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Friday March 1, 2013Volume 130 | Issue 39
Reaching the students, faculty and staff of the University of North Dakota since 1888 | www.dakotastudent.com
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DSinside Becker: UND annoyances page 5
‘Albatross’ settles in page 7
Christianson: quality candidates page 4
Jordan Slavin returns page 10
Carmona critiques page 7
UND baseball begins page 10
Men’s hockey seniors page 11
Gaspardo: PTSD in college page 5
One vote made all the dif-ference Tuesday when the North Dakota Senate defeated a funding amendment to buy out Chancellor Hamid Shirvani’s contract with the North Dakota University System.
The amendment was added to the university system’s budget and, if
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PASS Senators ap-prove amendment to fund buyout of Shirvani’s contract.
N.D. Senate overturns Tuesday decisionpassed, would add $854,520 in additional funds to buy out the con-tract and end S h i r v a n i ’s time as Chan-cellor for North Da-kota’s public higher education institu-tions.
The amendment failed 24-23 through a verification vote, which is electronically submitted.
The beginningOn Feb. 5, Senator Tony Grind-
berg R-Fargo, proposed a plan that
would amend Senate Bill 2003 — the bill that sets up the budget for the university system. The amendment, which was voted down Tuesday, was overturned the next day in a majority vote of 28-19.
“In my opinion, Chancellor Shirvani’s leadership style is in serious question,” Grindberg said in an inter-view with Forum News Service. “His methods of campus communication have created an environment of fear and retaliation.”
NDSA votes That fear was echoed by officers
of the North Dakota Student Associa-tion who voted 50-5-11 Saturday at Bismarck State College to support the
buyout amendment, followed by a 53-2-7 vote of “no confidence” in Shirvani.
Mixed reactions followed in UND’s Student Senate.
“I do think (Shirvani) needs a wakeup call,” said Governmen-tal Affairs Commissioner Shane Gerbert. “A vote of no confidence doesn’t get rid of him but shows we have hope he will change some of his ways.”
Gerbert, as a member of the NDSA, voted both against the amendment and the vote of no con-fidence. He stated that he felt that
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First debate has poor turnout
Shirvani
The success of Tuesday night’s de-bate is at best debatable, according to UND students.
Only a smattering of students sat in the mostly empty rows of green chairs in the Loading Dock as the clock ticked closer to the 3:30 p.m. starting time for the first Presidential-Vice Presidential debate of the 2013 Student Government election cycle. A few students wearing campaign shirts whispered to one another at the round tables while others walked quickly by the dimly lit space on the way to their next destination.
Four tickets — David Butz-Michael Buhl, Nick Creamer-Lexi Hanson, Alex Dorner-Landon Bahl and Jen Vetter-Shawn Wagner — participated in the debate, which was the first of a three-debate pre-election series. Former Student Government adviser, Tony Trimarco, moderated Tuesday’s debate.
“I’m very happy to see that we have four tickets this year,” Trimarco said. “I can’t remember in my recent time where we’ve had that many.”
Sitting at the red-curtained table, the candidate pool included a variety of backgrounds and experiences.
“What that shows me is that stu-dents want to step up and take on the challenge of being a student leader,” Trimarco said.
A group of men dressed in fa-tigues stood at the back of the Load-ing Dock to support fellow ROTC members Butz and Buhl. Creamer and Hanson emerged as the repre-sentatives of the Greek community, while Dorner and Bahl brought a background with UND Athletics to the table. Vetter and Wagner came forth as current Student Government members — each with two years of experience.
“The people who turn out are the ones who are there supporting their candidates,” Trimarco said.
The afternoon’s debate began with two-minute opening statements from each ticket, with ample oppor-
DISCUSSION Plenty of candidates but few spectators at first presi-dential debate.
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Spirit Week: Campaign reaches goal
Freshman Jordan Sweep tries his hand at a game of Plinko at the North Dakota Spirit Campaign booth in the Me-morial Union Wednesday. The booth featured trivia to inform students about Spirit Week and the campaign.
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SUCCESS Campaign reaches $300 million in final year during Spring 2013 Spirit Week.
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Spirits were boosted for more reasons than one during UND’s biannual Spirt Week.
Spirit Week was celebrated across campus Feb. 25 through March 2 as a joint effort between UND and the UND Alumni As-sociation and Foundation. It works to compliment the North Dakota Spirit Campaign, which is the first-
ever capital campaign for UND and the largest campaign of its kind in the state of North Dakota.
“Spirit Week is a week on campus intended to celebrate the generosity of investors that make UND exceptional, and to build awareness that philanthropy is what makes our campus what it is,” Director of Alumni Relations Sarah Kotelnidki said.
The monetary goal of the Spirit Campaign — $300 million — was surpassed this week. As of Wednes-day, the fundraising had reached $300,589,215.
The funds will be distributed according to level of priority with $100 million going to students,
another $100 million to educators, $50 million to programs and $50 million to technology, construc-
tion and renovations. Since its in-troduction in October 2010, the campaign has provided more than
270 scholarships to students.According to Kotelnidki, more
than 36,000 alumni and “friends” have contributed to the campaign.
In addition to the individual donations, Altru Health Systems donated $10 million toward en-hancing its relationship with the UND Athletic Department. UND President Robert Kelley allocated $9 million of those funds toward a new athletic complex and the other $1 million toward replacing the turf in the Alerus Center.
This October, Harold Hamm, donated a large sum toward re-vamping and expanding the Col-
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Spirit Week is a week on campus intended to cele-
brate the generos-ity of investors ...
