Quietdrive concert and other eventsrock “I Hate Winter” weekend

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February 16, 2011 • Volume 109, Issue 7 • The voice of NSU students, by NSU students

As usual with tra-ditional “I HateWinter” week

customs, awesome eventswere planned for theNorthern State Universitycelebration.

Yet none were so fun orunique as this year’sbiggest act, Quietdrive.

Well known for theirheavily used cover of“Time after Time” in notonly major Hollywoodmovie soundtracks andtrailers, as well as scores toshows and commercials onMTV, they also feature onseveral video game sound-tracks and a WNBA adcampaign.

Quietdrive, the group,has its roots in neighboringMinneapolis, Minn. whereit rose to fame and gar-nered a fan base in theunderground youth sceneof the city.

Current members of thegroup are KevinTruckenmiller, vocals,Justin Bonhiver, guitar,Brandon Lanier, drums,Will Caesar, guitar andback up vocals and BriceNiehaus on bass.

They rocked “I HateWinter” with songs such as“Motivation”, “Jessica”,and their ever-popular ren-dition of “Time afterTime”, which sent theBarnett Center crowd intosing-along frenzy.

Initially, this was to betheir final song of theevening, but due to thecrowd’s chant for one more

song, they graciously cameback up on stage and con-tinued to rock the housewith a cover of “Semi-charmed Life” by ThirdEye Blind and for theladies, “Toxic” by BritneySpears.

All in all, the showman-ship and rocking style ofQuietdrive made this “IHate Winter” week special

and memorable for allthose who attended and athing of greatness thatthose who missed it willnever have the chance tosee again.

A huge thank you goesout to the CampusActivities Board and all theCabbies and volunteersecurity that helped madethis event possible.

Student govern-ment elections

The NSU StudentAssociation office (SC235) now has petitionsand election guidelinepamphlets available forstudents interested inrunning for student gov-ernment!

Forms must be com-pleted and turned intoStudent Center 201 by5 p.m. on February 17.

The elections will beheld on March 3 andcandidates will be noti-fied by March 18.Offices availableinclude the Presidentand Vice President, inaddition to all senatepositions.

The NSU TheaterDepartment will presentShakespeare’s “Love’s

Labour’s Lost”Feb. 16-19 at 7:30 p.m.nightly in the Johnson

Fine Arts Center theater.Tickets for the production

went on sale Monday,Feb. 7, in the NSU

Bookstore. Free for NSUstudents with active ID.

General admission is$12 for adults, $11 for

seniors and non-NSU stu-dents, and $8 for childrenunder 12. Tickets will be

$2 more at the door.A special matinee per-

formance will be held onFri., Fe.b 18 at 10 a.m.Tickets for the matineeare $8 for students andcan be obtained by con-tacting Dan Yurgaitis at

605-626-2563. Courtesy of University

Relations

Jen MelletteCampus Reporter

NSU basketball has rollercoaster weekend

With the homes e a s o ndrawing to a

close for the year, theNorthern State UniversityWolves took to the courtfor an I Hate Winter weektradition.

Facing Augustana forSenior Night on Friday andWayne State College forthe I Hate Winter game onSaturday.

The match ups wereideal ones, pitting primeteams against NSU andserved as a great challengefor both contests.

The crowd support forboth games was massive:attendance was estimatedat around 4,000 spectators.

Maroon out night againstAugie was well attended,as a sea of maroonscreamed and holleredtheir support for the

Wolves as they kept pacewith Augustana, onceagain creating a barnburnerof a game that kept every-one on their toes to the last.

Tied at 70-70 at the endof regulation time, the out-come of overtime came outin favor of Augustana, whogot a steady run going andmaintained it, keepingNSU to only a three-pointgain in over-time.

Final scorewas 78- 73,Augustana.

Notable Wolfof this game wass o p h o m o r eCollin Pryor, St.Charles, Ill.,who has beenable to solidlycontribute andadd his 11thdouble doubleof the season,with 10 pointsand 10rebounds.

Which counted heavilyin keeping NSU in the con-test.

In retrospect, the ball justwouldn’t go in the bucketfor our Wolves and thegame was a heartbreaker.

Saturday night’s contestwas an entirely differentstory. Taking to the courtwith their parents forParent Night, the Wolves

took to the I Hate Wintergame with renewed vigor,attacking the boards formuch needed rebounds andconversion points.

Notable Wolf of thegame was junior DavidLane, Akron, Ohio, wholed NSU with 20 pointsand six assists.

Article continued onpage 4.

Jen MelletteCampus Reporter

NSU basketball fans gather to support the team over the “I Hate Winter” w eekend. Photo by Jen Mellette.

Photo by Jen Mellette.

There are manystudent organi-zations on cam-

pus that make a real dif-ference in the Aberdeen-area. One of these organi-zations is the NorthernState University StudentAmbassadors.

For those who might notknow, StudentAmbassadors is a small,yet very dedicated groupthat volun-teers allaround thec o m m u n i t ywhere neededand servesthe universityw h e n e v e rpossible.

In the past,the organiza-tion hashelped out

the local Humane Societyand raised money for astudent in need with theCasino Night event that isheld every year.

However, there biggestchallenge lies ahead.

Over the next severalweeks, the NSU

Student Ambassadors willbegin to collect monetarydonations for March ofDimes. For those who

may not know, March ofDimes is a health charitywhose mission is toimprove the health ofbabies by preventing birthdefects, premature birth

and infantmortality.

In the past several years,the NSU organization hasraised hundreds of dollarsfor March of Dimes.

However, this year themotivated organizationhas set a goal to raise$1,000 by April 16th.

There will be moneyjars spread throughoutcampus and small eventswill be held in order to

reach the colos-

sal goal. It’s the organization’s

hope to make this noblecause known throughout

campus and have every-one help out in any waypossible. Every little bitcounts, even if it’s justpocket change.

If you wish to donate tothe cause please mail yourdonation to NSU StudentAmbassadors, Box H,1200 S. Jay Street,Aberdeen, SD 57401.

If you are part of a stu-dent organization andwould like to collaborateplease e-mail AlyssaAnderson, BethanyEllefson, or Ric Dias.

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NSU celebrates Black Historymonth, BSU hosts campus events

On Feb. 1, BlackHistory Monthstarted. Photos of

African-American figuressuch as Martin Luther KingJr, Rosa Parks, SojournerTruth and Thurgood Marshalladorned the walls of theStudent Center. SeniorAugustus Capers, Tampa,Fla., kicked off the BlackStudent Union’s welcomingof the holiday on Feb. 1.

Events such as poet TishJones, who hosted a work-shop, a game show called“Keepin’ It Real” and aPoetry Slam later in themonth.

At the Tish Jones work-shop, Jones had explainedthat even as a poet, she foundthings from the heart. Sheconcentrated on the ideal ofhip-hop and its elements,such as DJing, Graffiti, StreetFashion, language, etc.

Her main point of poetrywas the idea of “personifica-

tion’” giving human charac-teristics to an inanimateobject: “the streets is talkin’.”

At the workshop, she gavean ice-breaking exercisewhere she threw a ball aroundthe room but the catch wasthat instead of passing it, theparticipants had to rhymealong with the word she creat-ed, kind of like “hot potato”only with words.

After presenting a DVDabout her colleague, who alsocreated works in a similarway, she gave the participants

an activity: to create a line oranything in seven minutesbased on several words.

The BSU also played musicin the Student Center for theirupcoming events. PresidentAugustus Capers passionatelytalked about the group andwhat he dreams for the futureof the club. He hopes to havemore awareness of the cluband more members that careabout it as much as he does.

Excerpts of student poetrywritten at the workshop canbe found on page 4.

Michelle TwoHeartsCampus Reporter

Student poetry samples fromworkshop with Tisha Jones

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“Evil”.“Given the title to be evil, but has never

done or committed a crime, but is men-tioned in every case. He stays in the shad-ow of his friend love.

