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Left: The DSU mascot along with members of CAB in the Home-coming parade. For more Home-coming pictures turn to pages 6-7.

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Right: DSU quarterback Cody Holland, No. 11, goes back for a pass in the fi rst quarter against Jamestown. Holland went 11-for-18 and 169 yards and no intercep-tions. The Blue Hawks went onto win 26-16 to move to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in league.

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CAMPUS LIFE2 The Hawk Wednesday, sEPTEMBER 29

Mark your calendars!October 7th and 8th, 2010

Arts and Humanities Summit

Peter SchjeldahlKeynote address“Of Ourselves and of Our Origins: What the Humanities are For”

For full agenda, session descriptions andregistration, please log onto:

October 7th, 20107:30-8:30pm Beck Auditorium

Bronze Pour

Music and Dance Performances

Poetry Readings

Dramatic Performance

Panel Discussions

Faculty & Student Art Show

Featuring NDUS faculty and students in the arts and humanities including:

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Wednesday, sEPTEMBER 29

Your college experiences will shape the rest of your life. Your classmates today will be your col-leagues, coworkers, and contacts tomorrow. If I have learned any-thing since graduation, it is that.

Consider my experiences…I married one of my SOAR Lead-

ers.My best friend today was my best

friend in college.

I spent four years working for DSU, as Housing Coordinator and as an Adjunct Lecturer of Commu-nications.

I have a job that I love today, that I got because my college rival put in a good word for me with his boss.

Since my graduation from DSU in 2004, I’ve written countless let-ters of recommendation, and have hired three of our alumni to work for NDPEA.

Because you’re reading this and cannot tell me otherwise, I am go-ing to choose to believe that I have made my fi rst point. Today matters. College is a place to network.

College is a place to defi ne your-self. Whoever you were in high school, you aren’t anymore. This should be true for all of you, and trust me when I say, it’s a good thing. Submit to the urge to be yourself, the alternative is tiring and unnecessary. You’re no longer

“So-and-so’s son,” or “What’s-his-name’s little sister.” Now, you will be defi ned by the choices you make and the company that you keep. That isn’t to say that the values and beliefs that you embraced in high school must be abandoned. Some-times, they are enhanced.

Students at DSU are given ample opportunity to travel for school-related activities. Get involved and take advantage of this! Immedi-ately after graduation, most of you are going to be broke. After that, responsibilities (family and work) make traveling diffi cult. My big-gest regret of my college career is that I did not take advantage of an opportunity to study abroad in Eng-land, like several of my classmates did. Extra-curricular involvement will do a lot to enhance your re-sume and separate you from a pack of job-seekers.

Figure out what you like to do, and

then fi gure out a way to get paid to do it. Me? I like to talk. As a student I was active in theatre, speech, and debate. After graduation, I got to coach the speech and debate team. Today, my job allows me to travel across the state making speeches to North Dakota’s public employees. As a lobbyist, it is my job to be a vocal advocate for the membership of NDPEA. When your high school guidance counselor told you that you should look forward to going to work every morning, she wasn’t lying to you.

My experiences at Dickinson State have had a profound and positive infl uence on my life. To-day matters. Find yourself. Make friends. Have fun. Then join me in the working world, where you should fi nd that former Blue Hawks are always welcome.

Wisdom From the Wise

College experiences shape your life

By Stuart SavelkoulDSU Alumnus


C O M P U T E R T I P S TR I C K SI have the answer to the ques-

tion on everyone’s mind. Do we really need all those F-keys, what’s the point?

Okay, maybe maybe not on everyone’s mind, but I thought I’d share anyway.

Keep in mind that these combinations may not work in all programs because some functions are program specifi c.

Shift + F1 = Shows docu-ments format (MS Word)

ALT + F1 = Go to next fi eldALT + Shift + F1 = Go to

previous fi eldCTRL + ALT + F1 = Display

Microsoft System InfoCTRL + Shift + F1 = Change

font.Shift + F2 = Copy TextCTRL + F2 = Print preview

command (MS Word)ALT + Shift + F2 = Save com-

mand (MS Word)CTRL + ALT + F2 = Open

command (MS Word)Shift + F3 = Changes text case

in MS WordALT + F3 = Creates a MS

Word building blockShift + F4 = Repeat a fi nd or

Go To action (MS Word)CTRL + F4 = Close the active

window (MS Word)Alt + F4 = Close the active

program. If you don’t have any programs running, you can use this function to shut your computer down

Shift + F5 = Move to a previ-ous revision (MS Word)

CTRL + F5 = Unconditional Refresh (Refreshes Internet Ex-

plorer from Internet, not cache)CTRL + F5 = Restore docu-

ment window size (Apparently not functional)

CTRL + F6 = Cycles forwards between open windows within a program

CTRL + Shift + F6 = Cycles backwards between open windows within a program

Shift + F7 = Opens the The-saurus command in MS Word.

CTRL + Shift + F7 = Updates linked information in a Word docu-ment.

ALT + F7 = Finds the next misspelling or grammatical error.

Shift + F8 = Shrink current selection (MS Word)

CTRL + F8 = Resizes the project window (Microsoft Proj-ect).

Alt + F8 = Opens the macro menu (MS Word)

Shift + F9 = Switch between fi eld code and it’s result (MS Word)

CTRL + F9 = Insert and empty fi eld (MS Word)

CTRL + Shift + F9 = Unlink a fi eld (MS Word)

ALT + F9 = Switch between all fi eld codes and their results (MS Word)

Shift + F10 =Displays the shortcut menu (MS Word)

CTRL + F10 = Maximizes the document window (MS Word)

ALT + F10 = Maximizes the program window (MS Word)

Shift + F11 = Go to previous fi eld (MS Word)

CTRL + F11 = Lock a fi eldCTRL+ Shift+ F11 = Unlock

a fi eldALT + F11 = Display Micro-

soft Visual Basic CodeALT + SHIFT + F11 = Dis-

play Microsoft Visual Studio CodeShift + F12 = Save Command

(MS Word)CTRL + F12 = Open Com-

mandCTRL+ Shift+ F12 = Print

Command

It may seem farfetched, living 1200 miles from the nearest sea-side bungalow, crashing waves or rocky-cragged corner that I would uncover the brainstorm to ward off Writer’s Block.

Surprisingly, it is hiding in my own “backyard” in these landlocked great outdoor states in which we live. The wonder of water affords more than physical sustenance; it stirs the creative nectar to move us to refl ection and insight.

With gratitude it shares its elusive brilliance with me on this

misty afternoon.The remarkable pulpit for this

writer’s breakthrough is a weekend trip to Fort Peck Lake just south of Glasgow, Montana.

The reservoir’s man-made lake and earthen dam boast more than 1,500 miles of shore line and offers the well-loved host of outdoor ac-tivity accompanying a lake area.

The impressive Museum and Interpretive Center and the quaint Fort Peck Theatre add to the lake’s appeal.

My focus, however, strays from the more traditional activities (the ever-elusive 10-pound lake trout was claimed by my husband).

It has drift-wooded toward writing, after a too-long hiatus.

And when I say ‘writing’, I mean writing anything. Pray, give me an article, a narrative, a poem. Give me a sentence, I beg of the sky.

A description of lake life doesn’t seem quite adequate. An intimacy unfelt at previous visits is striking me more intimately and something more murmurs in the damp air.

Is it the idyllic lakeside cabin, with its grey wood deck and rus-tic steps that lead directly to the shore?

The nautically spirited feel here that creates enchantment? But now, intrusive of the bright sun, but ultimately welcomed, approaches a grey rolling cloud with tell-tale dark blue streaks, turning bright blue water to sea green; the smell of the rain that no one has ever just-ly captured with words: that damp slight chill that sets your pajama-clad-self scampering for your fi sh-erman’s sweater.

“Montana’s version of the New England shore!” I cry.

The laptop comes out, and melancholy tinged with hope (the

contradiction is intentional) sets free the romance of the open “sea”. Here is water.

Lake water, sky water, rain wa-ter. Here is the call that the sailor cannot help but answer.

I stop trying to guess the source of this spring, and grasp eagerly at a fresh awareness: It doesn’t matter from whence it came- it is where I navigate that matters. It is in the journey of doing that we fi nd our-selves becoming.

This, the reason authors and lovers of literature isolate them-selves for the sake of their work becomes imperative to the creative process.

Nature, in its own solitude, facilitates that charm through the whisper of the pine, the crunch of a gravel road, the vast of the prairie, the majesty of mountains.

This afternoon, my charm comes calling through the lake-shore, the blue-gray clouds, the re-freshing chill that is tendered only by early morning lake air.

