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Senior outside hitter Tamara Merseli jumps for a shot earlier this season at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center.

UND Volleyball makes repeat NCAA appearance

Madison Overby, Staff Writer November 29, 2017

After beating the number one seed Sacramento State in five sets in the Big Sky Championship game, the North Dakota Women’s Volleyball team was named Big Sky Conference champions. The conference title...

The HollyDazzle Festival of Lights kicked off Sunday afternoon in Grand Forks Town Square.

Holly Dazzle warms up winter

Nick Nelson, Photo Editor November 29, 2017

The third annual Holly Dazzle Festival of Lights kicked off Sunday afternoon in downtown Grand Forks. Held in Grand Forks’ Town Square, guests were treated to classic holiday music performed by students...

America’s schooling system may be leaving some students behind.

The problem with modern education

Quinn Robinson-Duff, Staff Writer November 29, 2017

The modern education system, designed to help kids create a future for themselves, is ultimately failing to do so. The system that we know today has changed very little since schooling became available...

Graphic by Heather Schuler

Psychedelics in the dorms

Diane Newberry, News Editor November 19, 2017

On a fateful night near the beginning of the 2016 spring semester, Parker Ellis laid in the hallway of Bek Hall waiting for God - in a figurative sense, and, for him, in a very tangible sense as he was...

Gold on repeat

Gold on repeat

Nick Nelson, Photo Editor November 19, 2017

SACRAMENTO, California -- The UND volleyball team clinched the Big Sky Conference championship after a contentious five-set matchup against Sacramento State late Saturday night. Though the Fighting...

People sign a card accompanying the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree during a stop in downtown Grand Forks on Sunday morning.

Tree shuts down downtown

Devon Abler, Staff Writer November 19, 2017

Grand Forks had an unusual visitor stop by on Sunday. A portion of downtown Grand Forks was blocked off to make room for the Capitol Christmas Tree, also known as the people’s tree. This year the tree...

UND students study in recently renovated spaces on the second floor of the Chester Fritz Library.

Rethinking the college experience

Aimee Coons, Staff Writer November 19, 2017

The fall semester is ending at a rapid pace. Students are scrambling to finish papers, complete projects and attempting to start studying for their finals. As I sit trying to organize my week, my to do...

UND defender Christian Wolanin fires a shot towards the St. Lawrence goal during a home game earlier this season.

Mitten made

Kyle Kinnamon, Staff Writer November 15, 2017

The electrifying, risk-taking and emotional defensemen Christian Wolanin has finally come into his own this season for the University of North Dakota Men’s Hockey team. The 6’1 offensive defensemen...

UND students, faculty and staff exercise on both levels of the Wellness Center in November of last year.

Wellness Center to institute new dress code

Diane Newberry, News Editor November 15, 2017

It’s a typical wintery afternoon at the University of North Dakota Wellness Center, the setting sun saturating the modern, glass-enclosed lobby with light. A sweaty student, finished with his work out...

Frank L. Baums Wizard of Oz runs Nov. 9-11 and 16-18 at the Burtness Theatre. Photo courtesy of UND Theatre Arts.

Wizard of Oz at the Burtness

Devon Abler, Staff Writer November 15, 2017

Burtness Theater was transformed into a humble farm in the middle of the plains of Kansas over the weekend. Students in the University of North Dakota theater department transformed this farm into the...

Pittsburgh Steelers running back LeVeon Bell (26) holds his knee as Steelers head trainer John Norwig tends to him after he was injured in the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, November 1, 2015 in Pittsburgh.

The NFL has not gone soft

Nick Sallen, Copy editor November 15, 2017

Player safety is a top priority for the NFL. In the early 1900’s, football players looked more like rugby players wearing little to no chest protection and no helmet. The league has continuously taken...

Communications professor Mark Trahant, a Charles R. Johnson endowed professor of journalism at UND, announced he would leave his position at the end of the academic year.

“Disappointed and Disgusted”

Diane Newberry, News Editor November 5, 2017

On Thursday, Oct. 26 Mark Trahant of the Communications Department announced via Facebook that he would be leaving his position as endowed chair at the University of North Dakota. “I am disappointed...

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