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Campus and downtown divided in Android game

Sam Wigness, Features Editor • May 2, 2014

Ingress territory map of Grand Forks showing the divide between campus and downtown. The two busiest areas in Grand Forks — the UND campus and downtown — are being fought over in an online battle. This...

DS View: Excommunication

Sam Wigness, Features Editor • April 28, 2014

It’s finally time to put four years of communications program classes into practice, and if this program has taught me anything it is to think critically and communicate genuinely. Honestly, I’m worried...

Jonientz’s legacy honored through art, friendship

Sam Wigness, Features Editor • April 28, 2014

Professor Jonientz stand next to his work. Photo courtesy of Bill Caraher. Art enthusiasts dressed in traditional french attire celebrated the works of artist Honore Daumier on Thursday at the...

Engineering students return from Iceland

Matt McKay and Sam Wigness • April 11, 2014

GREEN program students sit atop a mountain in March in Iceland. Photo courtesy of Facebok.com. UND students Alex Wilson and Taylor Storley spent spring break in Iceland, which, despite its name, was warmer...

Applebee’s produces smiles for happy hour

Sam Wigness, Features Editor • April 7, 2014

Triple Chocolate Meltdown. Photos courtesy of Applebees.com. With more staff than customers in the building Saturday night, the atmosphere during Applebee’s happy hour was a little less...

Maxwell returns to Writers Conference

Sam Wigness, Features Editor • April 3, 2014

UND alumni Brian Maxwell smiles on Wednesday in the North Dakota Museum of Art. Photo by Chester Beltowski/The Dakota Student. An airplane carrying short story author and UND graduate Brian Maxwell...

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....

DS View: Housing

Sam Wigness, Features Editor • March 28, 2014

April marks the beginning of a city-wide game of musical chairs as students look for new housing and prepare to leave their old abodes behind. I’ve been through this shuffle three times at UND — first...

Stacked cast shines in ‘The Monuments Men’

Sam Wigness, Features Editor • March 28, 2014

The cast of 'The Monuments Men'. Photo courtesy of freeenterprise.com For a war movie, “The Monuments Men” severely lacks battle scenes and bloodshed, but shows a side of the second World War that...

DS View: Spring

Sam Wigness, Features Editor • March 11, 2014

This weekend marked a new beginning at UND and in Grand Forks as a whole — we finally have reason to believe that spring will in fact come this year. Spring is great in every place in the Midwest, but,...

Judy’s Tavern serves cheap beer, Grand Forks history

Sam Wigness, Features Editor • March 11, 2014

Bar owner Gary Rogalla stands behind the bar Sunday afternoon at Judy’s Tavern. Photo by Sam Wigness/The Dakota Student. Gary and Sharie Rogalla will celebrate 25 years of owning and...

Beer steals show

Sam Wigness, Features Editor • March 4, 2014

Luke Bryan performing in 2008. Photo courtesy of wikipedia.com. Beer was the magic word Friday night as country stars Luke Bryan, Lee Brice and Cole Swindell sprayed the crowd with warm, foamy Miller...

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