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VIEW: Chalk

Alex Bertsch, opinion editor April 21, 2015

Chalk is a porous sedimentary carbonate rock, a form of limestone composed of mineral calcite. From these rocks, we create small sharp sticks that can be colored with dyes and rubbed on a sidewalk. Chalk...

Doing as the Romans do

Alex Stadnik, staff writer April 21, 2015

The first week in Rome was about getting my bearings and taking everything in without getting completely overwhelmed, which is easier said than done. In comparison to Florence, Rome is gigantic, with...

Parenting from a helicopter

Abigail Farmer, staff writer April 21, 2015

Helicopter parents are defined as parents who “hover” over their college student, becoming too involved in their child’s life and school, therefore preventing the child from making their own decisions. This...

VIEW: Dank memes

Alex Bertsch, opinion editor April 16, 2015

The Internet is quite possibly the greatest invention that’s ever graced the world of man. It contains the sum of almost all human knowledge ever recorded. It has brought about an unprecedented level...

Walking through Rome

Alex Stadnick, staff writer April 16, 2015

Two weeks of being in Florence and all around Italy felt like it could have been the entire study abroad trip. I felt like I had learned and seen so much that it was hard to believe I was just now arriving...

A pirate’s life for me

Alex Bertsch, opinion editor April 16, 2015

In the mid 2000s a new movement began in Sweden. This movement saw the birth of a new political party that would become known as the Pirate Party, and it may be the coolest political party to ever exist. The...

Benefitting from rejection

Kjerstine Trooien, staff writer April 16, 2015

In my life lately, there has been a lot of focus on rejection. A friend is going through a breakup. Another didn’t get into the grad school she was hoping for. I’m currently trying to prioritize things...

VIEW: Safety

Alex Bertsch, opinion editor April 16, 2015

When people become fearful, they become scarier than whatever they were afraid of in the first place. One of the best examples of this can be seen in the European Parliament where new “far-right”...

Putting education above fear

Will Beaton and Larry Philbin April 16, 2015

  The friends of UND student Alex Davis were doing homework, chatting about sea lions and listening to music when they got the news he had died. Alex hadn’t shown up to work that morning,...

Finding meaning in Life

Alex Bertsch, Opinion editor April 16, 2015

I assume by this point that most people have played the insanely popular board game “The Game of Life.” Designed by Reuben Klamer and Bill Markham and released by Milton Bradley. The game was intended...

Cancelation not a big deal

Kjerstine Trooien, Staff writer April 16, 2015

I’m not much of a partier. I enjoy the occasional beer or whiskey, but for the most part I keep my drinks virgin. I prefer a good night in with a good book or good friends over a night at a loud bar...

VIEW: Forgetting

Alex Bertsch, Staff writer April 16, 2015

I recently made the long trip back to the high school. It had been less than a year since I last walked through the halls (to my classes, and it was my assumption that things wouldn’t have changed that...

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