I have owned a newfound love for the outdoors. I have trusted the gamble of incorporating writ-ten word, personality and passion among the splendor that surrounds

me. The water whispers with its softly lapping waves, “Write, write, write.” And so I do.

As my eyes grow misty with this gift, I lounge on deck in the chilly morning air, wrapped in my navy sweater, and nibbling biscotti with my coffee. I am enveloped in my giddy brooding (the contradic-tion is intentional).

On one side of my lounge chair sits a Norton Anthology and on the other, a well-loved copy of Roget’s Thesaurus and as always at its lofty perch in the center, sits my trusty laptop.

Here as I breathe deeply and wait patiently for the melancholic lake rain to stir the words within, I ponder the genius of Mark Twain’s Mighty Mississippi, Hemingway’s Key West and Poe’s Kingdom by the Sea.

A harkened romance for the fashionably antiquated (the con-tradiction is intentional) mood coupled with the light drizzle from those mesmeric blue-gray clouds moves me to shiver.

And it is that shiver that washes the Writer’s Block gracefully from the mind and fuses the writer with the rain.

By Diona Osterman-ApiReporter

Illustration by Lydia Camp

INFUSION OF WRITER AND MUSE

Illustration by Lydia Camp

CAMPUS LIFE The Hawk 5Wednesday, sEPTEMBER 29

This second annual Community Field Day is scheduled to take place on October 5, 2010.

The event was created by the Strom Center for Entrepreneur-ship and Innovation with support from Dickinson State University.

The purpose of the event is to showcase what communities are doing to grow and succeed!

It highlights community devel-opment projects and provides an opportunity to network with those interested in community growth.

Key areas to be highlighted by panel discussions are youth, lead-ership, entrepreneurship, and re-sources for community and non-profi t development.

The day will be facilitated by community development expert, Don Macke, who spoke at our fi rst Field Day. Speakers include Kim Huston, Economic Developer of Bardstown, Kentucky and author of Small Town Sexy:

The Allure of Living in Small Town America. Huston has been named the “Kentucky Economic Professional of the Year” and is proud to boast that Bardstown has been named one of the 100 best small towns in America. Come listen to her presentation and pur-chase a copy of her captivating book.

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Homecoming 2010 at DSU:

It’s just not homecoming without a good parade. Various community members and numerous campus clubs wowed those who came out to watch this years Egyptian theme im-pressively applied to their fl oats and costumes.Above: The two mascots put on a staged battle.Left: This year’s king and queen.Below: The fl oats line up in anticipation of the start of the Saturday morning parade.Below Right: University Players put on a good show.Above Right: Members of the science club advocate using ones brains to defeat the enemy.

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Go to class. You paid

for it.

ACADEMIC SUCCESS CENTER

Hawk like an Egyptian





Above: The President and his wife toss candy to eager children. Left: The accounting club fl oat whips those Jimmies into line.Below Left: DSU Cheerleaders carry the fl ags.Below: The nursing program fl oat puts their medial knowledge to good use, mummifi cation.Right: Members of CAB walk the parade route in their homemade cab.



“So what brings you to Dickin-son, North Dakota?”

This is a question that has be-come synonymous with an inter-national student and people from other states. As school starts, we see people from various nations and states carrying bags and other accessories.

The distance travelled by peo-ple to come to Dickinson can shock

you. Dickinson State University gets students from Africa, Europe, Asia, South America, and the list goes on and on. The start of a new semester is probably one of the best times for businesses in Dickinson; students go to buy phones, grocer-ies, and any necessary things to make their lives comfortable.

Some of the students are here for a year and others have no clue of how long they will be here for. When you go around and you meet people, this is the question that is asked an international student: “so what brings you to Dickinson, North Dakota?

For the most part the answers are: “they gave me a scholarship and it is affordable.” These answers are true, but they are just a whisker on Santa Claus’s beard; the answers give a glimpse into the life of an in-ternational student.

The answer to the above ques-

tion is simply the “American Dream”. That is the answer for many students that have come here to attend college at Dickinson State University.

The “Dream” is what brought our forefathers to America, the free-dom and opportunities that Ameri-ca presents to people. The dream is what brought people to the Virginia colony, Massachusetts colony, and Pennsylvania colony.

The dream to accumulate wealth, practice religion, and con-vert non believers to believers. Life is not easy in other countries, pov-erty in America can be considered as wealth in other countries.

Families sell their houses and property just to bring their chil-dren or their spouses to Dickinson, North Dakota. The American dream causes people make huge sacrifi ces to come to Dickinson, North Da-kota.

It is that dream that will contin-ue to bring more and more people to America. The hope of students is to earn an American degree that will increase their earning power when they graduate. The hope for some is to be employed by an American company and be able to work for it for as long as they can. People travel thousands of miles to follow their dreams.

With the current increase in oil activities in our state, people will continue to come to Dickinson, North Dakota, to provide for their families, to acquire an education, and to experience a different life style. People come to Dickinson for different reasons.

The conversations I have had with some mothers have given me a new answer to this question. Peo-ple are coming to Dickinson, North Dakota, to raise their children.

“Dickinson is a safe place to

raise my kids…They are not ex-posed to violence and drugs,” one mother said. Even though there have been cases of burglary and violence, Dickinson still remains a safe place. During winter, some people leave their cars on outside, and others do not lock their doors. With the unemployment rate at around 9%, people will continue coming to North Dakota to get jobs and bring their families here.

Most Americans forget or have forgotten the opportunities that sur-round us, and the infl ux of interna-tional students will help remind us of how blessed we are.

If we trace the history of the question above, we will be sur-prised that the same question was asked Christopher Columbus when he came to America, and the an-swer is still the same: the “Ameri-can Dream”.

The oil activities in North Da-kota are creating a frenzy of excite-ment and fear amongst community residents and businesses. Houses are being built and businesses are experiencing the effect of an oil boom. The population is increasing and so is the revenue to the state.

Oil related businesses are of-fering highly competitive wages to attract employees. An article in the August 6, Dickinson Press featured three major businesses in town: Baker Boy, Fisher industries, and Wal-Mart. All the businesses where citing the shortages of labor and the increased turnover of employees.

This is a simple supply and de-mand issue and its effects are being felt across the state. As oil activities increase, so will the demand for la-bor, and so will the wages demand-ed and offered by companies.

With such competitive wages, small companies are fi nding it hard to hire and retain their employees; this will eventually force business-es in town to start increasing their wages and in turn pass the cost to

the fi nal consumer. Eventually, some counties are going to experi-ence slight infl ation or an increase in prices of general commodities. This article is not against the oil activity; the oil activity is great for Dickinson and the state. This ar-ticle is meant to help people look into the future: after the oil activity. Let me fi rst giving you an insight into what is going on in Dickinson, North Dakota.

People are coming in to Dickin-son, North Dakota, at a rate that is beginning to put a strain on some of the resources that this city has. If nothing is done to address this issue, we will experience a stiff competition for resources like one never been experienced before.

Another bad side of the current economic activity is that it might end up affecting the enrollment of local students at DSU. Believe it or not, but people without a university degree are earning way more than those with a degree. Now, this is not a good thing for the state and our city because it provides less motivation for some people to earn a degree.

Again, remember this article is

not against the oil activity or oil fi eld workers; the oil activity is great for Dickinson and the state. The traditional thinking is that peo-ple with a university degree earn “double than those without one”, but now that statement might be re-vised by adding “unless they work in the oil fi elds”.

Property is increasing in prices and so is the rental cost for hous-ing. Not everyone is experiencing an increase in income because of the oil activity. Most people’s in-come is still at the same level it was two years ago, and these people are fi nding things diffi cult.

The demand for housing is causing a housing crisis which in turn is leading to higher demand for housing. College students are be-ing squeezed the little income they have by the rent charges they have to pay. If you take a tour around Dickinson, you will see that hous-ing is not a laughing matter, there are RV’s and campers fi lled with people waiting for a place to live.

Well this is not the focus of this article. This article is focused on “North Dakota after the oil boom”. The attention right now is on the oil

activity and the problems it is caus-ing. City offi cials are working hard to attempt to address the housing crisis caused by the oil activity.

Let me take you on a slippery slope. So let’s look at it this way; eventually we will be having enough housing to cover the demand creat-ed by the oil activity (maybe close enough), increased population will mean increased businesses.

The North Dakota economy is going to grow because of the in-crease in population and business activity that will follow that, but the problem is that this boom in the economy is going to be based on “OIL”.

Oil is not a renewable resource, so at one point it will run out. The question is what are we going to do when the “OIL Activity” slows down or is no longer available. Experts predict that the oil activity in North Dakota is not going any-where for about 10-20 years and others predicting the number to be higher than this. What are we go-ing to do after 20 years when that oil activity is no longer there or has slowed down?

