bison to keep momentum

through the whole game. The first game nearly went to UNO when the game was at a match point twice, but the Bison stayed persistent and got the first win. The game was capped off by a Joki kill and three UNO errors which ended the game at 26-24.

The second game proved to be easier for NDSU. After UNO started with a 6-2 start, NDSU went on an 11-0 run. This game was a team effort for the Bison, as many play-ers made big contributions for their team. The main facilitator for these players was senior setter Catherine Yager, who put up 31 assists for the match. The second set ended in a blow out, with

the final score being 25-15 in favor of the Bison.

The third set was more tightly contested. It was a 10-10 tie after Omaha hit three straight service aces, and the Bison went down by four points right after. The Bison then answered with eight of the next nine points and never looked back. NDSU beat UNO in the third match 25-20.

NDSU have two games at home this week against conference rivals Western Illinois and IUPUI at home this coming week. The Bi-son currently sit at 4-7 with a 1-0 record within the Sum-mit League.

Colton PoolContributing Writer

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The NDSU softball team was in action against SCSU Saturday to open up their fall season. The Bison will next play UND on Saturday, Sept. 29 at home.

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