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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...

NPCs deserve your respect

Kjerstine Trooien, Staff writer September 30, 2014

For those of you gamers out there, you’ll immediately know what I’m talking about when I say NPC. For those of you who have yet to embrace the art of gaming, let me explain. In many games, there...

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...

Columbus Day needs to end

Columbus Day needs to end

Steph Gartner, Staff writer September 26, 2014

Illustration by William Rerick/The Dakota Student. “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” is a cute little rhyme many are taught in their youth when learning about Christopher Columbus’ “discovery”...

DS View: Like a River

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief September 26, 2014

Yes, we’re busy. But I’m not going to argue that we college students are these poor, abused souls struggling with every inch of our might to get through another round of exams at the cost of our...

Inconsiderate people ruin fun nights at the bar

Maggie O'Leary, Multimedia Editor September 26, 2014

The trouble with bars is they’re touch-and-go. There are bars that facilitate revelry, places that we will visit on our deathbeds and chortle over fondly before we expire. There are also bars that are...

Television and Video Games are the birth of new art

Kjerstine Trooien, Staff writer September 26, 2014

If you’ve met me, my love of books is no secret. If you’ve read my columns, you’ll often find literary references or flat-out calls for the preservation of books. I even have a tattoo of a stack...

Bargain shopping for beginners

Mike Rauser, Staff writer September 23, 2014

It was summer once back in the year known as ‘09. The air was thick with the warmth of an almost forgotten winter. I was still in high school at the time. Money was not a resource I had in abundance....

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