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the buyout was a poor appro-priation for funding and that he couldn’t allow money to be spent to force an individual out of office. This thought was echoed by others in Student Government.
“One thing to keep in mind is Shirvani was hired to improve the higher education system, and that requires him to make changes and reconstruct parts,” Student Govern-ment Treasurer Derek Rood said. “He needs his time to do his job, and if you are voting no confidence you are voting to take steps back-ward.”
The NDSA no confidence reso-lution stated “an effective system of higher education hinges on a cul-ture of openness and access, espe-cially pertaining to the views of its students.”
Despite student favor for the buyout of Shirvani’s contract, that one vote made all the difference Tuesday.
In an interview with the Fargo News Service, NDSA public rela-tions officer Caitlin Drogemuller said students were “disappointed
(the buyout) didn’t go through” but they “hope that the vote of no con-fidence will carry some weight with the board.”
The university system budget had passed without the amend-ment and was held, as is custom, on the front desk of the Senate until Wednesday evening in the case that legislation may be re-evaluated.
It was.The 28-19 deciding roll call
vote came after “a lot of consterna-tion” by N.D. senators who had voted against the amendment, ac-cording to Sen. Karen Krebsbach, R-Minot.
“We can’t afford to see the sys-tem torn down,” she told the Fo-rum News Service. “There is fear, intimidation, things that should not be happening in the state of North Dakota.”
Gerbert declined to comment on the reversal until Student Gov-ernment has proper legislation, but said he would stand by the deci-sions that he made last weekend at NDSA.
Money for a purposeThe buyout amendment states
$854,520 will be “appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in
the state treasury, not otherwise ap-propriated, the sum of $854,530, or so much as may be necessary, to the State Board of Higher Education for the purpose of providing a settle-ment payment for the termination of the contract of the commissioner of higher education.”
The section also states the ap-propriated funds can only be used for the contract buyout and are only available to the board upon the ter-mination of Shirvani. Until contract termination has been verified, the funds will decrease by $35,605 on the first day of each month begin-ning July 1, 2013 — the one-year anniversary of Shirvani’s time as chancellor.
The only thing Student Gov-ernment can do in the meantime is stay alert.
“Student Government is re-sponding by continually doing our research into the issue, by contacting constituents, seeking information and making sure we make a decision based on facts in the best interest of the students,” Gerbert said.
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Christen Furlong is the editor-in-chief of The Dakota Student. She
can be reached at [email protected]
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Joy Jacobson is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be
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lege of Engineering and Mines, specifically in the area of petro-leum engineering.
“Spirit Week opens people’s eyes to that generosity,” Kotel-nidki said. “You’re impacted by philanthropy everyday. You never really know where those impact points are, but they’re every-where.”
Freshman engineering student Jonathan Essler’s eyes were opened very wide when he learned of the Spirit Campaign’s contributions to UND, specifically the generos-ity of Hamm.
“It’s pretty sweet that UND has a campaign like this, as well as such generous donors,” Essler said. “Their contributions make a big difference.”
The fact that the Spirit Cam-paign’s $300 million goal was reached during this Spirit Week provided even more reason to cel-ebrate.
“It’s kind of a celebration this week, to say ‘Hey, we made it,’” Kotelnidki said.
Despite accomplishing its goal and having reached its final year, the campaign won’t cease, as plans have been made to make the most of it.
“Over the next couple months we’ll be continuing to work just as hard to bust through that goal,” Kotelnidki said.
Spirit Week will conclude tomorrow with a pre-game event from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Gore-cki Alumni Center before the men’s Hockey team takes on Bemidji State. Shuttles will be provided for attendees to the Ralph Engelstad Arena.
You’re impacted by philanthropy
everyday.
Sarah Kotelnidkidirector of Alumni Relations
COMMENTARY DSVIEWAlbatross
BUSINESS New restaurant near The Ralph exemplifies opportunities for stu-dents and graduates in Grand Forks.
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This year there are four different teams running for UND student body president and vice president.
The student body has the oppor-tunity to choose from a wide range in ideas and leadership styles. Each team brings goods ideas and goals to the dis-cussion of how to best represent the students and act as a bridge between the university’s administration and stu-dents.
All of the candidates have ideas that sound great. However, what I want to see from whomever is elected is not just actions but noticeable results.
Candidates can have all of the am-bition in the world when first elected, but the challenges of leadership are tough to overcome. Initiating a change in policy is only the first step, which must be followed through to comple-tion. Results are how we judge our figureheads’ success. Good ideas mean nothing if they do not produce favor-able results.
No matter who is elected, there are several issues that should be looked into not only for the next academic year, but for the future of UND.
TuitionOne topic that needs to take prior-
ity is the price of tuition, a topic that has been a factor in every candidate’s
platform since the dawn of universities. While the student body president and vice president do not have direct con-trol over tuition rates, they can strongly advocate on behalf of the student body.
Right now, North Dakota is ex-periencing a massive surge in revenue from its newfound natural resources. Some of the government surplus could be used to keep tuition rates lower for students — at least temporarily. This solution should only be applied so long as it would not cause the state any se-vere impact.
By far, money is the biggest obstacle for students to overcome and anything that can be done to keep costs down will result in more students graduating. The next student body president and vice president have a strong influence in this critical topic and need to continue the fight to keep school affordable.
UnificationAnother topic mentioned frequent-
ly without results or change is the uni-fication of the student body. After the nickname change, the university lost its sense of identity, and the student body lost the enthusiasm that fueled the spir-it of UND. That spirit is still there, but is in desperate need of rekindling.
