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Reaction to the new Blackboard

Reaction to the new Blackboard

Jacob Notermann, Staff writer September 24, 2017

Last month, the North Dakota University System unveiled the new Blackboard website to be used for fall classes, but the student response has been less than motivating. Rather than each university running...

Students drink and bounce in the bed of a pickup at Tailgate Village prior to Saturdays Potato Bowl football game.

Tales from the gate

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer September 12, 2017

The smell of charcoal. Ear-deafening music. Food, food and food. There is no better way to start a Saturday. Tailgating is one of the most institutional traditions for football. While players are in the...

An action photograph of UND Football player, Bill Predovich #89, at the UND vs Idaho State game on September 24, 1966. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Story of the spud

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer September 9, 2017

For decades now, the city of Grand Forks and the University of North Dakota have joined together to partake in what could be considered UND’s second homecoming. Potato Bowl USA is an annual home game...

The UND International Center in the Memorial Union is now processing passport requests by appointment. DS File Photo

UND opens new passport center

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer September 4, 2017

The University of North Dakota is making international travel easier as a means of promoting studying abroad. As of Aug. 1, UND’s International Center became a passport application acceptance facility....

A snapping turtle was recently spotted near the English Coulee.

The smell is natural, but the coulee isn’t

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer August 29, 2017

The familiar “rotten-egg” smell of the English Coulee is the result of sulfate in the water that converts to hydrogen sulfide gas when it reacts with organic matter. Dr. Phil Gerla is an associate...

Brannon, Selke, McVey, Noren and West are residence halls west of the English Coulee on campus.

Join Hall Government

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer May 5, 2017

College is the time to really get involved. In anything, really. There’s an ocean of groups, clubs and organizations that new students get to immerse themselves in. While there are groups that can...

Major of the week

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer May 3, 2017

You’re going the University of North Dakota? Are you going into aviation? Stereotypically speaking, the answer is probably “yes.” I don’t blame anyone for thinking that. We have one of the best...

Janet Rex (center) leads a group during a Qi Gong session at the Lotus Meditation Center on Monday, April 24, 2017.

Necessary Meditation

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer April 28, 2017

[Gong] Silence. No movement. No stress. No worries. Just Silence. My eyes are closed. I listen to the rain on the roof. A car passes by. [Gong] I hear the wind in the trees. Why are my shoulders...

The UND Hammock Initiative held their first outing on Friday, April 21

Suits and Sway

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer April 25, 2017

Who are they? Those kids in hammocks in the quad. What are they doing? Why are they there? It just so happens, this group of students is more formal than they may appear. Phil Horn, senior, is the president...

Student presidential candidate team Cole Bachmeier and Erik Hanson had a tent set up behind Chester Fritz Library with laptops for UND students to vote during elections on Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

Election ethics unenforced during student gov elections

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer April 21, 2017

There was a bribery epidemic in the student elections just a week ago. The worst part was that it was all completely legal. With election season now coming to a close for the University of North Dakota,...

Health Addicts Fix, a spinach salad with chicken and jalapeno, was the food prepared at Mondays Wellness Center culinary corner event.

Health addicts get their fix

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer April 7, 2017

It’s typical for university courses to be taught by people who have dedicated their lives to a certain topic. For Job Stramer, he teaches a passion. Stramer is a sixth year student in college, but...

North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp speaks during Fridays Kennan Conversation at Clifford Hall.

The Arctic Circle and America’s relationship with Russia

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer April 4, 2017

Relations between Russia and the United States may become even more confrontational in the next decade due to climate change in the Arctic, and UND could play a role in how they play out. At the Kennan...

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