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ily moved in just recently, on the weekend of the Oct. 5. The family of seven consists of two parents and five children age 4 to 11. The parents are Kynan and Deborah Dutton. According to Dutton’s, it was an easy choice to move to Leith, as they had been ostracized in their former location in Sheridan, Ore. The first time they had been to Leith was on Sept. 22 for the protest that took place in front of Cobb’s house. The protest had a turnout of about 300 protestors. The Dutton family soon made their decision to move in with Cobb days after knowing him per- sonally. “I knew Mr. Cobb for about five days before we came out, and he has been more of a father than I have ever had in my life--I have learned a lot,” Deborah Dutton. “He is a very gracious guy even though many people think nega- tive things.” ligion as a Creativist makes him free to exercise racism and dis- crimination, which includes “hate speech,” which he does not be- lieve exists. Cobb later said that anyone who does not agree with him, no matter their race or sex, is not human. “Hate talk is affirmative action for whites. It’s a con- cept that is just dreamed up to de- scribe the tension that is what they call hate crimes in which some- one gets their guts blown out, or a wife or a girlfriend getting g a n g raped,” Cobb said. “Which would you rather be the victim of? We do not have hate speech in this country, we have the First Amendment.” Although North Dakota is just hearing of Cobb, the rest of the nation has been aware of him for some time. He is recognized as one of the most extreme white supremacists and Neo-Nazis in North America, and looking at his progress on buying land and keep- ing it a secret for so long, makes his attempt the most progress made in the U.S. at starting a white enclave. Cobb has been so successful and organized, that his first fam- “He’s out to take over the city government.” Grant County Sheriff Steve Bay Volume 100 Number 5 Sidebar: Diversity See Hate on A2 The first white supremicist family moves into Leith, N.D., and Craig Cobb makes plans for the future of THE GREAT WHITE NORTH October 16, 2013 According to the North Da- kota Department of Commerce, Stutsman County reported in 2010 95.6 percent of the popula- tion as white. “Nationally, the Hispanic race has dramatically increased and that is happening here as well,” David Klein, Stutsman County Housing Authority ex- ecutive director, said. “Stutsman County will start seeing the baby boomer generation semi-retire or retire over the next ten years. We are expecting young profes- sionals and families to move in the area that will balance out the generation gaps. Finally, one demographic change that largely goes ignore is the size of households. More households are without children than before. Families with children are small- er than previous generations. All of these factors are expected to continue changing.” In recent years, several mi- nority groups, such as the So- malis, tried to make Jamestown their home, but they did not stay long. “There are still some families here,” Klein said. “The families had a tough time es- tablishing a religious center and grocery store. Since every day items could not be established, the families moved.” “I’ve never faced anywhere near this level of rac- ism before” Bobby Harper, lone minority resident of Leith See Diversity on A2 Small town struggles with hate and racism Jamestown, Stutsman County, and North Dakota expected to see increase in minority populations Leith, N.D. a town with a pop- ulation of 19 has been the center of attention the past few weeks. It is a typical small country town has been seeing some not so typical events. Last year Craig Cobb moved into Leith and worked in the oil industry. Cobb purchased 12 lots over the course of that year and has recently unveiled his plan to turn Leith into a white supremacist enclave. So far he has sold sev- eral properties to some prominent names in the Klu Klux Klan and National Socialist Movement cir- cles. Tom Metzger, Alex Linder, and April Gaede and her husband, Mark Harrington, have all bought and now own lots in Leith. Cobb has been banned from several countries, including Fin- land, Estonia, Sweden and Cana- da, because of “hate speech,” and posting content that would be seen as obscenities and prejudices on the internet. Canada banned Cobb for 10 years because of his choice of lan- guage on his former website pod- blanc.com. Cobb holds dual citi- zenship with Canada and the U.S. “I have only been charged in Canada, I haven’t been convict- ed,” Cobb said. “Through a long harassment stalking by the Jewish Southern Poverty Law Center, I’d been run out of several countries.” In Estonia, Cobb made an ef- fort to start a white supremacist compound, and also attempted to find a wife, but failed at both and was sent back to the U.S. Cobb claimed to be fighting a “holy racial war” and said his re- Cobb’s current home in Leith now has eight people living in it, and it is not up to health code. There is no running water on the property, and there is also no sew- er system. The Dutton’s said that they had these luxuries at their previous residence, but in order to live how they want to live, in a white only community, they brought their family to Leith and left behind every day comforts. “I quit my job, I took my military pay for the month, and I moved here because Mr. Cobb needed us,” Kynan Dut- ton said. “There were threats against his life, there were threats against his civil liber- ties, and we came here to protect those and protect him as a fellow white nationalist and as a fellow national social- ist.” They also men- tioned that they are looking into installing running water and a sew- er system, but they don’t feel as if they should have to go through “the man” to do this, and they pre- fer to do these things themselves. According to Grant County Sheriff Steve Bay, he has served no papers to the home for eviction, but they have been cited for not having the property up to code. “We are working on getting the house up to code, we are not trying to not follow any laws,” Kynan Sutton said. When moving anywhere, Photos by Peter Odney and SMC Staff Ashley Domino Enterprise Director [email protected] Becca O’Toole Online Editor [email protected]

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ily moved in just recently, on the weekend of the Oct. 5. The family of seven consists of two parents and five children age 4 to 11. The parents are Kynan and Deborah Dutton. According to Dutton’s, it was an easy choice to move to Leith, as they had been ostracized in their

former location in Sheridan, Ore. The first time they had been

to Leith was on Sept. 22 for the protest that took place in front of Cobb’s house. The protest had a turnout of about 300 protestors. The Dutton family soon made their decision to move in with Cobb days after knowing him per-sonally.

“I knew Mr. Cobb for about five days before we came out, and he has been more of a father than I have ever had in my life--I have learned a lot,” Deborah Dutton. “He is a very gracious guy even though many people think nega-tive things.”

ligion as a Creativist makes him free to exercise racism and dis-crimination, which includes “hate speech,” which he does not be-lieve exists. Cobb later said that anyone who does not agree with him, no matter their race or sex, is not human.

“Hate talk is affirmative action for whites. It’s a con-cept that is just dreamed up to de-scribe the tension that is what they call hate c r i m e s in which s o m e -one gets their guts b l o w n out, or a wife or a girlfriend g e t t i n g g a n g r a p e d , ” Cobb said. “Which would you rather be the victim of? We do not have hate speech in this country, we have the First Amendment.”

Although North Dakota is just hearing of Cobb, the rest of the nation has been aware of him for some time. He is recognized as one of the most extreme white supremacists and Neo-Nazis in North America, and looking at his progress on buying land and keep-ing it a secret for so long, makes his attempt the most progress made in the U.S. at starting a white enclave.

Cobb has been so successful and organized, that his first fam-

“He’s out to take over the city government.”

Grant CountySheriff Steve Bay

Volume 100the collegian Number 5

Sidebar: Diversity

See Hate on A2

The first white supremicist family moves into Leith, N.D., and Craig Cobb makes plans for the future of THE

GREATWHITE

NORTH

October 16, 2013

According to the North Da-kota Department of Commerce, Stutsman County reported in 2010 95.6 percent of the popula-tion as white.

“Nationally, the Hispanic race has dramatically increased and that is happening here as well,” David Klein, Stutsman County Housing Authority ex-ecutive director, said. “Stutsman County will start seeing the baby boomer generation semi-retire or retire over the next ten years. We are expecting young profes-sionals and families to move in the area that will balance out the generation gaps. Finally, one demographic change that largely goes ignore is the size of households. More households are without children than before. Families with children are small-er than previous generations. All of these factors are expected to continue changing.”

In recent years, several mi-nority groups, such as the So-malis, tried to make Jamestown their home, but they did not stay long. “There are still some families here,” Klein said. “The families had a tough time es-tablishing a religious center and grocery store. Since every day items could not be established, the families moved.”

“I’ve never faced anywhere near this level of rac-ism before”

Bobby Harper,lone minority

resident of Leith

See Diversity on A2

Small town struggles with hate and racismJamestown, Stutsman County, and North Dakota expected to see increase in minority populations

Leith, N.D. a town with a pop-ulation of 19 has been the center of attention the past few weeks. It is a typical small country town has been seeing some not so typical events.

Last year Craig Cobb moved into Leith and worked in the oil industry. Cobb purchased 12 lots over the course of that year and has recently unveiled his plan to turn Leith into a white supremacist enclave. So far he has sold sev-eral properties to some prominent names in the Klu Klux Klan and National Socialist Movement cir-cles. Tom Metzger, Alex Linder, and April Gaede and her husband, Mark Harrington, have all bought and now own lots in Leith.

Cobb has been banned from several countries, including Fin-land, Estonia, Sweden and Cana-da, because of “hate speech,” and posting content that would be seen as obscenities and prejudices on the internet.

Canada banned Cobb for 10 years because of his choice of lan-guage on his former website pod-blanc.com. Cobb holds dual citi-zenship with Canada and the U.S.

“I have only been charged in Canada, I haven’t been convict-ed,” Cobb said. “Through a long harassment stalking by the Jewish Southern Poverty Law Center, I’d been run out of several countries.”

In Estonia, Cobb made an ef-fort to start a white supremacist compound, and also attempted to find a wife, but failed at both and was sent back to the U.S.

Cobb claimed to be fighting a “holy racial war” and said his re-

Cobb’s current home in Leith now has eight people living in it, and it is not up to health code. There is no running water on the property, and there is also no sew-er system. The Dutton’s said that they had these luxuries at their previous residence, but in order

to live how they want to live, in a white only community, they brought their family to Leith and left behind every day comforts.

“I quit my job, I took my military pay for the month, and I moved here because Mr. Cobb needed us,” Kynan Dut-

ton said. “There were threats against his life, there were threats against his civil liber-ties, and we came here to protect those and protect him as a fellow white nationalist and as a fellow national social-ist.”

They also men-tioned that they are looking into installing running water and a sew-er system, but they don’t feel as if they should have to go through “the man” to do this, and they pre-fer to do these things themselves.

According to Grant County Sheriff Steve Bay, he has served no papers to the home for eviction, but they have been cited for not having the property up to code.

“We are working on getting the house up to code, we are not trying to not follow any laws,” Kynan Sutton said.

When moving anywhere,

Photos by Peter Odney and SMC Staff

Ashley DominoEnterprise [email protected]

Becca O’TooleOnline Editor

[email protected]

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Cobb timeline

Early 2011

Protests begin to take place. Hundreds venture to Leith to try and make their opposing viewpoints are heard and try to stop Cobb.

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Craig Cobb resides in Leith, N.D. and stays quiet for about a year

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Cobb purchases: 4 lots in Sept. 2011 5 lots in June 2012 3 lots in Oct. 2012 Late Sept.[ [

Jeff Shoep: neo-NaziShoep visited Cobb in late Sept. to express his support, along with fell National Socialist Move-ment members.