Some of the candidates have dis-cussed this problem, but a solid solu-tion is difficult to come by. Losing such an inspiring sense of identity and hav-ing nothing to rally behind is a difficult situation to deal with.
There is no single solution to the unification problem, but it is essential that the incoming student body presi-dent and vice president look for ways to unify UND’s students in a constructive manner.
One solution to this tricky topic is to accelerate the pace of bringing a new logo to UND. It is difficult to wait sev-eral years without having any indication
of the future of the school. Right now, we are only referred to as UND, North Dakota and the Green and White. Even announcers during sports events have expressed their dislike of referring to a historic university as simply “UND.”
If the public is so unenthusiastic about not having an official logo, it
must be crippling to the student body’s morale.
Whoever is elected will have the re-sponsibility of putting the students first. There are dozens of good ideas that should be implemented. In the end, I want to see results, not just words. From parking complaints to student fees, there are a lot problems to be ad-dressed and just as many solutions to apply.
We will just have to wait to see if any real changes are made.
ELECTION Student Body execu-tive candi-dates need to produce results.
The candidates for 2013-2014 student body president and vice president participate in the debate Tuesday afternoon. From left to right: Shawn Wagner, Jen Vetter, Michael Buhl, Da-vid Butz, Landon Bahl, Alex Dorner, Nick Creamer and Lexi Hanson.
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High hopes for high positions
ADAM ChRISTIANSONTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
Candidates can have all of the
ambition in the world when first elected, but the
challenges of leadership are tough
to overcome.
Adam Christiansonstaff writer
Adam Christianson is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can
be reached at [email protected]
It is great to finally see a new restaurant take up resi-dence in the lonely building on the north side of the Ralph Engelstad Arena.
The empty building, which was once home to Suite 49, has reopened under the name Albatross Sports Grill and is owned by Grand Forks native, Andrew Krauseneck.
Geared toward golf fans, the sports grill features 12 fifty-inch TVs, foosball and bubble hockey in addition to its most unique feature — golf simulators.
As a graduate of both Grand Forks Central and UND, Krauseneck is a great example of how UND and Grand Forks can retain graduates who add to the economy and contribute to the community atmosphere.
In “Albatross tees off” on page 7, Krauseneck explains that he hopes his restaurant will become the social hub of the northern side of Grand Forks, that he wants it “to be a local hangout for a fairly wide audience — college students, young professionals, families and visitors of Grand Forks.”
With few restaurants within walking distance of the university, the editorial board is excited to see a business open near The Ralph, for students, community members and golf fans alike to enjoy.
Prior to its opening, students often had to travel off campus to get a drink or grab a bite to eat. Now, they can do both at a unique restaurant close to home with good food and reduced risk of drinking and driving.
Not only that, but as a UND and Grand Forks native, Krauseneck serves as a great model of a graduate who stayed in the city and saw business potential in the community. We applaud his continued support of Grand Forks, and we like to see that he is proving some of the older generations wrong when they say students graduate and move on.
It’s graduates like Krauseneck who show current UND undergraduates that opportunities are available and arise in unique ways.
If you want to open a golf facility, sometimes that op-portunity might arise in a restaurant equipped with simu-lators, allowing both beginners and golf veterans alike to enjoy a burger, a beer and a round of golf — even on a rainy day.
But not all opportunities in the Grand Cities stem from business. They also arise in education, journalism, food ser-vice, technology, construction — the list goes on. Despite being so close to the U.S. border, Grand Forks provides no border to the opportunities available for students.
The editorial board loves seeing students stick around, continuing to make contributions to the community.
Alumni allow UND to continue to succeed and evolve in changing times. When you graduate, don’t forget about the institution and the community that got you there. Krauseneck didn’t, and now he owns a swanky new restau-rant near a swanky college campus.
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Complaining is fun. We all do it and it’s a way for us to vent our frustrations re-garding just about everything.
I feel like complaining. It’s one of my favorite past times, and I find it therapeutic on many levels. There’s nothing like letting loose to your friends, family, dog, cat, fish or whatever floats your boat.
Alright, enough about why complain-ing is awesome, it’s time to get to actually do it. As much as I love UND, I am going to direct my attention to my annoyances with the university, professors and whatever else I can think of.
Professors who don’t use Blackboard
As fellow staff writer Elizabeth Erick-son mentioned in her recent column on the topic, Blackboard is a wonderful tool. I can’t imagine going to college without some sort of online component. The classes that I have found to be the most disorganized over my nearly five years at UND were the ones that didn’t include Blackboard.
These are the classes that you show up to and find a note on the door that says, “class cancelled.” If only there was a way for
I don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t run.
It may sound a little strange to hear, but discov-ering my love for running has actually saved me. I think that exercise is more than just trying to lose weight and stay skinny.
To me, exercise is a way to release my energy or my feelings; it helps me get away from the stress of ev-eryday life. There is nothing better than heading out for a solid three-mile run to un-wind.
A lot of people don’t ex-ercise, but they should. I’m not here to give you a pep talk on how exercising will keep you healthy or increase your longevity. I think we’re all aware of that. I am here, however, to explain how running has improved my life.
It all started back in seventh grade. I joined the track team, and I fell in love with running. I’ve loved it ever since.
Running with the track team was the first place that I felt I truly belonged. I was a part of something, and I was important. It was good to know I made a difference on the team. By my junior year I had made captain and almost broke my school
record. I had never felt so happy or felt like I belonged anywhere more than I did on the track.