Picture it this way: Iran’s econo-my depends on oil and if there is no more oil or when demand is lower, the economy will be toast. Where

will all the people being employed by oil related companies go to?

Right now, President Obama and congress are working on reduc-ing our country’s demand for oil. Even though right now “Business is good”, North Dakota needs to use the revenue from the oil activ-ity to create new business and build a solid foundation for sustainable future growth.

We need to start looking into al-ternatives that will keep the econo-my growing after the oil boom. The thought of “after the oil boom” is hard to digest for most people and we would prefer hiding it under the rug, but 10-20 years is not a whole lot of time in terms of economic growth and slow down.

It only takes a few events and a short time to lose all the growth ex-perienced over decades; look at our economy ten years ago and now. Look at the defi cit then and now, look at the employment rate then and now.

The important thing is that: en-joy the current growth in the eco-nomic activities, but remember also to take a moment to look into the future to shape your current behav-ior. Whether we like it or not there will be “North Dakota After the Oil Boom”.

What brings you to North Dakota?

North Dakota After the Oil Boom

By Kevin MtandwaContributor

By Kevin MtandwaContributor


Students attend TR Conference

Saroj Raj Acharya/The HawkNamrata Luitel, Rakesh Raut, and Deepa Shrestha listen to speaker in Minot at a Theodore Roosevelt symposium held in Minot.

Starting or continuing a col-lege education can appear to be an expensive endeavor due to technology requirements. This does not have to be the case. Many companies offer discounts to students, you just have to know where to look.

Offi ce suites include programs for writing papers, creating spread-sheets, and designing presenta-tions. The most commonly used suite is Microsoft Offi ce. Cur-rently, the newest version is 2010 and available from www.theulti-matesteal.com for the educational price of $79.99. To get this re-duced rate software you must sign up at the aforementioned website using your @my.dickinsonstate.edu email address. From there, simply follow the directions to purchase the software and install it on your computer.

Looking for an even more economical alternative? Then Open Offi ce might be right for you. Open Offi ce is open source software, meaning the code behind the program is freely available to anyone. What this means to you

is the software is generally free! By visiting www.openoffi ce.org you can download and install the latest version of Open Offi ce. The program has a similar look and feel to Microsoft Offi ce Suites and can open documents created in Microsoft’s formats like .doc and .xls. There is a small to moder-ate learning curve because of the slightly different presentation of icons and features when compared to Microsoft Offi ce.

Keeping all of your priceless work safe is another important part of owning a computer. Security software is sometimes overlooked and forgotten about until it is too late. There are many free alterna-tives to the paid antivirus programs you see advertised.

As a DSU student, faculty or staff member you are entitled to download McAfee 8.7i from www2.dsu.nodak.edu/antivirus.aspx. Simply follow the instruc-tions displayed on the web page. Microsoft released their own free antivirus last year called Microsoft Security Essentials. It is free to anyone with a legal installation of Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, or 7 and does not require any regis-tration. The address for MSE is

www.microsoft.com/security_es-sentials. Other companies, who provide free antivirus software, usually only requiring a free registration to be completed, are AVG (http://free.avg.com/), Avast (www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download) among others.

The compliment to secu-rity software is a computer’s built in fi rewall and updating features. To make sure your fi rewall is on (in Windows XP) click on “start” aka the “Windows Button” and go to “Control Panel”. Then navigate to “Security Center”.

In Vista or 7 Click on the “Win-dows Button” and type “security” in the search box and click on “Check security settings” when the option becomes available. Win-dows XP updates can be manually found by opening Internet Ex-plorer and then clicking on “Tools” > “Windows Updates”. Windows Vista and 7 updates can be found by clicking the “Windows Button” and typing “updates” in the search box and selecting “Windows updates”.

I do not endorse any of listed software. I am simply dis-pensing this information for you to consider.

There aren’t very many events in Dickinson that bring in a crowd of people that represents 15 states, but that’s exactly what the Theo-dore Roosevelt Symposium did.

The TR Symposium is a 3 day event where all kinds of people from all over gather on the campus of Dickinson State University to listen and learn about who Theo-dore Roosevelt was and the sort of impact he had on America growing into a world power.

Speakers from major universi-ties headlined the weekends list of speakers, those speakers were Peri Arnold from the Univer-sity of Notre Dame who was the keynote speaker Thursday night, Julie Green from the University of Maryland who spoke about the Panama Canal and Roosevelt’s infl uence to becoming a world power, and David Godshalk from Shippensburg University who spoke about Theodore Roosevelt and Race. There were also several

panelists that teach here at DSU.The TR Symposium is a great

place for locals and DSU stu-dents to learn about the man that is so often talked about in this neck of the woods. Most students who come to DSU know who Roosevelt is but they often wonder what his signifi cance is towards the Badlands area.

“Coming from Montana I didn’t understand why Dickinson loved Theodore Roosevelt so much, I didn’t understand why I received a scholarship in his name. After attending the Symposium I have a better understanding of President Roosevelt and why North Dakota loves him so much,” said freshman Zach Edward.

So if you didn’t attend the symposium this year or if you did attend the symposium and want to go next year I suggest you mark the dates of October 27th-30th, for the sixth annual Theodore Roosevelt Symposium. You too can become an expert on President Roosevelt.

By Connor CunninghamReporter

By Brian KoppContributor

College Software Essentials

DSU TR symposiumunites scholarsfrom around country

DSU enrollment declines

Dara Anderson/The HawkStudents enjoy themselves at the Homecoming game. Figures released last week by the University show an overall decrease 3.5 percent. At the same time there is an increase in Native Americans and North Dakotans.

OPINION10 The Hawk

Hawk Talk

Compiled byMarie Dukart and

Dara Anderson

What do you think about the diversity of cultures at DSU?

“Very good, Know each other’s culture”

Louize Addo

“It’s good to learn more about Western culture”

Nipez KCChemistry

“Interesting”Samantha Holzer

Art Education

“I think it’s great”Debbie Dietz

Elementary Teaching


Y o u R u l e !You rule. Just

ask... well, don’t ask anyone. The opinions of others,

considerable or not, whether they know or don’t know, almost never take into account the signifi cance of the person that you are, if for no other reason than the simple fact: they don’t know you like you know you.

So go ahead, ignore them. Ignorance is bliss, is it not?

Each day you wake up in a universe of your own creation, with your own rules, agendas, do’s and don’ts, etc.

You are the most important person in your universe, the master of your own domain.

Be suspicious if someone tries to convince you otherwise. They may be trying to control you.

Be very suspicious if someone tells you that you are the most important person to them.

They should be the most important person to themselves, as it is themselves who need to be responsible, self-respecting, and in control of their actions, or at least following any other rules they created for themselves.

Those obligations fall on no one but the self, which, along with the act of survival, leaves you in a pretty powerful position in your universe.

There are some common instances in which people may try to tell you otherwise. Institutions, teams, companies and the like all try to convince people that the team is more important than any one player, that the collective goal is more important than the singular.

This is acceptable if you are alright with the possibility of being used or being taken advantage of.

The team goal does not take into account the goals, personalities, or sometimes even the

well-being of the individual.To be a part of a team is to be temporary,

to be replaceable. The team will go on without you, because it is not THE individual that is an integral part, but generally simply ANY individual.

Again, if you enjoy being a machine cog, then you probably are alright with this.

Realize, however, that the team/company/country does not recognize you as master of your own domain, but instead sees you as an unstable, interchangeable part of the mass assembled to tend to the conceived wishes of the so-called leaders, people who can mistreat you and sell it as some sort of lesson.

People who can control you if you let them.

Being a part of that is up to you. In the end, you rule. We are in control.

Well, we might be in control. I like to tell myself that.

Hey everyone at Dickinson State University! How is the fi rst month of school going for you? Stressful, crazy, fun? All of the above? That is how my semester is going so far.

Professors seem to think all students have to worry about is school. We should only have to worry about homework, but sadly and thankfully there is much more involved in our lives as college students.

Welcome back to the crazy, up and down life of college. Welcome, also the freshmen who never experienced college before- it gets better.

Welcome students from other countries and cultures-you might get used to us loud, outspoken, Americans. Welcome students from other states- yes, North Dakota is as Mid-West as you can get.

Finally, welcome my fellows in arms, true blood North Dakotans. What can I say, but praise the Lord some people understand what it means to live in North Dakota.

I don’t have to explain the weather to you or the lack of places to go, you guys already know. If the term ‘you guys’ seems strange, you are probably not from the Mid-West. It is part of the regional fl avor of North Dakota.