August[ [Cobb transmits possession of two lots to white supremacists Alex Linder and Tom Metzger.

the land transfer proved to be suspicous and brought Cobb’s plans into the light

Sept./Oct.[ [

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The first all-white supremacist family recently moved to Leith. The family includes Kynan and Deborah Dutton and their five children.

Numerous employment op-portunities in North Dakota attract people from all over. “The region is poised for growth because of things happening in Jamestown, Valley City, Spiritwood and Car-rington,” Klein said. “We will see a lot of growth in the near future from those areas, but also from continued spillover from the state. We have excellent K-12 and high education opportunities and those are big at-tractions for many families.”

Minority population increase is also evident at the University of Jamestown. Working in various capacities of student life, Lori Lis-topad, director of student life, has seen first hand the increase of mi-norities on campus represented.

“We are definitely doing a bet-ter job of making students feel wel-come,” Listopad said. “We have improved how we welcome inter-national students with our orienta-tion program. We have increased resources, and this year we added a student advocacy coordinator.”

The Student Advocacy Coordi-nator is dedicated to providing stu-dents with resources that will better equip them to fully encounter every aspect of their college experience in positive and empowering ways.

According to the ND Core Alco-hol and Drug Survey in Dec. 2012, 234 students surveyed at random in various college classes offered at the University of Jamestown indicated that 88.6 percent were white. Non-white percentages included: 1.7 per-cent Alaskan Indian/Native Indian, 3.9 percent Hispanic, 1.3 percent Asian/Pacific Islander and 2.6 percent black. Of that survey, 46.2 percent were male and 53.8 percent were fe-male.

The University of Jamestown has students represented from 31 states and 13 countries.

“I think that we have ISO [In-ternational Student Organization], the convocation committee and look forward programs which promote di-versity,” Caleb Grossman, student ad-vocacy coordinator, said. “But we ob-viously can do more. You can always do more. What’s important is that we are going something.”

The University of Jamestown, according to its website, is committed to ensuring an environment free from all discrimination and/or harassment based on race, color, national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or other status with respect to which discrimination would be unlawful.

Changing Diversity in North Dakota:Continued from page one

Info graphics byBritanny Rheault and Becca O’Toole.

When moving anywhere, the primary concern is location. The big question here, is why Leith, N.D.? First, why North Da-kota. Cobb said he found Leith on Craig-slist, while working in Watford City, N.D., after living in a dugout home just outside of Kalispell, Mont.—the location of April Gaede’s efforts of a white enclave.

“I was anxious to have a home and a base. And also I understand that boomtowns are places where people can accumulate wealth and do what they want to do,” Cobb said, which is exactly what he has planned for Leith.

North Dakota’s approximately 90 per-cent white population made it attractive to Cobb. Before he purchased his home in Leith, he had been in North Dakota for about a year. Leith, however, is not an all-white community as Cobb would prefer. There is one mixed race couple currently living in the town.

Bobby and Cheryl Harper live just be-

hind Cobb’s and the Dutton’s residence. Bobby is an African- American and his wife Cheryl is white. Bobby, like Kynan Dut-ton and Cobb is also a veteran of the U.S. armed forces. On national television, Cobb referred to Bobby as Cheryl’s “pet” and on a separate occasion has also referred to their marriage as “Cheryl keeping Bobby as her little sex machine.”

Even in light of the recent events, the Harper family is not scared. “I could not believe what he was doing,” Cheryl Harper said. “It is still surreal, even though they have every intention to do what they stat-ed.”

“I thought it was odd. Why would he try to buy all these houses, it was just really odd,” Bobby Harper said.

The Harpers do not plan on leaving town because this is where their home is. They also do not feel threatened by Cobb or the Dutton’s but are moderately wary of who may come in the future to live in Leith and further Cobb’s plans for an all-white enclave.

“We should not have to reside with these people. I never told Bobby he had to get out of town or any of that,” Cobb said. He may have never told Bobby to leave, but he has been quoted saying “racism is my religion.”

Even though Cobb has never verbally said Bobby must leave, an all-white com-munity implies that he will have to leave. The Harper’s do plan on fighting for their small town of Leith and are getting support from all angles. Letters from other states, phone calls from people in the North Da-kota and organizations such as Unity North Dakota have begun to step in and help the Harper’s respond.

“A lot of people want to help,” Bobby Harper said. “At one time we thought we would just fold up the town and let it go, but then we realized that isn’t what we wanted to do—so we are going to fight.”

An anonymous source said that the only chance Leith has to stop Cobb is to dissolve the town. This has not happened, and the Harper’s said if they were to dissolve the

Hate and racism in North Dakota: continued from page onetown then Cobb would have it easier. This is not the course of action the Town Council of Leith wants to proceed with.

“They could reorganize. It may cost money and it might take time but in the end they would take over and their plans would be fulfilled. To dissolve, no,” Cheryl Harper said.

With the Harper’s firm stance on re-maining in Leith because “it is where their home is,” and Cobb trying to create an all-white enclave because that is what his be-lief is, both groups have their work cut out for them.

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“We’re going to be like the embassy for National So-cialism here in Leith.”

Kynan Dutton, his wife Deborah, and their five childer (ages four to 11), live in one of Cobb’s hous-es with no running water or sewer. The children are home schooled.

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news/campus A3Friday October 18, 2013

By Brooke PaulsonStaff Writer

While the Bakken oil boom occupies the small towns in western North Dakota, it has a widespread effect dispersing through all of Montana and other surrounding areas. As more people move to oil country, illegal activity increases drastically and becomes even more dangerous than ever before. Or-ganized crime rings are working their way into the Midwest region. In the last week, there have been 12 arrests in the Montana and western North Dakota area. Accord-ing to USA Today article, “As Bakken Oil Path Booms, Drug Arrests Rise”, only one of these twelve arrests was not related to drugs. This comes to prove that the dealing of drugs is expanding to the rural commu-nities of the Northern Plains. People from all over the United States are moving to the Bakken region. More people migrating to a small area results in an increased in crime.

Last week, in the small town of Keene, North Dakota, an FBI agent was shot while implementing a search warrant as part of an investigation, as stated by North Dakota U.S. Attorney Tim Purdon. Fortunately, the FBI agent was not seriously injured. Purdon also says that “more people equals more money equals more crime”. The investigation began in April, 2012, and is being continued as “Project Safe Bak-ken”. According to Sidney Herald reporter Bill Vander Weele in his article, “Twelve

Arrested for Drug Ring in Bakken”, they created a law enforcement part-nership consisting of the fol-lowing departments: FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Montana Division of Criminal Investigation, Montana High-way Patrol, U.S. Border Patrol, Sidney Police Department, and Richland County Sheriff’s Of-fice. The results made the en-tire investigation worthwhile considering the number of ar-rests made in relation to drug distribution. It has also been a diffi-cult process, especially over the last couple of weeks. Tim Purdon explained that it has been a struggle to keep the investigation running smoothly with the government shut-down because nearly half of his em-ployees are furloughed at the moment. De-spite the shortage of workers to investigate the situation, Project Safe Bakken has con-tinued and proved to be quite successful.

Among the dealers who were arrested is 49-year-old Robert Ferrell Armstrong from Moses Lake, Washington, who was charged for distributing large amounts of methamphetamine. According to Norah West, the Washington Corrections spokes-woman, Armstrong has a history of drug,

gun, and assault charges. Armstrong and the other people arrested are looking at 10 years to life in prison. As of now, they are all pleading not guilty.

In July, 22 people were arrested in a similar investi-gation. They were charged for planning to sell heroin on a reservation in western North Dakota. The assump-tion made from the results of these investigations is

that national drug rings are attempt-ing to work their way into the ru-ral communities of the Bakken oil patch and that they

are succeeding. Violent crime in Montana has gone up 64% and property crime is up 63%, according to Sidney Herald reporter Bill Vander Weele. This increase in crimi-nal activity is negatively affecting Montana and North Dakota. Drug use is becoming an even more common and accepted way of life in the Bakken.

Montana U.S. Attorney Mike Cotter praises the efforts made by all of the de-partments involved in “Project Safe Bak-ken”. In ABC News article, “As Bakken Booms, Drug Arrests Spike”, written by Matthew Brown, Mike Cotter warns that

“if you violate the law, agents of Project Safe Bakken will find you wherever you are and hold you accountable.” These are words of advice that promise a safer envi-ronment in the Bakken region, and in the future will hopefully provide the security we need as our population increases and community grows.

With all of the changes occurring over the last few years in North Dakota and Montana, there have been a lot of good out-comes. These good outcomes include such things as a great economy, an increase in employment and money, and great oppor-tunities for anyone who comes to the area. There is a diversity of people who are be-ing welcomed into the growing Midwest communities, and many lives are being changed. With any good thing, however, come the negative effects. We see the nega-tive effects in things such as the increase in drug use and distribution throughout the Bakken region. The hard work of the de-partments involved in “Project Safe Bak-ken” is greatly appreciated. We are thankful to everyone working to make oil country a safer place.

Brooke Paulson can be reached by email at [email protected]

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By Tracy OrtmanInformation Director

According to the Wash-ington Post, on Tuesday, October 8th, U.S. Capitol Police arrested Minnesota Democratic Representative Keith Ellison, along with seven other Congressmen. They were arrested during a rally on the National Mall to encourage legislative ac-tion on immigration reform.

Ellison, along with John Lewis and other House Democrats, were inspected and then arrested for “crowding, obstructing, and incommoding,” stated the Washington Post. The other protesters, which in-cluded many from Minne-sota, were also arrested as they blocked the street be-tween the Mall and Capitol.

In the middle of the government shutdown, which began because of issues dealing with health reform, the federal budget and the debt limit, protest-ers pressed for putting im-migration reform back on the itinerary. This rally spread nationwide with protests, including in the Minneapolis area.

According to The Washington Post, after Elli-son was discharged, he said the move was aimed to urge Congress to pass legisla-tion that would permit im-migrants to apply for U.S. citizenship. Ellison stated to The Post, “Part of my job is to try to draw atten-tion to appalling conditions that Americans are going through, but that for me doing something dramatic may allow a critically im-

portant issue to languish,” he stated. “Sending out a news release I didn’t think would work.”

This was arrest num-ber two for Ellison during his four terms in Congress. He was arrested in April of 2009 at a rally at the Suda-nese Embassy organized to protest the expulsion of aid groups from Darfur.

Nancy LaRoche called this an act of “showboat-ing” right in the middle of the government shutdown. She stated, “This is a dis-traction from what now is an emergency.”

Supporters of immigra-tion reform were grateful to lawmakers for raising awareness about the long awaited immigration re-form that was supported by President Obama. Through this reform, illegal immi-grants would be provided with a way to obtain citi-zenship if they willingly submit to background checks, pay fines, and meet other requirements.