He wanders the streets causing grief oneveryone he touches. He spares no onebut all is done by accident.

He just wants a friend, someone to callhis homeboy and that he can chill with.He causes Anger, and Jealousy.

But, in the process, he gives rebirth topeople. He stones by himself, he getswasted by himself, he hates himself.Hate.”

L’T re Parks, freshman, Kansas City, Miss.

“Love”.“On those dark nights, she is the rea-

son father’s come back from war, whyyour mother has her core.

The reasons eagles still soar, why therain pours. She is love.”

“N-gga Mentality”.“I am black as tar. I believe I can’t make

it as anything because of the color of myskin. Why not drop out of high school? Itwon’t do me any good. If I don’t rap or playball, I can’t be successful...unless I deal.Deal drugs- that is. College is not for me...an-gga. I ain’t never gonna be nobody, so Isell...I live in the projects. My dad splitwhen I was two and now I have four kids Inever see nor do I support. That’s just theway it is. So now, I’m on the corner dealingcrack to the kids, I would even sell my chil-dren if I knew where they lived. Why tryfor something else when this is all I can be?At least I’m riding fly and got some grillzon my teeth.”

Kellrhema Hinton, freshman, Beloit, Wisc. Ashley Larkin, freshman, Minneapolis, Minn.

Wednesday, Feb. 16— Intramural Basketball— Love's Labour's Lost,

Drama production, JC, 7:30p.m.

— Monthly Worship, 8 - 9p.m.

Thursday, Feb.17— Art Department Film "Exit

Through the Gift Shop", JC134, 6 p.m.

— Love's Labour's Lost,Drama production, JC, 7:30p.m.

Friday, Feb. 18— Love's Labour's Lost,

Drama production, JC, 7:30p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 19— Love's Labour's Lost,

Drama production, JC, 7:30p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 20— BAND — Quietdrive, 9

p.m.Monday, Feb. 21— Presidents' Day Holiday -

no classes; offices closedTuesday, Feb. 22— Two-day Sophomore Field

Experience

Wednesday, Feb. 23— Two-day Sophomore Field

Experience— Fellowship & Study, 8 - 9

p.m.Thursday, Feb. 24— BIG Job Fair— 2nd Annual Big Man on

Campus, 9 p.m.— Sigma Alpha Iota Recital,

JC 107, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Feb. 25— Music Scholarship

Auditions, JC 107, 11 a.m.Saturday, Feb. 26— Music Scholarship

Auditions, JC 107, 8:30 a.m.— Orchestra Concert,

Musical Treasurers, JC Theatre,7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 1— 2011-2012 Federal

Financial Aid PriorityApplication Deadline

Wednesday, March 2— Intramural Basketball— Drama Production, One

Act Plays, JC 107, 7:30 p.m.— Musician--Kyshona

Armstrong, 9 p.m.Thursday, March 3

— Annual Juried Exhibition,Student Center Gallery

— Student directed One-ActPlays, JC Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 5— Aberdeen Area Piano

Festival, JFAC, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.Monday, March 7— Spring Break - no classesTuesday, March 8— Spring Break - no classesWednesday, March 9— Spring Break - no classesThursday, March 10— Diem Chau, mixed media,

Isaac Lincoln Gallery— Spring Break - no classesFriday, March 11— Spring Break - no classesSaturday, March 12— Praxis Testing Date (No

PPST)Monday, March 14— Academic Affairs

Committee, 3:45 p.m.Tuesday, March 15— NSU Lions Club Meeting,

5 - 6 p.m.Wednesday, March 16— Guest Recital, Michael

Koon, baritone, JC 107

— Ash Wednesday Service, 8- 9 p.m.

Thursday, March 17— NSU Permanent

Collection, President's Gallery— Jazz Ensemble/Vocal Jazz

Concert, JC Theatre, 7:30 p.m.Friday, March 18— Intramural Flag Football

League Online RegistrationDue

Sunday, March 20— SERVE Interviews for

Summer Break Trip— Opera Scenes, Dido and

Aeneas, JC 107, 3 p.m.Monday, March 21— President's Scholarship

Interview Day, 7:30 a.m. - 5:30p.m.

— Bach's Lunch, BethlehemLutheran Church, 12 p.m.

— Faculty Senate Meeting,3:30 p.m.

— NSU AEYC Meeting, 5p.m.

Tuesday, March 22— School of Education

Faculty Retreat— Proficiency Testing— Assessment Day

Campus Calendar

If there ever were a moredeserving honorable men-tion, it would have to go toBrett Newton for his manyassists and solid play/run-ning of the ball, withoutwhich the game would nothave been a great team per-formance.

I Hate Winter week bas-ketball always brings aboutexcitement tinged withsadness for the die-hardNSU basketball fan. Thesecontests mark the near endof the season, our first inthe skilled and steadyhands of Coach PaulSather, who has taken thehelm of the NSU men’steam and directed themthrough a decent year afterthe end of the Don Meyerera here at Northern. Withthese being the last homegames, the Wolves willhead out on the road fortheir last three games of theyear, starting at St. CloudState, then to Concordia-St. Paul on Feb. 18th and19th. The final game of theyear is to take place at arearival U-Mary in Bismarck,N.D., on Feb. 26th.

Based on this season,NSU looks to be on the upand up with many success-ful seasons to come, againdependent on its athletesand their will power to act.The team loses two of itsplayers next year, theirtime on the home courtremembered well and hal-lowed. For in the battle ofGods and Giants that takesplace on all those courtsacross the country, Wolvesfans can rejoice in theirteam and stand proudlybehind them for their placein NSU history. Ever grate-ful that at the end of theday they can stand on DonMeyer court and say,“Greats have played on thiscourt and Greats havewalked off of it.” The sameapplies to the coachingstaff, as it loses RyanHilgemann as well, whohas been such an integralpart of NSU basketballprogram.

Good luck to the Wolvesin the last three games ofthe season and thanks forthe memorable home standthis year.

Basketball continued from page 1.

Thursday night the NSU ScienceClub held their annualBachelor/Bachelorette Auctionfundraiser. Everyone had a goodlaugh, whether it was Jade Cowan'sattempts to raise the bids, Dr.Mitchell's commentary, or the ridicu-lous answers to questions such as "Ifyou were a fruit, what would you be,and why?"

Overall the event was a great suc-cess, and we hope to get an even big-

ger crowd and more participants nextyear!

Participants as pictured from left toright: Jade Cowan, 5th year, Pierre,Brittany Belden, sophomore,Aberdeen, Anthony Rohr, sophomore,Dickinson, N.D., Bethany Ellefson,sophomore, Trent, Ethan Brown,sophomore, Flower Mound, Tex.,Claire DeMilia, freshman, SiouxFalls.

Contributed by Bethany Ellefson

NSU Science Club holds annualBachelor/Bachelorette auction

Europe: Month 2

One of the absolute greatest thingsabout studying in Europe is defi-nitely the ease of travel.

This is the beginning of my second monthliving in Manchester, and I’ve already traveledto various towns within England as well asspending two long weekends out of the coun-try!

As a student in Europe, it is very easy to findopportunities for travel, affordable prices, andit is plenty easy to find friends who want totravel just as much as you do.

One of the towns in England that I have vis-ited thus far is Liverpool – home of the Beatlesand the largest cathedral in the UnitedKingdom. After becoming good friends with aboy from the University who is fromLiverpool, he offered to show a couple of usAmericans around his hometown.

Like all of the cities here in Europe, thearchitecture was beautiful and the history wasamazing. The Liverpool Cathedral was mon-strous and gorgeous, with stunning groundsand a path leading downward to an eerienecropolis below.

Tickets to climb to the top of the cathedralwere discounted for students, so we rode thelift and climbed the stairs to the top of thebuilding to look down on the city below – itwas absolutely fantastic. Another must-do inLiverpool is the Beatles Museum, which takesyou through the life story of the band whileplaying the hit music throughout.