The term is equivocal to the

South’s ‘you all.’ Okay, now to introductions. I am the new editor of the Hawk, Dickinson State University’s very own newspaper. Marie Dukart is the name and

I am not at all qualifi ed to be editor, but I will try my hardest to overcome my lack of experience and give you guys the best possible newspaper I can.

Of course, I am not on my own in this undertaking. Mr.. David Schreindl, our faculty advisor, Lydia Camp, the assistant editor, the faculty who help us in numerous ways, the many writers, copy editors and graphic designers, and fi nally, the readers, all come together to make this publication possible.

Without you guys to read, we would be a hoax. The job of this newspaper is to inform you on serious issues and to make you aware of amazing things happening

on Campus that, without us, you wouldn’t know about.

Now, to make those of you aware of some things you might not have known, I am going to give a crash course about North Dakota.

First, we are a tiny state, population wise. I’ve heard people say that the state has over a million people living here. That is false information; we don’t even have 170,000 people inhabiting the state.

Secondly, when you go

driving on state highways people might wave at you even though they don’t know you and it probably won’t be the middle fi nger. They are just being neighborly.

Thirdly, and fi nally, we are friendly, yes, but we also like to talk about people. It is the small town syndrome: to know everyone else’s business.

The Hawk will be more discreet, I promise. Thank you for reading and good luck with college!

By Darren RothReporter

By Marie DukartEditor in Chief

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Hawk Talk

What did you like most about Homecoming?

“The Parade”Huiying Wang

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“The Parade”April Hintz

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“The Dance”Alex Dasovick

SeniorLETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Hawk welcomes letters to the editor. Please limit letters to 500 words. Letters are edited for good taste and material that could be libelous. Letters can be either mailed to 291 Campus Drive in care of the Hawk or emailed to [email protected]. All Letters must include your name (no pseudonyms), telephone number, and email address in order that we may contact you. Also include your major and year in school for students or association with the University for those non-students. Letters from more than one individual must include the above information for each signee. The Hawk reserves the right to edit content for clarity, length, and for the removal of offensive materials. We will not accept form letters or letters addressed to someone other than the editor.


Eighteen is the age, according to the United States laws, a person becomes an adult. An eighteen year old can now buy a car, real estate and stock.

The “adult” can also inherit property, get sued and enter into binding contracts. New actions an eighteen year old can do include buying tobacco products, go to jail, get married without permission, vote and drive without restriction.

All of the list is important and makes the eighteen year in charge of his or her destiny. One huge aspect of the law is missing here and that is the legal drinking age in the U.S. It is not, as some might have guessed, at eighteen, but at that awkward number: twenty one.

I understand the reasoning behind the legal age being at twenty one, but I do not agree with it because of principle.

Since July of 1984, when the law was changed from 18 to 21, an estimate of 25,000 lives have been saved in regard to drinking and driving.

Yet, this statistic does not take

in account the amount of lives lost because of binge drinking and high school kids drinking in out of the way places so not to get caught.

How about under age kids dying because of where they were or their friends being too frightened to take them to the hospital?

I disagree with the legal drinking age not because of these reasons, but because at eighteen you can die for your country but you won’t be able to drink when you lie dying.

I know that is probably a faulty argument, but it makes you think. I am in charge of my life and all responsibilities at eighteen, but being a responsible drinker.

Don’t get me wrong, I do not want to see an increase in drinking and driving deaths or any deaths related to alcohol, but I also want all or nothing when it comes to being an “adult.”

I have an answer that might make both sides of the issue happy. Choose Responsibility is an organization to promote discussion and public debate about how best to reduce alcohol abuse.

They think that states that choose to lower the legal age to 18

should not be penalized, but made to monitor statistics and submit them to Congress to see how well the new law works. Also the organization thinks there should be a program similar to Drivers’ Education in regard to alcohol.

The program would be taught by a certifi ed alcohol educator and the material covered would include legal, ethical, health and safety issues.

To be able to drink at 18 the individual would have to pass a fi nal examination and have at least 40 hours of instruction involving

classroom learning and sessions including community involvement.

The program would help with teaching responsible behavior concerning alcohol, but also other substances including tobacco and illegal drugs. The program probably wouldn’t be a huge success, but it would help with more issues than just alcohol.

By incorporating this program in the U.S. we might solve more problems than will be made by lowering the drinking age and we will give 18-year-olds full adulthood.


Learning to become an Adult in College

Whispering Words of WisdomI do a lot of studying. I’m in

college. It’s pretty obvious that this would be the case for 90 percent of Dickinson State University stu-dents. I am in my fi fth year of col-lege. So I will repeat again: I have done a lot of studying. When I like to study, I like to go to the library. When 90 percent of DSU students want to study, they go there as well.

During my college career, I have had the opportunity to be both a Blue Hawk and a Bison. I like to classify myself as a “buffalo wing.” Going to two different colleges means that I also studied in two different libraries. However, if I had the choice to study at a library on a campus of over 12,000 students or the library at Dickinson State….I would pick Option 1.

Why you may ask? I would pick it for one simple reason only: noise control. Our library has an excellent staff that is extremely helpful and

friendly. It is not their responsibil-ity to walk around and tell a bunch of twentysomethings to keep their voices down. They are busy enough helping students and working be-hind the scenes on things we don’t even know they do for us. The next time you see them as you walk into the library to buy your mocha skinny, say “thank you” for all they do for our campus.

As for the rest of the student body, we have made it this far to college. The hand holding stops. We are big boys and girls who can control our voices in the library. Do you sit and chat with your friends in your “normal” voice at the public library about what you are doing this weekend? I didn’t think so.

We are all taught in Freshman Seminar how to use the library to most benefi t our needs. We are also shown that there are study rooms in the basement for us to use. Here are some helpful hints on how to keep noise down in our library.

1. If you receive a phone call from mom, go out in the hall and talk to her. People are trying to study.

2. If your best friend wants to talk to you about how she and “so and so” are going out on Friday night and they don’t know what to wear so they need your help and then they are starting to freak out and should we do dinner fi rst before the basketball game??, etc. Go out in the hall and talk to her. People are trying to study.

3. If you are working on a group project, try using a study room in the basement. If that doesn’t work, use a table in the front or the back of the library BUT…remember to keep your voices down.

What more can we ask for Blue Hawks? We have an excellent library staff, a coffee bar, multiple computers for anyone to use, study rooms, large tables and let’s not forget books. Let’s keep it down so we can keep our grades up.

By Amy MagstadtReporter

The Hawk File Photo

Compiled byMarie Dukart and

Dara Anderson

FEATURE12 The Hawk Wednesday, sEPTEMBER 29

How To Integrate Cultures At Dickinson State University

Dickinson State University has different cultures from all over the world. Twenty six countries, fi ve provinces and forty states col-laborate to make up the two thou-sand six hundred and sixty eight students who are enrolled at the

college. To have this many cul-tures at a relatively small univer-sity is incredible. Ronnie Walker, director of multicultural affairs, said, “Every student is diverse.

The multicultural offi ce is open to everyone, but the interna-tional students need extra attention because of the difference of cul-tures.”

The university tries very hard to help the international students feel at home and become adjusted to the American culture, but this does not mean the domestic stu-dents are any less important to DSU.

Walker said, “Every student

is important; I was a student abroad and I got extra help. I didn’t know the culture as well as the students who were from the country I studied in and I needed help.”

The domestic students might feel like they are not as important because of the extra attention the university gives inter-national students, but the domestic students are the reason the uni-versity has over two

thousand stu-dents enrolled.

Sixty fi ve percent of the enrollment is students from the great state of North Dakota. Without home grown students the university would be hurt-ing for enroll-ment. The domestic students also might have a problem with the diversity on cam-pus.

How do Americans in-teract with people from all different parts of the globe and be integrated with stu-dents who have thoroughly diverse cultures?

Humans are usually frightened of change and domestic students might re-act with dislike towards in-ternational students because of this fear of the unfamiliar. How can the university and the students work together to begin integrating cultures and differences so the new-ness of cultures becomes normal?

How can we, the whole of Dickinson State Universi-ty, come together to become a united school? The univer-

sity has already taken many strides in integrating the cultures at DSU.

The multicultural offi ce invites anyone to be part of activities, the classroom of many professors are bent on making diverse cultures work together on projects and ac-tivities, the Theodore Roosevelt Leadership program is open to ev-eryone, all clubs are inviting any-one and everyone to participate in various activities on campus.

Emily Bollinger, a student as-sistant director of the Theodore Roosevelt Leadership program, said, “ The TR program is con-stantly striving to eliminate barri-ers between not only international students and TR scholars, but also between TR scholars and the cam-pus at large.

