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Anthony AndersonEditor

The Black StudentAssociation’s celebration of BlackHistory Month will conclude Feb.25 with a Black History MonthJubilation in Old Main’s NelsonHall at 6 p.m.

According to Joe Davis, MinotState University BSA president,Black History Month is about“recognizing the accomplish-ments of blacks throughout histo-ry, all over the world.”

The event began in 1926 asNegro History Week and expand-ed to Black History Month in 1976under the leadership of PresidentGerald R. Ford.

The BSA has held events allthrough February in recognitionof Black History Month, includinga student panel in the BeaverDam, musical performances, poet-ry readings and screenings offilms such as “The Color Purple,”“Blood Diamond,” “American

History X” and “Precious.”The final event will cap off the

month by recognizing the spec-trum of cultures and colors repre-sented at Minot State University.

Speakers at the Jubilation willinclude MSU senior FernandoMontenegro, originally fromBolivia, MSU instructors RickWatson and Daniel Ngugi, andMac McLeod, director of theMinot Area Homeless Coalition.

“Mac was there doing the firstexperiences of the civil rightsmovement,” Davis said. “Theriots, segregation, he was rightthere in the middle of it.”

Davis stresses that even thoughthe event is a Black History MonthJubilation, everyone should feelwelcome to attend.

“It’s for everyone,” he said.“It’s not just black history or whitehistory, it’s just history … (Thisevent) really exemplifies themulti-cultural nature of our cam-pus and our community.”

MSU celebrates historywith Black Jubilation

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Photo by Amber PenroseMSU students (from the left) Martin Adamu-Koto, Glenn Clarke,Sharonda Fudge, Joe Davis, Tina Blackmon and RodriguezBlackmon particpate in a discussion panel last week as part ofBlack History Month. Students discussed black culturalexperiences.

Photo by Max PatznerBrittany Armstrong as 20-year-0ld Molly (left), Daniel Johnson as Jake (center) and KhristyAnderson as 12-year-old Molly rehearse for their upcoming performance of “Jakeʼs Women.” Theplay begins tonight at 7 p.m. in Aleshire Theater.

‘Jake’s Women’ premiers tonightMichelle Walling

Staff WriterOur Minot State University

campus presents some of the com-munity’s best and favorite plays.Paula Lindekugel-Willis, MSUcommunication arts instructor,looks forward to adding to ourschool’s theater repertoire withthis year’s rendition of NeilSimon’s “Jake’s Women.”

At the beginning of the play,we see Jake, the main protagonist,a talented man and writer. Hiscurrent wife suddenly accuseshim of not being able to let go ofhis deceased wife. By the end ofthe first act, we realize that he haslost control of his life. However,as Act 2 draws to a close, Jakefinally finds answers. He is grow-ing increasingly introspective andbeginning to realize things that hehad previously overlooked.

Originally written by play-wright Simon in the early 1990s,the play takes place in New Yorkfrom 1962 to 1991. Scenes alter-nate between Jake’s office and liv-ing room. Despite the limitedscenery, and with help from thesporadic time period, Jake’s storyof self-discovery “is a unique mixbetween fantasy, memory andreality,” Lindekugel-Willis said.

“Many times the main charac-ter breaks through what we callthe ‘fourth wall’ (the imaginarywall between the actors and audi-ence). He does this by talkingdirectly to the audience members,conversing with them or askingthem questions ... although not averbal exchange. It makes for aninteresting and at times humor-ous experience,” she said

Lindekugel-Willis noted Jake’scharacter development.

“You can identify very easilywith him, both physically andemotionally.”

The play’s all-star cast consistsof Daniel Johnson as Jake, JillBechtold as Jake’s wife, Maggie,Penny Lipsey as Jake’s sister,Karen, Khristy Anderson as 12-year-old Molly and BrittanyArmstrong as 20-year-old Molly,Tiffany Tooley as Jake’s therapist,Edith, Jenny Castro as Julie (Jake’sdeceased wife) and KelseyMacNaughton as Sheila, Jake’scurrent and on-the-side girlfriend.

The show opens in AleshireTheater in Hartnett Hall tonight.It runs through Saturday at 7:30p.m. and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.Admission is free with a currentschool ID for MSU students, fac-ulty and staff. To reserve a ticket,call 858-3172.

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News in brief Today in History303: The Roman Emperor

Diocletion orders the generalpersecution of Christians.

1886: The first classified ad is pub-lished in the London Times.

1892: The first college studentgovernment association isformed at Bryn MawrCollege, Pennsylvania.

1896: The tootsie roll debuts.

1904: The U.S. buys control of thePanama Canal for $10 mil-lion.

1945: Marines raise the flag on IwoJima.

1954: The first mass inoculationusing the Salk polio vaccine.

1997: Scientists announce the suc-cessful cloning of an adultfemale sheep, Dolly.

(Courtesy of brainyhistory.com)

TRIO awarenessluncheon tomorrow

The POWER Center invites allMSU students, faculty and staff toattend a TRIO AwarenessLuncheon on Friday, Feb. 24, from11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the BeaverDam. During the luncheon,POWER Center staff will discusstheir program and its mission.

New bachelor degreepresentations

The Marketing Office will host“Be in the Know - New Bachelor'sDegree Programs” on Tuesday,Feb. 28, at 10 a.m. in AleshireTheater. The event will featurepresentations by three MSUinstructors on three new majors atMinot State – Paul Lepp on bioin-formatics, Frank Moseley on ener-gy economics and finance, andClarine Sandstrom on early child-hood education.

Comedic motivationalspeaker to perform

Elaine Williams, a comedicmotivational speaker, will per-form in the Aleshire Theater onTuesday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m.Williams, a victim of emotionaland sexual abuse, was once abulimic who abused her bodywith food and substances. Sheturned her life around and todayspreads her message throughcomedy, showing that food anddrugs are not the way to happi-ness.

Ensemble concertsFeb. 27 and 28

The MSU Music Departmentwill present a small ensemblesconcert on Monday, Feb. 27 at 7:30p.m. in Nelson Hall. The musicalfamilies represented will includestrings, woodwinds and brass.

The MSU Percussion Ensemblewill perform Tuesday, Feb. 28, at

7:30 p.m. in Nelson Hall. Theevent will feature the percussionensemble, the marimba ensembleand a special guest appearance bythe Minot High School MagiDrum Line.

Both concerts are free and opento the public.

Paris faculty lectureEric Furuseth, MSU humani-

ties instructor, will present a lec-ture titled “Midnight and Noon inParis: Brother Eric returns to theCity of Light” on Wednesday, Feb.29 at 7 p.m. in Aleshire Theater.The lecture will exploreFuruseth’s 2011 sojourn to Paris,his first visit to the city since 1972.

Ceramics workshopGuillermo Guardia, an artist

from Grand Forks, N.D., will hosta ceramics demonstration andworkshop on Wednesday, Feb. 29,at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the PioneerHall ceramics studio.

Résumé clinicThe Student Sucess Center is

sponsoring a “Résumé Check-upClinic” on Thursday, March 1from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in theBeaver Dam. All students areinvited to come and learn thebasics of getting and keeping arésumé up to scratch.

Nellyʼs Echo toperform next week

Nelson “Nelly” Emokpae, amusical artist from Nigeria, willperform on Thursday, March 1, inthe Beaver Dam at noon.Emokpae’s performance is aunique blend of soul, reggae andblues. Sometimes compared toSeal and Sting, with a dash ofJohn Mayer, Emokpae fusescalypso, Afro-beat and soul intoan unforgettable musical experi-ence.

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Brown BagBook Talk

Friday, Feb. 2412–12:45 p.m., Olson Library, lower level

You do not need to read the book in order to attend. Feel free tobring your lunch. All students, faculty and staff are invited.

