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DS View: Compassion

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief October 7, 2014

There are people you know who are actively missing out on a large part of the human experience — compassion. It’s a feeling that’s 100 percent unique to human beings, and, still, so many people...

Justice Scalia threatens the separation of church and state

Mike Rauser, Staff writer October 7, 2014

Recently, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argued that the separation of church and state does not exclude our government from favoring religion over nonreligion. What is even more interesting than...

Protests seek Hong Kong democracy

Colin Mummery, Staff writer October 7, 2014

Over the past week, I have been consulting the many headlines in the news. The ominous threats of Ebola and ISIS have grown monotonous, and frankly, somewhat boring. But then I came across the pro-democracy...

Communication is key

Kjerstine Trooien, Staff writer October 7, 2014

Over the past week, I had a bit of a problem. My daily medications got mixed up at the pharmacy, and I was stuck sick in my apartment for a week. I’m fine now, but I was unable to do much at all. And,...

Letter to the Editor: Farewell Tony Trimarco

October 4, 2014

Thank You I wanted to write this letter as a thank you to someone who has given a tremendous amount to the University of North Dakota, Tony Trimarco. Today is Tony’s last day at UND. Tony will be...

Preventing violence against women

Preventing violence against women

Steph Gartner, Staff Writer October 4, 2014

The Clothesline Project last year in the Memorial Union. File photo. October brings falling leaves, pumpkin spiced everything, scarves and sweaters and spooky decorations. The horror movies begin to...

DS View: Silence

Larry Philbin, News Editor October 4, 2014

"That's when you know you've found somebody special. When you can just shut the (expletive) up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence." — Mia Wallace, “Pulp Fiction.” Though I’ve seen...

Managing your time is one of the key parts of college

Mike Rauser, Staff Writer October 4, 2014

One universal truth about college is that you’re provided with a multitude of options for what to do with your time. You have to choose how you want to divide it up between school, work, leisure,...

The importance of being blunt, honest and polite

Kjerstine Trooien, Staff Writer October 4, 2014

We like to be polite up here in the tundra that is the northern Midwest. Midwesterners are known all around the US for their politeness, but this small area of the country — North and South Dakota and...

Banning books for safety

Banning books for safety

Alex Bertsch, Opinion Editor September 30, 2014

Photo courtesy of brazosbookstore.com. As many of you may not be aware, last week marked Banned Books Week, a week long holiday in which we celebrate the storied history of banning books that have...

DS View: Separation

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief September 30, 2014

In the last couple weeks, a journalist was beheaded in Syria, a family home was torn to pieces by mortar shells in Eastern Ukraine, a woman in New York finally became pregnant after years of trying and...

Measure six poses threat to the children of North Dakota

Mike Rauser, Staff writer September 30, 2014

Everyone has been talking about Measure 1, and they certainly should be. But there’s another measure on the ballot this Nov. that is just as important. It’s called Measure 6. It claims it will create...

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