As the program has grown and developed, we’ve seen these bar-riers come down as we work with all sorts of students through vari-ous events that the TR program puts on.”

All the pieces are in place for

DSU to become a united school, but it is not the university or even students, who have friends who are from different cultures, who need to make the fi rst steps. Prejudice is prevalent on campus.

Division can be seen. Rac-ism is not yet dead. The blame is not on one group or one culture. Many cultures or ethnic groups on campus have a “better than you” attitude. Certainly not all students have this attitude, but some do.

This is the problem. The inte-gration of cultures will never hap-pen, totally, on campus unless stu-dents can look past prejudice and see a person instead. Integration of cultures does not mean students have to get along and everyone has to be best friends.

It means that students will start treating people, who are dif-ferent than them, with respect. Ronnie Walker believes one way to do this is to, “Open the dialogue between students.”

This way students can see for


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Erman Xia/The HawkMembers of DSU’s International club show their school spirit by dressing up and riding the fl oat they made for the Homecoming parade.

themselves, even though someone might have a different color of skin or a funny ac-cent, the person is like them in many ways. Talking to a person about things that are important to all will build common ground and universal interests.

Ronnie Walker said, “Self segregation is not facilitated by the university.”

And this means the students are the ones who have to end the segregation seen in the university. There are many differenc-es that have to be understood and overcome.

Foods, religion, customs, points of view are all topics that are dividing students. When I lived in Woods Hall, the women’s dorm, I lived with a girl from China and the only huge diffi culty for me was the smell of the food she cooked.

This problem was prevalent through-out the whole dorm and it made many do-mestic women say cruel comments about the international students. Yet, they never thought about the international students feelings; food was one of their only ways

to connect to their home life. Religion is another difference seen.

Christian beliefs are prevalent around campus, but many international students either have no religion or religions that are far different from Christianity. This leads to misunderstanding. What students need to realize is that people who believe different things have the same right as they do.

Tolerance is the answer here. Cus-toms, such as not being as outspoken as Americans, lead also to misunderstanding and division. Students need to be under-standing about diverse cultures because their own culture is diverse too.

Points of view need to change also. We need to see the people from different backgrounds as Blue Hawks and not just as people that are different from us. More unity and less di-vision will lead to the integration of cultures at Dick-inson State Uni-versity.

Erman Xia/The HawkSeveral visiting students show off their desire to be a part of DSU events by posing in front of the school’s entrance with their Homecoming shirts on.

DSU-BISMARCK14 The Hawk Wednesday, sEPTEMBER 29

I DNT SPEK TXT DO U?

If you ask my nineteen year old son, I am one of fi ve people left in the world who does not have tex-ting on my cell phone, which means he does not have it either since I pay the bill. In fact, I have texting blocked on our phones. Since I can easily remove him from my plan, he does not complain.

He does, however, get a little irritated about it because he has missed, or been late for, meetings on campus because the organizer sent text messages to everyone rather than calling or sending an email, and, of course, Eric did not get the message.

People have sent me text mes-sages as well and then called me later, after I have not responded to the text messages I didn’t know had been sent, to ask me why I didn’t re-spond to their text messages. When did we start assuming that everyone has texting?

I don’t have an issue with people who have texting on their phones, or who prefer texting to speaking (well, actually, I am a little per-plexed by the preference for texting

over speaking). My issue is with texting interfering with my per-sonal conversations and with my work. Let me give you a couple of examples.

Few things are more irritating to me than when I am in a conver-sation with someone and her cell phone alerts her that she has a text message. She immediately halts her conversation with me, without even apologizing for the interrup-tion, to read (often laughing at the content), and then respond to, the text message.

This will go on sometimes throughout the entire conversation. Back and forth with the texting part-ner whose messages, apparently, are more stimulating than my con-versation because she will ask me, after replying to each text message, “Where were we?” And sometimes, even before I have a chance to re-mind her where we were, she will receive another incoming text.

And off she goes again! Why am I in this conversation? I have hardly been able to get a complete sentence out of my mouth before she begins the work of sending the next text. Most of the time, she will repeat the text messages to me as they come in.

I really don’t care what they say, by the way, because I am too focused on clenching my jaw, crossing my arms over my chest, and giving her my fi ercest mom look. She in not phased, however, because, obvi-ously, she does not understand how to read body language.

Or maybe it is because she has not made eye contact with me for

more than a couple of seconds at a time during our entire conversation. Because if she had, she may not have survived the mom look. Just ask my son about the mom look.

He will testify that I am the master of it. I’m curious: does the person sending the messages know that my friend is repeating their entire conversation to another per-son? Does that person even know that my friend is in the middle of a conversation with another person?

And would that person even care if she did know? Maybe the person on the other end of the texting is also in the middle of a conversation with someone else, repeating every message out loud to her friend, ne-glecting to make eye contact, and totally oblivious to the body lan-guage of her irritated friend.

Maybe I, along with the other four people in the world who do not have texting on their cell p h o n e s , are the only peo-ple who are not t e x t i n g other peo-ple while having a conversa-tion with a friend.

Maybe I should get their phone numbers and give them a call. It may be the only conversation I can have without worrying about tex-ting interruptions.

I work in a bookstore (a dream job for a lit major who is building her library), and I encounter hun-dreds of people every week. I enjoy the interaction with people, except when they come to my register and are texting throughout the entire transaction—interaction is nonex-istent.

On average, a transaction takes less than a minute to complete. Is the text message so urgent that the person can’t wait sixty seconds to send it? Again, there is no eye con-tact, no greeting, no “thank you” when the transaction is complete.

Call me crazy, but I taught my

son to greet people, make eye con-tact when having a conversation—even if he is not interested in what is being said at least look as though he is, and say “thank you” when someone does something for him.

It really comes down to com-mon courtesy. The majority of the population has cell phones. And, apparently, all but fi ve of us have texting.

I am not opposed to texting. It absolutely has a place in the whole scheme of things—just not in the middle of my conversations. Just give me your full attention when you are spending time with me; the text messages can wait, I promise.

Now, if you will excuse me, I am on my way to the Verizon store to change my phone plan to include unlimited texting. L8er.

By Joy WalterContributor

Photo illustration by Joy Walter/The Hawk

DSU Distance Learning—My 2nd, No 3rd, Okay 4th ChanceBy Joy WalterContributor

As I begin my fi nal year at DSU, I have a few words to say. I’m a well-practiced student—when I graduate in May 2011, I will receive my fourth degree in nine years of schooling.

When I fi nished my degree in 1999, I was convinced it was the last one. Time would tell a differ-ent story. My eight year career as a

massage therapist began to wane as my shoulders weakened. Although I still practice part time, massage is not the long-lasting career I had in-tended it to be.

Just over three years ago, as I was working a temp job as a recep-tionist to supplement the decreased massage business, I became the of-fi ce editor.

Before any correspondence left the offi ce it went through my hands. An offhand comment by a

coworker became the impetus for my return to college life. He asked me why I was answering phones in an offi ce when I had such a tal-ent for putting words together—I should be an editor or a writer. And I thought, He’s absolutely right!

My mind turned to two of my other great passions—reading and writing. I knew the North Dakota universities were collaborating in an effort to give students more op-tions for earning their degrees. The

idea that I could stay in Bismarck and earn a bachelor degree in Eng-lish was quite appealing.

My son was going to be a junior in high school at the time--moving was not an option. With just a mat-ter of weeks before the 2007 Fall term was to begin, I registered for classes with DSU, submitted my fi -nancial aid, and was approved.

The option of using both Bis-marck and Dickinson professors was also a plus. It allowed me to

interact in the classroom as well as work around my schedule with on-line classes.

Had I not had the opportunity to earn my degree while still in Bis-marck, I would not have returned to school. I may still be answering phones in that offi ce…And you would not have the pleasure of en-joying my stimulating words here in The Hawk : )

The Hawk 15WELLNESSWednesday, sEPTEMBER 29

Well-ness is fi rst and fore-most a choice to assume responsi-bility for the qual-ity of our life. The spheres of

wellness often include physical, spiritual, emotional, intellectual, emotional, environmental, social and career. The overriding mis-sion of the Wellness Program at Dickinson State University is to enable each of us to strive to be the best version of ourselves that we can be. To that end we offer a wide variety of programs.

Last year the Wellness Student Directors established the Dick-inson State University Wellness Club. The Wellness Club has a stated mission of offering “fun programs designed to help students choose a well lifestyle”. The Wellness Club is currently taking members. The projects that the

Wellness Program organizes and presents are chosen by the Well-ness Club members.