The first big trip outside of England I tookwas a large trip run by my University toAmsterdam – go big or go home, right?! Thecity was crazy and absolutely stunning. Canalsweave in circular patterns throughout the city,so you’re never far away from water withflocks of white, longneck geese or a beautifulstone bridge.

There were plenty of unique sights to see in

Amsterdam, including Anne Frank’s hideout,the Heineken Brewery and the Van GoghMuseum. Amsterdam is also known for its cof-fee shops and the red light district – the organ-ization we traveled with offered a pub crawlthrough the red light district, and I gladlyhopped on board. Crazy stuff in Holland,believe you me.

Another great trip I’ve taken in my short timehere was a long weekend to Dublin with a largegroup of friends. About 10 girls and I packedup and hopped on a cheap flight to Ireland forfour days.

We stayed in a hostel in Dublin’s city center,and bought hop-on-hop-off bus passes to tourthe city. There was so much to see! Some of thesights we visited included Dublin Castle, St.Patrick’s Cathedral and the Christ ChurchCathedral, the Guinness Storehouse, theJamison Whiskey Distillery, Kilmainham Gaol– which is an historic jail in Dublin, Dublinia –

the Dublin Viking Museum, and TrinityCollege, which houses the ancient Book ofKells. All of these attractions were well worththe time to visit – there is so much beauty, his-tory and fun to be found within the city.

In Ireland we also took a tram to visit a smallfishing village not far from Dublin calledHowth. It was absolutely breath-taking. Wewandered the village and the docks and decid-ed to hike along the coast to the lighthouse atthe end of the peninsula. The bluffs and thecountry were simply gorgeous.

I wouldn’t trade the views there for theworld. We hopped on a bus back into the vil-lage and ended the night in a pub with someblack Irish pudding and a cup of Irish coffeeeach.

Though the weather in Ireland is a bit blus-tery, as a South Dakota girl I was aptly pre-pared (as some of my North Carolina friendsdefinitely were not) and the day was perfect.

Kelli GillForeign Correspondent

Study Abroad: the opportunity of a lifetime

Wow. I cannotr e a l l ydescribe the

experiences here inSantiago. I have been try-ing to do a lot of sight-see-ing while still fitting in myhomework. The weatherhas been cooperating andthere is no such thing assnow here in Santiago. Theother day it did rain, whichis rare in February, but itwas a nice cool down fromthe hot sun. We have donea bit a travelling toValparaiso and Viña delMar and this weekend agroup of us students aregoing rafting.

So there is a lot to dowhile still learning a lan-guage. The IntensiveMonth Spanish Course that

I am taking (almost done),offers excursions to helpexpand the cultural experi-ence of Chile. One of theseexcursions consisted oftravelling to Valparaiso, aport city, and Viña del Mar,with the white sandybeaches. We learned a lotabout the history of thesecities, how they earn a liv-ing from the tourists andthe port, and got to experi-ence a little Chilean cul-ture. I think that going todifferent places in Chile

can broaden a person’sview

Just walking aroundSantiago is an experiencein itself. There are so manysites to see in the city thatsometimes there is no needto travel for a weekend.For example, the Cerro SanCristobal, San CristobalHill, is a magnificent find.This particular place isgreat for hiking, biking andenjoying the overview ofSantiago and the AndesMountains.

Just getting outside ofyour comfort zone helps alot with the differentadjustments. Also the foodhere is not very differentthan back home. It is notall Mexican, but mainly‘Mediterranean’ because ofthe large amount of fruitsand vegetables. I have tosay that I love the foodhere.

Although there were nota lot of excursions, wewere able to learn aboutChile in our classesthrough movies and lec-tures. This helped greatlybecause before leaving forChile I did not know a lotabout the history or poli-tics. I feel so appreciativeto have been given thisopportunity and hope thatother people might as well.

The Gilman scholarshipthat helped me is availablefor all different types ofprograms and I wouldencourage anyone to apply.For me, this is probably aonce in a lifetime opportu-nity and I would not havebeen able to go withouthelp from others. ThisGilman Scholarship willgive the option to thosewho may only have timenow to study abroad, butneed help.

Like I stated earlier, Iplan on going rafting thisweekend and then this fol-lowing week is the last ofthis intensive course.Without really noticing it,my language skills haveimproved with the threeweeks that I have beenhere, I am ready to seewhat happens with sixmonths of staying here.

I have been hearing ofthe weather back homelately with its usual backand forth of snow comingand going, and I am sad tosay that I do not miss it.Skipping winter for once isa good change and I’msorry to those who are suf-fering with it. Well, this ispretty much it for the firstthree weeks here and I lookforward to sharing more.

Ciao de Chile!Kimberly Wirries

Kimberly WirriesForeign Correspondent

Students participate in NSU’s study abroad program and share with The Exponent

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South DakotaGov. DennisDaugaard, on

January 19th, proposed astate budget that wouldslash spending next yearby 10 percent in nearlyevery state agency, includ-ing cuts in state aid toschool districts and reim-bursements to those whoprovide services toMedicaid patients.

The Republican gover-nor's plan would balancenext year's budget entirelythrough $127 million inspending cuts.

The state should not usereserve funds to supportongoing expenses becausethat would just delay prob-lems for a year or more,Daugaard said in a 51-minute speech to a jointsession of the SouthDakota House and Senate.

He said the state needsto cut spending in just oneyear so ongoing revenuewill cover ongoing spend-ing.

Daugaard's predecessor,Gov. Mike Rounds, hadproposed a budget inDecember that cut state aidto schools and Medicaidproviders by five percent,

used some reserve fundsand tapped some remain-ing federal stimulusmoney. Daugaard, whotook office on Jan. 8, saidRounds' plan was a goodstart but the state must usereserves and stimulusmoney only for one-timeexpenses.

Daugaard's proposalwould cut state aid toschool districts by 10 per-cent, saving $47 millionnext year.

It also would cut statereimbursements to doc-tors, nursing homes andothers who provide med-ical services to low-income people in theMedicaid program, saving$30 million.

Leaders of theDemocratic minority saidDaugaard's cuts couldforce school districts toraise property taxes to off-set the loss of state moneyand could force doctorsand hospitals to raisecharges to other patients tomake up for losses onMedicaid patients.

The governor proposedusing $17.6 million in fed-eral stimulus money andmaking other adjustmentsto balance the current

year's budget, which other-wise would run a deficitbecause tax collections arenot meeting expectations.

The state will berequired to spend an extra$85 million next yearbecause of rising enroll-ment in schools at all lev-els, increases in Medicaidpatients and federal rulesthat require the state to paya larger share of Medicaidcosts, Daugaard said.

That would leave thestate with a $127 millionbudget gap, which hewants to cover throughspending cuts.

Daugaard proposed cutsof 10 percent or more in allagencies under his control.He also called on the judi-cial and legislative branch-es to cut their spending bythat amount.

"I believe in shared sac-rifice. Unless everyoneparticipates, I don't believewe can reach our goal,"Daugaard said.

The governor's planwould cut the equivalentof 161 full-time jobs inexecutive branch agencies,but 63 of those jobs wouldjust be transferred from thestate to a federal agencythat is expected to take

control of the plannedunderground science lab atthe former Homestakegold mine in the BlackHills, he said.

Most of the remainingeliminated jobs could becut by not filling vacantpositions, but a few peoplewould be laid off, he said.

The general budgets ofschool districts are fundedwith a mix of state aid andlocal property taxes, withthe total set at $4,804 perstudent now. Daugaard'sproposal would cut that by10 percent to $4,323 nextyear.

Daugaard noted that hisproposal would cut bothstate money and localproperty taxes for schooldistricts, but he acknowl-edged that school districtsmight seek to raise proper-ty taxes.

"I'm a big believer inlocal control, and thisoption allows this to workon a school-by-schoolbasis," he said.

