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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....

DS View: Now

Larry Philbin, News Editor September 23, 2014

When it comes to “living in the now” versus “planning for the future,” we get very mixed messages from different sources in society. Throughout our entire secondary education, we are constantly...

Study abroad opens eyes in different, unexpected ways

Maggie Upton, Staff writer September 23, 2014

I once had a professor tell our class, “I recommend every student go on a study abroad trip. It should be a mandatory rite of passage to graduate college. If you don’t have the money to do it, get...

The battle of caffeine rages

Kjerstine Trooien, Staff writer September 23, 2014

I don’t know if you know, but there is a war going on. Families stand divided, friends are against friends and even those of us who claim to be “neutral” have an opinion. Every morning, every...

Letter to the editor

September 23, 2014

New nickname I received the email about the creation of the Nickname Task Force this afternoon. I’m happy to hear that UND is final moving in a positive direction after being nameless the last few...

DS View: Majors

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief September 19, 2014

For better or worse, UND has approved a new policy — taking effect Fall 2015 — that will require students to declare a major as soon as they complete 45 credits. The hope is students will be forced...

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