When most people hear the word disability, they think of a serious illness or a physical issue. What most people ignore when it comes to dis-abilities are mental illnesses.
For most of my life I have struggled with depression and anxiety, and, after my fresh-man year of college, I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder because of a traumatic event I experienced in high school.
Because of PTSD, getting out of bed and making it to class is actually a very big deal to me. Depending on the day, sometimes that’s the only thing I can muster up the energy for. It is also something most professors do not under-stand.
Some days are better than others, but it’s the bad days that I wish teachers could really un-derstand. I know I speak for more than myself when I say this. Struggling with problems such as PTSD or other mental illnesses is not easy, es-pecially in college. Besides struggling with per-sonal problems, many with mental illness try to put on a strong face and deal with all the other things in life too.
The problems individuals with mental illness face are similar to those impacting people with physical disabilities, but with the added social stigma of being “crazy.” When a student is brave enough to get the help they need and confront their professors about their issues, I believe the professor should respect their courage and work with the student.
In my past experience, most professors have had difficulty understanding this and few have worked with me to create a plan to address the issues that may come up. Most students with a mental illness have to go through Student Dis-ability Services to get a professor’s full attention. Even then, they do not get the full attention a student with a physical disability would.
In professors’ defense, I will say there are a lot of students out there who would and do use this excuse as a crutch, making it unfair to those of us who really do struggle. It is for that reason I can understand the need to provide a profes-sor with a written explanation from a medical professional.
However, if a student does provide such proof, professors should be more than compli-ant with the student’s needs. While I understand extending deadlines for everything is a stretch, teachers should understand some deadlines are difficult to meet for students struggling with mental illness, especially when a student is go-ing through a rough patch or an episode.
Like many other illnesses, mental illness is something that can vary with medication, trig-gers, the extent of the illness and how it is dealt with. These factors need to be understood by professors.
I would like to make it clear: I do not think students with a mental illness should get any sort of special treatment; they should, however, get the same treatment as students with physical disabilities.
Once people get over the stigma of mental illnesses and become more educated, people will be more understanding of seeing mental illness as a disability. Until then, professors and faculty should be more understanding of the difficulty students with this mental illness face.
Sam Gaspardo is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at
A different disabilityUNSEEN Professors need to be aware of students impacted by mental illness.
SAM GASPARDOTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
a professor to easily send out a mass e-mail to inform students that class won’t be held. Oh wait, there totally is! It’s called Black-board.
When a professor doesn’t use Black-board for their class they are robbing stu-dents. It’s nice to be able to check on your grade throughout the semester without having to schedule an appointment with your professor or wait until midterms are posted on Campus Connection. That’s a waste of time, yet that’s what has to be done if Blackboard isn’t used.
I’m really hoping the university imple-ments a policy that mandates professors to use Blackboard with the following speci-fications: They must include syllabi, post grades and have announcements when class is cancelled or any other pressing informa-tion needs to be passed along.
Thankfully, most professors take ad-vantage of Blackboard. For those of you who don’t please do.
Signed,Everyone
Refusing to close I get that we reside in North Dakota
and that there are days we are all going to have to trek to school through the snow and the blistering cold, but there also are days where it’s preposterous for the university to stay open. A prime example would be when a good portion of students were stranded coming back from the hockey games in Omaha.
There were major road closures com-ing from the Twin Cities and in South Da-kota preventing students from getting back. UND’s response was to close until 10 a.m.
because we all know those two hours really allowed students to get back even though the roads were closed until mid-afternoon.
I understand not everyone traveled out of town that weekend, but a larger than average portion of the student body did. It was irresponsible of the university to stay open. What if a student braved dangerous roads in effort to make it back for a test and a serious accident occurred?
That’s something none of us want to see happen — and to my knowledge, I don’t believe it did.
ParkingI can’t do an article about complain-
ing and not complain about parking. I’m not going to pretend to have a solution to this, but I’m also not getting paid to come up with one. Right now parking is a disas-ter. There are never enough spots within a comfortable walking distance unless you consider walking from the bookstore to be a comfortable distance.
Yes, it’s comfortable when it’s 30-40 degrees out, but not so much when you’ve got wind smacking you in the face. Also, it’s not very much fun taking a long walk to class and passing by all those empty “A” lot spaces.
Hire me, UND, and I’ll solve the park-ing crisis.
Reading and Review dayJust kidding we love this.
Complaining about campusRANT No matter how much stu-dents at UND love it, everyone has to vent sometimes.
It is a feeling of accomplish-
ment and gratification — exercise is a great and
natural way for people to life
their spirits and feel better.Mary Ochsstaff writer
BRANDON BECKERTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
Brandon Becker is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at brandon.becker2
@my.und.edu
Since then, running has helped me through pretty much everything.
My personal experiences with exercise are why I feel it is so important that people exercise. It gives you a great outlet for your emotions and your feelings. Running can help you get away from whatever stress you have to deal with. As soon as I start running, it all falls away. All I do is focus on my run; the rest takes care of itself.
Exercising releases en-dorphins, causing your body to feel better afterward. It makes you happy. I can at-test to that. After a solid run, I often experience the so-called “runner’s high.” I’m in a good mood and feel great.
For me, it makes sense to run when I am feeling less than my best. It is one thing that has never let me down in my life.
No matter where I am or how I’m feeling, I can al-ways go for a run and feel better. I know this is true for many other people as well.
That’s why frequent ex-ercise is key.
You don’t need to go out and train for a marathon, but regular exercise can do wonders. I honestly believe
Running to refuel, refreshRUN Phys-ical activ-ity can provide a much needed mood boost.