The governor's planwould use remainingmoney from the last feder-al stimulus aid to repaybanks who paid $27.5 mil-lion more taxes than theyowed because their earn-ings did not meet projec-tions. The stimulus moneyalso would be used toreplenish a fund for emer-gency and disaster spend-ing.

With this plan laid out, itdoes not mean that thiswill be the final say.

This is a difficult deci-sion for our men andwomen in the capitol, andwill surely go throughmany changes before all issaid and done.

As for the opinion of thiscolumnist, I feel it’s atough choice to make, butif it can be done at thispoint and cause little dam-age before it gets out ofcontrol, then let’s do it.

The U.S. is cur-rently in a finan-cial crisis with a

record amount of debt;nearly thirty-thousand dol-lars for every person in theU.S.

Deficit spending sinceBush II has led to this, andwhile many people like topoint fingers at aDemocratic Congress forthe mess we're in, the issuestems farther back.

The current legisla-ture is now examininghow to solve the finan-cial crisis.

The current thinkingfrom the right seems tobe that the proper thingto do would be to makelarge budget cuts.

At face value, thismakes a lot of sense;you shouldn't spendmoney you don't have.

However, when dig-ging deeper one can

seethat budget cuts do moreharm than good.

The issue with budgetcuts is not that they arenecessarily a bad thing.

Fiscal responsibility waskind of the key phrase lastelection, and there is noth-ing wrong with fiscalresponsibility.

The issue is that the U.S.economy is not currentlyin a place where budgetcuts will help.

What the U.S. economystill needs is support from

the government. With unemploy-

ment currently at 9percent, takingaway funding from

programs that are there tohelp the economy is count-er-productive.

Unemployment is a bur-den on the U.S. economy,and you aren't doing it anyfavors by taking away gov-ernment incentives forbusinesses.

The more the economyfalls, the less tax dollarscome in.

The less tax dollars comein, the less money the U.S.has to even pay for a mini-mal budget it sets.

T h eb e s t

thing for debt reduction isa healthy economy, with-out that, tax money doesnot come in.

The second biggest issuewith budget cuts is that, itseems, they will come atthe expense of education.

Education is looking totake a large hit from finan-cial budget cuts.

The problem with cut-ting education spending tohelp the U.S. climb out of adeficit is that educationprovides better, higherpaying jobs for the U.S.

Cutting education seemsto be a short term solution;however, it presents a longterm problem.

How does the U.S.compete in a global

economy with ap o p u -

lation that has an inade-quate education?

Teacher hirings wouldfall, class sizes wouldincrease, and the overallquality of education wouldbe less because of these taxcuts.

This is harmful to theeconomy and this harm iscreated by budget cuts.

Budget cuts make senseat face value; however,right now the best advicefor the U.S. legislaturemay be that you need tospend money to makemoney.

The budget cuts on eco-nomic policies could sloweconomic growth in theshort term and the budgetcuts affecting educationare an overall hindrance torecovery in the future.

U.S. debt is a majorproblem, but budgetcuts aren't going to help.

Moving forward,whether these budgetcuts are enacted or not,there is an overallgreater problem thatneeds to be solved.

If the U.S. can pull outof this financial crisis,we need to make surethis doesn't happenagain.

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Ben KraftOpinion Columnist

Jason BakerOpinion Columnist

Budget cuts aren’t the answer

It’s Oscar seasononce again andoverall it was a pret-

ty decent year in films.While we witnessed prettymediocre films earlier inthe year and over the sum-mer, it picked up (critical-ly) in the fall season andended 2010 on a goodnote. One of the films thathas been buzzing amongfilm fans is Tom Hooper’s“The King’s Speech.” Withover 12 nominations at theupcoming 83rd AcademyAwards, it’s bound to be afilm that will be talkedabout for quite some time.

“The King’s Speech” isbased on a true story aboutPrince Albert (Duke ofYork), who was the secondson to King George V ofEngland. Since he was thesecond son, he was notexpected to inherit thethrone. However, throughcertain circumstances, hewas eventually handed theroyal position. However,King George VI (Albert’s

royal king title) wasplagued with a dreadedspeech impediment thathad affected him since anearly age and the majorityof the public consideredhim unfit to be kingbecause of it. With the kingat wit’s end, he resorted tothe help of an unorthodoxAustralian speech therapistnamed LionelLogue. Througha set of unex-pected tech-niques, and as aresult of anunlikely friend-ship, PrinceAlbert was ableto accomplishmore than hehoped for.

The story in“The King’sSpeech” wasextremely well-written bys c r e e n w r i t e rDavid Seidler.While the storymay be pre-dictable at times(especially theend), it still

holds up since it’s an inspi-rational feel-good film thatcan easily apply to our ownlives. The direction byTom Hooper was donefairly well throughout thefilm. He is able to harnessthe essence that needed tobe captured on film. Eventhough he is nominated forBest Director at this year’s

Academy Awards, I doubthe will get the award sincethis year is a pretty com-petitive one (however itcould be an upset).

What makes “The King’sSpeech” truly stand out isColin Firth’s performanceas King George VI. Likemany good actors, he wasable to show the audience

the character’s frustra-tion of having a stam-mer and the stress of aking. From an audi-ence perspective,when you’re watchinga complex characterthat’s being done by abrilliant actor onscreen (like KingGeorge VI), youbecome more deeplydevoted to the storyand you follow the tri-umphs and failures ofthe character as if theywere your own. Eventhe way Colin Firthwas able to stammerwas surprisinglybelievable.

The supporting castfor “The King’sSpeech” did a tremen-

dous job, as well, of carry-ing the film. GeoffreyRush’s performance asLionel Logue was trulyspell-bounding and inspi-rational. He played offvery well with Colin Firththroughout the whole film.Helena Bonham Carter’sperformance in the filmfelt very natural andhuman (especially duringthe final scene). The onlynegative thing I could sayabout the supporting castwas Timothy Spall’s per-formance as WinstonChurchill. I felt it was mis-cast and could have hadmore weight to the charac-ter if another actor did it.

I’m glad to see that thereare many high qualityfilms like “The King’sSpeech” this fall season. Ifit’s still playing at our localCarmike Theater, pleasecheck it out. You will notregret it. If it’s already outof the theater by the timethis review is published,you can check it out whenit comes out on Blu-Ray/DVD on April 19th,2011.

Dan DreherMovie Critic

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“The King’s Speech”: actor’s performance surprisingly believable

She Said, He Said: “American Idol”

Awhile back, the hesaid/she said wroteabout video games. I

wrote an excellent piece about theemotion that can be provoked with-in a video game experience and thegirl wrote about the one time sheplayed Duck Hunt. This will be arepeat of that experience as ourtopic is something so purely andcompletely girly that I have taken itupon myself to never watch theshow and spare myself whateverbizarre pleasure women receivefrom that experience.

“American Idol” is a show aboutmusic. I like music. There aresome pretty awesome songs outthere in the world. I love somebands. Everclear, Single File,Counting Crows are all great atwhat they do. Before I ever listento a note of their songs, they had toplay them a thousands times forevery half awake bar goer andevery co-ed filled coffee shopbetween here and there beforefinally getting noticed and signed.“American Idol” is about takingbelow par singers and forcingAmerica to listen to them until theyhave a new “American Idol”.

If you are wondering how some-one who doesn’t watch the showcan understand the plot of the show,it’s one of those sad things you areforced to hear about by simplybeing in a world with women. It’slike how ladies get to hear aboutmen talk about the brilliance of thelatest Call of Duty and how manyaliens we’ve killed in Halo (whichis a lot).

