Josie's Blog

  Travel the World If you ever find yourself searching for a purpose, or something to get excited about and look forward to, traveling might be just the answer.  I have often found there are two types of people when it comes to the idea of traveling. Those who will do whatever it takes to make it happen, and those who either do not care much for travel, or make every excuse possible as to why it does not work.  While travel might not be important to everyone, it is something that should really be prioritized and valued much more than it is. Travel, whether it is within your own country or the world, has such a positive impact on someone’s life and should be a goal for more people.  After reading the article from Virtuoso, 10 Powerful Reasons Why People Love to Travel ( https://www.virtuoso.com/travel/articles/10-powerful-reasons-why-people-love-to-travel ), I have picked out four reasons why travel is important. Reason number one, travel allows you to truly get in to...

 Victory in Sweden On July 20, 2019, the Minnesota Thunder Academy (MTA) soccer team sent to Gothenburg, Sweden, won their final match to take home the championship in the Puma Trophy in the Gothia Cup.  The tournament in Sweden is the world’s largest youth soccer tournament, and draws teams from all over the world.  Josie Fieldman, sophomore sports management major at North Dakota State University (NDSU), was a part of the team that took home the gold in Europe.  Josh Fieldman, head of partnerships at a software development company, was on the trip with the team. He cheered the team on as they won the competition in dominating fashion.  “Watching my kid play in front of thousands of people was super cool. It was great to see a team from the United States compete so well in soccer on an international stage.” Fieldman said.  Away from the field, players and family were able to explore the country and city of Gothenburg.  “It was super cool seeing a coun...

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/sports/baseball/yordan-alvarez-astros-world-series.html This article is about the parents of Houston Astros baseball player, Yordan Alvarez. His parents had not seen him play for six years, and they are now able to attend and watch him play regularly. In this article they used photos of Alvarez playing baseball and photos of his parents. What I liked about this article is how they took a major event going on right now, the World Series, and found a unique way to highlight the event and an individual player’s story. One thing I can take away from this is how many ways you can approach a story. It does not always have to be just stating the facts, there are many stories within a story.  https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/football/qatar-socceroos-lgbtq-world-cup-spt-intl/index.html This article is about how the Australian men’s national soccer team criticized Qatar, the upcoming World Cup hosts, on the poor treatment of migrant workers and the rec...

  Athletic Trainer Behind The Scenes Athletes are expected to perform at a high level day in and day out. The amount of stress on the body can be very difficult to maintain peak performance.  Behind the scenes you will find some of the hardest working people, the athletic trainers. They work tirelessly to ensure that athletes go into everyday feeling good and ready to compete.  Trisha Shannon, assistant athletic trainer at North Dakota State University, is in her fifth year working with the women’s soccer team.  “I enjoy helping people get back onto the field after an injury. I applied for every division one soccer job there was. I played it (soccer) as a kid and that’s what I worked in grad school.” Shannon said.  Shannon has helped hundreds of athletes throughout her career in athletic training, including two current NDSU soccer players, Olivia Watson, sophomore elementary education major, and Jessica Hanley, junior mechanical engineering major.  “An athl...

  I believe it is okay for the school’s account to tweet about these incidents, as long as they are made public. I would be wary about posting things that could cause someone to be embarrassed though, as I would be drawing attention to someone by tweeting about the incident. I would not have a problem tweeting the majority of incidents, because they would be public record, but I would have to think harder about posting something that can hurt someone else. They could even check with the students that are involved before posting.  I think in this situation it is completely fine to cite her source anonymously. This is a situation where the person she interviewed is not comfortable with his name attached to the story, and I think that is important to respect. Because of the content that the story focuses on, I think it is understandable that people would not want to be connected to a topic as difficult as documentation status. One thing she could do is attach a statement that cla...

  It is hard to find a student at North Dakota State University who doesn’t live for bison football. While the team is the pride of Fargo, there are many other teams that represent the herd that don’t quite get the same level of attention.  The NDSU women’s soccer team has athletes from across the country that come to compete for the green and gold logo on the front of the jersey.  Loretta Wacek, sophomore, is a construction management major from St. Paul, Minnesota. She came to NDSU, to continue playing soccer and pursue a further education.  “Since I grew up in a larger city, coming to Fargo I felt that I was in a city that wasn’t too small nor too big, the school and city feels small enough where I know I can make valuable connections while also getting out of the small circles if needed.” Wacek said.  Olivia Watson, sophomore, is an elementary education major here at NDSU. She grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota, about a ten minute drive from campus.  “The c...