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Friday March 22, 2013Volume 130 | Issue 42
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DSinside Christianson: Weaponspage 5
UND fi lmmaker profi lepage 7
Furlong: Cheers for Tatepage 4
UND heads to Final Fivepage 10
Nick Creamer profi lepage 8
UND men fall in Big Skypage 10
W. hockey fall to Gopherspage 11
Gaspardo: StuGov ignorance page 5
Spring Break blizzard forces closure MondaySTORM UND campus closures are decided by a team of adminis-trators and offi cials.
CHRISTEN FURLONGTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
Many students across the UND campus toss around the idea that in-famous Offi ce of University Relations writer Jan Orvik is the mastermind behind UND campus closures and delays.
But despite inboxes across cam-pus fi lling up Monday morning with email notifi cations from Orvik an-nouncing the closure of the UND campus, students all know this not to be true.
Other students think the presi-dent himself calls the shots, but al-though President Robert Kelley has fi nal say in whether the campus is
closed or classes are delayed, he isn’t the only person on the job.
In truth, it is a team effort. Sunday evening through Mon-
day afternoon, Grand Forks saw a snowfall of over 4 inches and increas-ing wind speeds drawing a no travel advisory from the North Dakota De-partment of Transportation as well as closures in sections of Interstate 94 in Minnesota.
President Kelley, Vice President of Finance and Operations Alice Brekke, Provost Paul LeBel and Chief of Po-lice Eric Plummer are in close contact during weather situations such as the
one faced on Monday. “Chief Plummer gathers all the
information, feeding it to the team and offers a recommendation based on everything he knows,” Brekke said. “But he isn’t the one who makes the ultimate decision.” She empha-sized that it is the president who has that responsibility.
President Kelley and Brekke were in Bismarck for the legislative session at the time of the blizzard and when this article was written, but remained in tight contact with the rest of the team.
“We also connect with the local
school districts and monitor what they are doing,” Brekke said. “All of this information gets compiled, in-cluding looking internally at what kinds of things are happening on campus during the duration of the event.”
This storm, nicknamed “Bliz-zard Fiona” by the Grand Forks Her-ald, came at a unique time for the UND community. With spring break coming to an end, there were many individuals—students, faculty and staff—who were traveling Sunday and Monday.
Associate Vice President of Aca-demic Affairs Steve Light works in the Provost offi ce directly below the Pro-vost himself. Light stated that the pro-vost’s philosophy has generally been to try and keep the university open, as long as it does not compromise the safety of UND community members.
“The provost was worried about this being the Monday after spring break and what kind of travel deci-sions the students, faculty and staff have to make,” Light said, “Most of
them would be hitting the roads Sun-day and Monday.”
According to Light, this was one of two deciding factors the team en-countered during the storm, the other being that Monday morning found itself with a worsening forecast — a blizzard.
“Once the team learned that, it was the obvious deciding factor,” he said.
The decision for university clo-sure is not an easy one, with more factors taken into account than what’s seen on the surface. Dining hall func-tion is taken into account for students living in residence halls along with airport operations, local K-12 closures and daycare availability for student parents in addition to obvious trans-portation safety.
“There are some things that might not fall between the 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. hours,” Brekke said. “Above all else, we continue to emphasize that
Brekke Light Zitzow
BLIZZARD page 3
Conference warms up
The UND Writer’s Conference kicked off Tuesday after Monday’s blizzard shut down campus facilities. Photo courtesy of und.edu.
EVENT Despite lower attendance due to weather, 44th annual Writ-ers Conference is success.
KAITLIN BEZDICEKTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
Despite the winter storm weather and Mon-day’s campus closure, the 44th annual UND Writer’s Conference is in full swing this week, attracting UND and Grand Forks community members in addition to out of state visitors.
“We have an incredible national reputation for this conference being held at UND,” Con-ference Co-Director Crystal Alberts said. “It has been making UND unique for decades.”
The conference hosted Richard Bausch, Dor-othy Allison, Mary Jo Bang, Nick Flynn, Cheryl Strayed, Gary Shteyngart and Ed Bok Lee who held public readings, panel discussions and film showings throughout the duration of the week. A highlight of the conference includes “A Con-versation with Tony Kushner,” a Pulitzer Prize winner and Oscar nominee.
“We’ve had some of the biggest names in lit-erature from the 20th century,” Alberts said.
There have been open seats at some of the sessions which may be attributed to the bliz-zard earlier this week. Alberts said attendance is less than they have seen in the past, but expects numbers to increase through the end of the con-ference. Each year, there is a large draw from the bordering states as well as a number of faithful attendees who plan their spring break and trips around this conference.
“All they have to do is get to Grand Forks and everything is free,” Alberts said.
Keeping the conference free to attendants fulfills part of the mission of the Writer’s Con-ference to provide community outreach that cre-ates an opportunity in Grand Forks to have a discussion of literature. Sponsorships to fund the conference range from UND departments and offices, local media and personal donors.
The snow didn’t keep didn’t keep UND sophomore Trista Kirchgesler from attending the conference. She went to a panel discussion on Wednesday. As an aspiring writer, she said hear-ing about the authors’ struggles assured her that difficulties are normal and expected.
“I really enjoyed how open all the authors
WRITERS page 2
Seniors seek career options at UNDSEARCH With gradu-ation approaching, students use Career Services to seek jobs.
JAYE MILLSPAUGHTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
With spring graduation ap-proaching quickly, many students are currently searching for their dream jobs.
For those who need a little extra help, UND's Career Services center is a popular option. The center is lo-
cated on the second fl oor of McCan-nel Hall behind the Memorial Union and most of its services are covered at no extra cost to the student.
“We're located the same building as Student Health, Disability Services and the Counseling Center, so I'm always surprised when students don't know where we're located,” Career Services Interim Director Ilene Ode-gard said.
According to Career Services' website, the center provides a show-case of employers interested in UND students, advisory videos, an interest
JOBS page 6
UND Career Services is located on the second fl oor of McCannel Hall. Photo by Serianna Henkel.