GORDON B.OLSON

LIBRARY

Brown BagBook Talks

FeaturingDraza Markovic,

Physicsdiscussing the book

“Civilization: The Westand the Rest”

by Niall Ferguson

Rachelle BrownStudent Spotlight

“It all goes back tohelping people... ”

– Rachelle Brown

Roy WhyteStaff Writer

Student fees for next year are setto increase. Minot State Universitystudents will pay $22 more persemester; $44 more per year.

Brian Foisy, vice president foradministration and finance,answered some of the questionsmost students will have.

“When we raise student fees,we are only allowed to raise thema certain amount,” Foisy said. “Wehave a cap on fee increases, and ifwe pass the amount, we are notallowed to keep all of the increas-es.” This was the case this year.

There are many reasons why orwhy not to give increases to all theareas that request one.

“It depends on whether or notstudents utilize the area and, ifthey don’t, then maybe student

fees aren’t the best place to get themoney,” Foisy said. “There couldalso be more money left in thearea, or there could just be a morenecessary area to increase. Notevery area that asks for moremoney always gets it.”

Increasing student fees is along process that starts with a stu-dent service or activity writing upa proposal and submitting it to theMSU Finance Committee. Thatcommittee consists of four studentrepresentatives and four facultymembers. The faculty membersare Foisy, Lenore Koczon, vicepresident for academic affairs,Rick Hedberg, athletic directorand Dick Jenkins, vice presidentfor student affairs. The studentsand faculty have equal votes atthese meetings.

The Student Government

Association approved the feeincreases at its Jan. 23 meeting.

The last step is, the NorthDakota State Board of Educationhas to approve all changes. At anypoint during this process, thechanges could be turned downand that would be the end of thatrequest.

MSU student fees for next yearincreased in three major areas. Thelargest one is the Student WellnessCenter fee. The center is not openyet, but officials and students arealready working on ways to payfor it.

“It’s a big center and they arejust not certain about how muchit’s going to need to operate, sothey would like to have somemoney built up before it evenopens,” Foisy said.

Zac DemersComm 281

The College of Business lead-ership class is launching a proj-ect related to the flood calledStudents suppOrting Students,or SOS. The team responsible forthe project consists of businessstudents Camila Van Dyke, EllenFenner, Aaron Cummings andDeanna Mitchell, and is underthe guidance of Business instruc-tor Jay Wahlund.

The group decided to take onthe project after realizing howdevastating the 2011 flood wasto community members andMSU students in particular. Theyalso recognize that, because ofrent increases in the area, somestudents need help more thanever.

The program will offer assis-tance to students affected by theflood — but, before the businessclass can help, students directlyharmed by the flood need tosend in an e-mail explaininghow the flood impacted them.

“We want to help studentsaffected by the flood,” Fennersaid. “The reason for the story isto prove they were actually stu-dents affected by the flood. We

hope to distribute funds toeveryone who tells us what hap-pened to them.”

In addition to the main goalof helping students rebuild afterthe flood, this project is alsobuilding leadership qualities.

“It’s important as leaders todo our best to help (others),” VanDyke said.

“We wanted to continue thatsupport and awareness and keepthat assistance for them avail-able,” Fenner said.

According to Cummings, theSOS team hopes that local busi-nesses and individuals will begenerous in giving to the project.The funds will go towards pur-chasing grocery gift cards, whichwill be awarded in a presenta-tion in the spring. The grouphopes that they will be able toraise enough donations to pro-vide help to every student thatapplies.

The SOS team encourages allstudents impacted by the floodto contact them atsos@minotstateu.edu. Studentsshould submit their name,address, phone number and abrief explanation of their situa-tion in the email.

CoB students raise money forflood relief

Anthony AndersonEditor

Everyone has a mission in life –to teach, to write, to do or create orbuild. Minot State Universitysophomore Rachelle Browndescribes her mission as “helpingothers.”

Not surprisingly, Brown is anursing major.

“I love helping people,” shesaid. “Saving lives is probably thebest way to do that.”

Though she is certain that shewants to be a nurse, Brown isn’tsure of what specialty to pursue.She is wavering between pedi-atrics and maternity nursing.

“Out of all the spectrum of peo-ple, kids are the most hopeful andhappy. I just like being aroundthem,” she said.

Brown said that outside of aca-demics, she also spends most ofher free time on campus in onecapacity or another. She’s an RA inLura Manor, serves with theResident Hall Association, andworks in the Office of EnrollmentServices as a student ambassador

and a recruiter’s assistant.Though being an RA is admit-

tedly not without its challenges,Brown said she thoroughly enjoysit.

“It’s something I like to do. Iguess I just like being around peo-ple and helping people.”

As vice-president of theResidence Hall Association,Brown is deeply involved in plan-ning many different events oncampus. She recently attendedMACURH, the Midwest Affiliateof College and UniversityResidence Halls, in Nebraska.

“It was a lot of fun,” she said ofthe conference. “We got to meetwith people from all over theregion, and learn about how theyare handling the same problemswe have, and what kinds of thingsthey are doing (in their residence

halls).”As a student ambassador and

a recruiter’s assistant, Brown hasa variety of duties.

“I give tours, call perspectivestudents, get packets ready forthe recruiters … I actually had astudent email me with a questionthe other day! It was very excit-ing.”

Through the student ambassa-dors, Brown gets involved withan assortment of events and pro-grams, both on and off campus.She has volunteered at countlessevents, ranging from the MSUGala, to the North DakotaPheasants for the Future banquet.

“It all goes back to helpingpeople,” the sophomore said. “Ilike to make an effort in the com-munity to make a difference.”

Student fees to increase by $44/year

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A recent audit at DickinsonState University revealed thathundreds of internationalstudents were awarded degreesfor which they did not meet therequirements.

In recent days, certain,messier complications have alsostarted to appear, particularlythe suicide of DouglasLaPlante, the university’s deanof education, business andapplied sciences. (DSU claimsthat he did not know of theaudit before he committedsuicide.)

First of all, we must offerour condolences to thestudents, staff and faculty ofDSU. Secondly, we must stateour solidarity with them – theseincidents have cast anunfortunate light over a veryhigh-caliber institution. Thewords “diploma mill” havebeen attached to the story in thenews – this is very unfortunateand really not the case.

Thirdly, we must insist uponaccountability for those whomay have done more thanmake human mistakes. Wehope this is not the case, but ifit is, then we can only hope theresponsible parties will face theproper consequences.

Overall, this is anunfortunate black eye for a fineinstitution. It is critical to ownup (if need be), and continue tomove forward.

EDITORAnthony Anderson

ASSISTANT EDITORBryce Berginski

ONLINE EDITORScott A. Jones

CIRCULATIONDoug Richter

On Movies

Alex NelsonColumnist

I almost had mixed emotionsbefore the movie started to play, aspart of me was excited and theother half of myself thought I wasgoing to be bored and notimpressed. In the end, I wasimpressed.

“Safe House” is an actionthriller directed by DanielEspinosa and filmed in CapeTown, South Africa. The moviestars Denzel Washington, RyanReynolds, Vera Farmiga, Brendan

ʻSafe House ̓(wasnʼt sold out this weekend)

Ward LamonColumnist

In earth’s water cycle, particu-larly right before the process ofprecipitation, water droplets cometogether and form into largerdrops. These drops, once formed,accumulate to bring about adownpour of rain. I mention allthis because, similarly, I’m aboutto send a deluge of information onrock music your way. Considerthis column one of those small,individual rain clouds in cartoons

Accountability is thename of the game

On MusicThis column rocks! ... no, literallywhich suddenly appear fromnowhere on a bright sunny day tojust drench you with rain.

