The North Dakota State Tourism Department has recently been tweaking their advertisements in the hopes of boosting tourism.  However, one of the ads may have been pushing the new image a little too far.

The goal is to keep in touch with the families that are busy and continue to be busy. They are offering family sized value meals to accommodate their busy schedules. These family value meals include 10 cheeseburgers and a 20 piece chicken tender meal, as well as 40 pieces of chicken with two soft drinks.

Obama recently paid a visit to "the happiest place on earth."  However, his purpose for paying this visit to the Sunshine State was to promote more than Mickey Mouse.

This past week the government shot down two bills that have been causing a lot of distress on the internet.  Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act.

The Jamestown College Nursing Students Association was asked to help organize the first annual Walk for Wishes in Jamestown. Walk for Wishes is an event associated with the Make a Wish Foundation. This event will be on the same day as walks in Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks and Williston.

Tommy Rockis was recently voted in as the Vice President of the JC Student Senate.  He is replacing Murika Bauer, who stepped down from the position to take a student-teaching position.

Taylor Brown has taken the track world by storm since her debut appearance for Jamestown College. Not only is she competition well, but has an undefeated record after the opening two events in Bemidji and Aberdeen respectively. Brown is a high jumper who also enjoys 4x400 relay.

Coach Clark has been at Jamestown college through thick and thin but one constant has been the way he consistently brings in freshman with potential to be national competition athletes. His knack at spotting potential is highly respected and a skill which has served the school well in recent times.

The Navy SEAL operation that freed two Western hostages in Somalia is representative of the Obama administration's pledge to build a smaller, more agile military force that can carry out surgical counterterrorist strikes to cripple an enemy.

Jo-pa's death is a sad ending to a great astonishing story compared to Greeno's death

The death of Joe Paterno is very sad, and strangely quick. Paterno's story is sad because he didn't get to enjoy the fruits of his labor. Paterno never got to see life at Penn State in true retirement.

Jarann Johnson is into his senior year of track and field at Jamestown College. It's been a bumpy ride but his unbeaten start to the 2012 year has raised eyebrows. I was lucky enough to spend some time with Jarann, Sports editor for the collegian and popular face around campus, and get some answers to his recent form.

This weeks games are managers against prime time perfromers.

Last weekend I went 3-1 in the divisional round. I hope to go 2-0 in this weekend's games.  

As of Monday Jan. 16^th, Jon Huntsman has suspended his bid for the Republican Nomination for the presidency of the United States. Huntsman (the former Governor of Utah, and most recently the former Ambassador to China) declared in his speech that there needs to be an end of the "onslaught of negative and personal attacks" in his party.

The Jamestown College women's wrestling team competed at the national dual meet on January 8^th. The Women's team fell in every match of the dual in Springfield, Illinois but showed good sign.

One of the best coaches in Jamestown College football history has retired. Bud Etzold was the head coach for the Jimmies for seven seasons. Etzold's first stint was from 1995-1999 (23-25) and his second stint was from 2008 to last fall (20-20).

The Jamestown Jimmies are fighting an uphill battle with only two games left to play this season. The Jimmies must win both games to finish the season at .500 and salvage a rough season.