Typically we offer exercise classes each semester. These classes include but are not limited to Yoga, Pilates, Dance Aerobics, Zumba, Fitball and strength train-ing. The classes are usually taught in the Loft Studio in May Hall.

We also offer the Alcohol Awareness through the Arts Program. The Alcohol Awareness through the Arts is an arts perfor-mances series exploring the impact of alcohol on students’ lives. The program involves students and fac-ulty and annually presents a week-long series of arts performances exploring the impact of the use of alcohol on students’ lives. The performances use creative writ-ing, dance, music, poetry, theatre and the visual arts to give voice to the issues of binge drinking and alcohol abuse from the students’ perspective.

The Wellness Program staff has presented the Clothesline Project several times. The Clothesline Project is a program started on Cape Cod, MA in 1990. The purpose of the program is to ad-

dress the issue of violence against women. It is a vehicle for women affected by violence and for those (women and men) who support them to express their emotions by decorating a shirt. You can red more about the Clothesline Project at www.clotheslineproject.org.

In an attempt to address the topic of nutrition from a practical perspective, we offer the “Cook and Be Well” recipe series. Every week or so we send out a new recipe via the Dickinson State University email. We try to offer a variety of healthy, good tasting and easy to make recipes.

We are also available to make wellness related presentations on many topics.

The Wellness Program is a service program designed with the needs of the campus community in mind. We would love to hear from you as to how you would like to see the Wellness Program grow and develop. We are also very ex-cited about the Wellness Club and would love for you to get involved. Please contact us at [email protected] or 483 – 2194 to get involved or to offer suggestions.

By Pattie Carr, Well-ness Program Director

This hearty soup warms up chilly nights. Use any type of canned beans you happen to have on hand, and add rotisserie chicken or Italian sausage for a heftier dish, if you prefer.

Yield: 6 servings (serving size: about 1 1/4 cups)

Ingredients 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup chopped onion 1/2 cup chopped carrot 1/2 cup chopped celery 2 garlic cloves, minced 4 cups organic vegetable broth, divided 7 cups stemmed, chopped spinach, or any leafy green (about 1 bunch) 2 (15-ounce) cans no-salt-added cannellini beans, rinsed, drained, and divided 1 (15-ounce) can no-salt-added black beans, rinsed and drained 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary

Preparation

1. Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add olive oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add onion, carrot, and celery, and sauté 6 minutes or until tender. Stir in garlic; cook 1 minute. Stir in 3 cups vegetable broth and kale. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 3 minutes or until kale is crisp-tender.

2. Place half of cannellini beans and remaining 1 cup vegetable broth in a blender or food processor; process until smooth. Add pureed bean mixture, remaining cannellini beans, black beans, and pepper to soup. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, vinegar, and rosemary.

Nutritional InformationCalories: 250 Fat: 10.4g (sat 1.4g,mono 5.5g,poly 2.2g) Protein: 11.8gCarbohydrate: 30.5gFiber: 9.2gCholesterol: 0.0mgIron: 3.8mgSodium: 593mgCalcium: 189mg

Health is Personal Choice

Two-Bean Soup with KalePhoto Illustration By Yuxin Zhu/The Hawk

Cole Zamira/The HawkStudents compete in the Campus Crusade’s hot dog eating contest as a part of DSU’s homecoming festivities.

Enjoying a Hot Dog -- Now and Then

SPORTS16 The Hawk Wednesday, sEPTEMBER 29

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Above: DSU Tight End Derek Pauley tries to haul in a Cody Holland pass in the First Half. Pauley would fi nish with just one catch but it was a 37-yard touchdown at the end of the fi rst half. The Hawks would win 26-16 to remain undefeated in 2010.

Upper Right: The band provides some entertainment music during the game.

Right: The Dickinson Stat University band performs during halftime.

Below: The players on the fi eld all look up early in the fi rst quarter on a DSU fi eld goal attempt. However, the ball sailed wide right.




Erman Xia/The Hawk

Hawks soar in Homecoming win

SPORTS The Hawk 17Wednesday, sEPTEMBER 29

Go to class. You paid

for it.

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Sports Schedule:FootballOct. 2 at Valley City 12:30 p.m.Oct 9 at Mayville State 12:30 p.m.Oct 16 home vs Black Hills State 1:30 p.m.Oct 23 at South Dakota School Mines 1 p.m.Volleyball:Oct. 1 home Mayville State 7 p.m.Oct. 2 home Dakota State 3 p.m.Oct. 6 at Minot State 7 p.m.Oct. 15 home Valley City 7 p.m.Oct. 16 home Jamestown College 7 p.m.Oct. 22 at Black Hills State 7 p.m.Oct. 23 at South Dakota School Mines 7 p.m.Cross Country:Oct. 1 at jamestown College Invite 4 p.m.Oct. 16 at Montana State-Billings Invite 10 a.m.Oct. 23 at Mount Marty Invite (Yankton, SD) 10 a.m.

Dickinson State University’s volleyball team picked up where the men’s football team left off in the afternoon with a convincing victory over visiting Black Hills State.

Setting the offense was the superb hands of Kris-tina Eric with 19 assists and Whitley Abrahamson’s 14. Crystal Franklin had a career night in blocks with two solo and 12 assist blocks. Jennifer Hartman and Karen Almeida with six assist blocks, Ruth Johnson and Court-nie Trustem with four, and Iva Cepic with two. Backing up these frontline defenders was libero Rebecca Johnson with 13 digs, defensive specialist Katelyn Christianson with eight, and Brittney Keele with eight. Keele also es-tablish a strong serving attack with fi ve service aces.

DSU (9-12, 3-1 DAC) followed up the win on Sat-urday with a victory over the South Dakota School of Mines. The weekend sweep moved the Blue Hawks from fourth to second.

Leading the well balanced attack for the Blue Hawks was Ruth Johnson with nine kills (.363), Courtnie Trust-em seven (.500), Iva Cepic six (.625), Karen Almeida fi ve (.454), Jennifer Hartman three (.428), and Crystal Frank-lin three (.333). Dishing out the assists for the hitters was again performed by the talented setters Kristina Eric (16 assists) and Whitley Abrahamson (13 assists). Serving was another strong suit for the Blue Hawks with Karen Almeida earning three aces, Whitley Abrahamson three, Katelyn Christianson two, and Brittney Keele with two. In the backcourt Rebecca Johnson dug 13 attacks, with Katelyn Christianson and Brittney Keele each digging eight. It was also another superb night of blocking by the Blue Hawks front line.




Volleyball success

18 The Hawk A & E Wednesday, sEPTEMBER 29

I wake up to the gentle embrace of a slamming door and the sun’s clouded-yet-still-blinding rays beating down upon my face.

My gaze meets the window, and instantly I am burdened with that sickening cloudy-day malaise.

Now, moving from my bed has suddenly turned into a monumental and epic struggle the likes of which haven’t been seen since the greatest epic struggle ever observed inside your head, if that helps you get a sense of this particular situation.

It aint easy bein’ drowsy.

Yet we overcome.

Well, at least some do. It’s really only a struggle if you want it to be.

Sometimes I designate the pending day-duties to be less than nothing, mere trifl es, a futile continuation of the humdrum conundrums that have plagued us since we deemed them plagues based on the contrived precedents of our past parrots, echoing the dead demands of generations whose roots and plans generated this plant we call planet.

Speaking of day-duties, I seem to have missed my fi rst class.

Chalk up another unproductive morning to that cloudy-day malaise.

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‘Festival’ to open DSU theater seasonThe upcoming musical “Festi-

val” is coming along so far so good, even though the cast has had a little of a bumpy start.

A couple challenges arose in-cluding the issue of the music com-ing in late so things were a little rushed. But the cast is handling it

well and are not letting this set back keep them from working hard and putting on a great performance.

Assistant Professor of Theater Ron Gingerich is in charge of di-recting “Festival.” Gingerich saw this musical many years ago in Los Angeles because had friends work-ing in it. He has wanted to do this play for a while and decided this

was the year. One reason for doing the show now is that he feels he has the right students for the parts. The other reason for waiting until now because “Festival” is a very seldom done show and it took some time to gather the music.

“I felt like this was the right time, that it’s new to people.” Gin-gerich said of another reason why he was waiting for the right time to

put on this production.There have been a number of

large, more familiar shows over the past few years such as the “City of Angels” in 2007, “Suessi-cal” in 2008 and the”Bakers Wife “in 2009.This year was time for a smaller one.

This ensemble is a bit challeng-ing because everyone has to play so many different roles. For a cast of 12 there are many shoes to be fi lled in the script. Everyone has to take part; no one can hide in the back. The challenge for the cast is to ex-perience many different roles.