Anyway, back to the show. Sothey start with some number ofpeople, I’ll assume it’s around 50based on the fact the show neverseems to end and they removed thecontestants based on how many

people watching at home vote forthem. This is the greatest flaw inthe show, which is saying some-thing due to how flawed the showis; it is just televised karaoke.There are experts out there who areable to pick out a good musicianfrom the pile of bad artists whoroam the streets of LA andNashville, but we are instead ask-ing Grandma and Grandpa Kent todecide who would make a goodsinger. The next logical step is ask-ing your barber for financial adviceand the local buttersmith for careeradvice. We live in a world wherewe believe a large group ofuntrained people is better than asingle person who knows what theyare doing.

I’m going to make the greatestpoint for how stupid “AmericanIdol” is now, preferably before myhead explodes from hatred that theshow even exists, not to mentionhas been the number one show forsix seasons. I want to ask you whenthe last time Kelly Clarkson cameout with a good song? How aboutRuben Studdard? Based on what Ihear on the radio, they get twosongs that get some decent popular-ity just because they were on theshow and then they fall off the faceof the earth, a fact I’m very happyabout. The artists that show up bylegitimate means make more goodsongs because they are actuallygood. Everclear has been aroundlong before Kelly Clarkson, butsomehow managed to put out rock-ing tunes. Even Justin Bieber hashad greater success than half the“idols” that come out of that showand his audience has trouble form-ing complex sentences. “AmericanIdol” is just one of those shows thatwomen are inexplicably drawn toand men are forced to watch so theycan have something to talk girlsabout. In summary, “AmericanIdol” isn’t very good.

Being a girl means hav-ing an affinity to thecolor pink, the com-

pulsion not to “ooh” and “aah”whenever we see kittens playingwith a ball of string, having anobsession with shoes and acces-sories, and religiously watchingone certain show week after week.I am not an exception to theserules and I must admit that eachyear after the season finale, Ibegin waiting impatiently for thenext season to begin. You may bethinking that I am talking aboutthe medical drama “Grey’sAnatomy” and while this is ashow that does fit the criteria Ilisted above, I am talking aboutanother show that pulls millionsof viewers and provides a myriadof laughs and joys to the nation. Iam talking about than none otherthan “American Idol”.

Now, I’m sure some of you maybe thinking, “Well, I’m a boy andI just happen to like ‘AmericanIdol’ too.” Or “I’m a girl and Idon’t like any of the things youmentioned.” I want you just toforget all that and roll with me andmy argument here. In my experi-ence with this show, I have knownmostly girls to be the huge fans,following the show week afterweek and talking about the con-testants like they know them per-sonally. Most of the guys thathave watched the show onlywatched for the first few weeksduring the auditions to laugh atthe terrible people, or their girl-friends were fans of the show andforced them into watching it.Thus, this is why I believe this

show to epitomize one of the traitsof a female.

I do have one bone of con-tention to pick with the manymales that say they do not like thisshow. I have to ask them: Do youlisten to Kelly Clarkson? Haveyou ever been to a Daughtry con-cert? Did you ever make fun ofClay Aiken? Do you have a pic-ture of Carrie Underwood in yourbedroom? Have you heard ofAdam Lambert? Or did you hearthe new song by Lee Dewyzeplaying on the radio? If youanswered yes to any of these ques-tions, then you might be a fan ofAmerican Idol. Want to knowwhy? It’s because each one ofthese people would have probablynever even had a shot at beingfamous if not for this great show.So next time when someone asksyou if you like American Idol,don’t just say “that show is forgirls!” Say yes because I knowthat you as well as all of Americareaps the rewards from this show.

To conclude, I’m going to give alittle commentary on the currentseason. With the season justbeginning, I have already pickedmy favorite to win. He’s a cowboyfrom Texas named John WayneShultz and he loves his mama.Not only is he named after anAmerican icon, The Duke (whichshould qualify him right there), heis super good-looking and hisvoice is like warm Southernhoney. I am a big fan of countrymusic and am really pulling forhim to be the next American Idolwith a little country twang.Hopefully, by the time this articlegets published, he won’t be boot-ed off because he makes my littlefemale heart so aflutter!

Bryce MillsOpinion Columnist

Rosa JundtOpinion Columnist

Sports 8Wednesday, February 16, 2011

ExponentSSppoorrttssNorthern kept their

efforts going as theyfaced the University

of Mary Marauders. Northern tookthe first lead, but would have tofight to keep it.

The U of Mary took back thelead for a short while before NSUwould get the lead and not give itup in the first half.

The Marauders would not let theWolves just have the lead as theywere able to tie the game goinginto half time, 27-27.

Northern would get the first bas-ket of the second half, but theMarauders would fight to take thethird lead change of the competi-tion.

Going back and forth, theWolves would end up with thelead with a minute left and wouldtake it all the way to the end witha final score of 60-57.

The hard fought battle endedwith a total of seven ties and sevenlead changes.

Senior forward JodiReinschmidt, St. Michael, Minn.,led the Wolves with 11 reboundsand 11 points, while junior guardEmily Becken, Lino Lakes, Minn.,scored a team high 16 points.

Northern shot 39.6 percent fromthe floor, 65.5 percent from theline and ended the game with 40rebounds.After their game inAberdeen, the Wolves headed toDuluth, Minnesota, to take on theBulldogs.

Northern took the quick lead andwould hold on to it for the first 11minutes of the game, stretching todouble digits at a point before theBulldogs took the lead with just

under seven and a half minutesremaining.

Shifting back and forth, theWolves would end the first halfwith a one point lead, 30-29, withnine ties in the first half alone.

After half time, the Bulldogstook the first basket but theWolves took the lead back.

The Wolves and the Bulldogsfought back and forth, tying thegame six more timesbefore the end of thegame. Northernwould end as the vic-tors with a jump shotfrom Reinschmidt,for two ending 53-51.

Reinschmidt andsenior center KristaR a b e n b e r g ,Mobridge, led theteam with 14 pointsapiece withReinschmidt alsoleading in reboundswith five.

Freshman guardAlison Kusler,Aberdeen, also haddouble-digit pointswith 13.

Together, theWolves shot 75 per-cent on free throws,47.2 percent on fieldgoals and nabbed 20 rebounds.

Staying in Minnesota, theWolves headed over to Bemidji totake on the Beavers.

Northern started out with a 10-0run and never gave up that lead.

The Wolves were able to stretchtheir lead to 18 and took a 15-pointlead of 42-27 into halftime.

After half, the Wolves wouldstay up, extending their lead even

further to 22 at one point. Coming to an end, the final

score was 82-64 giving the Wolvestheir 14th win of the season.

Reinschmidt again led the teamin points with 23.

Rabenberg had 18, junior centerJenna Higgins, Maple Grove,Minn., had 12 and Kusler roundedoff with.

Reinschmidt and Kusler did

their share on rebounds leadingthe team with six. As a team, theWolves gathered 40 rebounds,shot 80 percent in free throws, andshot 57.1 percent from the court.

Going back to Aberdeen, theWolves got ready to face theDragons of Minnesota StateUniversity, Moorhead.

The game would prove to be achallenge as the Dragons scored

first only to be tiedimmediately afterand then go back andforth all the waythrough the first halfas the Wolves wereonly able to get alead of seven and thefirst half alone hadsix ties.

The seven-pointlead of the Wolves of34-27 going into halftime seemed that theWolves would justrun away with thegame.

After halftime, theWolves stretched thelead to 10, but theDragons would bringthe score to a tie withjust over 11 minutesleft to play.

The Dragons tookthe lead and werethen tied again togive the Wolves theiropportunity to strike.

Northern would

take the lead and extend it to 10points with a minute left. MSUMwould fight to bring the score clos-er, but the Wolves walked awaywith the win 67-64.

Reinschmidt led the Wolveswith 21 points and 5 rebounds,while Rabenberg had 13 andBecken had 10 points.

Junior forward Brittany Euerle,Litchfield, Minn., led the Wolves

in rebounds with six taking theWolves to 31 as a team. The teammade 24 of their 50 shots and theymade 18 of their 27 free-throw.