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Friday March 22, 20132|DATEBOOK/WEATHER
DATEBOOK WxREPORTTODAY, MARCH 22, 2013
LECTURE Graham Tobin, 12 to 1 p.m., O’Kelly room 157. “Sustain-able Mitigation: Finding a Com-fort Level with Risk.”
EVENT Writers Conference: A Conversation with Tony Kushner, 8 p.m., Chester Fritz Auditorium. Pulitzer Prize Winner.
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HIGH 25 | LOW 17
SATURDAY
HIGH 28 | LOW 18
SUNDAY
HIGH 29 | LOW 18
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2013EVENT Mystery Moctail Hour, 4 to 7 p.m., International Centre. UND Forensic Science Club sponsoring “Clue-like” mystery by question-ing people involved. Cost: $5.
CONCERT Night Train Tour, 7 p.m., Alerus Center. Jason Aldean, Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett.
SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013EVENT “Junie B. Jones” musical, 2 to 3 p.m., Chester Fritz Auditorium. Brand new musical by Theatre-works USA. Cost: $16 single ticket, four for $50.
EVENT Graduate Voice Lecture Recital, 3 to 5 p.m., Hughes Fine Arts 202. The Department of Music and Dr. Royce Blackburn.
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were,” she said. “They didn’t hold anything back.” Senior Paige Kuznia attended a few sessions of the conference and also appreciated the open-ness displayed by the authors.
“They aren’t sitting up there on their high thrones,” Kuznia said. “They’re real people.”
After one of the sessions, Kuznia said she even planned on buying one of the author’s books.
“It’s about having some re-ally great conversation and encouraging students and the community to read and just learn something,” Alberts said.
WRITERS FROM PAGE 1
There are still opportuni-ties to attend sessions today and tomorrow. Public readings be-gin at 10 a.m. in the River Val-ley Room. Later, a panel with Shteyngart, Kushner and Ed Bok Lee is scheduled along with two film showings. Kushner will be featured at the Chester Fritz Au-ditorium this evening at 8 p.m.
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BLIZZARD FROM PAGE 1it is critically important that students, faculty and staff make their own de-cisions based on their own personal safety.
“Regardless of whether the uni-versity closes or not, each individual must make their own decision of whether to travel or not.”
Long before Orvik sent out the 7:04 a.m. email, Facilities Manage-ment Director Larry Zitzow and his crew were out in the elements to be-gin snow removal and campus main-tenance at 2 a.m. Monday morning
“It’s a major event for us,” he said. “Everytime we get a snow, no matter how small or big, getting the campus safe is a challenge.”
Zitzow and Plummer remain in close contact during weather condi-tions affecting the community. An issue that arose Monday was building security.
“Chief Plummer and I commu-nicate back and forth as to decide how everything was going to get done,” Zitzow said. “The buildings weren’t locked up. They were unlocked be-cause the (night) employees unlocked the doors and went home and we had to communicate how to get the build-ings locked up and secure (because of the closure).”
With hundreds of students liv-ing in campus residence halls, another concern for Facilities was making din-ing centers and halls accessible and easy to reach.
Over his 40 years working in Fa-
cilities, Zitzow has seen many things and, despite a hiccup or two, felt Monday’s blizzard cleanup was han-
dled smoothly.“We had a major sewer break in
family housing that required a great number of people to come in and
fix,” he said. “It’s unexpected and its something that we have to deal with.”
Parts of UND’s day-to-day man-agement require constant supervision to keep buildings heated and plumb-ing functioning. Zitzow and his staff often are deployed out into the com-munity to pick up staff members via pay loader who can’t get to work.
“Years and years ago, we used to have a snowmobile we used to get staff to work,” he said.
Zitzow explained, however, that its not just staff that Facilities is some-times transporting.
“We’ve had babies born in cars,” he said. “Its traumatic for us because dealing with the situation is intense. Sometimes we get them (to the hospi-tal) and sometimes we don’t get there in time.”
Administrators, when faced with adverse weather, don’t like to close campus and that the ultimate goal of in the communication between President Kelley, Brekke, Plummer, Zitzow and LeBel is to try and keep the university open for business, but also maintain safety as the ultimate concern.
“We try to remind people that we are in North Dakota and that freezing and thawing is part of our life here,” Zitzow said. “And it isn’t just up to (Facilities) to keep it safe. It is up to each individual to wear the proper at-tire and to not slip and fall. Getting the snow off is probably the easiest part.”
“Each individual must make their
own decision of whether to travel or not.”
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LEARNING UND professors can serve as living textbooks for the students who are willing to listen.
Friday March 22, 20134
UND goalie Tate Maris blocks a shot during his four minutes between the pipes Sunday. Photo courtesy of undsports.com.
The hot dish on TaterTATE Four min-utes make all the difference for one player’s career.
It took only four minutes to make my senior year at UND completely worthwhile.
It took only four minutes to sat-isfy the expectations of the 10,384 fans packed into the Ralph Engelstad Arena on March 17, and it took only four minutes to give a senior goalten-der with no pre-recorded career ice time the recognition he has deserved throughout his four years on the UND men’s hockey team.
With 4 minutes and 2 seconds left in the third period and North Da-kota up six goals over Michigan Tech, UND coach Dave Hakstol sent the ever-ready Tate Maris into the crease amidst deafening cheers of “We want Tate!”
It wasn’t the first time fans had demanded a Maris appearance on the REA ice but, sadly, it would likely be the last.
His entrance into the game re-ceived a standing ovation by UND fans as he flew out of the gate and onto the sacred ice. He received another ovation after making his first career save for North Dakota.
In a postgame interview with UND Athletics, Hakstol said, “Tate means an awful lot to the guys in that locker room. He means a ton to our program. He’s earned a hell of a lot more minutes than four over his time here. But we were happy we could at least get him in there four of those four (years).”
Well, I think I speak for the major-ity of fans when I say that’s not good enough.
I am proud to say that I am a Tate
Maris fan. I listen to his albums, watch Brad Miller Time and was jumping up and down and screaming after that first career save.