MARY OChSTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
if people took the time to go to the gym or go outside more often, they would be happier people.
According to a study by Duke University, patients who exercised moderately on a regular basis showed the greatest improvement in their depression compared to the patients who took antidepressant medication instead.
The results of Duke’s study make complete sense to me. Running has been a constant mood booster in my life. It was the first thing I knew I was good at. Ever since then, it has been my therapy when I need it. It may sound a bit dramatic, but it’s true.
The euphoria after a good run is the best feel-ing. It is a feeling of accom-plishment and gratification — exercise is a great and natural way for people to lift their spirits up and feel better.
You don’t have to be good at running. You don’t even have to like it. It will make you feel better once it’s over.
Mary Ochs is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can
be reached at [email protected]
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tunties to respond to each ticket dur-ing Trimarco’s questions.
“The intent was to give the can-didates an opportunity to debate one another and to question one another — to debate the specifi cs of their platform,” Trimarco said. “I think the format is good. I think the intent of the format is good. The problem is that it didn’t fi t the number of tickets we have.”
According to election commit-tee member Jacob Osterman, who has been helping plan the debates, alterations were made to the Thurs-day’s debate to compensate for issues encountered on Tuesday.
“Thursday’s structure will al-low for more debate and rebuttal amongst candidates,” Osterman said.
Although the election commit-tee provided Trimarco with a list of questions, they also give him the op-tion to ask any questions he thought would be important.
“I would like to see more specif-ics,” Trimarco said. “Candidates talk in general terms and I would like to get more specifi cally what they
would do to implement their plat-form goals.”
Overtones of the debate in-cluded student involvement across campus, engaging students with Student Government and using Stu-dent Government as a link between the students and the administration. However, Trimarco said that even though candidates do their best to initiate change, and even though they make lofty campaign promises, time in offi ce reveals a harsh reality.
“Sometimes problems can’t be solved over night,” Trimarco said. “Sometimes they can’t be solved in
a year.”The next debate will be held to-
day at 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Memo-rial Union’s River Valley Room.
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Carrie Sandstrom is the manag-ing/opinion editor of
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CULTURE&MEDIA Friday March 1, 2013
Encountering chance may be one of the most important ele-ments in photography by Javier Carmona, a visiting professor from the Dominican University in Chicago.
“Many things can be en-countered that are out of your control and all of a sudden, we witness phenomena,” Carmona told a group of UND art stu-dents and faculty Tuesday.
From his work with narrative
‘All of a sudden, we witness phenomena’PHOTOS Visiting pro-fessor critiques student art, shares experiences from his career.
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media — or telling stories with photography and video — Car-mona shared his experience with students and spent time offering critiques to their photography.
“He opened up a new per-spective and offered a less chan-neled way of doing things,” se-nior Courtney Dahl said. In one of her intermediate photography classes, Dahl watched Carmona critique some of her classmate’s works. She said he kept asking students “Why?” which made them focus on what they were really trying to capture.
“He has a wide range of knowledge of photographers out there,” Dahl said.
Carmona was able to show students which photographers have styles similar to their own and could be used as construc-
tive examples. As for Dahl, she likes to “work with people and capture happiness.”
Carmona gave a presentation of his work on Tuesday at the Hughes Fine Arts Center. Stu-dents and faculty filled a class-room to hear his story and view different parts of his portfolio.
The element of chance was woven into much of his portfo-lio. For example, when selecting models for his work, he prefers models with acting experience because of their ability to bring a surprise element. He doesn’t use a lot of editing or Photoshop primarily because he prefers the purity of “wanting to achieve the right movement in front of the camera.”
Originally from Mexico and now an U.S. citizen, some of
Carmona’s work is dedicated to Mexican culture and fights some of the stereotypical ideas Ameri-cans may have about it.
“I wasn’t interested in cli-
ché, I’m not going to show you a donkey with a little sombrero,” he said. Instead, he is more in-
Javier Carmona speaks to students Tuesday night at the Hughes Fine Arts Center. Photo by Keisuke Yoshimura.
While Grand Forks may have several popular golf courses, the long North Da-kotan winters prevent golf-ers from enjoying them year round. UND graduate An-drew Krauseneck intends to bring this to an end.
Krauseneck, the owner of Albatross Sports Grill, has wanted to open an indoor golf facility since 2010, but a res-taurant wasn’t what he first envisioned.
“I started doing some re-search on (golf ) simulators and thought it could be an interesting concept for a place like Grand Forks,” Krause-neck said. “The idea initially did not include a full restau-rant, rather just bottled bever-ages and snack foods.”
Since this is his first ven-ture in the restaurant busi-ness, Krauseneck had fam-ily members and friends with prior experience mentor him along the way. This personal approach to founding Alba-tross may have something to do with the mood he’d like to see it have.
“We want to be the place on the north end of town where people can feel at home — almost like a ‘Cheers’ type atmosphere,” he said. “I want it to be a local hangout for a fairly wide audience — col-lege students, young profes-sionals, families and visitors of Grand Forks.”
These visitors may choose from the selection of new restaurants on 32nd Avenue South, but Krauseneck says Albatross has a unique way to set it apart from the chain res-taurants further south.
“The golf component is what differentiates Albatross from every other place in the area,” he said. The restaurant’s name is itself a golf term de-scribing a score three strokes under par.
“It works very well with the golf side of the business,” he said. “I also thought the name allowed for a business that could end up being much more than golf.”
Albatross’ golf simulators feature large high definition screens where golfers of all skill levels can hit the links any time of year.
