Inside This Issue: Local businesses organize Minot’s first pizza festival, Page 5 Learning Curve: Photo process tests professor, Page 6 Football photos, Page 7 Soccer kicks off the season, Page 8 Softball starts off fresh, Page 9 Volume 101, Issue 1, Sept. 12, 2019 RedGreenPaper.com Minot State University Dome gets face-lift, Page 10 CAMPUS UPDATES Administration asks for student input on designs By Alyson Heisler Comm 281 After a water break in February of Several improvements have been last year due to a frozen sprinkler line, made to the Student Center in the the Minot State University’s Student past, including the conjoining of the Center’s downstairs lounge and gaming Student Center and Administration area was severely damaged by water buildings in the 1990s — previously, and has since been taken down to bare the two buildings were separated by a studs. The space remains empty as it road that students would cross to go awaits renovation. to their classes. The Beaver Dam was After the incident, Brent Winiger, renovated in 2006, according to Leon vice president for administration and Perzinski, Student Center director, finance, stated that the damages would to serve as a multi-purpose space for be fixed in the future, but no formal students to gather to study, work, and plans were in place. hang out with their friends and fellow The windows in Old Main, one of Minot State’s oldest buildings, were replaced over the summer. “We don’t know exactly how we’re students. going to fix it. We were planning on “The Beaver Dam has been around remodeling the space a few years down for over 10 years, and it’s time to the line, but we’ll have to rethink our think about how we can reimagine plan,” he said. that space,” Harmon said. “But more Energy upgrades Over the summer, renovation importantly, we need to ask that planning for the area began. JLG question to our students — what By Shalom Baer Architects, a company based in the would they like to see in the space?” Comm 281 midwest, was contacted to assist in The future design of the space is In the fall of 2018, Minot State be- around campus, we had about $18 mil- iger said. “I think everyone in the redesigning the first and second floor being influenced by current MSU gan a $6.7 million project aimed at lion worth of possibilities we looked at, building would say they were past their of the Student Center to increase the students, rather than administration, increasing energy savings on campus. and we settled on the $6.7 million. We useful life too. We had stories about appeal and useability of the lower level. to ensure the successful usability of the Brent Winiger, vice president for ad- thought those were the most cost-effec- when there was a blizzard there would “We’re going to try to look at this as space. ministration and finance, said that the tive,” Winiger said. be snow on the inside of peoples’ win- more of an opportunity — we know “It’s setting the Student Center up university partnered with UNESCO, a Various improvements were made dow ledges. People have stories about we need to do something with the first- for the next 20 or 30 years,” Harmon company that helps educational insti- to buildings on campus, including re- having to wear gloves in their office. floor area — but is this the right time said. tutions design plans to maintain and placement of all the windows in Old The new windows are thick, tinted ar- that we reimagine the entire space of The renovation plans will focus on update aging buildings. Main. gon glass. They’re top of the line. We’re the first and second floor?” said Kevin finding solutions to issues that have “We asked them to do the calcula- “I think they were from the 1970s. hoping they’ll last another 30 years.” Harmon, vice president for student been brought to light in the last few tions on different potential projects They were past their useful life,” Win- See Energy — Page 2 affairs. See Designs — Page 2 Page 2 - Sept. 12, 2019 News Red & Green . Design continued from page 1 News in Brief years by students including the area “Science Inspired Art” on dis- is looking for volunteers to scoop ice not being well lit and its location play at Minot State cream at the 2019 Norsk Hostfest. being difficult to find. MSU’s Northwest Arts Center The shifts are four hours long during In December of 2018, a gaming presents “Science Inspired Art” by the hours of 9 a.m.-9 p.m., and vol- lounge was opened in the lower level Birgit Pruess, NDSU professor of unteers will receive a day pass to the of the Student Center that included microbiology and artist. The exhibit, Hostfest in exchange for their time. several gaming consoles, vintage which is co- sponsored by the Biology For further information, contact Eric games machines, and a ping-pong Department, is made up of pieces Furseth in Hartnett Hall 325 or at table. Despite these updates, the area of jewelry and small sculptures The [email protected]. remained mostly unused. exhibit will be on display until Sept. These comments led to the major 20 in the Northwest Arts Center. Assessment Day goals of the renovation when it was The gallery is open Monday through There will be no classes before 3 p.m. initially presented to JLG in the spring Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m.-5 on Monday, Sept. 23 in observance of of 2019. p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., and Assessment Day. “One of the criticisms of the lower Saturday from 1-5 p.m. level was that ‘it’s a dark basement, no Mouse River Players present one wants to go there,’ so bringing in MSU Life meeting “Somewhere in France is a Lily” natural sunlight is something that we MSU Life is hosting its first meeting Mouse River Players, a local commu- shared with the architects,” Harmon of the year on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in nity theater, will perform “Somewhere said. “If we’re going to use that space the Beaver Dam on the second floor in France is a Lily.” This all-female downstairs, number one — there of the Student Center. Students in- historical drama follows the women’s needs to be more natural light, and terested in becoming part of the team role in WWI. The production will run number two — there needs to be a that plans and provides on-campus from Sept. 13-15 and Sept. 20-22 at more natural opening to the level entertainment are welcome. For more Arlene Theatre in downtown Minot. above it.” information, contact Aaron Hughes at Friday and Saturday performance be- Student involvement was at the [email protected]. gin at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees forefront of the process from the start at 2 p.m.Tickets are available beginning. Over the summer, a think Student volunteer opportunity online at www.mouseriverplayers.com. tank conducted by members of the Minot State’s Western Plains Opera Student Government Association produced several ideas that served as Concept designs depicting possible uses for the first floor of the . Energy top of Hartnett were replaced. The big-picture concepts of the space. Student Center and the Beaver Dam. continued from page 1 old units were original to the build- “It’s a student center, so it needs ing, which was built in the 1960s. The to be designed for today’s students,” The new windows are non-operable, project also funded the replacement of Harmon said. which means that they can’t be raised the Student Center’s cooling tower. These student-driven ideas will be up and down like the old windows. “It’s much quieter than the old one, taken into account along with JLG’s “I know some people like to get the and it’s much more efficient than the research findings to produce the final fresh air and everything, but it creat- old one, and it’s much more effective redesign setup. ed all kinds of havoc with frozen pipes than the old one,” Winiger said. “The To further research student during the winter,” Winiger said. old one was on its last legs. We knew opinions, JLG will host a visual Windows on the south side of the we had to do something about that.” listening session today from 11:30- Dome were also replaced. According to Winiger, $1 million of 1:30 p.m. in the Beaver Dam on the “They weren’t sealed very well any- the $6.7 million that the university is second floor of the Student Center. more, so that was kind of a big deal,” obligated to pay UNESCO came out They will present visual representations Winiger said. of Minot State’s cash reserves. The oth- of possible designs for the space. The project, which is currently in er $5.7 million is scheduled to be paid “They’ll have stations set up, and its final phases, included replacing over the next 15 years. they’ll give our university campus 13,910 fluorescent light bulbs with “Those payments will come from a community different possibilities new LED lights and sealing buildings couple of sources. One third of those almost like a menu, if you will, set with caulking and weather stripping, payments are going to come from up throughout the Beaver Dam,” as well as replacing heating and cool- what’s called the extraordinary repair Harmon said.