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Author to Visit Minot Red & Green March 4, 2010 Vol. 91 No. 18 Minot State University, Minot, N.D. 58701 www.minotstateu.edu/redgreen/ Author to visit Minot Anthony Anderson also present a poetry collec - ry and rhythm & blues group Staff Writer tion she is working on, and with whom she has released Debra Marquart, a profes - her upcoming novel, set in two CDs. sor of English at Iowa State Greece. “She’s very soft-spoken University in Ames, Iowa, “The Horizontal World” and graceful, but not a show- will discuss her memoirs, earned Marquardt the PEN off,” said Rick Watson, MSU “The Horizontal World: USA Creative Nonfiction humanities instructor and an Growing Up in the Middle of Award in 2007. Marquart has acquaintance of Marquart. “I Nowhere,” Sunday at 2 p.m. won a Pushcart Prize, the have no trouble believing at the Taube Museum of Art, Shelby Foote Nonfiction that despite her advanced in downtown Minot. The Prize, the Elle Lettres Award, degrees and awards, she’s book recounts her youth in and a National Endowment still a North Dakota girl.” Photo by Jesse Kelly Napoleon, N. D., and her for the Arts Fellowship. She Marquardt’s presentations MSUʼs Brady Johnston moves the puck during Saturdayʼs search for her own place in also has penned two poetry will feature book signings. game in the MAYSA Arena. The ninth-ranked Beavers will the world. collections and a short story Main Street Books will pro - compete in the ACHA national tournament March 6 and 7 In Aleshire Theater collection, and is a member of vide her works for purchase in Bensenville, Ill. The games will be live-streamed in the Monday at 6:30 p.m., she will The Bone People, a jazz-poet - at both events. Beaver Dam. SGA-funded hockey Prairie pastels team goes to nationals Kevin Mehrer group needed financial assis - Comm 281 tance: money for hotels, The Minot State $3,500; for the bus ride to University’s Student Chicago where nationals will Government Association be held, $5,500, and money for (SGA) helped out the MSU food, as well. In all, the team Club Hockey team big time at needed about $10,000. its meeting last Monday. The coaches and the whole The hockey team asked to team showed up for the SGA be on the agenda to discuss meeting to ask for the needed getting to nationals. The Minot funds. SGA members had a State Club Hockey team has number of questions for the not been to nationals since coaches. Then the association Photo by Bryce Berginski 2004. The team feels this is a had to go over its budget to see “Badlands” and “Grasslands,” color pastels by Cris Fulton of Bowman, are on once-in-a-lifetime chance to if there was enough money to display in the Gordon B. Olson Library Gallery through March 15. compete on a national level. even contribute. The result To get to nationals, the See Hockey — Page 9 Page 2 ~ March 4, 2010 News Red & Green Winter band concert offers variety Podrebarac to be featured at band concert Jake Douglas Bruce Chase; “National Podrebarac, from Bismarck, Comm 281 Emblem March,” by E. E. will perform “Rondo for By Joseph Alme The Minot State University Bagley; “Sarabande and Polka Horn” from Concerto No. 1, MSU Concert Band Director Concert Band will perform its from the ballet ‘Solitaire,’” by op. 11 by Richard Strauss, MSU sophomore music Winter Band Concert Monday Malcolm Arnold, arranged by arranged by Andrew Glover. major Sally Podrebarac will at 7:30 p.m. in Anne Nicole John Paynter; “March of the Alme described the piece as be the featured soloist with Nelson Hall. Steel Men,” by Charles very difficult. the Minot State University “The arrangements of Belsterling; “A Choral The 45 band members in the Concert Band at its winter music have been chosen so Fanfare,” scored for Winds and band and their instruments concert Monday, 7:30 p.m., in that everyone will find a piece Percussion by John Rutter, are: flutes, Taija Hahka, Anne Nicole Nelson Hall. A they can enjoy,” MSU Band arranged by Greg Bimm; and Amanda Kopecky, Jamie graduate of Bismarck Director Joe Alme said. “Incidental Suite,” by Claude Larson, Brittany Lund, Century High School, A variety of marches, classi - T. Smith. Jasmine Massingill, Terry Ann Podrebarac will perform the cal works, and popular con - Alme is also enthusiastic Rubbert and Alanna Wiens; “Rondo for Horn” from temporary pieces make up the about MSU music major Sally bassoon: Alyssa Beyer: clar - Concerto No. 1, op. 11 by Podrebarac concert program. Podrebarac, who will solo on inet: Jacob Bock, Hayden Richard Strauss, arranged by Compositions scheduled the French horn. He described Collins, Christian Reistad, Andrew Glover. also plays principal horn include: “George