We’ll start with Foxy Shazam, aband that took me by completesurprise with its newest album.Upon discovering them, I foundout that each and every one oftheir albums had a completely dif-ferent sound, having put outeverything from experimentalhardcore to pop/alt. rock, to anearly rock sound, in no particularorder. I did not see an 80s glamrock album coming my way.Nonetheless, in shocked awe, Ifound myself plunged into a nos-talgic 80s mood.

Along with them, I next came

to find out about their currenttouring band, The Darkness, whoI instantly recognized. Both ofthese bands have helped assureme beyond the shadow of a doubtthat the signature 80s rock soundhas by no means died. If you usethe Spotify music player, be sureto check out this week’s playlist asit will definitely include worksfrom both these bands.

Next, I must give a shoutout toAttack Attack!’s new album. Theirdebut album, “Someday CameSuddenly” was/is my personalfavorite, but their second, self-titled one didn’t seem to comparein my books. I had more closelyfollowed former vocalist Austin

Carlile over to Of Mice and Men,but then Attack Attack! took meby surprise with its release on Jan.17. I still hold “Someday CameSuddenly” as my favorite, buttheir new one, “This Means War,”comes right behind that album forme.

Moving right along to morelocal news, we will haveRighteous Vendetta here in Minotat the Pangea House. They areplaying only two days from nowon Saturday, Feb. 25. Opening forthem will be a band that hailsfrom Ellendale, For the Few. WhoI Am will also be playing in themidst of a busy touring schedule

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Gleeson and Sam Shepard. Theplot is about a rogue CIA agentnamed Tobin Frost (Washington)who has spent nine years sellingthe CIA’s top secret information tothe highest bidder. After buying adevice that has a lot of informa-tion, he is hunted down by a hiredgunman named Vargas and hismen. To survive, he is forced togive himself up to the Americanembassy in Capetown.

Meanwhile a young CIA agent,Matt Weston (Reynolds), has theposition of waiting for potential“guests” that come to the safehouse. So far none has arrived,and Weston is becoming restless.He wants a transfer to Paris,

France, where his girlfriendresides. Due to Weston’s limitedfield experience, his transfer is puton hold. He is about to get moreexperience as the “guest” thatcomes with armed CIA personnelis none other than Tobin Frost.

While agents interrogate Frost,the safe house comes under attackby Vargas and his group. Theattack leaves Weston and Frost asthe only two survivors. The twomen manage to escape but, asWeston tries to get help, the CIAtells him to stay off the grid andgo to the nearest safe house.

Back at Langley, three agents,David Barlow (Gleeson),Catharine Linklater (Farmiga) and

the CIA director Harlan Whitfordtry to figure out how to getWeston and Frost out of SouthAfrica. As Weston is doing every-thing he can to protect Frost andbring him into custody, he realizesthat Frost may be the only personhe can truly trust.

I did not know what to expectfrom this film, as most moviesthat bring out a lot of hype tendnot to be as good as peoplehoped. After seeing this, however,I felt that the film did live up atleast to most of its expectations. Ifelt the acting was indeed good;everyone played their part well.You can’t you can’t go wrong with

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During a special meeting ofthe State Board of HigherEducation held on February 13,2012, the Board asked NorthDakota Attorney General WayneStenehjem to seek a declaratoryopinion from the state SupremeCourt as to the constitutionalityof the law passed by the statelegislature last April requiringthat the University of NorthDakota’s official name and logobe the Fighting Sioux. Critics ofthe Board and the UniversitySystem have suggested that theBoard’s action is a power grabintended to infringe upon thereferral process and the votingrights of the people inherent inthat process.

The State Board of HigherEducation was constitutionallyestablished in 1938 to removethe oversight of the state’s uni-versities and colleges from thepolitical process and place themunder the control of an appoint-ed Board of Higher Education.The process of appropriatingfunds to operate the institutionsremained with the legislature.Although this constitutionallyestablished governance of high-er education has resulted inperiodic friction between theBoard and the legislative andexecutive branches, it has pro-duced a state university systemthat is recognized as one of thefinest in the United States whencompared to national metricsincluding efficient use of tax-payer dollars, affordability,access, student satisfaction,graduate satisfaction, workforcetraining, employers satisfaction,graduation/retention rates orstudent’s performance onnational exams.

The Board of HigherEducation is appointed by theGovernor to set governance andacademic policy for NorthDakota’s 11 institutions. Once

appointed, Board members takean oath to uphold the state con-stitution. Just as a governor, leg-islator or other state officialswears to follow the constitutionin exercising their office, Boardmembers are sworn to act in thebest interest of our universitiesand colleges. Regarding theFighting Sioux issue, our oathrequires us to act in the bestinterest of UND, its athletic pro-gram and its student athletes.This means it is our duty as theBoard of Higher Education tochallenge the constitutionalityof a law that damages UND,even if the result of such a chal-lenge may negate a statewidevote.

Those who have carefullyexamined the arguments pre-sented by both sides of the issueand specifically the NCAA sanc-tions and what effect they haveand will have on UND’s studentathletes have concluded that thename and logo must be retired.This group now includes theGovernor, a significant majorityof the legislature, the attorneygeneral, the Board of HigherEducation, UND administra-tion, the UND athletic depart-ment and all UND coaches, theUND alumni association, facul-ty, staff and students. In thecoming months, you will hearthese groups outline the reasonsthey believe it is necessary toretire the name and logo. Thosewho truly support UND, bothits academics and its athletics,will listen carefully to thesevoices and measure themagainst those who have mayhave placed their affection for abeloved nickname and logoahead of the institution itselfand its student athletes.

Grant Shaft, President, State Board of Higher Education

Retiring Fighting Sioux name and logois in UNDʼs best interests

Bryce BerginskiAssistant EditorFor more than

80 years, theUniversity ofNorth Dakota hada nickname, theFighting Sioux.However, its nickname has beenextremely controversial, and theissue of changing or keeping iteven more so.

In the 1930’s, UND changed itsnickname from the seemingly lessintimidating Flickertails (a type ofsquirrel) to the Fighting Sioux. For40 years, critics have pointed outthat the name is offensive toNative Americans, and the NCAAagrees.

In fact, in 2005, the NCAA wasgoing to prevent not just the use ofthe name and logo in post-seasongames, but prevent UND fromhosting championships in its ownfacilities (including the RalphEngelstad arena, which has thename and logo in more than 2,000places), because they deemed it“hostile and abusive.” After theuniversity sought legal action in2006, N.D. Attorney GeneralWayne Stenejhem granted the uni-versity an injunction that would

prevent the NCAA from enforcingits rules.

In 2007, UND and the NCAAreached a settlement in whichUND would have to gain supportfrom the Standing Rock and theSpirit Lake Sioux tribes or elsehave to change. The Spirit Laketribe gave its support, however,leaders of the Standing Rock tribeweren’t exactly willing to goalong.

Who exactly wants it tochange? The NCAA, Native

American tribes, UND facultymembers and student organiza-tions and even the N.D. Board ofHigher Education want the nameto change. The board has changedthe deadline for UND to changeon numerous occasions, however,they’ve been stopped by peoplewho want it to stay the same:UND administrators, athletes,sports officials, fans. Even theN.D. Senate put a law in place (it

was struck down in November)that would’ve forced UND to keepits name.

Ralph Engelstad put a stipula-tion in his donation to build thearena that UND keeps the Siouxnickname. This month, more than17,000 residents signed a petitionto put the issue to a statewidevote.

They are some who believe thatUND doesn’t need the NCAA andthe Big Sky Conference, theNCAA and the Big SkyConference needs UND. Thisbelief is wrong on many levels.Two rival schools (the Universityof Minnesota and the Universityof Wisconsin) have refused to playUND in hockey. What’s to saymore schools won’t?

You know what? This bickeringis becoming tiresome. Members ofthe UND staff, including the pres-ident, want to move on, and theschool should. The bickering onlyhurts UND, it doesn’t help it. Atradition of academic and athleticexcellence can continue, nicknamebe damned.

