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Senator Heidi Heitkamp speaks as part of a discussion panel of the A Kennan Conversation: U.S.-Russia Relations and the Geopolitics of a Changing Arctic event held at Clifford Hall on March 31, 2017.

Heitkamp tries to resurrect net neutrality

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer January 29, 2018

While internet outages and connection problems are regular complaints amongst UND students, there is an even greater internet battle being fought in our nation’s capital.  Net neutrality has become...

A league of their own: why I’m rooting for the XFL

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer January 28, 2018

Just last week, WWE head honcho Vince McMahon announced that his selling of $100 million in WWE shares is being put towards the restart of the short-lived XFL.  When this news broke, a revolution in...

The Hyslop Sports Center is one of the prospective campus buildings to be demolished in the future, according to a 30-year campus plan released by UND on Tuesday, January 16, 2018.

Pearson still in play

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer January 23, 2018

Last December, the Dakota Student reported that UND was in talks with academic resource giant Pearson in regards to revamping online education. The deal, if agreed on, would involve Pearson taking part...

University releases 30 year vision

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer January 23, 2018

The 2018 winter semester is starting out with a strong rollout of administrative initiatives. Last Tuesday, UND Today released a series of maps showing the university’s “preferred vision” for changing...

Graphics by Heather Schuler and Shiny Mahlum

Digital classroom

Diane Newberry and Jacob Notermann November 29, 2017

As the semester comes to a close, faculty have begun to be notified about the potential for the University of North Dakota to enlist the help of Pearson Online Services in the infrastructure of online...

The President and the Senate

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer November 5, 2017

After having last week off from their regular meeting, the UND Student Senate will be returning with a high productivity rate. However, it’s not the senators being productive. Since August, six of...

Nursing students educate the community on prescription drug disposal

Nursing students educate the community on prescription drug disposal

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer November 1, 2017

In the wake of the national opioid epidemic being declared a public health crisis, students at the University of North Dakota took action on the issue. Last Thursday, a class of 12 clinical nursing...

Lyft recently began service in Grand Forks, offering stiff competition to Uber and many local cab companies.

Lyft vs. Uber

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer October 29, 2017

Despite Uber’s overall popularity in the ride-sharing industry, students tend to give higher praise to their Grand Forks competitor, Lyft. In a Dakota Student article last Wednesday, much of the article...

Student woes with Uber

Student woes with Uber

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer October 25, 2017

This past spring, both Lyft and Uber expanded their business into Grand Forks. Since then, there have been mixed reactions to how the companies conduct their operations. At the very beginning, there was...

The 2016 NCAA championship banner is raised at the Ralph Engelstad Arena on September 30, 2016.

Ralph’s Rivalry Returns

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer October 18, 2017

When the University of North Dakota and the University of Minnesota first took the ice back in 1930, the players probably didn’t what they were about get their schools into. Did they know Grand Forks...

The state of recycling in Grand Forks

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer October 15, 2017

10 years ago, Grand Forks Mayor Michael Brown signed the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement, making the City of Grand Forks a “Green City.” In signing this agreement, Grand...

A new Greek Village for fraternities and sororities is being proposed for the UND campus.

University considers constructing “Greek Village” in High Performance Center parking lot

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer September 27, 2017

The University of North Dakota is working to rezone the High Performance Center parking lot in order to pursue a “Greek Village” housing concept. Greek Village refers to UND’s concept of having...

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