The director of the Im-migration Law Center of Minnesota, John Keller, ap-plauded Ellison for “going the extra mile to make sure that an issue we could pass today if there was a vote doesn’t get lost in the gen-eral cynicism about Wash-ington right now.”

Several thousand pro-testers were congregated on the Mall despite the fact that the area is closed due to the government shut-down. Because of the First Amendment, the protest-ers were able to gather. It was only the people that

refused to leave First Street NW that were arrested. The crowd continued to shout in Spanish, “Si, se puede!” (“Yes, we can!”) according to the Washington Post.

Ellison was joined by partner Democratic Repre-sentatives Charlie Rangle of New York, Luis Gutier-rez of Illinois, Raul Grijalva of Arizona, Joe Crowley of New York, Jan Schakowsky of Illinois and Al Green of Texas in being arrested for making light of immigrants. Ellison had to pay a $50 fine before being released.

There were many ac-tivists from Minnesota ar-rested as well, including Javier Morillo, president of the Service Employees International Union. Many of the people at the rally were not willing to risk an arrest. Carolina Castillo, who is currently study-ing at Southwest Minne-sota State University, was among the protesters. Ac-cording to The Washing-ton Post, she stated, “We need immigration reform and citizenship for ev-eryone. Not only for the students, but also for our parents, our neighbors, for everyone.”

A member of the Asam-blea de Derechos Civiles (a civil rights group), Castillo joined this group of im-migration activists. In Au-gust, the group organized immigration reform rallies at the Minnesota offices of Republican Congressional Representatives.

Tracy Ortman can be reached by email at [email protected]

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Government reopens after Congress ends partial shutdown By Andrew Taylor Associated Press

WA S H I N G T O N — The government re-opened its doors Thurs-day after a battle-weary Congress approved a bipartisan measure to end a 16-day partial shutdown and avert the possibility of an econ-omy-jarring default on U.S. obligations.

Early Thursday, President Barack Obama signed the mea-sure, which the House and Senate passed late Wednesday, ending a brawl with Republicans who tried to use the must-pass legislation to mount a last-ditch ef-fort to derail the presi-dent’s landmark health care law and demand concessions on the bud-get.

The White House directed all agencies to reopen promptly and in an orderly fashion. Furloughed federal employees across the country are expected to return to work Thurs-day.

The impasse had shuttered national parks and monuments, and mostly closed down NASA, the En-vironmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department. Critical functions of govern-

ment went on as usual and most federal em-ployees won’t see their paychecks delayed, but the closure and poten-tial default weighed on the economy and spooked the financial markets.

There were signs early Thursday that the federal government was slowly coming back to life. “We’re back from the #shutdown!” the Smithsonian Institution crowed on Twitter, an-nouncing that museums would reopen Thursday and the National Zoo in Washington on Friday.

Standard & Poor’s estimated the shutdown has taken $24 billion out of the economy, and the Fitch credit rating agency warned Tuesday that it was reviewing its AAA rating on U.S. government debt for a possible downgrade.

Obama and his Democratic allies on Capitol Hill were the decisive winners in the fight, which was sparked by tea party Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who prevailed upon skep-tical GOP leaders to use a normally routine short-term funding bill to “defund” the 2010 health care law known as Obamacare.

“We fought the good fight. We just didn’t win,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, conceded in a radio in-terview. He was given positive reviews from Republicans for his handling of the crisis, though it again exposed the tenuous grasp he holds over the fractious House GOP conference.

The agreement was brokered by the Sen-ate’s top Democrat, Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, and its Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. They stepped in after the House was unable to coalesce around a Republican-only approach Tuesday.

McConnell is up for re-election next year, and his tea party pri-mary opponent issued a statement blasting his role.

“When the stakes are highest, Mitch Mc-Connell can always be counted on to sell out conservatives,” Matt Bevin said. In the House, conservatives praised Boehner for te-

nacity.The Senate ap-

proved the legislation by an 81-18 vote; the House followed suit by a tally of 285-144, with 87 Republicans in favor and 144 against, breaking an informal rule in which a major-ity of the majority party is supposed to carry legislation. Democrats unanimously supported the bill, even though it locks in funding at lev-els required by across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration.

The legislation would fund the govern-ment through Jan. 15 and permit it to borrow normally through Feb. 7, though Treasury Sec-retary Jacob Lew retains the capacity to employ accounting maneuvers to create wiggle room on the debt limit into mid-March or so.

The shutdown sent GOP approval ratings numbers reeling in pub-lic opinion polls and exasperated veteran lawmakers who saw it and the possibility of default as folly.

“After two long weeks, it is time to end this government shut-down. It’s time to take the threat of default off the table,” House Ap-propriations Committee Chairman Harold Rog-ers, R-Ky., said before the vote. “It’s time to restore some sanity to this place.”

Most House Re-publicans opposed the compromise bill for failing to do anything about deficits and debt.

“All this does is delay this fight four months,” Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., said. “We need to get to the underlying cause of the problem, which is our out-of-control spending and deficits, and fix it before it’s too late and we go down the toilet to bankruptcy because that’s where America is headed.”

The bill’s passage was only a temporary truce that sets up an-other collision between Obama and Republicans over spending and bor-rowing early next year. It’s the second time this year that Congress has passed legislation to increase the govern-ment’s borrowing cap with few if any condi-tions on the president, reversing a 2011 prece-

dent in which the threat of default was used to extract $2.1 trillion in spending cuts from a politically wounded Obama.

“With the shutdown behind us,” Obama said after the Senate vote, “we now have an op-portunity to focus on a sensible budget that is responsible, that is fair and that helps hardworking people all across this country.”

At the same time, House-Senate talks will begin on a broader budget pact in hopes of curbing deficits and easing across-the-board budget cuts that have slammed the Pentagon and domestic agencies alike. Such agreements have proven elusive in the current era of divid-ed government.

“No one thinks this will be easy” Sen-ate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Mur-ray, D-Wash., said of budget negotiations. Murray and House Bud-get Committee Chair-man Paul Ryan, R-Wis., along with their ranking minority members, im-mediately scheduled a breakfast meeting for Thursday to break the ice.

“We fought the good fight. We just didn’t win”

Sen. John BoehnerR-Ohio, and House speaker

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Grandin fills Reiland auditorium to near capacity By Tracy Ortman

Information DirectorOn October 10th and 11th, the Character in Leadership pro-

gram organized and hosted a successful conference with inspiring speakers, fantastic food, and enjoyable company. The Character in Leadership program is a selection of students that partake in a va-riety of classes, events, and retreats that encourage teamwork and teach character skills in order to earn a minor in leadership during their years at the University of Jamestown. The goal for the week was to bring in great leadership role models to the campus to visit with the students and professors on how to be a successful leader.

On Thursday, October 10th, three different sessions were of-fered for the Character in Leadership students to attend. They were all held at the same time so there was an option for the students on which speaker they wanted to listen to. The speakers this year were Marcia Gums, Kerry and Stacy Bender, and Dr. Dale Shook.

Marcia Gums is the Chief Operating Officer at the Anne Carlsen Center in Jamestown, ND. She gave a presentation about “The Three C’s – Caring, Compassion, and Commitment…Plus a Foundation for Leadership”. She spoke about each of the three C’s: caring, compassion, and commitment and explained the im-portance of each value and how it would affect your leadership skills. She also discussed the idea of leadership versus manage-ment (leadership is contributing to a cause while management is controlling and handling people or issues). She encouraged being a good leader rather than a manager because leaders give people the opportunity to be a part of a team instead of a feeling of being controlled or babysat.

Kerry and Stacy Bender gave a great presentation called “Know Thyself: The Importance of Self-Awareness in Leader-ship”. They took turns talking about knowing yourself and what you are capable of. Kerry is a pastor at Faith Baptist Church in Minnesota. He spoke about how knowing your story and know-ing your strengths can help you grow to be a good leader. His wife, Stacy, who works as the Director of Student Services at the Minnesota Virtual High School, spoke about being honest with

yourself, being honest with others, and being honest with God. By being aware of what you are capable of and what your strengths and weaknesses are, you are enabling yourself and others to act as a team rather than as individuals.

Dr. Dale Shook, a retired radiologist from Fargo, ND, spoke about “Leading with Confidence and Compassion”. He spoke of his past experiences as a leader and explained the importance of jumping at the opportunity to lead a group and to set an example. He expressed his belief that every day is a chance to be a leader and that when you get that chance you should take it. All of the speakers were inspirational. The students who attended learned a lot about the characteristics of a true leader.

After the sessions, the conference moved to the DeNault Au-ditorium in the Reiland Fine Arts Building where keynote speaker Dr. Temple Grandin gave a motivational presentation about her views on leadership. She discussed her struggles with autism and how she accomplished so much in spite of the struggles. She talked about animal science and how she “thought in pictures”. She considers herself a visual thinker, and explained that meant she struggled more with algebra concepts. She could visualize ideas and see the big picture. According to Dr. Grandin, pattern, verbal, and auditory thinkers may not be able to do this as well. She worked mostly with cattle pens and slaughterhouses, creating

a more humane system of ranching. Dr. Grandin explained that one thing that animals and people with autism have in common is that they are sensory based. They are bottom up thinkers, meaning they use specific examples, unlike top down thinkers who form concepts first. She also discussed how people with autism have trouble shifting, making it difficult to multitask. Using these un-derstandings, Dr. Grandin was able to change the way that cattle are handled today. She sets an excellent example of what a good leader should be.

Myra Watts is an assistant professor and director of the Char-acter in Leadership program. She commented on the Character in Leadership Conference and Dr. Temple Grandin’s visit. “Temple Grandin was embraced by our students here at the University of Jamestown. The students were familiar with her life story from watching the film Temple Grandin in their Journey 101 classes. We have been encouraging our students for years through the Jour-ney 101 program to lean into their strengths. Temple Grandin is such an inspiring person. She is an individual who has used her strengths and talents to make the world a better place. That’s what we hope for every one of our students – to use their talents and the education they receive here at the University of Jamestown to make the world a better place.”

The conference came to an end with the Character in Lead-ership Luncheon on Friday, October 11th. Students from each grade who are a part of the CIL program attended the lunch to visit with each other and to ask Dr. Temple Grandin any questions. It was fascinating listening to Dr. Grandin talk on a more personal level as she addressed the students’ questions. With this last event, the Character in Leadership conference came to an end. It was a great opportunity to grow closer with the students and professors involved in the program. It was an experience that I know we will all remember.

Tracy Ortman can be reached by email at [email protected]

By Tracy OrtmanInformation Director

Have your parents ever told you to lock your car whenever you leave it? More importantly, did you listen? Students are sure listening now after reports have been filed of break-ins and thefts happing at the University of Jamestown.

The Neirling parking lot was the first victim for break-ins reported on cam-pus around the last week in September. The suspect is known to have broken in late at night and in a sophisticat-ed manner. A week later, two to three other students’ cars were broken into as well. This is not only occurring at Neirling, but at the cam-pus apartments as well. So far, none of the other dorms have reported any break-ins. It seems as though Neirling and the apartments are be-ing targeted because they are on the outskirts of campus. Gary Van Zinderen, Dean of Students, provided more details about what has been occurring with the break-ins and thefts.

