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BLOG: Turkey Trot-ing

Mary Ochs, Columnist November 21, 2013

What up, UND? I don’t know about you guys, but this week has been a real struggle for me. Struggle bus, lazy train, no-motivation tugboat, you name it. I’m on it. It’s not that I want to feel this...

BLOG: Joys of visiting home

Mary Ochs, Columnist November 16, 2013

Hey UND! I hope you all had a wonderful three-day weekend. I’d like to share with you a bit about mine. I went home this weekend for the first time since August. This may not seem like a big deal to...

ES courses worthwhile

Mary Ochs, Columnist November 7, 2013

We’ve all thought about it at some point, but I’m just saying it. Why can’t we just learn exactly what we need to know for our future jobs and have school stop there? I can’t tell you how many...

BLOG: Cereal noises

Mary Ochs, Columnist November 6, 2013

Hey there, UND! Can you even fathom that it’s already November?! I swear, August lasted about three minutes, and everything after that lasted even less. Yet here we are! Anyway, my blog topic for today...

Jury duty makes good impression

Mary Ochs, Columnist November 5, 2013

Illustration by William Rerick/The Dakota Student. Different things come to mind when people mention jury duty. Some people may picture a stuffy room filled with middle-aged business people wearing...

BLOG: Jury duty

Mary Ochs, Columnist November 1, 2013

So here we are. It's almost Halloween. Actually, that has nothing to do with my blog entry today, but I thought I'd throw it in there. So if I haven't mentioned this in the past week or so, I got called...

Campus eating suffers

Campus eating suffers

Mary Ochs, Columnist October 29, 2013

Illustration by William Rerick/The Dakota Student. Have you ever seen an advertisement for something, thought it was really great, then actually experienced the product for yourself only to realize...

Moving is necessary

Moving is necessary

Mary Ochs, Columnist October 24, 2013

After you read this first paragraph, follow its instructions. Close your eyes. Imagine yourself in a peaceful place. Somewhere, the stress and rush of life falls away and time moves leisurely. You wish...

BLOG: Small town living

Mary Ochs, Columnist October 24, 2013

Hey y'all! I hope you're having a wonderful week. Actually, I hope you all survived mid terms. Awful things. Anyways! I'm in a pretty weird mood today. Does anyone else have those days where everything...

Campus follows through in service to students

Campus follows through in service to students

Mary Ochs, Columnist October 22, 2013

UND defies expectations of a large public university, according to staff writer Mary Ochs. Photo via Flickr.  When I was a junior in high school and deciding which college I wanted to attend, several...

Flu shots should accompany winter

Mary Ochs, Columnist October 17, 2013

We can feel it in our bones and smell it in the air — wintertime is just around the corner. And as residents of the Midwest, we know what that means — flu season. According to mayoclinic.com, Influenza,...

Growing closer to my mother

Mary Ochs, Columnist October 16, 2013

Greetings, UND. Today I’m going to share with you a little bit about my relationship with my mother. I realized something today as I was walking to class. You see, I had just found out the grade I...

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