October 7th, 2021 | Volume 125 Issue 7
News Page 2
Diabetes more common amongst young adults
Variety Page 4
Herd&Horns Homecoming Parking Lot Party
Opinion Page 6
Covid Vaccine boosters
NDSU homecoming Bison outlast UND, await Panthers on Homecoming returns Events and activities are held for students to celebrate NDSU
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Anne Kesler
Head News Editor N D S U ’ s homecoming has already started this week with opportunities for students, staff, faculty and alumni. Homecoming events are occurring October 4-9 through campus and the community. Events are occurring throughout the week to spread school spirit and Bison Pride. Since the 2020 homecoming did not occur last year due to the pandemic, students have been eagerly awaiting the events this week. This year, NDSU is able to work around the pandemic in order to safely have events for students. Over the past two years, students have lacked a typical homecoming whether it was at their highschool or at a university. This year students are able to “have some of those traditions that you talk about for the rest of your life,” said Rian Nostrum, Director of Residence Life and Homecoming Committee Co-chair.
“This is a really good opportunity to reconnect, meet new people and to feel like you are still part of the NDSU family,” said Nostrum. Participating in the events allows students to connect with students, but also discover what NDSU is all about. Homecoming also allows students to be at NDSU for more than just academics. “Being here is not just about being in the classroom,” said Nostrum. Homecoming began in 1921 at NDSU and has occurred annually except for 1943, 1944 and 2020 — last year breaking the 75 year streak of events.
This week’s events
The kick off began on Monday with the Homecoming BBQ, and provided lunch for students. On Tuesday students will have the chance to give back to the community through an all-day volunteer opportunity called Serve with the Herd.
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Ian Longtin Sports Editor
The word that comes to mind when trying to describe the premier Missouri Valley Football Conference matchup between the Bison and the school up North is ugly. The nice way to put it would be to call it a defensive battle. Throughout the game both squads were seemingly begging the other team’s offensive to seize control. Neither team could, and the result was a 1610 final score that went the way of the Bison. This was the Herd’s first visit to Grand Forks since 2003. To their credit, UND fans made life tough for the green and gold. “It was tougher
than I thought it was going to be,” said Bison signal caller Quincy Patterson “We prepared for noise, but we couldn’t prepare for what it was.” Patterson also noted having communication problems, specifically with the offensive line. These problems were evident as the Bison attempted just 11 passing attempts throughout the game, completing less than half. Even the players on UND sideline could feel that the atmosphere was different than other home games. UND linebacker Devon Krzanowski said, “It was the best atmosphere I’ve ever played in.” This was an in-
state, in-conference game between two top-10 teams that do not like each other. It was one of those games that just matters more than others, and both sides knew it. With the Bison air attack grounded, the Herd was forced to lean almost exclusively on their elite run game to move the ball against the Fighting Hawks. The Herd’s 223 yards on the ground were enough to move the ball consistently throughout the game, but UND’s bend-don’tbreak defense held the Bison out of the end zone for the game’s first 58 minutes. The lone Bison touchdown came on a three-yard touchdown by Patterson with just
over a minute remaining to seal the game. With the Bison offense struggling to put up points, the Herd’s defense stepped up once again. Two key fourth down stops in the fourth quarter helped swing the momentum, and the game, in NDSU’s favor in the second half. Through four games the Bison defense has given up just 23 points. This was the Herd’s fourth straight win This was the Herd’s fourth straight win against UND. With NDSU being, well, NDSU, Continued on Page 9
NDSU’s production of ‘Edges’ is an earnest and entertaining watch The cast of four pulled out all the stops in this sung-through musical
Delaney Halloran Opinion Editor
NDSU’s fall musical is the sung-through production of “Edges,” written by the duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, known for their work writing the music and lyrics for projects like “Dear Evan Hansen” and “La La Land.” This local recreation has a Covid-era twist, as it’s performed outside in the patio between the Memorial Union and Ag. Glenn Hill. This past Friday, rainy weather brought the show inside the Askanase auditorium, requiring the performers to wear masks, making their vocal feats all the more impressive. I walked into this production with no foreknowledge of the musical and, to be totally honest, very
little expectations for what the show would end up being. Well, I walked out fairly floored with the talent of the cast and a little stunned that I got to watch four individuals work so hard when I got my entrance ticket for free. The story of “Edges” touches on the concepts of identity, love, humor and navigating the increasingly technological world. But the real attraction to this production is not the music or the story, but the four cast members: Sammie Bonko, Braden Miller, Karine Otteson and Drew Relling as they bring charm and effort to the piece.
‘Edges’ company member Karine Otteson seen outside the Memorial Union in their performance space.
of a pianist, Drea Greenawault. While the cast members took turns singing certain numbers, Greenawault played straight through, The music frankly, I’m The entirety of this and sung musical was sweating just thinking performed with only about it. the accompaniment
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“Edges” was certainly more contemporary than most and the score required
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The turtles are damned no matter how many metal straws you own Delaney Halloran Opinion Editor
Metal straws, tote bags, shorter showers, recycling, meat reduction, electric cars and reusable everything—the ways individuals are told to reduce their carbon footprint seem at times endless, but are nonetheless perceived as a noble effort to single-handedly save
the planet. The depressing reality is this: you and your efforts don’t really matter. (Cue the sad music and introspective single-tear.) Individual efforts to solve climate change, reduce carbon output and yes, save the turtles, are a piece of dust in comparison to the shitstorm that is global greenhouse gas emissions produced by
large corporations. Figures for where the earth is heading are daunting: if we continue down our current path, climate change could result in billions of dollars of damage to the U.S. economy, the loss of homes to nearly two billion people and before the year 2100, cause up to 250,000 deaths a year.
These realities are grim and the instinct to run out and buy whatever recycled feather duster or vibrator Gwenyth Paltrow is pushing is totally understandable. If we as individual citizens really were totally responsible for the future state of the planet, then the push to change our personal consumption habits
makes a lot of sense— but by and large, we aren’t. That’s not to say we should start huffing fossil fuels and opening up our own fracking MLM, but it does mean we need to acknowledge that turning the responsibility of climate action from the corporations responsible to
ourselves is a deliberate and planned move designed by these corporations to keep us from guessing who really has the power to make change. Individual versus corporate carbon footprints I remember fondly nearly 14 years ago sitting in my secondgrade classroom Continued on Page 6