Van Zinderen has been noticing some consistent patterns with the break-ins. None of the cars are ever damaged and there have been no windows broken or attempts at wedging the doors open. This leads Van Zinderen to believe that the suspects have expertise in this area. It is also clear that the break-ins are being executed by someone who understands the security rou-tines as well as how this uni-versity operates. “The pat-tern seems to be fast, in and out, rifling through papers, grabbing things worth value and then gone,” stated Van Zinderen.

Anne Schmaltz and Courtney Diestler were two students who had their cars broken into. Snow removal supplies, money, a box of oil, and all of her CDs ex-

cept for the country ones were stolen from Schmaltz’s car. She believes that her car was locked. She was able to find the tubing used to open her car door. Diestler stated that the only things stolen from her car were quarters and a gas punch card. They both indicated that their ve-hicles were not damaged in any way. The only thing the culprits left was a mess of things thrown everywhere inside of their cars.

When asked about the idea of putting security cam-eras up around campus, Van Zinderen said that he thinks it would definitely be ben-eficial. The only problem with the security cameras is that they are very high tech and expensive. “It’s not like we can just put a camera on a stick – it takes a lot of work,” stated Van Zinderen. The administration will be looking further into examin-ing whether or not cameras would be of value to the Uni-versity of Jamestown.

Since the break-ins and thefts have occurred, cam-pus security has been spend-ing more time in the parking lot areas. The University has also asked the local police to keep an eye on the area. Since the initial incidents, no break-ins have been spotted. If you have a lead on whom you may think culprit is be-hind these break-ins, please let someone know. You can get in contact with the po-lice, Gary Van Zinderen, or anyone else on Residence Life. Don’t hesitate to make a report if you suspect any-thing.

For now, remember to always lock your car doors. Do not leave anything valu-able or anything with your personal information on it in your car. We do not want to give the suspects what they are searching for.

Tracy Ortman can be reached by email at [email protected]

Break-ins and thefts on campus

By Cheyenne CusterStaff Writer

During homecoming week, the Student Activi-ties Committee welcomed back Frederick Winters, a comedy hypnotist who has been performing at the University of Jamestown for almost 20 years. Win-ters was voted “Campus Entertainer of the Year” by colleges and universities across the nation, making him the number one campus act in the country.

Winters started off his act by asking for “excit-ed” student volunteers and choosing only the most rambunctious ones. When the volunteers were set-tled in their seats on stage, Winters brought out a single light and had calming music playing to put the volunteers to “sleep.”

Not only did the volunteers on stage close their eyes, but a few audience members did as well. Win-ters was informed of this by other spectators and de-cided that every time he said the word “Jamestown,” the hypnotized females in the audience would jump up in shock from someone pinching them.

The first act Winters did with the hypnotized volunteers on stage was tell them that they were at the movies. They had to react to both a funny movie and a Stephen King movie.

In the next act, Winters told the volunteers that they were holding an animal with a fancy name.

Some responses were as random as a fish named Princess Henry and a halibut name Harolbos.

Winters also made them forget their names. This got some upset reactions out of the volunteers when they were then asked to tell their names. The volun-teers were told to act like young children, which led up to one of the volunteers believing he was a pony and giving one of the female volunteers a ride.

The show started coming to an end when Winters gave out a variety of commands to the volunteers. One command was for two of the guys to act like a mother kangaroo and a baby kangaroo. Another command was that every time Winters said the word “pizza,” the guys had to flip their shirts inside out.

After more than two hours, Winters decided to “wake up” the volunteers and discontinue any com-mands he had given out during his performance. Winters added one last command: each volunteer cheered on the Jamestown Jimmies whenever he said “Jamestown” as he thanked the school for hav-ing him.

Winters has performed over 2,000 shows and has entertained over one million people. In his career, he has hypnotized over 155,000 people.

Cheyenne Custer can be reached by email

at [email protected]

Fredirick Winters begins his hypnosis

The world of hypnosis arrives on UJ campusPhoto courtesy of Kayla Price

“Temple Grandin was embraced by our students here at the University

of Jamestown. The students were familiar with her life story from

watching the film Temple Grandin in their Journey 101 classes. ”

Myra Watts

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Temple Grandin has a long list of accolades in-cluding Doctor of Animal Science, professor at Colo-rado State University, best-selling author, agriculture consultant, and autistic ac-tivist. Amongst her many trades, she also speaks publically. On Thursday October 10th, she paid the University of Jamestown a visit.

Dr. Grandin was the keynote speaker for the Character in Leadership conference. Grandin sees herself as a leader and has very firm beliefs when it comes to tomorrow’s lead-ers. “I think people who are going to be formal leaders have to get expe-rience with whatever the thing is that they are going to be doing. They cannot do this just as an abstrac-tion,” Grandin said.

Dr. Grandin mentioned during her presentation that when you are trying to get something accom-plished, you need to be out there doing it yourself and learning what you are try-ing to lead, not just talk-ing about a topic. Gran-din says she sees too many kids “letting themselves get a label of mild ADHD, dyslexia, mild autism, or Asperger’s syndrome and letting [that label] hold them back. I see too many kids not learning the basic skills.”

She was elected Time Magazine’s 100 Most In-fluential People in the World in the “Heroes” cat-egory.

“I feel that it’s a re-sponsibility. There are a lot of students that look up to me and I need to be on good behavior all the time. People see that kids that are kind of quirky suc-ceed.”

Grandin was inspired by the livestock industry when she was just fifteen years old. She was allowed to go out to her aunt’s ranch. It was her first taste of the west and that

is when she “knew it was the place for her.” This fur-ther solidified her opinion that when anyone wants to learn anything about any area in life, they must sub-merge themselves in what-ever it is.

Currently, Dr. Grandin is a professor in Animal Science at Colorado State University. After a few years of consulting for the livestock industry, Gran-din felt like going back to school. “Originally, I was out designing things for industry for livestock magazines. I got interested in going back to school. You just sort of fall into things. I have always been a freelancer from job to job.” She also mentioned that one of her classes just finished up a study on how mother cows defend their calves.

Grandin did say that her unique approach in thinking, due in part to her autism, has helped her with work in the livestock industry.

“I don’t think in words. It helped in working with animals. I think in pictures and sound clips. It’s not word based. In being able to understand animals, you have to get away from the language. A lot of people with intellectual challeng-es don’t think in words; it’s sensory based. A lot of people don’t understand the sensory problems.”

A few years ago, back in 2010, HBO made a movie about Grandin’s life. This movie has since been shown to all Journey 101 students. Grandin was pleased with the movie, stating, “Things like the visual thinking were ac-curate. All my projects

were accurate. Some of it they had to change around. Clare Danes really be-came me during the 60’s and 70’s; so, I was very pleased with the movie. I think it has inspired some students. You might be kind of different but you can still succeed.”

Grandin has traveled all over the world, speak-ing for different conferenc-es, for the livestock indus-try, as an autistic activist, and on many more topics. Out of all the places she has visited, she says that Australia is her favorite. “I really liked going to Aus-tralia. They have a really neat cattle industry and it’s a nice place to visit.”

Dr. Grandin spoke at the Character in Leader-ship Conference and also held a question and answer program the following day for Journey students and staff. It was her first time visiting Jamestown and she said she quite enjoyed herself.

The main idea she as-serted was that if you plan on doing anything, you must get out in the field. You cannot read and learn everything you will need to know to be successful in whatever you are do-ing. She said, “You’ve got to find out what is actually happening on the ground. When it comes to livestock stuff, I used to live in those plants. I knew what was go-ing on. Some of them I was in for weeks at a time.” A person must establish good working habits by getting out there around age elev-en. She says this will help develop those good habits.

Ashley Domino can be reached by email at [email protected]

The Temple Grandin interview Photo courtesy of Tiffany Armstrong

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By Cheyenne CusterStaff Writer

On October 8, the Jimmie Janes host-ed their annual “Knight in Shining Armor” Games at the Reiland Center. Sixteen male students were chosen from around the school to participate in the games. The contestants were judged on formalwear, swimwear, a short question, personality, and the game challenge. They had a total of 50 points total to earn.

The games opened up with an intro-duction to each of the contestants as they posed across the stage in their formalwear. Contestants were escorted by Jimmie Janes members.

The second category was swimwear with one question. The men got creative with their swimwear and added things to represent their personalities. The questions varied for each contestant and included things like “Who was your first crush?” and “What is your favorite pick-up line?”

The third and final category was the game challenge. In this challenge, each participant had to wrap their Jimmie Jane escort in toilet paper while they were con-fined to the space in a hula-hoop.

The judges for the pageant were 2013 University of Jamestown Homecom-ing court members. This included Trent Roemmich, Joe Fabro, Anne Schmaltz, Brittany Cochran, and Caitlyn Arnold.

The honorable mention (third place) winner was contestant Klinton VanHeu-veln. Second place went to contestant Jacob Strass. The first place winner was James Romelfanger.

Prizes for the winners included a $50 gift card to Wal-Mart, $25 gift card to Applebees and two movie tickets, and a gas card.

Cheyenne Custer can be reached by email

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‘Knight in shining armor’

By Echo LockenStaff Writer

Ever feel like you need a little twinkle in your room? I know I do; twinkle all over my wardrobe, in my closet, drawers, and pillow cases. Why not try out this idea for a little cheap and fun sparkle?

Temporary Twinkle Light Chande-lier

Things you need:• White twinkle string lights • Cheap hula hoop (they sell

them at most dollar stores)• Hot glue gun• Ribbon (in your choice of

color)• Extension cordStep 1:Cover your hula hoop with the

ribbon by wrapping ribbon around and around while gluing it down. Cover the whole thing so that no color is showing.

*Note: this step is optional. If you find a colored hula hoop you like, you don’t have to cover it

Step 2:Take three strips of ribbon, what-

ever length you want, and attach them at three different points on the hula hoop (think triangle) by knotting them on and hot gluing to secure. Knot three strips together at the top to make the hanger for the chandelier. (This may take some trial and error with different lengths until you figure out how long to make them). The longer you make the strips, the further from the ceiling

the chandelier will be.Step 3:Take the twinkle lights and wrap

them around the hula hoop, gluing at each spot that they touch the hoop. You can make evenly spaced and even length loops or, for a more fun and crafty look, you can make the loops varying lengths and widths apart. This way is also a great way to hide mis-takes.

Step 4:Plug the extension cord into the

lights and then wrap it around one of the ribbons leading up to the knot.

Step 5:Hang the chandelier from the ceil-

ing. Attach the cord safely to the ceil-ing over to the wall above your electri-cal outlet. Drape it down to the outlet. Plug in and enjoy.