“We’ll have plenty of rainy
Albatross tees offUND graduate Krauseneck opens golf -themed restaurant north of the Ralph Engelstad Arena
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and windy days during the summer, too, so it will still be a great place for people to get their golf fix when they can’t play outside,” Krauseneck said. “The simulators also provide a much lower pres-sure environment to learn the game. We will be focusing on beginner golfers, hopefully having beginner lessons and clinics at some point.”
UND senior David Hale noted the simulators are al-ready gaining popularity.
“I know a few guys who put standing tee times on Wednesdays,” Hale said on his way out of Albatross, a golf bag slung over his shoul-der. “They have clubs avail-able (at Albatross). If you want to save five bucks, just bring your clubs.”
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FAMILIES Pedraza’s foray into Habitat fea-tures duplex and single -family home for locals.
Cole Britton is the features editor of The Dakota Student. He can be
reached at [email protected]
The house at 617 N. 24th St. will be the 24th home built by Habitat for Humanity in Grand Forks. Photo courtesy of rrvhabitat.org.
New residents of Grand Forks will be the fi rst to tell you the af-
fordability of housing isn’t ideal, but Habitat for Humanity is alleviating this burden as best they can.
Construction of its latest home, located at 617 N. 24th St., will con-tinue once the weather improves, but Deb Pedraza, who is overseeing the build, said despite North Dakota’s weather, the home could be fi nished as early as July.
“The foundation is there and it’s capped, so hopefully we can get the
funding ready and resume building this spring,” she said.
Pedraza’s enthusiasm for Habitat has led her to head this build after two years of involvement with its board of directors.
“Ever since I fi rst heard of it, it was something I wanted to do,” she said. “Getting on the board was the fi rst step and now I’m in charge of the build.”
Funding is one aspect of the
build Pedraza hopes can be solved by fundraising within the commu-nity. Because Habitat did not have a build last year, it wasn’t able to receive money it normally would have.
“We’re going to be doing Habi-tat for Hounds, where we’re going to have local businesses hopefully build doghouses that we’re going to silent auction off and have a fundraiser,” she said. “We’re in the process of get-ting that going right now.”
Pedraza says fundraisers like these also could increase awareness about Habitat’s presence in Grand Forks.
“A lot of people think that Habitat has kind of gone away from Grand Forks, a lot of people didn’t know it was here, but we’ve been here for a while,” she said.
Habitat has had the lots for its current build for some time, courtesy of the city, which allowed Habitat to build there rather than hold onto and maintain the lots themselves.
“It was three lots: we’re putting a single-family home on the one lot
and combining the other two to put a duplex on,” Pedraza said. “We’re hoping to build the duplex this sum-mer.”
If future projects receive dona-tions and volunteers at the rate cur-rent ones have, they could be fi nished quickly as well. Twenty volunteers showed up to lay the foundation of the house at 617 — a number Pe-draza says is appropriate for a build like this one.
Volunteers would sometimes have to wait because of the sheer number that wanted to help.
“We put out a call for volunteers, and we would get so many that it’s like ‘What do we do with this many?’ We’d have to put them on a waiting list,” Pedraza said. “The response from the community has been won-derful, from volunteers to donating of supplies, you name it.”
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Hale also said Albatross is “comparable to other sports bars,” but Krauseneck says the social as-pect of golf is another element that separates it from other restaurants — as well as other golf courses.
“Obviously we’re going after the avid golfers, but we’re also go-ing after the social aspect of the game, and especially the social as-pect that indoor golf allows that the normal outside game does not allow for,” he said.
“Groups are always together in-side, and they don’t have to spend extra time looking for everyone’s ball during their round.”
Albatross customers also can be social while watching one of 12 50-inch TVs or playing foosball or bubble hockey. But as a restaurant, Albatross’ food is the primary fo-cus.
“The burgers have been popu-
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lar,” Krauseneck said. “Our burg-ers aren’t our specialty by any means, but they are getting very good reviews, especially our Haba-nero Burger. People are loving our fresh-cut chips that come with all burgers, sandwiches and baskets.”
While Albatross is enjoying initial success, Krauseneck — also a graduate of Central High School in Grand Forks — hopes that the community he’s from will continue to support his first ownership ven-ture.
“I really want to see this be-come successful in Grand Forks, not only for my benefit, but also for the benefit of the many resi-dents who have been giving me feedback along the way,” he said.
UND student Christalin Casin-ader contributed to this report.
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terested in capturing scenes to place the viewer in the original context of a scene. He said in-stead of seeing something as a tourist, he “depicts a culture with the intimacy of knowing it as it is every day.”
For example, one section in his portfolio is called “Mexican Cinema” which is intended for American viewers who want to understand what Mexican emo-tion, space and translation are.
“We have a Midwest mind-set and it’s good to get a differ-ent point of view,” senior Alysia Hagert said. “It’s interesting to see what other photographers bring in.”
Carmona is eager to photo-graph new ideas that face internal questions or confusions “I already understand what has been photo-graphed in the past,” he said.
Patience with chance has pro-duced some of Carmona’s best work. In the past, he has even lived at his photography site awaiting the right moment. Some of his final work includes putting two unrelated photographs to-gether to create a story.
In one display, this is done by placing two photographs that were taken two years apart. Car-mona was able to combine them in a way that created a story.
“A lot of times I couldn’t plan for it, and if I would have, that spontaneity wouldn’t have been there,” he said.
UND holds a 7-5 record against non-con-ference opponents, (S. Oregon is in the NAIA) since the DI transition.
