Dakota Student

March 29, 2017

March 29, 2017

Allyson Bento, Sports Editor March 29, 2018

One year. 16 colleges. Two countries. This now divides the family that once was the UND women’s hockey program, a program removed after a short 15 years, a program that showed more promise...

Let the race begin

Let the race begin

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer March 26, 2018

The race for the UND Student Body Presidency began last week with the announcement of three tickets running for the Executive Office.  The three announced candidates, in chronological order, were Theresa...

UND Writers Conference director Crystal Alberts introduces Art and Justice panel members (from left) UND law professor Steven R. Morrison, writer Molly McCully Brown, writer David Grann and artist Nicholas Galanin on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in the Memorial Union Ballroom.

UND Writers Conference

Aimee Coons, Arts & Community Writer March 26, 2018

As we trudge through a grey and temperamental spring, there is a bright ray of sunshine that the community of Grand Forks looks forward to every year: The UND Writers Conference. Amidst the snow and wind...

Candidates for UND hockey captain show promise

Candidates for UND hockey captain show promise

Nick Erickson, Sports Writer March 26, 2018

Now that some of the early signings have been completed, we can start to prepare and see what can be expected of next season. A year ago, Cam Johnson was campaigning to be the acting captain for the UND...

Think you’re tough? Try hot yoga

Think you’re tough? Try hot yoga

Bilal Suleiman, Opinion Columnist March 26, 2018

When the door of the studio opens, one is immediately greeted with a blast of bass-heavy pop music and warm, humid air that smells faintly of essential oils. The tops of the mirrored walls surrounding...

One game at a time

One game at a time

Allyson Bento, Sports Editor March 15, 2018

One down, two to go. For the NCHC that is. With Omaha in the dust, UND is far from out of the woods and like always it is do or die. After saturday’s overtime win the Fighting Hawks will continue...

Kennedy stays… for now

Kennedy stays… for now

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer March 9, 2018

President Mark Kennedy will not become the next president for the University of Central Florida. Just after 4 p.m. CST on Friday, the UCF Board of Trustees unanimously named current UCF Provost Dale...

Chase Johnson formerly represented the Honors Program as a senator on UND Student Government. Dakota Student File Photo

Chase-ing the money

Jacob Notermann
, Staff Writer March 5, 2018

Chase Johnson, student government treasurer, was arrested Thursday night for misapplication of entrusted property and is being held at the Grand Forks County Correctional Center. According to the University...

Michael Prewitt, Marcy Gross and Joe Andrus perform as The Flatt Mountain Bluegrass Boys during a concert Friday night at Half Brothers Brewing Company. Trevor Alveshere / Dakota Student

Jamming in the bluegrass

Aimee Coons, Arts & Communities Writer March 5, 2018

Bluegrass music isn’t something one would think to hear in Grand Forks, North Dakota but the Flatt Mountain Bluegrass Boys brought an excellent musical experience to their audience at Half Brothers Brewing...

A self driving Volvo XC90 is parked outside 737 Harrison, the unmarked headquarters of Otto, a San Francisco, Cali. autonomous trucking company acquired by Uber in 2016. Dllu / Wikimedia Commons

Autonomous vehicles are just what society needs

Jill Morton, Opinion Columnist March 4, 2018

Picture this: Your alarm clock goes off at 6 a.m. You jolt out of bed and rush to get ready and out the door, still barely awake. You jump into your car, where you recline your seat and resume your night’s...

Kyley Foster is a pole vaulter on the UND indoor track and field team. Trevor Alveshere / Dakota Student

Foster flies high


Madison Overby, Sports Writer March 4, 2018

Kyley Foster is a junior at UND who has just recently added to her long list of accomplishments by finishing third in the pole vault at the Big Sky Conference Championships for indoor track. Foster also...

Flags from various countries were on display as part of the annual Feast of Nations at the Alerus Center on February 11, 2018.

A celebration of diversity

February 26, 2018

In the past, the Dakota Student released special edition issues of our newspaper as a way to highlight athletic achievement or occurrence: a hockey championship, the Potato Bowl, etc. The issues served...

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