As a journalist, following cover-age both in The Dakota Student and the Grand Forks Herald, I wish that I could have seen more ice time than four minutes for Tate. Once every four years is downright insulting to his career.
But anger is not the point of this column. This column is to toast the great hockey player that is Tate Maris. I raise my beer to you, buddy.
Never have I seen such fan devo-tion to a player with no regular season or playoff appearances. It gives me hope. It gives me hope that people can see past national rankings and save percentages to see a player that truly brings happiness, laughter, morale and loyalty to his team and university.
Corban Knight might be the frontrunner in the race to the Hobey Baker, but there should be an award for players like Tate who are successes because of their attitude, their drive, their passion and their dedication.
Cheers to a player who earned letters each year served in athletics, named a WCHA Scholar-Athlete in his sophomore year and selected for three straight WCHA All-Academic Teams.
Cheers to a player that takes on a challenging collegiate athletic career and maintains high academic stan-dards in accounting — a field I per-sonally suck at.
In his freshman year, Tate was giv-en the “Most Improved Player” award and, for anyone who negates the im-portance of such an award, I’d like them to consider the following.
For the baseball fans out there that remember Michael Cuddyer’s 2009 season with the Minnesota Twins, you may or may not know that he was voted “Most Improved Player” that season and went on to be one of Min-nesota’s top hitters in his final years with Twins and now with the Colo-rado Rockies.
Tate could have proved similar re-sults.
Tate Maris is the type of player that puts in his all into everything he does, and while I do not know him personally, it shows in his dedication to teammates, academics and his con-stant smile.
I think that had he been given the chance to prove himself, he would have developed into a dependable goaltender.
Practice makes perfect, but its ice time that solidifies that practice.
I walked home from the Ralph on senior night disappointed, sad and an-gry that Tate wasn’t put in goal. Yes, we were forced into overtime and end-ed the game in a 2-2 tie against Bemi-
dji State, but there was no reason not to give No. 35 some minutes to join his fellow seniors for one last hurrah.
Therefore, I thank Hakstol for fi-nally doing what he should have done a long time ago: Letting Tate spread his wings.
And thank you, Tate for those amazing four minutes. I speak for all your fans when I say, it was long due and the by far the best aspect of Sun-day’s game.
Here’s to you, Tate Maris. Here’s to you.
Christen Furlong is the Editor-in-Chief of The Dakota Student. She can be
reached at [email protected]
They say the best way to learn is through experi-ence, but perhaps that’s also the best way to teach.
UND has been blessed with an abundance of professors with real-life experience in their respective fields. These are professors who have lived the trials of starting out without professional background and clawing their way up to a position of prestige. These are professors who have lived what they lecture.
We as students should consider ourselves to be incredibly blessed that we attend a university with professors who are filmmakers, world travelers and Pulitzer Prize winners.
We should consider ourselves incredibly fortu-nate that we get to hear all those long stories about professors’ fieldwork in Ghana, the Dominican Re-public and Romania.
We should be grateful that many language pro-fessors are native-born speakers or have lived abroad, completely immersed in a foreign culture.
Many at smaller colleges are not privy to the same opportunities to learn from such living text-books.
And yet, many students don’t realize just how privileged the students at UND truly are. They mock professors’ tangents and tales of their personal opportunities in the field. They roll their eyes and open Facebook whenever they hear, “Let me tell you about my fieldwork in Kenya…”
Those students are missing out on true educa-tion.
Faculty experience is key to student success, both in the classroom and when they enter into the professional world. The lessons professors can offer from personal experience far exceed any that can be gathered from a textbook.
Professors who have worked and succeeded in their field can offer connections to students heading out into a tight job market. They can offer words of reassurance and council for students unsure of which path to take within a certain major. And, most im-portantly, they can offer their time — time to talk in-depth about the class material, beyond the foot-note or reference provided in the back of the book.
The Dakota Student editorial board would like to thank all professors for sharing their personal experiences and wisdom, even when we as students have not been open to hearing it.
So, the next time you hear your professor veer-ing off onto another 15 minute tangent about the mistakes and lessons of their youth, take some time to listen — they might just teach you something in the process.
ChRISTEN FuRLONGTHEDAKOTASTUDENT
Never have I seen such fan devotion
to a player with no regular season or playoff appear-
ances.
Christen FurlongEditor-in-Chief
5ThEDAKOTASTuDENT
Recently, Student Government elections took place on campus for Student Senate, University Senate and the Executive Team. Although many people make a big deal about the elections, I did not vote. Many individuals support candidates in their quest for various positions, however, my main problem is I have no idea what each position does.
It is because of my lack of knowledge about Student Government that I decided not to vote. For me, it would have just been either random voting or voting for the people I knew, neither of which seemed fair to the candidates.
I know I am not alone when I say that I have no idea what Student Government does.
The way I see it, once a year new candidates and incumbents make themselves readily available to the public just to get the votes needed to secure a victory in the polls. Many create Facebook and Twitter accounts that get deleted or rarely used af-ter the election — but they should be used.
Students pay a lot of attention to social media. If Student Government officials took better advan-tage of this, they could get more information out to the students who want it.
Although UND Student Government has a Twitter page, it is seldom used. At the time I looked the account up, there were only 16 tweets, several
of which were retweets. If it made more use of this page to promote what Student Government does, more students would know about what goes on.
The same goes for the UND Student Govern-ment Facebook page. Many of the posts on the page focus only on the recent election. While it is good to promote the election, it is more helpful to promote what exactly students are voting for.
In addition to the generic Student Government pages, I would also like to see more from the elect-ed officials pages. Many post about what it is going to do if they are elected; however, I would like to also see what they do when they are elected.
Additionally, if used correctly, social media would allow Student Government officials to not only provide information to the students, but to get constituent feedback as well.
Mass emails could also be utilized more effec-tively, to inform students about not only what is happening on campus, but also what is happening within Student Government.
Personally, I would like to see more of what is going on inside Student Government, learn more about what it does and see more of what it is trying to do. I know this would also be helpful to many other students. By doing this, more students would also vote when it came time to be election season again.