UND should be allowed tochange its nickname and proveitself again and again to theNCAA, to its fans, to everyone.

A tradition of academicand athletic excellencecan continue, nicknamebe damned.

– Bryce Berginski

Yes, it’s probably for the best if the nickname is retired

for them. This show will most def-initely rock your face off with thecombined efforts of these three tal-ented bands. However, if you justdon’t happen to get your fix ofgreat music, then fear not!

The week after, on March 2, theannual Beardstock event is com-ing up again. Under the organiza-tion of Dan Hansen and StefanieEngstrom, this event serves notonly as a conglomerate of bandsfrom all around North Dakota, butalso as a miraculous fundraiserthat has been able to donatearound $2,000 dollars to the MinotArea Homeless Coalition over thepast few years. In case you haven’theard much about this event, Danexplains it more in depth on the

event’s Facebook page:“This year’s Beardstock will

consist of the usual ... free pizza,free music, and beard contests! Weare asking for a $5 suggesteddonation and that you bring non-perishable items because we willbe collecting those as well. Therewill be prizes for the best beardsand for whoever brings the mostnon-perishable items! We arehappy to announce that we will beteaming with some of the campusministries at Minot State to put onthe best Beardstock thus far!”

Lastly, I would like to mentiona handy rock/metal music web-site, Loudwire.com. One thing inparticular I found especially neat,was the site’s “Cage Matches” and“Death Matches” that I stumbledacross whilst perusing Facebook

one day. Here I am, just seeing allthese “What My Friends Think IDo” memes popping up all overcreation, when all of a suddensome of my favorite bands weretelling fans to vote for them intheir match. Basically, it’s a fan-created, fan-voted-upon contestwhere two bands are featured andwhoever wins goes on to “com-pete” against another band. Thiscontinues until they win a total offour matches and are added to thesite’s “Hall of Fame” or lose anddrop out. It was rather interesting!

If you’d like to check out moreon any of these, I’ve so kindly sim-plified the “checking out” processfor you by including links toeverything I mention in the col-umn on our Facebook page.

You’re welcome.

... Wardcontinued from page 4

Berginski

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PancakeBreakfastSaturday, Feb. 25, 8-10 A.M.Applebees, Minot$6 at the door, $5 if bought in advanceFor more info., contact Brandyn at brandyn.hansen@my.minotstateu.eduDisaster relief fundraisersponsored by MSURotaract Club

Washington and with Reynolds. Iwas surprised that Reynolds did aterrific job, considering he isknown mostly for being a comedi-an in his films.

I enjoyed the moments ofchemistry between Washingtonand Ryan, because you get to seethe tension between the two, theexperienced CIA rogue and theinexperienced agent. I felt theaction was dead on. I could feelthe blood in my veins pumping,wondering what would happennext. The twists and turns makethis film interesting in and ofitself.

At the same time, I can see thisas a problem as the plot sounds abit similar to other movies. Some

could even compare this moviewith “Training Day,” anotherWashington flick that has an expe-rienced corrupted narc officertraining a young narc officer. Theplot sounds a bit predictable andsome people will think that theyalready know what the ending isgoing to be.

I personally blame the trailerfor this as it does give away someimportant moments. This moviemay seem thin, and I will admitthere may be a plot hole or two init. However, despite some of theseflaws, the movie’s plenty of gunfights, car chases and fight scenesalong with the good acting byDenzel Washington and RyanReynolds, make this film worthseeing. I rate “Safe House” 4 outof 5 Beavers.

... Alexcontinued from page 4

The finance committee redi-rected the endowment fee, previ-ously used to give out grants, tohelp with the center.

The Minot State Club Hockeyteam is an area that needs helpgetting re-established financially,so their budget increased by $4.50.The hockey team is strugglingbecause the flood damaged the AllSeasons Arena and they had torelocate to the Maysa Arena. The

Maysa has less space for adver-tisements and their attendance islower because the rink is smaller.

The Student GovernmentAssociation (SGA) and StudentActivities also saw increases intheir allotments. SGA’s increaseis to help pay for the new studentposition of co-director of activi-ties.

All of these changes to the stu-dent budget are pending on thefinal decision of the State Board,which should be made today.

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Bekka Ryan Staff Writer

The Minot State UniversityConcert Band, known to many oncampus as the “Pride of MSU,”took its Spring Semester BandTour on the road Feb. 15 – 18. Forthose on the tour, this was notonly an opportunity to spread thejoy of music and perform foryoungsters, but a time to bondwith other band members.

“Thanks to my fellow MSUBand members for making thetour such a fun time!” JoelWiedrich wrote in his news feedsto Minot Staters after the trip.Wiedrich is in his third year atMinot State and majoring inmusic. He and fellow studentsAngie Orluck (senior, music ed.major) and Alan Jermiason (fresh-man, music ed.) make up theMSU Trumpet Trio featured onthe tour. The group performed“Bugler’s Holiday” for rapt stu-dents at each stop.

The concert tour includedstops at schools in Devils Lake,Lakota and Castleton. The band’srepertoire showcased marches,concert collections and patrioticmusic.

In addition to performing forprimary and secondary schoolstudents, the band traveled toMinneapolis to attend theMinnesota Music EducatorsConference. This is one of thelargest music conferences heldannually in the United States.Junior Courtney Armstrong saidshe experienced a revitalized look

Concert band returns from tour

Photo by Bekka RyanMembers of the concert band practice before leaving on tour.

at music through the conference.“I have a bag full of great infor-

mation from the conference,” shesaid. “I feel rejuvenated for mylove of music. I was able to attendfive workshops that will be appli-cable to my future as a music edu-cator.”

“Had a great time on bandtour! Thanks to everyone whomade it the best!” MatthewJermiason said after the tour wasover. A music education major,freshman Matthew Jermiasonplays trombone not only withMSU’s band, but also with theMinot City Band and the BrassBand of Minot.

The Spring Semester Band Tourprovided an opportunity for thestudents to help recruit for MSUby showing what Minot State hasto offer through its band program.

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Minot State University offers 18separate divisions or departmentson campus. Many of these havestudent-run organizations or clubsto accompany them. One of theinterdisciplinary programs oncampus, the MSU HonorsProgram in Engagement andScholarship, offers a society toaccompany the honors concentra-tion that students can earn bycompleting the program.The MSU Honors Society has

seen a change in direction this aca-demic year. Although the programhas experienced the loss of a greatdepartment director with the res-ignation of Lynne Rumney thisfall, the program and society havecontinued on. Through the sup-port of active students in the soci-ety and program, support fromhonors faculty and the implemen-tation of an interim director, SarahAleshire, students continue toreap the benefits of the programand society.“I became aware of the honors

program through scholarships. Iwas excited to meet LynneRumney and have her as an advis-er,” MSU sophomore JohannahMiller said. A chemistry major,Miller currently serves as thetreasurer for the honors society.“The honors society has been a

major benefit to me--it's reassur-

ing to know that I am not facingthe demanding honors require-ments alone. Now that Lynne hasresigned, I'm concerned about thefuture of our program and societyfor the students,” she said.Concerns about the lack of

communication within the pro-gram this academic year havebeen weighing heavily on theminds of students completing therigorous honors courses. JordenBrown, an honors program stu-dent and vice president of the soci-ety, continues to stay optimisticabout the re-vamping of the pro-gram.“I receive the Great Plains

scholarship, and it is a require-ment that I be in the honors pro-gram, but I chose to be in the hon-ors society,” he said. “With Lynneleaving, this year has been a bithectic, but I think things will workthemselves out, and therefore thehonors program and society willadjust accordingly,” Brown said.“Participation in the honors