Optional:• Use icicle lights instead of

string lights. The only difference with this option is the way in which you wrap your lights around. Wrap the base of the icicle lights around the hula hoop and let the icicles dangle.

• Use rainbow colored bulbs instead of just white ones.

• Get a string of all one colored bulbs (for a blue or green, or red chan-delier).

Now go and make your room twinkle and shine. Happy crafting!

Echo Locken can be reached by email at [email protected]

Do it Yourself:Chandeliers

Do you think the University of Jamestown does enough to support minority students?

Nicole Kilber: Yes I do believe the University of Jamestown supports all students because the professors care about each student and they will go above and beyond to help a student.

Masaki Ova: No I do not think the University of Jamestown does enough. There are not enough minority groups around campus.

We try to teach about minorities, but it is truly not in-depth.

Matt Baumgartner: Yes and no. As a college we do not discriminate, but there are certain things we can work on. For example buildings like Taber Hall are not handicap accessible.

Karson Pederson: Yes I believe the University of Jamestown supports all of its student because there are

many types of clubs and organizatons to fit different types of people.

Joy Aniteye: Yes. there is not much diversity here but there is no special treatment.

By Peter OdneyEditor in Chief

People move in and out of our lives over the course of time. Some of these people help us, and some of these people hurt us. This week, the Student Media Center at the University of James-town had a chance to speak with a man who has and continues to hurt numerous people. He hurts with his words, where a black neighbor is considered a “pet” and a “little sex machine.” He hurts with his actions, including starting an all-white enclave with full knowledge of the black neighbor next door. He hurts with his ide-als, spawning the notion that Jewish peo-ple are responsible for the majority of the corruption in the U.S. and control nearly everything we do.

His name is Craig Cobb, and he is a self-proclaimed white supremacist.

Cobb is a fount of information. He quotes the Bible, white supremacist lit-erature, and Joni Mitchell lyrics all seem-ingly from memory. His speech is mea-sured and philosophical, with a hint of the 1970s hippie that he so greatly resembles with his shaggy hair and untamed beard. Cobb is by no means stupid, and is fairly eloquent in his rhetoric. He demonstrated his “charm” by regaling those who in-terviewed him from the SMC with tales of Jewish corruption, hyper sexualized black men, and the plight of the white man.

Unfortunately, looking like a flower child and speaking like a mild-mannered activist cannot completely hide the sin-ister ambitions of this man. Purchasing land and attempting to fill that land with likeminded individuals to live with is a small part of this façade.

Unlike so many of the so-called “skinheads” and “neo-Nazis” seen in to-day’s world of constant media updates,

Cobb has a plan. A plan to start the first declared white enclave in the nation, a bas-tion for the white man to live alongside like-minded brethren, and to effectively drive out the only black citizen in tiny Leith, N.D.

Bobby Harper lives in Leith with his wife, Cheryl. The Harpers happen to live right behind the house that Cobb first bought in Leith. This normally wouldn’t pose a problem, but there is a catch. Bobby is black. Cheryl is white. The Harpers have not faced any direct harassment so far, but the impending sale of more land to white supremacists looms like a very large (and white) elephant in the room. And that ele-phant is not pulling up a chair for tea. When asked how the Harpers would like to re-spond to the neo-Nazi mantra that “like lies with like”, or whites with whites, blacks with blacks, and so on. The Harpers paused before Cheryl broke the silence; “I believe people are with people. If I cut Bobby’s fin-ger it would bleed…and so would mine.”

This is not a man intending to build a neighborhood that resembles the one Bea-ver Cleaver lived in. This man has a vision, and he is resolved in this vision, to create an enclave of white people. A place where whites don’t have to bother with the dai-ly struggles of seeing a black man with a white woman. A place where whites don’t have to worry if a new face in town is a Jew conspiring to steal your wife, or repossess your home.

Craig Cobb is fully within his rights to buy property, and to invite his friends to join him in Leith.

Bobby Harper has rights as well.The right to live a life free of fear, free

of apprehension, and free of hatred.Peter Odney can

be reached by email at [email protected]

Leith, N.D.: Lessons in freedom

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By James RomelfangerKJKR Station Manger

There are t-minus three days (and counting) until the United States Government de-faults on its debt. Houston, we have a problem. How can the greatest country in the word sim-ply go bankrupt? I know it seems that this topic is get-ting old. In actuality, this is still fresh with new developments occurring almost every day and more and more information coming out of Washing-ton on what the government is going to do about the United States paying its bills. The Senate, in fact, is not taking it lightly.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his counterpart Senate Republican Leader Mitch McCon-nell appear to be closer to a deal than before. After a morning of negotia-tions on Monday, both Senate leaders expressed optimism that a deal is in

the works. Reid called negotiations with McConnell “constructive,” add-ing that he’s “optimistic that we will reach an agreement.” McConnell said he “echoes” Reid’s remarks.

With momentum increasing, a meeting between President Obama and heads of the House and the Sen-ate was supposed to take place at the White House this Monday afternoon. This meeting, however, was post-poned to allow leaders in the Senate time to continue making important progress towards a solution. To me, it sounds like they are not any closer to coming to an agreement than they were weeks ago. Senator Reid re-mained positive, saying, "We've made tremendous progress," and urging that "everyone just needs to be patient" and that "perhaps tomorrow will be a bright day."

Key negotiators on both side of the aisle also maintained an upbeat attitude. How can one be positive in a time like this?

Republican Governor Chris Christie said that if he were in Senate right now, he would kill himself. He

went on to say "My approach would be, as the executive, to call in the leaders of the Congress, the legisla-ture, whatever you're dealing with, and say we're not leaving this room until we fix this problem because I'm the boss. I'm in charge.” Now that’s the attitude that most Americans are looking for! That’s the way it should be! Let’s lock all the upper-ranking members of the House and Senate in a room to hash this out. Christie went on to say that no matter where the partisanship is, the failure is in not bringing people together to get it done. It seems to me as though he’s making an impression on what the United Sates would be like if he were President.

Looking in from the outside, it seems to me that most of the mem-bers of the legislature have forgotten that they are here to serve the inter-ests of the American people. It was the American people who voted them into office in the first place! I am not a conspiracy nut or a crazy anarchist, but it seems that within these past few years the government has just gotten

out of control. Not seeing an end in sight can be terrifying.

This may appear like it’s just a game to the House and Senate, but they are affecting the lives of mil-lions of people. People are affected not just here in America, but all over (since American is the economic mecca of the world). Seeing what has been going on during these last few weeks has been interesting. More and more people now see what the govern-ment does and they are now asking the question: why? Why is it that the greatest government in the world can do this to their people? Why is it that the government cannot put petty argu-ments aside and get done what needs to get done?

On October 17th, 2013 one day before this article is released, we will see if the government has come to an agreement to raise the debt ceiling so that we do not default on our debt.

James Romelfanger can be reached by email at [email protected]

By Dan ArensKJKR News Director

Week three has begun. That’s right, three weeks of partial government shutdown due to the incred-ible ineptitude of our elected officials. These officials are “the wise ones” who have so faithful-ly guided our land these last few years so that all people may be filled with joy. They have failed. They are failing. Here’s a funny thought: maybe, just maybe, they’ll continue to fail. We need change we can believe in.

That last sentence is not Barack Obama. He has had his opportunity. Wash-ington hasn’t changed. The same gridlock exists; in fact, it seems to have been intensifying. Blame whoever you want. The fact is that our president campaigned on the fact that he would change things, that he would create a spirit of goodwill. Even the most oblivious person can realize that none of these things have happened.

Our government is broken. The Democratic Party won’t budge on implementing Obamacare, even though a delay in the implementation would probably help make the law more effective and give lawmakers time to at least attempt to address the problems while hasty implementation will simply cause more problems that will make active voters turn on them. The conventional, good-boy Republicans continue to preach the compromise message. Recent history, however, has shown that when they hold the reigns, government gets big-ger and corruption continues unchallenged. These Republicans don’t have the backbone to face the tough choices that must be made to make America more prosperous. Tea Party Republicans valiantly know how to stick to their principles, but they are in a way sacrificing those very principles by pick-ing the wrong fight and drawing upon themselves the onerous burden of a government shutdown that will cause, with the help of the complacent liberal media lapdogs, disastrous defeats for conservatism in upcoming polls.

So the gridlock continues. Anyone who stands for compromises has betrayed their principles and is no longer capable of providing genuine answers;

they will inevitably compromise with the system and become part of the problem. Anyone who stands for principles is too radical and extreme for the average American to put their trust in. Their stubborn refusal to consider other ideas and solu-tions is tearing the country apart. The problem is that both of these statements are correct, at least to a point. It seems we have to choose either one or the other; however, it seems we need both.

This coming week, by the time this paper is ac-tually distributed, another huge decision on the part of our lawmakers will have to be met. This decision is whether or not we raise the nation’s debt ceiling so we can continue to borrow money. If the govern-ment cannot agree to do this, if we find ourselves at the same standstill as we did in the budget battle, then our nation will default on its loans. This ac-tion could trigger worldwide economic uncertainty and the total renewal of a recession.

The reasons why we have come to this point in our nation’s history are many and varied, but one problem is that there is a mindset that the govern-ment needs to be the institution to solve all of our problems. We have allowed government to grow out of hand as it continues to initiate program after program and tighten the restrictions and regulations it instills in everyday life. Now I’m not necessarily talking about the Tea Party here; even these stal-wart defenders of small government and individual liberty have become part of the problem, as we have seen. Our country still needs a fundamental change. This change needs to be made not only in how we believe the government should be run, but also in how we view the government itself.

The interests of the American people have become so wide and so varied that we shouldn’t be surprised at the current gridlock, which is fueled by lobbyists and unionists and people searching for their handouts. Under Barack Obama, the only sector of the economy that has truly seen actual growth is the public sector (the government em-ployees) hired for part time work. The public sector does not equal real jobs, real opportunities, or the chance to build a real future for oneself. Despite this evidence, people continue to believe that gov-ernment is the only thing that can deliver us from the problems we currently face. The irony is that the government itself is to blame for the vast ma-jority of those problems. Is it any wonder that our

Political Nonsense: The Real Problem in Washington

Dan ArensKJKR News Director

politicians are more concerned with maintaining the status quo and winning political brownie points for themselves instead of working together to try to foster an environment that really brings growth and opportunity to the American people?

We need to stop relying on government to handle all of our personal problems and start taking individual responsibility. This individual respon-sibility needs to be both for our own welfare and that of the people who are around us. The govern-ment does have a rightful place, of course. Iran grows closer to nuclear capabilities. The civil war in Syria has cost hundreds of thousands of lives. Egypt’s fragile, short-lived democracy is proving to be meaningless in the face of strong tensions. In America, Chicago and other cities see an out-rageous number of murders and other atrocious crimes being committed on a regular basis. The growing international economy demands that our government make a meaningful decision on what we should do to resolve our nearly $17 trillion dol-lar debt.

