Tuesday, January 23, 2018 ǀ Volume 136 ǀ Issue 24 ǀ Reaching students, faculty, and staff of the University of North Dakota since 1888 Inside this issue Decline of ESPN 3 Dream in action 4 For more content 6 visit www.dakotastudent.com Hoeby Hoax /thedakotastudent /thedakotastudent @dakotastudent Pearson still in play Dakota Student File Photo The Hyslop Sports Center is one of the prospective campus buildings to be demolished in the future, according to a 30-year campus plan released by UND on Tuesday, January 16, 2018. Computer science chair Ronald Marsh explains his thoughts on the potential deal other university faculty are voic- did an 8-week, could we main- Pearson classes went with a graduate program,” Marsh said. Jacob Notermann ing their own support or concerns tain that same level of rigor?” 16-week schedule, Marsh said Despite Marsh’s original skep- Dakota Student with a possible deal with Pearson. According to Marsh, many of he’d be able to schedule the ticism towards online learn- Ronald Marsh, chair of the his online students are working same courses online and in-per- ing, he believes a possible deal Last December, the Dakota UND computer science program, professionals who may not be son with the same instructor. with Pearson could help in- Student reported that UND said he has met with Pearson at able to complete what the current As the chair of his department, crease enrollment and reten- was in talks with academic re- least four times about how they curriculum calls for in this small Marsh is the main communica- tion in graduate courses, thus source giant Pearson in regards could be useful to his program. amount of time. Summer semes- tion line between the content of bringing in more tuition dollars to revamping online education. While he respects Pearson’s track ters are 9 weeks; these semesters the talks and the remaining fac- and resources to the program. The deal, if agreed on, would record in the field and feels as alone can have difficulty cover- ulty. When asked how that com- This deal with Pearson and involve Pearson taking part in though their services could be ing required course material. munication is being conveyed, the conceptual construction online education marketing as beneficial for the university, there Marsh said he recognizes Pear- he said he would be having a will both involve substantial well as creating infrastructure for have been concerns in regards to son’s understanding of the tar- meeting with his colleagues in funds on UND’s end. Regard- the classes themselves. When we length of the online semesters. get demographics, but an un- the coming days. Their concerns ing the construction concepts, spoke to Jeffrey Holm, chair of According to Marsh, Pear- derstanding of the computer and or discussion points would feedback can be sent to und. the UND psychology department son prefers to use 8-week se- science program is what’s caus- become his going forward. [email protected]. and the project manager for these mesters, rather than UND’s ing the back-and-forth on the “I think if we can do it in a discussions, he said that Pear- traditional 16-week semesters. duration issue. There would be way that doesn’t really disrupt son wouldn’t be providing any “Our 16-week courses have a issues if they went with the 8 current things in the depart- of the curriculum themselves. very good reputation amongst week, because then classes, fac- ment, I think most of the faculty Jacob Notermann is a staff writer for Dakota Student. With these plans now surfac- employers,” Marsh said. “I am ulty and resources wouldn’t are okay with going online es- He can be reached at ing and becoming more relevant, kind of concerned that if we be able to sync. Whereas if the pecially if it can strengthen the [email protected] University releases 30 year vision Here’s what campus could look like in 2048 er more deteriorated buildings. demic buildings, including the Jacob Notermann New construction, as reflected in Student Memorial Union. Earlier Dakota Student the outlines, include a new College this year, Student Body President “The outlines include The 2018 winter semester is of Business and Public Adminis- Cole Bachmeier specifically men- starting out with a strong rollout tration that would be built where tioned the Union’s renovations be- the demolitions of of administrative initiatives. Last Montgomery Hall currently rests, ing a priority this year, but there Tuesday, UND Today released a with connections to Merrifield are currently no public plans for Gamble Hall, Chandler series of maps showing the uni- Hall and the Chester Fritz Library. the students to vote on the matter. versity’s “preferred vision” for Along with new buildings, the Sasaki, an “international interdis- Hall, Sayre