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Mandatory dorms, mandatory hassle

Mandatory dorms, mandatory hassle

Margaret Upton, Staff Writer November 21, 2014

Students make their way into West Hall. Photo Chester Beltowski/The Dakota Student. There is a new policy on campus on the cold winter wind — it’s just as bone-chilling as the icy weather that has...

Seasonal employment hurts students

Margaret Upton, Staff Writer November 18, 2014

Let the countdown begin: ONE month until the end of Fall 2014 semester… let that soak in for a moment until you start to do a happy dance. What are most students looking forward to doing over the winter...

Professor lists help decrease stress of senior research projects

Margaret Upton, Staff Writer November 8, 2014

All throughout high school the moment you were waiting for was the date you could graduate and move on to college. Once at college, you enjoyed those first couple of carefree semesters until you start...

Personal freedoms abolished if ND passes Measure one

Personal freedoms abolished if ND passes Measure one

Margaret Upton, Staff Writer October 31, 2014

Photo via Huffington Post. I have called the state of North Dakota home for a little over two years, whereas a majority of the state’s residents have been born and raised here. I have a two-year-old...

Lake Region offers new learning experience at Air Force B

Margaret Upton, Staff Writer October 11, 2014

I have asked multiple people in various areas of study how their class experience on the Air Force Base went versus the same class on the UND campus. How can they compare the two accurately? Many of...

Earthcycle brings biking to campus

Maggie Upton, Staff writer September 30, 2014

If you have not dusted off that bike yet, it’s time to do so. Summer is over and fall seems to already be entering its last hurrah before the bone-chilling breezes waft into Grand Forks. Why not spend...

Study abroad opens eyes in different, unexpected ways

Maggie Upton, Staff writer September 23, 2014

I once had a professor tell our class, “I recommend every student go on a study abroad trip. It should be a mandatory rite of passage to graduate college. If you don’t have the money to do it, get...

Proposed ‘Big Brother’ system a great idea

Maggie Upton, Staff writer September 12, 2014

For many students, the transition to college can be difficult, especially if they have not lived in the vicinity of the college they are attending. Those students who are familiar with the college area...

Classroom Etiquette 101

Margaret Upton, Staff Writer August 29, 2014

For the past decade, enrollment has increased at UND nearly every year, bringing throngs of young adults to school, each of whom has their own vision of college life. Most of us have sat in class eager...

Internships not required for job

Internships not required for job

Margaret Upton, Staff Writer May 2, 2014

The Association of Higher Education Careers Services awarded Enterprise Rent-A-Car in 2013 for developing an advertising campaign for the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Graduate program. Photo courtesy of ahecs.ie. Enterprise...

New Glass causes public unease

New Glass causes public unease

Margaret Upton, Staff Writer April 25, 2014

Graphic courtesy of stopthecyborgs.org. Google’s newest and “best” was put on a pedestal and sold one day only on April 15th — Google Glass. Google won’t divulge exactly how many units were...

Free contraceptives a necessity for universities

Free contraceptives a necessity for universities

Margaret Upton, Staff Writer April 14, 2014

Ohio State students host a rally to support free contraceptives. They purchased $600 in Ramen to represent the amount spent annually per woman on contraceptives. Photo courtesy of thepulse-mag.org. Health...

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