Troy Kuntz, DSU Senior, is the troubadour or the main narrator.

“This is a comedy, there is no real message being conveyed,” Gin-

gerich said. “This is something that most will not be familiar with.”

Gingerich hopes that the talent of the students will be received by the audience; he said this truly is a musical comedy.

His expectations for the perfor-mance is that the students have fun, work hard, and do the best they can. If they cast isn’t having fun either will the audience. He expects noth-ing less than any other performance they have done.

“I am always amazed at how great of a job they do,” Gingerich said.

“Festival” will be performed at the Dorothy Stickney Auditorium on Oct.28, 29, 30, 31.

By Haley GenzelReporter

MUSEUM SEEKING TREE DONATIONS

The Dickinson Museum Cen-ter is seeking Christmas trees to use in its winter exhibits. Anyone with artifi cial trees they are willing to either loan or donate is asked to contact Danielle Stuckle at 701-456-6225 or [email protected]. Green trees without lights are preferred.

Also, older metal trees from the 1960s are being sought for a related display. The Dickinson Museum Center, adjacent to the Dakota Di-nosaur Museum, is open weekdays from 9 am to 5 p.m.. For more information about programs and events, visit our website at dickin-sonmuseumcenter.org.

Donated fi le photo from the Theater DepartmentJesse Kilwein, left, Deryl Matthew Butler-Porras, center, and Jordan Mork look at stamps as a part of last year’s play Mauritius.

A & E The Hawk 19Wednesday, sEPTEMBER 29

I wander the DSU campus, and I see diversity everywhere I turn. I hear a dozen different languages spoken on campus. And yet, in the midst of all this diversity, I am an alien. I speak French comfortably, but I do not comprehend the one language every person on campus seems to speak. It’s the language of technology.

Please understand. I love teach-ing. I hate technology. I would be happiest going into a classroom with a blackboard. Instead, I con-front smart classrooms with com-puters projecting information and images. I am told to use Elmo. The last time I checked, Elmo was a ticklish, baby-talking character from Sesame Street. Now, there is talk of upgrading to something called a smart board.

I wrote my fi rst novel on a type-writer, and re-wrote it the same way, even though a Radio Shack TRS-80 crouched on my desk. I was afraid of it. When the publisher wanted further re-writes, I printed the man-uscript on tractor feed paper before saving it on a series of 5-1/4 inch fl oppy disks.

State-of-the-art technology had entered my life. Finally, I had caught up. Within two months, our TRS-80 was obsolete. Soon, tractor feed paper was a thing of the past, daisy wheel printers were a joke, and 5-1/4 inch fl oppy disks gave way to 3-1/2 inch disks. May years later, when disk drives became ob-solete, I bought a fl ash drive. It took a classmate four sessions to teach me how to use it.

I learned to use WordPerfect, a task I approached with the same

joyful anticipation I bring to a root canal. Then the academic world adopted Microsoft Word and I was forced to accept it. Even now, my computer works against me, telling me insistently that updates exist.

I try to ignore the notices, know-ing that any update will change the location of simple formatting tools. I do not want to install them, but the computer is insistent, and I know what it’s thinking. Its little motors are whining as it complains, “Give me the update, you big dummy. I want the new stuff.” Eventually, I always give in and click on the re-quired box, but I have learned that as soon as I fi nd the features I need, there will be yet another update.

For years, I avoided using BlackBoard, but graduate school professors posted required materi-als, and I was forced to adapt. Lat-er, under duress during an instruc-tional technology class, I fi nally set up a BlackBoard site for one of the classes I taught. It took several sessions for an expert to train me to use it.

I only had to call for help with about the same frequency as the sun rises. Then DSU switched to Moodle. I could learn to use it, or I could go back to photocopying handouts. I took a training class and focused only on posting docu-ments: No announcements, no dis-cussion groups, no e-mail. When I was ready to set up my class, I could not fi gure out how to log in, despite the large logo in the top cor-ner of the page, and the two-inch-tall words “Log In.”

My diffi culty with technology is not limited to computers. It’s not that I’m incompetent. I am nei-ther stupid nor cowardly, in most situations. I can shoot the stray dog that’s killing the chickens I raised from hatchlings, but when my com-puter stops working, I unplug all of the cords and cables, and take it to someone else to fi x. The gentlemen in Computer Services know my computer better than I do, and have done more to it. I’m only surprised that they don’t recognize my phone number and avoid my calls.

I can raise the chickens the dogs

didn’t kill, clip their wings, gather their eggs, and when necessary wring their necks, pluck their feath-ers, clean their carcasses, and cook them for dinner. I just can’t set the alarm on a digital clock radio.

I can handle a cordless nail gun, but not a cell phone. I watch my students using tiny phones that fl ip, slide, swivel, and contain apps that allow them to fi nd favorite restau-rants, check medical symptoms, and count the money in another student’s pocket.

The walls of my living room are covered with a fl oral mural I painted, and I make canes that are colorful and varied. Meanwhile, the digital camera my daughter sent me sits in its case, while I use dis-posable cameras to record the mo-ments of my life.

I got a piano recently, and I’m learning to play it. But I cannot

make my iPod shuffl e move on from Christmas music. I’m sure there has been an upgrade.

I can change a fl at tire on my car, add all of the necessary fl uids, and install a new starter—if the ve-hicle was made before 1969. But for years, my VCR blinked a red 12:00, day and night. Eventually I found a solution. I put black elec-trician’s tape over the clock.

In time, my VCR died. The one I got to replace it did not have a clock, for which I was grateful. However, there was an update, and videocassettes were soon replaced by DVDs. I held off as long as I could. Finally, I bought a DVD player, and my daughter set it up for me. On the box, it said that the machine would also act as an MP3 player. I did not even want to know what that meant.

I moved into a new offi ce re-

cently. One of the kind gentlemen from Computer Services installed Pronto on the offi ce computer. I turned away from the computer to other tasks, and when I turned back less than 30 minutes later, I saw the dreaded box. There was an up-date available for Pronto, and I was asked to install it immediately.

After years of embarrassment and frustration, I have come to a conclusion. My son may be able to deal with all of the intricacies of our technology-oriented world. My friends may spend their free time playing detailed computer games. My daughter may have an on-line scrapbook for all of her digital pho-tos. I, on the other hand, have been acknowledged as the person most likely to survive in the wilderness. I’ll take my honors where I can--and no one will make me install any updates.

By Kathy HannaContributor

Learning the language of technology

Dara Anderson/The HawkDSU students enjoy an early snow fall and fl akes hit the campus on September 17.

Winter Comes Early

A & E20 The Hawk Wednesday, sEPTEMBER 29

This summer I studied abroad in Heidelberg, Germany. Heidel-berg is a small city, 150,000 people, situated along the Neckar River. Heidelberg is home to Heidelberg University, the oldest University in Germany, and was founded in 1386.

Here I lived and studied the German language and culture for six weeks. The teaching was built up of three main, but different por-tions. The most recognizable por-tion was a standard lecture, that

I attended for about four hours during the weekday mornings. The second portion was the immersion portion of living with a host family, and among the German people.

The last portion were the short study tours, where our class would visit other cities and areas to see different aspects of Germany’s his-tory.

The lecture portion of my stud-ied abroad usually consisted of four hours of lecture in the mornings. This could vary some days from as little as two, to as many as eight.

Generally, the lecture consist-ed of us going over different parts of German grammar. Our teachers would lecture us in German, and we would respond and ask ques-tions in German.

At fi rst this was a little un-comfortable for me, speaking in a foreign language in front of a class of people I hardly knew, but as we

became acquainted with each other, and more comfortable with the lan-guage, it went easier.

All twelve of us had at least studied German for one year, but some students had as many as six years, or had parents who had emi-grated from Germany to the United States.

I had studied German for two years, and began in the intermedi-ate class, alone with the major-ity of the students. In some ways the lecture was very similar to an American counterpart; a professor lectured, sometimes making notes on the board, and we copied our notes, and asked questions. Some things that struck me as different were the lack of syllabus, the grad-ing system, and how the language barrier affected the students and the teacher.

The lack of the syllabus was frustrating for a few of us, as we were used to knowing the basic out-line, the teaching method, and the grading scale, so not having it was different; I defi nitely prefer having a syllabus.

The German grading scale is an odd thing for students used to the American alphabet grading scale, based on percentages. Their grading scale is a “note”, and is rep-resented by a number 1-4.

The language barrier could be the most frustrating, but also fun. Because I think most people would think the language barrier would be the students speaking German, but sometimes since the professor’s

native language was not English, they also had a diffi cult time under-standing us when we used English to clarify something.