Staying in Aberdeen, the Wolvesfaced the University of MinnesotaCrookston Golden Eagles.

The Golden Eagles took the firstbasket, but the Wolves would fol-low with a basket of their own totie up the game.

After tying the game four times,the Golden Eagles would take thelead for most of the first half untilNorthern would regain it with justover five and a half minutes left togo.

The Wolves took that lead intohalftime with a score of 37-34.

The second half would start outwith a lead change two minutes intaking the Golden Eagles up byone.This lead change would proveto be the last of the contest as theWolves fell behind by 12 at onepoint. Taking the Wolves to onlytheir 6th loss, the Golden Eagleswon the game 75-66.

Becken led the Wolves in scor-ing with 16 while Reinschmidthad 12 of her own.

Reinschmidt led the Wolveswith eight rebounds taking them toa team total of 29.

As a team, the Wolves made 27of their 66 attempts from the courtand hit 6 of their 9 free throws.

The Wolves faced Augustana onFeb. 11 and Wayne State on Feb.12, but results were unavailable asof press time.

Zachary AndersonSports Writer

Lady Wolves continue to prove victorious

Photos courtesy of NSU Athletics.

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With only a fewevents left of the2011 indoor track

and field season, the NorthernState University Wolves are com-peting hard in hopes of placing atthe Northern Sun IntercollegiateConference championships at theend of February and the NCAA IIChampionships in March.

The Wolves participated in theMSU Open at the end of January,competing against athletes fromDivision I, II, and NAIA schools.Three NSU athletes took firstplace in their respective events,while many others broke the topten.

Luke Hauert, sophomore,Plankington, won in the 60-meterhurdles with a time of 8.15 sec-onds.

Calvin McGruder, senior,Riverview, Fla., took the longjump with a distance of 7.34 m.while taking second place in thehigh jump with a height of 2 m.Melodi Boke, junior, Faulkton,placed first in the shot put with adistance of 13.70 m.

The Wolves closed out Januarywith a home performance at theNSU Multi-Events, taking on theUniversity of Mary in pentathlonsconsisting of 60-meter hurdles,high jump, long jump, shot put,800-meter run for the women and1000-meter run for the men.

Tanya Vassar, senior,Cheyenne, Wyo., took first placeon the women’s side by winningthree of the five events and scor-ing 3,114 points. She won thehigh jump with a height of 1.54meters, the shot put with a dis-tance of 10.3 meters, and the run

with a time of 2:35.15.Austin Suther, junior,

Claremont, won on the men’s sideby winning four of the five eventsand scoring 3,033 points. He wonthe 60-meter hurdles with a timeof 9.53 seconds, the long jumpwith a distance of 6.49 meters, theshot put with a throw of 10.36meters, and the high jump with aheight of 1.73 meters. Suther wasfollowed by Shae McClanahan,freshman, Persho, in second placewith 2,537 points. McClanahanwon second place in three of thefive events.

Next for the Wolves was theNorth Dakota State Bison Openin early February. Once again theWolves competed against schoolsrepresenting Division I, II, andNAIA.

For the men, Hauert placed sec-ond in the 60-meter hurdles witha time of 8.07 seconds. Suthersplaced ninth in the same eventwith a time of 9.31. In the milerun, Jayce Seelig, sophomore,Lisbon, N.D., placed second witha time of 4:23.44. McGruderplaced third in the long jump witha distance of 6.98 m. and eighthin the high jump with a height of1.90 m.

For the women, LindseyFluharty placed fifth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.15seconds. Vassar finished in eighthplace in the pole vault with aheight of 3.45 m. Theresa Knapp,sophomore, Madison, placedtenth in the pole vault with 3.00m.

The Wolves returned home forthe NSU Open on Saturday, Feb.12. Results were unavailable as ofpress time. Next for the Wolveswill be the UNL Tune-Up inLincoln, Neb. on Feb. 18

Liz ZappaSports Editor

Track team to compete at UNL

The Northern StateUniversity women’stennis team started off

the year strong at St. Peter, Minn.The Wolves competed in fourmatches over two days, winningthree of the four.

The Lady Wolves dropped thefirst match against MinnesotaState.

While the score was 8-1, it wascloser than it seemed, battlingthrough several close point dou-bles and singles matches. The lonewin came from freshman KaitlynWright, Rapid City, defeating heropponent 6-3, 6-4.

After getting back into therhythm, the Wolves were able tobounce back for a 7-2 win, claim-ing two out of three doublesmatches and five out of six singlesmatches.

Doubles#1: Kaitlyn Wright/Jessica

DesLauriers (NSU) def. CassiJarvis/Michelle Boutang, 8-5

#2: Bridget Henderson/MeganGilbraith (NSU) def. KatelynJohnson/Amanda Pihlaja, 8-6

Singles#1: Wright (NSU) def. Johnson,

6-4, 6-4#2: Golden (NSU) def. Jarvis, 6-

0, 6-0

#3: DesLauriers (NSU) def.Boutang, 6-0, 6-0

#4: Henderson (NSU) def.Rouke, 6-2, 6-3

#5: Gilbraith (NSU) def. Paris,6-0, 6-1

The following day the Wolvespowered through BethanyLutheran College, winning allnine matches.

They continued to work, win-ning 6-3 over Martin Luther. Thefollowing results are NSU vs.BLC:

Doubles#1: Jamie Golden/Jessica

DesLauriers (NSU) def. RebeccaKopacek/Madora Matueja, 8-0

#2: Kaitlyn Wright/MeganGilbraith (NSU) def. BrookeOsmundson/Sarah Wagner, 8-0

#3: Bridget Henderson/JennaLange (NSU) def. EllenTommerdal/Marta Faugstad, 8-2

Singles#1: Golden (NSU) def.

Kopacek, 6-0, 6-0#2: Wright (NSU) def. Matueja,

6-1, 6-0#3: DesLauriers (NSU) def.

Osmundson, 6-1, 6-0#4: Henderson (NSU) def.

Wagner, 6-0, 6-0The Lady Wolves’ next match

will be Feb. 26th against St. CloudState at 11 a.m., followed byUpper Iowa at 1 p.m., at St. CloudState.

Jason BakerSports Reporter

Women’s tennis season takes off

The NorthernState Wolveshave had a tough

start to the new year, losingtheir last four matches andmaking their season recordthus far 3-8-1

The Wolves took onChadron State College, athome, Jan. 29th, falling17-22. During the matchthe Wolves struggled afterthe first match forfeit infavor of senior CorbinSurat, Aberdeen, until thefinal three matches.

Senior Cale Cornemann,Yankton, was able to pickup a technical fall over hisopponent at the 184-poundweight class.

At 197 pounds, seniorBrent Fosheim, Webster,had a nail biting, come-from-behind match, scor-ing the match winningpoint in the final 10 sec-onds of the match. Finally,sophomore MattMeuleners, YoungAmerica, Minn., went into

extra rounds at theHeavyweight spot to edgeout his opponent 3-2 indouble overtime.

The next opponent forthe Wolves was 12th-ranked Dickinson StateUniversity on Feb. 3rd,falling 19-21.

The Wolves were able totake an early lead of 10-6with a major decision fromfreshman Ian Muirhead,Presho, and a pin from jun-ior Benton Crow,Raymond, Wash.

However, DSU cameback with five straightwins to take the lead goinginto the final two matches.In the final match of thenight, Meuleners cameaway with a solid pin injust four minutes and 25seconds.

The Wolves then went onthe road to face 3rd rankedSt. Cloud State University,coming up short 0-39.Putting up the best matchof the night was No. 2ranked Meuleners, 285pounds, who took on theNo. 1 ranked heavyweight

in the nation, Jake Kahnke.After a tough three rounds,Matt ended short, losingjust 4-5.

On the road againagainst Minnesota StateUniversity-Moorhead, theWolves were unable tocome up with a win, falling13-30.