Hall and the changing the campus landscape. visions show a central pedestrian ciplinary planning and design firm” These maps are merely concep- highway that would run parallel from Massachusetts, are heavily re- Hyslop Sports Center, tual outlines for a “30-year vision to University Avenue behind the sponsible for these concept maps. for the UND campus, detailing Chester Fritz Library. This pedes- along with other more what it could look like by 2048." trian highway would run complete- The outlines include the demoli- ly from the High Performance Cen- deteriorated buildings.” tions of Gamble Hall, Chandler ter to the Chester Fritz Auditorium. Jacob Notermann is a staff writer for Dakota Student. Hall, Sayre Hall and the Hyslop The maps also account for reno- Jacob Notermann, Staff writer He can be reached at Sports Center, along with oth- vations to the majority of the aca- [email protected] NEWS 2 THEDAKOTASTUDENT Attempted campus sexual EDITORIAL Editor-in-chief assault a “crime of opportunity” Matt Eidson stewart.eidson @und.edu Managing Editor/ Sports Editor Allyson Bento allysonmarie.bento @und.edu News Editor Diane Newberry diane.newbery @und.edu Opinion Editor Stephanie Hollman stephanie.hollman @und.edu Arts&Community Editor Devon Abler devon.abler @und.edu Photo Editor Nick Nelson nicholasgnelson @gmail.com Business Autumn Graber autumn.graber @und.edu 701-777-2678 Graphic Design Allison Brinegar and Shiny Mahlum allison.brinegar @und.edu Nick Nelson / Dakota Student rachel.mahlum Bright lights shine on campus during a recent campus safety tour on October 12, 2017. A recent attempted sexual assault at Noren Hall highlighted safety and security concerns in @und.edu the university community. UPD says students are too willing to let strangers into dorms T h e D a k o t a Diane Newberry suspects and their vehicle. when dorm capacity is ex- Office, says that one of cial media pages, a tactic Student reserves At the time of the email tremely low. This was only the biggest problems fac- they say has been a great t h e c o p y r i g h t Dakota Student notification the suspects the second year that stu- ing the dorms is an easy- deal of help in the past. privilege for all On January 6, University were still at large, but dents staying in the dorms going culture amongst “We can’t be everywhere stories written and published of North Dakota students have since been caught. over break could remain in students regarding entry. all at one time,” Lieuten- by the staff. Per- still scattered across the “We have identified their usual rooms as op- “Theoretically, the ant Danny Weigel of the mission must be country for winter break both suspects,” Detective posed to being congregat- dorms are completely UPD said. “We understand given by the Edi- were alerted by mass Carlos Caro of the Uni- ed into one dorm building. safe,” Draper said. “The that with policing, it has to tor to reprint any article, cartoon, email to an attempted sex- versity Police Department However, dorm security doors all lock and when be a partnership between photograph or ual assault in Noren Hall. (UPD) said. “One is in cus- over break is not lessened, they don’t, they are taken both the community and part thereof. The federally mandated tody and one is pending with Resident Advisors care of immediately so that the police department.” T h e D a k o t a “timely notice” came with criminal charges. We are (RAs) on duty 24 hours they do. People getting According to the UPD, Student is a stu- a brief description of the good there. We got them.” a day and the UPD still into the halls who aren’t information gathered from dent-operated newspaper pub- incident, in which two un- The incident was unusu- conducting random walk- supposed to be there - I social media tips were lished by the known men had gained ac- al both in its dramatic na- throughs of the facilities. think that’s definitely our the biggest breakthrough university of cess to a dorm room and ture and timing and might Maria Draper, former RA Minnesota and North Da- in this most recent case. North Dakota. attempted to remove the raise some questions re- of Noren Hall and cur- kota nice attitude where “Each little tip we get, Opinions ex- female victim’s clothes, pressed in this garding dorm safety, par- rent Resident Manager it’s like, ‘Oh, you know, we can step back and publication are and a description of the ticularly during breaks with the UND Housing someone wants to get in. start putting a picture not necessarily I’m just going to open the together,” Caro said. those of UND door and let them in.’” In terms of preventing or the adminis- tration, faculty, In mid-December the future crimes of this na- staff and student UPD requested the hous- ture, Caro stressed that body of UND.