Gershwin, a the Bismarck native as one of Sarah Smith, Adam Spain and In addition to being prin - with the Minot Symphony Symphonic Portrait for the best French horn players in Cassie Toavs: alto sax: Milo cipal horn with the MSU Orchestra. She is recognized Concert Band,” arranged by the U.S. Concert Band, Podrebarac See Concert — Page 7 See Prodrebarac — Page 7 Kristen Wiebe Anthony Anderson Staff Writer Kristen Wiebe came to “I was always exposed Minot State from Moose Jaw, to geology. It just took Saskatchewan on a track and me a while to realize itʼs field scholarship. She origi - what I wanted to do.” nally enrolled in communi - “I do the bottom teeth, and Geology Club, and will take cation disorders, but it did - Allison does the top,” she part in their upcoming spring —Kristen Wiebe n’t take long for her to real - said. “They’re only about a break trip. Augite Member ize that her true calling lay millimeter across, so all the “We’ll be doing a four-day, Senior Geology Student in geology. work happens under a micro - three-night hike through the “I was originally in comm scope.” Grand Canyon. We’ll also be disorders,” Wiebe said. “It’s Weibe compares the teeth stopping at Arches National a good program; I enjoyed it, against descriptions from six Park,” she said. “We’ll look at but it just didn’t click. Then I to do.” about two hundred teeth from different researchers, as she these features and talk about took environmental geology Wiebe is currently working a prehistoric rodent, a paradji - tries to pin down the exact why they’re there and how as a gen ed, and it all came on her senior seminar in the damo, collected from the composition of the sample. they formed and how old they together. In high school, I geology program, along with Medicine Pole Hills in “By examining the size and are.” really liked the sciences, and another student, Allison Southwest North Dakota. characteristics of each tooth, After graduating from my family has a cabin on the Christensen, under the super - Paradjidamo was active in that we hope to identify how Minot State, Wiebe intends to Canadian Shield, so I was vision of geosciences instruc - area about 3.5 million years many species were in the put her knowledge to use in a always exposed to geology. tor Allen Kihm. ago. area,” Wiebe explained. position in the oil and gas It just took me a little while She and Christensen are Their project has been under - Wiebe is also a member of industry in Alberta, or with to realize it’s what I wanted working with a sample of way for nearly two years now. Augite, the Minot State an exploration company. Red & Green News March 4, 2010 ~ Page 3 MSU band to tour Choirs to present spring concert Sunday ly,” Bowles said. other half is a variety of (MSU Department of This year, the following Kevin Mehrer Bowles listed an array of majors. In total, Bowles esti - Music) — With a reputation of schools will be on the concert Comm 281 The Minot State University music, which includes mates that more than 80 stu - having outstanding music band showcase tour list: Tioga Music Department will pres - American contemporary com - dents are involved. organizations, the Minot State High School, New Town High ent a spring concert Sunday at posers, vocal pop songs, South The department usually University Music Department School, Hazen High School, 3 p.m. in Ann Nicole Nelson African “Hymne,” a 19th cen - hosts the concerts in the annually schedules a recruit - Bowman High School and Hill Hall. tury piece sung in French, and evening, but this time decided ing and appreciation tour for City High School (South Three separate choirs will other styles of music. to switch to the earlier hour. its showcase musical ensem - Dakota.) These schools have a perform. Kenneth Bowles, “If you don’t enjoy a song,” “The spring is a very busy bles. reputation of excellence in per - MSU Music Department chair, Bowles said, “you can just time,” said Bowles. “(We made Traveling this year is “The formance, with outstanding will conduct the Concert wait, and you should like the this decision) partly on the stu - Pride of MSU Concert Band,” music students either pursu - Choir; Cherie Collins will next song.” dents’ consideration. The con - with five outreach concerts ing careers in music education direct the Women’s Choir and The choirs are not com - cert should last about an scheduled in March. or continuing their interests in Rebecca Petrik will conduct prised of primarily music hour.” According to band director music as active participants in the MSU Singers. majors. The women’s choir The concert is free and open Joseph Alme, performance university programs.
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