Crow gave the Wolvestheir first win of the nightwith a 4-1 victory at 141-pound weight class. Afterlosing the next threematches, the Wolves cameback, winning three of thefinal four matches of thenight. One was a 13-1major decision forFosheim, followed byMeuleners 4-2 victory indouble overtime.

The Wolves’ next matchwas Feb. 15th against theUniversity of Mary.Results were unavailableas of press time. Next upfor the wrestling team istheir last home meet of theseason on Feb. 18th at 7:00p.m. against SouthwestMinnesota StateUniversity.

Jason BakerSports Reporter

Wrestlers stay competitive

Men’s Basketball Feb. 18 — St. Cloud State at St. Cloud, Minn., 8 p.m.Feb. 19 — Concordia-St. Paul at St. Paul, Minn., 6 p.m.Feb. 26 — U-Mary at Bismarck, N.D., 4 p.m.Women’s BasketballFeb. 18 — St. Cloud State at St. Cloud, Minn., 6 p.m.Feb. 19 — Concordia-St. Paul at St. Paul, Minn., 4 p.m.Feb. 26 — U-Mary at Bismarck, N.D., 2 p.m.WrestlingFeb. 18 — Southwest Minnesota State University, 7 p.m.Feb. 27 — NCAA Super Region #3 at Sioux Falls, 12 p.m.March 11-12 — NCAA Division II National Championships at Kearney, Neb.SwimmingFeb. 18 — Moorhead State University Dual, 6 p.m.March 9-12 — NCAA II National Championships at San Antonio, Tex.Indoor Track and FieldFeb. 18 — UNL Tune-up at Lincoln, Neb. Feb. 25-26 — NSIC Indoor Championships at Bemidji, Minn.March 11-12 — NCAA DII Indoor Championships at Albuquerque, N.M.TennisFeb. 26 — St. Cloud State at St. Cloud, Minn., 11 a.m.Feb. 26 — Upper Iowa at St. Cloud, Minn., 1 p.m.March 19 — Montana-Billings at Bismarck, N.D., 11 a.m.March 19 — U-Mary at Bismarck, N.D., 2 p.m.BaseballMarch 5-10 — Spring Break Trip, Orlando, Fla.SoftballFeb. 25 — St. Cloud State University at St. Cloud, Minn., 6 p.m.Feb. 26-27 — St. Cloud State Dome Tournament at St. Cloud, Minn.March 6-12 — National Training Center Spring Games at Clermont, Fla.

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Staying hard at work, theWolves faced five moreopponents starting off

with the University of MaryMarauders.

Falling to a quick deficit, theWolves would stay behind untilthere was just under 14 minutesremaining, where they were ableto tie the score at 11.

Although Northern would tie ita few more times, they couldnever take the lead from theMarauders, as UM was able topull away by 11 at one point.

Keeping it close, the Wolveswould only be behind by 9 goinginto half with the score 41-32.

Even though the Marauderspulled ahead by 12, Northern keptthe fight going bringing the deficitinto single digits and were able totie the game with 3 minutes left.

Fighting strong, the Wolvestook their first lead of the night byone with only two minutesremaining.

Going back and forth, theMarauders took the final leadchange with only a minuteremaining and would walk awaywith the win 68-65.

As a team, the Wolves shot 33percent from the field with sopho-more forward Dustin Tetzlaff,Watertown, leading in reboundsand points with 16 and 15 respec-tively.

Freshman guard JaredHannigan, Aberdeen, and juniorguard David Lane, Akron, Ohio,came in second with 11 of theirown.

After taking the loss to theMarauders, the Wolves headed toDuluth to take on the Bulldogs ofthe University of Minnesota,Duluth.

The Bulldogs took the earlylead with the first basket, but theWolves would not just give thegame, as they were able to gaintheir first lead with a little under15 minutes in the half.

Northern would keep that leadall the way through the first halfwhile taking their lead all the wayto 13 going into half time with a39-26 lead. NSU was able toshoot 37.5 percent in the first halfand were hoping the strengthwould continue.

Staying on their roll, the Wolveskept their lead in double digits allthe way through the second halfand stretched to 19 before thegame was over.

The Wolves would walk outwith the win, 72-61, bringing theirtotal wins to eight on the season.

Leading the Wolves was sopho-more forward Collin Pryor, St.Charles, Ill., with 23 points and 13rebounds.

Lane came in second in scoringwith 19.

As a team, Northern shot 35.4percent from the floor, grabbed 44rebounds and ended 80 percentfrom the free throw line.

Once the Wolves got done inDuluth, they headed to Bemidji,Minn., to face the Beavers of

Bemidji State. The Beavers took the early lead

thanks to free throws, butNorthern was able to tie the gameimmediately after.

Northern would not be able tocapitalize on the tie as the Beaverstook the lead again and held on toit all the way into half time.

Bemidji State was able toextend their lead to 12 at onepoint, but thanks to the Wolves'hard work, they brought theirdeficit to within five by half, asthe score was 41-36.

The second half would seem tofair the same for the Wolves asBemidji State would again extendtheir lead, but Northern would gettheir first lead of the night withjust over seven and a half minutesleft.

After the Beavers tied the gameone more time, Northern wouldnot look back, as they took thegame and won by two with a scoreof 84-82.

Pryor again led the team inpoints with 19, while Lane record-ed 18 of his own.

Tetzlaff led the team inrebounds with nine, but alsohelped with 16 points.

Total 32 rebounds, 39.2 percentshooting from the floor and 79.6

percent shooting from the line gotthe Wolves their 9th win.

Getting out of Minnesota andheading back to Northern, theWolves got ready to face theMinnesota State University,Moorhead Dragons.

The beginning of the gameshowed that it would be a hardfought battle between the twoteams.

MSUM would score first, butgoing back and forth, neither teamwould extend more than a onebasket for the whole first half.

In the first half alone, therewere nine lead changes and eightties.

Northern would take the leadwith a minute and a half left andwould take a three-point lead intohalftime with a score of 39-36.

The second half would fare bet-ter for the Wolves, as they wereable to stretch their lead to 12 atone point.

NSU would never give up theirlead and took it all the way to their86-80 win.

Northern shot 47.4 percent fromthe field snatched 31 reboundsand shot 75 percent from the line.

Pryor was the leading scorer forthe Wolves while senior forwardTom Parks, Cheyenne, Wyo., had

13 of his own. Pryor led the teamwith 8 rebounds as well.

Staying in Aberdeen, theWolves prepared for theUniversity of MinnesotaCrookston Golden Eagles.

Crookston would take the earlylead but the Wolves would not letthem get far, as with three minutesunderway they regained the leadand did not look back.

NSU would stretch their lead to23 going into half time with ascore of 54-31.

Staying on the right track, theWolves came out in the secondhalf scoring first and then scoringoften.

The Wolves were able to stretchthe lead to 33 at one point beforethe game ended with the Wolvesbeing victorious with a score of94-67.

Pryor again led the scoring with18, and also recorded a double-double by leading the team with15 rebounds.

Hannigan, Parks and RedshirtFreshman Tydan StorrustenPelican Rapids, Minn., had doubledigits in scoring as well as theyhad 17,14 and 12 respectively.

NSU shot 52.5 percent from thefloor, 77.8 percent from the line,and ended with 46 rebounds.

Zachary AndersonSports Writer

Men’s basketball fights through tough season

Photo by Jen Mellette.

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For the past few issues of theExponent, I’ve just been going onand on about things that I think are

important to people new here at Northern. Thisissue is going to be no different; however, thistime I’m going to talk about something verynear and dear to many college students’ hearts:Spring Break.

Television and movies have hyped up SpringBreak so much over the years that many stu-dents when arriving at college, believe it to befull of wild antics on beaches in Miami andMexico. I am not going to say that this depic-tion is complete rubbish or that it’s completelytrue, either. What I am going to tell you is thatSpring Break is what you make of it.