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‘Slavin’ away for a run to the top
Although she sports lucky No. 7 on her jersey, UND women’s hockey senior defenseman Jordan Slavin has experienced her fair share of trials.
With three knee injuries in three years, Slavin faced adversi-ties that forced her to stop and question her future in hockey.
“It was definitely challenging. There were times when I ques-tioned whether I even wanted to play anymore.” Slavin said. “But I knew it was what God wanted me to do — to be here and just be with my teammates and be able to experience the four years with them and just push through it. I finally can play now healthy and it’s been fun.”
After remaining out of the lineup and missing playoffs the past two seasons, Slavin will fi-nally skate with her teammates for one last stretch run her senior year.
INJURIES UND’s senior forward has spent much of her college career on the mend.
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With the vast majority of Grand Forks residents still hun-kered down within their homes trying to survive the unforgiv-ing North Dakota winter, the thought of spring and warmer weather is a distant one for most.
However, for the UND base-ball team, spring can be found within the artificial climate con-fines of the Hubert H. Hum-phrey Metrodome — former home of the Minnesota Twins.
UND opened its season with a pitcher’s duel against Mount Marty, etching out a 2-1 win in Minneapolis and taking advan-tage of the Metrodome’s indoor climate to kick off the season. North Dakota went on to best Mount Marty in the series — taking three of four games, (win-ning 10-6, 6-5 and losing 7-5) while splitting a two-game series with St. Cloud State, losing 4-2 before coming back to win 2-0.
With the 4-2 kick-off to the 2013 season, UND will look to rely on the return of several key players and the experience brought forth by players who
Baseball season gets underwayPROGRESS UND starts out with a 4-2 record, improving on last year’s 2-24 start.
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were underclassmen last year. “We are returning a lot of
names that were freshmen last year,” UND coach Jeff Dodson said on the start to the season. “A lot of guys who did a lot of good things for us last year.”
Offense North Dakota will look to re-
turn sophomore infielder Tyler Fol-lis, who led the team in batting dur-ing the 2012 campaign, smacking a .352 average through 55 games played, while slugging .424 and collecting 29 RBIs as well.
Sophomore pitcher/infielder Jeff Campbell will also return with the team’s power attack after bat-ting .326 in 56 games while leading the team in home runs with 12 and in RBIs with 47. UND also will receive big offensive contributions from senior utility man Kris Kwak who hit .313, and sophomore out-fielder Sam Alt who batted .302 during the 2012 season.
North Dakota’s pitching staff will see the return of two big names, sophomores Andrew Thome and Jeff Campbell who will need to pick up more run support if they are to be successful during the 2013 campaign. Thome and Campbell pitched for a 2012 squad that was outscored 456 to 296 and gave up 7.28 earned runs per game. How-ever, both still managed to provide solid pitching performances for UND.
Thome, a native of St. Cloud, Minn., led the Green and White with a 3.58 ERA and in wins with five through 12 starts in 2012.
Thome also went on to lead the team in strikeouts with 65 through 93.0 innings pitched while holding opponents to a miniscule .234 bat-ting average. Campbell, a native of Clearwater, Fla., was UND’s No. 2 starter in the rotation in 2012 and went 4-7 with a 6.30 ERA.
DefenseSolid defensive play will also
return to North Dakota this sea-son. Last year the team collectively averaged a .952 fielding percent-age. North Dakota’s team field-ing percentage just slightly dipped below its opponents’ combined .963 mark, however, with the vast majority of last year’s lineup com-
North Dakota sophomore pitcher/infielder Jeff Campbell (center) put up big num-bers last season and will be looked to for succes again in the 2013 season. Campbell bombed 12 home runs and 47 RBIs in 56 games for the Green and White.
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prised of underclassmen, UND will look to reflect that experience on the scoreboard this year. Also dur-ing this year, UND will look to its infield duo of Kris Kwak and Tyler Follis. The pair combined for 258 assists — Follis leading the team with 155. When not pitching, Jeff Campbell was a key infielder — leading the team with 357 put-outs while his .990 fielder’s percentage was also a team high figure.
The 2013 campaign has al-ready brought about an air of im-provement for North Dakota as it looks to improve from a 2012 team that managed just a 19-37 over-all record. The Green and White
seemed more comfortable play-ing at home last year, going 11-9 while the road was no friend as the team went a dismal 6-27. With a strong start this season, UND will look to reach the .500 mark and improve on its 10-18 conference record of last year.
North Dakota’s first home game is slated for April 19th against Utah Valley. All home games are to be played at Kraft Memorial Field in Grand Forks.
David Butz is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be
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But the journey wasn’t easy. Despite back-to-back injuries, Slavin overcame each challenge and came back stronger than ever — posting three goals this season and developing into a key defen-sive presence.
“It’s honestly probably one of the most amazing things I’ve ever dealt with as a coach,” UND coach Brian Idalski said. “It’s one thing to overcome one knee in-jury. It’s something entirely dif-ferent to go through that process three times in 16 months.”
New beginningsWhen she first came to UND
at age 17, Slavin felt the age gap between herself and her team-mates. Throughout her college career, she looked to previous ex-periences to destroy the barriers and create a cohesive unit.
“I just remember looking up and them being a lot older, and I don’t feel that old compared to the freshmen now,” Slavin said. “I feel like they’re my friends and my buddies. I’m glad we were able to create that atmosphere with the freshmen now because my fresh-man year I definitely felt scared.”
Those feelings have dissipated as Slavin carried the lessons she learned throughout her college
career and traced them back to high school.