Sam Gaspardo is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be reached at
STu GOV Information is in short supply when it comes to elected stu-dent positions.
Elections end information flow
... Social media would al-low Student Government
officials to not only provide information to the students,
but to get constituent feedback as well.
Sam Gaspardostaff writer
Reforms meet resistance
UND and Grand Forks have a drink-ing problem. Or at least people seem to think they do.
Both the university and the city are looking at ways to promote responsible drinking and reforms that aren’t going to leave students too happy. This quest for reform stems from UND Health and Well-ness’ findings of an upward trend in drink-ing in the community.
It’s no secret that community leaders have long wanted to change the culture of drinking in Grand Forks. According to the 2010 UND Health and Wellness Data Summary Report, North Dakota ranks No. 1 in binge drinking.
So what exactly are the city’s plans?Well, for starters, happy hour may not
be as happy any longer. Grand Forks wants to limit happy hour specials, nightly spe-cials and possibly eliminate Springfest.
After couches were lit on fire at Spring-fest a few years ago, the pieces of furniture have been safe at Springfest for years thanks to an increase in security. However, the ac-tual event could be in danger in the coming years if the city is serious about deemphasiz-ing events centered on drinking.
Is limiting drink specials and possibly axing Springfest the best solution though?
Let’s start by looking at what limiting drink specials would mean. In theory, res-taurants would make their drink specials less enticing (more expensive), eliminate certain specials entirely or shorten the length the specials run.
As a college student, this doesn’t sound like a good idea, but for those try-ing to change the culture of drinking within Grand Forks it sounds great — until you start to dig a little deeper. The biggest ques-tion is whether or not it will even make a difference.
Even if restaurants and bars cut back on specials or eliminate certain nightly ones, there’s still going to be a place in town where a bargain can be found. Which takes me to my biggest point: If people want to get drunk, and do it quickly, they’re going to do it regardless of what the city chooses to do.
It’s not uncommon for students to pound a couple drinks right before they head out the door for the night, especially on a weekend night when there aren’t as many specials. Take away weekly specials and the same thing will happen.
The bottom line is students who want to get drunk are going to find the cheapest way to do so. There’s enough crappy booze out there available for cheap to get the job done.
When it comes to Springfest the event is still wild, but it is nowhere near to what it once was. Yes, students drink excessively, but taking away Springfest will be taking away all the security and precautions that are in place to ensure students are safe and to monitor underage drinking.
If Springfest was taken away, it’s not like it’s going to stop students from partying the
Saturday before finals week, just like taking away the Fighting Sioux nickname doesn’t stop Sioux chants at sporting events.
So while it may seem like taking away drink specials and eliminating Springfest is an easy solution to solving the city’s drink-ing problem, it goes much deeper than that. UND and Grand Forks should first focus their efforts on finding entertainment that would be an alternative to drinking.
If you want students to spend less time drinking, then make a better effort to do so. Right now, UND doesn’t provide much en-tertainment options that are enticing.
After a long week of school I know I want to go out and socialize; the best place to do that is at the bars. If UND provided an option for students to socialize that didn’t involve bingo, that would be a great start.
Obviously it would be hard to attract the over-21 crowd, but for those who aren’t of age it would be a good option. If you want to get the over-21 crowd involved UND is going to have to provide entertain-ment greater than drinking.
If UND and Grand Forks are serious about changing the culture of drinking it’s going to take more than the reforms that are being discussed. It’s easy to say we are going to educate students, but you have to gain the attention of the student first in order for them to listen.
I don’t know how you do that, but I do know limiting specials and taking away Springfest are not the answer.
If students don’t lose their First Amendment rights at the school house gate, they shouldn’t lose their Second Amendment rights there either.
In the wake of school shootings dat-ing back as far as Columbine, school and state legislators have been looking into allowing firearms on campus as a means of a way to immediately respond to a crisis.
Allowing firearms on public school grounds and college campuses is not as crazy as it sounds. In fact, there are several statistics which demonstrate that firearms actually decrease crime and drastically reduce the deaths in attempt-ed mass shootings.
Probably the most basic statistic that can support this position is this: Ev-ery shooting in the United States with more than four casualties has been in a gun-free zone. The plurality of gun-free zones in America are schools, including college campuses.
The fact is, police and security guards are usually not as effective in responding to a shooting as an armed citizen. It is not because of inadequate law enforcement training or lack of bravery; it is because the added time it takes for law enforcement to respond allows a shooter more time to kill. An armed citizen who is present at the start of a shooting can immediately respond and prevent deaths. Most shootings oc-cur within a few minutes, while it of-ten takes law enforcement more than
ten minutes to respond. The average number of causalities sustained when an armed citizen responds to a shooting is 2.5, whereas when law enforcement re-sponds the average jumps to 14.
A big objection to allowing stu-dents and teachers to be armed is that they are less trained than police and soldiers. That is true, but, in order to obtain a concealed carry license, an in-dividual must pass tests and prove they have at least moderate competency with firearms. Often times, license holders
must undergo additional training to be allowed to carry on school grounds, if it is legal in that area. Thorough back-grounds checks are completed prior to issuing a license, and tight regulations are maintained to track the information of license holders.
The entire idea behind concealed carry is that the firearm is hidden from view and kept private so it doesn’t cause distraction or unrest. It is a hidden tool, made available to the individual in case of an emergency.
As far as concealed carry legislation goes, 28 states allow the schools to de-cide whether or not they allow individu-als to carry a concealed weapon on the premises. At schools where firearms can be carried, the crime rate is drastically lower than schools that don’t allow con-
cealed carry, and shootings are almost unheard of.
Estimations range as high as 2.5 mil-lion uses of firearms as a defense each year in America. Hundreds of thousands of incidents are not reported because there were no shots fired. Compare that to the roughly 11,000 casualties sus-tained every year and that is a pretty good ratio of lives saved versus casualties.
Hundreds of thousands of Ameri-cans owe their lives to being armed in the right place at the right time; several thousand muggers, burglars and rapists have not been so lucky.