Most of the time, the professor was able to clarify a word or an idea with us, by describing it another way in German, and vice versa, but sometimes we had to use English after several minutes of us not un-derstanding each other.

Overall, the lectures were in-teresting, and greatly increased my understanding of German, I didn’t learn as much from them, as I did from the my actual immersion in Germany.

To make sure that we received a complete immersion into the Ger-man language and culture, we all lived with a German family. I lived with a very nice couple, two teach-ers, who have three adult sons.

They were great people, and since the lady had taught English to elementary aged children, she was very strict about only using Ger-man, since she knew that the best way to teach a language was con-stant use.

It was a bit of a shock for me at fi rst to live with a strange fam-ily, especially since before this I’d never even had a roommate. Luck-ily for me, my host family had been hosting exchange students since the 1980’s, and made me feel at home.

Once they knew I had an inter-est in German beers, they made a point to take a bike ride, and along the way point out the hop farms near Heidelberg.

My host family also introduced me to different German dishes, one of which I’ll describe, since it was a local specialty.

This meal’s main ingredient was white asparagus, a very inter-esting vegetable from the area. This asparagus was grown in mounds, and once the asparagus began to poke through the top of the earth, a harvester would reach down, pull the asparagus out, and cut it.

Since the asparagus was nev-er exposed to the sunlight, it was white. I’ve never had regular as-paragus, so I can’t really make a fair comparison, but everyone in Heidelberg loved it.

It was usually boiled, and then served with a white sauce, sort of similar to an alfredo sauce. In gen-eral, we ate a lot more vegetables, and made from scratch meals; I never saw metal canned foods, or things like hamburger helper.

I really liked the food, and be-came a big fan of the German pota-to salad. The third area of study was the short trips we took to different parts of Germany.

My favorite program trip was the one to Berlin, where we stayed at a youth hostel for three days. Go-ing to Berlin allowed us to learn the history of the wall, and gain an understanding of how Germany be-came split.

Berlin is also home to many great museums, a few of which I was able to visit. We stayed at a hostel, which is similar to a hotel, just much cheaper and only the ba-

sics. All of the guys from my class

stayed in one room, so we had two bunk beds, and a shared shower. A bed in a hostel is a very economical way to travel in Europe, as they av-erage around $20 a night, and most only allow people under 30 to stay.

In Berlin, we visited the few remaining sections of the wall, and our professor explained how it was built, and the devastation it caused.

Something that was a lot more fun in Berlin, was the soccer games that were going on, the World Cup. The World Cup was not hosted in Germany this year, but Germany was still a contender.

So, while in Berlin we went to an outdoor beer garden and watched Germany play. Now, usually most Germans are reserved, almost stoic, but when it comes to soccer they are crazy.

We had a great time cheering and yelling with several hundred other people watching the games.

Overall, my study abroad in Germany was great, and was just an amazing experience; it’s really hard to explain.

It is something I would recom-mend to anyone, even if you don’t necessarily need to learn a second language because really, the lan-guage is a component, but living and learning about another culture is such a learning experience, it changed the way I look at the world, and some of my views.

THE SUMMER I STUDIED ABROAD...By Paul HeidelbergContributor

It is something akin to the confusion felt after hearing that the perfect couple is splitting up: what happened? Who left who?

What ugly details created a rift between such a perfectly matched pair? Will the infi delity ever be repaired? Will they get back together?

Have no fear, Mr. Brightside

fans, Brandon Flowers is not divorcing the band.

The September 14, 2010 release of his fi rst solo album, Flamingo, does not mark a hiatus for The Killers.

In fact, if you were hoping for more of the Killers sound, this is still it. Most of the songs were written for the band’s next album;

The Killers were ready for a break, Flowers was not.

The homages to Flowers’ home town of Las Vegas wax

cliché throughout (especially in the album’s opening track of Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas), but the fi rst single, Crossfi re, carries the listener across the threshold to enjoy a surprise appearance by Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis in “Hard Enough.”

Like The Killers’ previous ventures, there is a morsel of haziness scattered in the lyrical tête-à-têtes of Flamingo. Life’s dark humor, akin to Todd Snider’s conversation-music, is found

showcased in ‘The Clock was Tickin’.

An assortment of toe-tapping and head-bobbing selections is peppered throughout Flamingo.

The highlight of this solo venture, however, is the solid beat and slightly redolent chorus of ‘Only the Young’ that piques interest and will surely become a radio favorite.

The Killers’ glam sound resonates, and the oft-referenced infl uence of Bruce Springsteen

on Flowers’ sound is apparent, but an understated tone marks a slightly gentler version of Flowers’ romantic melancholy.

It is the occasional obscure lyric and the wistful timbre in his voice that mark this work his own, and worth a listen.

If not just for witnessing Flowers’ jumping off point for better things to come, this is a chance to recall The Killers’ sound while they are on ‘break’.

Killers’ frontman releases new albumBy Diona Osterman-ApiReporter

A & E The Hawk 21Wednesday, sEPTEMBER 29

This was a simply amaz-ing performance! I was a lit-tle bit apprehensive about a fi ddle, a banjo, a guitar and a stand up bass, but I was simply blown away. I am convinced that Kendl Win-ter on banjo, Jes Raymond on Guitar, Joe Capoccia on the Upright bass, and Jakob Brietbach on the Fiddle

share one brain and a heart that loves music more than life its self. The soulful bluegrass sound grabbed the room and left them wanting more at intermission. This is a must see group of artists!

It’s nice to see Sneak Pique productions in conjunc-tion with the Odd Fellows lodge are bringing culture to South West North Dakota. No one could have asked for a better venue. The intimate setting combined with the band performing at fl oor level made for a magical night. If you would like to broaden your cultural horizons I would suggest checking out sneak pique productions at http://www.sneakpiqueproductions.com/ and the Blackberry Bushes String band at http://theblackberrybush-es.com/.

The Blackberry Bushes String Band amazes

Photo courtesy of The Blackberrry Bushes String Band

By Tyler HoustonReporter

The Last Exorcism

Retro DVD Review

MAD MAX (1979)

Creepy? Yes. Scary? Though The Last Ex-orcism poster shows a young girl in a decided-

ly Linda Blair pose, this isn’t some blood-soaked fi re-and-brimstone horror movie.

The fi lm revolves around Reverend Cot-ton Marcus, a southern preacher who’s made a living performing phony exorcisms for people who believe they are possessed by demons. The Rev, tired of the hypocrisy, intends to get out of the business, but fi rst he hires a documentary fi lm crew to fol-low him to his fi nal performance in order to blow the lid off exorcism racket. Cotton and his crew, (a cameraman and soundwoman), accept an assignment at a farm deep in Lou-isiana, which the fi lm sets up as a kind of religious melting pot. The daughter, Nell, is

an innocent 16 year-old, home-schooled by her father after her mother’s recent death. It seems there have been issues of sleepwalk-ing and slaughtered livestock down on the farm and it is suspected that Nell is the cul-prit. The Rev performs an impressive show for the family, and everything seems to go as planned. That is... until it really, really doesn’t.

It falls apart during a prolonged cat and mouse ending that sees the whole posses-sion angle tossed aside from something far more foolish. There’s no pea soup and no head spins. There’s just a lot of running and shouting, followed by a regrettable trek into the woods. Anyone old enough to actually remember how William Friedkin freaked out pop culture with his far superior The Exorcist will scoff at such silliness.

In This creative, original, exciting, Aus-

tralian low budget fi lm, a young Mel Gibson made his starring debut. Set in the near future, “Mad Max” presents a society falling into chaos. The forces of law and order are barely holding their own and the highways are terrorized by lunatic speed gangs. Gibson plays Max, a family man and good cop who’s fed up with his job.

He’s seen too many his friends die from action and wants to retire to spend the rest of his days with his wife and child, but his Chief bribes him with a new, faster po-lice car, and attempts to fl atter him by telling him that he’s the last of the heroes.

After spending a glorious week with his family on the beach, he decides to put away his badge

and uniform for good. Instead, a psychotic road gang kills the two people he loves most in revenge for the death of one of their mem-bers. Left with nothing to live for, Gibson turns avenger, puts on his black leather uniform, fuels up his V-8, and hits the road.

In many ways, the plot of “Mad Max” looks like a combination of vigilante cop thriller and western with some of the most stunning car-chase/crash-and-burn scenes ever put on fi lm. Apart from dark tone, “Mad Max” succeeded because it was good movie. Mel Gibson was well-cast in the role of Max who was a civilized police-man that later turns into homicidal maniac.

The family scenes seemed a little bit stereotyped, with the cheerfulness that’s unnecessary with its dark tone for the whole picture.

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