program is required for many stu-dents to continue to receive theirscholarships, and many studentsare frustrated with the lack ofcommunication from the universi-ty,” Miller said. “Our temporaryhonors advisers are sometimesunfamiliar with the honors sys-tem, and some students are noteven sure if they have an adviserright now. I hope that these issues

can be resolved soon and, in theinterim, that the university will beconsiderate of our situation.”Why do students get involved

in such a rigorous program? Firstyear student Anna Barlet is study-ing international business at MSU.“I am an honors student

because I wanted to prove that Ican complete the challenge of hav-ing what it takes to complete theprogram,” Barlet said.“The Society has definitely

helped me to become a morediverse person and pushed mylimits on being an exceptional stu-dent. I have met many wonderfulpeople being involved in honors,”Brown said.This year the society has seen a

boost in participation and activemembers due to the bonding cre-ated between students in this timeof uncertainty. Last year the socie-ty only had seven active members,while this year’s CSO reportshows 25 active members.“I think the future of our socie-

ty and program within the univer-sity will help those who want tostand out and show off what theyhave to offer within our programand our society,” Barlet said.Through the growth of the soci-

ety’s member list, the club has alsoseen a rise in campus outreach thisyear. In the academic year thus far,the honors society has participat-ed in a Community Clean-up Day

Honors Society resurges on campus

helping muck out houses; theMSU Block Party, offering rootbeer floats and a trivia game onMSU facts; held a free babysittingnight- which is an offering not pro-vided for on campus; a FallTeachers’ Appreciation Luncheon;hosted the MSU After Dark event,Speed Dating, and had aValentine’s treat bake sale. Thesociety now is cultivating ideasand strategies for the upcomingPennies for Patients Carnival,

Tunnel of Oppression display, sen-ior honor students awards ceremo-ny and dessert night, along with aSpring Teacher’s Appreciationluncheon.“The honors coursework can be

quite pressing, but it’s nothing thatstudent’s can’t handle. A nicebonus is early registration forclasses!” Brown said.Honors students say, no matter

what happens with the program, itis on campus to stay.

Photo by Bekka RyanJohannah Miller (left) and Elizabeth Meyer work at the HonorsSociety Valentine’s Day bake sale.

Bekka RyanStaff Writer

Minot State University offers 18separate divisions or departmentson campus. Many of these havestudent-run organizations or clubsto accompany them. One of theinterdisciplinary programs oncampus, the MSU HonorsProgram in Engagement andScholarship, offers a society toaccompany the honors concentra-tion that students can earn bycompleting the program.

The MSU Honors Society hasseen a change in direction this aca-demic year. Although the programhas experienced the loss of a greatdepartment director with the res-ignation of Lynne Rumney thisfall, the program and society havecontinued on. Through the sup-port of active students in the soci-ety and program, support fromhonors faculty and the implemen-tation of an interim director, SarahAleshire, students continue toreap the benefits of the programand society.

“I became aware of the honorsprogram through scholarships. Iwas excited to meet LynneRumney and have her as an advis-er,” MSU sophomore JohannahMiller said. A chemistry major,Miller currently serves as thetreasurer for the honors society.

“The honors society has been amajor benefit to me--it's reassur-

ing to know that I am not facingthe demanding honors require-ments alone. Now that Lynne hasresigned, I'm concerned about thefuture of our program and societyfor the students,” she said.

Concerns about the lack ofcommunication within the pro-gram this academic year havebeen weighing heavily on theminds of students completing therigorous honors courses. JordenBrown, an honors program stu-dent and vice president of the soci-ety, continues to stay optimisticabout the re-vamping of the pro-gram.

“I receive the Great Plainsscholarship, and it is a require-ment that I be in the honors pro-gram, but I chose to be in the hon-ors society,” he said. “With Lynneleaving, this year has been a bithectic, but I think things will workthemselves out, and therefore thehonors program and society willadjust accordingly,” Brown said.

“Participation in the honorsprogram is required for many stu-dents to continue to receive theirscholarships, and many studentsare frustrated with the lack ofcommunication from the universi-ty,” Miller said. “Our temporaryhonors advisers are sometimesunfamiliar with the honors sys-tem, and some students are noteven sure if they have an adviserright now. I hope that these issues

can be resolved soon and, in theinterim, that the university will beconsiderate of our situation.”

Why do students get involvedin such a rigorous program? Firstyear student Anna Barlet is study-ing international business at MSU.

“I am an honors studentbecause I wanted to prove that Ican complete the challenge of hav-ing what it takes to complete theprogram,” Barlet said.

“The Society has definitelyhelped me to become a morediverse person and pushed mylimits on being an exceptional stu-dent. I have met many wonderfulpeople being involved in honors,”Brown said.

This year the society has seen aboost in participation and activemembers due to the bonding cre-ated between students in this timeof uncertainty. Last year the socie-ty only had seven active members,while this year’s CSO reportshows 25 active members.

“I think the future of our socie-ty and program within the univer-sity will help those who want tostand out and show off what theyhave to offer within our programand our society,” Barlet said.

Through the growth of the soci-ety’s member list, the club has alsoseen a rise in campus outreach thisyear. In the academic year thus far,the honors society has participat-ed in a Community Clean-up Day

Honors Society resurges on campus

helping muck out houses; theMSU Block Party, offering rootbeer floats and a trivia game onMSU facts; held a free babysittingnight- which is an offering not pro-vided for on campus; a FallTeachers’ Appreciation Luncheon;hosted the MSU After Dark event,Speed Dating, and had aValentine’s treat bake sale. Thesociety now is cultivating ideasand strategies for the upcomingPennies for Patients Carnival,

Tunnel of Oppression display, sen-ior honor students awards ceremo-ny and dessert night, along with aSpring Teacher’s Appreciationluncheon.

“The honors coursework can bequite pressing, but it’s nothing thatstudent’s can’t handle. A nicebonus is early registration forclasses!” Brown said.

Honors students say, no matterwhat happens with the program, itis on campus to stay.

Photo by Bekka RyanJohannah Miller (left) and Elizabeth Meyer work at the HonorsSociety Valentineʼs Day bake sale.

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Bryan HowardComm 281

The search for a new directorof the Severson EntrepreneurshipAcademy has ended with theselection of Minot residentCharles Barney. He began hisduties Jan. 9.

Originally from Brockport,N.Y., Barney graduated with anundergraduate degree in instruc-tional technology from theRochester Institute of Technologyand a master’s degree in instruc-tional systems technology fromIndiana University inBloomington. From 1982 to 1984,Barney worked for ArthurAndersen & Co. in Chicagodesigning and developing self-study and instructor-based train-ing programs for the AuditDivision of the ProfessionalEducation Division.

Barney relocated to St. Louisto work for MaritzCommunications Company from1984 to 1991. While at Maritz, hedesigned, developed, producedand implemented training pro-grams for a variety of clients suchas Citicorp, Northern Telecomand IBM. He primarily workedwith IBM to develop training onsales techniques and products fordealers and account representa-tives.

In 1991, Barney and his wife,Leslie, moved to Minot, where hehas owned and operated severalbusinesses over the last 20 years.In addition, he has successfullyrun for public office.

Elected to the first of threeterms on the Minot City Councilin 2000, Barney has served as thechairman of the Public Works andSafety Committee, chairman ofthe Finance and ImprovementsCommittee and council presidentfor four years.

"Serving on city council gaveme a whole new perspective ongovernment, business and eco-nomic development,” Barneysaid of his experiences with thecouncil. “I have been very active

SEA director search endsCharles Barney heads Severson Entrepreneurship Academy

with what the city could do tofoster more business growth inMinot.”

Barney said he spends muchof his time currently workingwith the EntrepreneurshipClub.

“We are in the process ofdeveloping the Beaver Brewcafé, which is going to be thecoffee shop over at the BeaverRidge," he said. "We are in theprocess of getting that off theground right now.

