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Students push for diversity

Students push for diversity

November 24, 2015

UND President Robert Kelley meets with community members at Wilkerson Commons to discuss the state of diversity at UND. Photo by Natosha Lund/The Dakota Student The UND Multicultural Student Services...

Discovering Pakistan

Discovering Pakistan

Sean Cleary, Staff Writer November 18, 2015

Mahander Dev leads a group of students in a traditional dance. Photo by Alex Bertsch/ The Dakota Student. Members of the UND community gathered last week to celebrate Pakistan Culture Night in the Memorial...

Candidate visits with students

Sean Cleary, Staff Writer November 18, 2015

North Dakota Governor hopeful Dr. Rick Becker visited UND last week to discuss his run with students at UND’s Wilkerson Commons. Becker, who is the only formally declared gubernatorial candidate, represents...

NDUS chooses interim president

NDUS chooses interim president

Journey Gontjes, Staff Writer November 18, 2015

Ed Schafer will serve as interim president from January to July. Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org Last Tuesday, Ed Schafer was appointed as the new interim UND president last week by the Board of Higher...

Bail set for UPD officer

Bail set for UPD officer

Alex Berstch, Editor-in-chief November 18, 2015

Paul Meagher had been employed at the university since 2004. Photo by Nick Nelson/ The Dakota Student. On Nov. 3, at approximately 6:30 p.m. investigators arrived at the apartment of University Police...

Fraternity holds adoption event

Journey Gontjes, Staff Writer November 18, 2015

The lawn at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house was full of furry friends, waiting to get adopted this Saturday. The men of Sigma Phi Epsilon and the women of Kappa Delta joined forces with the Circle...

Senate gets updates on nickname, library

Tony Watson, Staff Writer November 4, 2015

UND Student Senate met on Oct. 25 to discuss the current events happening around campus. Among the items on the agenda were the three finalists of the new nickname. There will be a runoff for the UND...

City Council considers diversity commission

Tony Watson, Staff Writer November 4, 2015

Grand Forks citizens voiced their views and opinions on the potential diversity commission. Mayor Mike Brown and the City Council listened to the public input on the commission. There were about 80 residents...

Perscription drug monitoring increasing in ND

Sean Cleary, News Editor November 3, 2015

President Obama visited Charleston, W. Va., in late October to address the problem of prescription drug abuse and heroin use in the United States. In the White House’s press release accompanying the...

Runoff announced for nicknames

Staff Report October 28, 2015

UND announced on Oct. 25 that Fighting Hawks, Roughriders and Nodaks will be included in a runoff vote to determine the next UND nickname. According to an email from UND, Fighting Hawks received the...

UND celebrates partnership with Tokai

UND celebrates partnership with Tokai

Elliot Golden, Staff Writer October 28, 2015

UND celebrated the ten year anniversary of its aviation partnership with Tokai University on Oct. 22. Photo by Nick Nelson/The Dakota Student The University of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace...

Senator introduce textbook legislation

Journey Gontjes, staff writer October 27, 2015

College costs have risen much higher than inflation over the past several decades, and students have had to take into account the rising costs when they make the decision whether to further their education....

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