-Jarann Johnson
It was recently reported to the associated press that Tim Tebow and his mother will be in a Super Bowl ad sponsored by Focus on the family. Focus on the family is a conservative Christian group so people are associating the commercial with the view that conservatives are homophobic and anti-abortion.
To tell the truth all the pre-commercial hype and tension is worthless. No one has seen the commercial and focus on the family has been quoted as saying the commercial is just there to make people aware of their options.

-Jarann Johnson
This Sunday the Super Bowl will be played in Miami Florida. Since the economy is down I don’t think many of us can afford to watch the game live from the second row with the perfect view. Most of us will probably sit somewhere in the greater rural area of Jamestown and watch the game.

-Alyssa Record.
Jamestown College started a women’s wrestling program last year, becoming one of 13 schools in the United States to possess the sport. Before I came to JC in the fall I had minimal knowledge of wrestling. Wrestling is an athletic concept that has always been foreign to me. I had only seen glances of television of matches.

- Nicole Nelson.
Though the baseball and softball seasons haven’t officially started yet, players are getting anxious for their approaching seasons. The seasons kicked off with first official practices that started Feb. 1.

-Jarann Johnson.
Tradition doesn’t mean anything anymore. On Sunday the Pro Bow was played in Florida and also a week before the super bowl instead of a week after.
How messed up is it that the best players weren’t able to play in the Pro Bowl. I don’t know how you can call a game an “all-star game” when the two best QB’s in the league are missing.
No Manning and no Brees? It still astonishes me. But if you look at the way money is being poured into sports it makes since. Just look at football a step down from the pros.

- Alyssa Record
The Winter Olympics are in Vancouver, Canada this year. I’m from a suburb 30 minutes away from the city and see the effects it is having on the locals. A lot of these problems won’t be covered by the press.
For instance, Vancouver is currently experiencing record warm temperatures and heavy rain falls that are causing a serious lack of snow on the mountains. This is causing Olympic organizers to work constantly to maintain Cypress Mountain, the location for freestyle ski and snowboard games.

Track and field
Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams headed to NDSU for the Bison open. The men’s team had a solid day. The 4x8 team qualified for nationals and took second place in their event. This will be the second time Nate Christensen, Leif Rassmussen, Kelly Roemmich and Cody Roland compete in the 4x8 at nationals together.
Andrew Stoen took fifth place in the pole vault with a height of 14’9. Robert Nelson had a solid day of throwing. Nelson took eighth place in the shot put with a toss of 46’.8.25”.

Upon first entering The China Garden located in County Market’s parking lot, one could become somewhat skeptical as to the quality of dinner she was about to partake in. Thoughts similar to these were running through my head as my friends and I pulled up to the entirely empty restaurant. Fortunately, as the evening progressed we became pleasantly surprised.

Like many Americans, you may watch the Super Bowl at least partially for the commercials. This is not too surprising, considering approximately $206 million was spent on commercials this year. There were cute, funny, and controversial commercials on Super Bowl Sunday. Topics ranged from anti-abortion to how Snickers can make Betty White into a good football player.

Last week the International Student Organization had its 25th International Week at Jamestown College. ISO president Audrey Desmarteaux-Houle said International Week promotes culture and diversity to the students and faculty of Jamestown College. In addition to ISO, the Look Beyond committee helps organize and run the week. The cafeteria also joined in by having entrees from many different countries, including Jamaica and Mexico.