“The space that we have isright next to Jimmy Johns, but itis undeveloped, so there are dirtfloors in there. We have beenworking with architects.”

Barney said theEntrepreneurship Club has bro-

ken into several committees tohandle the workload: account-ing and finance, marketing,human resources, merchandis-ing and a fifth tasked withworking with the architect andselecting a contractor.

“We are putting together aspeaker series of entrepreneursthat are either in the committeeor the community or that arevisiting the community. Wehave some people that come inout the city that are first-ratedevelopers in terms of puttingtogether businesses, and we arealso working with a number ofstudents that are putting togeth-er their own business plans,” hesaid.

MSU hosts NDSABekka RyanStaff Writer

Minot State University andBismarck State College co-hosted theNorth Dakota Student AssociationFeb. 17/18 in Bismarck.

Max Buchholz, Mike Doran, EricZitter, Trey Welstad, Cassie Neuharth,Amy Olson, Lisa Brule and KelseyMacNaughton made up the MSU del-egation.

Bismarck City Commissioner JoshAskvig spoke to students Fridaynight about accountability. He urgedstudents to live up to an acronym,STAND, in both their personal andprofessional lives. He said STANDrepresents five concepts to a healthyand honest life: Show up, Take initia-tive, Ask questions, Never stop learn-ing and Do the right thing.

Minot State delegates describedour current issues with between-report-card-grades and assignmentreporting, and our ongoing educationhonor chord discussion.

Robert Vallie, State Board ofHigher Education (SBHE) studentmember, addressed issues surround-ing Dickinson State University andthe on-going audit at Minot State con-cerning the tuition waiver system.

“The finance committee looked atthe increasing the budget from threecents per credit hour to five cents, tobe implemented in the coming aca-demic year,” Welstad said.

General assembly delegates tableda resolution considering researchingand developing options for a newaccounting process.

Constitution committee delegateswent over a resolution to allow elec-tronic meetings between the monthlymeetings.

A second resolution sought to com-bine the current constitution commit-tee and the finance committee into oneinternal affairs committee, and sepa-rating the delegation into three offi-cial committees instead of four.

The last resolution concernedimplementation of electing a core dele-gate to each of the committees for aone-year term. This would ensure awell-informed core group at everyNDSA meeting. All resolutions passed.

The student activities committee(SAC) proposed supporting the SBHEdocument, “Maximizing Results

Through Efficiencies.” The NDSA-supported efficiencies stated in thisresolution are a system-wideLearning Management System forimplementation in 2013, a system-wide lecture computer system, andreducing the number of admissionexemptions and exceptions specific toinstitutional needs.

SAC proposed a resolution to sup-port the use of abbreviated textbookspublished to reduce costs. It alsoencourages campus bookstores tobetter advertise available options andencourages teachers to offer an e-book option.

SAC addressed supportingDickinson State University (DSU) stu-dents at this trying time. DSU has suf-fered setbacks with the death of DeanDoug LaPlante of the college of edu-cation, business and applied science.NDSA also sympathizes with stu-dents who have learned they did notmeet the necessary qualifications fortheir degrees. It asks all memberschools and individual delegates tosupport DSU students during thisdifficult time. NDSA commends theleadership of the DSU Student Senateand President Deryl Matthew. All res-olutions passed.

The State and legislative affairscommittee discussed how thetremendous growth in western NorthDakota is and will affect colleges inthe region. The document discussesthe consequences of this growth,including lack of security on campus,losses of staff and faculty to the oilpatch and lack of housing for stu-dents and instructors. NDSA willlobby the NDUS and the executivebranch to secure proper funding forthese issues in the executive budgetrecommendations for the 63rdLegislative Assembly.

A second resolution concerned thesearch for a Commissioner of HigherEducation (Chancellor) for theNDUS. The NDSA supports TimFlakoll or Hamid Shirvani. Both reso-lutions passed.

The alcohol consortium discussedalcohol information each institutionprovided. They also discussed con-sortium-aided Late Night programson state campuses. MSU’s successfulTie Blanket event last semesterreceived consortium funding.

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Last weekend marked the endof the regular-season games for theMinot State University men’s hock-ey club. The Beavers playedWilliston on Friday and Bottineauon Saturday at the Maysa Arena,defeating both teams to improvetheir winning streak to 19 games.Their record advanced to 26-5-2heading into Nationals onMarch 1.MSU trounced Williston, 6-0.

After a week of rest, the Beaverscame out ready to play. They led by4-0 by the end of the first period.The second period remained

scoreless, and then MSU put twomore in the net the third and finalperiod. Josh Rutherford led theteam with one goal and threeassists, followed by Logan Heraufwith one goal and two assists andCam McGeough with one goal andone assist. Brad Olynyk, EricHerbel, and Mike Jordan also

scored one goal apiece in the game.Garrett Ferguson, Laramie Davies,and goalie Wyatt Waselenchukracked up assists in the game.Waselenchuk also held a shutout,making 42 saves in the effort.The Beavers bested Bottineau

6-3 a day later. The Lumberjacksscored first, but MSU recovered toend the first period 2-1. TheBeavers increased their lead byone, ending the third period 4-2,

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Photos by Amber PenroseABOVE: Beavers celebrate a goal against the Lumberjacks of Dakota College at Bottineau Saturday.The Beavers won, 6-3. RIGHT: Brett Fiddler (No. 14) and Eric Herbel (No. 16) scrabble for the puckwith Dakota College of Bottineau skaters Saturday at the MAYSA Arena.

MSU takes WSC and DCB; win streak continues

MSU has hard time in South Dakota

Jordan GilmourStaff Writer

The Minot State UniversityLady Beavers basketball team wasin action facing Black Hills StateUniversity and South DakotaSchool of Mines and Technologyon Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10and 11.

Minot started with a lossagainst BHSU, 57-68. ChristinaBoag led MSU in scoring with 12total points, one block and onesteal. Three other Beavers,Sacarra Molina, Carly Boag andLauren Safranski scored indouble digits.The following evening, MSU

was looking to bounce back totheir winning ways against SouthDakota Mines but fell short onceagain, losing 53-63. When all wassaid and done, Sacarra Molina ledin scoring with an impressive 16points and one steal in a total of 37minutes on the court.See Lady Beavers — Page 12

Jordan GilmourStaff Writer

The Minot State Universitymen’s basketball team was inSpearfish, S.D., to face off againstBlackHills State University on Feb.10. The Beavers lost to BHSU by a

score of 68-83. Josh Johnson wasbrightest spot for the Beavers witha tally of 29 points, one assist andone steal in 27 minutes of playingtime. Thomas Korf followed with12 points, one assist and two blocksin 35 minutes of time.

MSU was in Rapid City atSouthDakotaMines on Saturday,Feb. 11. The Beavers fell by ascore of 72-89 to theHardrockers.Thomas Korf led MSU in scoringwith a total of 23 points, four

See Beavers — Page 12

Lady Beavers fall to BHSU, Mines and USF

Jamie CouncilStaff Writer

Last weekend marked the endof the regular-season games for theMinot State University men’s hock-ey club. The Beavers playedWilliston on Friday and Bottineauon Saturday at the Maysa Arena,defeating both teams to improvetheir winning streak to 19 games.Their record advanced to 26-5-2heading into Nationals on March 1.

MSU trounced Williston, 6-0.

After a week of rest, the Beaverscame out ready to play. They led by4-0 by the end of the first period.

The second period remainedscoreless, and then MSU put twomore in the net the third and finalperiod. Josh Rutherford led theteam with one goal and threeassists, followed by Logan Heraufwith one goal and two assists andCam McGeough with one goal andone assist. Brad Olynyk, EricHerbel, and Mike Jordan also

scored one goal apiece in the game.Garrett Ferguson, Laramie Davies,and goalie Wyatt Waselenchukracked up assists in the game.Waselenchuk also held a shutout,making 42 saves in the effort.