Attending school should not keep individuals from protecting themselves to the best of their ability. Sure, pepper spray and pocket knives can be forms of protection, but they are useless in the face of a mass shooter. Spending years of our lives on a campus full of innocent, unarmed peers is a scary thought. I do not like the idea of knowing everyone around me is completely unarmed in the face of an emergency. Concealed carry is one of the most practical ways to prevent shootings like Sandy Hook from occur-ring short of hiring security guards to guard every single building on campuses nationwide.
When a 16-year-old can legally drive a 4,000-plus pound vehicle at speeds of 75 miles per hour without supervision, why are firearms in the hands of older and often more highly qualified individ-uals so controversial? After all, driving fatalities are much more numerous than firearm casualties. We should be much more concerned about the Toyota Ca-mary screaming down an icy University Avenue at 30 mph than a licensed con-ceal and carry holder just going about their day.
ChANGE Efforts to change commu-nity drinking culture displease students.
Campuses consider concealed carryGuNS Some schools are al-lowing weapons on their premises.
Adam Christianson is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at adam.christianson@
my.und.edu
Attending school should not keep individuals from
protecting themselves to the best
of their ability.
Adam Christiansonstaff writer
Brandon Becker is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be reached at brandon.becker2@
my.und.edu
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JOBS FROM PAGE 1survey for undecided students, job listings, practice job interviews and resume and cover letter assistance.
Many students who have used their resources have had success in finding employment in their field af-ter graduation, especially those who started coming early and then came often, according to Odegard.
This was proven by an annual employment survey done by Career
Services and UND’s Institutional Research department. The most re-cent survey was conducted in 2012 and tracked the employment place-ment of UND’s 2010 graduating class. These surveys have been con-ducted every year since 1997 and the results are mailed to each graduating class 18 months after graduation.
Eighty-two percent of the re-spondents claimed to have found employment either “directly” or “somewhat” related to the degree they received at UND. Seventy-seven percent of the respondents are
currently residing in either North Dakota or Minnesota and the rest are living in one of the other 37 states.
Graduates from the College of Nursing had the highest percent-age of respondents who had found employment directly related to their degrees, at 92.1 percent. Graduates from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences had the second highest percentage, at 81.8 percent.
“Our nursing school is well-known nationally for being very ex-cellent, but all of our other colleges are exceptional, too,” Odegard said.
The lowest percentage came from graduates from the College of Arts and Sciences at just above 30 percent. This number isn’t surpris-ing, considering the bad reputation that a liberal arts degree has earned in recent years, although Odegard thinks this is unfair.
“Many employers don’t see the liberal arts background as fitting in with their company, but the oppo-site is actually true since it’s a broad-based degree,” she said. “If I were the president of a company, I’d want someone well-educated. Careers that involve helping people will be a good fit for liberal arts students.”
Odegard also empha-sized the overall person is more important than their skill set be-cause skills can be taught but criti-cal thinking, analytical abili-ties, a strong work ethic and a positive at-titude can’t be taught in class-rooms.
“We’re just coming out of a five-year recession, so employ-ees don’t want to beat around the bush. They want experienced hires,” Odegard said.
A few companies, such as En-ergizer batteries, Target corporation and Hess engineering have displays set up inside the Career Services Center. According to Odegard, the reason these employers have displays is because they greatly appreciate UND students and currently have UND alumni working for them.
A wide variety of employers are now recruiting new graduates, but hiring is cyclical and depends on the time of the year.
Career Services offers a few events throughout the year to help students prepare in advance. A busi-ness etiquette dinner will be held on Monday, April 22 at 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Ballroom.
The cost is $10, includes a four-course meal and will feature the Grand Forks Herald’s Marilyn Hagerty as a special guest, along with representatives from UND’s Alumni Association, Target and Aflac.
Most of the other events, such as the annual Career Fair and Profes-sional Dress Event are free.
“There’s no extra cost for most of our services because we are sup-ported by student fees,” Odegard said. “It’s always very wonderful to hear that a student who visited us landed a position that they wanted.”
Jaye Millspaugh is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be
reached at [email protected]
CULTURE&MEDIA Friday March 22, 2013
A passion that began for UND English professor Christopher Jacobs on eight-millimeter film has survived decades of changes in the movie-making industry.
Now a slim man with silver hair parted to the side, bespec-tacled eyes and an easy smile, Jacobs’ interest in film began in junior high school, when movies were a source of enter-tainment and intrigue.
Self-taught“Movies were fun to
watch,” Jacobs said. “They didn’t have film programs when I was in high school, so I just did reading (about films) on my own.”
Jacobs’ interest in both film history and filmmaking led him to create a few mov-ies of his own on eight and 16 millimeter film during his teenage years. After graduat-ing high school, Jacobs went on to get his master’s degree in film and dramatic production criticism from UND.
Although he now finds himself on the podium side of filmmaking — teaching both English 225 (Intro to Film) and English 235 (Art of Moviemaking: Film-style Video Production) — Jacobs has amassed a fair amount of experience of his own.
In 1995, the cast of “Fargo” drove through Grand Forks during a blizzard and was struck by the “perfect” setting provided by the snow-covered city. However, according to Ja-cobs, when the production re-turned to the city the follow-ing week to film, the weather was warm and the snow was melting. Nevertheless, they continued filming, driving a
little further north each day to find snow.
And through this week-long process, Jacobs was there.
Passion reignitedWhen “Fargo” rolled into
town, Jacobs was working as a projectionist at the Midco 10 — now Carmike 10 — the-ater. It was through this job that he heard about the need for someone to play rushes — the first print made of a film — for the cast and crew. Ac-cording to Jacobs, the rushes were projected and viewed on campus in the Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.
And as the snow in Grand Forks was melting away to breathe new life into the area during the filming of “Fargo,” the experience also breathed new life into Jacobs’ passion for film.
“It made me really want to go out and make movies again,” Jacobs said.
Shortly after, in 2001, Ja-cobs produced his first digital feature since helping with oth-er individual films in Grand Forks in the late 1990s.
“I already knew basically how to make a movie,” Jacobs said. “It was basically taking the time and making the com-mitment.”