The advice I am going to give to you is tomake sure that, before you graduate, youabsolutely must make sure that at least oneSpring Break is spent doing something com-pletely crazy and ridiculously fun. It does nothave to be a trip south of the border or on abeach somewhere or dancing on tables, but atleast do something.

I will be leaving NSU in May and one of mybiggest regrets about my college career is thatI never did anything grand during any of myprevious four Spring Breaks. Here is a break-down of my previous breaks.

Freshman year: Drove an hour to my par-ents’ house and spent the week watching theircable and doing homework.

Sophomore year: Stayed in the dorms whilemy friends went to Canada, worked at

Wyndham, and watched seasons one, two, andthree of “Grey’s Anatomy” while doing home-work.

Junior year: Stayed at my apartment whilemy friends went to Mexico, worked atWyndham and watched season four of“Grey’s Anatomy” while doing homework.

Senior year: Stayed at my apartmentwhile my friends went to Mexico (again),worked (not at Wyndham), spent a few daysat home watching my parents’ cable andwatched season five of “Grey’s Anatomy”while doing homework.

As you may have noticed, I have doneabsolutely nothing with any of my SpringBreaks. “Grey’s Anatomy” does not substitutefor actual activities (ever). I was supposed togo on every one of the trips that my friendswent on, but backed out because I figured Ishould be responsible and save my money. DoI regret the adult-like decision? Do I wish I hadbeen irresponsible and gone with them? Theanswer to that is a big, fat, resoundingly loudYES.

Now, I’m not saying that everyone should goto any of the clichéd Spring Break destinationsbefore they graduate, but I am saying that ifyou have an opportunity to do something thatis just a little different, do it. Maybe go on oneof NSU’s Alternative Spring

Break options, or even just going to some-place within South Dakota or the surroundingstates you have never been before (skiing inthe Black Hills).

Just don’t spend your Spring Breaks doing

things thatyou do normally during the semester.

After reading this you may be wonderingwhat I, the Super Senior, will be doing thisyear for Spring Break. It is my very last SpringBreak as an undergraduate student here atNorthern State University and I have just spentthe entire time encouraging those younger thanme to do something with their Spring Breaks.I would love to say that I will be joining myfriends in Mexico, but for some reason, I havea feeling my break will yet again includehomework and “Grey’s Anatomy”. This is whyI urge you to do something great with yourbreak; don’t make the same mistakes I did,leaving only regrets.

Super Senior: make the most of the spring break

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)You feel a need publicize your opinion this

month using semi-inappropriate gestures dueto the position of Venus in the House of DungBeetle. Make sure to avoid standing in themiddle of campus in a bikini/speedo whilescreaming your viewpoint on the legalizationof marijuana or your most disliked professor.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Your life will take a turn into what seems to

be the script of a light-hearted, romantic com-edy. Take extensive notes, as you will realizethis could be the next movie starring KatherineHeigel and Ashton Kutcher.

When you are ready to turn your life into ascreenplay that will be the next summer’sblockbuster, Oscar-winning hit, call me and Iwill help you write it. I could use some moneyand I swear I’m a good writer.

Ares (March 21-April 19)Due to the stars’ alignment with 78th moon

of Saturn, whenever you open your mouth totell a joke somber faces and eerie silencesgreet you. It is not because your joke is notfunny; it is because everyone on the Earth hasbecome temporarily deaf for the exact lengthof your joke. So don’t let it hurt your feelings.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)This month, when someone tells a bad joke

do not give him or her any sort of reaction, noteven a courtesy laugh. Don’t even do what youusually do and end up just laughing at them forthinking they are funny, when really they arequite pathetic in their attempts to be humorous.Be strong and keep a straight face. Trust me, itwon’t hurt their feelings.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)The luck of the Irish did not happen to fall in

your stars this month. Avoid potholes, ladders,windows, flights of stairs, dentists, bears, bank

robbers, garage doors, lights, carpet, tooth-brushes, maps, trains, puppies, pillows, fireextinguishers, elevators, garbage cans, bath-room stalls, algebra, Dr. Dias and broccoli.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)Early in the month, you will decide that you

are the originator of the phrase “Bieber Fever”and are entitled to royalties every time some-one uses the phrase.

You will also claim that Justin Bieber is yourillegitimate love child and you were the one toupload videos of him on YouTube in order tobe discovered and make you millions of dol-lars. Don’t worry; by the end of the monthyour delusions about the Biebs will beover…just as soon as your medication startsworking.

Leo (July 23-Aug.22)You will finally realize that your favorite

boy-band has been split up for numerousyears, turning you into a giant, blubberingmess. Your roommate will appreciate this rev-elation because you will finally take down allthose posters of Lance Bass and the otherN’Sync members. Don’t be too sad. Someday(in about 20 years) they will have a reuniontour and you will get to scream like a teenagegirl (or boy) once again.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)You hold a position of great power and have

many friends (as well as quite a few enemies).Around March 15th, someone you have previ-ous held in high esteem will betray you andstab you in the back for the greater good. Youwill not realize their betrayal until the lastminute and will have a hard time adjusting. Anextremely accurate soothsayer has warnedyou. (This prediction is in no way, shape, orform resembling any type of 16th CenturyLiterature.)

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct.22)You will wish that you joined a sorority or a

fraternity this month because the dorms arecrowded and you are getting sick of it; howev-er, you also realize that NSU does not have aGreek system.

To counteract this, you will attempt to organ-ize a petition to get sororities and fraternities atNSU. However, there will be only a total of 29signatures, as the week that you request signa-tures will be the week of Spring Break. Youmay as well give up now.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)You feel like there is a chimera (mythical

creature that is part lion, snake, and goat) rav-aging your love-life this month. In actuality, itis a friend that is just slightly jealous of you.Don’t take this jealousy too seriously, howev-er, because mid-month you will discover thatthe jealousy was just their way of saying thatthey are in love with you. This also explainswhy they always want to have sleepovers.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)With the rising moon of the constellation

Orion in it’s 47th sign, a significant changewill be in store for you and a surge of electric-ity in the air will make you feel as if anythingcan happen, and it will. You will meet theman/woman of your dreams this month, whichsounds like good news, until you rememberyour dreams.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)The stars say that you will have a decent

month, but will forget to buy milk on March10th and will wear the wrong shoes for theweather Friday, March 25th. You will also stubyour toe getting out of the shower, lose yourcell phone at Wal-Mart and get a bad haircut.Some of the stars are pretty specific thismonth.

Horoscopes: avoid wearing swimwear to campus

SurveyPhoto

“What’s the best resi-dence hall socialyou’ve attended whileat NSU?”

— Ashley Vincent

“Ace of Cupcakes II.Cupcakes are awesome.”

— Caitlin Peterson, junior, Mound City

“Any social that has freefood.”

— Liz Zappa, senior, St.Paul, Minn.

“Super Bowl at Steele Hall.It had yummy food.”

— Cassidy Anderson,freshman, Bath

“Thanksgiving social. Iloved the great food andfamily atmosphere atKramer.”

— Stephanie Horkey,sophomore, Burnsville,Minn.

“The Just Dance Party inSteele Hall; utterly mortify-ing and entertaining.”

— Rachel Schipper, junior, De Smet

“It wasn’t really a social,but I enjoyed Quietdrive.”

— Rachel South, junior,Bloomington, Minn.

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Above is a QR Code to the actual audio of King GeorgeIV’s speech that he gave to the British people onSeptember 3rd, 1939 (an added bonus to correspond withthe movie review).

A QR code is a specific barcode that is readable by ded-icated QR barcode readers and smart phones with camerafunctionality.

If you have a smart phone, all you have to do is down-load any kind of barcode scanner application (likeGoogle Goggles) and simply scan it and it will take youto a YouTube link of the audio.

If you do not have a smart phone or QR barcode read-er, the link will be posted on the NSU StudentPublications Facebook page.

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