The Beavers bested Bottineau6-3 a day later. The Lumberjacksscored first, but MSU recovered toend the first period 2-1. TheBeavers increased their lead byone, ending the third period 4-2,

See Hockey — Page 12

Photos by Amber PenroseABOVE: Beavers celebrate a goal against the Lumberjacks of Dakota College at Bottineau Saturday.The Beavers won, 6-3. RIGHT: Brett Fiddler (No. 14) and Eric Herbel (No. 16) scrabble for the puckwith Dakota College of Bottineau skaters Saturday at the MAYSA Arena.

MSU takes WSC and DCB; win streak continues

MSU has hard time in South Dakota

Jordan GilmourStaff Writer

The Minot State UniversityLady Beavers basketball team wasin action facing Black Hills StateUniversity and South DakotaSchool of Mines and Technologyon Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10and 11.

Minot started with a lossagainst BHSU, 57-68. ChristinaBoag led MSU in scoring with 12total points, one block and onesteal. Three other Beavers,Sacarra Molina, Carly Boag andLauren Safranski scored indouble digits.

The following evening, MSU

was looking to bounce back totheir winning ways against SouthDakota Mines but fell short onceagain, losing 53-63. When all wassaid and done, Sacarra Molina ledin scoring with an impressive 16points and one steal in a total of 37minutes on the court.See Lady Beavers — Page 12

Jordan GilmourStaff Writer

The Minot State Universitymen’s basketball team was inSpearfish, S.D., to face off againstBlack Hills State University on Feb.10. The Beavers lost to BHSU by a

score of 68-83. Josh Johnson wasbrightest spot for the Beavers witha tally of 29 points, one assist andone steal in 27 minutes of playingtime. Thomas Korf followed with12 points, one assist and two blocksin 35 minutes of time.

MSU was in Rapid City atSouth Dakota Mines on Saturday,Feb. 11. The Beavers fell by ascore of 72-89 to the Hardrockers.Thomas Korf led MSU in scoringwith a total of 23 points, four

See Beavers — Page 12

Lady Beavers fall to BHSU, Mines and USF

Photo by Max Patzner(From the left) Margaret Sherve, English Club adviser, Allison Kittleson, second place, JesseWillson, first place and Lauren Wood, English Club president, pose at the ceremony recognizing thewinners of the English Clubʼs Valentineʼs Day writing competition.

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The followaing story, “God’s Love”by Jesse C. Willson, won first place inthe English Club’s Valentine’s Daystory contest.

Father who art in heaven, hal-lowed be thy name. I forgive youyour trespasses:

Born to a 15 year-old motherwho failed to abort me, to bethrown into a moist dumpster rid-dled with harmful micro-organ-isms; I guess your love could beseen as the unlikely savior you sentme. She was the first beautiful crea-ture I knew. She showed me loveand kindness, comforted me when Iwas afraid; she was my mother.Some nights we’d lie atop discard-ed cardboard boxes and strain tosee the stars through the pollutionscreen of the city. Soot covered ourcold faces and we’d both smile withstained teeth while commenting onthe beauty that you were so desper-ately trying to show us.

“Is that heaven?” I rememberasking her once.

“I don’t think heaven’s meantfor us to see, sweetheart.”

Her name was Tabitha, and weloved each other. She recited thestory about how she found me,countless times. The story wouldput knots in my throat and twistmy stomach every time. She told itso beautifully, and I didn’t want herto see that her beauty was my pain,so I endured. Her words still lingerin my head; I could recite them as ifshe were next to me telling thestory in synchronization:

“I was lonely, wandering point-lessly, wasting energy in each stepto see if I could walk one more, tolive one more. I was starving andfeeling sorry for myself. I wasready to give up. I turned to thealley where I would sleep thatnight and there was a girl about fif-teen years old wearing a beautiful,but severely bloodied dress. Herface was covered in tears, and hercheeks sullied with lines of cheapmascara, so I asked her if she wasalright and if she needed any help

from the police or anything. Sheignored me and walked away.Halfheartedly, but so bitterly tired Iprepared a nest for myself to sleep.Suddenly I heard the most peculiaryet, strangely familiar sound. Isearched the alley for the noise andwas led to a filthy dumpster. Iopened it and there you were, themost beautiful baby, sufferingthrough the cold of winter insidethe filth of that dumpster. You weremy gift from heaven; a message tokeep going. Since then I’ve proba-bly put more steps under these oldheels than there are stars in the sky.”

Disease took her away fromme… (Tears roll down his cheeksand saturate his hair as he staresblindly into darkness) …you tookher away from me …. I was soheartbroken that I wanted the starsto stop under my heels.

The Pastor finding me was notlike Tabitha finding me at all. Hemeant well, – after all he took mein, and taught me about you – buthe hurt me, even when I didn’t dowrong. He was a furious drunkwho looked for any reason to beatme bloody. The Pastor lived on afarm, and at night when he wasasleep I would sneak out of thehouse, lie on the grass, and face thestars to talk to Tabitha. So muchbeauty, so many stars in heaven; Ihad no idea, Father. I would tellTabitha the things that happenedthat day and that I missed her. Inthe morning I would be exhaustedfrom talking to Tabitha, so thePastor would beat me and call melazy. Five years went by and Iadapted to the Pastor’s way of life.

One Sunday, – I was fifteen –just before church the Pastor wasyelling at me for some arbitrarymisdeed. I wouldn’t look into hiseyes while he was yelling so hepunched me in the nose. “Look mein the eye, boy!” He said while grit-ting his teeth. The pain wasimmense but, I didn’t want him tosee that it hurt, so I looked into hiseyes with blood running from mynose and tears rushing from my

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eyes. I sat in my seat, blood stillrunning from my nose and drip-ping onto the floor. I kept my eyesto the floor as the Pastor spoke hisfirst few words, and then I felt awarm gentle touch on my upperback, and the voice of an angelwhispered to me:

“Are you okay?” I looked upand saw the sweetest girl.

“Yeah, I was just being silly andhad an accident.”

“Well, let’s get you cleaned upsilly.”

She pulled a white handkerchieffrom her blouse and started to cleanthe blood from my face; her fingerdelicately lifting my chin, dabbinglightly with the handkerchief, Icouldn’t help but notice how beau-tiful she was and the sweet intent inher eyes. When I got home thatnight I couldn’t stop thinking abouther, every second was torture. Iwanted to see her again. I wanted tobe with her, so I wrote her a poemin an attempt to pass the hours:

I was petrified.I wish I could have told you how

perfect you looked,How happy you seemed; like a

peaceful flowerBlowing lightly in the wind,

bloomingBeautifully with each delicate

petal, so precious,

So sensual without touchingReaching up for the sun;Giving the sun reason to shineBurgundy gets compliment from

your strands of life,Polished sapphire couldn’t con-

tend with your inlays in perfectlight

Fire couldn’t burn hotter thanthe skin under your clothes.

Nothing seems to let upI can’t let goWith brilliant pearls of lightYou paralyze my soulRendering me helplessThen torturing me slowThe next Sunday she sat next to

me again. I glanced at her, and shesmiled gracefully. On impulse Igave her the piece of paper that Iwrote the poem on and she openedit immediately. Her eyes turned toglass as she read, then shatteredand turned to water. She was weep-ing. The moment was so heart-breakingly beautiful that I couldrelive it a thousand times more.Each tear was like a liquid diamondmaking a stream of life upon themost precious and rich, goldentopography. She tore the poem inhalf, put one of the halves in herpurse and wrote something on theblank side of the other half. Thengave it to me and left before the pas-tor began his sermon. The note said:

“Meet me out back …”Without hesitating I set my bible

on the seat next to mine andexcused myself. As I was leavingthe Pastors words echoed behindme: “Angels are messengers ofGod, mere soulless carrier pigeons.They are not an embodiment ofGod’s love, simply because theycannot love …” his words fade as Iexit the church.

