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Say what you mean to say

Kjerstine Trooien, Staff writer May 5, 2015

Last week, I was chatting with a coworker about my other job as an independent copy-editor. She made a joke — and I wish I could remember the exact phrasing because it was very funny — about editing...

Killing off McDreamy

Misti Meads, Features editor May 5, 2015

I’ve been a die hard “Grey’s Anatomy” fan since season one back in 2005, and like all other girls I fell in love with “McDreamy.” For those of you who aren’t “Grey’s” fans, you should...

Handing out justice

Alex Bertsch, Opinion editor May 5, 2015

Aaron Knodel was an English teacher at West Fargo High School, and he was a good one. I had Knodel for several classes during my time there, and I was coached by him on the school’s student congress...

VIEW: Walking

Misti Meads, Features editor May 5, 2015

The majority of people learn to walk when they turn one or two, but throw a cellphone in their hands and all laws of coordination go out the window. Like driving a car, walking should be the same way...

Insecurity breeds poor choices

Kjerstine Trooien, Staff writer May 5, 2015

I’ve done many stupid things in my life. I’ve said things I shouldn’t have. I’ve laughed at wildly inappropriate times. I’ve accidentally dyed my hair traffic-cone-orange. I firmly believe...

The cruelty of animal testing

Misti Meads, Features editor May 5, 2015

The main reason there are advocates against animal testing is because animals have a chance of being harmed or mistreated. However, there are very strong laws in place to ensure distress and pain in animals...

Hiking in Cinque Terre

Hiking in Cinque Terre

Alex Stadnik, Staff writer May 1, 2015

Top: Photo by Alex Stadnik. Rome was everything I thought it would be, but also nothing like I thought it. That sentiment rang true on the trips and excursions I took as well. One weekend, the majority...

VIEW: Grilling

Will Beaton, Editor-in-chief May 1, 2015

How I lived 21 years without learning how to properly grill a steak is, to me, a great mystery. My summers of North Dakota bonfires and 4th of July parties certainly exposed me to enough opportunities...

Surviving the morning after

Kjerstine Trooien, Staff writer May 1, 2015

Hangovers are something  most college students are going to experience before graduation. They aren’t pleasant ,and these can really ruin a day after a very fun night out. I didn’t really see my...

Separating art from the artist

Alex Bertsch, Opinion editor May 1, 2015

Recently, I made a trip to the Second Chance Thrift Store on Demers to pop some tags and partake in other various thrift store related activities. While I was there, I took a look at the vinyl they...

Rethinking history

Alex Bertsch, Opinion editor April 28, 2015

April 24, 1184 B.C., is the traditional date for the supposed fall of Troy in Homer’s “The Odyssey,” and also in real life maybe, but historians don’t all agree on that. This reminded me how...

VIEW:No Confidence

Alex Bertsch, Opinion editor April 28, 2015

Numerous articles in the Grand Forks Herald and The Dakota Student, weeks of fighting, two campuswide emails, two emergency Student Senate meetings, one petition and one signed agreement later, and we’re...

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