The result of that time and commitment was the film “The Threat of the Mummy,” which Jacobs describes as a “social-political satire” that draws from his interest in ancient Egypt. The film pre-miered at the Empire Arts Center in April 2002 and was released on VHS in August of that same year.
After the success of “The Threat of the Mummy,” Ja-
cobs directed and produced its sequel “Vengeance of the Sorceress,” which premiered in Nov. 2002.
“With today’s digital tech-nology anybody can make a feature length film,” Jacobs said. “Anyone can afford to make a movie if they can get the people together.”
However, Jacobs’ films have gone beyond the average. After “Vengeance of the Sor-ceress,” Jacobs went on to pro-duce “Dark Highways,” which received a variety of awards at various film festivals across the nation, and a thriller entitled “Miss Mystic.”
Well versedJacobs also is no stranger
to the combination of music and film. In 2005, he began working on a backstage movie musical entitled “Music to My Ears,” which was shot largely at the Empire Arts Center, and he even produced a music video for a Fargo heavy metal band.
While two of his films can be rented from Blockbuster, Jacobs keeps busy helping stu-dents create movies of their own. He has taught summer film workshops, written books on film production and is in the midst of helping his film-making class produce their class film.
Although both times and technology have changed since Jacobs began his film-making journey, his passion has remained unchanged.
“That’s the advantage of film,” Jacobs said. “It’s been the same for 150 years.”
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The man
Carrie Sandstrom is the manag-ing/opinion editor of The Dakota Student. She can be reached at [email protected]
Anyone can afford to make a movie if they can get the people together.
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Christopher Jacobs’ lifetime of film education is now his gift to Grand Forks.
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Nick Creamer enjoys being in-volved. From the moment he stepped onto UND’s campus, he made sure to spend his time as a college student doing things that were beneficial to those around him.
Whether it be through his lead-
ership roles in Sigma Chi fra-ternity, student assistant as a freshman ori-entation leader, or a member of the Accounting Club, Creamer has served oth-
ers in a wide variety of ways. “It has been very rewarding to see
the positive impact you can have on your peers when you take on leader-ship roles,” Creamer said.
It comes as little surprise that this junior accountancy major would run
for Student Body President. Race-winning materialCreamer says he decided to run
for student body president because he wanted to put his leadership skills to use on a larger scale.
“I wanted to try something new, and I had always been interested in Student Government,” he said. “There was no better way (to impact more of my peers) than student body president.”
After deciding to run, Creamer sought out a running mate that he could trust, had additional leadership experience, and who wouldn’t always agree with him.
“The best advice I think I got when thinking about a running mate was to choose someone who comple-mented me well — someone who I knew was good at doing things that I was not as good at,” Creamer said.
Junior Lexi Hanson fulfilled all those requirements. Although she also was a member of the Greek com-munity, Creamer noted Hanson had enough differences in experiences that she “made up for (his) weaknesses.”
Combine that with a support team that Creamer acknowledged “helped us in ways I never would have imagined,” and together their ideas won the support of more than 38 percent of voters in this year’s four-ticket election to become UND’s next student body president and vice presi-dent.
“Your ideas, our actions”Campaigning on the slogan of
“Your ideas, our actions,” Creamer and Hanson hope to carry out that concept by building off the ideas of fellow students rather than their own agendas.
“Students’ ideas are the ones I value the most, because they offer a new perspective,” Creamer said. “For me to be successful, it is going to be imperative that I find a way to get these students to share their ideas and thoughts.
“If I can overcome this barrier, I think we can actually make some big changes across our campus that will significantly enhance the lives of every single student.”
In order to start his term off on
the right foot, Creamer plans on es-tablishing a good foundation with his executive team and senators. He wants to make sure each senator knows what is expected of him or her and thoroughly understands the roles of Student Government.
Unique backgroundUnlike the majority of past stu-
dent body presidents, Creamer has never served on Student Government before. Even though the unfamiliar-ity is rare, he thinks it is a potential advantage.
“I think we will bring new ideas
and new perspectives (into Student Government),” Creamer said.
As the current president of Sigma Chi, Creamer has previous experience as treasurer and vice president of the fraternity. Coupled with his service to the Greek Program Committee (formerly part of the Interfraternity Council) as the membership devel-opment chair, he feels confident that his success in those positions will lead him to succeed as UND’s new stu-dent body president.
Student Government: one of UND’s best resources
Creamer says he wants to make Student Government more acces-sible for every student in his term as president. In the past, he noticed how students don’t fully use the resources available through Student Govern-ment, and hopes to tailor his agenda around the needs of the students.
“Lexi and I will use a variety of re-sources and a number of the relation-ships we have made across the univer-sity in order to satisfy the desires of the UND student body in the best way possible,” Creamer said.
Creamer understands that he and Hanson cannot change UND alone. He hopes students will bring their ideas to Student Government because “there is probably something that we can do to help you make your idea a reality.”
Creamer and Hanson take office on April 28.
The next issue of the Dakota Stu-dent will feature Vice President-Elect Lexi Hanson.
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LEADERSHIP President-elect will listen to in-dividual ideas to “en-hance” student lives.
Creamer to implement ‘new ideas’ as president
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While the vast majority of the North Dakota student body head-ed for bluer skies with the arrival of spring break, the UND men’s hoops team was busy battling for a bid to the 2013 NCAA Tourna-ment.
North Dakota made a strong finish to the 2013 campaign with a three-game win streak to garner third place in the Big Sky Confer-ence with a 12-8 conference re-cord (16-16 overall) while earning a trip to the Big Sky Tournament in its inagural season of conference play.
The Green and White rolled over Southern Utah 69-52 on March 14 in the opening round before falling to Weber State in a close 76-74 heartbreaker during the semifinals. Weber State would go on to lose in the championship game against Montana 67-64, with Montana earning the Big Sky Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
“That was a great college bas-ketball game,” UND coach Brian Jones said on the loss against We-ber State, “(This) is the type of game that March is made for, I could not be more proud of the
Loss to Weber State crushes dancing dreamsTOURNAMENT UND eliminated from Big Sky Conference championship.