“I’ve learned a lot, being here for four years. It definitely takes a lot of work and a lot of dedication and motivation,” Slavin said. “It’s not just handed to you. It’s not something that you just come in and it’s like high school — you’re the best one on the team and al-ways will be the best one on the team — you have to work for your
spot daily and come in every day and compete for your position.”
Missed opportunitiesSlavin’s mentality allowed her
to not only heal from her set-backs, but also develop a stronger game.
“She’s really strong on the puck,” Idalski said. “She’s a calm-ing influence, very good in front of the net, and she’s just devel-oped into a all around very good
defenseman. Overall, she’s been a terrific person and terrific kid for us, and it’s really an amazing story what she’s overcome just to even be on the ice.”
What she went through to skate with her teammates has been worth the trials.
In the 2009-10 season, during
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North Dakota senior defenseman Jordan Slavin (7) is finally having an injury-free season after three knee surgeries in six months. Slavin has netted three goals and four assists so far this year. File Photo.
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This season, they have one goal present in the back of their minds.
For the UND men’s hockey seniors, three previous unsuccess-ful runs have left this year as the last chance to take it all — and they’ve earned it.
“Going in, this is a very, very well respected group of seniors — one of the most respected groups that I’ve seen since I’ve been here,” UND coach Dave Hakstol said. “They’re great people, great charters and great leaders for our team. So I know everyone will want to play hard for them.”
Senior weekend is a bitter-sweet reminder of the lingering memories and nostalgic thoughts throughout each player’s time at UND.
This weekend, the team will face off against Bemidji State in its last regular season home se-ries. Although North Dakota is focused on its ultimate goal, the emotions of senior weekend hang in the back of everyone’s mind.
“I think there’s just a lot of ex-citement within the team,” North Dakota senior forward Carter Rowney said. “I know for us se-niors it’s a little different. I know there’s been a lot of talk about it and there’s a lot of emotions with
Taking a moment to remember the good timesSENIORS UND’s six to-be graduates focus on a common goal — to make one last run.
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North Dakota senior defenseman and team captain, An-drew MacWilliam, and the rest of the UND seniors have entered the postseason three times and have come back empty-handed.
us, but I think in the locker room with the team, everyone’s just get-ting excited for the home stretch.”
Building memoriesThey came to UND four years
ago, but the six seniors are ready to close out what they began ac-complishing when they first built team relationships and skated out onto the ice. Although the ride is almost over, there is still time to drive it a little longer.
“I think since day one when we met each other at Walsh Hall and coming in and having a great four years, and the stuff we’ve been able to accomplish through-out the four years and the rela-tionships that have been built over the four years,” Rowney said. “I think you just become so close, and it’s tough to hear that it’s the last year and last little home stretch here, but we’re excited for it, and we’re hoping to continue it a little longer.”
When asked to sum up the time spent together at UND, there were no words from the UND seniors that could reflect what has truly been felt. With so many memories holding the team together, pinpointing a single one has become nearly impossible.
“To be honest, it’s so tough to come up with just one. There have been so many good times and so many good memories to single out just one, I don’t think it would be fair,” senor captain An-drew MacWilliam said. “It’s been such a great journey and such a great ride over the last four years. I’ve thought about if I could pick one, what would it be, and I can’t do it. There’s too many.”
Final stretchAccording to many, it’s busi-
ness as usual. But what the team is experiencing in realizing the final months of playing with six seniors is instrumental in its determina-tion to finish strong.
“It’s just another milestone in a way, but we want to get to those games this weekend,” Mac-William said. “Obviously we have one goal in mind this year, and we’ve been unsuccessful the first three, so we’re pretty determined to get to that game.”
While they will have to say goodbye to their home for the past four years and the teammates they experienced it all with, now is not that time.
“We’ll have time for goodbyes when the season’s over, but we’re focused on making a run here,” MacWilliam said. “Obviously we have two huge weekends to close out our season. Yeah, home ice is a goal of ours, but it’s not the ul-timate goal, and we’ve got to stay focused and stay driven toward the end of this push.”
Elizabeth Erickson is the web editor of The Dakota Stu-
dent. She can be reached at [email protected]
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SlAVIN FROM PAGE 10Slavin’s freshman year, the UND women’s hockey team went 8-22-4. It’s capabilities were on the line as continued losses prompted thoughts of whether or not the program could be turned around.
But the next season, the team went on to claim a spot in the WCHA Final Face-off; and in the 2011-12 season, Slavin saw her team make it to the WCHA Tournament once again and play as a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Despite the rising opportunities and consistent improvement of the team, Slavin never got to skate on the ice with her teammates. As much as she wanted to, her injuries forced her to cheer from the sidelines.
Time to shineThis season, the team boasts an
18-9-1 record in the WCHA and 23-10-1 overall. A three way tie for the No. 8 spot in the pairwise rank-ings marks a favorable outcome for a chance, once again, to continue the success of the program — also a chance for Slavin to see her hard work pay off and experience what she has missed during her time at UND.
The ups and downs will be re-tained as memories, but this season, Slavin has the privilege of finishing the season strong with the girls she’s been a teammate to for four years — the girls who have been through it all.
“It’s a good group of girls. We’ve
had a lot of memories and we’ve overcome a lot,” Slavin said. “My freshman year definitely wasn’t the prettiest, but we pushed through, we overcame, and I think this year, if you ask anyone on our team, it’s been the most fun year we’ve had here in our four years.”
Elizabeth Erickson is the web editor of The Dakota Stu-
dent. She can be reached at [email protected]
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