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Attendance policies harm learning

Kjerstine Trooien, Columnist November 18, 2013

Illustration by William Rerick/The Dakota Student. I have always struggled with the idea of a class attendance policy. You all know what I’m talking about — the “miss this arbitrary number of...

Treating sleep seriously

Kjerstine Trooien, Columnist November 7, 2013

Image courtesy Andertoons.  Sleep is an amazing thing. I’m not talking about the five minute catnaps that occur between — or during — classes. I’m talking about real, deep sleep, the kind...

BLOG: Friends

Kjerstine Trooien, Columnist November 6, 2013

I get by with a little help from my friends. Well, I think my cold is finally winding down. After a day of pure illness and misery yesterday, I finally feel like I’m on the mend. Yay! That being said,...

Longing for city lights

Kjerstine Trooien, Columnist November 5, 2013

I can’t spend the rest of my life in North Dakota, the land of tiny towns. Some people like the small town feel, and that’s great — for them. I, on the other hand, hate the small town mentality....

BLOG: I’m not sick, I just have a cold…

Kjerstine Trooien, Columnist November 1, 2013

For the past week, I have been fighting off a cold. I’m not sick, per say, but I’ve had the sniffles, a slight cough, a slight headache, a slightly sore throat, you get the picture. This cold has...

Fear replaces therapy on Halloween

Fear replaces therapy on Halloween

Kjerstine Trooien, Columnist November 1, 2013

Image courtesy of Andertoons. I rarely watch scary movies. They really aren’t my style. I don’t like the feeling of fear and prefer to sleep at night rather than stay up watching my closet door...

Groups waste time

Kjerstine Trooien, Columnist October 29, 2013

There is a reason I never write horror stories. Cliches aside, I tend to not focus on what most normal people find scary. Ghosts? Meh. Zombies? Boring. Vampires? Too sparkly. What really makes my knees...

Exercise time can be made

Exercise time can be made

Kjerstine Trooien, Columnist October 24, 2013

Photo courtesy of "Get Balanced" blog.  Full disclosure: I am fat. I don’t say this to be self-deprecating, nor do I say this to fish for compliments. It is a fact, and it is relevant to what...

BLOG; Play it again,…uh…Sandy?

Kjerstine Trooien, Columnist October 22, 2013

First things first: I made a bit of an error in my last column. My wording was not clear and I would like to explain. The final sentences of my column on legalizing marijuana go “I actually tried it,...

Marijuana legalization is overdue

Marijuana legalization is overdue

Kjerstine Trooien, Columnist October 22, 2013

Illustration by William Rerick. Given the legalization of marijuana in Washington and Colorado, I think it’s time that U.S. citizens had a heart to heart; why on Earth isn’t marijuana legal in all...

Hockey doesn’t draw everyone

Hockey doesn’t draw everyone

Kjerstine Trooien, Columnist October 17, 2013

Students cheer at a UND men’s hockey game at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. File photo. On hockey nights, I stay home and read a book. As a super-senior at UND, it may seem safe to assume I’ve been...

Happy Birthday to Me…

Kjerstine Trooien, Columnist October 16, 2013

So, it’s my birthday tomorrow (the 16th of October). I’m turning twenty-three. I’m not old, not by a long shot, but I’m starting to dread that one day a year. Before long, I’ll be twenty five,...

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