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way our guys played tonight.” Jones isn’t the only North Dako-
ta member with reason to be proud of the team; by making it to the conference semifinals, UND came just two wins away from earning its first ever bid to the hallowed NCAA Tournament, a feat revered by col-legiate basketball fans. Despite the loss, North Dakota earned a bid to the 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament and will face Northern Iowa on Wednesday, March 20.
On March 14 against Southern Utah, North Dakota picked up ma-jor offensive contributions from all around on its way to a 69-52 rout of the lower seeded Thunderbirds. UND shot 49 percent from the field throughout the entire game but rode a 65.2 percent surge during the second half to end SUU’s hopes of coming back from a 28-25 deficit at the half.
North Dakota’s offensive attack was led by junior guard Troy Huff who had a team-high 15 points,.However, UND picked up double digit contributions from four other players in Aaron Anderson (14 points), Mitch Wilmer (11), Lenny Antwi (10) and Josh Schuler (10). Wilmer also had a huge night on the boards, picking up a double-double with 14 rebounds while Huff swiped SUU for four steals and four assists.
The night after North Dakota took on Southern Utah, the team fell in a heartbreaking 76-74 loss against Weber State, dashing its hopes of an invitation to the big dance. With 20 seconds left in the game, WSU’s
Kyle Tresnak burried a jumper in the lane to break the 74-74 stalemate and send the Wildcats (26-5 overall) to the Big Sky Championship game.
Huff was once again North Da-kota’s powerhouse throughout the game, scoring a team-high 22 points while pulling down eight rebounds in the loss. UND also picked up big offensive contributions from Wilm-er and Brandon Brekke, who each scored 11 points, while Jamal Webb added 13 of his own on the night.
Brekke, who had been off and on throughout the season while at-tempting to fight back from a con-cussion was big off the bench, in addition to his 11 points, he added eight rebounds to tie for the team’s game-high in just 24 minutes of play.
North Dakota started out the game strong, shooting 58.1 percent from the floor while holding Weber State to just 41.7 percent in that same category to garner a 43-40 lead by the end of the first half. UND took off to a 9-0 run in the second half, but the Wildcats were persis-tent in chipping away at the deficit — going on an 11-0 run of their own in the 10th minute of the half to trim the deficit to 56-55. WSU would later go on a 6-0 run in the final four minutes to tie the game before the fateful jump shot from Tresnak put the Wildcats ahead for good.
David Butz is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. He can be
reached at [email protected]
UND advances to WCHA Final FiveSERiES North Da-kota wins game three against Michigan Tech to move on.
The eight stars on the blue shield logo accented with red and white lettering represent the teams that will compete in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference — a newly formed league that will begin its inaugu-ral season in 2013-14.
For North Dakota, the switch to the NCHC from the Western Collegiate Hockey Association is bittersweet, as it will have one last chance this weekend to com-pete for the Broadmoor Trophy in hopes of clinching its fourth straight WCHA title.
But for now, the team is sole-ly focused on accomplishing the tasks at hand.
“We haven’t thought too much about it,” UND coach Dave Hakstol said. “Those are
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things that will come later on. It’s hard to stray too much from the mission. We’re aware of it, but we’re going to go enjoy it. It’s a great tournament. We’re going to compete and try and advance.”
In 1982, North Dakota be-came the first recipient of the WCHA playoff trophy, and with 2013 the last chance to etch its name in history, the Green and White will battle for one last chance at claiming the title.
The formation of the NCHC, an NCAA men’s Divi-sion I hockey conference, was announced in July 2011 in re-sponse to the formation of a Big Ten Conference that would take away powerhouse competitors such as Minnesota and Wiscon-sin from the WCHA.
Clinching a spotLast weekend, North Dakota
punched a ticket to the Final Five tournament after claiming game three over Michigan Tech in the best-of-three series.
For the last time this season, the men’s hockey team skated at Ralph Engelstad Arena and ral-
lied six unanswered goals Sun-day night en route to a shutout victory over the Huskies.
The battle for the first goal became instrumental in deter-mining which team would hold control of the game — and for North Dakota, it succeeded in accomplishing that feat Sunday.
After Michigan Tech’s strong push Saturday to earn a win, its
efforts were silenced as UND came out strong from the puck drop in game three as Rocco Grimaldi’s shot was deflected to the top of the slot by an MTU skater, and Dillon Simpson fired a shot in the net to signal the early lead.
“It was important,” Dave Hakstol said. “More important is how we went about working
for that first goal. Obviously it’s important to get that first one, but sometimes you score the first goal in hockey and maybe not deserve it. We deserved it to-night and kept our foot on the gas after we got the first one.”
The team’s fifth goal was showcased in a manner that
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North Dakota junior guard Troy Huff led the Green and White with 22 points last week in their loss to Weber State in the semifinals of the Big Sky Conference tour-nament in Missoula, Mont. File photo.
North Dakota freshman forward Colten St. Clair found the net Sunday evening on a breakaway after coming out of the penalty box.
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Spring break softballTRIP North Dakota comes back from Florida with five wins in the Rebel Games.
The UND softball team played 12 games in the Rebel Games in Kissimee, Fla., over Spring Break. The team went 5-7 and faced some unique opponents it wouldn’t normally schedule, such as Detroit and Robert Mor-ris.
UND has been struggling to earn wins so far in the begin-ning of its season, but in the re-cent tournament, things started to look up.
Freshman outfielder Nicole Babrowski was hot at the plate as UND took the first game 5-4 over Detroit. Despite a good performance in the first game, UND couldn’t get its bats going in the second contest as Creighton scored nine runs. The Bluejays shut out the Green and White, winning 9-0.
The second day of the event, UND had a similar outcome when it split two games. Taylor Hansen helped the team get go-
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ing when she hit a big single to drive in UND’s first run against Lehigh. North Dakota beat the Mountain Hawks by a score of 5-3, while junior starting pitcher Caralyn Chewning performed well on the mound — taking the win for UND.