While I do not believe that all the proposed so-lutions to these problems (i.e.: gun control) will re-ally solve those problems, these are questions that the government needs to ask and to work around. There are so many other areas of our lives where we can act on our own. Taking personal respon-sibility for our own actions and working instead of whining, giving and receiving personal charity towards one another rather than relying on so-called “welfare”, and regulating our own behavior and decisions instead of relying on some bloated and corrupt bureaucrat to regulate the lives of indi-viduals and businesses all around the nation are a few examples of personal responsibility that we as Americans should implement ourselves.

The time has come to stop placing our trust in the broken system of our federal government and to restore our trust in ourselves. Only if we, the people, work together and take the initiative, only if we cross the barriers that divide us and together strive for a better future, only then can the political nonsense of Washington be replaced with coopera-tion and a genuine desire to forge the way ahead.

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New coach Tommy Neinhaus sees team notch

big win over rival University of Great

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Men’s Soccer

Homecoming Loss

October 16, 2013

SPORTS

It all started off with a tough battle in which the Jimmies fell 2-3 to Division II University of Sioux Falls. The Jimmies ap-peared to have it won in the 3rd set. Up 24-23, sophomore Kaia Buck set up for what would’ve been the game winning kill. A questionable double hit call on the set led to a point for Sioux Falls; they never looked back. Sarah Becker led a strong attack with 11 kills and two blocks, earning her 500th career block. Due to a nagging injury, she was unable to play in the final set. Janna John-son also had 11 kills while Alex Hansen had nine.

The next five games against Presentation, Briar Cliff, Dick-inson State, Valley City and Da-kota State were all dominant performances for the Jimmies. They were able to sweep in all five. Sarah Becker recorded her 1000th kill early in the match against Presentation and had 52 kills over the stretch. Johnson had 24 kills over the stretch as well. Kelsey Deragisch had 98 assists during the stretch and Kaia Buck had 92. Server Alaina Brown totaled 13 aces during the five games as well. She has moved up to number three in the nation in total assists.

Next for the Jimmies was the final regular season home game against Mayville State. This one was for the first NSAA Regular Season Championship. The Jim-mies swept the Comets 25-15, 25-17, and 27-25. Becker was on fire all night and ended with an

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amazing 16 kills. Janna Johnson was also dominant on the attack with 16 kills of her own. Brown kept up the hot serve streak, acing seven times in the match. She also had 11 digs and two kills. Kramer had 12 digs to lead the defense.

Up next for the Jimmies is a four game trip to Des Moines, Iowa, where they will play four high quality opponents. Amongst these opponents will be 10th ranked Park University (Mis-souri). The four game trip will lead the women into the NSAA conference tournament. The Jim-mies will need to continue play-ing at their high level, as there is no automatic berth for winning the tournament this year.

CONFERENCE CHAMPSJimmies VB wins first championship in new conference, advance to post season

The Dig Pink game is an annual fundraiser at UJ that helps raise funds and aware-ness for breast cancer. The money raised usually goes to an individual that has been im-pacted by breast cancer. This year’s recipient is junior libero Andrea Kramer’s grandmother, Gloria Okrina.

The team shows its sup-port for all those battling breast cancer by wearing pink jer-sies, wearing pink headbands and socks and encouraging the home crowd to wear pink.

According to Student Manager Karson Pederson, the Dig Pink game is something UJ should be proud of.

“It’s a really great event. It grows enthusiasm and aware-ness for this disease that has impacted so many people,” said Pederson.

Head Coach Shawn Frank and

the team charge back, but miss

key opportunities in difficult Home-

coming game loss to Dakota State.

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Back with vengenceIt’s no secret that over the

last six games, the Jimmie Vol-leyball team has been playing in-credibly well, going 5-1 with the lone set back being against tough Division II opponent University of Sioux Falls. While the usual suspects have been contributing their usual assets during games, there has been one familiar name that we haven’t seen in a while.

Senior outside hitter Sarah Didychuk has returned from what could have been a career ending injury to play some of the best volleyball of her career. “I hurt myself in a warm up for a scrimmage during the 2012 spring season. I went up to hit a ball and when I landed, my foot slipped and I rolled my ankle and tore my ACL, MCL, PCL, and meniscus. When I was told, I

knew immediately that I wanted to come back and play. I wasn’t really that frustrated with not playing. I knew that with my in-jury, I couldn’t do anything until I got surgery. I just accepted it.”

With 27 kills in the last six games, including nine against Briar Cliff (Iowa), Didychuk has been hitting the ball hard. She has also added 12 blocks in that same time period. When asked about returning to play, she had this to say, “It took me a while to get back into volleyball dur-ing the spring season. It wasn’t until about a few weeks into our season that I completely got over my fear of really getting up and hitting.” Head Coach Jon He-gerle was quick to point out the reason why she has been able to recover and play well after such a tough injury. “It has been great having Diddy back in the gym with us again and competing for

a spot. Diddy, our crazy Canadi-an, brings such great passion for competing. It is always a great spark to our team. It is appar-ent every day that Diddy loves the game of volleyball and loves to compete. Whenever we do competitions in practice, I love watching her face light up. If anything, her injury and recovery has given her a new perspective on opportunity and she cer-tainly takes nothing for granted. Instead, she squeezes the most out of every chance that has been afforded to her.” In response to this, Didychuk said, “I think the reason I’ve been on the team since freshman year is because

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Growing before our eyes: Beau ErikssonBy Grayson Leder

Sports DirectorWhen he took the reins of the Jim-

mie Football program, Beau Erickson was not a name widely known around campus. He was a redshirt freshman. In his first 5 games under center, he threw for six touchdowns with only one inter-ception and a completion percentage of 65%. Pretty impressive in his first college action. It became apparent that he had the potential to be a great quarterback for the Jimmies in years to come. In the first game of the season against Rocky Mountain College this season, he was truly dynamic, throwing for 259 yards and 3 touchdowns and also gaining 49 yards on the ground. That ended up as a tough loss for the Jim-mies, but it showed the promise that he has. Since then, his production did see a drop, but we have seen a strong increase in his poise and overall game manage-ment ability. Early in the year, we saw frequently that he would scramble a little more than necessary, but as the season has progressed he has grown more com-

fortable in the pocket and has led some excellent drives down the field. The issue now is getting points out of those drives. As he progresses, it is easy to see the potential for him to be the leader of a dynamic offense.

In last weekend’s game against Dakota State this was apparent. In the Jimmies’ first drive, he scored on a 54 yard keeper that got the fire started. He took numer-ous shots down field that were almost elite level throws which we all expected would end in scores every time. While it was a disappointing loss, there was plenty of promise there. The tough spot for the offense in that game was an aggressive defense at the line of scrimmage only allowing 18 more rush-ing yards, which makes it tough to open up the offense. Said Erickson, “If we get the running game going that helps us out. If we establish the run game early and often it helps set up the passing game.

Lately the last few games we have done a decent job of doing that. Of course the running backs and I get the yards for rushing but you got to give credit to the offensive line for mak-ing those lanes for us to run into. When they go the rest of us go. They are a crucial part in our success that goes for the most part unnoticed which it shouldn't be like at all. Give them hoggies some

credit.” That was the hard part. Unfortunately, what has become

the Jimmies biggest issue on offense is the health of the offensive line, dealing with nagging injuries every season for the last three years. Once that is taken care of though, watch out NSAA. With a strong receiving corps, good running backs, and a healthy line, the game plan is that much easier to execute. Here is what Erickson has attributed to the growth he has made: “What clicked for me is making sure I know and understand the game plan for

the week. That starts with me putting in numerous hours of film a week to see what the other team's defensive strategy. Our offensive coaches do a great job of placing in a game plan that should work against the opponent's defense. If I get in a rhythm early and often, whether running or passing quickly, that helps me create confidence and a positive for the game. That confidence isn't just in myself either, it goes for having confidence in my wide receivers, running backs, and offensive linemen. Trust in each other is another big aspect in our success. And I just try to remember to have fun and play the game I love doing. It is hard at times when adver-sity sets in but I just realize not everyone gets this opportunity and I need to make the most of it while I still get the time to play this game.” It’s been a tough year, but with a developing young quarterback and plenty of young talent on offense, the future is bright.

Grayson Leder can be reached by email

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Beau Eriksson Soph. QB

By Josh KnutsonContributing Writer

The University of Jamestown football team lost a close one to Dakota State University in the 2013 Homecoming foot-ball game by a score of 28-31 at Rollie Greeno Field.

Homecoming games are always full of many emotions, ranging from excitement and joy to sus-pense and heartbreak. On Saturday, the Jimmie foot-ball team experienced the full range of emotions in a game where a come-from-behind victory looked im-minent. Down by 10 points in the fourth quarter, the Jimmies were able to come up with a big play on de-fense when Chris Engel-stad ripped the football free from the Dakota State running back and Brad-ley Brooks recovered the fumble. After a few plays, sophomore running back D’Marco Smith punched in a 3 yard touchdown run.

Ryan Benke kicked in the extra point and brought the Jimmies within three points of the Trojans.

Dakota State would not be able to put anything constructive together in their next drive and would eventually punt the ball back to UJ. The Jimmies would drive down the field and get into Dakota State territory with less than three minutes remaining. The Jimmies took a few chances down field and junior quarterback Beau Eriksson almost connected with senior wide receiver Trent Roemmich for a long pass play that could have been the winning score; however Eriksson’s pass sailed just out of Roem-mich’s reach. Jamestown had to punt the ball after coming up short on 3rd-and-long. "It just seems like it's a play here or a play there for us that we can't quite get to go our way," said all-conference

left tackle Mike Findlay. "The little things tend to turn into big things. It's not one or two players or anything like that, it's just a matter of all of us just doing things a little better. It's frustrating because it seems like it happens a lot. … All we can do is keep working, and we will."

The UJ defense was able to stop Dakota State and force a punt with just over a minute to go; how-ever, Michael Sena had the ball stripped away from him and Dakota State re-covered. The Trojans went on to run out the clock and win the game by a final score of 31-28.

The Jimmies next game will be at Valley City State University for their NSAA Conference game against the Vikings, as well as Round 2 of the Paint Bucket Game.

Josh Knutson can be reached by email

at [email protected]@jc.edu

Homecoming heartbreakD’Marco Smith struggling to get back to the line scrimmage. Photo courtesy of Tiffany Armstrong

By Grayson LederSports DirectorThe last two weeks

have had many ups and downs for the Jimmie Men’s Soccer team. On October 4th, the Jimmies were down 1-0 to the University of Great Falls while it dumped rain; however, there were a few rays of metaphorical rays of sunshine for the men. Freshman Midfield-er Scott Jacob-Hatherly punched in the game ty-ing goal at 65:31 to force overtime. In the extra pe-riod, junior All-American Jade Johnson had the goal to win it. Steve Har-ris also had four saves on the game, defending the net in usual fashion. Over the past three seasons, the Jimmies have been forming a bit of an intra-conference rivalry with University of Great Falls, going 3-2-1 against them.

