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DS View: Present

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

It’s that time of year when many of us are hearing back about the summer jobs we’ve applied for, and many others are scrambling, realizing we haven’t sent out any applications. It’s a tricky situation...

Letter to the editor

April 7, 2014

Crosswalks I read the “Walking” article dated April 1, 2014. I have the same crosswalk problem at the GFK Airport. It’s North Dakota people. They are not exposed enough on crosswalks. Minnesota...

More conflict from resolution

More conflict from resolution

Mike Rauser, Columnist April 3, 2014

Image courtesy of God’s Not Dead the movie.  “God’s Not Dead” is a blatantly offensive and obvious propaganda film meant to brutally attack non-Christians. The premise of the...

Graduation requirements need revision

Graduation requirements need revision

Margaret Upton, Columnist April 3, 2014

Graphic courtesy of CourseHero.  Involvement in a student organization is not something all students plan or seek out when they first arrive at college. Students join and drop out of...

The American disease

Sarah Greenlee, Opinion Editor April 3, 2014

The great American disease has been branded into us generation after generation. Codependency is an unrecognized epidemic. The psychological disorder results from dysfunctional relationships. Previously,...

First impressions sometimes faulty

Mary Ochs, Columnist April 3, 2014

First impressions don’t mean everything. In fact, first impressions don’t even have to be good impressions to establish a positive relationship. An article published in Forbes says nonverbal cues...

DS View: Kindness

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief April 3, 2014

Snow days can be a nice break from classes and studying, deadlines and hurrying and personal hygiene and abstract thinking, but I find them great for another reason. They remind me why we live here in...

Marriage often misconstrued

Marriage often misconstrued

Mike Rauser, Columnist March 31, 2014

Image courtesy of Stephen Glenn/Stephen’s Liberal Journal. It’s baffling that anyone still opposes gay marriage. It’s a position born out of nothing but pure hatred. There are plenty...

Students take longer to graduate than expected

Students take longer to graduate than expected

Kjerstine Trooien, Columnist March 31, 2014

Photo courtesy of the Huffington Post. I’ve known since I started college that I’d be here at least five years. Now, it’ll be six. This has been a point of shame for me because...

Barriers cut student interest

Margaret Upton, Columnist March 31, 2014

As each semester begins, essential studies classes fill up, and wait lists and standing room only become students’ best options. Slowly, throughout the semester, students vanish only to resurface around...

Owning pets in college a big task

Steph Gartner, Columnist March 31, 2014

College is a time where many indulge in foods, drinks or activities they may have not been able to living at home or in high school. One of these is often the purchasing of pets, from a goldfish to a hedgehog...

DS View: Walking

Sam Wigness, Features Editor March 31, 2014

Driving through campus on University Avenue in the middle of the day can be a pretty unenjoyable experience. You might find yourself crawling by at 20 miles per hour and stopping at every single crosswalk....

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