When I got to the back side ofthe church no one was there, justthe sound of birds singing in thetrees and wisps of grass whisperingin the light breeze. Disappointed, Iturned around to go back insideand there she was. Before I couldgasp, she pulled my face to hers. Iembraced her petite body as hersoft lips pressed to mine. I felt elec-tricity shoot through my body aswe kissed. It felt like waves of ener-gy pushing into shore, then reced-ing so rapidly the only thing I coulddo to keep from going with the tidewas hold on to her. I placed myhands on the sides of her face andadroitly rubbed her cheeks, thenher hair. She rested her foreheadagainst mine and moved to mycheek. Then we kissed again.

She pulled her lips from mineand looked into my eyes, “I’venever read anything so beautiful.”

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PPaaggee 1122 –– FFeebbrruuaarryy 2233,, 22001122 RReedd && GGrreeeennNewsPage 12 – February 23, 2012 Red & GreenNews... Hockeycontinued from page 9and then increasing it by onemoreto end the game, 6-3. Jordan ledthe Beavers with two goals andtwo assists, followed by BrettFiddler with one goal and oneassist and Olynyk with twoassists. Dan Lamb, Josh Dueck,and Mitch Peeke scored goals inthe game with Kenny Lybeck,Rutherford, Herauf, and ZachJohnson recording assists. GoalieRiley Hengen recorded 29 saves inthe victory.Besides being the final home

game and final regular season

game, Saturday night was seniornight for the Beavers. The pro-gram said its farewells to captainKenny Lybeck, Danny Urban andassistant captain, Nigel Dube.Nationals will be these players’last time as a part of the MSUBeaver Hockey Club.Nationals take place in

Cleveland, Ohio, March 2-7. TheBeavers are going into the ACHAtournament ranked seventh. TheyplayMarch 3 at 7 p.m. against 10th-ranked Robert Morris University.Watch this game live at

fasthockey.com or follow updateson MSU Hockey on Facebook.

... Beaverscontinued from page 9assists and two steals in 39 min-utes.This past weekend, MSU head-

ed to Sioux Falls, S. D. to face offwith the Cougars. MSU fell short51-70 on Friday. Johnson led MSUagain with a total of 14 points, oneassist, one block and two steals ina total of 30 minutes of playingtime. Chris East followed closelybehind with a total of 13 points

and one steal in a total of 30 min-utes on the floor. MSU was look-ing to bounce back against theCougars on Saturday but fellshort, losing 65-71. Three Beaversfinished with double-digit scor-ing: Johnson with 19, Matt Yalewith 17 and Korf with 13. Withthese losses, MSU falls to 3-21. TheBeavers will be looking to bouncebackwhen they head to Nevada toparticipate in the Las VegasShowdown.

... Winnercontinued from page 10“But you cried.” I said.She looked at me, smiled and

said, “My names Arella, what’syours?”“Malachi” I replied.“Malachi …” she said with

promise, “… you’re an angel.”For years Arella and I visited

each other every day, making love,making promises of future bliss.But, as it’s always been, whatever Ilove you take. We were making lovein the upper level of the barn whenthe Pastor found us. Hewas furious,and beat my naked body with ashovel. Arella couldn’t stand to see

me in pain so she interjected. ThePastor brushed her off of him withthe back of the shovel hitting her inthe nose and knocking her off theupper level of the barn, onto a dis-carded bale spike that was turnedupright, impaling her. I will nevertouch the precious warmth of herbody again. Your servant took myangel, Father! Is this your love? I canhear them throwing dirt atop thewood now. Heaven may not havebeen meant for me but, I snuck myway in, before the funeral. It wasn’thard since it was closed casket. I’mcoming to see her, Father. Tonightthe stars stop under my heels.Amen.

... Lady Beaverscontinued from page 9This past weekend, the Beavers

were in Sioux Falls to take on theUniversity of South Dakota. TheCougars took both games, 36-79and 58-62. Carly Boag’s tally of 16points with two blocks and onesteal in 28 minutes of playing timeprovided the bright spot in Fridays.

On Saturday, she did it againnetting 22 points with one assist, ablock and two steals in 32 minuteson the court.The Beavers fell to 10-14.They hope to finish the season

on a high with two games in LasVegas against William JewellCollege and McKendreeUniversity.

... Hockeycontinued from page 9and then increasing it by one moreto end the game, 6-3. Jordan ledthe Beavers with two goals andtwo assists, followed by BrettFiddler with one goal and oneassist and Olynyk with twoassists. Dan Lamb, Josh Dueck,and Mitch Peeke scored goals inthe game with Kenny Lybeck,Rutherford, Herauf, and ZachJohnson recording assists. GoalieRiley Hengen recorded 29 saves inthe victory.

Besides being the final homegame and final regular season

game, Saturday night was seniornight for the Beavers. The pro-gram said its farewells to captainKenny Lybeck, Danny Urban andassistant captain, Nigel Dube.Nationals will be these players’last time as a part of the MSUBeaver Hockey Club.

Nationals take place inCleveland, Ohio, March 2-7. TheBeavers are going into the ACHAtournament ranked seventh. Theyplay March 3 at 7 p.m. against 10th-ranked Robert Morris University.

Watch this game live atfasthockey.com or follow updateson MSU Hockey on Facebook.

... Beaverscontinued from page 9assists and two steals in 39 min-utes.

This past weekend, MSU head-ed to Sioux Falls, S. D. to face offwith the Cougars. MSU fell short51-70 on Friday. Johnson led MSUagain with a total of 14 points, oneassist, one block and two steals ina total of 30 minutes of playingtime. Chris East followed closelybehind with a total of 13 points

and one steal in a total of 30 min-utes on the floor. MSU was look-ing to bounce back against theCougars on Saturday but fellshort, losing 65-71. Three Beaversfinished with double-digit scor-ing: Johnson with 19, Matt Yalewith 17 and Korf with 13. Withthese losses, MSU falls to 3-21. TheBeavers will be looking to bounceback when they head to Nevada toparticipate in the Las VegasShowdown.

... Winnercontinued from page 10

“But you cried.” I said.She looked at me, smiled and

said, “My names Arella, what’syours?”

“Malachi” I replied.“Malachi …” she said with

promise, “… you’re an angel.”For years Arella and I visited

each other every day, making love,making promises of future bliss.But, as it’s always been, whatever Ilove you take. We were making lovein the upper level of the barn whenthe Pastor found us. He was furious,and beat my naked body with ashovel. Arella couldn’t stand to see

me in pain so she interjected. ThePastor brushed her off of him withthe back of the shovel hitting her inthe nose and knocking her off theupper level of the barn, onto a dis-carded bale spike that was turnedupright, impaling her. I will nevertouch the precious warmth of herbody again. Your servant took myangel, Father! Is this your love? I canhear them throwing dirt atop thewood now. Heaven may not havebeen meant for me but, I snuck myway in, before the funeral. It wasn’thard since it was closed casket. I’mcoming to see her, Father. Tonightthe stars stop under my heels.

Amen.

... Lady Beaverscontinued from page 9

This past weekend, the Beaverswere in Sioux Falls to take on theUniversity of South Dakota. TheCougars took both games, 36-79and 58-62. Carly Boag’s tally of 16points with two blocks and onesteal in 28 minutes of playing timeprovided the bright spot in Fridays.

On Saturday, she did it againnetting 22 points with one assist, ablock and two steals in 32 minuteson the court.

The Beavers fell to 10-14.They hope to finish the season

on a high with two games in LasVegas against William JewellCollege and McKendreeUniversity.