The next game against Akron did not fare so well. North Da-kota trailed early and tried to rally back, but the overall result was not a good one with UND taking an 8-3 loss.
The next four games of the tournament added to UND’s loss record as it lost the next four games to Utah Valley, Butler, East-ern Illinois and Robert Morris. However, the Green and White did not give up and in the final four games of the tournament. They were able to claim three wins and end the tournament on a good note. UND’s wins included scores of 10-1 over Rider Univer-
sity, 12-0 over St. Peter’s and 3-1 against Wagner while dropping its second match-up of the event against Lehigh, 7-0.
The victories are not in confer-ence play yet but every win helped and gave the team an added boost of confidence when it needed it.
UND will hopefully fare bet-ter in its next series of games, which also is the start of con-ference play for the Green and White. They will take on Weber State in Ogden, Utah this com-ing weekend. It will be a series of three games before the team heads to Northern Colorado for its next series.
The team will look to over-come this last tournament and use its recent wins as a driver for fu-ture conference match-ups.
Mariah Holland is a staff writer for The Dakota Student. She can be
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Women’s hockey season closesTHRIllER North Dakota falls to undefeated Minnesota after three overtimes.
Going up against an unde-feated team was a feat in itself, but carrying the game into three over-times was another story.
Last Saturday, the UND wom-en’s hockey team fell in a 3-2 loss to Minnesota and the end of a season after over 118 thrilling minutes of hockey in the NCAA quarterfinal.
“Very exciting game, I’m proud
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of our kids,” UND coach Brian Idalski said. “We emptied the tank, gave it all we had today. When it gets to that point where you’re in six periods of hockey, it’s unfor-tunate anybody has to lose, but congratulations to the Gophers — great team.”
When freshman forward Ash-ley Furia scored North Dakota’s first goal, a sput of momentum set the team’s focus moving forward.
“I think that really helped the team bounce back after getting scored on first shift,” Furia said. “I think after I was able to get that one, the team bounced back into the game.”
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showcased in a manner that ex-emplified UND’s consistent mo-mentum.
As Colten St. Clair rushed out of the penalty box, the team still remaining one man down late in the second, and found a loose puck. The freshman for-ward rushed down the ice and scored a shorthanded goal to in-crease the margin yet again.
“For me, it was a huge leap; but for the team, I think we just put the pedal to the metal and just kept going,” St. Clair said. “We didn’t let up the whole game, and that’s the way we need to play from here on in.”
A chance for TateAs the clock ran down, and
five minutes remained in the final home game of the season, a collective chant rang through the crowd — “We want Tate! We want Tate!”
With four minutes left on the clock, Hakstol pulled Clarke Saunders from the net and re-placed the experienced goalten-der with Tate Maris, who had
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in his four-year career at UND.He only made one save in his
entire college hokcey career, but the four years of dedication and passion for the program were suddenly all worth it.
“Kind of indescribable, I guess,” Maris said. “Those four years pushed into one night, the four minutes there at the end. Pretty surreal, to say the least, but it was just amazing to be out there with my fellow teammates and just be surrounded by those fans.”
Regarded as one of the fan favorites, Maris’ dedication and passion for the program rings throughout the locker room and is evident in his work ethic. The decision to put him in the net for those final minutes was with-out question.
“Easy decision,” Hakstol said. “It means an awful lot to the guys in the locker room, it means a ton to our program. He’s earned a hell of a lot more minutes than four over his time here, but we’re happy we could at least get him in there.
“I know what he means in-
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Nearly 30 seconds into the sec-ond period, UND captured a lead over the Gophers with a goal from Michelle Karvinen and held it until Amanda Kessel netted a second goal for Minnestoa at 16:00 to tie the teams at 2-2.
The third period went scoreless, and after two overtimes, it looked as if a winner would be hard to come by.
“To be honest, until that last one went in, I thought the stars were aligned for us,” Idalski said. “A five minute major, we had a bounce and answered back. Take a little bit of a lead — I just thought we executed and played with everything we had and it’s a tough game.”
In the third overtime, Minnesota junior forward Kelly Terry scored the game winner for the Gophers and extended the team’s win streak to 47 games and a spot to compete at the Frozen Four tournament.
For Jocelyne Lamoureux, there can only be one way to describe the last game of her college career.
“It’s disappointing,” Lamou-reux said. “We gave them everything they can handle. I’ll be surprised if anyone gives them a game like that next weekend, but it’s disappointing. There’s not any other way to sum it up.”
Although she and her twin sister Monique played their freshman year at the University of Minnesota, Joc-elyne has no regrets about what she has accomplished at UND.
Over the years they spent at North Dakota, the twins have helped shape the program into one that is capable of successes such as what was accomplished last weekend.
“I think I will not look back just at this game, but the decision my sis-ter and I made,” Jocelyne said. “I’ll be proud of what we were able to ac-complish with our senior class.
With 57 saves, freshman goalten-der Shelby Amsley-Benzie proved her worth in between the pipes.
“Shelby was terrific,” Idalski said. “That’s extremely encourag-ing for down the road. Really the last two weekends she’s been fantas-tic, and you’re never really sure how your freshman goaltender is going to handle big moments like that, but she’s a solid kid and thrives in those moments.”
Despite a solid defender in the net and giving all that it could, North Dakota was unable to capture the vic-tory. But forcing the top team in the country to compete at its very best for far longer than any other game in program history is something to be proud of.
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side of our locker room. He’s an extremely important guy. He’s a leader, and I think all you have to do is look at how hard the guy’s played to understand how important he is to our program.”
Although he likely won’t see any minutes at the Final Five tournament, Maris and the rest of the team are feeding off en-ergy from the postseason run.
“We’re just focused on play-off hockey,” Hakstol said. “We’re playing well, it’s a great time of the year.”
“I know what he means inside of our locker room. He’s an extremely im-
portant guy.”
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“I told our girls after the game that they gave arguably the best team in women’s hockey history ev-erything they could handle,” Idalski said. “They should be proud of that.”
UND senior forward Jocelyne Lamoureux ends her col-lege hockey career at the top of the all-time WCHA scor-ing list.
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