The next scheduled game for the Jimmies would’ve been the big-gest game of the season. It was set to be against 5th ranked Ashford Universi-ty. The rainy and muddy conditions, however, led to the game’s cancella-tion. It was a disappoint-

ing day for the team. The Jimmies then

headed out on the road to Montana to play two games against Rocky Mountain College. It was a tough fought battle, but in the end the Jim-mies ended up losing 2-1 against the 28th ranked Bears. This loss earned them a split on the sea-son. Senior Josh Cremen had the lone goal for the Jimmies. Senior Goalie Tom Cooke had two saves to lead the defense.

Once again, the Jim-mies would play the Uni-versity of Great Falls Ar-gos. This time, it ended in a tie. Cremen again had the goal for the Jimmies;

however, both teams were unable to score in over-time. Steve Harris had an astounding five saves on the day to lead the de-fense.

Up next for the Jim-mies is Johnson and Wales (Colorado) at home on Saturday, October 20th. Johnson and Wales is 3-6 on the year. Hope-fully the Jimmies will come up with a win on the weekend. Following that will be a game at Bethel University (Minnesota). The Jimmies should carry plenty of momentum go-ing into the post-season.

Grayson Leder can be reached by email

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Men’s soccer wins rivalry game

Jack Keeling and Dominic O’Connor hustling on defense.Photo courtesy of Tiffany Armstrong

Jamestown Jimmies

Great Falls Argos

1st Half

001

12nd Half

0

Overtime

1Total

21

Jamestown Jimmies

Batland Bears

1st Half

00

12nd Half

2

Total

12

Jamestown Jimmies

Great Falls Argos

1st Half

000

12nd Half

1

1st OT

0Total

11

2nd OT

00

Jamestown Jimmies

Dakota State Trojans

1st Qt.

76

2nd Qt.

14

3rd Qt.

37 8

4th Qt.

7Total

287 31

It’s no secret that over the last six games, the Jimmie Volleyball team has been playing incred-ibly well, going 5-1 with the lone set back being against tough Division II opponent University of Sioux Falls. While the usual suspects have been contributing their usual assets during games, there has been one familiar name that we haven’t seen in a while.

Senior outside hitter Sarah Didychuk has returned from what could have been a career ending injury to play some of the best volleyball of her career. “I hurt myself in a warm up for a scrimmage during the 2012 spring season. I went up to hit a ball and when I landed, my foot slipped and I rolled my ankle and tore my ACL, MCL, PCL, and meniscus. When I was told, I knew immediately that I wanted to come back and play. I wasn’t really that frustrated with not

playing. I knew that with my injury, I couldn’t do anything until I got surgery. I just accepted it.”

With 27 kills in the last six games, includ-ing nine against Briar Cliff (Iowa), Didychuk has been hitting the ball hard. She has also added 12 blocks in that same time period. When asked about returning to play, she had this to say, “It took me a while to get back into volleyball during the spring season. It wasn’t until about a few weeks into our season that I completely got over my fear of really getting up and hitting.” Head Coach Jon Hegerle was quick to point out the reason why she has been able to recover and play well after such a tough injury. “It has been great having Diddy back in the gym with us again and competing for a spot. Diddy, our crazy Canadian, brings such great passion for competing. It is always a great spark to our team. It is apparent

every day that Diddy loves the game of vol-leyball and loves to compete. Whenever we do competitions in practice, I love watching her face light up. If anything, her injury and recovery has given her a new perspective on opportunity and she certainly takes nothing for granted. Instead, she squeezes the most out of every chance that has been afforded to her.” In response to this, Didychuk said, “I think the reason I’ve been on the team since freshman year is because coach liked my competitive spirit and intensity. I really don’t have the technical skills that a lot of people on the team have and I do most things differently; but when I play, I know that I’m going to do everything possible to win. It important to me to win; but it’s also important for me to feel like I’ve done my best the whole game.”

While she is still not back to her produc-

tion from two years ago, she is certainly playing great right now. Two years ago, she finished on a tear with at least six kills in every match. She is putting up remarkably similar numbers now and we can expect that to continue as the Jimmies approach the post-season. “We approach every match as if there is a target on the other team’s back. Every single game is extremely important for our chances at nationals” remarked Didychuk. While she sees the target on everyone else’s back, it is clear that the 35th ranked Jimmies will have the target on theirs as the final game of NSAA play approaches and the NSAA Conference Tournament commences. With Didychuk return-ing along with the rest of the Jimmies’ talented hitters, that target will stay there.

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Offense and defense: By Grayson Leder

Sports DirectorIt has been a tough year for Jimmie soccer, not be-

cause of a lack of success, but of recognition. The Jimmie men have played a grueling schedule, and as they sit at a record of 8-5-2, they have responded to it well. It has been an interesting year as well. Late in the summer, coach Phil Bohn decided to leave, and coming in from Minnesota was new head coach Tommy Nienhaus. “The transition was rough at first mov-ing my family from Minnesota to Jamestown. Once things got set-tled down things became easier. The toughest part is coming into a new team and learning. It takes time to build relationships with the players, staff, and faculty. On the field, the toughest part is creat-ing a new team philosophy and ap-proach to the game. Thankfully the returning players have helped cultivate this identity and culture and are driving it forward. They have laid the groundwork for future success through their hard work, discipline, and commitment.” Nienhaus brings in fantastic experience, having been the assistant coach at the U18 USSF Development Academy. He also worked with the Minnesota Olympic Development Program. Having a returning All-American also helps the equation for success. Junior forward/ midfielder Jade Johnson had a breakout season last year and has certainly helped out with the transition. “There's always going to be positives and negatives with changing coaches (especially right before your season starts) but we've really done a

good job taking everything positive that he's brought to us and going forward with it, and everything's really starting to finally come together.” Johnson said he attributes the team’s talent overall to the success they have had. “Though I was an All-American last year, I think the biggest thing that is contributing to the team’s success is the fact that we have 5 or 6 All-American ca-pable guys. We don't have just one guy the team relies on every game. We're a unit.” He spoke of two play-ers in particular; “Jack Keeling has been playing phenomenally, and has been extremely dynamic for our offense. And Matt Balshaw has an-chored down our defense and really contributed to the shut outs we've had this year. Those are two older guys that the team really looks up to in the run of play.” Keeling is lead-ing the Jimmies in points with 13 on the year; Johnson has 12. I asked him to share some of his big moments this year. “Wow, there have been a lot of big moments this year.. I've had 2 overtime game winners - one against Northwestern where we were playing a man down due to a red card, and the other against Great Falls in pouring rain and freezing tem-perature. And another big moment this year was scoring a header against Rocky Mountain at home which ended up being the only goal scored that game.”

Matt Balshaw has done a terrific job leading the de-fense this year. At 6’1", 195 pounds he is an enforcer as a center defender. When asked what he has been doing to lead the defense, he said “With a changed back line from last year it was key for me to get everyone on the same

page, earlier on in the season we were not very organized but throughout the season we started to connect and have posted 5 shutouts already. With Keeling organizing the offense, it's my job to organize the defense, communicat-ing, making sure we all cover each other, winning headers, when to press and when to hold, communicating to our defensive midfielders and many more. As an older member on the team it's essential that my work rate is high so it gives off a posi-tive attitude to the other players and especially the freshmen, who have done a good job coming in to college soccer this year.” That sounds like a lot for one guy to take on, but with a strong young corps as well as some good return-ers they have been playing well defensively. “Every match is a new challenge, you could be play-ing against a team that plays direct or a team that is very quick and skillful. Understanding what your opponent is like is key to the success of the de-fense of the team. We usually get a report of whom there best players are and what they like to do. We know that we have to shut down these players if we have a chance of winning and it's worked quite often for example when we played [Rocky Mountain College] at home.” Balshaw has done an excellent job running the defense, and with two more games left this season we should see two more Jimmie shutouts.

Grayson Leder can be reached by email

at [email protected]

Men’s Soccer Head Coach

Jade Johnson Jr. Forward

Matt Balshaw Sr. Defender

By Thomas CookeSports Reporter

With two regional opponents scheduled for a double header after a 12 hour road trip, the University of Jamestown women’s soccer team would have taken any kind of result to help with the long journey home. As it happened, they got a valuable split from a pair of close games which ended in a 0-3 defeat to the Rocky Mountain Col-lege Battlin’ Bears and a 2-1 victory over the University of Great Falls Argonauts.

Saturday proved to be the tougher game of the trip, with the Jimmies looking to avenge a previous home loss to RMC. Unfortunately, they started badly and de-spite a second half onslaught, UJ couldn’t quite get the goal their play deserved and ended up on the wrong end of the score line. Coach Becker’s ladies would quickly forget this loss and move on to their next opponents, where a goal and assist from freshman Josselin Cosio set up a 2-1 vic-tory, ensuring the Jimmies regular season wins in both meetings against regional ri-vals UGF, following their home victory by

the same scoreline. Cosio opened up her points for the season with an assist, setting up Monica Noria early on for the 1-0 lead. UGF replied through Danielle Delavina before Cosio took the game winning goal, assisted by senior Britt Cochran with only 20 minutes left to play.

The ever-improving Nicole Ladoucer played both games in net and held firm to ensure the latter lead remained intact. Se-nior Hannah Langseth remained pointless but made a considerable contribution to the teams’ offense. After the result, Langseth explained, “It was a big win for us against Great Falls and gives us a great chance to achieve a good regional seed. Two of our freshman got the goals and this bodes well for an exciting future for UJ women’s soc-cer.”

The ladies are next in action on Oct. 20, where they hope to improve their cur-rent 5-9 record.

Thomas Cooke can be reached by email

at [email protected]

Cool cosio helps ladies to Montana split matches

how a team comes together

By Thomas CookeSports ReporterPersonal bests have

been the motto of this University of James-town Men’s cross coun-try team this season, and the Hillcrest Invitational at home was no excep-tion. Andre Aguinaga, a freshman competing in his first home meet for UJ, led the short-handed Jimmie runners in an al-ready depleted squad.

After a delayed start, Aguinaga was quick-est out of the blocks for UJ and he never looked back, setting a personal record by over a minute. His time of 28:04 on the

8 kilometer course was good enough for 22nd spot overall, with Joe Jensen taking 30 seconds off his own previous best in posting a respectable 29:19. Coach Crawford was delighted with both outings, citing the mud as an extra dimension to the already impressive times.

Team leader Connor Doppler was the first ca-sualty: a concussion en-sured he wouldn’t be able to run. More bad news was to follow. The sud-den change from warm to cold led to illness in the camp; Klinton VanHeu-veln had his race taken

away from him while Scott Roemmich ran through the pain to post a very respectable 31:46 in the circumstances. Ja-son Dowell won the meet with a time of 25:48.

The Jimmies are next in action in Yankton, S.D. on October 26 for the Mount Marty Invi-tational, where they will be hoping to get more bodies on the course and continue their im-pressive run of personal bests.

Thomas Cooke can be reached by email

at [email protected]

Aguinaga impresses with good display during on home debut

By Thomas CookeSports Reporter

Conditions were far from ideal for the University of Jamestown’s’ sole home meet of the season, but that wasn’t enough to throw sophomore Samantha Goff out of her impres-sive stride.

After prolonged rain and blustery winds all day, the Jimmie Invitational faced being cancelled at one stage before the winds passed; however, rain remained an issue throughout the race. The start was pushed back an hour but Goff implemented her strategy to perfec-tion, passing several strong competitors on her way to third place, the highest Jimmie runner of the meet. The two leaders set off early and were never in Goff’s sight, but that didn’t de-ter her from sticking with the following pack, which she left behind with around 1,000 me-ters to go. Goff said “I just ran this race with the strategy to stay with a few of the girls that had beat me at our Moorhead meet, about 1.5 miles in I passed one of them and then with 1,000 meters left I decided to lose the other two because we had been doing 1,000’s in practice and I knew I had strength left to pull away from them.”

In the absence of injured All-American

Aleona Reyes, Goff knew from the outset that all eyes were on her performance and she certainly delivered with a time of 19:24. “It wasn't my best time, but it was a good time for the soggy condition of the course and all those hills. My teammates did really well too in staying strong and not giving up on Friday too, it’s not easy to finish a race when you’re chilled to the bone and drenched from the rain and puddles,” explained Goff.

Depth was always going to be an issue in the absence of Reyes; fortunately, Brooke Grooters (21st) and Christa Lysne (24th) stepped up to run solid times in the unfavor-able conditions that created a damp course, far from ideal on the hilly course of Hillcrest. Kayla Byle continued her impressive recovery from knee surgery to finish in 33rd place, while team stalwart Miranda Charley finished her last ever race for the Jimmies in 67th despite an unfair number of injuries which have conti-nously hindered her career in recent times.

The Jimmies are next in action on Oct. 26, when they travel to Yankton, S.D. for the Mount Marty Invite.

Thomas Cooke can be reached by email

at [email protected]

Goff Galvanizes Blustery Home Invitational

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By Grayson LederSports Director

This past March there was only one thing afflicting the Jimmie men’s bas-ketball team. Hunger. After losing out to eventual national champion Cardinal Stritch Coach Justin Wieck had his first off-season at the helm, and he didn’t waste any time. Bringing in big class of seven players who can contribute at the varsity level. “We will have a blend of transfers and freshman that will provide a key role in our success this year. We add three transfer players in Brequan Tucker, Matt Wingo and DeVonte Smith. All three will need to play at a high level to fill some of the departures from last season. We're very excited about the quality of freshman players this year as well. Logan Brown, Jake Hagler, Jacob Havron and Austin Giese will all have a chance to provide quality minutes for our team. We're excited about their future in our program.” Wingo (6’5) and Smith (6’6) will be battling for minutes at the 4 spot, a position left va-cant with the NAIA ruling All-Conference performer Davon Thomas ineligible, and Jared Sutherland’s graduation. Smith has great length and size. Combined with his shooting ability and defensive presence he will have the opportunity to make an instant impact. Wingo is an ultra-athletic playmaker at the forward. If you were at Midnight Madness you would have seen him throw down a between-the-legs dunk! He also shot 43% from behind the arc last year in junior college. Brequan “Q” Tucker is a triplet brother of Jimmie starting point guard Breshion Tucker. He transferred in

from St. Francis (IN). He is an inside and outside threat on the wing, and looks like he will be able to join returning 2nd team All-American Mark Hoge on the perime-ter for a lethal combination. Logan Brown is a quick combo-guard who can put it on the deck or shoot it. Hagler is an excellent

j u m p - s h o o t e r as he proved by scoring over two thousand points in his high school career. Giese is a tough defender whose offensive game has developed d r a m a t i c a l l y in pre-season workouts.

One of the major questions that never got answered last year for the Jim-

mies was who would be the main post. Starting sophomore Dan Janu, senior Beny Collins, and junior Jesse Behm having been rotated around on a game by game basis last season, know what to expect this year. Each brings a different skill set to the table and the three put up nearly identical numbers combining for 10 points (Janu 3.5, Collins 3.4, Behm 3.1) and about 10 rebounds a contest. Janu has size and shooting ability, Collins has the ability to defend on the perimeter, and Behm flat out hits the glass, and finishes inside shooting 51% and averaging .33 rebounds for ev-

ery minute he is in the game. The eyes will be on thee three to see who will take over the top role. “All of our forwards have had a great summer/fall and we're looking for-ward to making a jump in those positions from last year. We have plenty of depth and hope that each one continues to step up and make improvements,” Wieck said.

On the perimeter Coach Wieck has plenty of veteran players back. All-American Mark Hoge who had one of the best single seasons in James-town history with the 4th best single season scoring mark with 555 points. He is poised to enter the top 10 all-time this year. Coach Wieck has high praise for Hoge, saying that “Mark has established himself as one of the best scorers in our region. His ability to play with a constant high motor is really what sets him apart. His confidence in him-self and teammates is through the roof, and he plays with that confidence at all times. He's not afraid of anyone we walk on the court with, whether it is Valley City or New Mexico this year. His confidence is infectious to his teammates. He just never stops.” Taylor Newton a junior who started at the off-guard spot last season returns his excellent spot-up shooting ability, as well as his incredibly fundamental playing style. Sophomore point guard Breshion Tucker has improved his shot at the outside, and as the Jimmies premier defender from last season will be a key cog in the machine.

“We will always first and foremost have a defensive mindset. That is the only way to be a consistent championship team. I hope you will see us pick up the pace offensive-ly. We feel we have more depth at many positions, which should allow us to play at a faster pace. But we will do what makes

us successful throughout the year. We have to be ready to adapt because every game possesses different challeng-es,” Wieck said.

The Jimmies have put together one of the tough-est schedules in the NAIA this season with four games against NSIC opponents, as well as an exhibition against Mountain West Conference powerhouse University of New Mexico who will likely be ranked in the top 15 at the Division I level. “Our goal here at Jamestown is to al-

ways be competing for conference cham-pionships and national tournament berths. That is what is expect here at Jamestown and we feel like the tools are in place to make that run. There is a lot of factors that go in to being successful, and we hope to build our team throughout the year. We have a very challenging schedule & we will be tested on a nightly basis. It's a schedule that allows us the opportunities for state-ment wins. We must seize those opportuni-ties,” said Wieck.

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Hoge Wild:

Greg UllandWomen’s Basketball

Head Coach

Mark Hoge Sr. Guard

Justin Wieck Men’s Basketball

Head Coach

Hannah Steele Sr. Point Guard

By Grayson LederSports Director

With the end of fall and the beginning of winter it comes time for basketball. For the Jimmie women’s basketball team this is the most exciting time of the year. Com-ing off of back- to- back 27 win seasons is exceptional, but Coach Greg Ulland is not satisfied. “Winning a national champi-onship is a goal of ours every year. In order to do that we have to come together as a team and believe in the common goal and each other. Get-ting better at all the little things is a big point of emphasis.”

Returning to lead the way for the Jimmies is two time All-American Hannah Steele. Coming off a year where she was named a 3rd Team All-American for a program that has established itself as one of the best in the country is an accomplishment all its own, but as she takes the reins at the point guard position this year the sky is the limit. With career totals of 935 points and 433 assists, good for number one all-time for the Univer-sity of Jamestown, she will most certainly become one the few players who will leave with over 1000 points and 500 assists. “Hannah has had a tremendous career so far, the things she has done for the program can't be measured. She will leave here as one of the greats. Glad we convinced her to stay at JC when I first took over,” said Ulland.

When asked what it is that has made

her so successful Ulland stated: “She is so good because of her relentless and drive to be successful, along with her work ethic. Those things have put her in the place she is now.” That place so far has earned her numerous accolades as well as having her jersey displayed in the College Basketball Hall of Fame.

The toughest part of any new year though is figuring out how to replace players who have graduated. Losing their top two post players from last year in Bridget Schun-eman (12.2 ppg, 5.5 rpg) and Kayla Roem-mich (7.2 ppg, 4.3 rpg) were tough losses at the center position with Sc-huneman having been a dominant force for the Jimmies leading them in scoring and earning All-American honors herself and Roemmich adding valuable min-

utes off the bench as a strong physical presence, but Ulland feels confident in his younger players at those positions. “We have had good battles at each of those posi-tions this fall, Megan Pold, Alexis Watts, Jordan Bridges, and Jessica Buck all have been doing a real nice job filling the void.” Amber Ramlo (7.9 ppg, 7.8 rpg) will be one of the toughest voids to fill. As the Jim-mies leading rebounder and shot blocker

the past three seasons she was the anchor for the team’s defense, but it was her en-ergy and intensity that Ulland will miss the most. “We will sorely miss Amber's leader-ship and or presence on the floor this year.” With Buck and Bridges both possessing good length and size (6’1 and 6’2 respec-tively) and shooting ability (54% and 50%) they could easily step into the role at the 4 spot, and with Bridges recov-ered from last year’s nagging knee injury her production will increase. Junior Megan Pold has shown promise in her pre-vious two seasons last year av-eraging 5.5 points and 4.3 re-bounds, and with great size at 6’1 she will be a strong interior presence this year. Combined with her ability to shoot the ball to 15 feet, she should have a breakout season as a junior. Freshman Alexis Watts at 6’1 has a strong frame and good finishing ability will certainly contribute as well.

Perimeter play won’t be an issue this year with a lot of familiar faces coming back. “Obviously Hannah who is a two time all American. Morgan Mathison and Carly Jensen have played significant min-utes for us the past three years. I look for those two to continue to expand their roles. Chelsey Frydenlund has had a nice fall and will be in the mix. Really looking for the whole junior class to take that next step in the program as their expectations have in-

creased,” said Ulland. Jensen is coming off of an outstand-

ing junior campaign. She averaged 10.5 points a game and shot a career high 43% from beyond the arc last year, and also established herself as an exceptional pe-rimeter defender. Mathison was an ideal third guard in a line-up of scorers. Hitting consistently from the field, playing strong

defense, and with her overall skill level it’s easy to see an expanded role for her. The junior class Ulland is refer-ring to are guards Maggie Se-ter, and Kadie Savage. Seter backed up Steele at the point and sometimes got some time off the ball. Savage is a long, and incredibly athletic wing player with a solid jump shot. Her speed and quickness en-able her to be an absolute nightmare defensively for op-posing guards.

This year will have a tough schedule for the Jim-

mies. November 1st will bring to town Northwestern College (IA) who has won 3 out of the last 4 national championships. However with the returning players the Jimmies have, and the development they have had in the off-season, this will be an exciting season to watch.

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Women’s basketball season preview

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